Great Idea! Use your old mobile phone- iPhone or Android as a security camera There are only 3 easy steps to do in order to repurpose your old mobile phone as a security camera.  The first thing you need to do is download a security camera app.  Alfred is free to use and gives you a […]

Great Idea! Stop tracking when you use Microsoft Edge It’s always annoying when you see an ad for something you may have searched on.  If you use Microsoft’s browser –  Edge – you can help protect your privacy with their built in tracking prevention.  With Edge open, click on the three horizontal dots at the […]

Great Idea! Windows features you may not know about 1.  Adjust the text and element sizes Instead of changing the resolution of your monitor to increase the size of icons, etc…  go to Display Settings, scroll down, and change the Scale setting. This can make text and images look bigger or smaller on your screen […]

Great Idea! Continuity – for Apple devices Apple has a not very well known feature called Continuity, which will connect all of your Apple devices.  You can copy a picture from your iPad and easily paste it into your iPhone or Mac.  There are only 3 steps to make sure your Apple products are compatible with this […]

Great Idea! Alexa on your iPhone? If you would prefer to put Alexa to work while using your iPhone instead of Siri, it is now an easy thing to do.  Often Siri doesn’t understand a request, or tells you to try again later, or offers many other excuses for not carrying out your request.  Now […]

Great Idea! Pair AirPods with a Windows PC If you own Apple AirPods, you probably remember how easy it was to pair them with your Apple devices.  You can also pair them with other devices using Bluetooth.  The downside is that your non Apple devices won’t know how to pause your music, podcast or video […]

Great Idea! How to… Zoom Ideas Change your background – In case you were wondering about all those people on your Zoom call that are at a beach, let’s go to Settings and change your background.  When you have your Zoom app open, look for the Settings cog in the upper right hand corner of […]

Great Idea! Clear the browser on your iPhone Clearing the cache and cookies from your mobile phone will speed  up your browsing.  Cookies are often used to track the websites you are visiting.  If you have ever seen an ad for a company whose website you recently visited, it is because of the cookie that […]

Great Idea! Use a Memoji on your iPhone or iPad How to create your Memoji Open Messages and tap the Compose button  to start a new message. Or go to an existing conversation. Tap the Memoji button , then swipe right and tap the New Memoji  button. Customize the features of your memoji — like skin tone, hairstyle, eyes, […]

Great Idea! Turn yourself into an emoji on your Galaxy Phone Ever wonder about the emoji you received in a text that almost looked like the person sending it?  This month I will give you the steps on for a Galaxy phone – next month, the iPhone. Important: On some phones, you can only adjust your […]