Might not be have time to try Hangouts until we get back to KY the end of this month. Have a great summer.
Here are a few ideas I have picked up in my reading (and Harold’s) that I would’ve shared live Had I been there.
How To Create A Shortcut (Icon). In the former OS’s all you had to do is right click on the program icon under All Programs. One of the options as creating a shortcut on the desktop. No longer is it that easy in Win 10. Right click and you get two options: pin to the taskbar or pin to the start menu. This article shows you how to get that shortcut on the desktop again.
http://tinyurl.com/yctykn7n
Gmailify: The best of Gmail, without an @gmail address. Like using your current email like yahoo, AOL, or any other but want some of the gmail features? Now you can use the Gmailify feature in gmail to have your other email open your Gmail account.
http://tinyurl.com/mfp7pwy
How to Properly Restart a Router & Modem. This is a good description of how and why we need to go thru a process to restart after connection issue.
http://tinyurl.com/y79g8khm
Bitly is like TinyURL. It lets you shorten a URL. It is different in that it will track the number of times the link has been clicked on. Well, this is a new one for Bitly. You can now create a full page of material - a single webpage without having to have a host site or pay for a URL. Here is an example I created: http://tinyurl.com/ycewp46m
https://itty.bitty.site/edit
Quick look at your Google footprint. This shows you how much storage you have and what is used.
https://drive.google.com/u/0/settings/storage?hl=en
We always wonder what those Cookies are for. This article shows us.
What are Browser Cookies and How Are They Used?
http://tinyurl.com/y77lvd5f
QuickLook Instantly Previews Files on Windows
Just browse your files in Windows Explorer, as usual, then press Space to preview something. Quick Look will open quickly, showing you either the file or information about it.
http://tinyurl.com/y8am85a4
Everything you knew about Chromebooks is wrong
Google’s slow, limited, browser-only, cloud-centric laptop platform is now the most powerful and capable user platform on the planet.
http://tinyurl.com/ybbxdu2x
In addition to my own research, I want to give thanks to Harold at the Club, Ghacks.net Newsletter, AskLeo, tomshardware, TechConnect, and DavesComputerTips.com for the useful ideas we take a look at each week.
