Back Up Your iTunes Collection or Your Whole Computer

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Back Up Your iTunes Collection or Your Whole Computer

jilhub   9:07 AM  

You can manually back up your iTunes content by dragging a copy of its folder to an external drive or server. Before you do, make sure everything in your library is inside your iTunes Media folder. Open iTunes, go in to the File menu, choose Library and then Organize Library. Select the “Consolidate files” option and click the O.K. button when finished. (Depending on your library, you may also see a Consolidate files option directly on the Library sub-menu.)

Use “Consolidate files” command to gather copies of all the files you play through iTunes and put them inside the main iTunes Media folder for transfer to a backup site. Credit The New York Times When you have your external driver or server connected to the computer, open Music folder within your Windows user folder, or the Music folder inside your Mac’s Home folder. Find the iTunes folder within and copy it to your backup destination. Repeat the steps whenever you want to make a fresh copy of the backup.

If you do not want the responsibility of remembering to manually save a copy of the folder, an automated backup system can easily preserve your iTunes library — as well the other files on your computer. Microsoft includes File Recovery software with Windows 10 (or Backup and Restore if the computer is running Windows 7), while Apple’s Mac operating system has come with the Time Machine program for backup since 2007.

For those who want more than the basic built-in backup software, third-party programs like Acronis True Image (for Windows and Mac, as well as Android and iOS) or Carbon Copy Cloner (for Mac) can grab a backup of the entire computer.

Along with software, you need a place to put those backed-up files, typically an external hard drive or network server. Some programs (like Acronis True Image) also back up your files to a cloud-storage server, but you can also just use an online backup service. The Wirecutter site (owned by The Times) recommends CrashPlan, but also has suggestions for external hard drives if you prefer to keep your backup plan on the ground.

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11 Best iPhone 7 and 7 plus Tips and Tricks

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11 Best iPhone 7 and 7 plus Tips and Tricks

jilhub   6:54 PM  

Have you recently bought a new iPhone 7? The latest IOS beast from Apple comes with a bunch of exciting brand new features, as well as plenty of revamped technology that makes it the best smartphone Apple has released so far.
     To confirm you're going to get the most out of the iPhone 7, make sure you check out itechee's collection of iPhone 7 tips and tricks below that shows you what you can do with Apple's newest piece of kit.

1. Look at Notifications on iPhone 7 by picking it up

The iOS 10 powered iPhone 7, Apple's newest release of its mobile operating system, which has pre packed number of cool features for the iPhone 7 and 7 plus.

One of the most interesting new features of iOS 10 and the iPhone 7 is the ability to wake up the display when the handset is picked up. Now when you want to look at notifications your phone, all you need to do is lift up the iPhone 7 and the screen will wake, allowing you to check notifications and unlock your iPhone 7 quickly and easily.

2. Confirm your iPhone 7 to deal with water

If we heared someone who have said their's had dropped in to the water, then we exactly know that phone never works again. To help prevent this, the iPhone 7 has a feature that shout you if moisture is detected in the device.

If you see the moisture detected notification, disconnect anything plugged into the Lightning port and keep the device turned off until it is completely dry.

The iPhone 7 and 7 Plus also comes with dust and waterproof technology, so even if you do drop the iPhone into water, it doesn't mean your iPhone 7 is dead. Keep in mind the maximum deep is 1 meter into the water and keep it inside water for less than 30 minutes

3. Access the camera with locked iPhone 7

If you see the perfect potential shot and in hurry to launch the camera by unlocking your iPhone you don't want to have to mess around unlocking the iPhone 7 to take a photograph, and it's now even easier thanks to iOS 10.

Even with the iPhone 7 locked you can quickly bring up the camera app by swiping your finger right on the lockscreen.

This brings up the camera app without you needing to unlock your iPhone 7. Don't worry though, as you won't be able to see existing photos or access other apps without having to properly unlock the handset, so your privacy is still protected if your iPhone 7 falls into the wrong hands.

4. Customize the Home button features 

The iPhone 7's Home button has been given an overhaul, making it more responsive than ever before. A new tap-tic engine gives you feedback vibrations to make using the iPhone 7 even easier and feel it to your heart, and it's now more sensitive to how much force you use to press the Home button. 

Rather than the Home button clicking when you press it, like a physical button, the new Home button of the iPhone 7 subtly vibrates at your touch.

Best of all you can customize the Home button so that it works exactly the way you want it to.

5. Take The Perfect Selfies

The front-facing FaceTime camera has been upgraded from 5MP to 7MP, allowing you to take even better selfies than ever before, as well as drastically improve the quality of your FaceTime video chats.

The FaceTime camera also comes with electronic image stabilization and again can take advantage of wide color capture for more natural and realistic colors in your photos.

Source DigitalTrends