Taking a screenshot of your device
If you want to capture some information that’s displayed on your screen, such as a receipt, it can often be helpful to take a screenshot.
Luckily this is easy on all devices, Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.
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If you want to capture some information that’s displayed on your screen, such as a receipt, it can often be helpful to take a screenshot.
Luckily this is easy on all devices, Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.
Most Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, MacBooks, iMacs and even Apple Watch can be tracked using the built in Find My app. This can be really helpful if you ever lose a device. In this tip, we'll show you how it works.
When you upgrade your iPhone to iOS 15, one of the first changes you'll notice is that the address bar in Safari at now at the bottom of the screen, handily located right under your thumb.
If you don't like this change and would prefer the address bar to be at the top of the screen again, take a look at our Tekeez Tip here on how to make this change.
If you've replaced your PC or Mac and would like to dispose of the old one or sell it, then you need to be careful that you've erased all the data on the disk so that no one else can access any of your files.
Most people store a lot of private and sometimes sensitive documents on their computers and if someone else gets the machine, it's possible that they could recover this information so you do need to take some steps to ensure this doesn't happen and we'll show you some of those steps here.
With Apple Music's increasing popularity, Tekee Tim thought it would be a good time to show you how to get the best from it.
As you travel around with your laptop, you'll end up connecting to all sorts of WiFi networks and this can cause problems if you're back at home or in the office and there's a WiFi hotspot nearby that your device keeps trying to connect instead of your own connection.
Did you know that you can easily transfer files between Apple devices (Mac, iPhone, iPad) using the built in AirDrop feature? This saves you having to email your own files between your different devices and allows you to easy send files to other nearby Apple users without having to get their email address or installing any extra software.
In this tip, we'll show you how to easily send a file using AirDrop.
Windows 10 has finally introduced the concept of multiple desktops to all Windows users. It can be very helpful to have multiple desktops on your computer as it means you can have applications open full screen on different desktops and switch between them or group applications together depending on what you use together. We'll show you how to use it here.
Did you know that when you connect your phone to a public WiFi network, whether it's in a coffee shop, a hotel or even in guest network in an office, you're potentially letting everyone else on the network see all the websites you're visiting and potentially even your login information for websites? Here, we'll show you how to avoid this problem.
One of the new features included in macOS 12 Monterey, is the ability to convert an image file into a different format, as well as changing the size of the file and removing any metadata attached to the file.
In this tip, we'll show you how to do this with just a few clicks,
After you've been using your smartphone or tablet for a while, you'll soon have connected to a whole range of WiFi networks, some of which you only need once but your device may try to keep reconnecting to them.
Included in Apple's updates for iOS 9.3 and macOS 10.11.4 was the ability to have encrypted notes that you can share between the iPhone/iPad and your Mac. Here we'll show you how to lock and unlock notes on both devices so you can ensure that any confidential information you add into a note is kept safe.