One of my customers recently asked how to get better battery life with her less than 1 year old iPad. We walked through some of the steps, but there are many, so I decided to just put it into a single tip for anyone who visits the site. Many, many, many articles have been written around the web regarding saving… Read More »How to increase battery life for your iPhone or iPad – Video Tip
Many years ago, I shared this tip with you on how to measure the distance you may have driven, walked, biked or ran. It is still an applicable, fun and helpful tip to use and enjoy. I only brought up that older tip because it dovetails into today’s tip which demonstrates how to use the new and extremely useful measuring… Read More »How to use the Google Maps measuring tool – Video Tip
I know I’m late for this year’s Christmas season, but you can learn and start using this tip TODAY to make next year’s Christmas card mailings a breeze.
Too many computer users have no idea what a database is, how to use it, and how to merge it with another program to create labels. Since printing mailing labels is only a once per year activity for many of you, learning how to do it again every single year requires too much time and frustration.
It didn’t take me long to understand and appreciate the simplicity and utility of an iPad. There are many tablets on the market, but only the iPad, in my opinion, offer the range of features and simplicity to warrant a purchase. Today, I came across this article that outlines the idea of making an iPad your only computing device. Over… Read More »Reading: How to make your iPad your ONLY computer – Wired Magazine
If you use a smartphone (iPhone, Android, etc) or tablet, then you have the world’s best and most convenient address book! Using your mobile devices address book to its maximum starts with making sure that you are adding all the information about a person that you might need. Consider including all or some of the following in your digital contact… Read More »How to take advantage of your smartphone’s address book – Video Tip
I can’t believe I didn’t post this tip many years ago, but hopefully it will still help some newer iPhone or iPad users. If you want to take a quick picture of something, it is a pain to swipe and unlock your screen. And even a bigger pain if you are doing the right thing and using your fingerprint or… Read More »Quick Access to your iPhone or iPad Camera – Video Tip
Thanks to long time listener and web visitor, Daniel, for suggesting this week’s tip. I have been using this technique for more than ten years, but in order to learn it, you really must see it in action. Thus, it was a natural for our Video Tips, which are now almost 18 months old!
For Ubuntu and Windows users, you can quickly switch between open programs by pushing Alt+Tab on your keyboard. Macintosh users have a key called the “Command” key on their keyboards. By holding down the Command+Tab key, Mac users can switch between their open programs.
Why use the keyboard instead of your mouse? Time. I didn’t run any official tests, but I’m willing to bet that it takes at least three times longer to look at your task bar or dock (how many of you know what that is?), hunt for the application you need to switch to, then click on that program than it does to use the Alt+Tab or Command(Apple key)+Tab technique.
I know this doesn’t make much sense reading it, so click the play button on the video below and watch it in action! I show the Windows technique first, Ubuntu second, and end with the Macintosh tip. All told it’s about 2.5 minutes…2.5 minutes that WILL change your computing life. Pass this tip on to ALL of your computer buddies.
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
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
Apple long ago perfected system search on their computers and laptops with a system called Spotlight. Spotlight is quickly accessible and searches automatically for documents, settings, applications and other items and displays the results as you type. It is so good that Microsoft started copying the feature in Windows Vista and came close to duplicating it in Windows 7 and… Read More »How to use the Spotlight Search feature on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad (iOS 4-6) – Video Tip