Security Topics Security Alerts: Meta, Mastodon and Windows 8.1 Finally Retiring Tis the season for...increased security risks. Not exactly how the saying goes, but unfortunately, this time of year the threats to data privacy and security can be increasingly dangerous. There are several reasons this happens, for example, we usually purchase more - both online and in-store, we are typically
Organizational Tips How to Quickly Remove 3 Types of Autofill Items that are Incorrect Autofill can be a wonderful feature that saves time and allows us to let go of certain details - like someone's email address or a specific website address, etc. Unfortunately, if you ever misspell one of these, autofill can work against you by pulling up the wrong information
Security Topics Security Alerts: Twitter, Student Loan Forgiveness & Safer Web Browsing With the end of the year holidays quickly approaching, now is a great time to remember how important it is to be hyper-vigilant about the websites you visit, the emails you open, the links you click and the attachments you open. The reason this is especially true at this time
Organizational Tips Why you Have Mock Emails in Mailboxes Using the Mail App on iOS 16 If you have an iPhone and updated the operating system to iOS 16, you probably noticed some changes right away. While some changes are obvious, others are more subtle. Additionally, newer features can be dependent upon the hardware. For example, some features may not be available on older devices as
Organizational Tips How to Log into Websites When Other Accounts are Logged in Without Logging Out While you may wonder why you would want to log into the same website at the same time with different credentials, there are several reasons this could be helpful. For instance, you might want to log into more than one Gmail account without the hassle of logging out of another
Organizational Tips How to Quickly Add a Chart to Visually Compare Data in Excel - Part 2 In the first post showing how to quickly add a chart in Excel [https://eyonic.com/1/?T0], we demonstrated how easy it is to create a chart that visually represents data for easy comparison. This post included creating a bar chart, modifying the data included, changing the labels on
Organizational Tips How to Quickly Add a Chart to Visually Compare Data in Excel - Part 1 In previous posts we have covered some of the many ways Excel can be used to help track data. These have included how to identify patterns like date-based patterns, separating text to columns, creating controlled drop-down menus in cells, filtering data, and much more! Excel is a powerful tool that
Organizational Tips How to Disable Autocorrect When You Don't Want Word Managing You There are times when the autocorrect feature in Microsoft Word is helpful, but there are also times when it feels like it is working against you and it can actually slow down your writing. When writing creatively, autocorrect changing things in the background is distracting and definitely messes with the
Security Topics Uber Breach - Why Even Multi-Factor Cannot Protect Against Every Threat Adding multi-factor authentication (MFA) is an additional security step users can take to help protect their accounts from unauthorized access. MFA can be accomplished in several ways. It may require a code sent in email, text, or provided via an authenticator app. In a recent post we discussed the different
Security Topics 3 Steps to Take to Recover an Email You Think has Been Hacked Thinking an email account has been hacked is very stressful. Email is often our most common communication with others, and someone else gaining access to an email account can have serious repercussions. This situation is made more stressful when you are not sure where to begin to regain control of
Organizational Tips Using Conditional Formatting to Identify Date-Based Patterns in Excel There are lots of ways to use Excel to track data patterns. Using conditional formatting is a way to automate pattern identification and can be especially helpful when working with larger sets of data. In our previous post on conditional formatting [https://eyonic.com/1/?QC], we discussed items like
General Topics The Difference Between Wireless and Bluetooth and When to Use Each Wireless, WiFi, and Bluetooth are all common terms people use, but they do not always understand the nuances between what they do and how they work. Wireless and WiFi are used synonymously and are the same thing: WiFi is short for wireless fidelity, which is often shortened to wireless, both
General Topics Why All your Desktop Icons Suddenly Disappeared on Windows 11 Devices If the device you are using is running Windows 11, you may have recently run into an odd issue where all of your desktop icons were suddenly missing. Many users experienced this after an update to Windows was automatically installed. Unexpectedly losing all of the icons on your desktop can
Security Topics Security Updates: Infected Android Apps, Twitter Vulnerabilities and GPS Trackers Each week there are more data vulnerabilities and attacks released into the wild, exposed by cybersecurity analysts and patched by app developers. The last few weeks have been no exception to this unfortunate reality. This post discusses several recent threats including infected Android apps removed from the Google Play store,
General Topics What you Need to Know About the Change in Plain-Old-Telephone-Service (POTS) You may never have heard of plain-old-telephone-service, or POTS, but you have most likely used the technology it provides. POTS lines are the phone lines that supported the telephone infrastructure for decades. POTS lines are analog lines made up of copper. These were the original lines installed in people'
Organizational Tips How to Separate Items in One Column into Multiple Columns One of the biggest challenges of collecting and organizing data starts before you even have any data. This of course is deciding how to best organize the information you plan to track. Excel is a powerful spreadsheet tool that tracks all kinds of data. The reason Excel is so incredibly
Organizational Tips How to Share your Google and Microsoft Calendars Often times it is more efficient to share a calendar with coworkers, friends or family, instead of going back and forth hoping to find a common time to schedule an event. This is especially true when several people are involved which requires a decent amount of coordinating. Luckily, many calendars
Organizational Tips What You Need to Know to Choose the Best Computer for You Shopping for a new computer, whether it is a laptop or traditional desktop, can be overwhelming. Is the one on special really a good deal? What's the difference between it and a more expensive model? Is the extra cost worth it? These are some of the most common
Organizational Tips How to Remove Images from Emails You Want to Print While many people and businesses have done their best to go paperless, and save documentation digitally rather than printing them on paper, there are times when this is not possible. Email also falls in this category as often times information in an email is the backup to why a certain
Security Topics Security Updates: A Microsoft Office 365 Flaw and the End of Internet Explorer Updates to software applications are continually being released by their publishers. Sometimes updates are released to address security issues, sometimes they introduce new features, while other times they retire features. Regardless of the reason for these changes, users can only avoid updates for so long. Eventually you will want to
Organizational Tips Save Time by Automating Tasks Using Shortcuts on an iPhone Saving time by being more efficient can be a challenge. When it comes to technology, there are some common ways to be more efficient. This includes knowing multiple ways to accomplish the same thing, which helps when you get stuck or something is not working right. Another thing that helps
Advanced Topics Why All Your Emails Sent to Google Accounts are Suddenly Being Rejected If you send emails to Gmail accounts using any account other than another Gmail account, you may have recently experienced an issue where your emails were not being received. This problem has been happening to people sending from many different domains, but the issue has nothing to do with the
Organizational Tips 5 Lesser-Known Features that Make Excel Easier to Use Excel is a powerful spreadsheet program that can help track, find trends, make calculations, and process entered data hundreds of different ways. Once you know how to use Excel and become more familiar with it, you will find more and more reasons for using it. Beyond the tools you regularly
Organizational Tips Why Default Programs Associated with Files on Windows Suddenly Changed Every file on a Windows device has a default program associated with opening that file extension type. Some files can only be opened by one specific application, while others can often be opened by several apps. For example, a .pdf file can be opened in Adobe, or in one of
Security Topics Security Round Up: 21M Records Exposed, a SonicWall Vulnerability & Windows Malware As with every month, there have been several new threats to our data and privacy. Most recently, there was a data dump that included personal information on 21 million people, a vulnerability in some SonicWall firewalls, and malware directed at Windows systems. This post discusses what happened, what you need
