Computer Help for Seniors

3/22 Special Class Notes Budget Friendly Devices Tablet under $125 Lenovo A7 $125 Amazon Fire $50 Chromebook - Laptop with full size keyboard Asus Chromebook $199 Streaming TV Amazon Fire Stick $50 Projector with Speakers and HDMI for hook up for Streaming ViewSonic PJD5133 $275 Smart Lighting controlled by your Smart Device Philips Hue 3 bulbs for $199   Jason Dare Computer Trainer 415/240.4843 learn@sfct.net 1617 Balboa St. San Francisco, CA 94121 www.sfct.net

3/15/16 Macintosh Notes When I delete an email from my iOS device it does not delete from my Macintosh Mail. Why Not? Check how your Macintosh Mail is receiving email. 2 protocols/methods of receiving emails POP & IMAP POP retrieves emails and SAVES THEM TO THE COMPUTER'S INBOX IMAP SYNCS your INBOX (with other iOS devices) with the inbox on the mail server View email account settings: Open Macintosh Mail Click Mail Choose Preferences Choose Accounts Make changes to Macintosh Mail Open Macintosh Mail Click Mail Choose Preferences General Tab -  Change the noises your computer makes when receiving an email, choose automatically send message later when there is an error connecting and sending an outgoing message,  change where attachments are saved Fonts and Colors- Default message font size and style Composing -  Check for spelling errors before sending a message OR check for spelling errors while i type Signatures -  Automatically generate email closing based

Moving the Taskbar (bar with the start, time, icons) 1. Click hold and drag on the colored area of the taskbar and drag it to where you want Unlock/Lock the taskbar Right Click on the taskbar Choose Lock Taskbar Organize the icons on the desktop 1. Right Click 2. Choose View 3. Choose Auto Arrange Icons Hide the Desktop icons 1. Right Click 2. Choose View 3. Choose Hide Desktop Icons Pin an application to the taskbar 1. Open the Application 2. Right Click on the icon on the taskbar 3. Choose Pin to Taskbar Remove an application from the taskbar 1. Right click on the icon and choose unpin Check your hard drive's health use Crystal Disk 1. http://crystalmark.info/download/index-e.html 2. CystalDiskInfo 6.7.5 3. Follow the standard edition row and CLICK the 3.7 MB under the installer (exe) 4. Wait for the file to download 5. Open the downloaded file to start the installation 6. Click Yes to any windows warning 7. follow the installation steps by clicking agree, next, finish 8. Crystal