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Why and How to Remove EXIF (Meta/GeoTag/GPS) Data From Pics
Do you have a smart-phone (or a modern camera with GPS)? Do you take pics with it? Do you ever upload them on the internet (social networking, tweeting, forums, email) or text them? Well did you know there is (probably*) hidden data in those pics that anyone could use to track your location. Scary isn’t it?! The hidden data is referred to as EXIF (or sometimes just Meta-data) and contains information like the camera make and model, the image dimensions, and yes: GPS coordinates…
I’ll show you how to remove that in this post!
How to speed up a slow iPhone OS 4.0 upgrade.
How to speed up a slow iPhone backup (via OS X Daily)
I recently tried to update my iPhone to version 4.0 but the backup process of the update was taking FOREVER!
I assumed that the only way to speed it up was to clear out any non-vital data, such as text messages, pics, and etc. I backed up my pics to my Mac using iPhoto and deleted them form the iPhone once done. I deleted all text messages, old voicemails, and removed a bunch of apps i never use and don’t really want/need. Then I shut it down and back on again and put it in airplane mode.
Now the backup portion of the update seems to be going
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