Month: August 2022

Take a picture on your phone with the volume button

On both Apple and Android phones, you can take a photo by pressing either volume button along the side of your phone. This is like a physical button on an old camera.

For people who have trouble holding their phone steady or mistakenly take multiple photos at once, using the physical button instead of the touch screen can help you hold the phone steadier and only take one photo at a time.

To use this feature, open your camera like normal, then click either the up volume or down volume button and your camera will take a picture.

Apple Trackpad Help

To learn more about how to use your Apple Trackpad on your laptop, you can view Apples built in guide located in your computers System Preferences menu.

Navigate to Trackpad menu

  1. Click on the “System Preferences” icon
    • You can find the icon in your Dock1 (bottom of your screen). If not, click the Launchpad2 icon (also in the dock) to view all your application icons
  2. Click on the “Trackpad” icon in the System Preferences menu3

Trackpad Guide

Here you will find different types of options for your Trackpad. Each option is shown along side a small “how to” video. To view the video example for each option all you need to do is move your cursor over the option (no clicking) and the video example will play (on repeat)

Definitions

  1. Dock – The bar at the bottom of your screen that has application icons
  2. Launchpad – A built in app that allows you to view all applications currently install on your computer. Usually located in your dock.
  3. System Preferences Menu – This is all the settings and options for your computer and iCloud are located. To view a category, click on the icon you want to view. If you cannot find what you’re looking for, you can type use the search tool in the top right of the system preferences window and the computer will highlight options that should be what you’re looking for.

Deleting Photos on an iPhone

Delete a single photo

  1. Open photos app on iPhone
  2. Find the photo you want to delete
  3. Click on the photo you want to delete
  4. Click the trashcan icon at the bottom right corner of the screen
  5. The photo is now deleted

Deleting multiple photos

  1. Open photos app on iPhone
  2. Find the photos you want to delete
  3. Click the “Select” option in the top right corner of your screen 
  4. Then click on the all the photos you want to delete (a blue check mark will appear when selected)
  5. When all photos you want deleted are selected, click the trash can icon at the bottom right corner of the screen
  6. The photos are now deleted

Recover deleted photo(s)

Deleted photos will be saved in the “Recently Deleted” folder for 30 days, then they will be automatically deleted.  They can be restored with these steps

  1. Open photos app
  2. Click on “Albums” at the bottom of the screen
  3. Scroll all the way down to find the “Recently Deleted” option under “Utilities”
  4. Click Recently Deleted
  5. Click “Select” at the top right of the screen
  6. Click on all photos you want restored
  7. When all photos are selected, click “Recover” at the bottom right of the screen
  8. Your photos will now be back in your library

Select multiple items on your computer

This is helpful when trying to manage, organize, and delete multiple files, photos, emails etc at once on your computer. There are two ways to select multiple items, one allows you to quickly select all items in a list, the other allows you to pick and choose which items in the list you want selected. Both options can be done on a Mac or Windows computer.

To select ALL items between “point A and point Z” 

  1. Single click and release on the first item in the list
  2. Then hold down the shift key on your keyboard
  3. While holding down the shift key, single click and release on the last item in the list you want selected
  4. All items between point A and Z should be highlighted and you can release the shift key

To select SOME items between “point A and point Z”

  1. Single click and release on the first item in the list
    • For Mac – Then hold down the Command Key (⌘) on your keyboard
    • For Windows – Then hold down the Control Key on your keyboard
  2. While holding down the command (or control) key, single click and release on all items between point A and point Z you want selected
    • If you select an item by accident, click on it again (while holding the command key) to deselect it
  3. Once all items are selected you can release the command key
  4. All items you clicked on between point A and Z should be highlighted