Re: Traveling with Apple products (Europe) info

[Rob Phillips]

Replying to a thread from a year ago

We're going to Europe in a couple of days, but my spies over there tell 
me that mobile roaming services will be required to provide a 
Europe-wide tariff from the end of 2015. In other words, no matter where 
you buy your European SIM, you'll get the same price in every country...

Rob

On 15/05/2013 3:47 pm, Peter Faulks wrote:

Using a Mac in Europe

Just a follow up to Peter's traveling question, I
though this might broaden the scope of answers.

We are currently traveling around Europe with a
Mac Book Pro lap top, iPad 4 and iPhone 4. I
purchased an international power adapter and set
up a two pin plug to Aussie line socket top,
which I plug into an Aussie small 4 way power
board. I can then plug in all our Australian
plugs and keep items charged up and working. I
also purchased an iPad car adapter and universal
car adapter to use ipad and other devices in our
hire car.

England
In England we found hotels charged about .50p per
minute Internet and we were in England for four
weeks so I purchased a  3G Wi Fi Huawei E5331 for
£39 plus one months service (2gb download) £30
from Three UK, (this allows 10 connected devices)
however the device is locked to the UK and could
only be topped up at the Three store because you
need a UK address to purchase this device and a
passport to obtain a Sim Card.

Worse they will not accept Internet top up unless
you have a UK post code and UK Credit Card, so we
found this quite inconvenient having to find a 3
store to purchase a top up voucher. However the
device worked brilliantly with the iPad as a GPS
using Maps but once we left England we obviously
lost Internet connection.

Italy
We traveled to Italy where I purchased a Wind ZTE
MF63 Wi Fi for 69 Euro, (allows 5 connected
devices) our hotels were charging .65c US$ per
minute for very slow connections, (double rip
off, high cost and slow to gather emails etc.),
this included 5 Euro and two weeks service and
worked fine in Italy (12 days). Although the
salesman advised that this device was unblocked
it proved later not to be the case.

Spain
When we arrived in Spain, I purchased a Wi-Fi sim
from Vodaphone, (20Euro) but this would not
connect through either Huawei (UK) or ZTE MF63
(Italy) devices, so I purchased another Huawei
E5331 Wi Fi from Orange for 39Euro plus one
months service 2Gb for 40Euro. This works fine in
Spain but again will be blocked for other
countries.

For the Phone we purchased 3G sim cards in
England which only worked in England unless you
pay 28p per minute for Roaming, but we later
found a world sim card in Spain for 20 Euro that
works in 10 countries (Lebara movil World Card).
A better alternative would have been purchase a
cheap UK phone these work throughout Europe, and
can be puchased for abouth £30.

I did try to organize something in Perth before
leaving but no one seemed to know what was best,
our service provider thought roaming on our phone
over 7 weeks would be excessive.

Sorry for the ramble but I just though I would
pass this on to future travelers. If anyone has
better methodology I would be pleased to hear it
because we are still in Europe.

There are some places where free Wi-Fi is
available but we needed to carry on working
whilst traveling and to keep in touch with family
and for Internet searches for hotels and venues.
Plus the GPS for driving.

Faulksy



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[Daniel Kerr]

Did you try your ISP with both non-SSL and SSL settings (with the password) as 
well. 
Normally it's pretty good but yeh, some places do seem to block it. 

The other thing that you can use if travelling is smtp2go. Though its a paid 
service it works pretty much everywhere and you just pay while away then stop 
paying on return. 
I've had a few clients use it a bit and it worked every time. 

Myself I just use password authentication but then I don't travel away. (We 
worked out the other day my last holiday was 10 years ago lol). Think I might 
plan a NZ trip for next year 😊

You can read more of smtp2go here - 
http://www.smtp2go.com/

Hope that helps some as well. 

Kind regards
Daniel 

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On 20/05/2013, at 4:33 PM, k...@kgweb.org.au wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On 15/05/2013, at 3:47 PM, Peter Faulks  wrote:
> 
> Using a Mac in Europe…..[lots of useful information about connecting in
> Europe]
> 
> We are currently travelling in Japan and have had a totally different
> experience. In Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan WiFi is commonly available
> in coffee shops as well as hotels, and many hotels provide LAN to the
> rooms. It is all free of charge. The only additional equipment we've had
> to buy is a USB to LAN converter, because we're travelling with a Mac Air,
> which has no ethernet port, and some hotels only provide LAN, not WiFi.
> 
> Even where we've had no obvious connection in our room, when we ask at the
> desk they provide a modem and cables and set us up in the lobby. Again, no
> charge.
> 
> The only other thing to make sure you have working correctly before you
> leave home is your SMTP settings. We were unable to use our ISP (even with
> password authentication) and assumed we would use gmail, but Google
> decided that we failed their security checks because we were running from
> a different machine and network from that used to establish our gmail
> account. In the end we created a new gmail account, set it to forward to
> our real email address, and we're using that as our SMTP server. If you
> are using SMTP to send your emails while travelling you really need to
> test it out while you are still home!
> 
> Cheers, Kaye
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> k...@kgweb.org.au
> 
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[kg]

Hi,

On 15/05/2013, at 3:47 PM, Peter Faulks  wrote:

Using a Mac in Europe…..[lots of useful information about connecting in
Europe]

We are currently travelling in Japan and have had a totally different
experience. In Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan WiFi is commonly available
in coffee shops as well as hotels, and many hotels provide LAN to the
rooms. It is all free of charge. The only additional equipment we've had
to buy is a USB to LAN converter, because we're travelling with a Mac Air,
which has no ethernet port, and some hotels only provide LAN, not WiFi.

Even where we've had no obvious connection in our room, when we ask at the
desk they provide a modem and cables and set us up in the lobby. Again, no
charge.

The only other thing to make sure you have working correctly before you
leave home is your SMTP settings. We were unable to use our ISP (even with
password authentication) and assumed we would use gmail, but Google
decided that we failed their security checks because we were running from
a different machine and network from that used to establish our gmail
account. In the end we created a new gmail account, set it to forward to
our real email address, and we're using that as our SMTP server. If you
are using SMTP to send your emails while travelling you really need to
test it out while you are still home!

Cheers, Kaye
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[Peter Crisp]

Thanks Peter for that lengthy synopsis.

I think I'll try to arrange a mifi upon arrival for both USA and Canada 
service. 

Regards

Pete

On 15/05/2013, at 3:47 PM, Peter Faulks  wrote:

> Using a Mac in Europe
> 
> Just a follow up to Peter's traveling question, I 
> though this might broaden the scope of answers.
> 
> We are currently traveling around Europe with a 
> Mac Book Pro lap top, iPad 4 and iPhone 4. I 
> purchased an international power adapter and set 
> up a two pin plug to Aussie line socket top, 
> which I plug into an Aussie small 4 way power 
> board. I can then plug in all our Australian 
> plugs and keep items charged up and working. I 
> also purchased an iPad car adapter and universal 
> car adapter to use ipad and other devices in our 
> hire car.
> 
> England
> In England we found hotels charged about .50p per 
> minute Internet and we were in England for four 
> weeks so I purchased a  3G Wi Fi Huawei E5331 for 
> £39 plus one months service (2gb download) £30 
> from Three UK, (this allows 10 connected devices) 
> however the device is locked to the UK and could 
> only be topped up at the Three store because you 
> need a UK address to purchase this device and a 
> passport to obtain a Sim Card.
> 
> Worse they will not accept Internet top up unless 
> you have a UK post code and UK Credit Card, so we 
> found this quite inconvenient having to find a 3 
> store to purchase a top up voucher. However the 
> device worked brilliantly with the iPad as a GPS 
> using Maps but once we left England we obviously 
> lost Internet connection.
> 
> Italy
> We traveled to Italy where I purchased a Wind ZTE 
> MF63 Wi Fi for 69 Euro, (allows 5 connected 
> devices) our hotels were charging .65c US$ per 
> minute for very slow connections, (double rip 
> off, high cost and slow to gather emails etc.), 
> this included 5 Euro and two weeks service and 
> worked fine in Italy (12 days). Although the 
> salesman advised that this device was unblocked 
> it proved later not to be the case.
> 
> Spain
> When we arrived in Spain, I purchased a Wi-Fi sim 
> from Vodaphone, (20Euro) but this would not 
> connect through either Huawei (UK) or ZTE MF63 
> (Italy) devices, so I purchased another Huawei 
> E5331 Wi Fi from Orange for 39Euro plus one 
> months service 2Gb for 40Euro. This works fine in 
> Spain but again will be blocked for other 
> countries.
> 
> For the Phone we purchased 3G sim cards in 
> England which only worked in England unless you 
> pay 28p per minute for Roaming, but we later 
> found a world sim card in Spain for 20 Euro that 
> works in 10 countries (Lebara movil World Card). 
> A better alternative would have been purchase a 
> cheap UK phone these work throughout Europe, and 
> can be puchased for abouth £30.
> 
> I did try to organize something in Perth before 
> leaving but no one seemed to know what was best, 
> our service provider thought roaming on our phone 
> over 7 weeks would be excessive.
> 
> Sorry for the ramble but I just though I would 
> pass this on to future travelers. If anyone has 
> better methodology I would be pleased to hear it 
> because we are still in Europe.
> 
> There are some places where free Wi-Fi is 
> available but we needed to carry on working 
> whilst traveling and to keep in touch with family 
> and for Internet searches for hotels and venues. 
> Plus the GPS for driving.
> 
> Faulksy
> 
> -- 
> Peter & Irene Faulks
> Unit 1, 9 Newsam Close
> PARKWOOD
> Western Australia 6147
> 
> Phone:+618 9457 0747 (h)
> Fax:   +618 9457 0444
> Peter Mobile:0416 187 937
> Peter Mobile:in Italy393420462020
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> Irene Mobile:in Italy3420462020
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[Peter Faulks]

Using a Mac in Europe

Just a follow up to Peter's traveling question, I 
though this might broaden the scope of answers.

We are currently traveling around Europe with a 
Mac Book Pro lap top, iPad 4 and iPhone 4. I 
purchased an international power adapter and set 
up a two pin plug to Aussie line socket top, 
which I plug into an Aussie small 4 way power 
board. I can then plug in all our Australian 
plugs and keep items charged up and working. I 
also purchased an iPad car adapter and universal 
car adapter to use ipad and other devices in our 
hire car.

England
In England we found hotels charged about .50p per 
minute Internet and we were in England for four 
weeks so I purchased a  3G Wi Fi Huawei E5331 for 
£39 plus one months service (2gb download) £30 
from Three UK, (this allows 10 connected devices) 
however the device is locked to the UK and could 
only be topped up at the Three store because you 
need a UK address to purchase this device and a 
passport to obtain a Sim Card.

Worse they will not accept Internet top up unless 
you have a UK post code and UK Credit Card, so we 
found this quite inconvenient having to find a 3 
store to purchase a top up voucher. However the 
device worked brilliantly with the iPad as a GPS 
using Maps but once we left England we obviously 
lost Internet connection.

Italy
We traveled to Italy where I purchased a Wind ZTE 
MF63 Wi Fi for 69 Euro, (allows 5 connected 
devices) our hotels were charging .65c US$ per 
minute for very slow connections, (double rip 
off, high cost and slow to gather emails etc.), 
this included 5 Euro and two weeks service and 
worked fine in Italy (12 days). Although the 
salesman advised that this device was unblocked 
it proved later not to be the case.

Spain
When we arrived in Spain, I purchased a Wi-Fi sim 
from Vodaphone, (20Euro) but this would not 
connect through either Huawei (UK) or ZTE MF63 
(Italy) devices, so I purchased another Huawei 
E5331 Wi Fi from Orange for 39Euro plus one 
months service 2Gb for 40Euro. This works fine in 
Spain but again will be blocked for other 
countries.

For the Phone we purchased 3G sim cards in 
England which only worked in England unless you 
pay 28p per minute for Roaming, but we later 
found a world sim card in Spain for 20 Euro that 
works in 10 countries (Lebara movil World Card). 
A better alternative would have been purchase a 
cheap UK phone these work throughout Europe, and 
can be puchased for abouth £30.

I did try to organize something in Perth before 
leaving but no one seemed to know what was best, 
our service provider thought roaming on our phone 
over 7 weeks would be excessive.

Sorry for the ramble but I just though I would 
pass this on to future travelers. If anyone has 
better methodology I would be pleased to hear it 
because we are still in Europe.

There are some places where free Wi-Fi is 
available but we needed to carry on working 
whilst traveling and to keep in touch with family 
and for Internet searches for hotels and venues. 
Plus the GPS for driving.

Faulksy

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Unit 1, 9 Newsam Close
PARKWOOD
Western Australia 6147

Phone:  +618 9457 0747 (h)
Fax:+618 9457 0444
Peter Mobile:   0416 187 937
Peter Mobile:   in Italy393420462020
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[Peter Crisp]

Dad, how can one have too many Apple devices! I'm unsure what you're on 
abouthaha.

Regards

Pete

On 11/05/2013, at 1:03 PM, Severin Crisp  wrote:

> Pete, I am a bit worried that you will not have enough computer power to 
> hand.  I would suggest no less than five iPad minis, one each, maybe six with 
> a spare in case of problems!  
> Dad
> 
> On 11/05/2013, at 12:08 PM, Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
>> Folks, I'm taking my family to the US and Canada in September/October for 
>> nearly 5 weeks. My wife and I have iPhones and kids each have an iPod touch 
>> and soon iPad Mini (WIFI only) each. I also have an iPad (WIFI only) 
>> regular. All iPads are/going to be 16GB.
>> 
>> I have a couple of questions. 
>> 
>> If when I get there and I call up the App Store for local relevant apps with 
>> any of these devices, will it seek the Aus store or the US store and does it 
>> matter anyway?
>> 
>> How do I charge? Shall I eBay some US plugged chargers? Use car adaptor of 
>> cigarette point which I already have.
>> 
>> I also have a DSLR camera and I'll be taking lots of photos. It has a 32GB 
>> SD card in it and I want to do some backing up of the images whilst in 
>> transit. I have an SD to iPad adaptor, so importing to one or more of the 
>> iPads might serve as back up storage, or I could simply place onto a MEM 
>> stick if I use a computer at a Internet cafe from the SD. I'm hoping not to 
>> have to cart any of our MacBooks.
>> 
>> I also use my laptop and others use their respective computers for iTunes 
>> library storage, so I don't use iCloud.
>> 
>> I'm interested how others have dealt with these questions. Thanks for any 
>> responses in advance.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Pete
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[Severin Crisp]

Pete, I am a bit worried that you will not have enough computer power to hand.  
I would suggest no less than five iPad minis, one each, maybe six with a spare 
in case of problems!  
Dad

On 11/05/2013, at 12:08 PM, Peter Crisp  wrote:

> Folks, I'm taking my family to the US and Canada in September/October for 
> nearly 5 weeks. My wife and I have iPhones and kids each have an iPod touch 
> and soon iPad Mini (WIFI only) each. I also have an iPad (WIFI only) regular. 
> All iPads are/going to be 16GB.
> 
> I have a couple of questions. 
> 
> If when I get there and I call up the App Store for local relevant apps with 
> any of these devices, will it seek the Aus store or the US store and does it 
> matter anyway?
> 
> How do I charge? Shall I eBay some US plugged chargers? Use car adaptor of 
> cigarette point which I already have.
> 
> I also have a DSLR camera and I'll be taking lots of photos. It has a 32GB SD 
> card in it and I want to do some backing up of the images whilst in transit. 
> I have an SD to iPad adaptor, so importing to one or more of the iPads might 
> serve as back up storage, or I could simply place onto a MEM stick if I use a 
> computer at a Internet cafe from the SD. I'm hoping not to have to cart any 
> of our MacBooks.
> 
> I also use my laptop and others use their respective computers for iTunes 
> library storage, so I don't use iCloud.
> 
> I'm interested how others have dealt with these questions. Thanks for any 
> responses in advance.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Pete
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[Peter Crisp]

Thanks Nathalie, that sounds great all your tips. 

Regards

Pete

On 11/05/2013, at 12:22 PM, "Nathalie S. Collins"  
wrote:

> I go to the USA each year and have some thoughts for you. For details feel 
> free to email me off list.
> 
> Answers in text
> 
>> If when I get there and I call up the App Store for local relevant apps with 
>> any of these devices, will it seek the Aus store or the US store and does it 
>> matter anyway?
> 
> I use USA store all the time but it probably doesn't matter. You probably 
> don't need lots of local apps anyway.
>> 
>> How do I charge? Shall I eBay some US plugged chargers? Use car adaptor of 
>> cigarette point which I already have.
> 
> All of you apple gear will work wi a low cost adapter from a travel store.
>> 
>> I also have a DSLR camera and I'll be taking lots of photos. It has a 32GB 
>> SD card in it and I want to do some backing up of the images whilst in 
>> transit. I have an SD to iPad adaptor, so importing to one or more of the 
>> iPads might serve as back up storage, or I could simply place onto a MEM 
>> stick if I use a computer at a Internet cafe from the SD. I'm hoping not to 
>> have to cart any of our MacBooks.
> 
> I would recommend a cloud based service like drop box or the brilliant eye fi 
> cards which not only download wirelessly but also have a back up option.
> 
> I have seen some hard drive-to-camera gear but haven't used it and think it 
> can get lost as well as the cloud is safer for storage.
> 
> I don't know what you are doing about getting sims and mobile phones but it 
> is really cheap to get a phone from virginmobileusa.com or purchase form 
> RadioShack. Unlimited data and text and calls for about $60/month no plan. 
> (Though data is good for text browsing only)
> 
> They also offer a mi fi device which might come in handy for the family. I 
> put it in my handbag and would have it on all the time in case I wanted to 
> make a Skype call in the run.
> 
> Hope this is helpful.
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[Peter Crisp]

Ok great thanks again Daniel.

Regards

Pete

On 11/05/2013, at 12:21 PM, Daniel Kerr  wrote:

> Nope, it will just remember your preference for the Aus store I believe.
> Yes, the adapters are meant to auto adjust to 110/240V I believe, as do all 
> the Apple laptops. (I know the laptops do).
> 
> Kind regards
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> On 11/05/2013, at 12:18 PM, Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
>> Thanks Daniel.
>> 
>> So do I need to specifically reset my App store setting from Aus to US when 
>> there or just leave it to do its own thing. 
>> 
>> That's a good idea wrt charging. Will the Aus adaptors tolerate 110 volt 
>> source? I'll check the fine print on the adaptor when home. Out at the 
>> moment.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Pete
>> 
>> On 11/05/2013, at 12:12 PM, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Peter
>>> 
>>> I haven't travelled outside Aus (well bar NZ), so can't really give "exact" 
>>> info. 
>>> But iTunes will revert you back to your set preference of Australian App 
>>> Store.
>>> 
>>> For the charging. If you have quite a few items, iPads, phone etc. Take a 
>>> small 4 way power board. Then all you need is one US adapter for the end of 
>>> it. You can then plug all the normal Australian things into. (Bearing in 
>>> mind it will be running at 110W I think it is). That way you don't need 
>>> lots and lots of end adapters, and you can still charge everything. And a 
>>> 4way power board is pretty small and light so wont' add to much in the 
>>> suitcase.
>>> 
>>> Backing up to iPad's can work well "just incase".
>>> 
>>> Hope that helps.
>>> 
>>> Kind regards
>>> Daniel
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>>> 
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>>> 
>>> On 11/05/2013, at 12:08 PM, Peter Crisp  wrote:
>>> 
 Folks, I'm taking my family to the US and Canada in September/October for 
 nearly 5 weeks. My wife and I have iPhones and kids each have an iPod 
 touch and soon iPad Mini (WIFI only) each. I also have an iPad (WIFI only) 
 regular. All iPads are/going to be 16GB.
 
 I have a couple of questions. 
 
 If when I get there and I call up the App Store for local relevant apps 
 with any of these devices, will it seek the Aus store or the US store and 
 does it matter anyway?
 
 How do I charge? Shall I eBay some US plugged chargers? Use car adaptor of 
 cigarette point which I already have.
 
 I also have a DSLR camera and I'll be taking lots of photos. It has a 32GB 
 SD card in it and I want to do some backing up of the images whilst in 
 transit. I have an SD to iPad adaptor, so importing to one or more of the 
 iPads might serve as back up storage, or I could simply place onto a MEM 
 stick if I use a computer at a Internet cafe from the SD. I'm hoping not 
 to have to cart any of our MacBooks.
 
 I also use my laptop and others use their respective computers for iTunes 
 library storage, so I don't use iCloud.
 
 I'm interested how others have dealt with these questions. Thanks for any 
 responses in advance.
 
 Regards
 
 Pete
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[Nathalie S. Collins]

I go to the USA each year and have some thoughts for you. For details feel free 
to email me off list.

Answers in text

> If when I get there and I call up the App Store for local relevant apps with 
> any of these devices, will it seek the Aus store or the US store and does it 
> matter anyway?

I use USA store all the time but it probably doesn't matter. You probably don't 
need lots of local apps anyway.
> 
> How do I charge? Shall I eBay some US plugged chargers? Use car adaptor of 
> cigarette point which I already have.

All of you apple gear will work wi a low cost adapter from a travel store.
> 
> I also have a DSLR camera and I'll be taking lots of photos. It has a 32GB SD 
> card in it and I want to do some backing up of the images whilst in transit. 
> I have an SD to iPad adaptor, so importing to one or more of the iPads might 
> serve as back up storage, or I could simply place onto a MEM stick if I use a 
> computer at a Internet cafe from the SD. I'm hoping not to have to cart any 
> of our MacBooks.

I would recommend a cloud based service like drop box or the brilliant eye fi 
cards which not only download wirelessly but also have a back up option.

I have seen some hard drive-to-camera gear but haven't used it and think it can 
get lost as well as the cloud is safer for storage.

I don't know what you are doing about getting sims and mobile phones but it is 
really cheap to get a phone from virginmobileusa.com or purchase form 
RadioShack. Unlimited data and text and calls for about $60/month no plan. 
(Though data is good for text browsing only)

They also offer a mi fi device which might come in handy for the family. I put 
it in my handbag and would have it on all the time in case I wanted to make a 
Skype call in the run.

Hope this is helpful.
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Nope, it will just remember your preference for the Aus store I believe.
Yes, the adapters are meant to auto adjust to 110/240V I believe, as do all the 
Apple laptops. (I know the laptops do).

Kind regards
Daniel
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On 11/05/2013, at 12:18 PM, Peter Crisp  wrote:

> Thanks Daniel.
> 
> So do I need to specifically reset my App store setting from Aus to US when 
> there or just leave it to do its own thing. 
> 
> That's a good idea wrt charging. Will the Aus adaptors tolerate 110 volt 
> source? I'll check the fine print on the adaptor when home. Out at the moment.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Pete
> 
> On 11/05/2013, at 12:12 PM, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
> 
>> Hi Peter
>> 
>> I haven't travelled outside Aus (well bar NZ), so can't really give "exact" 
>> info. 
>> But iTunes will revert you back to your set preference of Australian App 
>> Store.
>> 
>> For the charging. If you have quite a few items, iPads, phone etc. Take a 
>> small 4 way power board. Then all you need is one US adapter for the end of 
>> it. You can then plug all the normal Australian things into. (Bearing in 
>> mind it will be running at 110W I think it is). That way you don't need lots 
>> and lots of end adapters, and you can still charge everything. And a 4way 
>> power board is pretty small and light so wont' add to much in the suitcase.
>> 
>> Backing up to iPad's can work well "just incase".
>> 
>> Hope that helps.
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Daniel
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>> On 11/05/2013, at 12:08 PM, Peter Crisp  wrote:
>> 
>>> Folks, I'm taking my family to the US and Canada in September/October for 
>>> nearly 5 weeks. My wife and I have iPhones and kids each have an iPod touch 
>>> and soon iPad Mini (WIFI only) each. I also have an iPad (WIFI only) 
>>> regular. All iPads are/going to be 16GB.
>>> 
>>> I have a couple of questions. 
>>> 
>>> If when I get there and I call up the App Store for local relevant apps 
>>> with any of these devices, will it seek the Aus store or the US store and 
>>> does it matter anyway?
>>> 
>>> How do I charge? Shall I eBay some US plugged chargers? Use car adaptor of 
>>> cigarette point which I already have.
>>> 
>>> I also have a DSLR camera and I'll be taking lots of photos. It has a 32GB 
>>> SD card in it and I want to do some backing up of the images whilst in 
>>> transit. I have an SD to iPad adaptor, so importing to one or more of the 
>>> iPads might serve as back up storage, or I could simply place onto a MEM 
>>> stick if I use a computer at a Internet cafe from the SD. I'm hoping not to 
>>> have to cart any of our MacBooks.
>>> 
>>> I also use my laptop and others use their respective computers for iTunes 
>>> library storage, so I don't use iCloud.
>>> 
>>> I'm interested how others have dealt with these questions. Thanks for any 
>>> responses in advance.
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
>>> Pete
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Re: Traveling with Apple products

[Peter Crisp]

Thanks Daniel.

So do I need to specifically reset my App store setting from Aus to US when 
there or just leave it to do its own thing. 

That's a good idea wrt charging. Will the Aus adaptors tolerate 110 volt 
source? I'll check the fine print on the adaptor when home. Out at the moment.

Regards

Pete

On 11/05/2013, at 12:12 PM, Daniel Kerr  wrote:

> Hi Peter
> 
> I haven't travelled outside Aus (well bar NZ), so can't really give "exact" 
> info. 
> But iTunes will revert you back to your set preference of Australian App 
> Store.
> 
> For the charging. If you have quite a few items, iPads, phone etc. Take a 
> small 4 way power board. Then all you need is one US adapter for the end of 
> it. You can then plug all the normal Australian things into. (Bearing in mind 
> it will be running at 110W I think it is). That way you don't need lots and 
> lots of end adapters, and you can still charge everything. And a 4way power 
> board is pretty small and light so wont' add to much in the suitcase.
> 
> Backing up to iPad's can work well "just incase".
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
> ---
> Daniel Kerr
> MacWizardry
> 
> Phone: 0414 795 960
> Email: 
> Web:   
> 
> 
> **For everything Apple**
> 
> On 11/05/2013, at 12:08 PM, Peter Crisp  wrote:
> 
>> Folks, I'm taking my family to the US and Canada in September/October for 
>> nearly 5 weeks. My wife and I have iPhones and kids each have an iPod touch 
>> and soon iPad Mini (WIFI only) each. I also have an iPad (WIFI only) 
>> regular. All iPads are/going to be 16GB.
>> 
>> I have a couple of questions. 
>> 
>> If when I get there and I call up the App Store for local relevant apps with 
>> any of these devices, will it seek the Aus store or the US store and does it 
>> matter anyway?
>> 
>> How do I charge? Shall I eBay some US plugged chargers? Use car adaptor of 
>> cigarette point which I already have.
>> 
>> I also have a DSLR camera and I'll be taking lots of photos. It has a 32GB 
>> SD card in it and I want to do some backing up of the images whilst in 
>> transit. I have an SD to iPad adaptor, so importing to one or more of the 
>> iPads might serve as back up storage, or I could simply place onto a MEM 
>> stick if I use a computer at a Internet cafe from the SD. I'm hoping not to 
>> have to cart any of our MacBooks.
>> 
>> I also use my laptop and others use their respective computers for iTunes 
>> library storage, so I don't use iCloud.
>> 
>> I'm interested how others have dealt with these questions. Thanks for any 
>> responses in advance.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Pete
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Re: Traveling with Apple products

[Daniel Kerr]

Hi Peter

I haven't travelled outside Aus (well bar NZ), so can't really give "exact" 
info. 
But iTunes will revert you back to your set preference of Australian App Store.

For the charging. If you have quite a few items, iPads, phone etc. Take a small 
4 way power board. Then all you need is one US adapter for the end of it. You 
can then plug all the normal Australian things into. (Bearing in mind it will 
be running at 110W I think it is). That way you don't need lots and lots of end 
adapters, and you can still charge everything. And a 4way power board is pretty 
small and light so wont' add to much in the suitcase.

Backing up to iPad's can work well "just incase".

Hope that helps.

Kind regards
Daniel
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MacWizardry

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On 11/05/2013, at 12:08 PM, Peter Crisp  wrote:

> Folks, I'm taking my family to the US and Canada in September/October for 
> nearly 5 weeks. My wife and I have iPhones and kids each have an iPod touch 
> and soon iPad Mini (WIFI only) each. I also have an iPad (WIFI only) regular. 
> All iPads are/going to be 16GB.
> 
> I have a couple of questions. 
> 
> If when I get there and I call up the App Store for local relevant apps with 
> any of these devices, will it seek the Aus store or the US store and does it 
> matter anyway?
> 
> How do I charge? Shall I eBay some US plugged chargers? Use car adaptor of 
> cigarette point which I already have.
> 
> I also have a DSLR camera and I'll be taking lots of photos. It has a 32GB SD 
> card in it and I want to do some backing up of the images whilst in transit. 
> I have an SD to iPad adaptor, so importing to one or more of the iPads might 
> serve as back up storage, or I could simply place onto a MEM stick if I use a 
> computer at a Internet cafe from the SD. I'm hoping not to have to cart any 
> of our MacBooks.
> 
> I also use my laptop and others use their respective computers for iTunes 
> library storage, so I don't use iCloud.
> 
> I'm interested how others have dealt with these questions. Thanks for any 
> responses in advance.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Pete
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Traveling with Apple products

[Peter Crisp]

Folks, I'm taking my family to the US and Canada in September/October for 
nearly 5 weeks. My wife and I have iPhones and kids each have an iPod touch and 
soon iPad Mini (WIFI only) each. I also have an iPad (WIFI only) regular. All 
iPads are/going to be 16GB.

I have a couple of questions. 

If when I get there and I call up the App Store for local relevant apps with 
any of these devices, will it seek the Aus store or the US store and does it 
matter anyway?

How do I charge? Shall I eBay some US plugged chargers? Use car adaptor of 
cigarette point which I already have.

I also have a DSLR camera and I'll be taking lots of photos. It has a 32GB SD 
card in it and I want to do some backing up of the images whilst in transit. I 
have an SD to iPad adaptor, so importing to one or more of the iPads might 
serve as back up storage, or I could simply place onto a MEM stick if I use a 
computer at a Internet cafe from the SD. I'm hoping not to have to cart any of 
our MacBooks.

I also use my laptop and others use their respective computers for iTunes 
library storage, so I don't use iCloud.

I'm interested how others have dealt with these questions. Thanks for any 
responses in advance.

Regards

Pete
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