Sunday, January 8, 2023

Hide Memories from Your Facebook Feed

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Facebook is used by millions of people around the world.  

Users connect to friends to enjoy viewing and posting photos.  

For most people, this is a fun and rewarding experience.

But this can turn around quickly when Facebook shares past posts, called "memories" in your feed that you'd rather no longer see again.

Perhaps it's a photo from an ex-spouse or a dearly departed friend or relative.

You can tell Facebook not to show you these "memories" based on a specific person or on certain days.

Here's the Cool Tip to do it from the web:

Hide Person

  1. Go to facebook.com/memories.
  2. Click Hide People under Settings.
  3. Click Start typing a name... and enter the names of the people you don't want to see memories with.
  4. Click Save.
Hiding memories of someone will hide any tagged photos or posts of that person in Memories.

Hide Certain Days
  1. Go to facebook.com/memories.
  2. Click Hide Dates below Settings.
  3. Click Add New Date Range.
  4. Select a start and end date for the date or dates you don't want to see memories from.
  5. Click Save.

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Saturday, January 7, 2023

Restart Your iPhone with Siri

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It happens to all of us from time to time.  Your iPhone freezes up or acts wonky.

The only solution?

Restart.

But how do you restart an iPhone?

There's the tried and true manual way which I'll explain in a moment.  

But let's just say it requires a bit of manual dexterity to accomplish.

So first I'll share the Cool Tip to do it the easy new way with Siri.

Here's how you do it.

Restart your iPhone - Siri
  • First, say Hey Siri to activate Siri.
  • Next, say Restart iPhone.
  • Then say Yes when Siri prompts you to confirm.

You'll need to be on the latest IOS version16 or greater for this to work.  

And if your iPhone is locked, you'll need to unlock it first.

But Siri is really your friend when you need to restart your iPhone.

And what if you want to restart the "old fashioned" way?

Here's how you do it.

Restart your iPhone - Manually

  • Press and hold either volume button and the side button until the power-off slider appears.
  • Drag the slider, then wait 30 seconds for your device to turn off. ...
  • To turn your device back on, press and hold the side button (on the right side of your iPhone) until you see the Apple logo.

That's it!

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Friday, January 6, 2023

Take a Random Trip with MapCrunch

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Waste a few minutes today visiting a random place in the world with MapCrunch.

https://www.mapcrunch.com/

Just press the Go button and you'll be taken to a new random street view somewhere in the world.

MapCrunch uses Google's Street View photos from around the world to let you visit a random location.  

You can use the arrows to explore your destination.

So enjoy your day and happy travelling!

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Thursday, January 5, 2023

Take a Screen Shot, Hands Free

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Screenshots are useful when you want to capture what you are viewing on your phone screen.

But a very cool trick is to do this by voice command leaving your hands free.

For iPhone:

- Just say "Hey Siri, take a screenshot."  The screenshot will be saved to your camera roll.

For Android

- Just say "Hey Google", then "Take a Screenshot".

If this doesn't work, check your settings.
- Open Settings
- Go to Apps & Notifications
- Advanced
- Default apps
- Assist & Voice Input
- Turn on Use screenshot.

That's it.  No more fussing with multiple button presses to take a screenshot on your phone!


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Wednesday, January 4, 2023

Google Chrome Stops Support for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1

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Google is stopping support for Windows 7 and 8/8.1 with its Chrome browser at the end of 2022.

What does that mean?

Google Chrome version 109 will be the last version that will support the older Windows Operating systems.   

Users on these older versions of Windows can continue to use the Chrome browser, however, it will not update to a newer version.  Feature updates, bugs and security fixes will no longer be available.

Google Chrome version 110, expected to be released in early February 2023, will only support Windows 10 and 11.

Microsoft Edge is also sunsetting support for the older operating systems.

As of now, Mozilla still supports the older versions.  But a final decision on how long to support has not been announced.

Users will have to decide if updating their older PCs is worth the risk and hassle.  Or buying a new system with the newer Windows 11 system is a better long term decision.


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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

How to Update the Firefox Browser

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The Firefox web browser has long been a fan-favorite.  

Firefox has survived and prospered even with intense competition from tech giants Apple Safari, Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome browsers.

Like other browsers, Firefox will update automatically on Windows.

But you can force the update yourself with this cool tip.

Here's how to do it:

  • Click the menu button Fx89menuButton (often called the hamburger) at the right side of the Firefox toolbar.
  • Go to Help
  • Select About Firefox
  • The About Mozilla Firefox window will open
  • Firefox will check for updates
  • When the download is complete, click Restart to Update Firefox
That's it.  You will now be using the latest version of Firefox.

Note:
  • These instructions are for Windows users who downloaded Firefox directly from the Mozilla website.
  • If you installed Firefox from the Microsoft Store, then the Microsoft Store will update your browser. 

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Monday, January 2, 2023

Use Snipping Tool to Capture Screenshots in Windows


A picture is worth a thousand words. 

This is even more true in the digital age. 

But how do you capture something you see on your windows screen to be able to include it in your email or message?

When you need to capture a full or partial Windows screen, use this keyboard shortcut to open the Windows Snipping Tool: 

Windows Key + Shift + S

This shortcut will open the quick Snipping tool.  Select one of the tools to capture the screen:

Snipping Tool Quick Menu




  • Rectangular snip
    • Drag the cursor around an object to form a rectangle.
  • Free-form snip
    • Draw a free-form shape around an object.
  • Full-screen snip
    • Capture the entire screen.
  • Window snip
    • Select a window, such as a dialog box, that you want to capture.

You can paste (Ctrl+V) your screen snip into another program such as email or Microsoft Word.

After you capture an image, you'll see a pop-up message in the bottom, right-hand corner of the screen, you can click that message to open the full Snipping Tool application screen for more editing options.


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