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If you have an Apple ID or an iCloud account, it's a great idea to switch on Two Step Verification to make sure your account is extra secure. Two Step Verification adds an extra layer to logging into your account, as well as your ID and password, you then need the extra code that comes out to your devices. Without this code, no one can access your account.
Most people now have more than just one PC at home or in the office, so it’s important to know how to access your emails when you’re away from your main PC.
Almost all the major email providers have a few ways for you to do this and we’ll take a look at those options here.
We're often asked how to find files that have just been downloaded through a web browser, so we thought we'd put a little guide together to show you how to easily locate your downloads.
When you’re browsing the Internet, search engines can be very useful for finding pages that you don’t know the address for or for looking up information, but if you already know the URL (Uniform Resource Locator) then you can get to the page much quicker by not using a search engine.
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.
Following any large scale cyber incident, such as the recent CrowdStrike issue that took down millions of Windows PC, there's always a surge of scam emails trying to cash in on that event so we thought we'd go into a bit more depth about how to spot and avoid online scams.
These days we all have passwords for everything and they all need to be unique, secure and cryptic but easy to access when you need them.
For years now we've been using and recommending 1Password as an easy way to create, store and enter passwords that match all the requirements above.
Having a signature on your outgoing email is a great way to ensure that people always have your contact details or other information to hand so in this tip we'll show you how to set up a signature on a few different devices.
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.
There's a great feature in Safari on the iPad and iPhone that can help you keep track of websites that you want to come back to regularly. It's called Reading List and it also allows you to read the website as it was when you stored it, even if you don't have an Internet connection on your device.
Everyone knows that it's very important to keep all your online accounts (Facebook, Google, iCloud, email etc.) as secure as possible to ensure that no one else gets access to any of your personal information.
We thought it was time to update our advice with a system that can add an extra layer of safety to ensure that you're even more secure by using 2 Factor Authentication.
Sometimes we all need to send large files to other people, whether it's a large document for work or a family photo or video to help you keep in touch with family and friends.
In this tip, we'll show you how to send large files using wetransfer.com directly from your iPad or iPhone.
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