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Quando esegui l’upgrade a un nuovo telefono, non vuoi lasciare nulla sul tuo vecchio dispositivo, in particolare non quelle conversazioni di messaggi che hai sviluppato nel corso degli anni.

Ci sono alcuni scenari diversi da considerare qui: stai eseguendo l’aggiornamento a un telefono in esecuzione sullo stesso sistema operativo mobile ? Un Re vi cambiare il vostro numero di cellulare o mantenere quello esistente? Il processo di trasferimento varia leggermente in ciascun caso.

La buona notizia è che è più semplice di quanto non fosse in passato passare a un nuovo telefono, con i messaggi ora generalmente sottoposti a backup nel cloud. Nel caso di app come Snapchat, Facebook Messenger , Telegram e Instagram, puoi semplicemente accedere al nuovo dispositivo e continuare da dove ti eri interrotto. Ecco come assicurarti di portare con te tutti i tuoi registri di chat, indipendentemente dalle app che preferisci utilizzare.

SMS SMS e iMessage
Illustrazione per l’articolo intitolato Come spostare in modo sicuro tutti i messaggi da un telefono all’altro
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Ottenere i tuoi messaggi SMS e conversazioni iMessage da un iPhone a un altro è semplice : assicurati di aver eseguito il backup del telefono tramite iCloud o iTunes (il tuo telefono ti avrà già avvisato se non lo stai facendo) e tutto sarà passa quando accedi al nuovo dispositivo con il tuo ID Apple.

Se hai il tuo vecchio iPhone e il tuo nuovo iPhone , devi solo tenerli vicini per spostare tutte le cose importanti da un telefono all’altro. Apple ha una guida ufficiale per effettuare il passaggio utilizzando tre diversi metodi qui . Poiché i dati sono collegati al tuo ID Apple, la modifica del numero di cellulare non dovrebbe avere importanza.

Ma quando si tratta di passare da iPhone ad Android, non è affatto facile . iSMS2droid è l’opzione migliore che abbiamo incontrato, sebbene non copi sopra le immagini né preservi le chat di gruppo, sembra un’app freemium di qualità . Dovrai prima effettuare un backup non crittografato tramite iTunes, che iSMS2droid può quindi leggere e importare in Android.

SMS Android
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Android è Android, ci sono tutti i tipi di opzioni diverse qui, se almeno stai passando da un telefono Android a un altro . I telefoni Pixel sono dotati di un’app di trasferimento dati integrata che puoi utilizzare per spostare quasi tutto da un vecchio telefono, inclusi i messaggi SMS se hai ancora il vecchio telefono , mentre Smart Switch fa lo stesso lavoro se il tuo nuovo telefono è un Dispositivo Samsung Galaxy.

Se nessuna di queste opzioni è disponibile per te o semplicemente non funziona, allora Backup e ripristino SMS è solo il miglior servizio che puoi usare per spostare i tuoi SMS da un telefono Android a un altro . Puoi utilizzare Dropbox, Google Drive o OneDrive per archiviare i tuoi backup e quindi semplicemente ripristinarli sul tuo nuovo telefono. Tutti questi strumenti dovrebbero funzionare anche se stai cambiando numero di telefono.

Potresti riuscire a spostare i tuoi SMS se passi da Android a un iPhone, ma non ci scommetteremmo. Lo strumento Sposta su iOS di Apple promette di fare il lavoro, ma le recensioni per l’app e le nostre esperienze con esso suggeriscono che fallisce più spesso di quanto funzioni. Se non funziona per te, potresti semplicemente accontentarti di una lavagna pulita e archiviare i tuoi vecchi messaggi di testo Android da qualche altra parte.

WhatsApp
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WhatsApp ha alcune opzioni di backup e ripristino abbastanza robuste, purché tu passi da iPhone a iPhone o da Android ad Android. Puoi utilizzare iCloud o Google Drive per eseguire il backup della cronologia chat dal tuo vecchio dispositivo, quindi accedere e ripristinarla sul tuo nuovo dispositivo: WhatsApp ha guide dettagliate sia per iOS che per Android .

Se si cambiano i numeri di telefono contemporaneamente, questo rende il processo un po ‘più complicato. Devi utilizzare la funzione di modifica del numero ufficiale di WhatsApp per trasferire le credenziali del tuo account (dalla schermata Impostazioni, seleziona Account quindi Cambia numero ), ma non dovresti avere troppi problemi.

Come sempre, il passaggio da iOS ad Android o viceversa è dove iniziano i veri problemi. Ufficialmente, non c’è modo di farlo e siamo sempre cauti nel raccomandare strumenti di terze parti, anche se funzionano, non sai necessariamente dove stanno andando i tuoi dati. Ti consigliamo di esportare le tue vecchie chat nel caso in cui dovessi mai fare riferimento a esse ( Chat , Cronologia chat , Esporta chat dalle impostazioni di WhatsApp su Android, Esporta chat dalle impostazioni del thread di conversazione individuale su iOS), quindi ricominciare da capo.

Segnale
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Signal ha appena aggiunto un nuovo strumento per trasferire la cronologia dei messaggi da un vecchio iPhone a un nuovo iPhone. Fondamentalmente, non appena accedi con il tuo numero sul nuovo iPhone, ti verrà chiesto se vuoi trasferire la tua cronologia, fintanto che hai il vecchio telefono Apple con te, il processo dovrebbe richiedere solo pochi minuti.

Al momento della scrittura, la stessa funzionalità non è disponibile su Android. Qui è necessario scegliere Chat e supporti e fare clic su Backup chat dalle Impostazioni segnale, quindi annotare la passphrase, che sarà necessario decrittografare il backup all’altro capo . È quindi necessario spostare manualmente quel file di backup sul nuovo telefono utilizzando l’app di propria scelta, in cui Signal può riconoscere e accedere. Puoi trovare le istruzioni complete da Signal qui .

Questi metodi sono entrambi facili da seguire e funzionano molto bene. Sfortunatamente, non puoi usarli se stai passando da iPhone ad Android, da Android ad iPhone o cambiando il tuo numero di telefono. In uno di questi scenari, dovrai ricominciare con una lavagna pulita per quanto riguarda la cronologia dei messaggi.

Android apps are now a fixture on Chrome OS and Chromebooks, but they don’t all run as smoothly as you might hope—and that includes games. If you’re looking for gaming experiences that work well on a bigger screen, run without a hitch, and even offer keyboard and trackpad support (in some cases), then these are the best games we’ve found for playing on a Chromebook.

1. Game Dev Tycoon ($5)
Play a game about developing games—why not? Game Dev Tycoon takes the tried and trusted tycoon sim format and applies it to the scenario of an up-and-coming software studio. Your job is to allocate resources and finances, as well as come up with the best ideas, to successfully move from your garage up to an office building as your company expands.

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Screenshot: Game Dev Tycoon
There are a few nice touches of humor in the game and plenty of variety in the visuals and gameplay to keep you interested over a long gaming session on your Chromebook. Game Dev Tycoon is also a game that will give you a different experience every time you play it. Having originally started out on Windows, it adapts perfectly to Chrome OS-powered laptops.

2. Alto’s Odyssey (freemium)
Like Alto’s Adventure before it, Alto’s Odyssey is one of the best endless runner games to ever appear on mobile devices, and the gorgeous graphics, immersive sounds, and simple control system all translate really well to Chromebooks. We can’t be held responsible if you spend more time immersed in this scrolling virtual world than you really should.

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If you’ve never played an Alto game before, here’s what to expect: You’re essentially sliding down a hill, avoiding obstacles, performing tricks, picking up points and bonuses, and so on. What makes Alto’s Odyssey much better than that brief outline makes it sound is the care and attention that’s gone into the aesthetics of the game, and the diversity of the various environments.

3. Animal Super Squad ($5)
Animal Super Squad is a whole lot of fun whatever platform you play it on, an that includes Chromebooks (support for keyboard controls is included). It’s a classic side-scrolling platformer game, but with a host of ingenious physics-based puzzles that you need to solve, Angry Birds-style, in order to progress.

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Screenshot: Animal Super Squad
The graphics are simple but very effective, and the speed and variety of the levels means you won’t have a chance to get bored. It’s obvious that a great deal of care and attention (and plenty of tongue-in-cheek humor) has gone into Animal Super Squad—it’s actually like playing five games in one—and we wholeheartedly recommend you play it.

4. Asphalt 9: Legends (freemium)
Asphalt 9 is one of the best racing games on Android no matter what device you’re using, and on Chromebooks it makes use of the extra screen space very well. Even better, the touch controls get automatically remapped to the keyboard, so you don’t have to be tapping the screen as you’re zooming around the various landscapes.

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If you’re new to the Asphalt racing series, the emphasis is on high-speed stunts and collecting as many points as possible, rather than careful or skillful driving, and the simple set of gameplay mechanics makes it an obvious choice for trying out on Chrome OS. It’s also free to get started, so you only have to pay for upgrades you really want and need.

5. Thimbleweed Park ($10)
What better way to make use of a keyboard and trackpad than with a good old-fashioned point-and-click adventure? Thimbleweed Park has got heritage behind it, too: It’s been developed by Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, the creative geniuses responsible for such classic PC point-and-clickers as Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion.

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Screenshot: Thimbleweed Park
Thimbleweed Park isn’t cheap, as far as games go, but you will get plenty of value from it as you investigate a mystery set in the eponymous location. Expect dead bodies, government conspiracies, dark and murky locations, and the occasional clown, as well as the sort of humor and attention to detail that Gilbert and Winnick’s previous games were known for.

6. #Drive (freemium)
Not all racing and driving games play that well on Chromebooks, but #Drive is one that does. Take to the open (and endless) road and push your car and its gas tank to the limit, trying to avoid other vehicles, the cops, and a variety of additional obstacles along the way. It’s smart and slick and a lot of fun to play through.

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As with all the best games on mobile, #Drive combines a simple gameplay mechanic with some top-notch graphics and sound effects, and there are enough environments and vehicles here to ensure that you can spend many hours in the world of #Drive. You will need to use the touchscreen rather than the keyboard, but it’s all intuitive enough.

7. Fallout Shelter (freemium)
This was a smash hit on Android and one that translates well to Chromebooks, too, not least because you’ve got a lot more space to see everything. Your challenge is to keep all of your sheltering human beings alive, balancing the need to produce resources with the requirements of keeping everyone happy and the lights on in your underground bunker.

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Screenshot: Fallout Shelter/Gizmodo
Clicking and dragging with the touchpad is a little more precise than trying to jab around with a finger, and the keyboard of course comes in handy whenever you’ve got any text to input. The deeper you go into the game the more engaging it gets, and even if you’ve already played this on your smartphone, it’s worth another look on a Chromebook.

8. Mars (freemium)
Engaging gameplay, stylish graphics, a wealth of locations to explore, and a variety of characters to play as—it’s hard to find anything to dislike about Mars, which is a physics-based platformer that sends you on a mission across the surface of the Red Planet. It’s not a very complex game, but it’s perfect for dipping into for a few minutes.

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Screenshot: Mars/Gizmodo
The aim of the game is to make it between refueling platforms without crashing—it’s a bit like Flappy Bird but far less annoying and much better to look at. Various boosts and power-ups are available along the way, and if you make it far enough, you’ll have more than 60 different explorers to choose from, each with their own style and characteristics.

9. Anything on Google Stadia (prices vary)
One of the benefits of a game-streaming service is that you don’t need particularly powerful hardware to run top-tier games—just a reliable broadband connection. Officially, Google Stadia will work on any Chromebook (and on any computer with Chrome installed), though the newer the Chromebook the better your experience will be.

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Log into Stadia in a browser tab and away you go. One advantage of taking a Chromebook approach to Stadia is that you can use a keyboard and mouse, or the official Stadia controller (any title you’re playing will let you customize the controls as required). Games can be claimed as part of a Stadia Pro subscription, or purchased directly from Google.

We all rely on web browsers to get us through the day, so a problem with your browser of choice can have a serious impact on productivity (or Netflix binges).

The good news is that troubleshooting browser problems isn’t too difficult—the process is similar for a lot of the issues you’re going to come across. Today’s browsers come with a variety of built-in tools for self-repair, too, so you should be able to get everything running smoothly again within a short space of time.

Here are some of the most common problems you might come across in your browser, and what you should do to fix them.

1. Slow performance and page loads
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Assuming your internet connection speed isn’t too blame (which you can check here), sluggish browser performance and page loading can have a number of root causes.

You should already be running the latest version of your browser, but just check anyway: Help then About Google Chrome from the Chrome menu; About Firefox from the Firefox menu in Firefox for macOS; Help then About Firefox from the browser menu in Windows; Help & Feedback then About Microsoft Edge from the Edge menu; or About Safari from the Safari menu in Safari for macOS.

Is an extension dragging down the performance of your browser? Disabling add-ons one by one is something you can try to see if it has any effect—More Tools then Extensions from the Chrome menu; Add-ons from the Firefox menu; Extensions from the Edge menu; and Preferences then Extensions from the Safari menu.

If it’s not an extension that’s slowing everything down, it might be a corrupted cache of data. You can easily blitz these temporary files and give your browser a fresh start—you’ll have to log in everywhere again, so keep those passwords handy.

In Chrome, open up Settings from the menu then pick Clear browsing data. In Firefox, you want Preferences from the menu, then Privacy & Security and Clear Data. For Edge, it’s Settings, Privacy and Services, and Choose What to clear under Clear browsing data on the menu. And in Safari, open the Safari menu and pick Preferences, Privacy, and Manage Website Data.

In all cases it’s the cache and the cookies you want to focus your attention on. In Safari, the cache option is hidden—you need to go to the Advanced tab in the Preferences pane, then tick Show Develop menu in menu bar. Then open up the newly revealed Develop menu and pick Empty Caches.

If you’re still experiencing problems, uninstall and reinstall your browser—if a clean reinstall doesn’t work, something besides the browser might be affecting performance. That something could be malware, which we discuss in more detail below.

Chrome, Firefox, and Edge all have a single reset settings option, though it’s missing on Safari. In Chrome, Restore settings to their original defaults is at the bottom of the main settings pane; in Firefox, choose Help then Troubleshooting Information from the menu to find the reset option; and in Edge, pick Reset Settings from the main settings menu.

2. URL suggestions you don’t want
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In your travels across the web, you might pick up URL suggestions that you don’t want to see cropping up as you type out links in the address bar. The most comprehensive way of clearing the decks here is to delete your browsing history, using the data clearing methods we described in the last tip.

If you want to remove a single URL suggestion without erasing the whole of your browsing history, you can do this in Chrome, Edge ,and Firefox. In Chrome or Edge, type out an address until you see the suggestion, then tap down to it using the arrow keys and hit Shift+Delete (or Shift+Fn+Delete on a Mac). For Firefox, the process is the same, except you just hit Delete (or Backspace) at the end.

For Edge, Safari, Chrome, and Firefox, you can dive into your browsing history and remove the single site on its own, if you can find it—but the browser bar option might be easier if there’s one particular suggestion you don’t want to see, and you don’t want to turn off the auto-suggestion feature altogether.

3. Pages don’t appear as expected
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Garbled pages can happen due to a problem with your browser, or the server holding the page, or your internet connection, or something else entirely. After trying a quick refresh, your first bit of detective work should be to load up the page in another browser on another device if possible, which will tell you whether or not the issue is at your end. If your system isn’t at fault, you might just have to wait this one out.

Another tell-tale sign is whether or not the problem is restricted to one site or many sites. If it’s the latter, it’s more likely something is going wrong with your browser, or your internet connection isn’t doing its job properly. Quickly switching to a different browser should help you decide whether it’s the former or the latter.

If you manage to narrow down the source of the problem to your browser, try clearing the local file cache, as we described in the first tip above—this will force the program to reload everything on the page and should fix the issue. If not, systematically disabling extensions one by one (see the first tip above), or uninstalling and reinstalling your browser are usually enough to get everything working properly again.

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But there are other reasons why certain sites might not look like you think they should, and sometimes the fix is more basic than you might think. Have you unknowingly zoomed into a page, for example? This will show as a magnifying glass or percentage label in the address bar in Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, which you can click to reset the zoom level; in Safari, check the View menu.

There are also various other configuration settings that can affect how webpages appear on screen, though these vary from browser to browser. In the case of Microsoft Edge, for example, choose Appearance from the Settings pane and you can adjust the fonts and colors used for sites.

You’ll find similar options under the Appearance heading in the Settings pane for Google Chrome, and under Language and Appearance on the General tab on the Preferences page for Mozilla Firefox. Safari doesn’t offer the same sort of customizations.

4. Autofill isn’t working properly
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One of the bugs that crops up time and time again in support forums is some kind of malfunction in the autofill feature now included with most browsers. Stuff goes missing, or doesn’t save, or doesn’t work as expected.

First of all, check to see if the feature is switched on: Settings then the options under Auto-fill in Chrome; Preferences, Privacy & Security, then the options under Logins and Passwords in Firefox; Settings then the options under Profiles in Edge; or Safari, Preferences, then AutoFill in Safari.

If the feature is enabled, it’s the usual suspects that might be to blame—corrupted data somewhere in the browser’s logs, or a third-party extension interfering with the functionality (especially a form filler or password manager). Clear the cache and check your add-ons as laid out in our first tip above, and if you identify an extension that’s causing problems, see if there’s an update for it rather than removing it completely.

5. Repeated random browser crashes
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If your browser keeps crashing without warning, go back to the first entry in this list and do everything we told you to do there, because a lot of the troubleshooting steps are the same. Is your browser up to date? Are your extensions all working properly? Do you need to reinstall or reset your browser?

For crashes rather than a general slowdown, extensions or even particular websites are more likely to be the cause. If you’re running a beta version of your browser, try switching back to the stable channel to see if this helps to clear up the issues.

Anything else on your system could be causing compatibility problems too. Did you just install a printer that crashes browsers instantly? Are you sure? Unfortunately, it’s not very easy to work out exactly what other factors might be involved, beyond uninstalling and reinstalling all your hardware devices and software programs one by one and trying your browser software again each time.

As a general rule, keep everything up to date—your device drivers, your other software, and your operating system as a whole. This should help to minimize compatibility problems and stop anything else from interfering with your browser.

6. Too many pop-up windows
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Pop-up windows are an unavoidable part of the web, especially when online regulations change, but if you’re noticing a sudden abundance of them, then it’s possible that a malware or adware program has taken root on your computer.

The culprit might have installed itself as an extension or as a separate program, or it might be completely hidden from view. Use whatever antivirus software you have installed to run a thorough scan for problems, and for an extra sweep, run a no-install, on-demand scanner (like Microsoft Safety Scanner or ClamWin Portable).

We’ve solved problems like this in the past by purging our browser of cookies and cached data, so follow the instructions we laid out in the first tip in this list if you’re still having problems with overbearing pop-up windows. An ad-blocker app might help you to rein in some of the worst offenders and maybe identify the root cause at the same time, but just remember to whitelist your favorite sites.

7. Pages don’t work as intended
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The difference between webpage and web app is more blurred than ever (if there even is a difference any more), and apps running in your browser can break for a variety of reasons—a badly configured extension, for example, a plug-in designed to block ads or trackers on the web, or broken code in the app itself.

Besides everything we’ve already mentioned—so checking your browser extensions and settings, clearing out the cache, and so on—it’s worth taking a look at the permissions that a particular website or app has access to. If these haven’t been set correctly for whatever reason then it can cause breaks in functionality.

These options are under Site settings in Chrome settings; Privacy & Security and Permissions in Firefox settings; Site Permissions in Edge settings; and Safari, Preferences and Websites in Safari. If you’re having problems with one site in particular, see if it works in another browser.

8. Broken images and video
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If you’ve established that there’s nothing wrong with your internet connection (see the previous step), then problems loading media files can come down to the settings in your browser. Underlying technologies such as JavaScript can have an impact on how certain files are handled.

The relevant options should be enabled by default in your browser, but it’s possible that you’ve deliberately or inadvertently switched them off. You can find official help online for making sure these media plug-ins are enabled: Click through for Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox tips, which you can also adapt and apply to Edge and Safari.

If the problems persist, then it’s back to our old troubleshooting fall-backs: the browser cache update, reset, and full uninstall and reinstall that we mentioned back in the first tip. Third-party extensions can also interfere with the way media is displayed on the page, especially if they’re doing something like blocking ads or modifying content, so that’s another possible cause to troubleshoot.

9. The homepage keeps changing
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When your homepage keeps changing without your permission, even after you’ve set it back several times, this is a sure sign that an extension or a rogue piece of malware is ignoring your wishes and directing you somewhere else—possibly to a site that’s built to earn affiliate clicks, or to further infect your computer.

Using the steps we outlined in the first and the seventh tips above, shut down any browser add-ons you aren’t sure about, and get a thorough security scan of your computer up and running (and maybe seek the help of on-demand scanners like Windows Safety Scanner and ClamWin Portable).

If that’s not enough to make your choice of homepage stick, then a browser uninstall and reinstall (or a settings reset, if the option is available) might be enough to clear out whatever’s getting in the way of the browser settings.