Decluttering Your Computer – Techie Stuff
In this article we look at the techie side of decluttering your computer from Professional Organiser Services Brisbane.
There are two programs that are golden when looking at the “under the hood” side of decluttering your computer. I do not make a commission from recommending either of these, I simply suggest they are programs you might want to look at as part of decluttering your computer.
The first is System Mechanic 10. It looks after those parts of decluttering your computer that most of us neither understand, nor want to understand.
Phrases like “Turn Off Unused Background Programs” we might understand, but how many of us know how?
“Defragment and Compact Registry” is a process that would be a mystery to most computer users.
For Defragment, read “Re-Organize.”
With System Mechanic 10 you simply click “Start” and your computer is reorganised for you.
All of us accumulate clutter on our computers, programs and files get scattered around the computer – and most of us are clueless as to how to fix it. The simplest way to keep your computer organized is System Mechanic 10. There are 3 different price levels, and I am not an Agent for this, just telling the fastest, simplest way of decluttering your computer I know.
The second thing I use daily is Roboform, which is as much about organizing me as organizing my computer. If a picture is worth a 1,000 words, here is a screenshot from www.roboform.com
The main use of Roboform is storing all of your passwords in one location. However, it also has a “Safe Notes” function, where you can store almost anything! The big thing is to have a very strong Master Password to get into Roboform for all your other passwords plus your Safe Notes. This can be both simple and effective – mix two easily remembered things. For example, the name of one of your children, pets, favorite holiday place or movie etc, with a significant date, eg, your birthday, all mixed up – eg, patr01ic07ia1962 (patricia, 01-07-1962).
The passwords function allows you to not only store all your passwords, but also to login with a single click. It also allows you to print a copy – If your hard disk ever crashes, this printed copy will be a real time saver when you restructure you new hard disk.
The Safe Notes function is limited only by your imagination for storing info. My Web Designer has 5 different web hosts, covering 100+ websites. With just 1 click, he knows exactly which sites are hosted on Hostgator. He can find a Software “key” or API with a single click. And those weird bits of html used to build websites are onscreen with one click.
Roboform is not so such about decluttering your computer as being totally organized and able to find any piece of info instantly.
I hope these two recommendations help with decluttering your computer – and making you super-organized! Call Donna on 0403 435 685 for Professional Organiser Services Brisbane.
Declutter Your Computer – Decluttering Your Email
Ready to to declutter your computer? There are four basic steps; in this article we cover decluttering your email from Professional Organiser Services Brisbane.
Decluttering your email is something most of us avoid. The first step is thinking about the future and how you want to work. For me, gmail is brilliant. First, it allows you to file emails in more than one place. So, if you get an email for membership of a software club, do you file it under “monthly memberships” or “software?” With gmail you can file it in both.
Also, the “search” capabilities within gmail come from the worlds top search engine. If you know one thing about the email you want to find, a gmail search will bring it up.
Gmail is also brilliant when you want to declutter your email. You can search for “2008” and locate all emails with the date 2008. The brave can select “delete all” but I recommend selecting all and then just running your eye down the list for things you should keep, like software licence details. Set display options to “50” and you can declutter your email real quick.
The final element of gmail is the “filters” capability. Among other things, this allows me to:
- Set a “Priority Inbox” filter
- “Skip” the Inbox for stuff I need to keep but for reference – great example is backups of your website (You DO backup your website, don’t you?) 🙂
- Apply labels automatically as mail comes in; I do not have to remember to file it, gmail does it for me as it downloads it!
- “Star It and Label It.” Using these two filters, I highlight incoming orders and deal with them before reading other email.
In subsequent articles, we will cover:
- Declutter Your Computer – Desktop
- Declutter Your Computer – Files
- Declutter Your Computer – “Techie Stuff”
This is article 1 – Decluttering your email – from a series of 4 on Decluttering your computer from Professional Organiser Services Brisbane.
Hi, I'm Donna Donaldson, a Professional Declutter Consultant and an Image Consultant.
I can help you with Home Organising Services in Brisbane, Office Organisation in Brisbane, Downsizing Home Services, including helping you organize your Garage Sale, Personal Decluttering, etc.
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