What do you do with your old iPad mini?
from yo6271@lemmy.myserv.one to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 11:54
https://lemmy.myserv.one/post/30605226

Mine’s been sitting in a drawer for months. What do you all use yours for? Trying to find a second life for it.

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LordFireCrotch@lemmy.today on 23 Jul 12:11 next collapse

I don’t have an iPad mini so I can’t help you

etchinghillside@reddthat.com on 23 Jul 12:15 next collapse

There was a point where I just had the browser opened to a monitoring dashboard.

Racoonwithbenefits@lemmy.zip on 23 Jul 12:21 next collapse

Mine was so slow it could barely run a website anymore

But monitoring websites - maybe on LAN - could be useful

Or home automation

Media controls?

irmadlad@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 12:22 next collapse

  • Convert it to a kitchen recipe display device and retrieve recipes off of your server.
  • Home monitoring panel
  • Video/Photo frame
  • e-reader
B0NK3RS@lazysoci.al on 23 Jul 12:54 next collapse

Use it as an e-reader for Calibre library?

curbstickle@anarchist.nexus on 23 Jul 13:03 next collapse

Previously I used it as a home assistant panel, but everything is so automated no one ever touched it (except the kids, annoying the ever loving crap out of mom).

Now its magicmirror as a calendar display

jaschen306@sh.itjust.works on 23 Jul 13:07 next collapse

I use mine as a home assistant dashboard.

CombatWombat@feddit.online on 23 Jul 15:31 next collapse

I have one up that shows transit arrival times for the nearest bus stops.

CorvusCornix@piefed.social on 23 Jul 17:48 next collapse

Like others here, I use mine as a sort of “kiosk” for smart home stuff by using Guided Access to lock it to a single app. If you have a Mac you could also put it into real single-app mode via Apple Configurator policies, but it’s more time-consuming to set up and if the app stops working there’s no way to fix it short of restarting the entire iPad (whereas you can end Guided Access, restart the app, and start Guided Access again).

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space on 23 Jul 18:19 next collapse

Wait for someone to crack the bootloader and then someone to get a Linux/BSD working on it and/or code up a bare-metal web view/SDL/uxn/PICO-8 that runs on it. That way, when the App Store stops supporting OS versions that run on it, it can still be reused as generic hardware.

[deleted] on 23 Jul 18:38 next collapse

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foggenbooty@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 18:55 next collapse

iPadOS has really a really good music production ecosystem. I bought Loopy Pro and 3D printed a mount for my MIDI keyboard. It’s now a dedicated MIDI controller / looping interface.

pHr34kY@lemmy.world on 23 Jul 22:33 next collapse

My 6th gen iPad is the only Apple product I own. It’s also the only device that refuses to connect to my WiFi. I was going to make it a wall panel, but it’s shit.

My wife bought the $100 digital wall calendar from KMart and it hooked up to my CalDav server. I was surprised that it showed zero dark patterns. No vendor lock-in. No ads. No spying.

kokesh@lemmy.world on 24 Jul 02:40 next collapse

HomeAssistant dash

sunbeam60@feddit.uk on 24 Jul 04:00 next collapse

Client screen for Air Manager.

cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world on 24 Jul 06:06 next collapse

Hot take, but If it’s old and/or no longer useful to you, then I would consider selling or trading it in. Apple products hold value better than a lot of other electronics in the same category and you might as well just take the cash and put it towards other homelab upgrades

billwashere@lemmy.world on 24 Jul 14:07 collapse

Why Apple hasn’t mad the iPad mini a CarPlay screen is beyond me. You can do it with an android tablet but not an iPad.