What to do with an old iPad mini?

Hardware
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I’ve inherited an old iPad mini that is stuck on iOS 9.3.5. It’s slow and there a limited number of programs that be downloaded and used.

Does anyone have a suggestion for something useful that I can use it for? I can only come up with photo frame…

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Stick it to the fridge, and
have Notes.app open,
then you can have an always-synced shopping list in your phone :slight_smile:

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Donate it to a charity. Someone would probably be glad to get it.

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I put old tech on our equivalent of Craigslist for a very cheap price (just symbolic) and add “students only”. While some stuff might seem useless to us power users, for students with very little income it still might be usable.

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I’ve got an old iPad mini that I use as an ebook reader. That’s about the only thing it’s fit for, but I quite like it for that purpose.

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If you have a raspberry pi, or a mac with a linux VM, maybe try MagicMirror?
Run the page in a fullscreen browser app and voila; useful ipad mini again

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I just found my wife’s old iPad mini: 2012, iOS 9.3.6.

Good to use as a reader and for article based websites. I wouldn’t call it archaic yet, quaint might be a better description. :slight_smile:

Anyone remember “Slide to Unlock”?

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Stream Deck with the Elgato app! That’s what I did

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