Episode 20: Detect Malware & Adware on Mac.
EPISODE 20: This week's TechByte highlights a free app that runs on every version of macOS and detects most adware, malware, keystroke loggers as well as commercial apps with hidden executables that may account for performance issues as well as posing a security risk for the integrity of your data.
Episode 19: How to be a keyboard ninja
EPISODE 19: This week's TechByte highlights keyboard shortcuts that help you to quickly perform different actions on a Mac without chasing a mouse around various drop-down menus. Keyboard shortcuts are super-useful and often great time-savers.
Episode 18: What's the password ?
EPISODE 18: We've all been there... trying to remember the right password for the task at hand - be it logging on the computer, signing into Gmail, taking attendance on MyBackPack, proofing comments via Citrix/RDS, or for accessing network file shares. This week's TechByte shines a light on passwords and provides tips on how to reset them. Although not advocated by most security experts, as long as your password is a strong one, feel free to make all your 'Wick passwords the same, just to avoid the frustration of trying to remember different passwords for multiple school services.
Episode 17: Type fast with dictation
EPISODE 17: Thinking of what you want to write, how to say it, and then getting the words down on paper can be difficult for everyone at times. It doesn't help that many of us are hunt-and-peck typists. Thankfully, a Mac's built-in dictation software takes the pain out of jotting down your thoughts, almost as fast as you can speak. Check out this week's TechBytes episode on how to dictate instead of type. As a bonus, this assistant never requires time off or a raise.
Episode 16: Part 2 Record Selection of Screen
EPISODE 16: Part 2 of the screen recording series using QuickTime player. This is useful for when you want to save a video clip that is not available for download.
Episode 15: Part 1 - Record Your Entire Screen
EPISODE 15: This is part 1 of the screen recording series using QuickTime player. Effective option for providing online instruction with audio & video.
Episode 14: Clean Your Mac Using CCleaner
EPISODE 14: Here we use the free App CCleaner to remove unnecessary files and caches that get built up overtime.
Episode 13: Download YouTube Videos
EPISODE 13: Here we take a look at downloading YouTube videos. Although, this is not officially supported by YouTube it will work when you are in need of viewing any video offline.
Epsiode 12: Add a printer on your Mac.
EPISODE 12: There are over 80 printers on the Brusnwick campus. In this episode we take a look at adding one to your list of available options.
Episode 11: Setup Automated Backups
EPISODE 11: Here we take a look at setting up automated backups using the desktop app of Google Backup & Sync. This will setup an automated backup of your laptop's Desktop, Documents & any other selected selected.