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Both of these tutorials require that you have Picasa installed on your PC and a Gmail account. If you do not yet have an account with Gmail or have Picasa installed, you can get them here:

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Transferring Pictures from Your Digital Camera to Picasa

1. Plug in USB Cable from your camera to your computer.
2. Turn on the camera
3. When Windows detects the camera, a window will come up saying “camera connected, Select the program to launch for this application.” Choose Picasa 2 and click OK.
4. Wait for Picasa to open. You will notice pictures starting to appear on the screen. Wait for the transfer to finish. From here you can choose which pictures you would like to transfer, but for now, choose Import All to transfer all of the pictures.
5. You will be asked to “enter a folder name for these photos.” Write something descriptive so that you can refer back to the set of pictures in the future.
6. Near the bottom of the screen, you will see “After copying, do this with my camera or card.” Make sure that Safe delete is selected. This tells the camera to only delete files from the camera after they are transferred to the computer. Then click Finish.
7. You will be asked to Confirm Remove, to confirm the deletion of the pictures from your camera after they are transferred. Click Yes.
8. All of the pictures have now been transferred to your computer via Picasa.

How to Email Photos Via Picasa and Gmail

1. If Picasa is not yet open, go ahead and run the program.
2. Find the group of pictures you want to send photos from.
3. Hold Control (CTRL) and click once on each picture you want to include in the email. You will notice the selected pictures will have a blue border around it. IF YOU RELEASE (CTRL) AND CLICK ON A PICTURE, IT WILL DESELECT ALL OF THE OTHER PICTURES!
4. After you’ve chosen all of the pictures you want to send, release the (CTRL) and click on the button on the bottom of the window to Email.
5. Choose Gmail.
6. Type in your Username and Password, then click Sign In.
7. Now type the email addresses of the people you would like to send the pictures to. You can do this by starting to type their name. If you’ve sent or received email to them before or they are in your addressbook, Gmail will automatically give you a list of email addresees.
8. After you are finished adding the addressees, type a subject and some written text like you would with a regular email.
9. Click Send.
10. That’s it. You’ve sent pictures via email.

The ease and familiarity of email started when AOL made it easier for casual users to browse the web and send/receive emails. Who isn’t familiar with the sound-byte, “You’ve Got Mail”? As of 2007, AOL has lost over 60% of their market-share. Google has earned the majority of market-share due to their immensely popular search engine. A recent interview with E-Geniuses technicians confirmed that Google’s Gmail is also revolutionizing web-based email. Previous non-computer users are using email as their main form of communication. We can and should no longer rely on one service provider for all of our email solutions. Many of us have two or more email addresses; one for personal use and another for business. Watch and listen to the expert opinions of our E-Geniuses Technicians in our first video podcast found here. If you are interested in having us create an efficient email setup for you, just give us a call at (877) 694-3648. For $129 this service includes:

• Creating and customizing a web-based Gmail account for you
• Migrating your previous emails/contacts (if possible)
• Consolidating your email from other service providers (if possible)
• Set up of a local email client that will allow you to receive your emails on
your computer instead of accessing it on the web (emails will be stored on
your computer). This is more efficient and faster than web-based email
(and with no advertisements).
• One-on-one tutorial about using your new client.

All Monthly Maintenance Clients will receive this service at a discounted price of $99. This service is already bundled with Personal Technician Plans.

Get the best of both worlds by combining the best web-based email, Gmail in our opinion, and a desktop client such as Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird. We recommend Outlook for those who are interested in integrating their emails, contacts and calendar. Outlook, not to be confused with Outlook Express the application that comes with Windows and is an email only software, is available by purchasing a Microsoft Office Suite. Mozilla Thunderbird, the makers of Firefox, provide a free software solution as an alternative to Outlook. There are also add-ons that allow calendar functions for Thunderbird that are also free of charge.

Contact one of our E-Geniuses technicians if you are interested in having one of us setup your email to work as efficiently and effectively as you do.

Watch this video to hear our reviews of different email alternatives. (Video now hosted on YouTube.)