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Apple replaced iTunes in macOS Catalina with the new Apple Music app. A lot of the functions for music are the same but creating playlists and adding songs is slightly different so we thought it was time to revisit how to make a playlist of your favourite music.
One of the most common types of scams aimed at businesses at the moment is sending a spoof email asking for a payment to be made. These are usually worded to make it sound urgent so no time is taken to double check but there are usually a couple of tell tale signs which we'll run through 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.
If you're reading a long article on a website, all the surrounding adverts, pictures and links to other pages can get distracting, most modern web browsers now have a Reader Mode or Reader View which lets you get rid of the distractions and concentrate on what you're trying to read.
In this Tekeez Tip, we'll show you how to turn this mode on to make it easier to read the story you're trying to focus on.
One of the best new features in the lastest update for macOS and iPadOS is Sidecar which allows you to use your compatible iPad as a second screen for your Mac. We'll give you a quick rundown of some of the features here.
Did you know that it's easy to add formulas into Excel so you can quickly and easily create a household budget or something similar?
In this tip, we'll show you how to do just this.
Various apps on your mobile devices and Windows and Mac computers need different permissions in order to operate. Skype for example will need permission to access the camera and microphone. We'll show you here how to check what app is using what permissions, and how to change it.
One shortcut that can save a lot of time on Windows and Mac computers but not everyone knows about is using the right mouse click to pop up a menu giving quick access to some often used commands. The commands that you can access when you right click change on what your mouse is over at the time but usually always provide a quick way to access commands that you might usually go back to the menu for.
In a previous tip we showed you how to free up space on your disk in Windows 10, the process is completely different on Windows 11 so we deduced it was time for a new tip to help you if you start to run out of free space.
Everyone knows how important it is to keep the files on your desktop, laptop or mobile device safe and secure. With all your photos, personal and work documents and other files stored across multiple devices, stopping people getting access to those files is very important.
In this tip, we'll show you how to make sure that all your devices are encrypted which means that even if someone steals your device, they shouldn't be able to steal any of your files.
In a previous Tekeez Tip, we showed you how to see where your disk space was being used in both Windows and macOS. As this process has now changed in both Windows 11 and macOS Ventura, we thought it was time for a new time to help you see what's using up all your disk space.
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.
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