Episode 61: "Do Not Disturb"

Hi Everyone,

Have you ever traveled to another time zone and got calls in the middle of the night? Here’s a couple tips for our world travelers or holiday travelers.

Do Not Disturb
Did you know that you can set your phone to "Do Not Disturb"? If you are traveling to a different time zone and you don’t want to get calls in the middle of the night, try setting the "Do Not Disturb" feature on your iPhones. You can schedule a time frame to silent your calls. If you are worried about missing calls from family, set it to allow calls from your favorite. Go to Settings\(Turn ON) Do Not Disturb\Notifications\Do Not Disturb.

Scrubbing your video
Okay, you are at an airport or onboard your plane watching videos and you want to rewind or fast forward through a section of the video and it takes you way past where you wanted to go. Did you know that you can adjust the scrubbing speed? Next time click and hold on the white dot on the progress bar (highlighted here in red), drag your finger down to show the various scrubbing speed ( Hi-Speed, Half-Speed, Quarter-Speed & Fine) and then rewind or fast forward your video. Easier than scrubbing your pots and pans.

Checking for new mail
Have you ever sat there waiting impatiently for an email? You know, you forgot your password and are waiting for the email so you can access your account. Try swiping downwards on your in your inbox to refresh your email.

Hope you enjoy these tips. Don’t forget, if you have a great tip or app, pass it on.

Episode 60 "Searching the Web"

Hi Everyone,

How do you search for something on the web? Do you open Safari and then type in the search field or do you open Safari, go to Google and then type in the search field? We all have our different ways for searching to the same thing, which brings us to this week’s TOD.

Using Spotlight: iOS
Did you know that you can use Spotlight to search the web? Just double click to the Home button    and type in what you are searching for and click on “Search Web” (Fig 1.01). This will open your default search browser and the results. Want a different search engine (Bing, Yahoo!)? Go to settings\Safari\Search Engine to make the change.


















Can’t read the menu: iOS, Android & Windows
Okay, it’s finally happening to me and I don’t always have my glasses with me. If your farsighted like me and found yourself looking (without your glasses) at a menu, prescription bottle or something you had a hard time reading because the type is sooooo small. Try using the camera on your phone. I was able to zoom in on a prescription bottle and read the direction. There are some free and paid apps with enhancements (lights, contrast, etc) to make it even easier. If you hold your phone horizontally with the lens on the left, it helps with the shadows (iPhone).














Keyboard Tip: iPad
Here’s this week’s keyboard tip. Looking for the shortcut for the apostrophe or quotation key. Instead of clicking on the [ ?123 ] button, try holding down the [ !, ] or [ ?. ] button and slide up to select.


Enjoy,