![]() They are not as good and, if you change your equipment in the future, it may be hard work moving your photos. iPhoto on a Mac or Windows Photo Gallery are both excellent, but beware of other systems that come free with your camera or printer. When it comes to photos, it’s best to do your filing from within a programme and let it do all the organising.You may never sort out the chaos of yesteryear, but at least you’ll be able to find the most recent tax return or school report. Don’t be put off by a lifetime’s backlog – just create a folder called filing to 2013 and start your new organised system off with this year’s files. Right clicking on your desktop is the easiest way to make a new folder. ![]() Then, it sounds obvious, but for your documents, use the Documents folder on your computer and make new folders for every topic, such as holidays, school, work or utilities.Then you are in charge of your own files and no-one else can delete your contact lists or favourite recipes. First of all – if you share a computer, create a different account for each person that uses it.Here are some top tips for taking control of your digital world. But a quick look at your computer desktop or filing system may persuade you to start a new way of sorting your digital documents, music, movies and photos. How many ‘New year, new you’ articles have you seen since January 1 st? New year resolutions have mostly gone out of the window by now – I fell off the wagon a week ago. For the rest of your apps, you can activate location services as and when you need to. If you’re worried that the GPS function is using up too much of your battery life, only have it switched on for the apps that really need it, like maps and camera. This does all the same things as ‘Find my iPhone’, and this week the much-needed password protection was introduced, making a big improvement to its security. Google recently developed a similar app for Android – Android Device Manager. You simply sign in to the app using your Apple ID, switch on ‘location services’ for the app in your Settings, and your device is then traceable. The ‘Find my iPhone’ app allows you to pinpoint its location on a map, lock down all it’s functions and even send it a message to say ‘Call me on this number’. If you’ve got an iPhone or iPad you can use your GPS to find your device if you lose it. Apparently Angry Birds and Google maps are particularly ‘leaky apps’.īut having your GPS or ‘location services’ switched on can sometimes be a real godsend. You may have heard in the news this week that using GPS on your phone means that people like the CIA and Rebekah Brooks can find out more about your life than you might want them to.
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