6 Internet Tricks You Should Be Using

every day you post pictures updates and
things that are important to you on
Facebook if you think about it you’re
basically writing the story of your life
as you go now how cool would it be if
you could keep a copy for yourself
actually you can just log into Facebook
click settings and look for the option
to download a copy of your facebook data
this way you’ll have an interactive copy
of all your pictures videos messages and
posts save right to your computer
thinking outside of the box a little can
get you some really amazing deals for
example the next time you go buy
something on eBay try searching for
spelling mistakes on the items you’re
looking for listings like these aren’t
going to be found by very many people so
they’re less likely to get bit up in
price so given the habit of searching
misspelled words and see what kind of
savings you can score there’s a fast and
easy way to save online receipts
pictures and basically anything else
that pops up on your computer screen
it’s called screen capping and it’s
unbelievably quick and easy to do if
you’re on a Mac hold shift command and
the number-four then select the area on
the screen you want to save as soon as
you let go you’ll have an instant
picture saved your desktop now if you’re
using a PC just press the Print Screen
button to copy the screen to the
clipboard then go ahead and paste the
image into a program like Windows paint
we’re halfway through the web tricks now
so let’s take a quick break and tell
Google to do a barrel roll surprisingly
you can see it really does hundreds of
people are using public computers every
day and if you’re in a situation where
you have to use one it’s really
important to protect yourself one of the
simplest things you can do is called
private browsing almost all modern
browsers have a feature for private
browsing or incognito mode which
basically means nothing will be saved
from your online session when you’re
done and close the browser and now there
won’t be any history or anything else
about you for the next person to find
did you know there’s a way to record
your computer screen and make it into a
video just open up QuickTime and select
new screen recording you can select
which microphone you want to use and hit
record and now whatever you see on your
screen next will be made into a video
this way you can make gaming tutorials
record special highlights or do video
commentaries and of course upload them
to share
perspective with the world YouTube is
the second largest search engine in the
world so here are a few tricks to make
it work better for you first of all
click the gear icon beside the subscribe
button and select send me updates try it
with mine right now and you’ll get an
email notification the next time I
upload a video now you’ll never miss an
upload again secondly if you don’t like
the closed captioning on videos like
this you can click the text and drag it
off the video or you can even turn it
off altogether by clicking the CC button
and selecting off and finally when
you’re trying to load a video and it
gets stuck buffering just press the down
arrow on your keyboard to turn the dots
into a game of snake this will help keep
you occupied until your video loads up
well there are six simple tricks you can
start using right now it’ll help save
you time money and bring you closer to
your goals of mastering the internet if
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there’s a complete list of these tips
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