Posts by jadmin:
RE: “Important policy changes for Google Account storage” (Do Some Cleanup Help)
If you have a Google / Gmail account you probably got this message recently to Dear Google User regarding “Important policy changes for Google Account storage”. Google is changing some policies about storage.
We are writing to let you know that we recently announced new storage policies for GoogleAccounts using Gmail, Google Drive (including Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings, Forms, and Jamboard files) and/or Google Photos that bring us in line with industry practices. Since you have previously used one or more of these products in your GoogleAccount storage, we wanted to tell you about the new policies well before they go into effect on June 1, 2021.
So this may be a good time to do some Google / Gmail Clean Up with your Google One Storage:
Go to Google One Storage (you can click on GoogleAccount storage link above). First see how much storage you are using of your allotted space. Dig around a bit, and scroll down to where it says “FREE UP ACCOUNT STORAGE”
See whats taking up space. Google will show you large attachments in your Gmail which you can examine (look for big storage, 4-10 MB and up) Decide if there is anything you don’t really need and check the box to dump some messages and attachments. Once you have selected a few items, scroll to the top and look for a little Garbage Can icon. Clicking on that you will get a “are you sure” you want to delete message. If you say yes, it will delete these big items and you can free up space. You can do this bit by bit, or do a whole bunch at a time. You can scroll through the list and look for Ginormous ones first off course (20MB and up)
Don’t want to lose anything (you hoarder!!) Well then for $1.99 a month you can up your storage from Free to Paid and get 100GB. First though you may want to see what big things you may not need….
Hope this PRO TIP helps!
Microsoft Office on Apple M1 Macs
I had a client recently who bought a new M1 Macbook Pro. He needed some help because he said his MS Office / Word application running on his M1 and Big Sur would not authenticate. I screen shared with him and we tried to uninstall and reinstall MS Office and still would not authenticate. Office […]
HP Printer “Malware” Pop Up (MacOS Catalina)
I had two clients who both came to me today separately with the exact same problem, they called me with news that a pop-up had suddenly appeared on their computer screen which said it found “malware”. This is the PopUp (below) which as you can see says: “HPDeviceMonitoring.framework” will damage your computer. […]
How To Call Block A Phone Number (using a Panasonic phone or iPhone)
How To Call Block A Phone Number (using a Panasonic phone) If you are getting annoying calls (robo-calls, unwanted sales calls, etc) one thing you can try is blocking the number so if they ever call back, it will ring once and stop. Here’s how to using a Panasonic phone; Other phones may use slightly […]
“The Man In The High Castle” Final Season (S4) released on Amazon
“The Man In The High Castle” Final Season (Season 4) Amazon Prime Video has just released the final Season of the television series, “The Man In The High Castle” (New Season 4 was released November 15, 2019) Based on Philip K Dick’s novel, this complex Amazon original dramatic series depicts a fascinating – and very […]
How to use Google Photos to back up your iPhone photos for FREE !
Did you know that you can get FREE backup protection from ever losing your photos? If your phone gets lost, stolen, falls in the toilet, gets run over by a truck, etc….. you can just get the GOOGLE PHOTOS app, which is free and comes with unlimited free storage for ALL your photos, on all […]
How to backup your iPhone photos using Google Photos (FREE!)
Excellent piece in Macworld explaining how to backup all your iPhone’s photos using the Google Photos (free) app. Very easy to follow. Click the link or image to read on Macworld. https://www.macworld.com/article/3429589/how-to-use-google-photos-to-backup-your-iphone.html
How to buy a refurbished Mac, MacBook, iPhone, or iPad directly from Apple
How to buy a refurbished Mac, MacBook, iPhone, or iPad from Apple If you hear “refurbished product” and immediately think of buying some piece of junk that is dented, scratched and otherwise really “USED” with a capital U, think again as far as Refurbished products that Apple sells. What Apple calls “refurbished” is quite different. […]
What is “LoCast” (Streaming Local Regular TV, FREE)
If you are young, you may not believe this, but TV used to be FREE. Seriously! It was broadcast over the air for free, by law. Then Cable TV came along, and changed the rules of the broadcast game so now you had to pay for cable. If you are one of those interested either in “cord-cutting” […]
Safari 7.1 Update: Now where are my Extensions in the Toolbar?
I just did an update in Mavericks for Safari 7.1. After installation all of a sudden my toolbar looks so naked. WHERE THE HELL ARE MY EXTENSIONS I HAD IN THERE? I looked all over the Menu, checked customize Toolbar and didn’t see anything about Extensions. A bit of searching on Google and I found […]
