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Tuesday, March 12, 2013
March 2013 eNewsletter
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Seven Things I Learned Recently That You Need to Know
By default, the schedule to virus scans is turned off. Follow this link for a how-to to fix this problem.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/128642883/Avg-Free-Edition-Changing-the-Scan-Schedule
Update iOS to 6.1.3 when available.
The passcode feature for iPads and iPhones has been compromised by the 6.1.2 upgrade to iOS. This bug will be fixed in 6.1.3. Make sure you upgrade to this release when it becomes available.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4623
Backup iPad and iPhone the old fashioned way.
A recent iOS update wiped out users' iPhone/iPad iCloud backup. Back up your iPhone/iPad through iTunes by connecting your device to your computer.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
Test your computer backup.
How do you know the backup you have been doing, will restore your files when you need them? Test the restore process now - before you need it - so that you can fix any problems in advance.
Look at the age of your computer and plan accordingly.
No one wants to spend money unless they have to. Any computer more than 5 years old is a candidate for replacement. Replacing a computer before it crashes is easier than afterwards.
Test your Internet connection speed.
Are you getting what you paid for? If the connection is slower than what you paid for, get your Internet Service Provider to fix the problem or downgrade to a lower cost package.
http://www.speedtest.net/
Make sure Java and Adobe Flash Player are getting updated automatically.
Download the latest versions of Java and Adobe Flash Player and install them. Make sure you enable automatic updates during the installation process.
Java download: http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp
Adobe Flash Player download: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/?promoid=BUIGP
Make sure to uncheck the box that also downloads McAfee Security Scan Plus when downloading Flash Player.
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Monday, March 4, 2013
How to Block a Caller to Your Cell Phone
There are two ways I am aware of:
- Add a service or feature to your cell phone plan from your cell phone provider. Usually, this is an addition monthly charge and the number to be blocked is entered on the cell phone providers website.
- Create a silent ring tone and make a contact for them and set the ring tone to silent. Technically, this is not blocking the call, but you will not be bothered by your cell phone ringing when this number calls.
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Saturday, March 2, 2013
Encrypting Your Computer Hard Drive
Every day we see reports of corporations having their data compromised or exposed. Is is possible that a hacker could gain access to your computer hard drive and compromise your data?
What can you do to minimize your risks?
- Ensure you have a good anti virus program running on your computer.
- Keep your operating system and application software updated to minimize security holes that can be exploited by hackers.
- Make sure you have a tested backup and recovery process in place.
- Encrypting your data. A free product to consider is TrueCrypt. www.truecrypt.com
Once you download and install the software, read the Beginners Tutorial (http://www.truecrypt.org/docs/). When you have built your encrypted container, you can move your sensitive data there.
- When you supply the correct credentials, the container is visible to your computer and your applications like any computer hard drive.
- Programs will run normally using the data on the encrypted container.
- When you dismount the container, this is the same as removing a USB Jump Drive from your computer and putting it in your pocket. The container is no longer visible to your computer until you mount the container again with the proper credentials.
- Make sure you have a backup of your credentials and have stored your password in a safe place. Without these two pieces of information, you will be unable to mount the encrypted container.
- If the container is not mounted, it cannot be backed up. If you dismount the container at the end of the day and your automated backup runs at midnight, the backup program will not find your container to back it up.
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Sending a Secure Email Easily
- You're ready to send secure email as soon as you create an account.
- There is no software required and no encryption keys to manage.
- It's free to send and receive messages.
- It works anywhere, for any email client, and from any web-enabled device.
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33 Expert Tips and Tricks for iOS 6
http://www.macworld.com/article/2027220/33-expert-tips-and-tricks-for-ios-6.html?page=0
Perhaps you are already an iOS master. Or maybe you consider yourself more of a novice. Either way, we feel confident that at least some of the tips and tricks for iOS 6 that we present below will be new to you. What’s more, we hope you love them—and benefit from them—as much as we do.
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How to Add Your Favorite Contacts to iPhone's Home Screen
http://www.iphonehacks.com/2013/02/call-contacts-iphone-homescreen.html
While the phone app on your iPhone lets you select favorite contacts from your contact list to easily call them, it can take three taps to finally end up on the calling screen. In this article, we tell you a trick by which you can call people you frequently contact right from your home screen, without the need for a jailbreak. To do this, you’ll have to first download iPhone Configuration Utility, a software developed by Apple, targeted for enterprise device management. You can download and install the Windows version from here, and the Mac version from here. After you’re done installing the app on your PC or Mac, follow the steps below. (Although the screenshots below show the Mac app, instructions for the Windows version should be fairly similar.)
Step 1: Open iPhone Configuration Utility and click on the “Configuration Profiles” label on the left.
Step 2: Click on “New” at the top and you’ll notice a new profile has been created with default values.
Step 3: Fill in the required fields for the profile. I named my profile “Speed dial,” enter “com.yourname.profile” as the identifier and, if you want, you can fill in a brief description that explains the purpose of this profile.
Step 4: Now scroll to the bottom, click on Web Clips, and then hit “Configure.” You’ll see that there are a set of fields that you have to fill in values for.
Step 5: In Name, enter the name of the contact you’d like to call. In the URL field, enter “tel://” followed by the phone number. You can also choose the icon that will appear on your iPhone’s home screen for the shortcut. In my case, I chose a retro phone icon from here. Enable the “full screen” check box as well.
Step 6: Now connect your iPhone via your USB cable and wait for it to appear under devices at the left. Once it does, click on the “Configuration Profiles” tab on the right. If everything went right till now, you should see the configuration profile you created, along with an install button on the right.
Step 7: Click the install button and your iPhone should automatically get unlocked and prompt you with a screen that asks you for permission to install the profile. Once that’s done, you should see the icon along with the name you had entered.
Step 8: Tap on the icon and it should open a web view with an alert asking you to confirm whether you want to proceed with the call. Once you confirm, your call will be placed. The flow would have been even better had Apple not put a confirmation alert every time you tap the web clip icon, but it still takes just two taps, where as the Phone app favorites could take two and at most three taps to end up at the calling screen. You can even use this trick to quickly message people, just enter “sms://” in the URL instead of “tel://”. When using the SMS url, iOS doesn’t even ask for a confirmation and directly redirects you to the compose window, making it a one-tap process. If you have multiple iPhones, you can simply export the profile from iPhone Configuration Utility and mail it to all devices as an attachment, making this process work over-the-air without the need to be connected via USB. We hope you find this helpful in your daily usage, if you have further suggestions, chime in the comments below. Of course with the iOS 6 jailbreak the iPhone would become even more productive, with tweaks like these.
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Flipsy Finds the Right Sale Price for Your Used iPhones, iPads, Game Consoles and Books
Flipsy supports only iPhones, iPads, game consoles, and books, but if you're selling one of those items you can find out how much they're worth by just answering a few questions. Flipsy will show the offers from different buyback companies when you're done and you can take one of them or use the information you find to set a realistic price when selling online. While you're limited to the aforementioned categories at the moment, Flipsy plans to expand as time goes on. Check it out now if you have an iDevice, game console, or book to sell. Check it out later if you've got something else.
Click here to visit Flipsy
Reposted from LifeHacker.com
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