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How to Add Your Gmail Account to Outlook 2013 and 2016 Using IMAP

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/11

If you use Outlook to check and manage your email, you can easily use it to check your Gmail account as well. You can set up your Gmail account to allow you to synchronize email across multiple machines using email clients instead of a browser.

Oh: you need to lower your Gmail security for Outlook 2013 as the latter isn’t up to par on security. For that, follow similar steps like in “the user name or password for imap.gmail is incorrect” – iPad, iPod or iPhone with iOS < 7.

–jeroen

Posted in GMail, Google, Office, Office 2013, Office 2016, Outlook, Power User | Leave a Comment »

How to move Gmail sub-label out of hiearchy – Web Applications Stack Exchange

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/04

Source: [WayBack] How to move Gmail sub-label out of hiearchy – Web Applications Stack Exchange

  1. Hover over the label
  2. Click the down error
  3. Choose Edit
  4. Change the nesting

–jeroen

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Old Google+ versions and photo backup may stop working on May 20, 2018 – Google+ Help

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/05/04

This message was sent because you may have an older version of the Google+ app installed on one of your mobile devices.

Now if the message would tell on which device, I could find it….

Source: [WayBack] Old Google+ versions and photo backup may stop working on May 20, 2018 – Google+ Help

–jeroen

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Backup & Sync: The ridiculous steps you need to move the Google Drive from the C: drive to the D: drive

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/27

Unlike for instance DropBox, Google Backup & Sync does not allow you do move the Google Drive location in a one-step way. You have to go through below ridiculous steps to move it around yourself.

A comment on G+ indicated I should try Insync. Not free, but way more stable and more features.

[WayBack] Insync: A Mini Desktop File Manager For Your Google Drive

Insync adds Google Drive functionality to your Windows, Linux and mac OS desktop. Sync, backup, edit and share files easily with one or multiple accounts. Team Drives syncing for G Suite accounts now available! Try Insync free, no credit card needed.

[WayBack] Unlike for instance DropBox, Google Backup & Sync does not allow you do move … – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers – G+

I got them via [Archive.is] Change default location of Backup and Sync Folder on disk. – Google Product Forums, rephrased and added screenshots:

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Posted in Fujitsu ScanSnap, Google, GoogleBackupAndSync, GoogleDrive, Hardware, ix500, Power User, Scanners | Leave a Comment »

How to switch off the sound on the desktop Hangout? – Google Product Forums

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/20

For a long time, this was hard: [Archive.is] How to switch off the sound on the desktop Hangout? – Google Product Forums.

A lot of people complained, often in a not so nice way.

The solution – that took years to appear – however now is very simple:

Click the options hamburger on the top left, then remove the checkmark for “Sounds for incoming messages”

Posted in Google, GoogleHangouts, Hangouts, Power User | Leave a Comment »

Chris Bensen: Sync a Shared Google Calendar with Calendar in iOS or macOS

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/06

[WayBack] Chris Bensen: Sync a Shared Google Calendar with Calendar in iOS or macOS

Cool: configure a shared Google Calendar to show up in the Calendar in iOS or macOS

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/syncselect

–jeroen

Posted in Apple, Google, GoogleCalendar, iOS, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Power User | Leave a Comment »

Where am I?

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/03

Google is smart; you can ask it https://www.google.com/search?q=what%27s+my+location

This is accurate enough for many uses (it’s off for a couple of kilometers):

curl "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/browserlocation/json?browser=firefox&key=AIzaSyDBgL8fm9bD8RLShATOLI1xKmFcZ4ieMkM&sensor=true"

Some links about the above API:

–jeroen

via: [WayBack] I need help; I want to know the geographical location of the place where I am…

Posted in Development, Google, GoogleMaps, Power User, Software Development | Leave a Comment »

Google Maps: Where’s Wally

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/01

2018-04-01 Google Maps: Where’s Wally.

Find one of these in all levels:

  • Wally (or Waldo for USA and Canada peeps)
  • Wenda
  • Woof (usually by tail)
  • Whitebeard
  • Oldlaw

See Waldo again [WayBack]

  1. On your computer, open Google Maps.
  2. Click Menu Menu and then Location sharing.
  3. Point to Waldo.
  4. Click Show on map.

Play Where’s Waldo in Google Maps

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Google Home and Bluetooth speakers make the perfect pair

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/03/30

Now any of your Google Home devices can connect to other Bluetooth speakers so you can control your entertainment experience simply using the sound of your voice.

Multi-room audio through your Google Home device with “follow-me” behaviour: [WayBack] Google Home and Bluetooth speakers make the perfect pair.

Now if your smartphone could do the same…

Via: [WayBack] Now any of your Google Home devices can connect to other Bluetooth speakers so you can control your entertainment experience simply using the sound of y… – Roderick Gadellaa – Google+

–jeroen

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Privacy badger: blocks spying ads and invisible trackers. Not just for Facebook, but for every site.

Posted by jpluimers on 2018/03/29

[WayBack] Privacy Badger | Electronic Frontier Foundation: Privacy Badger blocks spying ads and invisible trackers.

Chrome first run settings are at

chrome-extension://pkehgijcmpdhfbdbbnkijodmdjhbjlgp/skin/firstRun.html

Via: [WayBack] Arjen Lentz on Twitter: “EFF’s Privacy Badger does this for any site. Also available for Chrome/Chromium.… “

There is a really interesting Y-combinator thread at [WayBack] Facebook Container Extension: Take control of how you’re being tracked | Hacker News which goes way deeper in how various browsers and extension combinations can help you getting more hold of your privacy.

A few links via that hacker news link:

–jeroen

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