Intro to iOS and Mail Tutorial

Before we get into a tutorial today, I am going to give you an introduction to iOS. iOS is the software built to run on iPod Touches, iPhones, and iPads. It is one of the most advance operating systems in the world. It was made by Apple. iOS has been said to be basically a simple build of Mac OS X. There are many similarities to both softwares. But alot of the features iOS has, they are also being implimented into Mac OS X. iOS devices are one of the worlds most advanced pieces of technology, the iPhone revolutionized the way we interact with people and the internet. There are many essential programs on iOS. You can listen to music, download apps, read books, browse the internet and your email, read the weather or stocks, and on some devices, you can take pictures. It is very remarkable some of the things Apple has made to improve technology.

Alright, you now have a brief intro to iOS. For this weeks tutorial, I will be teaching you how to set up a mail account on iOS. It is fairly simple to complete.

So first off we are going to start at the Home Screen. The Home Screen is where all of your apps are located, you may also search your iPod using Spotlight from the Home Screen, and also looking at your Notifications Center. This is the Home Screen on my iPod Touch. Awesome huh? :P

From the Home Screen, you are going to tap on the Settings icon, as you can see in the picture of the Home Screen. Once you are in your Setting app, scroll down with your finger until you see a menu that says "Mail, Contacts, and Calenders".

Once you tap that, you will see an option to "Add account...". Tap that and you will be directed to a list of Mail providers to choose from.

Tap on an e-mail provider that you use currently, in this tutorial I have chosen Hotmail, but you may choose something other than my choice. There are quite a few choices to choose from, I personally like iCloud and Gmail, but I chose Hotmail to set up in this tutorial. When you tap on your email provider, a menu like this will pop up:

When this comes up, enter your email credentials and when you are done, tap the next button.

 The menu above will show up next. Set up these settings how you choose. You can decide what information from your email will be sent to your iOS device, such as your mail, contacts, calenders, and events that you need to be reminded to complete.

And You're done! Congrats! You have successfully set up an email account on your iOS device! I hope that you have found this tutorial to be helpful, and simple to follow through. Please subscribe to my blog for more tutorials and other interesting things to be posted in the future. But, until next weeks post, Instinct out.

Setting Up a Wireless Connection

Okay, so first this week, I am going to teach you a few basic things to help you set up your computer. In this tutorial, I will be using Windows 7. In this tutorial, you will learn how to set up a wireless network. There are pictures along with text to help you through the process of setting up a wireless network in this tutorial. If you have any questions about this tutorial at the end, feel free to leave a comment on this post about anything regarding this post. Thank you.

The following steps will help you on setting up a network:

So first, we are going to start from the desktop. 

From the desktop, you are going to click the start button, locates on the bottom left hand corner of your screen. (This screen is different, the button is located at the top left corner of the screen on the image above. 

When you clicked the start button, the start menu came up. On the right hand side of the start menu, go down the list until you see the Control Panel. Once you see the control panel, click on that.

In the Control Panel, you will find many tools to change your systems settings. You will refer to the control panel often when making necessary changes to your computer. From here, find Network and Internet and click on that, it is right under System and Security.

You are now in Network and Internet. From here, you can join a network, make, edit, and join a HomeGroup, and access your Internet Options. Click on Network and Sharing Center.

From here, you can set up a new connection or network, connect to a network, Choose HomeGroup and sharing options, and troubleshoot problems. You can also change many other settings. You are going to click on "Set up a new connection or network".

This menu will pop up when you click on "Set up a new connection or network" in the Network and Sharing Center of the Control Panel. From here, you will want to click "Manually Connection to a Wireless Network". 

This menu will pop up. You will enter the settings in the image as I have above. But your network settings are different than mine. You may need to ask your network advisor for the network name and security key, if you have not already obtained them.

This is what you will have if you go back to Network and Sharing Center. Under the text, View your basic network information and set up connections, there will be three images. Your computer, the network, and the internet will all be connected together in a chain. You are now connected to the internet! Congrats. :) Coming up next week will be a tutorial on how to install iTunes, and set up an iPod Touch with your computer. More details coming through out the week. I hope you found this tutorial to be helpful. and I hope you are having fun using the internet. :) Instinct out.

How This Blog Will Work

       So basically, I will be looking at our technology based websites, f.a.q.s over technology, or submitted questions to answer about and do tutorials over. So say, I am asked a question about to install a program. I will then write out a list of instructions for the installer to read so that everything goes smoothly. Along with a list of detail instructions, I will also include screenshots of what the installation will look like when it is done correctly. Also, I will write down a list of scenarios that could happen if you mess up a step or leave one out. The Q&A will be very detailed and easy to understand for the average computer user.Also on some occasions, I will make a video tutorial explaining how to do things, along with text based directions. In the upcoming weeks, I will have external links to tech websites in case you are unable to find help on this blog.
      I will be answering questions pertaining about Macs, PCs, iOS devices (iPods, iPads, iPhones, etc), hardware/software, and networking. This blog will be updated on a weekly basis, so stay tuned for further updates.

Signing out, Instinct.

Intro to Instinct

Hello. This is Instinct Tech Support, and our first post will explain a little about what and why we do what we do.

What questions will guide this inquiry?

• The questions can vary from anything technology related really,  if you are having a problem with your computer or mobile device or accessories to them, you can submit a question on this tech blog and the publisher will respond by giving you a tutorial, which may either be a video tutorial or a picture guided tutorial with text for directions. This blog will get you the information you need, when you request it. You will find out more about how your questions will be received and answered in a short time.

What do you want to figure out or try to understand better?

• Even though I have alot of experience with computers and such, there is more I might be able to learn about them and the technology lying within them. But there are alot of things I would like to understand better such as coding, networking, To figure those things out, I will read various sources such as books, magazines, websites, etc., to gain more experience with various computer infrastructures. With that knowledge, I will be able to answer questions from the readers with more detailed responses and tutorials.

Why do you want to know more about this?

• Down the road, I plan on getting a career as a Computer Engineer. To do that, I need as much knowledge I can obtain to get a great job. I have been very smart with computers and whatnot since I was a child, I have always wanted a job envolving some kind of intellectual work. To get started in my career, I will be going to IUPUI (Indiana University Purdue University of Indianapolis) to study for my degrees in Computer Science and Informatics. From there, I will begin my job search in the computer field. I plan on majoring in both Computer Science and Informatics to get the most out of my career choice. I hope to work pretty high up at a well known tech company such as Apple, Microsoft, Google, etc. Just being a big asset in the computer industry is a pretty big dream of mine, being apart of the thing that constantly keeps everything running is a really big thing.

Why does it intrigue you?

• As I said previously, I have been interested in computer related things since I was a child. My brothers are all highly intelligent with technology. My brother in law, Joe, he works for Symantec, a very well know company known for making anti virus programs. He, along with my other brothers, have taught me alot about technology. Anywho. Having them around me in my life has inspired me to choose to study more about this career and the aspects of it all. Alot of it intrigues me because all of it looking interesting to me, like tinkering around with a computer figuring out how it works and whatnot, troubleshooting an issue, you know; that's interesting to me.