Showing posts with label Backup. Show all posts
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Thursday, November 23, 2023

Don’t Be a Turkey: Master Your PC Like a Pro

Have you ever felt like a “turkey” when using your personal computer?

Do you find yourself making the same mistakes over and over again? 

If so, you’re not alone. 

But don’t worry, here's are Cool Tips to avoid these common Turkey pitfalls and become a savvy Cool PC user.

1. Ignoring Updates

PC Turkey: Ignoring system and software updates. 

Cool Tip: Regularly update your system and software. 

Updates often contain important security patches and new features.

Here's how to do it.
  • For Windows, go to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update.
  • Click on ‘Check for updates’.
  • If updates are available, click ‘Install now’. 

2. Not Backing Up Data

PC Turkey: Not backing up important data. 

Cool Tip: Regularly backup your data. 

If your PC crashes and you haven’t backed up your data, you could lose all your photos, documents, and other important files.

Here's how to do it.
  • Connect an external hard drive to your PC.
  • Open the ‘Backup and Restore’ tool in the Control Panel.
  • Click on ‘Set up backup’, and follow the prompts.  

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3. Using Weak Passwords

PC Turkey: Using weak or same passwords for all accounts. 

Cool Tip: Use strong, unique passwords for each account. 

If a hacker cracks your password for one account, they could potentially gain access to all your accounts if you use the same password.

Here's how to do it.
  • Use a mix of letters, numbers, and special characters.
  • Don’t use personal information in your passwords.
  • Consider using a password manager. 

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Thursday, December 3, 2015

How to Back Up Gmail Contacts

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Are your Gmail contacts backed up?

Didn't think so.

If all of your contacts just disappeared one day, would this be a disaster? Names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, and anniversaries for hundreds or thousands of your contacts?  Poof!  All gone.

For many people, contacts are central to keeping an organized life.  Especially since this central source is synced with phones and other mobile devices.

We put our trust in Google.   But we should hedge our bets by having secure backed-up information, just in case.  

Here's how to export your contacts.  Note: if you are using the "preview version" of contacts, you'll need to go to the older version to export your contacts.  Look for the link int he lower left.

  • Sign in to Gmail.
  • At the top, click Gmail Contacts.
  • Click More Export... 
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  • Select the group of contacts or All contacts to export
  • Select the data format of your export. 
  • To transfer contacts between Google Accounts, use the Google CSV format. Select this format as your primary backup for your Gmail contacts.  Note: To ensure you can export your data to other applications such as Outlook, do a second export and select the Outlook CSV format.
  • Click Export.
  • Choose Save to Disk OK.
  • Select a location and file name to save your file, and click OK.


That's it.

And be sure to backup your exported file as well to a CD, digital drive or cloud-based service such as Dropbox or Google Drive.

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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Backing Up Avoids Crack Ups

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2) This post has been one of the most popular here on OneCoolTip.  A few additional ways to backup your important data include copying files to cloud storage systems like DropBoxMicrosoft One Drive and Google Drive.  

In addition, with so many photos stored on a phone, it's best to ensure there is an auto-upload photo program like Google's new Google Photo app to ensure that if the device is lost or stolen, you still have your precious photos.

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One of the worse things that can happen to a computer user is to lose one's data.

It's there one day. And then it's gone. Never to come back again.

Treasured family photos. Financial records. A doctoral dissertation.

Gone. Forever.

But it doesn't have to happen. Like most things in life, a little prevention is the best medicine.

Data can be backed up easily in a variety of ways, USB Flash Drives, CD and DVD Writers, External Hard Drives, or online storage. Each can be useful.

If you are paranoid, use them all. The point is it's never to early to back up your data and store it in a safe place.

One caveat is to always keep financial information secure.  And that probably means keeping it to a physical medium like a disk drive or CD that is stored at a different location.


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