After upgrading to iOS 8.3, you may have found that you have lost the ability to import your iPad and iPhone photos to your computer using a USB cable.
If this has occurred, you will also have lost the ability to delete photos from your i-Devices using your computer. So, where are your photos and how do you now back them up to your computer using a USB cable? The answer to this question is ... It depends. It depends on whether you have a Mac or Windows computer, and what version of the OS X or Windows operating system you are using. And it also depends on certain Settings on your iPhone or iPad. This issue is related to the new cloud-based Photo management service from Apple, called iCloud Photo Library Need to know more? Free Information Sessions for iTandCoffee Club members iTandCoffee will be hosting a couple of FREE members-only information sessions about iCloud Photo Library in August (dates at times yet to be decided). If you are a member of the iTandCoffee Club and are interested in attending this free 1-hour session, register your interest below. Numbers will be strictly limited, so register early avoid disappointment. If you are not yet an iTandCoffee Club member but would like to take advantage of great free sessions like this, why not join the club today. If you would like to attend but don't want to join our club, you can still come along - at a cost of $30, payable in advance. Register below and we will be in touch with details of how to pay.
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If you did not already know about importing photos to Windows using a USB cable, here are the handy hints previously published on this topic - before the latest updates caused this to stop working for some people.
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 Yet another reason why I love Evernote (not that I needed any more!)
If you are an Evernote user, try this out next time you get a business card from someone - one that you want to save to your Contacts. Clever Evernote can scan the business card, work out the details of the person from the business card, and then automatically create a Contact from the details it detects! Find out more about this great feature of Evernote in this article on the Evernote website. Everyone needs Evernote in their life!! Do you have it is yours? If you want to learn about Evernote and how to use it, why not come along to our next 'Introduction to Evernote' class scheduled in July. Further details of this class can be found here. Why not join us to find out how organised you can become by using Evernote.  I have been to visit a few clients recently who have had not had their Firewall turned on on their Mac.
Your Mac's Firewall is a built in feature that allows you to limit what incoming and outgoing connections are allowed to your Mac. This means you control what other computers are allowed to see and do, protecting you from malicious outsiders trying to steal your information. So you don't need to pay for another product for 'Firewall' protection. Find out more about the Mac's Firewall, and how to turn it on - or check what has access to your computer - in this recent article from MacWorld.  Have you seen then great little accessories, that you can attach to your keys or bag (or anything else), and then help you locate these items (using your iPad or iPhone) when you can't find them?
It's called a Tile and you can purchase one or several to attach to all sorts of things - even the TV remote that you keep losing. Or, in our house, the Apple TV remote which disappears on a regular basis. I definitely need several! Click on the below link for further information about this great accessory and how it works.  There are some really good apps out there that can help you with budgeting.
Check out this article from AppAdvice on the best 9 budgeting apps for iPhone and iPad  If you own an Android mobile phone or tablet, you really need to read this article published this week in The Age.
If you value your privacy, you may want to check what apps you have installed on your device - Big Brother may be watching you! Click/tap on the link below to read the article from The Age. One in four apps on your Android mobile needlessly mining your personal data | theage.com.au  The iPhone and iPad have some incredibly easy to use photo editing features that can make a very ordinary photo into something quite extraordinary - cropping, brightening, sharpening, improving colour and so much more. You can even use great photo editing apps like Camera+ from within the Photos app for even more advanced editing.
Something that I loved to do while travelling recently was to go through my day's photos and apply some edit to my favourite photos (where needed). My iPhone 6 Plus took fantastic photos, but there were times when the lighting or my photo-taking skills were not quite up to scratch - so edits could make all the difference to some photos. However, I found that, when I imported my holiday snaps from my iPhone to my Mac's iPhoto app using the USB cable, the imported photos did not include my edits! So, was all the effort applying these edits all for nothing? Could I get around this limitation of the import process and ensure that I could see all my edited photos on my Mac, without having to re-apply all those edits all over again? The answer is yes - but the solution you use depends on whether or not you have upgraded to the new iCloud Photo Library and the Photos app on Mac. Find out the options your have for solving this problem here. This handy hint is available now for viewing by members of The iTandCoffee Club. Non-members will have to wait to see if this hint appears as the free hint in a future iTandCoffee Handy Hint Newsletter. Or, why not Join the Club today - find out more about The iTandCoffee Club, and how to join, here. Related Tips for iTandCoffee Club members iTandCoffee has lots of other handy hints and articles about photos. Handy Hints are accessible only by iTandCoffee Club members. Blog articles can be accessed by all readers. Here are just some that have been published already.  After upgrading to iOS 8.3, you may have noticed a new option in the iCloud settings for Photos (ie in Settings -> iCloud -> Photos), called iCloud Photo Library. As an early adopter of all things Apple, I turned on this new service on my iPad and iPhone, and also upgraded my Mac to use the new photo management solution Photos (which replaces iPhoto under OS X 10.10.3.) In theory, all photos from my devices would be uploaded to my iCloud and then shared with each device - so that I would see the same set of photos and albums on each device. This would mean that future Albums that I created on my iPhone would also appear on my iPad and Mac. Additionally, any photos that I edited on my iPhone or iPad would automatically appear on all devices - overcoming a current limitation with getting your edited photos from your i-Device to your computer. (See a separate iTandCoffee article on this topic: I edit images in Photos on my iPhone, but they don't import to my computer!.) Sounds great? Well, maybe not! Unfortunately, this service is in its infancy, and I have had multiple issues (still ongoing) with getting access to my photos now stored in my iCloud Photo Library. This may be due to the size of my library, but Apple is not yet able to shed any light on what might be causing my issues and how to resolve them. So my warning to other readers is to really think twice before you turn on this new Apple service. You really need to understand what it offers, how it works, what it requires and the limitations it introduces - before you turn it on. Multiple issues after switching on iCloud Photo Library My iPhone finally (after 3 months of issues) shows my full photo library. This is only after multiple attempts at turning on the feature, which would 'stall' part way through the upload/download process - never to start again. I would then have to switch off iCloud Photo Library - which deleted from my phone all photos that had already been uploaded to iCloud - and try switching it on again. In the meantime, I lost access to the photos that had been already uploaded to iCloud, waiting for them to be re-downloaded (which kept failing to happen). I am yet to get my iPad to successfully perform the upload and download activities associated with switching on the iCloud Photo Library service. I might try again this weekend, but not feeling hopeful.  Internet access required to view your iCloud Photo Library photos Another frustration is that I need internet access to view these photos properly, as my mobile device must download the full version each time I tap the photo. I see a little progress 'clock' showing that my photo is downloading. I could choose the option to Download and Keep Originals, but even my 'optimised photo library' takes up 13GB on my iPhone. My full photo library is too big to fit on my iPhone, so it would still need to 'Optimise' my photos - meaning that I need internet access to view their full resolution version. This meant that yesterday, while in country Victoria with no internet access, I could only show blurry versions of my beautiful photos. If there had been internet, I would have been using up my cellular data allowance each time I accessed a photo! Even when I do have internet access, there is too often a delay in getting my photos to fully resolve - frustrating when you want to flick through your photos and see them 'in their full glory'. This delay occurs despite the fact that, at home, I have a very fast internet service. For some photos, the progress clock just stalls, giving me only the blurred version of the photo. Below is a very short video showing what happens these days when I view my photos library on my iPhone. Watch for the little 'timer clock' at the bottom right of most photos. Additional iCloud Storage may be required - at a higher cost iCloud Photo Library requires that you have enough storage space in your iCloud to store all of your photos - which could add up to a very large number of gigabytes (and hence increased cost of iCloud storage). For me, this meant upgrading to the 200GB plan at a higher cost of $4.99 per month, since my 20GB plan was not going be any where enough. Recommendation: Steer clear for now
So, unless you are an 'early adopter' like me who is brave enough to try a new service when it is in its early days, I would steer clear of iCloud Photo Library for now. Need help with any of this? Contact iTandCoffee on 1300 885 420 or email enquiry@itandcoffee.com.au.  You may have been left wondering if I had lost my mind when you got last week's newsletter, as it started with the same article as the previous week's and had only one other article.
Well, I have a confession. My technology was more efficient than I was! While certain features of the tools that I use can make my job so much easier, some of them can also catch me out if I don't pay attention! The week had been frantic with getting back into classes and seeing clients for private appointments. So I didn't get the chance to finish the articles that I had started writing and had decided to get the newsletter out over the weekend. I was more than a little embarrassed to find a newsletter from iTandCoffee arrived in my Inbox while I was eating dinner on Friday night, and I realised that I had forgotten to turn of the 'auto-send' feature that was set for 7pm Fridays. Hopefully this week's newsletter will make up for last week's. Enjoy!  If you are thinking of buying a Mac some time soon, there is a long list of models to choose from - but which on is right for you now and for your future needs.
Hopefully this article from Macworld will help you with this big decision. If not, iTandCoffee can assist. And we can help you get up and running on your new Mac when you are ready. Call 1300 885 420, or email enquiry@itandcoffee.com.au. Why not come along to an iTandCoffee Class to learn about your Mac iTandCoffee regularly runs the Getting to Know your Mac series of classes - focused on those who are new to (or relatively new to) the Mac computer. The next series will start on July 16th 2015 - click here for more details or to book. For details of other great iTandCoffee classes, check out the class schedule here.  Most of us have a set of websites that we want (or need) to visit on a regular basis. For example, our bank's website, Taste.com (or other favourite recipe site), or perhaps a school website. To make it easier to access your favourite websites on your iPhone and iPad, tell Safari which websites are actually your 'Favourites'. That way, every time you tap the Search field at the top of the Safari screen, you will see you list of Favourite websites and be able to just tap one that you need. This will save you typing its web address or Google-ing it each time you need it. On your iPad, you can also enable something called the 'Favourites Bar' so that you can always see your favourite websites listed across the top, and just tap the name to go to that website. Find out more about these feature of Safari on your iPad and iPhone in the below Handy Hints These hints will be available to all readers of the iTandCoffee newsletter for the week from July 19th 2015, after which it will only be available to iTandCoffee Club members. Not yet a member of The iTandCoffee Club? Find out more here! Come along to an iTandCoffee Class for more great tips like this! This is one of the great tips we cover in the Introduction to the iPad and iPhone series of classes. The next series will start on July 14th 2015 - click here for more details or to book. For details of other great iTandCoffee classes, check out the class schedule here. Related Article (available to all readers)Related Handy Hints (available to iTandCoffee Club members only)
 If you are looking for a device that allows you to back up photos while travelling, store addtional data (such as movies) and even charge your iPhone and iPad, this device might be worth checking out.
It is called the Imation Link Power Drive. Here is an article about it, published in The Age on June 15 2015. Our 'Travel with your iPad & iPhone' class has even more great travel tips This is one of the great tips we cover in the Travel with your iPad and iPhone class. The class will next be held on July 25th 2015 - click here for more details or to book. For details of other great iTandCoffee classes, check out the class schedule here. If you are travelling before the date of the next class, so are keen to attend this class on an earlier date, email iTandCoffee on enquiry@itandcoffee.com.au or call 1300 885 420.  This tip has featured in a past Handy Hint, but I know that many iTandCoffee clients and subscribers have not yet discovered it.
Your iPad and iPhone have a feature called Do Not Disturb, found in your Settings. Its purpose is to allow you to tell your device to turn off any sounds and notifications - similar to the 'mute' function, but with more features than the basic muting. Do Not Disturb can be turned on and off manually whenever you need, from the Control Center (by swiping up from below the bottom of the screen). But the feature I love about Do Not Disturb is that it can be set to occur on a schedule - for example every night between 10pm and 7am. By putting your Do Not Disturb on a schedule, you can stop any noises waking you while you sleep. But it also allows you to make an exception for certain callers and can cater for 'emergency calls', where someone keeps trying to call you. Why not check it out, in Settings -> Do Not Disturb. If you are an iTandCoffee Club member, you can find out more information about this feature in the below handy hint video. Not yet a member of The iTandCoffee Club? Find out more here. Come along to an iTandCoffee Class for more great tips like this! This is one of the great tips we cover in the Introduction to the iPad and iPhone series of classes. The next series will start on July 14th 2015 - click here for more details or to book. For details of other great iTandCoffee classes, check out the class schedule here. Related Articles by iTandCoffee (available to all readers) I saw a client yesterday who was not aware of this handy feature of Mail that was introduced on the iPad and iPhone in iOS 8. If you have started an email, but realised that you need to go back and check another email, it is no longer necessary to save it as a draft to get it out of the way. The new email can be dragged to the bottom of the Mail screen, allowing you to continue with other Mail activities until you are ready to return to your Draft. The Draft can be retrieved by just tapping on it at the bottom of the screen. iTandCoffee Club members can find out more and view a demonstration in the below handy hint. Not yet a member of The iTandCoffee Club? Find out more here. Come along to an iTandCoffee Class for more great tips like this! This is one of the great tips we cover in the Introduction to the iPad and iPhone series of classes. The next series will start on July 14th 2015 - click here for more details or to book. For details of other great iTandCoffee classes, check out the class schedule here. Related Handy Hints (for iTandCoffee Club members only)
 iTandCoffee regularly espouses the value of apps that provide you with a 'Password Keeper' or 'Password Safe', where you can keep all your passwords safely stored behind a single password.
This means that you only need to remember that single password to gain access to all the rest, allowing you to set up strong and different passwords for each of the systems, sites and services that you use. One such password keeper is called LastPass, a free app that stores your 'password safe' online on the LastPass server, protected by a Master Password that you use to open this online safe. Other password keeper apps, such as 1Password and OneSafe store your password safe on your device, with a Master Password that is only known to your device and is not stored online. I prefer the second style of password keeper, because I have always been nervous about storing my valuable set of passwords online - in case of attack by hackers targeting the site that holds my password safe. Well, it appears that such a breach by hackers has occurred this week with LastPass, where Master Passwords (as well as email addresses and other information) were 'compromised'. LastPass is notifying users of the service if they need to reset their Master Password, and to also change their password on any other online account that uses the same password. Here is the full article from MacWorld this week.  If you use your iPad or iPhone to type lengthy pieces of text, you may find yourself wishing you had a 'proper' keyboard - instead of the on-screen keyboard.
There are some great Bluetooth keyboards out there - even relatively cheap keyboards like that shown in the images, that can roll up and fit in a small purse! Great for travelling or carrying around in a briefcase. Check out this recent article for details of how to connect a Bluetooth keyboard to your iPad or iPhone.  There are some phrases - words, sentences, ID codes, email addresses - that we need to type over and over, sometimes more than once each day.
Wouldn't it be easier to just type two or three letters, and have the longer phrase automatically appear, saving you all that typing effort? While I was away recently, I lost count of how many times I had to enter my email address, my Qantas Cash account number, passport number and overseas mobile phone number. My email address was not a problem, as all I had to enter was the series of letters litc, which would magically convert to lynette@itandcoffee.com.au. But it was driving me crazy having to look up the other numbers each time I had to enter them - especially the mobile number. My frustration was solved by setting up each of these frequently entered numbers/codes as Keyboard Shortcuts - something that I had already done for my email address. My passport number would then appear whenever I typed pn, qn would give my my Qantas Cash account number, and omn gave me my overseas mobile phone number. If you, like me, want to avoid excess typing and the need to look up certain numbers and codes* over and over, it is definitely worth taking the time to set up Keyboard Shortcuts in your Settings. Find out how to do this in this iTandCoffee Handy Hint for iTandCoffee Club members. Not yet a member? Find out more here. (*Note. Do not set up your passwords as Keyboard Shortcuts - this is not a secure way of storing and recalling passwords. The best place to store your passwords is in a Password Safe app like 1Password.) Come along to an iTandCoffee Class for more great tips like this! This is one of the great tips we cover in the Introduction to the iPad and iPhone series of classes. The next series will start on July 14th 2015 - click here for more details or to book. For details of other great iTandCoffee classes, check out the class schedule here. Apps that help you identify plants
9/6/2015
 A friend on Facebook today posted a suggestion for an App that can identify plants from a photo.
What a great idea. The app she had seen was called PlantNet (link below). This prompted me to check out what other Plant identification apps are available in the Australian App Store. Here is a list of what I found in my quick peruse.
Note. App ratings are from zero to 5 stars. Now, I haven't checked out any of these - I am not a gardener myself - but I will be showing this list to my gardener husband, as I'm sure he'll be interested in trying out one or more. If you do try out any of these apps and can recommend (or warn against) any of them, please leave a comment against this blog post. Or if you know of any others, please feel free to share their details. Happy gardening!  I am just about to undertake some post-trip therapy, by commencing work on a digital photo book of our trip. I will be setting aside time over the next month or two to work on this book (which might end up being multiple books, given how many photos we took in the 7 weeks away). For those of you who have already attended the 'Make a Digital Photobook' class at iTandCoffee and would like a bit of a refresher - or just to get some assistance with your own book - why not join me to make your own photo book while I make mine! Below are the dates that I am proposing to set aside for this activity. Just fill in the below form with the date/s that you would like to come, and with your contact details. I will then send a confirmation email prior to the date. Cost will be just $20 per date, including tea and coffee. Learn how to create a Digital Photo BookFor those of you who have never made a digital photo book before, iTandCoffee is running the 'Make a Digital Photo Book' class during June and July 2015.
Click/tap the below button to see the dates for these classes and to book.  The iTandCoffee 'Travelling with your iPad and iPhone (and other technology)' class was already full of great tips about travelling with technology.
After our 7 weeks overseas, travelling with 2 iPhones, 2 iPads and a Macbook Air, I now have so many more great tips to share about this subject at classes scheduled in June and July.
So, if you have plans for a trip in the near future and plan to take your technology along, join iTandCoffee during June and July for this great two-hour class. Select the button below to find out dates for this class and to make a booking. |
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