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Do you have a large collection of irreplaceable photos stored on your phone?
Photos that you’d hate to lose if your phone should ever go belly-up, or get lost or stolen?
If so, there’s a very easy way to prevent losing your photos if something ever happens to your phone: Keep them backed up to the cloud!
Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog
As you probably know, Google search results often include photos of people who are relevant to the search query in some way, and that does include minors.
If you’re the parent or legal guardian of a minor (below the age of 18) whose photo(s) are included in Google searches you can request that Google remove those photos.
Minors themselves can also request the removal of their photos if they’d prefer not have an adult involved in the process. [Read more…]
Question from Brooke: I found a free images site that I really like because it specializes in the kind of photos I use on my blog.
The thing is, all the images on there are in WebP format and I really prefer using JPGs.
Can you tell me the best (as in easiest) way to convert WebP files into JPG files? [Read more…]
Question from Donna: My iPhone’s storage is almost full because of all the pictures and videos that are on it.
I want to copy all the existing photos and videos from the phone to my HP Envy 13 (2019) Windows laptop and then delete them from the iPhone to make room for new ones.
I know I could upload them to iCloud and then download them onto my computer, but I don’t trust cloud storage and I never use it. I have iCloud syncing disabled and I’d really prefer to keep it that way.
Can you tell me how to transfer the photos and videos from the iPhone to my laptop without using iCloud? [Read more…]
There was a time when photographs were widely considered to be the ultimate “proof” in situations where there was a dispute or disagreement of some kind.
In fact, photos carried such weight that criminals often simply decided to confess to their crimes after being confronted with photographic evidence rather than try to plead their innocence.
But the days when we could confidently take at picture at face value are now long gone thanks to the wide use of Adobe Photoshop and other powerful image editing programs. [Read more…]