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27/2/2017 0 Comments

How Apple's Photos app 'saved the day'!

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Last week saw the 3rd child in this household reach the 18 year milestone.  

I have two 'mother' tasks that are associated with my children's 18ths - preparing a slideshow of photos for the birthday celebration, and organising a photo book for our new adult. 

The most time consuming part of preparing these things has always been the identifying of photos of the said 18yo, throughout the tens of thousands of photos in our photo library.  

Things have been a little hectic in this household, so there was very limited time for this task.

This time around, the photo identification job was made so easy by the latest version of the Photos app, which provides the same features on both the Apple mobile devices (iPad and iPhone) and the Mac.

I asked my Photos app to scan through all our photos and identify all the photos of our child number 3.  It did this SO well.  In no time flat, I had over 1000 photos of my son to choose from.

Using photos in this selection, I then prepared the required album and slideshow  - all in the space of an hour or two.  

​My very clever husband (who is now the king of photo book making) whipped up a photo book in a couple of hours, also using the album of photos selected by the Photos app.  (I am ready to hire him out as our resident iTandCoffee photo book maker!)

Problem solved!

I must say that the slideshow went down just SO well. It was such a joy to see the family transfixed by the photos on the TV screen, laughing and 'ooh-ing' at the memories they were sharing on his special day.

The photo book arrived 3 business days after it was ordered online - so fast, and very much appreciated by our son.

Here's how to use this great feature of Photos on the iPad, iPhone and Mac

Members of the iTandCoffee Club can find out more about how the Photos app helped me to so easily identify all those photos of my son.  (As mentioned above, the instructions apply to iPhone, iPad and Mac - they can all do this same thing.)
Instructions for iPad and iPhone
Instructions for Mac
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20/2/2017 0 Comments

An easy way to sort out those duplicated Contacts

Sorting out duplicated Contacts on Mac
I see so many clients who have so many duplicated Contacts on the iPhone, iPad or Mac.

The good news is that there is a really quick and easy way to identify and merge your duplicated contacts.

​Find out how in this week's Handy Hint for iTandCoffee Club members.  

​If you are not yet a member, find out more about the club and how to join here »

Sorting out duplicated Contacts

Related Handy Hints and Articles

Mac Handy Hints (for iTandCoffee Club members only)
  • Quickly saving contacts from Mail on your Mac
  • ​​Printing addresses on envelopes is so easy on a Mac

iPad and iPhone Handy Hints (for iTandCoffee Club members only)
  • How to change the order of display for your Contacts
  • Who are your favourite Contacts?
  • Saving email addresses received in emails to Contacts
  • My iPhone (or Mac) knows people's email addresses but my iPad doesn't!
  • Sharing your Calendars
  • Making sure you never forget birthdays - using the Contacts app!
  • How to email a group of Contacts in the Mail app
  • Create a Contact Group on your iPad and iPhone
  • Including or excluding Facebook information from Contacts and Calendar apps

iPad and iPhone iBlog articles
  • Scan business cards into your iPhone or iPad to automatically create Contacts
  • The wrong name is in My Info in Contacts on my iPhone (or iPad)
  • Making sure that your contacts' names appear in the Messages and Phone apps when you travel OS​

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20/2/2017 0 Comments

This is such a clever short video - watch it and find out something very important about yourself

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I heard about this video on the radio recently and how clever it is at tackling a very sensitive issue - one that many of us are hesitant to recognise or get checked.

I won't give any more away - but would strongly recommend that you watch this video and take the test at the end.  For most people my age and older, you may be surprised by the result. 

I am even going to get my kids to watch it and take the test.

Watch the video and take the test
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19/2/2017 0 Comments

How to cancel a PayPal subscription

How to cancel a PayPal subscription
If you have set up a subscription with a service provider and have chosen to pay using your PayPal, your subscription will continue until you cancel it.  But how do you go about cancelling that subscription?

You will generally find that the 'seller' or service provider associated with the subscription will tell you that you have to cancel it yourself, via your PayPal account.

Here are the instructions from the Paypal support page, for cases where this is applicable.​

Log in to your PayPal account.
Click Profile icon at the top right corner of the page.
Click Profile and settings.
Click Financial information.
Click Update beside "My pre-approved payments".
Select the merchant’s name whose payment you want to view, modify, or cancel.
  • Follow the instructions on the page.
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18/2/2017 0 Comments

How your iPad and iPhone can help keep you organised

Reminders alert on the lock screen with snooze options
On the Friday just gone, iTandCoffee ran the first class in the 'Bring your Busy Life Under Control using your iPad and iPhone' 2-class series.

One of the areas we focus on in this first class is how to make use of the Reminders app on your device - to help you keep on top of things.

The question that always arises is: What are ‘Reminders’, and how are they different from 'Calendar' entries?

​A Reminder is generally a task that you have for a particular date, day of the week, specific time, or some other repeating day/time interval, or a task that you must do when you get somewhere or leave somewhere.

Typically, Reminders do not have a time period associated with them – they are just things that you want to be reminded.  Or they are things that you would have otherwise put on your written ‘to do’ list.

Before the Reminders app arrived on iOS, many people (including me!) would have created a Calendar event with the same start and end date/time (ie zero duration), and set an ‘Alert’ on that Calendar event to provide a notification at the selected time. 

But the Calendar app is really supposed to be for events, appointments, meetings, social occasions, etc – it is not supposed to be a ‘to do’ list.

The beauty of the Reminders app is that it allows you to see a list of tasks and when they are due – and you can create multiple Reminder lists for managing the different areas of your life. 

You can even share a Reminder list with another person so that you can remotely nag them!

In this week's Handy Hint for iTandCoffee Club members, we look at how to easily create these reminders, and what to do when the reminder pops up on your screen.

How to create and manage Reminders
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Join us for week 2 of
Bring your Busy Life Under Control using your iPad and iPhone
It doesn't matter if you didn't get to week 1!
Friday February 17th, 10am-12pm

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Here's what we'll be covering:
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Using the Calendar app as your diary
Great apps that can make a huge difference to your busy life
Discovering the great new features of the Notes app
Evernote for organising the information in your life
Managing your Contacts, and mailing/texting groups or people
Getting your mail under control
Quick and easy access to your favourite websites and webpages
Share your Photos with family and friends via iCloud
How to easily have access to all your key files on any Device
P'interest as a great planning tool
Internet access on the go - even on a Wi-Fi only device
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18/2/2017 0 Comments

Parents, please check if your child is using this app!

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I saw an article this week that I want to share with other parents out there.  It is about an app that is targeted at children and is gaining in popularity, but that could easily expose children to online predators.

The app is called Roblox - it allows players to create the "ultimate virtual universe powered by the imagination." 

Apparently, it has 30 million players each month - many of which are young kids.

Read this article, then I'm sure you'll want to check your child's device to see if they are using this app.


Related Articles

  • The impact of the dangerous online world on the mind of a young child
  • ​Are you the 'default parent' when it comes to the worrying about the kids and their online safety?               
  • 10 smartphone rules for a 12-year-old - with one key rule missing!                             
  • Setting Parental Controls on YouTube - both in the App and in Safari        
  • Here's a checklist for setting up your child's school iPad (and their iPhone, iPod Touch)
  • Parents - check your kids' devices for these dangerous apps     
  • Why parental controls did not stop inappropriate content on my child's iPad.  Beware!  
  • Worried about your young teen's online safety?  Here's a book they (and you) MUST read.    
  • Is your child using this app? Frighteningly, it is a new favourite with tweens                 
  • Cybersafety On Social Networks 
  • Restricting what websites kids can see on i-Devices       
  • The 'blacklist' of apps that are dangerous to kids.  Parents, check your children's devices!             
  • Something to consider if your kids know your iPad or iPhone passcode                                                              
  • All power to the mother!  How I took control of our internet.  ​​​   
  • ​What is it with kids and their resistance to backing up their data?! 
  • A timely warning for students (and the rest of us!)​
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16/2/2017 0 Comments

Have you received any of these emails recently?

It is rare that a day goes by without one or more scam emails appearing in my Inbox, usually targeting iTandCoffee email addresses that are readily available on the iTandCoffee website.

I thought it worth including samples of some of the emails received recently.  One in particular caught out an iTandCoffee client, and has caused all manner of problems for her
myGov scam email

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16/2/2017 0 Comments

Here are answers to lots of your questions ...

Thanks once again to all who came along to our Free Friday for iTandCoffee Club members, held on 10/2/16. These Q&A session are so great - always a fantastic set of questions and so much fun!

The video of this session is now available in the iTandCoffee club area - members can access it here.

Here's what we covered ...

  • Adding a mail account to an iPhone or iPad
  • How to get the Health App to count your steps
  • Is it possible for your Mac to use your Personal Hotspot 
  • MacBook Air is out of space - some space hoggers to clear and discussion on whether to get new Mac/which to get
  • Sharing an album of photos with someone who has a different iCloud Apple ID
  • Dealing with an app that has 'frozen'
  • iCloud/iTunes password authentication - message shows access from St Kilda Rd
  • Bigpond Mail not responding - what to do.  Includes discussion on changes to Bigpond mail that are affecting most Bigpond customers
  • iCloud not working - what might be the cause?
  • How to flag certain contacts as being your favourites or part of a group.
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Recent Free Friday session videos (for iTandCoffee Club members only)

  • Free Friday 26/8/2016     
  • Free Friday 16/9/2016     
  • Free Friday 21/10/2016     
  • Free Friday 18/11/16     
  • Free Friday 16/12/16     
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13/2/2017 0 Comments

Stop Outlook mail going to junk (for outlook.com, hotmail.com and live.com email addresses)

how to stop Outlook mail going to Junk
If you are finding that Outlook is being too ‘harsh’ in its Junk Mail filtering for your Outlook, Live or Hotmail email account, it is possible to ‘tell’ Outlook which senders should be considered ‘safe’ and to make some adjustments to the handling of ‘junk’ email.  
  
(In this article, we are talking about Outlook as a type of email account.  We are NOT referring to your Outlook mail app on your computer.  The Outlook app is something entirely different to your email account - it simply provides a way of managing all your email accounts, whether they be Outlook accounts, Gmail accounts, or any other 'brand' of email account.)

Adjusting your Junk mail management can be done by logging into your Hotmail/Live/Outlook email account via your web browser, at outlook.live.com and changing some settings.


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11/2/2017 2 Comments

A really useful iPhone and iPad app that fills a big gap on these devices

Create, mail and message contact groups on iPhone and iPad
A frustrating 'gap' on the iPad and iPhone is the inability to create 'contact groups' in the Contacts app, and then easily email or message such a group from your mobile device.

I have just seen a really handy app that fills this gap well, and that is currently free (as at 11/2/17).   I actually prefer it over a previously featured app that includes group creation functionality (Mail2Group).

The app is called ContactsXL 2016 and can be found here ».  

(There is also a paid Contacts XL 2017 version - but the 2016 version seems to work well, so have just been using this free version.)

Try it out and let us know what you think by leaving a comment below.


Related Handy Hints and Articles

Handy Hints
  • How to change the order of display for your Contacts
  • Who are your favourite Contacts?
  • Saving email addresses received in emails to Contacts
  • My iPhone (or Mac) knows people's email addresses but my iPad doesn't!​
  • Making sure you never forget birthdays - using the Contacts app!
  • How to email a group of Contacts in the Mail app
  • Including or excluding Facebook information from Contacts and Calendar apps

Blog articles:
  • Scan business cards into your iPhone or iPad to automatically create Contacts
  • The wrong name is in My Info in Contacts on my iPhone (or iPad)
  • Making sure that your contacts' names appear in the Messages and Phone apps when you travel OS
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