Individual support and training for your home and small business computing needs
Do you use the same PIN or passcode for more than 1 device in your household? This is a very, very risky thing to do – as a family client of mine recently found out. The parent had for years used a simple 6-digit code to unlock 3 devices during the time when they were…
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Other Samsung phones, and other makes of phone, may also have this feature. Did you know that you can put your phone into Do Not Disturb mode for a specific period of time? This means that, before going into a meeting at say 1pm you can set your device to come OUT of Do Not…
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Do you need to use these programs on your tablet or smartphone (as well as your desktop PC)? “Yes”? – You probably need to invest in Office 365 Personal or Home Office 365 Personal is the version the majority of people need – it’s designed for single users within a home, but who use multiple…
Did you know you cam reply to a specific message, to make it easy for your recipient see the topic? It would have prevented the situation you see in the picture where a person replied to 2 of my texts with 1 of this using “Oh dear and thanks” (which was initially very confusing) To…
Need to hand in or send off your smartphone for repair or replacement? Do you have a recent backup of your call logs and/or SMS messages (texts)? I recommend you use a program like the one shown in this image (Super Backup) used on my Android to regularly backup to cloud.
Even inside a case (as the phone in the photo was), the phone can be broken in a second if it falls on the floor or a hard surface – it not simply be a case of a slightly cracked screen! The handset pictured is now permanently damaged since I can no longer the use…