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. Here’s how […]
If you’d like to be able to save all your login credentials in a secure and safe manner on your mobile device, an app like the ‘LastPass’ password manager may prove very helpful. It’s one of many such apps, but it’s been rated highly. LastPass is a ‘freemium’ model password manager that stores encrypted passwords […]
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 disruptive. There is an easy way in Windows 10 to disable […]
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 navigate to […]
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 feature. – Go to: File > Protect Document […]
If you’ve ever emailed yourself a photo or screenshot to get it from your phone to your computer or uploaded photos to e.g. Google Photos or Dropbox and then download them onto your PC, you may want to try Microsoft’s ‘Your Phone’ app. With the app, you can link and sync your Android phone to […]
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, try RAR compression instead of ZIP. Open source 7-Zip provides effective […]
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 your calendar. Your tasks then travel with you on […]
Identifying a phishing attempt may be harder than you think and being able to spot one is an important part of maintaining your cybersecurity defences in the modern business environment. Here’s a little phishing quiz from Google that can help you to spot the signs that can enable you to tell a real email from […]
Even though Windows 10 has scaling options that can make things generally easier to see, you may want to keep the screen resolution how you like it, but also have the ability to make fonts much bigger. The Windows 10 October added a separate control for scaling the size on fonts. Here’s where to find […]