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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Topics covered in this issue…
• How to turn off notifications for a specific app on Android
• 5 tips for keeping your web browser running fast (and secure)
• Q&A: Can you recommend a good, but cheap external hard drive enclosure?
• Fascinating facts about Lake Superior
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Today’s featured tech tip….
How to turn off notifications for a specific app on Android
If you have an Android phone or tablet you’ve probably noticed how virtually every app you use loves to beep, vibrate your phone and generally make its presence known every time some event takes place within the app.
Of course some apps really need to let you know when something happens (like when you receive an SMS text message, for instance), but other non-critical apps can wait until the next time you open them to let you know about all the things that took place since your last session.
If there’s an app or two (or five) on your phone that you don’t really need to receive notifications from, you can easily disable those notifications. Here’s how:
1 – Open the Settings app on your device by tapping the Settings icon (it looks like a “gear“).
2 – Tap Apps & notifications.
3 – Tap See all [xx] apps.
4 – Scroll down and tap on the app you want to disable notifications on.
5 – Tap Notifications.
6 – Toggle the “All [app name] notifications” setting to Off .
That’s all there is to it. You should no longer receive notifications from that app.
And now, one final note…
Many apps will allow you to leave notifications enabled but determine how you want to receive those notifications.
For example, you might want to block notification sounds for a given app but have your phone vibrate when that app sends out an alert.
The available notification options available vary from app to app. Just open the Notification settings for each app and check out the options, then make changes (or not) as desired.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• 5 tips for keeping your web browser running fast and secure
The Internet is a complicated and dangerous place. These tips will help keep you safe online while also enjoying the fastest Internet experience possible.
• Q&A: Can you recommend a good, but cheap external hard drive enclosure?
The answer is yes. This post explains.
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
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Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Fascinating facts about Lake Superior
For starters, it’s big. Really big.
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Tech news that caught my eye…
• Apple’s brainiest Mac chip so far, the M2 Ultra, means no more Intel
• Criminals are using this extremely simple tactic to send malicious links
• macOS Sonoma will drop support for another wide swath of Intel Macs
• FaceTime is coming to Apple TV with tvOS 17
• Microsoft just made it easier to get the most out of Android apps on Windows 11
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