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Thursday, October 19, 2017
The Useful Clean Up Mailbox Option Hidden in OWA
Petri IT Knowledgebase The Useful Clean Up Mailbox Option Hidden in OWA
Even with Massive Mailboxes, Some Run Out
Even with 100 GB mailbox quotas, some people do run out of space and need more to keep receiving new mail. There is no way to increase an Exchange Online mailbox quota past 100 GB, so if someone like this comes calling, you can recommend them to move a pile of email into an expandable archive or empty their Deleted Items folder to free space. Later, when the panic has abated, you might consider applying a retention policy to the mailbox to keep it under some sort of control.
A New Option
Or you can tell the user to fire up OWA and select some folders for cleaning with the very useful "Clean up mailbox" feature buried in OWA. Go to Options (cogwheel), select Mail, and voilà (Figure 1)! A link to Clean up mailbox also appears under mailbox usage in the General section of options.
Figure 1: OWA Options reveals "Clean up mailbox" (image credit: Tony Redmond)
The feature appeared without warning. At least, no one from Microsoft said anything about it at the recent Ignite conference, I can find no documentation online, and it is not listed in the Office 365 Roadmap. The feature is unique to OWA and does not appear in Outlook desktop or the mobile clients. It's a mystery, albeit a nice surprise.
Cleaning Up
Before you can do anything, OWA enumerates the folders in your mailbox and calculates how much space each folder occupies, with Deleted Items and Junk Email at the top of the list. You can get a similar view with PowerShell:
[PS] C:\> Get-MailboxFolderStatistics -Identity TRedmond | Format-Table Name, ItemsInFolder, FolderSize
The difference is that OWA excludes many of the utility folders found in user mailboxes (like the Audits folder) and only lists those that hold user data. To decide how best to free up space, you select individual folders and then look at the clean-up options proposed by OWA. For instance, in Figure 2 we see that my Inbox occupies 1.26 GB for 6,959 messages. Cleaning out messages older than 12 months will remove 3,583 items. While OWA does not tell you this, it is reasonable to assume this will reclaim at least 0.5 GB.
Figure 2: Deciding how much email to remove (image credit: Tony Redmond)
Before OWA removes anything, you must confirm that the operation should proceed (Figure 3).
Figure 3: The warning about permanent removal (image credit: Tony Redmond)
Recoverable Items
Permanent removal means that the items do not go into the Deleted Items folder. Instead, they go into the Deletions sub-folder under Recoverable Items and stay there for between 14 and 30 days, depending on the deleted items retention period configured for the mailbox. During this period, you can recover messages using the Recover Deleted Items feature available in OWA or Outlook.
Once the retention period elapses, the messages are irrecoverable because Microsoft does not take backups for Exchange Online. Given the sheer number of mailbox databases running inside Exchange Online, it is unreasonable to expect Microsoft to take traditional backups. This has always been the case and if you are uncomfortable with this situation, you can put mailboxes on hold to force Exchange to keep the data. Users will not be able to recover messages after the retention period elapses, but administrators can run content searches to find and recover items if necessary.
Alternatively, you can investigate cloud-based backups for Exchange. Before you do, read this article and review the comments in the Microsoft Technology Community.
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Cleaning is Good
Even if you are not under pressure to free space in your mailbox, it is still a good idea to have a regular clean-out. Few messages need to be kept for extended periods and if items are needed for compliance purposes, they are probably on hold (or should be).
The problem with features buried deep in a list of options is that most users never find them. Who has the patience or the time to investigate every setting in OWA Options? I don't. But I was glad that I found this one.
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iOS 11: How drag and drop works
Macworld iOS 11: How drag and drop works
It took two years for the iPhone to get one of the most basic functions of modern productivity: copy and paste. The logical next step was drag and drop, but that's taken considerably longer to implement. Still, the day is finally here: With iOS 11, Apple has added systemwide support for dragging and dropping data all around the system—with a few major caveats.
(If you missed it, here's out full review of iOS 11.)
This is a feature focused on the iPad. In fact, when Apple was first building iOS drag-and-drop, it was originally destined to only be available on iPads. At some point, Apple decided that iPhone users could take advantage of drag-and-drop too, and so added support for it—but only within individual applications. So on the iPhone in iOS 11, you can drag text from out of one note in Notes, switch to a different note, and drop it in. But if you want to drag and drop across apps, you'll need to use an iPad.
That's the bad news. Now here's the good: dragging on dropping on the iPad is pretty great. It takes some getting used to, but once you realize how powerful and flexible drag-and-drop is on the iPad, you'll never want to use iOS 10 again. (More good news: Nobody is going to make you go back to iOS 10.)
Jason Snell With Split View, you can perform a task like dragging and dropping a URL from Safari into a document you are creating with a text editor.
Here's how it works: With images and other items, you simply tap and hold your finger on an item. If it's draggable, you'll see it "lift up", as if being peeled off of a lower layer. If you're selecting text, you'll first need to select the text you want, then tap and hold on the selection to "lift up" that text.
Once you've picked up an item, you can drag it anywhere. If you're running in Split View, you can simply drag from the app on one side of the screen and drop it on the other side. It's simple and pretty functional, and is probably just how most of us envisioned using drag-and-drop on iOS.
But Apple's implementation goes way beyond that simple Split View drag. iOS 11 really embraces multitouch in a way that previous versions didn't. While you're holding that selection with one finger, you can perform other operations with your other fingers. This means you could tap on an app and switch to another view, and then drop the content there. You could even swipe up and into the multitasking view, then swipe to a different app, and tap on that app to bring it forward, and then drop the data.
Even better, the multitasking view is spring-loaded. When you drag a selection over an app and wait a moment, that app will zoom forward. This also works if you swipe up to reveal the Dock, then hold your selection over a particular app's icon. That app will zoom forward, ready for your data.
In some apps, such as Photos, you can make multiple drag-and-drop selections by "lifting up" one item and then tapping with another finger on other items to add them to the stack. You can even hand off items from one hand to another, by placing a second finger on the screen, dragging the selection over to your second finger, and then letting go with the first finger. It all feels logical and natural.
Apple has done a remarkable job in implementing drag-and-drop and making it feel natural—at least, after I trained myself to unlearn many of my iOS habits and assumptions built up over 10 years of using a less capable version of the operating system. But a few areas still feel a bit strange. When I drag a selection into another app, sometimes the feedback I receive from the second app about where I'm dropping my data feels inconsistent. For example, in Notes I would often drag a block of text and expect the insertion point to be right under my finger, but it would instead appear a paragraph too high or too low. It's a disconnect that really breaks the illusion.
Your favorite apps won't support drag-and-drop automatically—they'll all need to be updated for iOS 11. One of the things I like about Apple's implementation of drag-and-drop is that apps can decide for themselves what to do with different kinds of data, which allows them to do the right thing when receiving that data. An app that supports rich text can import that rich text, but one that only supports plain text will bring in the plain text instead.
Jason Snell Drag and drop on the iPhone is limited to within the app you are using.
When I dragged an image out of Photos and into a Markdown text editor I use to write stories for the web, I fully expected the app to reject the photo or import something useless like its filename. Instead, the app took the photo, copied it to the same Dropbox folder that my text file was saved in, and inserted the proper Markdown image-referencing code into my file. That's some intelligent app design, but the end result is "it just works" simplicity that all app developers should aspire to.
Given how flexible drag-and-drop is on the iPad, I'm disappointed that Apple didn't embrace cross-app drag-and-drop on the iPhone. Sure, holding a selection while moving across full-screen apps is a bit of a handful—but it's not much more complicated than switching between items in Notes or Mail or Safari or Photos, nor is it more complicated than dragging across a visit to the Dock or the multitasking view on the iPad. Apple should enable this powerful feature for the iPhone, too.
So it took ten years, but at least it's finally here, and it's very good. If you're an iPad user, you may need to take some time to unlearn your old habits and expand your mind to new possibilities. Before you know it, you'll forget the rules of the last decade and begin dragging and dropping with abandon.
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19 essential iPhone 8 tips and tricks
Techradar - All the latest technology news 19 essential iPhone 8 tips and tricks
It's a shame the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus didn't come with all new designs, because while they look like a slightly different iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus there are some massive improvements under the hood: ridiculously fast processors, even better cameras and some brilliant new features.
And here we present 19 ways to make your iPhone 8 / 8 Plus experience even better through a selection of different tips, tricks and handy alternatives to the things you do every day with your handset - use these to become a power user of your new Apple phone.
1. Squeeze the keyboard
The iPhone 8 is big, and the 8 Plus bigger still. If you're struggling to type one-handed, press and hold the emoji button on the keyboard and you'll see three keyboard icons: a left-hand side keyboard, the current standard keyboard and a right-hand side keyboard. Choose either left or right to squish the keyboard to that side for easier typing.
2. Customize Control Center
The redesigned Control Center is much handier than before, and you can make it handier still by changing its contents in Settings > Control Center > Customize Controls. You'll find some interesting options in there, such as the option to add screen recording or control your Apple TV.
3. Drag and drop
iPhones haven't yet got the power to drag and drop between apps, but you can now drag and drop inside Apple's apps – so you can drag an attachment in Mail into a new message, drag text from one Note to another and so on. In Notes, for example, you work in landscape mode and drag an image or text selection out and over the note you want to drop it into; after a second that note opens and you can move your block of text or image to its desired location. In the Files app you can drag items over folders to move them.
4. Scan QR codes
Apple is very, very late to the QR code party, but you can now scan QR codes from within the Camera app. It'll automatically recognize that it's looking at a QR code and will then enable you to open the link in Safari, connect to the Wi-Fi network or do anything else the code is designed to do.
5. Make messages messier, or just mute them
There are new effects in Messages: to see them, hold down the Send icon and tap Screen. You can mute conversations in Messages now too: swipe left on a conversation and tap Hide Alerts.
6. Loop your Live Photos
Live Photos are a lot of fun, and they're even more fun on the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus: swipe the photo up to see the effects options, which enable you to loop or bounce your Live Photo, or apply a long-exposure effect.
7. Record at any resolution
The camera in the iPhone 8 and 8 Plus shoots 4K at 30 frames per second by default, but you can adjust that in Settings > Camera > Record Video to boost the speed to 60fps, drop it to 24fps or use a lower resolution such as 1080p or 720p HD. Naturally, the higher the resolution and frame rate the more space you'll need to store your video.
8. Charge without cables
You've probably seen that both the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus support the Qi charging standard, so they'll work with any Qi-compatible pad, including the pads and charging-enabled furniture IKEA sells.
You can also buy an Apple-approved charging pad from Mophie or Belkin for $59.95 / £54.95 / AU$99.95, with Apple's own AirPower pad coming later this year. It's not as fast as charging with a cable, but it's a lot more convenient and Apple reckons it's not far off in terms of speed.
9. Change lighting in Portrait mode
This one's Plus-only, and it's one of the headline features of the phone. Portrait mode has new lighting options that enable you to choose from different studio lighting and stage lighting effects, and the results are instant – there's some serious processing going on to make the magic happen so quickly, and the original data is saved so you can change your mind later.
10. Discover the power of Slow Sync
Photo pros will know about slow sync flash already, because it's something many cameras can do – it's a way of getting more balanced shots when using flash in low light by keeping the shutter open for longer.
In a normal flash photo the subject is brightly lit and the background dark, but with slow sync it's much closer to what you see with your eyes. You don't need to do anything to enable this option – it's just part of the camera.
11. Get into AR
The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus cameras have been designed for augmented reality (AR) apps thanks to the high power of the A11 Bionic chip. Yes, other phones in the range can do the same, but you'll get the best experience on the latest handsets.
It's a lot of fun, and an exciting glimpse of the future, whether you're looking at IKEA furniture overlaid on your living room or Thomas & Friends Minis on the coffee table.
12. Change the photo format
iOS 11 introduced a new, much more efficient file format for photos called HEIF, and it's the default format. However, if you want to store photos in the less efficient but more widely supported JPEG format, you can change the default in Settings > Camera > Formats.
You can do the same with video, changing from HEVC to H.264 as the default. Don't worry about doing this if you just want to share the odd photo – when you share, iOS automatically converts from the high-efficiency format to JPEG or H.264.
13. Share your storage
This is a big one for families: you can now share your iCloud space with family members – so, for example, we've got a 2TB plan that we share with the kids.
You can enable this in Settings > iCloud > Manage Storage. Don't worry, your secret iCloud files aren't shared, just your storage space.
14. Don't crash the car
Using your phone while driving is, of course, stupid and dangerous, but if you're not sure that you can avoid temptation then enable Do Not Disturb While Driving in Settings > Do Not Disturb.
The name tells you what it does, but not how clever it is: your iPhone can tell how fast you're moving or whether you're connected to an in-car Bluetooth system, and turn the feature on automatically.
It won't block phone calls, and people can still get hold of you in an emergency. However, be warned: it'll also do the same on a train, which can be annoying on the commute to work and you're sat wondering why nobody loves you.
15. Organize your files
The new Files app is now on iPhone, and it's a handy way of accessing not just iCloud, which is useful in its own right, but third-party services such as Dropbox and Google Drive too.
However, most file transfers will still be handled by the inbuilt 'Share' icon in the relevant apps, rather than using Files, but if you want to share things from Pages or similar, this is the place to come.
16. Toggle True Tone
The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus get a smart feature that was previously only for iPads: True Tone display, which adjusts the screen color temperature and brightness based on the ambient lighting conditions.
In the unlikely event that you don't want the colors to be more realistic on the screen, you can toggle it in Settings > Display and Brightness or by pushing hard on the brightness slider in Control Center, through 3D Touch.
17. Turn off Auto Brightness
If you prefer to adjust the display's brightness yourself rather than leaving it to your iPhone's auto setting, you'll want to know the new location of Auto Brightness – it's been moved out of Settings > Display & Brightness and now lives in Settings > Accessibility > Display Accommodations.
18. Prepare for emergencies
The new Emergency SOS feature, which you can enable in Settings > Emergency SOS, disables Touch ID when activated and can automatically call an emergency number or notify named contacts that you need assistance.
To use it, press the power button five times.
19. Get a free guide
Apple has published a huuuuuuuuuuuge iPhone user guide for iBooks. It's free, and you can get it here.
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Tips and Tricks: Ten Safari long-press shortcuts for iPhone and iPad
9to5Mac Tips and Tricks: Ten Safari long-press shortcuts for iPhone and iPad
Safari for iPhone and iPad is an incredibly capable mobile web browser despite its simple, straightforward user interface. It is the browser of choice on iOS — in large part because it is the one pre-installed — but very few people know everything you can do with Safari.
Much of Safari's advanced functionality is hidden behind 'secret' long-press gestures that you can't really know about unless you try randomly … or someone tells you. We've rounded up all the Safari long press tips and tricks below, so you can take advantage of all the different shortcuts and features it offers.
You might know about a few of these, but this is a comprehensive list of the various long-press actions hidden inside Apple's mobile browser.
Some have been around for a long time, and at least one is brand new to iOS 11.
These shortcuts apply to iPhone and iPad, so you can use the tips on both phones and tablets. The iPad has a couple unique actions related to the Split View Safari mode.
Long press on the Back/Forward buttons
If you are browsing around the web, clicking through links, you are implicitly building a navigation stack of pages for the current tab. Your browsing will get added to the overall History but you can actually drill-down and see the history of pages on a per-tab basis … using a long-press.
After browsing a little, hold down on either the Back or Forward buttons to show a History pop-up panel. If you press on the back button, you can see the breadcrumb trail of pages that you tapped on to get to the current page.
Similarly, long-press on the forward button to see all the pages that you have navigated away from to get back to the current page in the tab. If you've meandered into the depths of Wikipedia, for instance, this shortcut is a quick way to return to the source article.
Long press on the Bookmarks button
On Safari for iPhone and iPad, the normal way to add a bookmark for a webpage is to press the Share toolbar button and scroll through the activity pop-up to select the Add Bookmark option. Using a long-press, you can do the same thing more quickly.
Long-press on the Bookmarks button (which tapping on normally takes you to view your bookmarks) and a new action menu appears. The modal features options to Add Bookmark or Add to Reading List. Saving to Reading List is immediate, whilst tapping the bookmark option will open the usual options view to confirm the name and Favorites folder location.
Long press on the Tabs button
The Tabs toolbar button is located on the right side of the screen, either at the top on iPad or bottom on iPhone. Tapping it launches the carousel view of preview cards for all the open tabs. However, you can also long-press it to reveal several more options.
Without entering the tab screen, a long-press on the button reveals an action sheet. You can close all open tabs in one tab or close the current tab. You can also quickly open a new tab, either in a normal window or jumping to Private Browsing mode.
If you long-press the Tabs button on iPad, you can also see options for Split View tabs. You can 'Open Split View' if you are currently in full-screen mode, or vice-versa and merge back down into a single view, without having to worry about dragging and dropping tabs to the side of the display.
Long press on the Add Tab button
If you accidentally close a tab and want to get back to it, the standard flow would be to open History and scour through for the web page in the list. You can speed this up considerably with a long press shortcut.
Press and hold on the Add Tab button (+ symbol) to view Recently Closed Tabs. These are the pages that were last opened before a tab was closed. It can come in handy if you accidentally swipe a tab into oblivion or just remember there was something else you meant to check.
The Add Tab button is always visible on iPad; on iPhone, find the + button in the tab overview screen by first tapping on the Tabs button.
Long press on Done button in Tabs View
If you are already in the Tabs overview screen and want to delete all the open tabs, you can long press on the Done Button and hit 'Close All N Tabs' button in the menu that pops up.
iPad users will also see an option in this menu to Open Split View or Merge All Tabs if Split View is already active.
Long press on a link in a webpage
Tapping on a link in a web page opens it. If instead of tapping you long-press a link, you can access a variety of actions. For starters, the action sheet includes the full URL of the link you have activated, so you can get a better idea about where it will take you.
You can Open it, Open in New Tab or even Add to Reading List without ever opening it. You can Copy the URL to paste into another app, or press Share to reveal the full system share sheet. iPad users can also start a Split View Safari right from this menu.
If the link is related to a third-party app, the action sheet will also include an 'Open in [App name]' to interpret the URL as a deep link.
Long press on an image in a webpage
You can also long-press on images to save them to your photo library or copy them to the clipboard. If the image is hyperlinked, the pop-up menu will also include the standard link shortcuts as described above.
Note that some websites intentionally disable user interaction on images. In these cases, a tap or long-press will do nothing at all.
Long press on Favorites icons
From the Favorites grid view, which shows by default for new empty tabs, you can drag to re-arrange their order. If you instead simply press down on them, Safari will show a context pop-up menu to Delete or Edit the highlighted site.
For example, if a page appears in the Frequently Visited section that you don't want to see anymore, you can just long-press on it and tap Delete to remove it.
Long press on Reload button
After a page has finished loading, you can long press on the Reload button to find a couple neat shortcuts. You can reload the page and ask Safari to pretend it is a desktop website. This is especially useful on iPad where some sites continue to serve iPad users with website designs optimized for phones. It isn't a foolproof feature, but it does work in many places.
If you have a Content Blocker installed, an option will also appear here to 'Reload Without Content Blockers'.
Long press on Reader button
New to iOS 11, it is actually possible to have Safari automatically launch Reader for select domains. This means you can view a particular website without distractions, in the streamlined reading-focused Safari Reader interface, automatically every single time.
To enable this, navigate to a page that supports Reader. Then, long-press on the Reader icon (three lines) in the URL bar. This will open a pop-up to enable Automatic Reader View. You can choose to enable it just for the current website domain or on any website you visit. Enabling this option means every page will open in Reader view if it is available, and you will have to tap to disable it every single time.
So, there are ten things you can do in Safari with long-press gestures, most are shortcut actions but some are only available with a press-and-hold. Let us know what new Safari features you learned about in the comments below.
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