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In Windows 10, dark mode can be enabled – which will change the white spaces on browsers, apps, and the operating system to black. Dark mode is said to reduce eye strain and improve your sleep, so it may be worth giving a try:

1. 1. Open Settings by clicking the start menu, click the gear icon.
      

1. 1. Click Personalization.
      

1. Click the Colors tab.
   
2. Scroll to the bottom, choose Dark under “Choose your default app mode.”
   

Another helpful resource from the G Suite Learning Center – check out this shared drives cheat sheet!

Please remember that Allegheny staff and faculty don’t have the capability to create new shared drives. If you’d like to request a shared drive, please submit a Web Help Desk ticket.

What types of tech tips would you like to see more of? We would love to hear your feedback! Email us at infodesk@allegheny.edu.

Announced in December, you can now attach emails to other emails in Gmail without downloading them first. This can be useful in situations in which it makes more sense to attach multiple emails vs. forwarding multiple messages regarding the same topic.

This can be easily done by dragging and dropping messages in your inbox into the draft window, or by selecting the emails from your inbox and then from the overflow (3 dot) menu selecting “Forward as attachment”.

See this link for the original announcement and more detailed instructions from the G Suite Updates Blog.

Screenshots can be a very useful way to store and share what is on your computer’s screen. Here are a few different ways to take screenshots in Windows.

1. Take a Screenshot of the entire screen:

   1. Press the Print Screen button on your keyboard. The screenshot is then stored in the clipboard, and you can paste the screenshot into another application.

2. Take a screenshot without additional applications:

   1. Press the Print Screen key + Windows key.  Your screenshot is now saved in a folder named Screenshots, inside of your Pictures folder.

3. Take a Screenshot of a specific part of the screen:

   1. 1. In the search bar next to the Start menu, type snipping tool, and select “Snipping Tool” from the search results.
      2. Click “New”
      3. Click and drag the cursor to select the area of the screen you would like to use, and release the cursor after you’ve selected the area you wish to capture.
      4. The screenshot is now open in the Snipping Tool. (Don’t forget to save it!)

To make sure that no one else has signed into your Google account, you can see computers, smartphones, and other devices that are using or have recently used your Google Account by visiting google.com/devices.

See the original Google Account Help article for more information, including how to:

• Manage devices currently accessing or have previously accessed your account.
• Sign out of devices you no longer use
• Secure your account if you see an unfamiliar device

Today’s tech tip is a fun one!

Introduced in Windows 7, the “Aero Shake” is a feature that continues to be a part of Windows 10 which enables you to quickly minimize all open windows except for the currently active one.

If you have stacks upon stacks of windows open on your computer, and you want to declutter down to just one, give this a try:

1. Click and hold the top bar of the desired window.
2. Quickly shake the mouse to instantly minimize all other open windows.
3. Repeat step 2 to restore the minimized windows.

What types of tech tips would you like to see more of? We would love to hear your feedback! Email us at infodesk@allegheny.edu.

The Windows 10 Start menu allows for much more customization than Windows 7, and today’s tech tip will explore some different ways to customize the Start menu to meet your needs.

• Resizing the Start menu

  • You can easily resize the start menu by dragging either the top or right edge of the menu with your mouse.

• Pinning and Unpinning Tiles

  • You can unpin tiles by right-clicking one and selecting “Unpin from Start.”
  • If there is an application that is not pinned but you would like a tile for it, locate the app by browsing the list of apps on the left side of the Start menu, right-click the app, and select “Pin to Start.”

• Group Tiles into Folders

  • To group multiple tiles into a single folder, very simply drag any tile and drop it onto another tile.

You can configure Google Chrome to open any webpage when it starts up.

To tell Chrome to open a specific page or set of pages:

1. Open Chrome.
2. At the top-right, click More (the 3 vertical dots,) and click Settings.
3. Under the section, “On startup,” select Open a specific page or set of pages.
   1. Click Add a new page. Enter the website address and click Add. (For example, for My Allegheny, type “sites.allegheny.edu/my'”)
      OR
   2. Click Use current pages.

For more information, and to see how to set your homepage, see this Google Chrome Help article.

What types of tech tips would you like to see more of? We would love to hear your feedback! Email us at infodesk@allegheny.edu

A new feature announced from Google last week allows you to very quickly create new files directly from your browser with “.new” domains.

You can, for example, type “docs.new” in your browser’s address bar to create a new Google doc.

Here are all of the current “.new” domains:

• docs.new
• sheets.new
• slides.new
• forms.new
• cal.new
• keep.new
• sites.new 

Watch this video to see “.new” in action.

Today is the last Tuesday of the month of October in which we recognize National Cybersecurity Awareness Month! This last post of the month aims to provide you some tips for securing mobile devices.

Want to know some easy best practices to follow to protect your mobile device and the data you use?

Take a look at our LITS web page for Adopting Safer Habits: Mobile Devices, for a list of easy steps that you can take to better protect yourself.

If you would ever like to discuss, or learn more about these best practices with LITS, we would be happy to assist you! Reach out to us by contacting the InfoDesk at x3768, or email us at infodesk@allegheny.edu.