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Tekee Tim's Tips

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Tekee Tim's Tips

Tekee Tim is full of useful hints and tips to get more out of your computers, tablets, smart phones and systems, and online services, so bookmark this page and keep coming back for more tips.

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Taking a screenshot of your device

If you want to capture some information that’s displayed on your screen, such as a receipt, it can often be helpful to take a screenshot.

Luckily this is easy on all devices, Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.

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How can I control app permissions on my device?

​Various apps on your mobile devices and Windows and Mac computers need different permissions in order to operate. Skype for example will need permission to access the camera and microphone. We'll show you here how to check what app is using what permissions, and how to change it.

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Creating a playlist in Apple Music on macOS

Apple replaced iTunes in macOS Catalina with the new Apple Music app. A lot of the functions for music are the same but creating playlists and adding songs is slightly different so we thought it was time to revisit how to make a playlist of your favourite music.

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Changing your DNS servers

If you find yourself having intermittent problems with websites loading slowly, email not working and seeing out of date websites, you could be having problems with your DNS servers.

All Internet Providers provide DNS as part of the connection and these convert a website name such as bbc.co.uk into the actual address of the website which is something like 63.194.125.69. Unfortunately the DNS Servers that you get with your Internet connection are usually pretty bad. They can be slow and out of date and we always recommend using better ones.

In this tip, we'll show you have to switch over to using faster and safer DNS on your Mac, Windows PC and your home router.

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Install iPhone and iPad apps on your new Mac

If you have one of Apple's new Macs using their own Apple Silicon processor, then you can install a selection of iPhone and iPad apps and use them on your Mac as you would a normal Mac app. At the time of writing this tip, the new MacBook Air, MacBook Pro and Mac mini all feature the new Apple M1 chip.

In today's Tekeez Tip, we'll show you how to find and install an iPhone or iPad app on your new Mac.

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Reset your Mac to factory settings

If you ever need to reset your Mac back to factory settings, for example, if you're upgrading to a new Mac and passing your existing one to someone else, it's very important to make sure that all your files and settings are removed from your Mac before giving it to anyone else.

This tip will show you how to reset your Mac completely so it's safe to hand over to a new user. Please note that this only works on macOS 12 Monterey and newer.

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What is Continuity Camera?

If you've upgraded your Apple devices to macOS Mojave and iOS 12, you can make use of the great new Continuity Camera feature to take a photo on your iPhone and put it straight onto your Mac.

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How can I share files between a PC and a Mac?

If you have both a Mac and Windows you will often want to share files between them, unfortunately Windows can't read a Mac formatted disk at all and the Mac can't save files to a Windows formatted disk. Fortunately there is a way to format a disk so you can use it on both systems just the same.

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How can I remember my passwords?

These days we all have passwords for everything and they all need to be unique, secure and cryptic but easy to access when you need them.

For years now we've been using and recommending 1Password as an easy way to create, store and enter passwords that match all the requirements above.

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How can I silence my devices quickly?

If you're going to the cinema, into a meeting or running a presentation, you'll need to quickly silence your devices and stop any notifications popping up on the screen. This is usually just one or two taps or clicks and we'll run through all the ways to do it here.

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