Computer Help for Seniors

Backup your computer Only Documents, Tax Files, Spreadsheets Free Backup is okay – https://drive.google.com http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/skydrive/home https://www.sugarsync.com/ If you have Photos, Movies, Music (more storage less hassle) http://www.carbonite.com http://mozy.com/   Google Chrome – Web Browser with App like capabilities 1.    Go to chrome.google.com 2.    Download google chrome 3.    Install the application once the download completes 4.    Choose next ….next…ok…finish….. 5.    Google Chrome will appear on your desktop or in the start menu Adding apps to Google Chrome 1.    Open Chrome 2.    Hold Ctrl + press t 3.    Click the first colored icon title Chrome Web Store 4.    Navigate to different categories of apps on the left and choose the app you want from the right 5.    Click the title to view a description that usually includes a video or screenshots(samples of the app) 6.    Install the app by clicking the blue &qu

Picasa – Photo Viewer, Photo Management, Photo Editing Tools 1.     Go to picasa.google.com 2.     Click Download Picasa 3.     Allow the download to complete 4.     Locate the downloaded file on the desktop or in the downloads folder in documents 5.     Once you find the file titled picasa, double click on it to start the installation 6.     Confirm and okay any messages and click agree, next, ok, click finish 7.     Choose to scan ONLY Documents, Pictures folder (NOT ENTIRE COMPUTER) 8.     For the screen that asks which files to associate with picasa, just click finish Navigating in Picasa On the left are folders and albums On the right are the thumbnails/previews *Enlarge/Edit a photo, double click the thumbnail Delete a photo – Click on the photo and press Delete on the keyboard Star/Favorite a Photo – choose the photo click the star below Creating an Album to categorize/group photos from different folders 1.     Go to the "file" menu 2.