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cslewis213

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I'm considering making tutorials to help people be more digitally literate. Do you have anything you wish you could learn to do on your device or some problems with it that you wish you could solve?

I'm open to more abstract suggestions such as protection from digital fraud, or specific ones like how to store and sort images on a cloud. Thank you!
 

cslewis213 said:
I'm open to more abstract suggestions such as protection from digital fraud, or specific ones like how to store and sort images on a cloud. Thank you!
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I wonder what, if any, advantage there is to using "cloud" storage. I can see a bit of benefit for someone who is running a business, and needs to keep track of larger volumes of data....but, I can't see any advantage for someone whose computer is used just for personal/private use.

I can, however, see the possibility for all sorts of scams and hacking of personal/private data on the "cloud".
 
Thanks for replying! You're absolutely right to be concerned with the security of clouds. I was giving them as an example, but the benefits of it are obviously file backup, as well as convenient access and sharing between multiple devices.
 
WiFi, drives me crazy when I canā€™t get the computer to connect to WiFi. Moved it as my husband took over my study and couldnā€™t get it to connect wirelessly. It kept asking for a security code which I didnā€™t have. Then I realized I just had to press the button on the modem to tell it I had removed the cord and,šŸ˜‚, it connected.
 
Since the demise of Photobucket... and also Picassa, I'm finding it hard to find somewhere as good for storing photos, and also simple editing...

PB now is super expensive and who in their right mind would pay for it... Picassa is a real loss to me, I used it right from the beginning. I can store pics in the cloud, or in google photos but they're not very good, ... I've used flickr, gimp et al.. but nothing comes up that stores and keeps photos for sharing, as well the former 2...... any ideas ?
 
hollydolly said:
Since the demise of Photobucket... and also Picassa, I'm finding it hard to find somewhere as good for storing photos, and also simple editing...

PB now is super expensive and who in their right mind would pay for it... Picassa is a real loss to me, I used it right from the beginning. I can store pics in the cloud, or in google photos but they're not very good, ... I've used flickr, gimp et al.. but nothing comes up that stores and keeps photos for sharing, as well the former 2...... any ideas ?
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I personally use iCloud, since I have several Apple devices. They offer standard encryption, but I have disabled the keychain (password management system) options. But if you're not on an Apple device, and already have Prime, that certainly seems like a no-brainer.
 
hollydolly said:
Since the demise of Photobucket... and also Picassa, I'm finding it hard to find somewhere as good for storing photos, and also simple editing...

PB now is super expensive and who in their right mind would pay for it... Picassa is a real loss to me, I used it right from the beginning. I can store pics in the cloud, or in google photos but they're not very good, ... I've used flickr, gimp et al.. but nothing comes up that stores and keeps photos for sharing, as well the former 2...... any ideas ?
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If you take pictures with an Android phone and you've set up your Google account, your photos will be automatically stored in Google photos. If not, you may still be able to add photos to Google photos. Not sure how if you don't have a Mac desktop, but I'm willing to bet it can be done. With my Mac, I just slide photos that were taken with my old iPhone and are now in my iPhotos or those which I have scanned into Google photos. Google has 15 GB of free storage. Another free option with up to 8 GBs (I think) is iDrive. I use it to store sensitive documents but haven't needed to use it for my photos.
 
OneEyedDiva said:
If you take pictures with an Android phone and you've set up your Google account, your photos will be automatically stored in Google photos. If not, you may still be able to add photos to Google photos. Not sure how if you don't have a Mac desktop, but I'm willing to bet it can be done. With my Mac, I just slide photos that were taken with my old iPhone and are now in my iPhotos or those which I have scanned into Google photos. Google has 15 GB of free storage. Another free option with up to 8 GBs (I think) is iDrive. I use it to store sensitive documents but haven't needed to use it for my photos.
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I do have a very new MAC desktop. I also have the latest Iphone, and an Ipad. I think there's been a bit of confusion. I have storage for my photos.. I have the cloud, I have google photos, I have My Pictures, I have much storage on my phone , what I was looking for was a decent replacement for Picassa or Photobucket which were free, and where photos could be edited easily... :)
 
hollydolly said:
I do have a very new MAC desktop. I also have the latest Iphone, and an Ipad. I think there's been a bit of confusion. I have storage for my photos.. I have the cloud, I had google photos, I have my pictures, what I was looking for was a decent replacement for Picassa or Photobucket which were free, and where photos could be edited easily... :)
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Oh okay. What kind of editing do you do?
 
hollydolly said:
Since the demise of Photobucket... and also Picassa, I'm finding it hard to find somewhere as good for storing photos, and also simple editing...

PB now is super expensive and who in their right mind would pay for it... Picassa is a real loss to me, I used it right from the beginning. I can store pics in the cloud, or in google photos but they're not very good, ... I've used flickr, gimp et al.. but nothing comes up that stores and keeps photos for sharing, as well the former 2...... any ideas ?
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At one time I just copied my photos to a CD. Now I use a flash drive. It's great. I can even plug it in to my t.v. or frame and view them. If you want to share, then you can access the flash drive. A simple way is to save them on your desktop.
 
cslewis213 said:
I'm considering making tutorials to help people be more digitally literate. Do you have anything you wish you could learn to do on your device or some problems with it that you wish you could solve?

I'm open to more abstract suggestions such as protection from digital fraud, or specific ones like how to store and sort images on a cloud. Thank you!
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Don't use shortcut terms when making instructions. It's frustrating to try to find out what it means.
 
cslewis213 said:
I'm considering making tutorials to help people be more digitally literate. Do you have anything you wish you could learn to do on your device or some problems with it that you wish you could solve?

I'm open to more abstract suggestions such as protection from digital fraud, or specific ones like how to store and sort images on a cloud. Thank you!
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As a senior systems analyst for 30 years with a sufficient grasp of technology, I don't need any tutorial. Computer help is just a "google" away these days, and Youtube is rife with instructional videos. It's nice to answer someone's questions but I don't see the value in creating tutorials. JMHO.
 
C'est Moi said:
As a senior systems analyst for 30 years with a sufficient grasp of technology, I don't need any tutorial. Computer help is just a "google" away these days, and Youtube is rife with instructional videos. It's nice to answer someone's questions but I don't see the value in creating tutorials. JMHO.
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Unless they wanna make more YouTube tutorials. :)
I've looked at a few of those. Some are helpful. Some not so much.
 
hollydolly said:
oooh nothing too taxing, which is why I can't get along with Professional photo editors..
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I was just wondering if the extent of your editing could be accomplished using your Mac's photo editing app which is a bit better than Google's.
 

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