GarageBand offers a selection of virtual guitar, bass, keyboards and drums that you play by tapping on the iPad’s screen. To make music that sounds any good, you’ll need to know how to play the real versions of these instruments.

High-definition video is everywhere. Every modern camcorder records at that resolution and even phones possess amazing lenses, such as the iPhone 4S. This means you’re never really without a camera – so you can end up recording even more footage. But there is a downside to this amazing quality: storage. Even the highly compressed videos taken with an iPhone take up more space than you’d think: 30 seconds from an iPhone 4 uses up a little over 40MB, whereas the same length on an iPhone 4S requires around 96MB due to its better resolution. Cameras shooting in AVCHD usually rake up 500MB for the same duration. At that rate, you don’t need to take a lot of video before you run out of room.

Everyone with a camera loves taking photos on vacation. The prospect of sorting through hundreds of them when you get home, though, isn’t quite as much fun. However, with the iPad and Apple’s Camera Connection Kit, it’s amazing how much you can do on the move. Attach the CCK, plug in your camera or its memory card and pick out the good photos. You can then fix them with a few swipes in a simple program, and have them ready to email or share online instantly.