Tekee Tim's Tips

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.

Changing your DNS servers

If you find yourself having intermittent problems with websites loading slowly, email not working and seeing out of date websites, you could be having problems with your DNS servers.

All Internet Providers provide DNS as part of the connection and these convert a website name such as bbc.co.uk into the actual address of the website which is something like 63.194.125.69. Unfortunately the DNS Servers that you get with your Internet connection are usually pretty bad. They can be slow and out of date and we always recommend using better ones.

In this tip, we'll show you have to switch over to using faster and safer DNS on your Mac, Windows PC and your home router.

How do I use Apple Music?

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.

Working from home

With everyone trying to work out the best way to allow their team to work from home due to Coronavirus, we thought we’d share some of the apps we’ve been using for years to allow our teams in different locations to work together and keep all our files and documents easily accessible by everyone.

We hope this helps you develop the best way of working from home and if you have any questions about remote working or need any help getting set up, just let us know at help@tekeez.uk

WiFi, but no Internet?

Occasionally, when you're connected to a strong WiFi signal, you may find that you can't actually call up any web pages or send any emails. There are a few reasons why this can be the case and we'll run through some ideas that can help you get online here.

How to get the best from your WiFi

Having WiFi at home or work can be really convenient when you're using laptops or smartphones/tablets as it means you don't have to be confined to one area when you want to use the Internet, unfortunately just about everything interferes or blocks WiFi to some extent but luckily there are things you can do to try to get the best signal possible.

How to look after your battery

The battery in your mobile device is very important, without it, your device is completely useless so it's good to know how to make it last as long as possible and, as a lot of newer devices don't let you easily replace the battery, how to prolong its life.

Protect yourself on public WiFi with a VPN

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.

Sending files in the most efficient way

This tip on how to send files using Dropbox is one of our most popular tips as this topic comes up a lot. Sending large files by email is never a good idea as it fills your email account up unnecessarily and can make your email slow to a crawl while it tries to send the file.

We've updated this tip a few times to make sure it fits with the latest versions of Dropbox for your devices.

Setting up 2FA on Office 365

One of the best things you can do to increase the security of your online accounts is to set up 2 Factor Authentication. This gives you an extra code you need to sign into your account, in addition to your username and password. In this tip we'll show you how to set this up on your Office 365 account.

Securing the files on your device with encryption

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.

How can I silence my devices quickly?

If you're going to the cinema, into a meeting or running a presentation, you'll need to quickly silence your devices and stop any notifications popping up on the screen. This is usually just one or two taps or clicks and we'll run through all the ways to do it here.