How to install Apps

Hi All! Attached is the document I wrote outlining instructions for how to install apps on the iPads. I'm happy to walk anyone through it, but just so everyone has access to the instructions, here they are:

To Download Apps:

1.       On the MacBook Air, open iTunes. Click iTunes Store on the menu at the left of the screen.

2.       In the search bar at the top right of the iTunes window, type in the name of the App you want, or a term to search (such as “art history”). When the results appear, make sure you click the iPad app, not the iPhone app.

3.       A sign in box should now pop up. To download apps, the Apple ID is 06m467.vpp+carta@gmail.com and the password is hslps06M467 (capital M)

4.       You can continue to search for and click on Apps to download while others are downloading.

5.       When you’re done downloading Apps, it’s important to QUIT out of iTunes.

To Install Apps on iPads:

6.       Click on the rocket on the lower left of your task bar on your desktop to open the Launchpad. Click on Apple Configurator.

7.       Click on Cart A on the left under Supervised Devices, then click Apps at the top of the right column (next to Settings)

8.       Click plus sign at bottom, which takes you to folder where all downloaded Apps are.

9.       Check the ones you want to install. Click Open.

10.    All apps you just checked will appear in Configurator. All installed Apps will appear. If the box is white, it’s not installed on any iPads. If the blue box shows a Minus sign, it means the App is on some, not others. Click each app so a blue checkmark appears if you want it installed on each iPad.

11.    Hit apply at bottom. When the iPads are connected to the laptop with the black cable, you will see each iPad processing (with a little pie chart icon)

To Sync Changes from one iPad to All iPads:

12.    To make changes to one iPad that you want to sync to all iPads, in Configurator click Settings on the top of the right column. In the middle column, click on the iPad you want to use as a model. In Settings, click Restore: Don’t Restore Backup. Click Apply. Wait for it to process changes.

13.    Unplug iPad, make your changes (like combine apps into folders). Plug iPad back in, select it in the middle column.

14.    On the right, click Restore: click “Back Up” to create new backup

15.    Title it date and whatever changes you made (like Cart A-5/20-Condensed Art Folder)

16.    Then click all iPads at the top of middle column, select the new backup profile you just made from Restore on the right, then hit Apply. Wait for it to sync.

*If the pie chart processing icon seems to be stuck near the end, don’t worry because it’s not stuck. This is a final step that takes a while.*

If you need help, call or email Todd Grunow, 718-935-5639 TGrunow@schools.nyc.gov who is the Mac specialist for the DOE