Your weekly technology lesson: How to use OneDrive on Mobile

We did not do a live show this week, so we're giving you an encore presentation. It's all about Microsoft's OneDrive on computer, Android, and iPhone! 

Do you use Windows 10 and are confused by the OneDrive options? Did you know that Microsoft's OneDrive makes it possible to see your files on any device? You can even create Word, Excel, or Powerpoint files on Android, iPhone, and Mac as well as Windows? All for free. Try this now

1. You need a Microsoft account - it's free
2. Go to OneDrive.com and Sign in with your Microsoft account
3. You will now see all the files that have been synchronized on your account
4. You can even create a new Excel, Word, or Powerpoint file by clicking the + button (no need for the Excel, Word, or Powerpoint software.)

You can also use OneDrive on your phone to automatically backup all your photos to the cloud. We use OneDrive as a secondary backup along with Google Photos. We believe in belt AND suspenders!

This episode also covered a tip and an app:

1. Tip of the Day: How to Force Quit apps on your Apple or Android mobile device
2. Beginner’s Lesson: Using OneDrive 
3. App: Wink: Home Automation 

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139. Widgets

Widgets are special buttons on your phone to make it do exactly what you want. Learn how to install and use them on both Android phones and iPhones.
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138. Google Photos - including pictures from computers and cameras

Getting started with Google Photos usually means setting it up on smartphones. The goal is for Google Photos to be the home for ALL your photos, including the ones on your computer, miscellaneous hard drives, disks, and other cameras with SD cards. How do you get them on to Google Photos? That's the topic of this episode. If you are a Geeks on Tour member, you can read your show notes here.

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137. Accounts: What are they?

If you want to understand how your phone (or tablet) works, you have to start with accounts. They can be very important. From giving you a way to find your lost phone, to storing your contacts, accounts are the key to making it all work. Watch this show to learn how.
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136. Editing Photos with Snapseed: like a post card

Do you visit some beautiful places and wish your pictures could do them justice? With the free Snapseed app on your iPhone, iPad or Android phone or tablet, it only takes a couple of clicks to take a so-so photo and make it stunning. Watch this show to learn how.
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135. Copying from USB "thumb" drive to smartphones

Has someone handed you a little flash drive and told you all the files you need are on it? But, they didn't tell you what to do with it? Or, do you know how to use a thumb drive in a computer but need to use an iPad this time? Have you purchased the Geeks on Tour Learning Library on thumb drive and don't know how to use it?
In this episode, we demonstrate how to copy an entire thumb drive to a computer, and then how to copy specific files to an iPad or Android phone or tablet.

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Using Chromecast to display phone's screen on TV (#108)

We have an encore episode for you this week - it was a really good one where we demonstrated how to use the $35 Chromecast device with your big screen TV and show anything from your phone's screen on the big screen. We do this all the time! It's so much easier to navigate Netflix from your phone (or laptop) on the couch and simply "cast" it to the TV.

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1. Opening Tip: Find a Lost Phone
2. Beginner’s Lesson: Chromecast
3. Closing Tip: Google Trusted Contacts

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#134 Scanning Photos with Google's PhotoScan app

If you have old photos stored in boxes, albums, or even framed on the wall - how do you convert them to digital format so you can save them forever? That's what we covered this week. We specifically talked about the Google app called PhotoScan, but we also discussed other apps and procedures for scanning.

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#133 Facebook Privacy

When you write a post using Facebook, who can see it? How about when you comment on someone else's post? Have you ever wondered why you can "share" some posts and not others. These mysteries and more will be cleared up in this information-packed episode. If you are a Geeks on Tour member, you can get the show notes here.

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