Newsletter Archives

• AutoAudioRecorder — Record any audio playing on your PC

  Posted on July 15, 2024 at 02:45 CDT by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 21.29 • 2024-07-15

  FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT

  

  By Deanna McElveen

  My daughters made a video of themselves singing a song they’d created when they were little. I wanted to grab the audio from it for a family project. Free software to the rescue!

  AutoAudioRecorder by AutoClose was exactly what I needed for my own purposes, but it has so many neat abilities that I decided to share it with you as well.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.29.0, 2024-07-15).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  Freeware Spotlight Audio Capture, AutoAudioRecorder, Newsletters, Personal Media

• How to get photos and videos from your phone to your PC

  Posted on March 11, 2024 at 02:44 CDT by Lance Whitney • Comment in the Forums

  WINDOWS 11

  

  By Lance Whitney

  Your mobile phone may be home to thousands of photos and videos. Now’s the time to back up and sync them to your Windows computer.

  I have some 12,250 photos and videos stored on my iPhone. And if something dire happened to my phone, all those photos and videos could be lost. That’s why I copy and sync them all between my phone and my Windows PC. If you’re in the same boat, there is a host of ways you can transfer and back up your precious photographic memories to your computer.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (21.11.0, 2024-03-11).

  Windows 11 Android, iCloud, iCloud Photos, iPhone, Newsletters, OneDrive, Personal Media, Phone Link, Photos, Photos App, Photos Legacy, Videos

• Planning for the final digital divide

  Posted on May 8, 2023 at 02:42 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  ON SECURITY

  

  By Susan Bradley

  In a letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy in 1789, Benjamin Franklin wrote a phrase that has often been repeated ever since.

  Most of us don’t realize that his comment started with a mention of the recently signed U.S. Constitution, but instead remember only the final part of his saying.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.19.0, 2023-05-08).

  On Security Credentials, Death, Digital assets, Newsletters, Patch Lady Posts, Personal Media, Taxes