Recently, Google made some changes to attachment viewing and handling in Gmail. Instead of just downloading or viewing an attachment, Gmail users can: Preview attachment Print attachment Save attachment to Google Drive Open attachment in alternate program Download attachment In the short video below, I outline these changes and how to get them to work for you. Also, I demonstrate… Read More »New Email Attachment Handling in Gmail – Video Tip
An old picture, and an old friend. We are missing Matt, who moved to Austin, Texas in December, but Adam surprised all of us at the show this week announcing that his teaching schedule should allow him to attend most shows this spring! We talked a bunch about the 30th anniversary of the Mac computer, but we also answered many… Read More »KAFM Computer Help Show Podcast – 01-15-14
Yes! We did a show on New Years Day and had a great time with my daughter, Bri, at the mic giving us some insight from youthful perspective. As always, we had a lot of fun. Have a listen!
Last year when Apple upgraded their iOS operating system that runs millions of iPads, iPhones, and iPods, there seemed to be a collective sigh. Many people love Apple products because they don’t change things up too drastically, too quickly. Although not a drastic change, the most striking was the look of iOS 7. Fonts are thinner, taller, and there is… Read More »How to make your iPad or iPhone Easier to Read – Video Tip
This week Google announced that Gmail customers have the option to receive email from Google+ (their social media site). Don’t be taken in by media hysteria, you can decide whether or not you want this enabled or not. I don’t like that Google implemented this feature with the default setting set to the most loose security (letting anyone contact you… Read More »Setting your email privacy setting in Gmail – Video Tip
Tons of great questions tonight!! We love it, encourage it, and invite you to call in with your tech questions again next month! Today’s show included questions about iPads, buying computers, Mac questions, and many other interesting questions as well. Thanks callers and listeners! Tune in LIVE EVERY 1st & 3rd Wednesday evening from 5:30-6:30pm on 88.1 FM KAFM in… Read More »KAFM Computer Help Show Podcast – 11-06-13
Excellent questions this week from the listeners! Thanks for your participation. Fast paced and crazy show this week in which we hung up on about 4 people!! Not for asking legitimate computer/tech questions, we never do that. We hung up on folks who just wanted to complain and hear their own voices…we thought a legitimate reason…listen and tell us if… Read More »KAFM Computer Help Show Podcast – 10-15-13
Recently, I have been answering the question of how to restore a missing toolbar or ribbon from Microsoft Office tools like Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. This tip works for any of the Office tools 2007 or newer. Usually, the toolbar goes missing because of an errant click or keyboard combination. In the video below, I show how to restore the… Read More »How to restore the missing toolbar or ribbon in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) – Video Tip
Great listener calls again this week! Thanks, we appreciate it!! Keep them coming. I revealed that I have recently started giving customers of mine “the dirty computer of the week” award…which is obviously not an award, but a way to help jolt computer users to be careful in what and where they are downloading information from the web. Also this… Read More »KAFM Computer Help Show Podcast – 10-02-13
Just a few weeks ago I shared a tip on how to use the incredibly helpful and handy Spotlight search feature on iOS. Since then, Apple updated the iOS to iOS 7 for iPads, iPhones and iPod touches and changed the access to Spotlight…this video shows how to get to it now. Spoiler: you just drag your finger down from… Read More »How to use the Spotlight Search feature on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad (iOS7) – Video Tip