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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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.
How can I edit text on my iPhone or iPad?
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.
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.
Captioning photos on your iPad and iPhone
One of the new features in the Photos app on iOS 14 for your iPad and iPhone is the ability to caption photos, this makes it much easier to search back and find exactly the photo(s) that you're looking for.
In this tip, we'll show you how to caption and search for your favourite photos.
How can I work faster?
When you're using your computer, you can usually make things faster and easier by using keyboard shortcuts. These allow you to perform many of the functions you usually do with the mouse but without having to move away from what you're doing.
We've listed a few of the most common shortcuts below for Windows, Mac and iPad. On Windows you use the Ctrl key for the shortcuts and on the Mac and iPad, you use the Cmd key.
Finding your iPhone from your Apple Watch
If you have both an iPhone and an Apple Watch, did you know that you can use your watch to find your phone if you misplace it?
In this tip, we'll show you how to track down your phone from your wrist using your Apple Watch.
Syncing your Office documents across your devices
If you use Microsoft Office (Word, Excel & PowerPoint) then you can use OneDrive to keep your documents in sync between your devices and allow you to work wherever you are. If you have an Office365 subscription then you already have 1TB of OneDrive space or you can sign up for a free account and get 5GB of space.
Switching back to jpeg photos on iPhone and iPad
If you have a modern iPhone or iPad, it will take photos in a newer, more efficient format called HEIF and videos in a new format called HEVC.
If you're using all Apple devices, this shouldn't cause you any problems as they fully support these formats but if you use Windows, this might cause you some compatibility problems so in this tip, we'll show you how to switch back to the more standard formats.
Using Reading List to keep track of your favourite websites on iOS
There's a great feature in Safari on the iPad and iPhone that can help you keep track of websites that you want to come back to regularly. It's called Reading List and it also allows you to read the website as it was when you stored it, even if you don't have an Internet connection on your device.
How can I edit text on my desktop?
Whether you're writing an email or a document on your Mac or Windows PC, you'll often need to correct typos or move words or whole sentences around or add an underline, bold or italic for emphasis.
We’ll show you how to do the essentials below, using Word for Mac and Windows.
Converting an image file in macOS Monterey
One of the new features included in macOS 12 Monterey, is the ability to convert an image file into a different format, as well as changing the size of the file and removing any metadata attached to the file.
In this tip, we'll show you how to do this with just a few clicks,
Easily transfer to a new iPhone or iPad
If you replace your iPhone or iPad, it's easy to get it back up and running on the new device by using your iCloud backup and we'll show you how to do that here.
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