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July : The Best Tricks, Tips, P. 1 2019 & Tweaks How to Backup Google Photos P. 2 How to Defrag Windows 10 P. 2

(continued) (continued) Windows Timeline: : View that shows your most frequent accessed folders and Timeline helps you pick up where you recently viewed files. If you’d rather default to Want to tie your phone and PC closer left off. Clicking the button the “This PC” view found in Windows 8, here’s how. together? Download ’s “Your in the or pressing the Win- Phone Companion” app for Android, and Open File Explorer, then select View>Options from the Rib- dows Key + Tab summons the feature, bon. A Folders Options window will open. Click the “Open link it to your PC using the new Your which displays a time line of your Folder Explorer” drop-down menu at the top, then select the Phone app from the . activity in supported apps, stretching “This PC” option. Click OK and you’re done! Your Phone lets you open, view, copy and back over the past. Even more handi- share photos that you took on y our Windows 10 New Keyboard Shortcuts ly, Microsoft lets you group related phone, as well as send and reply to texts Windows 10 adds all sorts of nifty new features designed to apps together into “Activities” in right on your PC. There’s an iOS version appeal to PC Power Users, but it also includes some nifty Timeline, so that when you open that as well, but it’s much, much more limited. newcomers that you can’t actually see—fresh keyboard week-old budget document, for ex- shortcuts! ample, the presentations and web- Ransomware Protection: The details come courtesy of Brandon LeBlanc of Microsoft’s sites you referenced at the time can Ransomware is a growing problem. It Blogging Windows blog. If you install Windows 10 be sure to easily be summoned as well. This infects PC’s, encrypts your files, and holds check these out. even syncs across devices, so it could everything hostage until you pay a ran- Snapping window: + Left or Right key, can be be especially useful if you use multi- som. The best defense agains ransom- used with UP or DOWN to get into quadrants. Quadrants is ple PCs. ware is frequent backups and strong se- the new Snap view mode that pins apps to the four corners of CLOUD CLIPBOARD: curity software but Windows 10 now the screen. includes basic protection right in your Switch to recent window: Alt + Tab, holds show new task Windows 10’s copy and paste func- . View window view, let go and switches to app. tionality has been hit and miss for years, but now you can deploy that Controlled Folder Access “protects your Task view: Windows + Tab, New Task view opens up and stays open. bugginess across multiple PCs with files and folders from unauthorized cloud clipboard—a genuinely useful changes by unfriendly applications”. Your Create new virtual desktop: Windows key + Ctrl + D feature. Head to Documents, Pictures, Movies, and Desk- Close current virtual desktop: Windows key + Ctrl + F4 Start>Settings>System>Clipboard and top folders are protected by default, enable “Sync across devices” to start though you can block other folders manu- Switch Virtual desktop: Windows key + Ctrl + Left or Right copying data on one PC and pasting it ally or whitelist trusted software to access To check out these and more tips and tricks, visit: on another PC. (continue) your locked-down info. You can tweak www.pcworld.com Controlled Folder Access by opening the End Windows Security app (formerly Windows Defender), heading to the Virus & threat protection tab, and clicking the “Manage ransomware protection” link at the bottom. 103 E. Poplar Turn off File Explorer’s Quick Access Greencastle, IN 46135 View 765-653-2755 ph www.pcpl21.org When you open File Explorer in Windows 10, it defaults to a new Quick Access Tech Tips Issue 03 July 2019 (continue)

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Google Photos is one of the (Continued) Back Up to Google Photos (Continued) best places to back up your Step one: Press the Windows Step five: Sit back and let photos and keep them safe. from a PC or MAC Key and type 'defrag' into the the Defrag tool work. De- Whether you use an Android search bar, then select 1. Download and in- pending on the size of your phone or tablet, an iPhone, “Defragment and Optimize stall Google Backup and drive and the level of frag- iPad, Mac or Windows PC, Drives” from the results. Sync. mentation, it may take a there's a free app available that 2. Sign in with your Google considerable amount of will back up all your snaps auto- If your search bar is misbe- account. time to complete. matically. having or you don’t see the 3. Select your Pictures folder. above results, you can also Step six (optional): If you’d like Windows 10 to defrag If you choose 'High quality' as 4. Choose to upload photos in reach the tool by opening your drive on a regular ba- the upload size, you'll have un- high or original quality. the , selecting sis, you can turn on sched- limited storage for your back- 5. Check 'Upload photos and System and Security, and uled optimization inside the ups, but Google will automati- videos to Google Photos'. then selecting “Defragment Defrag tool. Press the “Turn cally compress any photos larg- 6. Choose whether to sync and optimize your drives” on” button under er than 16MP. files from Google Drive. underneath the Administra- 7. Click 'OK' to begin backing tive Tools header. “Scheduled optimization,” then select the schedule you If you choose 'Original', the up. You can get to the Control want Windows to follow, photos will be uploaded with- End Panel by pressing the Win- and press the “Choose” out any compression, but you'll How to Defrag Windows dows Key and typing button to select which be limited by your Google ac- 10 “Control Panel” into the drives should be included in count's storage quota. This is search bar and selecting the the regular defrags. It’s simple to defragment – or 15GB for free accounts, though result or you can open the End 'defrag' – your storage you can buy more space if you , scroll down to in Windows 10. If you have a the Windows System folder, want. hard drive you’ve been using for open it, and select Control Remember to a long time without disk Back up to Google Photos Panel from inside. defragmentation, you may have document your from a phone or tablet user name, pass- noticed performance steadily Step two: Examine the list slowing down. of your computer’s drives in word, email, 1. Download the Google Pho- That likely means it’s time to the Defrag tool, and find the phone number, & tos app for iOS or Android. perform a defrag on that drive. hard drive you want to security ques- Before we begin, you should 2. Open the app and tap the defrag. tions. Doing this ensure the drive you plan to Step three: Check the menu button (three horizontal can save you a lot bars). defrag is a hard drive and not a “Media Type” column for of work and frus- 3. Select ‘’, then tap solid state drive (SSD). The Win- your drive and ensure it is ‘Backup and sync’. dows 10 defrag tool can tell you not a solid state drive tration in trying 4. Turn backups on using the which type of drives you have. (SSD). Only proceed with to get back into We’ll jump straight into the switch at the top. defragmentation for a hard your account. instructions for defragging a drive. hard drive now, but just note Step four: Click on that you should not defrag a the drive you want to solid state drive (SSD), and defrag, then press we’ll explain why after the in- the “Optimize” structions on defragging a hard button below the list drive in Windows 10. of drives. 103 E. Poplar First, let’s get the Windows 10 Windows 10 may Greencastle, IN 46135 Defrag tool open. prompt you to ap- 765-653-2755 ph

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