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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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.
Microsoft's Anniversary Update for Windows 10 added a lot of new features and makes Windows 10 even more secure. However you may find that after you've installed it, you have a lot less free space on your C drive, here we'll show you how to free up this space.
Windows 10 has finally introduced the concept of multiple desktops to all Windows users. It can be very helpful to have multiple desktops on your computer as it means you can have applications open full screen on different desktops and switch between them or group applications together depending on what you use together. We'll show you how to use it here.
Lots of information comes in by email these days, payment receipts, holiday bookings, tickets for concerts, flights etc and it can be handy to save these as a PDF so you can file them away and keep them safe. In today's tip, we'll show you how to do that on your iPhone or iPad.
This tip on how to send files using Dropbox is one of our most popular tips as this topic comes up a lot. Sending large files by email is never a good idea as it fills your email account up unnecessarily and can make your email slow to a crawl while it tries to send the file.
We've updated this tip a few times to make sure it fits with the latest versions of Dropbox for your devices.
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?
Having WiFi at home or work can be really convenient when you're using laptops or smartphones/tablets as it means you don't have to be confined to one area when you want to use the Internet, unfortunately just about everything interferes or blocks WiFi to some extent but luckily there are things you can do to try to get the best signal possible.
Two of the new features in Mail in iOS 16 for iPhone are the ability to send an email later and to undo an email you've sent.
In this tip, we'll show you how to use both of these new features.
One of the most useful new features in the recent iPadOS 13.4 was the ability to use a trackpad or mouse with your iPad. This makes the iPad much easier to use if you already have an external keyboard connected and have the iPad propped up where it's not easy to tap the screen.
In this tip, we'll show you how to get started with a trackpad or mouse on your iPad.
More and more people are now only using a smartphone or a tablet rather than a desktop PC or a laptop, so these devices soon fill up with emails, photos and other important data. It's important to ensure that your mobile device is backed up so here we'll show you how to ensure that your mobile device is backed up.
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.
When you're writing an email or a document on your iPhone or iPad, you'll often want to correct typos or edit the text as you would when you're using a desktop PC. This is nice and easy on both the iPhone and iPad and we'll show you how.