Google Photos - deleting photos

What happens when you delete a photo

• If you delete a photo from the web (photos.google.com), the photo is deleted from the site and from all your devices. The photo can restored, if you want to, within 60 days - from the menu, select Settings -> Bin, select photos and restore.
• If you delete a photo in the Google Photos app on your mobile, the result is the same as above - it would be deleted from all your devices and from photos.google.com
• If you free up space in the Google Photos app, photos and video are deleted only from your device.

Disable Backup & Sync temporarily

When you are about to shoot photos/video and may not retain all photos and video from the shoot, you may temporarily disable backup & sync and then enable it again after deleting the unwanted ones (this would prevent items that are eventually deleted from getting backed up unnecessarily).

This option is available here: Google Photos app -> Settings -> Backup & Sync -> toggle off Backup and Sync.

Note that this disables Backup & sync of all Google apps, so it's a bit inconvenient if you plan to delete photos the next day but would like other Google apps like Drive to sync data between devices.

Gallows Humour (Tamil)

உயிர் பிரியும் நிலையில் கேட்டார் கோடீஸ்வரன், “ஏன்டா என் tweet-a பாக்கல? கொஞ்சம் முன்னாடி வந்திருந்தா நான் பொழச்சிருப்பேன்ல?”. மகன் கலங்கிட்டான், “உடனே Retweet பண்ணிட்டேன், ஒருத்தன் கூடவா வரல?”.

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கோடீஸ்வரன் காலமானார். Twitter-ல் செய்தி பரவியது. தாமதமாக வந்த உறவினர் வருத்தப்பட்டார், “நான் WhatsApp-ல active-a இருக்கேன்”.

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கோடீஸ்வரனுக்கு வாய்க்கரிசி. கடைக்காரர் சொன்னார், “பாவம், எப்பவும் organic item தான் வாங்குவாரு”.

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கோடீஸ்வரன் அஸ்தியை வாங்கப்போனான் மகன், "அவர் கால்ல டைடானியம் தகடு இருந்ததே?"  சட்டியுடன் தகடை நீட்டிய வெட்டியான் சொன்னார், ”இது வெந்த காயம், மத்த ரெண்டும் வெங்காயம்”.

Laptop - ergonomics - home setup

Once the points made in the picture below are understood, it would be easier to arrive at a setup that works for you.

Good posture

Chair and writing pad

• If you have a comfortable chair or sofa with armrests, check if it is possible to place a wide writing pad across the armrests. The must extend beyond the armrests on the front and sides.
• Buy a pad that can support the weight of a laptop - plywood or cardboard writing pads with 0.5cm thickness are enough.
• Place the laptop on the pad and check if you can work comfortably (check if the feet, elbow, back and head are as given in the above picture).
• It must be stable enough to survive minor knocks that are inevitable.

Chair and table

Check if you already have a chair and table that fit the requirements. Otherwise, buy suitable ones.

• Buy a basic computer table with a pullout tray on which a mouse can be placed alongside the keyboard.
• Buy a chair that has height adjustment. If the room does not have temperature control, the chair's seat and backrest must allow circulation of air e.g. chairs woven with flat wire, wooden chairs with slits.
• Place the laptop on a few thick books. Or, buy a stand for the laptop - with the stand’s height in mind.
• Connect an external keyboard and a mouse to the laptop (USB port).

External monitor

Here's how to use an external monitor if your work demands one.

• Connect the monitor to the laptop via HDMI.
• If the monitor does not have speakers, sound has to be played via the laptop’s speakers or external speakers (select the device for sound output in the Operating System’s control panel). If you still have a problem, search the internet for a simple solution.
• Power settings may need to be changed so that laptop continues to be switched on when its lid is closed.