Enabling Photo Stream on your Apple Devices

With Photo Stream enabled, the pictures you take with your iPhone's camera will be available on all of your devices, including your Mac, iPad, and Apple TV. Photo Stream stores your most recent 1000 pictures on iCloud. It copies new photos to iCloud when your iPhone is connected to the Internet through WI-FI. To turn on Photo Stream on your devices, follow instructions below.

iPhone

On an iPhone running iOS 5 or later, go to

    Settings > Photos > Camera

and turn on My Photo Stream in the Photo Stream settings item. You can optionally turn on Shared Photo Streams as well if you want to share selected photos with family and friends who have Apple devices.

Mac

On a Mac running Mac OS 10.7 (Lion) or 10.8 (Mountain Lion), go to

    System Preferences > iCloud

Click on the Photo Stream checkbox then click on the Option… button. Check the My Photo Stream and, optionally, the Shared Photo Stream items.

Apple TV

On an Apple TV, follow the steps below…

1. Select the Photo Stream item, which is usually located near the bottom/left of the Home screen.
2. At the Photo Stream Setup page, answer the question, "Would you like to turn on Photo Stream using the account xxxxx?" by selecting "Yes."
3. At the Use Photo Stream as Screen Saver? page, you can optionally show your photos when your Apple TV is idle for a set time. Select "Yes" or "No."

Unable to Switch Apple TV's Network Connection from Wired to Wireless

Problem: Your Apple TV is set up to connect to a wired network, but you want it to connect to a wireless network. When you select Settings > General > Network, you find it's not obvious how to switch to a wireless network.

Solution: Disconnect the ethernet cable from the back of the Apple TV and try again. The wireless option should now be available.

Enabling Text to Speech on an iPhone or iPad

Problem: You have text that you would like to have read to you.

Solution: Enable the text-to-speech capability on your iDevice by performing the following steps...

1) Go to Settings > General > Accessibility > Speak Selection

2) Turn on the "Speak Selection" option

In any app that allows text selection (e.g. Notes, Safari), highlight a section of text and select Speak from the popup menu.

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