Problem
You take a video of yourself speaking, or yourself interviewing somebody at a destination. When you try to send it to them, you get a message saying the file is too big.
Answer
A video consists of hundreds of little ictures which when shown in succession create the illusion of movement, like the paper flip books you created as a child.
When you try to email, think of it as sending all those indiciaul pieces of paper in a hug parcel and trying to fit it into an emvelope.
No luck. You have to send it to a kind of mailbox in the sky, from which the recipient can down load it.
Both of you need to create a name and password for the collection service. You can't have hundreds of people turning up saying give me the parcel. You need to know who is sending, who is collecting, and a tracking number for the parcel being handed over so the right eople get the right parcel.
As a sender you create an account with an organization such as Dropbox or Wetransfer.com.
The sender emails the recipient a copy of the tracking number and the website organization they are using.
If you are the recipient, you choose a name or nickname and password, and note it carefully somwhere so you can find it next time. Click where you are told to click. The Download comes down (imagine down from the delivery van). It is delivered to your Downloads file, which is usually far left of the lower right of your screeen.
Click on the downloads icon (symbolic picture). Up pops a fan of download files. The first time I did it, I was confused. I didn't know whether to click on the picture or the name. By a process of elimination, trying oen and then the other, I found the right place.
The letters at the end of each item in downloads read doc, short for document; pdf, short for picture ..... ...., mov - short for movie or video or film, however you like to think of it. If you are lucky, the item you just donwloaded is at the bottom or far left of the fan. Easier to find downloaded items if you read them straight away.
Often you can see the item you want it is a photo or movie, by the colours and shapes in the miniature picture. If the item was downloaded last week and has disappeared, the top item says something like three more or three million more in finder. Click on that little flag and up pop the other other saved items.
Now you have the 'huge' video on your system. If you have lots of videos and photos and applications, they are taking up space. Eventually you may need to compess your files, or move the older and least relevant items onto a spare disc leaving lots of free space for new items.
If you are frowning at this, wondering why I am stating the obvious, and you know it all already, you may find it useful when explaining to somebody else, such as a grandparent or grandchild, or pupil. Each step has to be explained in terms the novice can understand.
If somebody else is afraid to start, or gets stuck half way, go slowly through it, pausing at each point to not overwhelm them.
If you haven't done it for a while and need a reminder, here it is.
Author
Angela Lansubry, travel writer and photographer.
You take a video of yourself speaking, or yourself interviewing somebody at a destination. When you try to send it to them, you get a message saying the file is too big.
Answer
A video consists of hundreds of little ictures which when shown in succession create the illusion of movement, like the paper flip books you created as a child.
When you try to email, think of it as sending all those indiciaul pieces of paper in a hug parcel and trying to fit it into an emvelope.
No luck. You have to send it to a kind of mailbox in the sky, from which the recipient can down load it.
Both of you need to create a name and password for the collection service. You can't have hundreds of people turning up saying give me the parcel. You need to know who is sending, who is collecting, and a tracking number for the parcel being handed over so the right eople get the right parcel.
As a sender you create an account with an organization such as Dropbox or Wetransfer.com.
The sender emails the recipient a copy of the tracking number and the website organization they are using.
If you are the recipient, you choose a name or nickname and password, and note it carefully somwhere so you can find it next time. Click where you are told to click. The Download comes down (imagine down from the delivery van). It is delivered to your Downloads file, which is usually far left of the lower right of your screeen.
Click on the downloads icon (symbolic picture). Up pops a fan of download files. The first time I did it, I was confused. I didn't know whether to click on the picture or the name. By a process of elimination, trying oen and then the other, I found the right place.
The letters at the end of each item in downloads read doc, short for document; pdf, short for picture ..... ...., mov - short for movie or video or film, however you like to think of it. If you are lucky, the item you just donwloaded is at the bottom or far left of the fan. Easier to find downloaded items if you read them straight away.
Often you can see the item you want it is a photo or movie, by the colours and shapes in the miniature picture. If the item was downloaded last week and has disappeared, the top item says something like three more or three million more in finder. Click on that little flag and up pop the other other saved items.
Now you have the 'huge' video on your system. If you have lots of videos and photos and applications, they are taking up space. Eventually you may need to compess your files, or move the older and least relevant items onto a spare disc leaving lots of free space for new items.
If you are frowning at this, wondering why I am stating the obvious, and you know it all already, you may find it useful when explaining to somebody else, such as a grandparent or grandchild, or pupil. Each step has to be explained in terms the novice can understand.
If somebody else is afraid to start, or gets stuck half way, go slowly through it, pausing at each point to not overwhelm them.
If you haven't done it for a while and need a reminder, here it is.
Author
Angela Lansubry, travel writer and photographer.
