"Might have sort of solved my own issue. The cart seems to work better when you plug the computer in first and then plug in the iPads one by one. A lot less cord jiggling needed."
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Bretford Sync Station help
Started this discussion. Last reply by Katie Muhtaris Sep 12, 2011. 10 Replies 0 Likes
Our school just purchased the new Bretford Sync and Charging station for our 20+ iPad2s. Any suggestions for setting it up and maintaining them?
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Stacey Roshan replied to mrkatwiggs's discussion Bretford Sync Station help"I'm also having some trouble. I have a cart and 15 iPads. I am using the set for multiple classes, so the same student is not always assigned to an iPad. I have individually named each of the iPads 1,2,3,etc. How do I get them all to sync at…"
Katie Muhtaris replied to mrkatwiggs's discussion Bretford Sync Station help"I'm having issues getting all of my devices to show up. I keep having to go through and jiggle the cords. Some have to be plugged in and unplugged multiple times before iTunes will recognize them. Any help???"
mrkatwiggs replied to mrkatwiggs's discussion Bretford Sync Station help"Thank you, FalconPhysics and Fran! Your comments and suggestions are extremely helpful!"
Rene' Kopp replied to mrkatwiggs's discussion Bretford Sync Station help"Thanks Fran. That is very helpful info. :)
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Steve Dickie replied to mrkatwiggs's discussion Bretford Sync Station help"After trying a few things out here's a procedure I've established for setting up a cart of 30 iPads. Let me now if you have any questions.
Workflow:
Create your image on one iPad
Download all apps you want
Set Desired…"
Fran S. replied to mrkatwiggs's discussion Bretford Sync Station help"Please see my reply above. I love the syncing cart!
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Fran S. replied to mrkatwiggs's discussion Bretford Sync Station help"There is not much to it. We have the iPod syncing cart, and then just a charging cart for the iPads (the syncing cart was not available last yr at the time we made our purchase.)
I would be cautious with the students using it--make sure they…"
Rene' Kopp replied to mrkatwiggs's discussion Bretford Sync Station help"I have also ordered 2 of these carts but for the iPod Touch and would love any suggestions anyone might have for best practices."
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Our school just purchased the new Bretford Sync and Charging station for our 20+ iPad2s. Any suggestions for setting it up and maintaining them?
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