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Backup your computer TimeMachine - Macintosh Computers running OS 10.6 or newer Comes preinstalled with the operating system. 1)Purchase an external Hard Drive and Connect it to the computer (about $70 - $100 from an office store, 2.5" or 3.5") 2)Plug in the hard drive to your USB port 3)Open Time Machine -> go to the apple (top left) -> choose "system preferences" 4)Open Time Machine 5)Click Choose/Select Disk 6)Backups will perform automatically, daily OR.... Online Backup, using paid services like Carbonite.com (must have OS 10.6 or newer) $60 per year Free Macintosh Antivirus Sophos Mac Antivirus 1) go to Google 2) search for Sophos Mac Antivirus 3) click on the appropriate link 4) click "download now" 5) choose the version of os 10 you have 6) follow the installation steps 7) done sophos will appear on the top bar as a shield and s http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-antivirus-for-mac-home-edition.aspx Web Cameras Watch baby...

iPad notes 6-11-13 iBooks Read books on your iPad Tap store to buy or download a free book 1)tap store on the top left 2)tap the search bar on the top right 3)type in the name of the book you are searching for 4)press search on the keyboard 5) your results will appear 6) tap the book you want 7) tap the price and then download to start the process 8) enter your password if prompted Your book will appear in your collection bookcase Tap to read the book Swipe to turn the page Bookmark the page, top right Change font size and paper color, aA on the top right Make a note or highlight text on the page 1) press and hold 2) tap yellow lined paper to make a note Review table of contents, bookmarks, and notes 1) tap the lines on the top left ----------- Remember! Search =top right Back, to library, list, collection = top left *tap the screen to see these options --  Jason Dare SF Computer Training 415/240-4843 sftowershelp@gm...

When printing from webmail, gmail, yahoo, aol, hotmail use the PRINT ICON on the screen to remove the ads and navigation links. Selecting files Continous files in a group = Click the first file -> hold shift -> click the last file (everything in between will be selected) Multiple files scattered = Click the file -> hold CTRL -> click the next file -> repeat Backup files to a flash drive 1) Select the files/folders to backup 2) right click on any one of the selected files/folders 3) go to "send to" 4) choose the flash drive from the list that appears (note: your files will be COPIED to the flash drive, if there are existing files of the same name, you may be prompted to overwrite the files) Close windows that won't close 1st - ESC 2nd - ALT + F4 Jason Dare Computer Trainer 415/240.4843 learn@sfct.net 1617 Balboa St. San Francisco, CA 94121 www.sfct.net

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Create your own personalized online collection of news articles 1. visit news.google.com 2. login on the top right with your google account 3. click on the grey gear/sprocket in the middle of the screen 4. move the slider to determine what you want to read more or less about 5. choose from who you want the news from 6. you may also manually add sources and types of news you want 7. click save when you return your news.google.com page will show you only the news you are interested in reading other news aggregators news.bing.com news.yahoo.com also available on tablets and smartphones pulse news republic feedly news360 view news videos http://news.yahoo.com/video/us/ Jason Dare Computer Trainer 415/240.4843 learn@sfct.net 1617 Balboa St. San Francisco, CA 94121 www.sfct.net

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Jason Dare" < sftowershelp@yahoo.com > Date: May 14, 2013 10:33 AM Subject: 5.14.13 iPad Class To: " sftowershelp@gmail.com " < sftowershelp@gmail.com > Cc: 5.14.13 iPad Class Double tap to return zoom to normal size Keep/use a suggested word, press space Keyboard keys Arrow up = uppercase and alternate characters .?123 = shows numbers #+= = shows additional characters Move blinking cursor Hold finger on the screen till magnifier appears, move the cursor to the needed position. Correct underlined misspelled word Tap on the underlined word -> choose the correct suggestion 3 essential email icons to know Starting from right to left on top right Compose new email, reply/forward/print, delete/store Tip: Press return on the keyboard to jump from to -> subject -> email body Sent from my iPad

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My computer is running slow, what can I do?   1.       Run Spyware/malware detector 2.       Download the software from www.Malwarebytes.org 3.       Install the downloaded software 4.       (be sure not to sign up for any trials or additional software) 5.       Run the Scan 6.       View Results and Clean/Delete **If the computer is running slow, uninstall Malwarebytes and repeat the same steps next time you need to clean your computer   Choose which applications startup and run when you turn on the computer "msconfig" – BE CAREFUL, RECORD THE APPLICATIONS YOU'VE DISABLED 1.       Go to the start menu 2.       Choose "run" 3.       Type in "msconfig" 4.       Click OK 5.     ...

Display more information about a photo or file. (Kind of File, Date Taken/Saved, Open with) 1) Click on the photo/file 2) Hold the Apple Key + Tap "i" 3) Information about the photo/file will appear Catfish - documentary about false profiles on the web, social media San Francisco Twitter/SMS Alerts - https://twitter.com/alertsf or www.alertsf.org SF Police Department Emergency Dispatch - 415-553-8090 (911 on a cell phone is routed to California Highway Patrol) The power of social media, the internet and blogging 12 yr old Pakistani girl becomes a voice for her generation and education via a BBC blog and as a result becomes a threat/target by the Taliban http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7834402.stm Looking for popular websites go to google and type "trending" youtube videos news cat videos blogs etc. Jason Dare Computer Trainer 415/240.4843 learn@sfct.net 1617 Balboa St. San Francisco, CA 94121 www.sfct.net

Google Documents – Online (LIVE) collaboration and sharing of word processing documents and spreadsheets Works on PC and Mac – Android and iPad Apps available Requirements: Google/Gmail account Creating a document/spreadsheet 1.    Go to drive.google.com 2.    Login with your gmail account and password 3.    Click Create -> Choose Document or Spreadsheet 4.    Click on the top left and rename the file -> click OK 5.    Add text/information to your document/spreadsheet (Google will automatically save the document) 6.    Done Sharing the Document 1.    Open the document/spreadsheet to share 2.    Click "share" on the top right 3.    Type in the email address of the person you wish to share the document with, below 4.    Choose if you want the person to be able to "edit", "comment" or just "view" the document 5.    Click "Share" 6.  ...