“Practically every email message you receive from a company has a tracker in it. The sender gets a ping when you open the message. You can block this trick—or use it yourself to track your messages.” Click the link below to find out how!
“Outlook lets you create and customize folder views in many ways, like adding and removing columns or grouping and sorting messages. You can also apply rules to make Outlook display messages in different ways based on their properties (like the sender, subject line, or timestamp). This is called conditional formatting.” Click below to see how it works!
Likely you, like most of us, have a list of things to do prior to leaving on vacation. That list should include taking care of your smarthome devices. What good is all that automation, when you aren’t around to reap the benefits? Click below to find out to put some of those devices in vacation mode!
“Everyone loses data at some point in their lives. Your computer’s hard drive could fail tomorrow, ransomware could hold your files hostage, or a software bug could delete your important files. If you’re not regularly backing up your computer, you could lose those files forever.
Backups don’t have to be hard or confusing, though. You’ve probably heard about countless different backup methods, but which one is right for you? And what files do you really need to back up?”
Click below to find out a few ways to backup your data!
Software engineers have always developed new ways of fitting a lot of data into a small space. It was true when our hard drives were tiny, and the advent of the internet has just made it more critical. File compression plays a big part in connecting us, letting us send less data down the line so we can have faster downloads and fit more connections onto busy networks. Click below to find out how it works!
Credit to: https://www.howtogeek.com/362339/how-does-file-compression-work/
The very first thing you need to do after your phone takes a swim is to completely shut it down as quickly as possible to prevent it short circuiting. Many users will panic and attempt to get it turned on and working again, but that’s the exact opposite of what you should do.
After that, remove anything from the phone that can be removed, like the case, sim card tray, the battery cover, and the battery (if possible). This can allow trapped water to escape and make the drying process a bit easier.
From there, do whatever you have to do to get as much water out as possible—blow into it, shake it all around, anything. Your best option, though, is to disassemble your phone if you can. That way, you’ll have an easier time drying it completely, as well as an opportunity to clean the inside with some isopropyl alcohol in order to wash off all of the minerals and impurities left behind that could cause corrosion.
Oh, and don’t bother with rice. It doesn’t work. After all, if rice absorbed water that well, you should be able to “cook” it just by leaving it out on a humid day.
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Word documents can be huge, sometimes for no reason at all. If you’re dealing with a huge document, here are some things you can try to reduce its file size.
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Did you know you can sync text messages, photos, and notifications from your phone to your PC with Windows 10? You can do this and more with current features in Windows 10. Click the link below for a great read on how you can make your workflow more efficient!
Newer versions of Bluetooth bring along with it many new features, but you need to have compatible hardware in order to take advantage of them! Here’s how to check! Click on the Bluetooth picture below!
“Windows has a built-in Disk Cleanup tool, and it works very well. Microsoft has been improving it, and it works even better in the latest versions of Windows 10. This tool removes temporary files, previous Windows installations, log files, old Windows updates, thumbnails, and various other cache files. If you’ve never run it, you can probably free up a few gigabytes of space by doing so. We don’t recommend a CCleaner alternative because Windows can already do a great job at freeing up space.”
See link below for some great information on cleaning up your PC;
https://www.howtogeek.com/361112/heres-what-you-should-use-instead-of-ccleaner/
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