A HACK A DAY: Season 7
We bring you hacks and tricks to make life easier with technology around you
Season 7 features the following hacks:
- 5 things you must know about your SD card
- How to prevent camera lens fungus
- 10 keyboard shortcuts you didn’t know
- 6 ways to make your computer run faster
- 8 DIY smartphone photography tips
- 9 tips on how to compose your photographs
- 5 PC tricks that everyone should know
- How to clean dust, grime inside the iPhone camera
- How to use a DSLR camera (Basics)
- How to backup and restore Android apps and data without root
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5 things you must know about your SD card
An SD card, which is used for storing data or expand the existing internal storage of a device, carries in it so much information, that one can just not afford to lose or damage one. Therefore, there are some things that you must keep in mind if you use an SD card with any of your devices.
Today’s hack tells you five things you probably didn’t know but you absolutely need to know about your SD card. Watch and learn:
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How to prevent camera lens fungus
Monsoons are one of the prettiest seasons of the year! However, with all the monsoon greenery, the season also brings with it the problem of fast-spreading fungus. Your clothes, shoes, electronics, are all hit by the fungus epidemic. And it hurts the most when your electronics, and specially those expensive cameras get infected by fungus, because you know, once the fungus reaches the lens, you can do nothing but discard off the lens and spend a bomb on another lens.
However, today’s hack blesses you with the ways to prevent your camera from all the fungus, in the first place. Watch and learn:
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If working on desktops is a part of your job, today’s hack is definitely for you. We bring you 10 keyboard shortcuts that will help you swiftly and efficiently sail away at work! Even otherwise, for use at home, these keyboard shortcuts are quite interesting to know!
Watch and learn:
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6 ways to make your computer run faster
Nothing is more irksome than a computer that works slow. The whole point of using a machine is lost, when you know you can do it much faster manually.
Therefore, today’s hack is almost a blessing for many! Here are six ways you must follow to make your computer run much faster that usual:
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8 DIY smartphone photography tips
Photography using your smartphone is basic. However, using a few unique ideas, you can get some awesome photos. The trick to getting some unique photos from a simple camera is simple. All you may need are a few props and methods to get a great angle to compose your photos. It is difficult to explain the entire method, so why not watch the video below which will show you how you can get awesome shots from your basic smartphone. Shown in the video below are 8 tips, but you can use your own imagination and skills to invent more methods to capture some great pictures using your humble smartphone.
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Photography is great profession and hobby. However, there are many rule of thumbs that you need to follow to get your photographs just right. Simply clicking photos without composing the shot can result in tasteless pictures. In order to get the best photos from basic everyday photography, here are nine tips on how you should compose your photos and capture the subject beautifully in your frame.
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It’s Sunday and it’s the day to binge watch all your favourite TV shows and movies. However, it is also a lazy day and moving one extra muscle of your body would just be killing the essence of the day.
Therefore, we bring you 5 PC tricks that are the shortcuts to your lazy Sunday! Watch and learn:
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How to clean dust, grime inside the iPhone camera
Though the iPhone sports a unibody design, the smartphone is not water or dust resistant. There will be a bunch of you out there using an iPhone who have witnessed specs of dust and dirt inside the camera lens. However, there is no way that you can easily clean the dust off that lens. If the dirt and dust is on the outside, you can simply wipe it away, but what if the dust is settled between the main camera lens and the protection glass? You will have to open the smartphone to get it cleaned. The video below demonstrates how you can easily open, clean and reassemble the iPhone within minutes.
Note: Opening an iPhone is easy, but if not handled properly, you may risk damaging the delicate ribbon cable between components. Do it at your own risk. The procedure shown below is not for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
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How to use a DSLR camera (Basics):
Well, it is not easy to teach someone photography as the skill develops in time, learning the basics of a DSLR camera is what you need to start off with. A DSLR camera is a very powerful image capturing device. Unlike a point and shoot camera, a DSLR has the functionality to give the user all the control over the exposure of the image. For starters, the three most important areas of a DSLR camera are the Shutter Speed, the ISO settings and the Aperture.
The Shutter Speed is the function where you can control the time of light exposure to the sensor. The ISO is the function to increase or decrease the light sensitivity of the sensor. Lastly, the Aperture controls the amount of light entering the sensor through the lens.
These three functions of the DSLR camera can combine together to give you the best images possible. However, there are side effects to wrongly using these modes, which can ruin your shot. However, there are many who make use of these side effects to make the photo look interesting.
Many young readers have been asking us on putting up an article on how to use a DSLR camera. Hence, for beginners, we bring you a short video, which demonstrates how to use the three basic functions to help you understand the effects of each.
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Backing up your Android apps is pretty simple and can be done with any simple app backup from the Google Play Store. However, backing up the data is equally difficult, especially if your Android phone is not rooted. If you are rooted, Titanium Backup is one of the best options out there. But what if you are not rooted? For example, if you have to upgrade your handset or simply factory reset your Android smartphone, you have to go through the process of reinstalling all the apps and reconfiguring each app completely. This includes data wastage, and most importantly a lot of time and efforts. Simply taking a backup of your apps and its data can save you a whole lot of painful exercise. In short, if you take a backup of your apps and its data, all you need to do is restore it to the handset and you are ready to go—all set as before.
Taking app data backups on a rooted smartphone is simple, but on an unrooted Android, you have to go through a few tweaks and apps. Using the app demonstrated below, you can now simply take a complete backup and restore it at will. Watch the video below, which demonstrates how Helium can save your day.