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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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Using Visual Lookup on iOS 15.4

The recent update to iOS 15.4 on iPhone and iPad brought Visual Lookup to the UK, this allows you to look up information about the subject of your photos and see similar photos from the web.

In this tip, we'll show you how to use this new feature on your iPhone.

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Find your WiFi password on iOS 16

One of the handy new features in iOS 16 for iPhone (and coming soon for iPad) is the ability to see the WiFi password of the network you're connected to. This can be very handy if you need to share the password with other people trying to get online.

In this tip, we'll show you how to see your WiFi password directly on your iPhone.

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Using "Find My" on Mac and iOS

​Most Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, MacBooks, iMacs and even Apple Watch can be tracked using the built in Find My app. This can be really helpful if you ever lose a device. In this tip, we'll show you how it works.

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Should I pay for expensive software?

Many people rely on software such as Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop for their day to day work, but did you know that there are free alternatives to Office and Photoshop that are just as functional but completely free?

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Annotating PDFs on your Mac

If you're sending photos or PDFs to people it can be very helpful to add your own annotations, whether it's to give someone directions or point something out in the photo. This is very easy to do using Preview on the Mac and below we'll show you how to do it.

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What is private browsing?

​Almost every web browser now has a private browsing mode and there are even apps for mobile devices to help you browser privately, but it's not always as private as you might think and we'll run through what is and isn't private in this tip.

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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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Stop your laptops connecting to the wrong WiFi

As you travel around with your laptop, you'll end up connecting to all sorts of WiFi networks and this can cause problems if you're back at home or in the office and there's a WiFi hotspot nearby that your device keeps trying to connect instead of your own connection.

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Saving time with templates

If you're typing the same types of document over and over again in your word processor, you can save a lot of time by saving it as a template. Templates are easy to set up and use in all word processing packages, here we'll show you how to set up a simple template for a letter in Word and Pages.

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Do more with desktop apps

When you're looking to get more from your PC or Mac, the best place to start is by installing new applications that can expand the things that your computer can do. For example, you might want to install a game to play,  install an app to allow you to access Twitter or Facebook without having to keep visiting their websites or install an app to help you keep notes or keep your photos organised.

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Secure your Apple account

If you have an Apple ID or an iCloud account, it's a great idea to switch on Two Step Verification to make sure your account is extra secure. Two Step Verification adds an extra layer to logging into your account, as well as your ID and password, you then need the extra code that comes out to your devices. Without this code, no one can access your account.

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