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Safari Customize your Top Sites (accessed by clicking the gird on the top left) 1. Click on the grid of squares on the top left 2. Top Sites (tiles of previously visited pages appear) 3. Click "Edit" bottom left 4. Click the X to remove an item from top site or the push pin to add the screen to your permanent collection of top sites 5. Click "Small, Medium, Large" on the bottom right to change the number of top sites that appear and their size ***You can also drag and rearrange your sites***   6. Click "Done" on the bottom left to finish Reset your browser History and information 1. Click on "Safari" 2. Choose "reset safari" 3. Check the items to reset 4. Click "Reset" Always Open Safari to my Top Sites 1. Click on "safari" 2. Choose "preferences" 3. Click "general" 4. Choose for new windows open with and new tabs open with...top sites 5. Click "ok" Jason Dare Computer Trainer 415/24

What is malware? "Malware"   is short for malicious software and used as a single term to refer to virus, spyware, worm etc. Malware is designed to cause damage to a stand alone computer or a networked pc. So wherever a malware term is used it means a program which is designed to damage your computer it may be a virus, worm or Trojan. What differentiates viruses, spyware, cookies, etc? Worms:- Worms are malicious programs that make copies of themselves again and again on the local drive, network shares, etc. The only purpose of the worm is to reproduce itself again and again. It doesn't harm any data/file on the computer. Unlike a virus, it does not need to attach itself to an existing program. Worms spread by exploiting vulnerabilities in operating systems Virus:- Virus is a program written to enter to your computer and damage/alter your files/data. A virus might corrupt or delete data on your computer. Viruses can also replicate themselves. A computer Virus is

Check your computer for the July 9, 2012 Malware Threat   http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363   Jason Dare Computer Trainer 415/240.4843 learn@sfct.net 1617 Balboa St. San Francisco, CA 94121 www.sfct.net

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.

Changing the line spacing in Microsoft Word 1.      Create your document 2.      Select ALL the text (ctrl + A) 3.      Right click on the text to open up the menu 4.      Choose "paragraph" 5.      Change the line spacing to single and extra space at the end and beginning of the paragraph to 0 6.      Click OK ***If you want these settings to be used EVERYTIME you open a word document, you can click default in the paragraph attributes window before clicking okay before step 6 above*** Changing the size of the Desktop Icons (Windows XP) 1.      Right click on the desktop picture 2.      Choose Properties 3.      Click the Appearance Tab 4.      Click the Effects Button 5.      Remove or Select Use Large Icons 6.      Click OK Changing the size of the Desktop Icons (Windows 7) 1.      Right Click on the desktop picture 2.      In the menu, go to View 3.      Choose the size of the icons you want Printer problems? Step 1. Go to the manu

Faxing from your computer Many options A) Internet Faxing using eFax or a similar service B) Buy a all-in-one printer/copy/fax machine and send faxes from your computer to the printer/fax to send via a phone line Webcams (live video feeds around the world) Yosemite Webcam http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/travel/new-webcams-show-yosemite-national-parks-top-sights-on-the-internet-around-the-clock/2012/05/15/gIQAfEI7QU_story.html Falcon Webcam http://www2.ucsc.edu/scpbrg/nestcamSF.htm Clean your computer screen use the Belkin Screen Cleaning Kit How long does my computer last? Hard to say, be prepared from the start and have a backup of your data so if your computer fails within the 1st year or on the 10 year you can still retrieve your information. Macintosh Antivirus Sophos http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-antivirus-for-mac-home-edition.aspx Moving Desktop Background - $30 http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/18648/my-living-desktop Jason Dare Computer Train