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Discover creative and practical ways to give your old iPad new life. From turning it into a smart home controller or security camera to creating a digital photo frame or kitchen assistant, these guides will help you repurpose your tablet instead of letting it gather dust. Whether you’re interested in productivity, entertainment, education, or home automation, you’ll find step-by-step instructions for transforming your iPad into a useful tool. And if you decide not to keep it, learn about responsible options for donating, selling, or recycling your device.
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The App Store Is Working Against You You pull out your old iPad, open the App Store, search for an app you want — and it’s not there. Or it’s there, but when you tap “Get,” you see “This app…
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Not the Comparison You’re Used To Every iPad vs Android article on the internet compares the latest $500 models. This isn’t that. We’re comparing the tablets in your drawer — the iPad Air 2 that stopped getting updates, the Samsung…
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Every Remote in the House, on One Screen TV remotes disappear into couch cushions. Voice commands get misheard (“Alexa, play — no, not that”). Your phone is charging in the other room. Meanwhile, the old iPad or Android tablet sitting…
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You Have an Old iPad. Now What? It’s sitting in a drawer. Or on a shelf. Or in that box of cables and old chargers you keep meaning to sort through. An old iPad that’s too slow for modern apps,…
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Glanceable Weather, Always Visible Checking the weather is something you do multiple times a day. Should the kids wear jackets? Do I need an umbrella? Is the soccer game going to get rained out? Every time, you pull out your…
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The Budget You Actually Look At Budget apps on your phone don’t work because you have to choose to open them. And you don’t. Spending drifts unchecked until the credit card statement arrives. An old iPad or Android tablet on…
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Stop Letting Your Phone DJ Every time your phone plays music, you’re one notification away from killing it. A phone call pauses Spotify. A video in the group chat steals the audio. Your kid borrows your phone and suddenly the…
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You Can’t See Your Phone From Plank Position Following a workout video on your phone while you’re face-down on a yoga mat is an exercise in frustration. The screen is tiny. You can’t read it from across the room. You…
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A Canvas That Was Sitting in Your Drawer You don’t need an iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil to start making digital art. Your old iPad or Android tablet, paired with a basic stylus ($10-20), runs drawing and sketching apps…
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The Problem: Nobody Checks the Calendar Every family has a system for keeping track of schedules. Google Calendar. The shared Apple Calendar. The paper calendar on the fridge with the cute illustrations. The problem isn’t having a calendar — it’s…
