 If your iPad is one of the more recent models - an iPad Mini 2 or iPad Air and later models - there is a handy new iOS 9 feature called Slideover,
Slideover allows you to see more than one app on your screen at once, viewing the second app as a 'sidebar' on the right-hand side of the screen. (Note. This is different to the new 'split screen' feature, which only works on the newest iPads.) Slideover is handy for the situation where you want to view and perhaps use another app, but want your original app to stay on the screen. As an example, you might be browsing Safari, hear a 'ding' and want to quickly check the email that just arrived - without having to leave the Safari screen. Just swipe from the right-hand edge towards the left to see the Slideover sidebar. This will show the previous app that you used in slideover mode. Once you have your 'Slideover' bar visible, you can 'drag down' that side bar from the top to see a list of other available apps - which will be only apps that can work in this 'slideover' mode. Tap a different app to view and use it - all while keeping your original screen visible in the background. Then, to get rid of your slideover side bar and return to your main app, just slide it closed by swiping to the right. In some apps, you will need to make sure you swipe from the centre right - as the 'swipe to left from edge of screen' function already exists for swiping between pages in certain apps.. From Slideover to Split Screen - for really new iPads only If you do have one of the really new iPads, when you have an app visible in slideover sidebar, you may also be able to slide that app further across to the left to go into 'split screen' mode. This only works for certain apps that have the 'split screen' capability enabled.
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A change that I made recently has made such a big difference to my iPhone's battery life. The last two nights, my battery was still at over 50% at 8pm, despite normal usage during the day.
Before that, my iPhone which down to about 20% or less by about 7pm each night - which was a pain if I was about to go out for the evening, and needed to rely on my phone having adequate battery. The 'Low Battery' mode is great and really does make your iPhone's battery last a significant amount of time while in this mode, but I was curious to see if the below articles had any measure of truth. Over the past week, I saw the articles that alleged that the Facebook app has been a major culprit in drainage my battery due to a bug in the app. So, I deleted the App and reverted to using the Facebook website from Safari instead. I saved the Facebook web page as a icon on my Home Screen - which made it look like I still have the App on my iPhone, making it very easy to access. (If you don't know to save a web page as an 'app icon' on your Home Screen, check out this week's iPad and iPhone handy hint, Turning your favourite web page into an 'app' on your Home Screen.) So, if you too are suffering battery issues and are looking for a quick fix that will (hopefully) make a big difference, try removing the Facebook app and see what happens. I will let you know if a see a future news item advising that Facebook has fully resolved this issue. 
Updates Sat 31st Oct 2015 Check your Screen Brightness I have realised since writing the original article above that I made another change around the same time as deleting the Facebook app. I also turned down my screen brightness, which had been at full brightness. Check out your own screen brightness in your Control Center (swipe up from below bottom of the screen and adjust the brightness slider (sun symbol). This might also help to dramatically reduce your battery usage. If, after making these changes, you are still trying to work out what's draining your battery, go to Settings -> Battery (a new Settings option in iOS 9) and find out which apps and features are the main culprits. When my screen brightness was at full tilt, my Home and Lock Screen usage was up around 40%. Is the News app using battery in "Background" When I check Settings -> Battery this morning, I was puzzled to see that the new 'News' app was using my battery, showing this usage was 'Background Activity'. This was despite the fact that I had turned off the 'Background App Refresh' feature, to stop any apps working in the background and wasting my data and battery. (Have you turned off this feature? Go to Settings -> General -> Background App Refresh, and turn this off to see if this makes any difference to your battery life. It seems that when the new News app was added in iOS 9.1, it was installed with the 'Background App Refresh' turned on by default. How annoying! So I had to temporarily turn Background App Refresh back on (in Settings -> General -> Background App Refresh), make sure it was specifically turned off for the News app, then turn the main 'switch' back to off - so that NO apps are refreshing in background again, as I had previously specified!  Do you have an iPhone or iPad? What do you use if for?
If, for example, you are using your iPhone just to make and receive calls and texts, check your mail and perhaps do the occasional web search, you have paid a lot of money for a device that you are very much under-utilising. You can do so much more! iTandCoffee wants to help take you to the next level in your use of these devices - opening the door to a whole new world of feeling more organised and empowered. These small devices really can make a difference, and we can show you how. Join us in November Come along to the 'Bring your Busy Life Under Control using your iPad and iPhone' class series at iTandCoffee in November, with several class times available to choose from. Empowerment through your technology We guarantee you will walk way with a whole new perspective on that small device. iTandCoffee is for you! Please don't think that you are too 'basic' in your iPad/iPhone use to come along. You will find that everyone else who attends iTandCoffee classes feels just like you do. Our classes are relaxed, patient, and social. And, to make our evening sessions even more relaxing, feel free to bring along some wine if you would like sip a glass of wine while you learn! Glasses are provided! Book Now! Visit the web page for more information and to book. Don't put it off any longer!
This email just appeared in my inbox, and was not marked as spam.
I knew straight away that it was a fake, because the email address to which it was sent is not one that I use for any accounts, but also because I don't actually have an account with Simply Energy! It looked quite legitimate though, so I thought it worth showing and warning about it, just in case anyone else receives a similar email. This one has been around for a while - the sender is either trying to scam some money out of you or suggest that they download a dangerous attachment that may contain a virus. An ACCC warning about this scam is included at the bottom of this article. Once again, never click a link or attachment in emails such as these. 
The new 'split view' feature on your Mac
29/10/2015
 How often do you find that, when working on your Mac, you want to view two separate windows or apps side by side.
So, you have dragged and resized your windows to achieve this. Under OSX 10.11 El Capitan, this is made so much easier - with a new feature called 'split view'. Find out more about this feature in this Handy Hint for iTandCoffee Club members. This tip includes a video of this new feature in action, recorded as I created this article. If you are not yet a member of the iTandCoffee Club, membership costs only $30 per year and gives you access to the following.
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Many of you will already have turned off this tricky new setting in iOS 9, one that can use large amounts of your mobile data unexpectedly.
For those of you who have updated more recently, please read this recent iTandCoffee article to make sure you are not caught out. This new feature has been the cause of much discussion in the press. Apparently, some US Apple device owners have decided to sue Apple over this (see below article)! I do agree that it is very poor that Apple's iOS 9 upgrade turned this feature on - it really should have been an option that was off, and only turned on by those that have copious amounts of mobile data (and I'm not one of them!). 
This is something that iTandCoffee deals with on a regular basis - clients who have been downloaded the product MacKeeper - thinking it would help keep their Mac clear of virus and unnecessary files - and have then suffered problems with their Mac.
If you are such a person, read the below articles to find out how to get rid of this hard-to-remove and invasive product and why you should remove it. 
As promised by Apple in September, the new Apple TV has now been released for pre-order, but is significantly more expensive than the older mode (rrp $109).
The new Apple TV has two versions: 32GB for $269 and 64GB for $349. If you order today, you will receive your product between 04/11/2015 and 05/11/2015 (free delivery). Here's the link if you are keen to order. I will check it out, and let you know what I think as soon possible. Calling busy women! Find out how your iPad and iPhone can change your life - over a glass of wine!
26/10/2015
 I meet so many women who tell me that they are SO keen to come to an iTandCoffee class, but life is so busy that they never seem to get a chance to do this. Well, an iTandCoffee two-class series has been especially designed for busy working women and busy mums. (Of course, anyone is welcome - students will benefit from this great class series.) It is called 'Bring your Busy Life Under Control using your iPad and iPhone'. Now I know it's hard to find 2 hours free in your busy week, and especially hard to find this twice in two weeks. So we are suggesting a few options for dates/times for this class series in November, so that you can pick and choose which sessions your come to. For example, you can come to the morning session for Part 1, and one of the evening sessions for Part 2. Or you can just come to one part if you can't fit in two sessions at the moment. For any evening classes at iTandCoffee, we transform into iTandWine (as well as iTandCoffee) for those who like to relax a bit with an evening wine (BYO unfortunately, as we don't have a license!). Here are the upcoming class dates and times*:
Click/tap on the below button for more information or to book. We hope to see lots of you at these upcoming classes - we know you will love them, and go away feeling so EMPOWERED! * Please note that we need at last 4 people to proceed with the class at the advertised price. If we receive less than 3 advance bookings, the class may need to be cancelled or rescheduled.  SPECIAL OFFER FOR NOVEMBER Bring 2 friends along to any class to receive a FREE PADPOD valued at $30. Refer to the booking page for offer terms and conditions. Get in quick, as stocks are limited. More information about the Bring your Busy Life Under Control classes
The 'Bring your Busy Life Under Control' classes cover all sorts of amazing tips for how you can use your i-Devices - especially your iPhone - to help you in your day to day life, by Have you been receiving some new reminders, updates and handy information after upgrade to iOS 9?
25/10/2015
 This week, I have really appreciated few new features that my iPhone has presented to me since updating to iOS 9, showing that it really is a very smart phone.
Here are some examples of new pieces of information that I have seen and that clients have reported to me:
Have you seen message like these on your device? Tell us about anything that you have found helpful (or perhaps a bit creepy!).  A reminder about a birthday just appeared on my iPhone screen and my Mac screen.
But this reminder was not one that I specifically entered into my Reminders app or my Calendar. So how did my iPhone know to remind me about this person's birthday? Well, there are a couple of ways that my iPhone, iPad and Mac know to remind me about people's birthdays. Once way is that I have recorded the birthdays of friends and family in my Contacts App. Here is a past Handy Hint on this topic for those of you who are members of the iTandCoffee Club. But I also get reminders for other peoples' birthdays, where these people are not in my Contacts. Where do these ones come from? If you are a Facebook user, you also may be receiving reminders about the birthdays of your Facebook friends. You can control whether you receive these reminders and, if you are not receiving such reminders, you can make some adjustments to turn the reminders 'on'. Check out this handy hint for details of how to turn Facebook Calendars reminders on and off in the Calendar App, and how to adjust your settings to allow or disallow Facebook's access to your Contacts. Perhaps you don't actually want your Contacts and Calendar apps to access your Facebook. This is easy to change, and is covered by the below handy hint. (To view any of the the above handy hints, you will need to be an iTandCoffee Club member.) Another iOS update for our iPads and iPhones
25/10/2015
Well, you may have once again woken today to yet another iOS update on your iPhone or iPad - we are now up to iOS 9.1 (from previous version iOS 9.0.2) Below is my screenshot showing the list of new features, improvements and bug fixes in this update. As per my usual advice, unless you are particularly eager to install this new version, let the update 'bed in' for a week or so. If there is no further update next Thursday night, then it would be worth proceeding after that. If you need any help with downloading and installing iOS 9, why not make a time to come to iTandCoffee and we can help you with it. Just call 1300 885 420 or email bookings@itandcoffee.com.au.   How many times have you forgotten a password, and gone through the process of re-setting it (assuming you are able to do this).
Many Mac users are not aware that, in many cases, their passwords are actually stored in a special place, called a Keychain. These passwords can be viewed whenever required from a utility called Keychain Access. All you need to know is the administrator password for your Mac, and this will allow you to view all of the passwords stored in your Keychain. Find out more about Keychain Access - and how to view your stored passwords - in this Mac Handy Hint for iTandCoffee club members. (Don't forget to log in first, using the 'Member Login' in the right sidebar.) Not yet a member of The iTandCoffee Club? Why not join today. You'll get access to iTandCoffee's ever-growing library of Handy Hints, special members-only information sessions and other special offers advertised from time to time.
I must say that I missed this one when I initially looked through the set of changes and fixes that were delivered with iOS 9.1. It was only when I read the below article that I saw mention of it.
The News app has now been made available to Australian iPad and iPhone users. Have you noticed its appearance on your home screen?
If you haven't updated yet, it may be a good reason to go ahead and install iOS 9.1.
I'll leave the second article below to tell you more about the News App for iOS 9.1 users. Having released OS X El Capitan 10.11 at the end of September, Apple has this week released its first update - OS X 10.11.1. I know one client who had been suffering with Mail issues which now seem resolved after this update - so if you too have had any issues with Mail after upgrading to El Capitan, it would be worth going ahead with this update. I personally haven't had issues with El Capitan, and it has been widely reported as being a fairly stable upgrade. In terms of recommending to upgrade or not upgrade, this is very much dependent on your Macs age, what version you are currently running, how much disk space you have left on your Mac, and whether you have a recent backup. If you need some advice on this, why not make a time with iTandCoffee - call 1300 885 420 or email bookings@itandcoffee.com.au. Here is a screenshot of the inclusions in the update release.   In September 2015, iTandCoffee ran a free session to address that often-asked question, 'where do I store all my passwords'.
During the session, we looked at downloading, setting up and using the free App, 1Password, for saving away all sorts of passwords and other private information. At that session, I promised the attendees that the video of the session would be made available on the iTandCoffee website. I know it's been a while, but I have finally had a chance to prepare and upload the video. The video is now available for viewing any time by all iTandCoffee Club members. Just click/tap on the link below, or the website menu option iTandCoffee Club -> Members Only Content -> Videos -> 1Password Workshop. (Make sure you have signed in to the iTandCoffee Club first - use the link in the right-hand sidebar if you haven't yet.) Not yet a member of The iTandCoffee Club? Why not join today. You'll get access to iTandCoffee's ever-growing library of Handy Hints, special members-only information sessions and other special offers advertised from time to time. * Session was free for iTandCoffee club members. 
There is such a vast array of fantastic apps available for iPads and iPhones, but many owners of these great devices are unable to take advantage of these apps because they have not yet learned how to look for and download Apps from App Store.
At our 'Let's Go Shopping' session this coming Thursday Oct 22nd, 10am-12pm, we will be looking at this very topic: what apps are worth getting, how do you go about getting them, a look at using a couple of key apps, how to pay for apps, and much more. We will also look at getting movies, TV shows, books, music and more. If you are interested in joining this session, we have a few spots left. Just click on the date in the below calendar (22nd), then select Continue›› to book.  iOS 9 has brought some great new features to the iPad and iPhone.
One that I have been finding particularly useful allows me to really easily search people's contact details and call or text them (for those occasions where I don't want to ask Siri to do this for me). This feature is one of the new Spotlight Search capabilities. Find out more about this feature in this iPhone Handy Hint, for iTandCoffee Club members. Make sure you have signed in - use the link in the right-hand sidebar if you haven't yet.) Not yet a member of The iTandCoffee Club? Why not join today. You'll get access to iTandCoffee's ever-growing library of Handy Hints, special members-only information sessions and other special offers advertised from time to time.  A feature of Mail on my Mac that I use on a very regular basis is one that allows me to re-send the same email over and over to different people.
This feature works for emails in any 'mailbox' - whether that be my 'Sent' mailbox, 'Inbox' or any other mailbox. One way of achieving this is 'forward' the email and, before sending, remove any of the extra 'bits' that show that it is a 'forwarded' email. The option I prefer to use is described in this week's Mac Handy HInt for iTandCoffee Club members. (Make sure you have signed in - use the link in the right-hand sidebar if you haven't yet.) Not yet a member of The iTandCoffee Club? Why not join today. You'll get access to iTandCoffee's ever-growing library of Handy Hints, special members-only information sessions and other special offers advertised from time to time. |
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