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Five shortcuts I wish somebody had told me about
Five small things your phone and computer have always done. I learned most of them late, and I use every one of them almost daily.
5-Minute Tech Tip
One small fix a week, start to finish in about five minutes.
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Your phone has a magnifying glass
The camera app zooms. The magnifier holds the image still, turns up the contrast, and on an iPhone it will even read the small print out loud.
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Make your phone stop ringing for robocalls
Your phone can send robocalls straight to voicemail, or make them say who they are first. Here is the five-minute setup on iPhone, Android, and Samsung.
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Your phone can copy text out of any photo
The two-minute trick that ends retyping wifi passwords, codes, and recipes off a screen.
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Check your email's recovery info before you get locked out
Password resets for everything else land in your inbox, which makes your email account the master key. The recovery phone and backup email on that account are how you get back in, and most of us set them years ago.
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Your browser can block trackers and scam sites. The strongest settings just aren't on by default.
Your browser can block trackers and warn you off scam sites. In Chrome the strongest settings are off by default; in Edge they are turned down. Five minutes fixes both.
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Set up your phone to share your medical info in an emergency
Your phone can show your medical info and call your contacts without anyone unlocking it. Five minutes of setup, and you can confirm it works.
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Share your Wi-Fi without ever spelling out the password
Your phone can turn your network into a QR code that any camera scans, iPhone or Android. Five minutes, and you never recite the password again.
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Who gets your photos and email when you're gone? Set this up in five minutes.
Your photos and email don't pass to anyone when you die. Apple's Legacy Contact and Google's Inactive Account Manager fix that in five minutes each.