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.

Using any file as a template on a Mac

One of the great features of macOS is the ability to use almost any file as a template for creating new files based on that file.

How to switch on music recognition on your iPhone and iPad

Did you know that your iPhone and iPad can automatically recognise music for you with just a tap of a button? This feature was added in the recent iOS 14.2 update and gives you a really easy way to find out what music is playing either on your device or on the TV/radio.

In this Tekeez Tip, we'll show you how to switch on this great new feature.

Looking after your email account

One of the most important things you can do to look after your email account is to keep it as small as possible. All email accounts have a fixed size and if you fill your account up, it can be problematic to have to go through and remove emails via the webmail and delete things that you wanted to keep.

Making the most of your PC storage

Most Windows laptops and some desktops now come with the main hard drive split into 2 partitions, so if you've bought a PC with a 1TB hard drive, you will find that you have 2x 500GB partitions, usually labelled as C and D. This can start to cause problems if you fill up the C drive as it's not easy to move space from one drive to the other. In this tip, we'll shop you how to move some of your files from one drive to another to keep the drive usage equal.

Using one handed keyboards on iOS 11

One of the new features for the iPhone in iOS 11 is a one handed keyboard. If you have one of the larger iPhones and regularly use it with one hand, this can make typing much easier.

Transfer files using AirDrop

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.

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

Avoiding online scams

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.

Using Visual Lookup on iOS 15.4

The recent update to iOS 15.4 on iPhone and iPad brought Visual Lookup to the UK, this allows you to look up information about the subject of your photos and see similar photos from the web.

In this tip, we'll show you how to use this new feature on your iPhone.

How can I work faster?

When you're using your computer, you can usually make things faster and easier by using keyboard shortcuts. These allow you to perform many of the functions you usually do with the mouse but without having to move away from what you're doing.

We've listed a few of the most common shortcuts below for Windows, Mac and iPad. On Windows you use the Ctrl key for the shortcuts and on the Mac and iPad, you use the Cmd key.

Record your training and motivational videos directly onto your Mac

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.