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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...

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...

Printers 4 colors - Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow Ink levels may be approximate based on the number of pages printed Ink Jet (liquid ink, best for photos, printer is lower cost) Laser (powder toner/ink, best for documents, printer costs more but uses less ink) Dedicated Photo Printer Instant Photo Printing using Zink Photo paper ***Printer not printing properly, update the Drivers and Firmware*** Windows (Drivers and Firmware) - Go to the manufacturer's website and find the link for drivers and follow the instructions Macintosh (Drivers) - Go to the Apple Menu, App Store and Update your software How can I share multiple files or large files? Use a cloud storage solution www.dropbox.com (free, requires registration) Google User - http://drive.google.com Yahoo User - www.flickr.com Amazon Prime - https://www.amazon.com/clouddrive/home/ Photos www.walgreens.com or www.shutterfly.com Games! Games! Games! Puzzle - http://www.jigzone.com...

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2/16/16 Macintosh Notes How can I get a paper document into my computer? Do you have a scanner? Yes! Go to the apple menu Open "System Preferences" Go to "Printers and Scanners" Click on the printer/scanner Click the top tab "scan" Choose "open scanner" The scanner will open - Change advanced settings in the "show details" option (i.e. DPI 300+ for printing a photo, 200 for a document, 100 for sharing on a screen / File Format JPG for Photos or PDF for Documents) Name the document Note where the scan will be saved, i.e. desktop or documents Scan the document Do you have mobile device, smart phone tablet? Yes Take a photo of the document OR Download a PDF app to convert the image to a pdf format Now I have a scan what do I do with it? Attach it to an email Open email program Fill out the email, recipient, subject, message Click on the paperclip Locate where the document to be sent is stored i.e. Desktop or ...

Airplane mode Turns off all connections to the Internet Swipe from the bottom bezel up to open the control panel Tap the airplane icon to turn off or on airplane Check if you are connected to the Internet Look at the icons on the top left of the screen Search for an app Swipe down on the screen Type in what you are looking for News app Customize the different sources/feeds Tap explore on the bottom to customize your sources Tap news for you to see your feed Share the information/article by tapping the arrow pointing up in the top right Tap the bookmark to save the article in your saved article list found on the bottom right Update your device Go to settings General Software update Download and install YOU MUST KNOW YOUR APPLE ID and don't add a passcode if you don't have one Use notes to go paperless Tap the squiggles to write in the note Or the camera to take a photo to add to the note   Jason Dare Computer Trainer 415/240.4843 learn@sfct.net 1617 Balboa St. San Francisco, CA ...

 Get a different perspective on the news cnn.com sfgate.com nytimes.com npr.org International News bbc.com economist.com america.aljazeera.com/ news.com.au/ thelocal.fr ***Translate Websites*** 1.Go to translate.google.com 2.Type in the website to translate 3.Click Translate news.google.com news.aol.com Use twitter.com to search for information by profile or hashtag # (category/label/keyword) click the magnifying glass to search Download and install Google Chrome (built in translator) 1. go to google.com/chrome 2. Click download now 3. Remove Make Chrome my Default Browser 4. Download and Install 5. Click Run/Open 6. Confirm you'd like to install the software, YES Jason Dare Computer Trainer 415/240.4843 learn@sfct.net 1617 Balboa St. San Francisco, CA 94121 www.sfct.net

Notes 1/26/16 - Special Happy New Year Special Class Online Backup - Hassle Free, Better Safe than Sorry www.backblaze.com (PC & Mac) - $5 a month, unlimited backup ***Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Web Based Email is automatically backed up*** Backup Photos ONLY - Google Photo Backup - Free backup of Photos and Videos ( https://photos.google.com/ ) Search with a Different Tool www.google.com www.bing.com www.duckduckgo.com [no cookies/tracking] www.wolframalpha.com [search data] Learn something new on the Internet www.youtube.com www.edx.com (free online courses) Learn a Language www.youtube.com (Learn, listen to music, watch movies) translate.google.com (test your skills) Listen to Music www.Pandora.com www.Spotify.com www.Tunein.com (radio stations) Play the Piano www.virtualpiano.net Play the Pan Flute www.virtualmusicalinstruments.com/pan-flute   Find Sheet Music Online www.musescore.org   Write your own score www.noteflight.com   Save a Website/Video for future r...

iOS Notes 1/12/16 *How to access information on safari Open safari Tap on the top bar with the text Press backspace or the x to erase the current text Type in what you want Press go Choose from the results the best match *Don't like to type on the small keyboard? Use voice recognition! Open safari Tap on the top bar with the text Press backspace or the x to erase the current text Tap the microphone on the bottom left of the keyboard *Share the website information with others via email or text Tap the arrow pointing up and choose how to share Save Google to the home screen Open safari Tap on the top bar with the text Press backspace or the x to erase the current text Type in Google.com and press go Tap the arrow pointing up Choose add to home screen Tap add Use Siri to search Hold the home button down for a few seconds till the device chirps Say what you want, "search the web for....."   Jason Dare Co...

Website List continued… sfct.net (Towers Class Notes Archived on the Internet) Contact Someone for Services Around the House taskrabbit.com handy.com fiver.com freelancers.com upwork.com Car Service Uber.com Lyft.com flywheel.com (Taxi) Silverride.com Car Rentals zipcar.com monthly fee enterprisecarsharing.com getaround.com turo.com   wedriveu.com (chauffer) Movies, TV Stream on the Computer netflix.com (fee) hulu.com (free and fee) pbs.org (free) crackle.com (free) "When in doubt, Right Click!"     Jason Dare Computer Trainer 415/240.4843 learn@sfct.net 1617 Balboa St. San Francisco, CA 94121 www.sfct.net

How to access a website!!!! Type in the url(website address) in the top bar of the Web Browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome, Firefox). Press Enter/Return on the keyboard to go to the website. —or—  You may also type in what you want into the Google or Search box and choose the best choice from the results. Working with Passwords You must register with websites when ordering from them using your email address. You can make up your own scheme for passwords. I would definitely recommend having a different password for your email, financial institutions and shopping. Remember that passwords should be about 10 characters with an upper case letter and one special character (!@#$&). Shopping Amazon.com (largest online retailer, has 1 hour delivery option) OfficeDepot.com (free delivery over $50) Safeway.com (groceries delivered within the day) USPS.com (post office) Walgreens.com (meds, photos, etc.) eBay.com (global marketplace) etsy.com (handcrafted gifts) Food Trycavia...