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Why You Should Uninstall Adobe Flash Player

January 18, 2021 by jamey

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This software may still be on your computer and it needs to go away.

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6 Steps to Create Facebook Friends Lists

January 7, 2021 by jamey

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Can’t hold your tongue but don’t want to offend some Facebook Friends, try this

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An honest review of Apple Fitness+

January 6, 2021 by jamey

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Reasons you’ll love it, and 1 reason you won’t.   [Read more…] about An honest review of Apple Fitness+

Filed Under: The Latest, Best Of, Featured Posts Tagged With: health, workout

The Best Way to Change Passwords

January 6, 2021 by jamey

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Use this trick to set great passwords.

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You’ll Love These 4 iPhone Tricks

December 30, 2020 by jamey

 We all spend an enormous amount of time on our smartphones. Maybe not long enough though to discover some little-known-tricks only power iPhone users know. Here are some of my favorite iPhone tips, tricks, and hacks.

(don’t miss iPhone Tricks Part 1)

iPhone Trick #1  

If you frequently send information over text, Facebook, or email that requires a lot of tapping this trick will save you a lot of time. Let’s say you will often need to send information about your business such as a list of clients you work with. Rather than type out that list in an email or text, go to your settings and set up a shortcut.

Under general settings look for “keyboard”, then “text replacement” and then the plus icon. In “Phrase” enter the words, sentences, or numbers that you frequently need to send. Under “shortcut” come up with a couple of letters or numbers that you’d not normally use. Here’s an example: if you have 10 clients you want to mention to a potential client in an email, enter all of those clients as the ‘phrase’ and *clients* as the shortcut. Next time you need to send someone the list of clients just type out *clients*. 

iPhone Trick #2

  emoji text message in iPhone To dress up iMessages you can send them with flair. Type out your message and then hold down the blue ‘send’ button. As you do a fresh screen appears with the option of sending the message as a “bubble”. Choosing the “screen” option you can send the message with balloons, fireworks, confetti, or any number of animations. Try it out by sending someone the Tinkerbell emoji as a screen and it’ll take over their screen before ending in the text line.

For more fun, text someone the words “pew pew”.

iPhone Trick #3

Have you ever typed out a message then thought you should change or delete it? Rather than tapping on the back button to erase the characters simply shake the phone. You’ll be given the option to undo the text. Shake it again to re-do the undo.

iPhone Trick #4

One of my favorite shortcuts in iOS 14 is the ability to tap the back of the phone to launch an app. To do this tap on settings > accessibility>touch and scroll all the way to the bottom of the screen until you see “back tap”.

You’ll be given many options to set a shortcut by tapping the back of the phone twice or a triple tap. Use it for any apps or features you want to access quickly. For example, I use a double-tap to take a screenshot and a triple-tap to Shazam a song I hear playing. I can’t tell you how many times I missed a song by not opening the Shazam app in time. The triple-tap makes it quick and easy.

These shortcuts are definitely time-savers but they’re also pretty fun.

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iphone tricks part 1

December 30, 2020 by jamey

How to use a mask AND Face ID with an iPhone

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How to Visit Santa during Covid

December 22, 2020 by jamey

For kids who can’t sit on Santa’s lap this year, this website is magical.

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How Amazon’s In-Garage Delivery Works

December 14, 2020 by jamey

Are you comfortable allowing someone to open your garage? It isn’t creepy as you may think.

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Gadget Gift Ideas for Mom

December 9, 2020 by jamey

She may think she doesn’t like tech gadgets, but she’ll love these.

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How much is your collection worth?

December 7, 2020 by jamey

Your Beanie Babies, baseball cards and Barbies could be a gold mine. Here’s how to find out what they’re worth. [Read more…] about How much is your collection worth?

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