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Using your Android apps

Posted on 6 February 20257 February 2025 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Using your Android apps
Using your Android apps

Did you know you can carry out many useful app tasks by simply pressing and holding down it’s icon on the Home Screen? The screen below shows the options available for my media player, which can include the ability to remove the icon or uninstall the app itself (to avoid looking for it in the…

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Mobile devices, Smartphones

Samsung Galaxy Feature – Bedtime Mode

Posted on 8 April 202429 October 2024 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Samsung Galaxy Feature – Bedtime Mode
Samsung Galaxy Feature – Bedtime Mode

Just tried out a cool feature of my Samsung Galaxy A51 and A52 smartphones – Bedtime mode! As you can see, it puts the entire phone in monochrome mode as well as silencing any sounds, as a way of discouraging you from using it ! To check if your Samsung Galaxy supports Bedtime mode, search…

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Mobile devices, Smartphones

Users of BBC iPlayer for Windows or Mac

Posted on 11 March 20247 February 2025 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Users of BBC iPlayer for Windows or Mac
Users of BBC iPlayer for Windows or Mac

Before Monday 8th April 2024 – You need to watch any programs you have downloaded using this application onto any PC or Mac. The application is being shut down by BBC. Even now, BBC have discontinued this application’s ability to download from their website any new programmes from their site onto your PC or Mac…

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Internet, Mobile devices, Online, Smartphones, Windows 10, Windows 11

Mobiles and storage cards

Posted on 20 November 202314 March 2024 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Mobiles and storage cards
Mobiles and storage cards

When buying a smartphone nowadays, you need to check IF it takes a Micro SD card. The latest Samsung Galaxy, the S23 Ultra doesn’t contain a storage card option. Instead it comes in variety of storage sizes – 256GB, 512GB and a whopping 1TB, with the top level costing you an eye-watering £1.5k if bought…

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Mobile devices, Smartphones

Journey planning

Posted on 10 October 202331 October 2024 By JuliaEEvans 4 Comments on Journey planning
Journey planning

Do you use Citymapper on your smartphone to plan journeys? If you, you could become frustrated that journey results shown are those which involve a train, tube or tram – when you want to use buses only (especially if you rely on the ramps to board and disembark). Citymapper still has the option to show…

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Mobile devices, Smartphones

Zoom meetings tip

Posted on 6 July 202331 October 2024 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Zoom meetings tip
Zoom meetings tip

Struggling with poor sound quality during a video-conference call in Zoom? If so, this super little tip – which takes just a minute to do – can restore your ability to hear others, and be heard. It did yesterday for me during a meeting when the host said they couldn’t hear me even though I…

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Apple, Internet, iPad, iPhone, Mobile devices, Online, Smartphones, Zoom

Tips – by category

Posted on 2 July 20232 July 2023 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Tips – by category

Desktop computing tips Mobile computing tips – Laptops, tablets (incl iPads) and smartphones General Tech Tips Non-device tips such as those relating to an online service like banking or shopping or to child safety or to a website such as 111.nhs

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OneDrive files

Posted on 18 May 202329 October 2024 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on OneDrive files
OneDrive files

Do you know you can access all of your files on your tablet (iPad or Android), and also your smartphone (iPhone or Android)? The screen below shows the ‘Account window’ from which you can see files can be saved for offline use. This means that if you’re on the tube you can still see important…

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Apple, Internet, iPad, iPhone, Microsoft, Mobile devices, MS Office, Smartphones

G A P S in your IT knowledge?

Posted on 23 April 202329 October 2024 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on G A P S in your IT knowledge?
G A P S in your IT knowledge?

If so, the image below shows just a sample of the computing topics I can help you to learn, or build confidence in using during a one-to-one support appointment which can be as little as 1 hour – or a regular weekly or fortnightly one. Are they the topics you need? What others would you…

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Microsoft, Online

Apple keyboard – Handy tip

Posted on 21 April 202329 October 2024 By JuliaEEvans No Comments on Apple keyboard – Handy tip
Apple keyboard – Handy tip

Here’s a handy tip to make texting and e-mailing easier for you on your iPhone and iPad. If you want to enter a single number or symbol in your message (eg. £ or 6), there’s no need to press the ?123 key ! (as per image below). For a single character, just press AND HOLD…

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Apple, iPad, iPhone, Mobile devices, Smartphones

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