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Time-Saving Tips & Tricks for Mac and iOS Users Featuring Additional Insights, Tools, & Demonstrations Want to know how much the web can find out about you and your computing experience? Visit ClickClickClick.Click Here’s Another: webkay.robinlinus.com Opt Out of Data Collection Twitter: (new last month) Head to the privacy and safety section in settings and turn off the "Personalization and Data" toggle Amazon Turn off their ability to track your web browsing data by changing your ad preferences Lock Down Email Make Gmail ask permission to load images Make your iPhone’s mail app prevent images from automatically loading Alternative Apps to Block Tracking Code in Incoming Mail Keep in mind that these may require granting access to your personal messages in cases of tech support & further analysis (security issue?) Trackbuster https://trackbuster.com/ Ugly Email - Chrome Extension https://uglyemail.com/ Monitor Your Mic & Webcam Mac malware often spies on users by recording audio and video sessions...sometimes in an undetected manner. OverSight can detect each use for you to approve https://objective-see.com/products/oversight.html Objective-See makes some other cool software, too Free App! MICROSOFT HELP Use Office 365/Outlook 2016? Here’s how to backup your identity (ie: emails aka profiles) It’s in Library but you must first make that visible: On the desktop, select the GO menu while holding the ALT key to reveal Library as an option in that menu Copy it from this location: Library > Group Containers > UBF8T346G9.Office > Outlook > Outlook 15 Profiles > (location of Identities) Working with Outlook Profiles Open Applications Folder CTRL+CLICK Microsoft Outlook Select “Show Package Contents” Open Contents > SharedSupport Double Click Open Outlook Profile Manager Select the profile you wish to load and use How to Fix A Common Microsoft Word Issue on Mac Applies to Office 365 If you’re getting “compile error in hidden module:link” when exiting MS Word after updating…. Go to: ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/User Content/Startup/Word/ Move the file: “linkCreation.dotm” outside of that folder Try opening & closing word (issue should be gone) Ever Hear of the App Wine? Wine enables Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, and Solaris users to run Windows applications without a copy of Microsoft Windows—and it’s FREE! Go to: https://wiki.winehq.org Works with Mac OS X 10.8+ SECURITY QUICKTIPS Lock Screen No App Required Saves on Performance (not a screensaver) Helpful for instances like pre-OSX 10.12 (where the screensaver froze systems, specifically issues with the AMD cards in Mac Pros for which a recall was issued by Apple) Lock Screen - How To Invoke Method 1 = Control + Shift + Eject (partial success) Method 2 = Control + Shift + Power (partial success) Method 3 = Invoke via menu bar (preferred) Lock Screen - The Setup Open Keychain Access Select Preferences Check “Show keychain status in menu bar” Lock Screen - The Setup Lock Files No App Required Create USB sticks with encrypted data Helpful for locally backing up sensitive documents or lists of passwords/site logins Lock Files - How To Setup Open Disk Utility File > New Image > Blank Image Name the volume, pick a size, and encrypt it Enter a password, drag items in, unmount it, and move it to the desired system location/device/drive Lock Files - How To Setup It’s Not All Scary! Tech Is Suppsed To Help, Right? Guided Access Apple developed this for families so children can use iPhones and iPads and not buy things/break the device To enable, Open Settings and Tap General > Accessibility; then scroll down to Guided Access To exit a Guided Access session triple click the Home Button, enter your passcode (or Touch ID) and tap End. Be sure to set whether the device can go to sleep during a session, too Secure Your Notes Starting in iOS9.3+ Do you store password/sensitive reminders in Notes? Tap the share icon (right click) with the note you wish to protect Then tap “Lock Note” and set a password (future notes will use this same password) Personalize Your Google Ads: https://www.google.com/settings/u/0/ads/authenticated Pick Your Notifications Starting in iOS8+ Enable Reply Notifications for individual emails/ threads instead of every single message Tap its flag icon in the bottom left corner Then tap “Notify Me” - confirm you want them on & turn them off when you’re done with that thread Unlock iOS 10 w/out Home Switch Back like in iOS9 Open Settings App Go to: General > Accessibility > Home Button and tap “Rest Finger to Open” Magnify Your Screen Found in iOS8+ Go to: Settings > General > Accessibility > Magnifier (zoom in older versions) Turn that on Split View & Picture in Picture For iPads with iOS9+ (iPad 2+) Open any app; swipe inwards from the right side - a slim side bar appears where you can pick another app and have it open in that region Similar to Sierra, video can move to a corner while you work in another app Change the % of space devoted to two apps side by side (default is 50/50) Use iCloud to Your Advantage Ever run out of local HDD space? iCloud will now store all of your seldom used content in instances of low HDD space thanks to integration from Mac OS Sierra Optimizing Storage Space Go to: System Preferences > iCloud & click Options next to iCloud Drive Check Optimize Mac Storage (files seldom used will automatically be moved to iCloud and removed from your local HDD) The difference is that they’ll take some extra time to load when you click on them because in the future, instead of opening they must be downloaded first Optimizing Storage Space Go to About This Mac and click the Storage tab Click “Manage” to see how you can save space Sample Suggestions: > Turn on iCloud Photo Library (for photos/videos) > Empty Trash Automatically will clean that every 30 days after items were deleted > Review Files = system will look for files it suggests are no longer needed and present them to you for review File Sharing with Windows PC On Windows PC: Right Click on Folder You Wish to Share Properties > Sharing (tab) > Share Add everyone and set permissions to: Read Only or Read/Write Click Share, then Done Get the IP of the Host PC Open Command Prompt (you can type CMD and hit enter in search) Type ipconfig and press Enter Write down the number that appears here: Connect via Mac OSX From the home screen/Finder of the Apple device: Go > “Connect to Server” Type cifs://192.168.1.125 (the IP of the PC) Authenticate if necessary and once mounted, you can move content just like you would with an external drive COOL APPS Font Book Already installed on your Apple Computer! Use it to install/manage fonts Can also be used to quickly preview what they look like when making a typeface selection Munki Developed by Walt Disney Animation Studios Used with web server-based repository of pkgs and metadata for OS X admins to manage software installs, removals, and client systems Open source (Free) Can be configured to install Apple Software Updates & Adobe CS3-CS6 enterprise deployment https://github.com/munki/munki Deploy Studio Designed to flawlessly manage large deployments of workstations and servers Features: Image & deploy Mac computers Advanced system reconfiguration Realtime monitoring http://www.deploystudio.com Audio Hijack https://rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/ Free! Capture and record audio from applications on the Mac in real-time Chroma Key Live Live green screen video app for Apple computers Free! https://www.zachpoff.com/software/chroma-key-live/ Snap N Drag Screen capture app More features than Apple’s native Grab app Free! http://www.yellowmug.com/snapndrag/ FireShot Screen capture app for websites/browsers Free! Plugin for Firefox & Chrome https://getfireshot.com Saving Money (for those that have heard of Ebates etc.) Not an App but a Plugin for Chrome… Honey (automatic online coupon code finder) Available in the Chrome Apps Store (free) FTP Apps I like Cyberduck for Mac over Filezilla Both are Free! Cyberduck is more accurate in grabbing every file within a directory when transferring website content https://cyberduck.io Switch Great tool for easily batch processing audio format changes Example: MP3 to WAV Free! Available as a download & on the Apps Store DIY AppleTV Repurpose an old Mac/PC Download & Install Reflector 2 App ($15 w/free trial) Computer will show in your iPhone’s AirPlay menu http://www.airsquirrels.com/reflector/ Stellarium Free open source app Great for Astro Photography Planning Use it to line up the night sky locally even with expected light pollution renderings www.stellarium.org Cool App for 8/21/17 SkyView Free! In the Apple Apps Store iPad/iPhone Project Folder Management 2 Choices of Free Apps Post Haste by Digital Rebellion Editing Folders by Adam Schoales (based off Automator for Mac OSX) Post Haste Editing Folders Project Folder Management Post Haste by Digital Rebellion https://www.digitalrebellion.com/posthaste Editing Folders by Adam Schoales http://adamschoales.com/blog/2017/2/folder- workflow-with-automator-aka-freebie-for-you Project Folder Management Post Haste includes project files inside a hierarchy of folders and those project files get named based on the name of your project during folder setup as you run the template It also adds a unique number so you can multiple projects named the same thing without overwriting each other Editing Folders creates a hierarchy of empty folders File Transfer Services Google Drive/DropBox/iCloud - Hosted Files 2GB-15GB for Free Accounts (1GB web DL max w/DropBox) HighTail/WeTransfer - Emailed 250MB-2GB for Free Accounts Aspera - Fast