Is your desktop, smartphone, tablet bursting at the seams with apps, software, files, photos, games and more? Then follow these 3 easy steps to unclutter your online closet and find what you need faster and more easily. Join us at the Women's Learning Studio to learn more about how to use the Internet to meet YOUR needs.

1. 3 Steps to Unclutter Your Online Closet
and Find What You Need NOW!

2. How cluttered is your online closet?
Do all your tech devices resemble this closet? Ours did!
It is easy to get this way!

3. Ways we clutter our online life:
 Folders, files, pictures, etc.
 Apps and games
 Email inboxes
 Photos and videos
 Music
 Lists, notes, stickies

4. Time to de-clutter in 3 easy steps!
 Store it
 Sync it
 Trash it

5. Step 1: Store

6. 2 Ways to Store Your Digital Data
 Cloud technology
 Do It Yourself External Backup

7. Store and Back Up
Cloud Storage
Music
Files
Videos
Photos

8. Some Cloud Storage Programs:
 Photos: Flickr, Picasa
 Music: iTunes, Amazon MP3, Spotify
 Files: Dropbox, Boxnet, Skydrive, Google Drive
 Videos: Vimeo, YouTube, Screenshare
 Presentations: Slideshare, Sliderocket, Google Drive

9. Store and Back Up
Cloud Storage
Pay for private, secure
cloud storage for
everything on your
computer or mobile
device (including the hard
drive)

10. A few automatic, fee-based cloud
storage programs:
 Backblaze
 CrashPlan
 Carbonite
 Mozy
 SOS Online Backup
From: About.com PCSupport: 40 Online Backup Services Reviewed

11. Store and Back Up
Do It Yourself External Back Up
 Flash
 External hard drives
 Discs

12. Do It Yourself External Backups:
 External Hard Drives: Can configure to automatically
back up laptops and desktops, but not mobile devices
(unless data uploaded to computer)
 Flash and Disks: must remember to manually back-up.
Not suitable for mobile devices (unless mobile data
uploaded to computer)
 Portable: can have all or parts of your data available
when you want it. Cloud storage dependent on internet
connection.

13. Remember to Organize BEFORE you
Store

14. Organize Before You Store:
 Create folders for docs, photos to keep related data
together in one place
 Label folders and/or files clearly so easy to find
 Continue to add to folders with related data – save to
update, then store or restore

15. Step 2: Sync

16. Sync
Definitely sync:

17. Sync using Aggregator Programs
 Mail clients (Outlook, Thunderbird, Mac Mail)
 Social Media aggregators (HootSuite, Postano)
 Cloud calendars (Google, Zoho)
 Cloud contacts (ConstantContact, Google Play)
 Site passwords (LastPass)

18. To sync or not to sync?
 Used on a specific device: keep it there only
 Sensitive information: don’t want it everywhere
 Security: may not want on mobile devices or shared
computers
 Not used often: keep where you use it most often

19. Step 3: Trash

20. Some people have a fear of trashing - they
keep everything! Is this YOU?

21. What is your fear of Trashing Profile?
 I'm fearless and trash everything!
 I don't trash everything, but do trash my digital data
regularly
 I am selective and trash only after I have thought about
it
 I only trash what I know is junk or spam and keep
everything else
 I am afraid to trash anything because it may be relevant
in 2024

22. Trash
 Old files
 Unused apps
 Old emails
 Blurry and uncomplimentary pictures
 Anything else you are holding onto but don’t need! Your
data will NOT be relevant in 2024!

23. Remember: De-clutter is 3 easy steps!
 Store it
 Sync it
 Trash it

24. As a member of the Women’s Learning Studio you can access the full
resource list of links, tools, and software to further Unclutter Your
Online Closet!
Register Here Now!

25. Online with us at
The Women’s Learning Studio
http://www.womenslearningstudio.net
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