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BLOCK TRACKERS CONTAINED IN EMAIL – IOS OUTLOOK

Most marketing emails contain a single pixel hidden in the email which tracks you. This pixel calls home, lets the marketers/spammers know that you opened the email, and begins tracking your movement through their system.

Here is how to block it within Outlook on your IOS device (ipad, iphone, etc)

Open Outlook

Click on the Avatar for you at the top left of the main screen

At the bottom left column you will see a gear. Click it

Find Mail Accounts

Click on your Office 365 Account / Google Account / Whatever you have for email

Find Block External Images

Turn it on

Thats it! Tracking pixel disabled

EXPORT ICLOUD CALENDAR and IMPORT INTO OUTLOOK

The time has come to remove your information from BIG TECH. This guide will show you how to get your data off of APPLE’s iCloud, so you can move it to Microsoft (who has largely, and wisely, stayed out of American Politics as of late)

First you will want to log into your iCloud account.
On your computer, open a Browser (not Chrome) and navigate to https://www.icloud.com/
Sign in
Click Calendar
On the left side, select the calendar you want to export
Click on the bars next to it
Select Public
Copy the web address. it will look something like this:
webcal://p51-caldav.icloud.com/published/2/MTExMjE4tJ9gcpOId08zbH1z8S88F_Baxte8C1b-UiaqdDNsmFL5
Open another browser window on your computer (Not Chrome)
Paste the following into the window:
webcal://p51-caldav.icloud.com/published/2/MTExMjE4tJ9gcpOId08zbH1z8S88F_Baxte8C1b-UiaqdDNsmFL5
And change the webcal text to https, so it looks like this:

Press Enter, and it will take some time, however your entire calendar will now be downloaded as an ics file

Make sure you do this for each of your calendars

To Import the data into Outlook
Open Outlook
Click File
Select Open & Export
Click Import Export
Choose Import and iCalendar (.ics) or vCalendar file (.vcs)
Click Next
Navigate to the directory where you downloaded the calendars to
Select a Calendar
Click OK
Choose Import
The calendar will import, and any errors that occur will be displayed
Once the import has completed, the dialog box will automatically close. So keep an eye on the success / failures during the import

Finally, it is time to clean up / delete your calendar from iCloud
Back to the iCloud Calendar page in your web browser
In the Calendar section to the left you will see the Edit link at the bottom
Select Edit
Then click the Red Circle next to each calendar that you want to delete, to remove it
Click Delete when prompted
Your calendar will now delete and your data will be safe from Apple moving forward

How To Upgrade From Office 365 to Microsoft 365

This is a quick how-to when it comes to upgrading your subscription.

Go to http://office.com

Login

Click the Admin link

Navigate to Billing on the left and select Products & Services

Click on your Office 365 Subscription, in my case it is Office 365 Business Premium

Select Upgrade from the menu at the bottom of the screen

Find the plan that works for you. For me it was Microsoft 365 Business

Click Upgrade

Select the Billing cycle (Monthly or Yearly)

Click Go to checkout

Verify your billing information

Click Place Order

Your order is now complete and you can proceed to setting up the new features