IT life hacks? Yup, we’re making it a thing – Grasp Support 14′
IT life hacks? Yup, we’re making it a thing – Grasp Support 14′
From hidden IT gems to useful everyday IT tricks Grasp will be bringing you Grasp Support IT life hacks! Here are our first tips and tricks!
1. Just trust us on this one. If you have a few minutes to kill. Type “Atari Breakout” into Google images. You’re welcome.
2. Buying something from Apple? Add it in your shopping cart but don’t buy it. In 7-10 days they’ll give you a 15-20 percent discount on it!
3. Use binder clips as replacements for broken keyboard legs.
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4. Use toilet roll tubes to keep your cables tidy in a draw.
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5. Staying away and run out of chargers? Check the hotel TV for USB slots!
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6. Want to clean the gunk out from your keyboards? Use a post-it note!
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7. Got too many internet browser tabs open at the same time? Right-click the tab and choose “pin tab” – see what happens!
8. Is your computer full of work to be done? Set your background to a yellow coloured theme. Yellow keeps your focused by reducing Melatonin the sleepy hormone!
9. Need to Photoshop an image but its not on the PC/MAC you are using? Go to www.sumopaint.com
10. Want to send a message to someone that self-destructs after they read it? Go to https://privnote.com
11. Your room-mate/partner/someone’s phone alarm going off in room next door to you? – Simply ring it, it will stop the alarm.
12. If you can’t update your iPhone to the latest IOS because you don’t have enough memory. Plug your iPhone into iTunes, it doesn’t use any!
13. The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question, its to post the incorrect answer.
14. An iPad charger will actually charge your iPhone quicker than an iPhone charger! The socket is more powerful!
15. Put your phone on “Airplane” mode and your phone will charge up much, much quicker.
16. Like to fall asleep with music from your iPhone? You can stop the music after a set period of time. Go to Clock -> Timer -> Set a duration -> Scroll right to bottom of “When Timer Ends” and Select “Stop playing”
17. Use a spring from an old pen to keep your charger cables from bending, breaking or deteriorating.
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18. If you swear at the automated phone customer service for Apple it puts you through to a human.
19. You will get a better quality photograph with your iPhone if you take the picture then zoom in rather than zooming in and taking a photograph.
20. To skip a YouTube ad just change YouTube to YouTubeskip in the URL.
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