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Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Update for Sunday, November 28, 2021.
Topics covered in this issue…
• How to find the ‘Downloads’ folder on your smartphone
• How to clear your YouTube ‘Watch History’
• Q&A: Can you still ‘Poke’ people on Facebook?
• “Almost Home”
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
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Today’s Quick Tip….
How to find the ‘Downloads’ folder on your smartphone
Just like most computer systems, your smartphone has a ‘Downloads’ folder where it stores the files you download from the Interne.
The thing is, this Downloads folder isn’t that easy to find on many phones.
Luckily, it’s quite easy to quickly locate the Downloads folder on both iPhones and Android phones if you know how to do it. And I’m going to tell you right now…
Note: The steps below work on iPads and Android tablets as well.
If you have an iPhone…
1 – Swipe down from the middle of the ‘Home’ screen with one finger.
2 – Type the word Files into the Search box.
3 – Tap the Files icon.
4 – Tap On my iPhone.
5 – Tap Downloads.
You should now see a list of the files you have downloaded from the web to your phone.
If you have an Android phone…
1 – Swipe up from the bottom of the ‘Home’ screen and tap the Files icon.
2 – Tap Browse.
3 – Tap Downloads.
You should now see a list of the files you have downloaded from the web to your phone.
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The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips…
• How to clear your YouTube ‘Watch History’
Did you know YouTube keeps a record of every video you have ever watched via their platform?
Some folks don’t mind at bit, but others find it creepy and/or intrusive.
If it creeps you out as well you can easily clear your existing Watch History and instruct YouTube to stop collecting that info. This post explains how.
• Q&A: Can you still ‘Poke’ people on Facebook?
A reader wants to know if it’s still possible to ‘Poke’ the people on her Facebook Friends List. The answer is yes, and this post explains how to do it.
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
Every morning I post a new photo that I find inspiring, intriguing, or just plain beautiful to look at. Jumpstart your day by checking it out.
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Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
This intriguing song is either extremely uplifting or quite depressing, depending on your point of view.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• Commentary: These iMac features should be in every new Apple computer
• Apple’s smart glasses will be as powerful as a Mac and launch next year
• Owlet stops selling infant monitoring sock after FDA order
• Nvidia’s DLSS has come to Linux gaming
• Google warns crypto miners are hacking cloud accounts
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