 In September, I was interviewed by Dinah Rowe-Roberts and Mia Northrop for their Podcast, Life Admin Life Hacks, where the topic was Essential Digital Life Admin Tools. This Podcast was released on December 1, 2021.
In the interview, they asked me for my tips about all sorts of topics - which I have listed below. The link to this Podcast is also included below. We talked for over 30 minutes. But there were some questions that we did not get to, or could not cover fully. So I have included my prepared set of notes/answers for our iTandCoffee Club members.
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2/12/2021 0 Comments How to stop certain apps or processes starting every time my Windows computer starts After upgrading my spare PC to Windows 11 recently, I found that the Google Backup and Sync app had changed and needed to be replaced. But that old app was still trying to start up every time my computer started, forcing me to close multiple pop-up screens every time I started up.
On the computer, I didn't want to use this Google cloud service any more, so needed to stop this automatic startup every time. Here's how to do this. 2/12/2021 0 Comments A quick look at Windows 11 I have installed Windows 11 on a spare Windows PC, and started taking a look at the changes it has brought.
I have recorded a short video that takes a look at this upgrade - the changes in the task bar, finding the Wi-Fi settings, and the new look of File Explorer.  A client asked me yesterday if I could suggest an app that would be better for managing his busy schedule. He had been using tick lists in Notes, but was finding that tasks were being missed because he kept forgetting to check his Notes.
He really needed to be able to be reminded about tasks when they were due. There is definitely a solution - and it does not require downloading of any third-party app. There is a built-in app on the iPad, iPhone and Mac that can do exactly what this client needs - and more. Even better, you don't even have to type in your task details! You can just speak to your device to add to your list of time sensitive tasks.  If you are a Mac user, there are some great new features that have arrived in macOS Monterey - which was released in October 2021.
The picture shown here gives an indication of just some of the changes - and is taken from a video we have recorded for iTandCoffee Club members.  A lot of you will be familiar with the app Shazam.
It has been around for years, allowing you to identify the details of a song that is currently playing. You would open the app, tap an option to get Shazam to 'listen' to the song, and the details would appear once the song was identified. Apple acquired Shazam in 2018, and the Shazam song recognition functionality has now been made easily accessible on your iPhone, without any need to download a separate app. Even better, the new Music Recognition feature lets you identify a song that is currently playing on the same device - not just songs that are playing out loud on another device. 28/11/2021 0 Comments What is using up all the storage space on my Mac - especially in Other (or System Data)? The issue of lack of storage on a Mac is quite a common topic for iTandCoffee appointments.
This week, a client with a 500GB MacBook Pro was struggling to work out just what was using up all the space on her computer. When she chose the Manage option in the Storage section of About this Mac, there was nearly 300GB under the classification of 'Other'. So we set about trying to work out what could be chewing up so much storage capacity. And we found that one thing in particular had generated some unnecessary files, files that were using up about 275GB - more than half her computer's hard drive capacity!  iPadOS 15 has brought a really useful change to the way in which you can manage splitting your screen in two, and using the feature called Slideover (to add a narrow app screen on top of the other app/s that appear on your iPad's screen).
You used to have to bring up the Dock and then drag the required App icon from the Dock onto the screen, then wait for it to split. It was quite fiddly - and the app you added as the second for the screen needed to be in the Dock. For me, this is often not the case. Here's the new way of easily splitting your screen - one that does not require that the second app is in the Dock. And if you are trying to work out the relevance of the photo above, it is a screen showing the town of Split - a 'Split Screen' 😆.  At the iTandCoffee Technology User Group on Friday 19th November, one of the questions asked by an attendee related to problems with her Mac's Wi-Fi.
Lately, the Mac keeps losing connection to Wi-Fi, even though her iPad does not have the same problem. Here are some things you can try if you are suffering a problem like this with your Mac and its Wi-Fi connection.  This week, I was looking back through some of our old Handy Hints - for hints that require updating due to changes in the latest version of iOS and iPadOS.
A couple of the early hints are still completely relevant, and well worth checking out. You will also get a 'blast from the past', seeing the old branding that applied back then - plus some really bad introduction music! |
What's on at iTandCoffee ?Join us for a short, fun 'topic of the day' classes known as PTT sessions (Personal Training for your Technology fitness!) - these are run on a regular basis. Or join any of our other classes shown below to learn so much about your technology.
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