How to Restore Portable Apps Backup Files

1. Open PortableApps’ window, click the “backup icon”

2. Click “Restore from BackUp”

3. You will see a PortableApps Backup-Restore window, then click “Next” button.

4. In the PortableApps Backup-Restore/Restore Settings window, find the backup file which you would like to restore, then click “Restore” button.

Note: PortableApps Backup’s app data backup feature only works with apps in PortableApps Format (since their data is in a standard location). For other apps, you should be sure to backup your entire drive. (www.portableapps.com).

–Robin Lu

Creating a Designate in Oracle Calendar: Brief Screencast

Did you ever want to give somebody access rights to your Oracle Calendar so they can delete, edit, and create meetings? This is ideal if you are sharing a calendar to schedule a room for use. This is also a great feature for administrative assistants that need to edit and view an administrator’s calendar. You can learn how to set up a designate with this screencast. This screencast also goes over viewing rights in Oracle Calendar as well.

Oracle Calendar Screencast: How to Create a Designate

-Angel Brady

Rapid Reference: Intro to TrueCrypt: On-the-Fly Encryption

This Rapid Reference will introduce you to you how can encrypt files on your computer, files on your USB key, or your entire USB key. TrueCrypt is a free and open source application that does on-the-fly encryption. This reference sheet will show you where to download the software, create an encrypted container to put files in, mount the container, create a password for the container and more. If you want to make your files on your USB key more secure (in case you lose or misplace the USB key), get TrueCrypt today. Click on the click below to download the PDF:

Rapid Reference: Introduction to TrueCrypt

-Angel Brady

Rapid Reference: Intro to Mac OS X

This Rapid Reference gives you an over view of the basic functions in Mac OS X. If you are switching to Mac OS X from an older version of the Mac OS or if you are switching from another OS and are a fist time Mac user, this is a great reference sheet to have. It discusses topics such as System Preferences, the Finder window, applications, ejecting media, and much more. Click on the link below to download the PDF:

Rapid Reference: Introduction to Mac OS X

-Angel Brady

How to Back Up Portable Apps Files

1. Open PortableApps’ window, click the “backup icon”

2. Click “Backup Files”

3. You will see a PortableApps Backup window, click the “Next” button.

4. In the PortableApps Backup/Backup Settings window, you can choose a: “Complete Backup”, “App Data”, or “Documents”. After you choose what to backup, click the “Backup” button.

5. After that you will see a PortableAppsBackup folder in the “Backup Directory”

Note: PortableApps Backup’s app data backup feature only works with apps in PortableApps Format (since their data is in a standard location). For other apps, you should be sure to backup your entire drive. (www.portableapps.com).

–Robin Lu

Rapid Reference: Intro to Oracle Calendar

This Rapid Reference gives you an over view of Oracle Calendar. It will show you how to use Oracle Calendar to manage your time, set up meetings, set up group meetings, write daily events, notes, and more. This is a great tool for time management and organization. Click on the link below to download the PDF.

Oracle Calendar Rapid Reference (PDF)

-Angel Brady

How to add Apps to the Portable Apps Menu

1. Download the file which you would like to add to the Portable Apps Menu from www.portableapps.com/suite. It’s on the left side of the web page (for example, 7-Zip Portable).

2. Click “7-Zip Portable”. After that, you will enter into “7-Zip Portable” download page, and then click “Download Now” button.

3. Open your Portable Apps Menu. Click “Options” then click “Install a New App”.

4. An “Add a New App” window will jump out, then click “Install” button.

5. Choose “7-Zip Portable” then click “Open” button.

6. Click “Options” then click “Refresh App Icons” within Portable Apps Menu and your new app will show up.

–Robin Lu

What is a Portable Apps? How to use Portable Apps?

“Portable means carried or moved with ease. Apps means a computer program like a web browser or word processor. A Portable Apps is a computer program that you can carry around with you on a portable device such as USB flash drive, portable hard drive and iPod and use on any Windows computer. You can access to your software and personal data just as on your own PC. And when you unplug the device, none of your personal data is left behind” (Source:www.portableapps.com).

1. Go to http://portableapps.com/suite

2. Click “Download Standard” or “Download Lite” button

3. Double-click “PortableApps” icon to install PortableApps Suite

(It’s best to install it to the root of your portable drive and it’ll take from 2 to 20 minutes depending on the Edition you select and the speed of your portable drive.)

4. After you install PortableApps Suite, when you plug in your drive Windows will ask if you’d like to start PortableApps

5. And then you will see the Portable Apps window

Notes:

“When you use portable apps, it’s always a good idea to practice Safe Portable App-ing. Safe Portable App-ing-When you’re done, exit all portable apps and then wait for the activity light on your removable drive to stop flashing. Then select the ‘Safely remove [device]‘ option from the icon in the system tray. If you remove the drive while it is writing, you may lose data” (source: www.portableapps.com).

-Robin Lu

Rapid Reference: Introduction to YouTube

This Rapid Reference gives you an introduction to YouTube. YouTube is a free service that allows you to record video and audio and share it with the world or keep it private to share with only a few. This Rapid Reference will discuss how to create an account, capture or upload video, respond to a video (comment or video response), embed a video into a web page, and much more. Down this pdf and start enjoying the great benefits of YouTube.

YouTube Rapid Reference (PDF)

-Angel Brady

Embedding a Google Docs Form into a Webpage: Brief Tutorial

I love the new feature of creating forms from a Google Docs spreadsheet and having the form information populate the spreadsheet automatically with a time stamp. The one thing I found limiting was there wasn’t an embed tag for the form so I could post it up on a webpage. I discovered this work-around so that you can embed your Google form on a web site so anybody can access and answer it (instead of just emailing it to other Google account users).

1. Create your spreadsheet by putting the fields of your form in row 1.

2. Click on the Share tab.

3. Under Invite People, choose to fill out a form radio button.

4. Click on Start Editing your Form button.

5. In a separate window, you can edit the fields text, the type of field (text box, paragraph field for comments, check boxes, multiple choice [e.g. radio button], and lists) . Click on Edit, or click on the arrows above or below edit to move the order of your form fields.

6. Click the Done button to finish your form field edits.

7. Click the Save button at the bottom to save all your form changes.

8. Now at the top of the window, click on the Preview and Send tab.

9. Copy the link next to the sentence “If you can not view this form properly…” aka the view form key link.

10. Paste this into your webpage enclosed in iframe tags, like this (note our substitution of the key):

<iframe src=”http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=key_number” width=”635″ height=”880″ frameborder=”0″ scrolling=”no” style=”margin-left:-15px;”></iframe>

11. Now your form is embedded on your web page. When anybody visits your form and fills it out, your spreadsheet will be addended with their responses and automatically updated.

-Angel Brady