by alex | Mar 22, 2019 | tech tip
If you’d like to be able to get a report about how you, or your family members use your Apple devices, apps, and websites, how much time is spent on them, and (for example) set limits on your child’s device, there’s an app in the new iOS 12 to help you do it. ...
by alex | Mar 8, 2019 | tech tip
Although many websites say they rely upon ad-revenue to provide free content, and some ads can be relevant, as web users we may still feel uneasy about allowing our online behaviour to become tracked, and too many ‘interest-based’ targeted adverts can be annoying and...
by alex | Mar 1, 2019 | tech tip
If you’d like to put a YouTube video on repeat play e.g. because you want to watch or show a work / instructional video, or even listen to your favourite music on a loop while working on your laptop, there are two easy ways to do it. Here’s how: Go to YouTube.com and...
by alex | Feb 22, 2019 | tech tip
If you use Google Drive to store files in the cloud but worried that Google doesn’t provide a true password protection feature, you may want to encrypt your files before uploading them. Here’s how: If you have Microsoft Office on your PC, it has a built-in encryption...
by alex | Feb 8, 2019 | tech tip
If you need to send a file online, but that file is too big to send by email, there are several simple, effective and secure alternatives. Here are some suggestions: – Use file compression to shrink the file size anyway before sending/transferring. For example,...
by alex | Feb 1, 2019 | tech tip
In Windows 10, the Tasks experience in Outlook.com (powered by ‘To-Do’) means that when looking at your inbox, you can save time and create tasks by dragging and dropping an email to your task list. You can also easily schedule items by dragging a task to...
