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Home » Archives for March 2019
4:03 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
The perks of email messaging made modern-day communications instantaneous and easy to deploy. But these same conveniences also makes it a trivial matter for spammers to duplicate and massively send out millions of junk email in seconds.
Sure, spam filters can save you from the scams, phishing attempts and advertisements you don’t care about, but sometimes, email programs also return false positives and they can filter out important emails you can't afford to miss.
How many times have you heard "Have you checked your spam folder?" when confronted with an unread email? Probably too many times.
To save yourself from embarrassing situations and never miss an important email again,...
3:22 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
If you're an Apple fan, it's an exciting time. Earlier this week, the company held another reveal event. But this time, it didn't focus on all of its new shiny gadgets.
Instead, we learned about a bunch of new services. AppleTV+, Apple News, Apple Arcade, and there's even a new Apple credit card in the works.
Lost in all the excitement was the fact that Apple just released an iOS update. And this one is extremely important because it patches over 50 security flaws.
You must update to iOS 12.2 immediately
Even though operating system updates are critical, many people don't like installing them as soon as they come out. Believe me, I get it.
They wait to make sure...
3:19 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Tip of the Day:
How to Forget a Wi-Fi Network on Your iPhone
Your iPhone will
automatically remember the Wi-Fi networks you join. When you’re in the
vicinity of that network, it will automatically connect. You can view the
list of network connections near you in Settings. This is also where you
would tell your iPhone to forget a Wi-Fi network. You might decided to do
this if you’re moving or having trouble with a particular connection.
...
3:14 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Keeping your family photos safe from device failure is the primary reason backups exist. iCloud claims to back up all your photos “in the cloud,” but the way it works varies depending on what settings you have enabled.
My Photo Stream vs. iCloud Photos
“iCloud Photos” does what you’d expect—it stores all your photos in iCloud. Whenever you take a picture on your iPhone, it immediately uploads to iCloud where it’s backed up even if you break your phone. iCloud Photos will also send all the photos you’ve taken to your Mac, and any other device you have connected to iCloud so that everything is synced up. This is assuming everything is connected to the internet, and you haven’t...
3:04 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
POJOSLAW | DREAMSTIME.COM
Are you the proud owner of a smartphone in the iPhone X series? If yes, lucky you. The many cool new features of the iPhone, including Face ID, will have you satisfied with your purchase.
What’s so great about facial recognition? In addition to an increased level of security for your smartphone and data, it is quite helpful when performing specific actions, such as unlocking your phone and authorizing an Apple Pay transaction.
If you haven’t taken the opportunity to set up Face ID or you have not tested this facial recognition system, check out the video below. It will demonstrate not only how to set up up Face ID, but it will provide you an overview...
2:51 PM
High Tech House Calls, Expert Computer Consulting
Apple’s AirPods are one of the company’s most popular accessories,
and they’re pretty great. Like all modern wireless headphones, they have
firmware that sometimes needs to be updated for optimal performance.
Here’s how to update the firmware on your AirPods.
With no screen to speak of it can be easy to forget that wireless
headphones often need firmware updates to make sure that hey work as
well as they possibly can. Sometimes the updates even fix bugs that have
been reported. If your AirPods are misbehaving, it’s always a good idea
to check whether there are software updates available.
When AirPods Automatically Update
Thankfully, AirPods will normally update...
