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This is your Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Update for Saturday, May 22, 2021.
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Today’s Quick Tip….
Have you ever wanted to convert all (or part of) a YouTube video into a GIF?
Well, you can, and its very easy to do. Just follow the steps below:
1 – Load the YouTube website in a web browser.
2 – Find the video you want to convert into a GIF.
3 – Go to the address bar and append the letters gif to the front of the word youtube in the URL. You should end up with this in the URL instead of the word youtube:
gifyoutube
4 – Use the tool that’s now on the screen to make the conversion from video to GIF.
Pretty cool, right?
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From the blog…
How to make your smartphone or tablet charge faster
This post explains how to make one quick (and temporary) settings change that will reduce the time it takes to charge the batteries in your mobile devices.
Q&A: How do I set Google Play to only auto-update apps over Wi-Fi?
If you frequently use up all of your monthly data allotment before the month runs out, forcing Google Play to auto-update apps only while the device is connected via WiFi can help. This post explains how to set it up.
Q&A: Can you manually check for updates on a Chromebook?
A reader wants to know if there’s any way to manually check every morning to see if there are new updates available for her Chromebook. The answer is yes, and this post explains how to do it.
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Today’s inspirational post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
The key to success in business (and in life) is learning to trust the people who work for you or do things on your behalf to get things done the right way. This post explains why that is (and how you need to go about it).
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