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Occasionally, when you send an email you might get an email back telling you that it couldn't be delivered. There are many reasons why an email fails to get delivered. The return email will usually tell you what the problem is and we'll run through a few of the more common reasons here.
Quite often, you’ll find yourself needing to resize a picture, this may be because you want to upload it to your website or insert it into a document. If you use the full size picture then you can cause your website to become very slow or cause your document to get far too large.
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,
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.
If you're a Mac user and often record training or motivational messages to post out on social media or on your website, did you know that you can record these videos using the free QuickTime Player app that's included with all Macs?
This can save you buying additional software or recording yourself with a system like Zoom or Teams which can be overkill if you just need to record yourself speaking. You can even trim the start and end off your videos to give them that professional finish.
In this tip, we'll show you how to do this.
If you have one of Apple's new Macs using their own Apple Silicon processor, then you can install a selection of iPhone and iPad apps and use them on your Mac as you would a normal Mac app. At the time of writing this tip, the new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini all feature the new Apple M1 chip.
In today's Tekeez Tip, we'll show you how to find and install an iPhone or iPad app on your new Mac.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If you ever need to reset your Mac back to factory settings, for example, if you're upgrading to a new Mac and passing your existing one to someone else, it's very important to make sure that all your files and settings are removed from your Mac before giving it to anyone else.
This tip will show you how to reset your Mac completely so it's safe to hand over to a new user. Please note that this only works on macOS 12 Monterey and newer.
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