{"id":46211,"date":"2025-08-13T11:24:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:24:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/?p=46211"},"modified":"2025-09-09T08:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T13:04:07","slug":"preparing-for-a-laptop-swap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2025\/08\/13\/preparing-for-a-laptop-swap\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for a Laptop Swap"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"46211\" class=\"elementor elementor-46211\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-60ff0ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"60ff0ea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-623de73\" data-id=\"623de73\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d7d250 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1d7d250\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The A-B-Cs of Preparing for a Laptop Swap<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43293bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43293bc\" 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100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"46439\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2025\/08\/13\/preparing-for-a-laptop-swap\/frame-a\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-A.png\" data-orig-size=\"273,273\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Frame A\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-A.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-A.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41584c2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41584c2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>As soon as possible:<\/h3><p><b>You MUST register with Computing Services to receive a laptop:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/lps.org\/apps\/laptop_training\/\"> LPS Laptop Distribution Registration<\/a><\/p><p><i>This is different than the Google Sheet sign-up your administrator will be requesting.<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b4be130\" data-id=\"b4be130\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ac2cf7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ac2cf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46442\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2025\/08\/13\/preparing-for-a-laptop-swap\/frame-b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-B.png\" data-orig-size=\"273,273\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Frame B\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-B.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-B.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-B-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-46442\" alt=\"Letter B\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-B-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-B.png 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"46442\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2025\/08\/13\/preparing-for-a-laptop-swap\/frame-b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-B.png\" data-orig-size=\"273,273\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Frame B\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-B.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-B.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a140a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a140a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Before your swap date:<\/h3><p>At least <strong>24 HOURS\u00a0BEFORE<\/strong> attending your swap, use the steps listed below to prepare your laptop &amp; data.<\/p><p><i>There will be no time during the swap session to attend to these important steps!<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-949efd1\" data-id=\"949efd1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1f3b53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c1f3b53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46445\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2025\/08\/13\/preparing-for-a-laptop-swap\/frame-c\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-C.png\" data-orig-size=\"273,273\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Frame C\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-C.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-C.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-C-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-46445\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-C-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-C.png 273w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"46445\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2025\/08\/13\/preparing-for-a-laptop-swap\/frame-c\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-C.png\" data-orig-size=\"273,273\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Frame C\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-C.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Frame-C.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e01cb33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e01cb33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Coming to the swap:<\/h3><div>On the day of the laptop swap:<\/div><ul><li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Arrive promptly<\/b>\u00a0at the scheduled time, or you may not be able to participate.<\/li><li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bring the full power adapter<\/b>\u00a0(brick and cord) with you.<\/li><\/ul><p><em>Do not bring your USB-C adaptor. You will continue to use the one previously provided to you.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e16a2f1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e16a2f1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2557e55\" data-id=\"2557e55\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a6e606 animated-slow elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4a6e606\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;tada&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>IMPORTANT!<\/strong> &#8211; If you are not prepared when you arrive to the session, you will be asked to sign up for a different session.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c24e8b1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c24e8b1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5481452\" data-id=\"5481452\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3854e40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3854e40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Preparing your Laptop &amp; Data<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a64e4f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a64e4f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You will need to address the following items\u00a0<strong>at least 24 hours before<\/strong>\u00a0attending this laptop swap and orientation:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6d80932 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6d80932\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ac3ae1\" data-id=\"9ac3ae1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0cb74b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0cb74b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Clean up your laptop<\/h4>\n<p>You are not the last user for this device. You are expected to remove any <b>cases<\/b>, <b>clings<\/b>, or <b>stickers<\/b> and clean the outside of your laptop as these machines will be repurposed by LPS. A dampened microfiber cloth works well to remove most residue. Computing Services is providing each staff member with a cleaning wipe the morning of your swap. Your office will distribute these to you. Don&#8217;t press too hard on the lid, as it can damage the screen.<\/p>\n<p>If you added a case, please <b>remove it BEFORE<\/b> attending the swap date. Technicians should not be asked to remove them as you arrive, and cannot be responsible for any damage your case creates to the laptop. You will want to wipe down the exterior of the device after removing the case, as they often cause dust &amp; debris to accumulate.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9d05a93\" data-id=\"9d05a93\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb47198 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bb47198\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46448\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2025\/08\/13\/preparing-for-a-laptop-swap\/clean-laptop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Clean-Laptop.png\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1597\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Clean Laptop\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Clean-Laptop-300x234.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Clean-Laptop-1024x799.png\" width=\"768\" height=\"599\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Clean-Laptop-768x599.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-46448\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Clean-Laptop-768x599.png 768w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Clean-Laptop-300x234.png 300w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Clean-Laptop-1024x799.png 1024w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Clean-Laptop-1536x1198.png 1536w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Clean-Laptop.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-attachment-id=\"46448\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2025\/08\/13\/preparing-for-a-laptop-swap\/clean-laptop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Clean-Laptop.png\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1597\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Clean Laptop\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Clean-Laptop-300x234.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Clean-Laptop-1024x799.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d89a3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0d89a3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-94e5218 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"94e5218\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3466ef9\" data-id=\"3466ef9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8a5e9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8a5e9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b style=\"color: #d02030; font-family: OrandaBT-Bold, serif; font-size: 26px;\">File Sync (Google Drive for Desktop)<\/b><\/h4><p>The <b>Google Drive for Desktop<\/b>\u00a0app should be set up and syncing the files that exist in your computer&#8217;s DESKTOP and DOCUMENTS folders for at least 24 hours before your school\u2019s swap date. Otherwise, files may not be fully backed up in time to be accessed from your new laptop.<\/p><p>To verify that yours is working properly, click the small Drive icon that exists in your top menu bar. This should open a window that indicates you are up to date with file syncing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f0289d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f0289d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46268\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2025\/08\/13\/preparing-for-a-laptop-swap\/drive-for-desktop-is-syncing-2025\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-For-Desktop-is-Syncing-2025.png\" data-orig-size=\"2048,644\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Drive For Desktop is Syncing &#8211; 2025\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-For-Desktop-is-Syncing-2025-300x94.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-For-Desktop-is-Syncing-2025-1024x322.png\" width=\"768\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-For-Desktop-is-Syncing-2025-768x242.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-46268\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-For-Desktop-is-Syncing-2025-768x242.png 768w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-For-Desktop-is-Syncing-2025-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-For-Desktop-is-Syncing-2025-1024x322.png 1024w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-For-Desktop-is-Syncing-2025-1536x483.png 1536w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-For-Desktop-is-Syncing-2025.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" data-attachment-id=\"46268\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2025\/08\/13\/preparing-for-a-laptop-swap\/drive-for-desktop-is-syncing-2025\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-For-Desktop-is-Syncing-2025.png\" data-orig-size=\"2048,644\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Drive For Desktop is Syncing &#8211; 2025\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-For-Desktop-is-Syncing-2025-300x94.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-For-Desktop-is-Syncing-2025-1024x322.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29b0b1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29b0b1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you are unsure of why your setup may not look the same as the screenshot above, please reach out to the Help Desk for assistance, or use this resource:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/10f0PsBmvhX24xU6Kq7UnFqH6V-adr33Jm734gGAWvFw\/edit#\"><b>SETUP: Google Drive for Desktop (DfD)<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-377cf26 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"377cf26\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><b>DO NOT DELETE FILES!<\/b>\u00a0<\/h5><p>If you\u00a0 delete files from your current laptop, you will not be able to access the files from your new laptop. <em>Don&#8217;t worry, LPS erases all devices before redistribution. <\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-605208c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"605208c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f75dd90\" data-id=\"f75dd90\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5132111 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5132111\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46472\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2025\/08\/13\/preparing-for-a-laptop-swap\/drive-for-desktop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-for-Desktop.png\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Drive for Desktop\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-for-Desktop-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-for-Desktop.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-for-Desktop-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-46472\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-for-Desktop-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-for-Desktop-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-for-Desktop-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-for-Desktop.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-attachment-id=\"46472\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2025\/08\/13\/preparing-for-a-laptop-swap\/drive-for-desktop\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-for-Desktop.png\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Drive for Desktop\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-for-Desktop-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Drive-for-Desktop.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43cad83 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"43cad83\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-41f9781 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41f9781\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8365930\" data-id=\"8365930\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2d13b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2d13b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Chrome Profile Sync (Bookmarks, etc.)<\/h3><p>Double-check that you are properly signed into the Chrome browser, so that it is saving (syncing) things like bookmarks, extensions, themes and other settings. This will make it quick and easy to feel like \u201chome\u201d again when you move to a new computer.<\/p><p>You should see your Chrome Profile in the top-right corner of any Google Chrome window. (As shown at right.)<\/p><p>If you are not syncing your Profile, use these instructions to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2016\/11\/29\/google-chrome\/\">sync Chrome with your LPS Google account<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c3e634 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c3e634\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Chrome-Profile.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"Chrome Profile\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6NDYyMzUsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC9ob21lLmxwcy5vcmdcL2NzXC9maWxlc1wvMjAyNVwvMDhcL0Nocm9tZS1Qcm9maWxlLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/elementor\/thumbs\/Chrome-Profile-ra7dqfua34oih2aavnfnwx015nlasqppopgu15skjk.png\" title=\"Chrome Profile\" alt=\"Screenshot of the Chrome Profile properly syncing with LPS.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-994be7d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"994be7d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f97c18\" data-id=\"7f97c18\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3239744 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3239744\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46484\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2025\/08\/13\/preparing-for-a-laptop-swap\/google-chrome-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Google-Chrome.png\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Google Chrome\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Google-Chrome-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Google-Chrome.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Google-Chrome-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-46484\" alt=\"Google Chrome icon\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Google-Chrome-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Google-Chrome-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Google-Chrome-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Google-Chrome.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-attachment-id=\"46484\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2025\/08\/13\/preparing-for-a-laptop-swap\/google-chrome-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Google-Chrome.png\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Google Chrome\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Google-Chrome-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Google-Chrome.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4210005 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4210005\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-311db1b\" data-id=\"311db1b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de72d95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de72d95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>Zoom Messages (Team Chat)<\/b><\/h4><p>When you sign into Zoom on your new laptop you will not see any message history in Team Chat. If there are messages that you will need to be able to see from your new laptop, you should copy\/paste that text into another location (a Google Doc, Keep note, email to self, etc.) before your swap date.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a01c14\" data-id=\"4a01c14\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e157d33 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e157d33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"30046\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2016\/07\/27\/zoom-video-conferencing-instant-messaging\/zoomlogo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2016\/07\/ZoomLogo.png\" data-orig-size=\"512,512\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ZoomLogo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2016\/07\/ZoomLogo-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2016\/07\/ZoomLogo.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2016\/07\/ZoomLogo-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-30046\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2016\/07\/ZoomLogo-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2016\/07\/ZoomLogo-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2016\/07\/ZoomLogo.png 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-attachment-id=\"30046\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2016\/07\/27\/zoom-video-conferencing-instant-messaging\/zoomlogo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2016\/07\/ZoomLogo.png\" data-orig-size=\"512,512\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ZoomLogo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2016\/07\/ZoomLogo-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2016\/07\/ZoomLogo.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-6217939 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6217939\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-69d9a23\" data-id=\"69d9a23\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19b48ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"19b48ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c4a20c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c4a20c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>Stickies, Notes, and Chat Messages<\/b><\/h4><p>Many people choose to use the default Notes &amp; Stickies apps (from Apple) that come with their laptop. It is important to understand that this data\u00a0<strong>IS NOT backed up<\/strong> anywhere with LPS.<\/p><p>We suggest that you copy\/paste the text of your Apple Stickies and Apple Notes into <b>Google Keep<\/b>, which syncs with your LPS Google account and will follow you between devices (and even phones!).<\/p><ul><li>LPS &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2017\/12\/15\/google-keep\/\">Google Keep<\/a><\/li><li>Google &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/keep\/\">Keep support<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e67733d\" data-id=\"e67733d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3680d2 elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a3680d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"46487\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2025\/08\/13\/preparing-for-a-laptop-swap\/stickies-notes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Stickies-Notes.png\" data-orig-size=\"1661,1504\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Stickies Notes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Stickies-Notes-300x272.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Stickies-Notes-1024x927.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Stickies-Notes-300x272.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-46487\" alt=\"Icons for Apple&#039;s Stickies and Notes apps\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Stickies-Notes-300x272.png 300w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Stickies-Notes-1024x927.png 1024w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Stickies-Notes-768x695.png 768w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Stickies-Notes-1536x1391.png 1536w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Stickies-Notes.png 1661w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-attachment-id=\"46487\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2025\/08\/13\/preparing-for-a-laptop-swap\/stickies-notes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Stickies-Notes.png\" data-orig-size=\"1661,1504\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Stickies Notes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Stickies-Notes-300x272.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2025\/08\/Stickies-Notes-1024x927.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-718793d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"718793d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-adf10ca\" data-id=\"adf10ca\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fa5e44 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1fa5e44\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e4b66d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e4b66d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>Apple Music<\/b><\/h4><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are a teacher using Apple Music instructionally, be sure to have Google Drive for Desktop syncing the <strong>Music folder<\/strong> on your laptop. This should capture your music library and make it available for transfer to a new laptop. <\/span><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use this link for instructions on <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1MRUmdrv4bjDQ2R06rM0l196ymns4qZa3DQtvVWxkQ2A\/edit?usp=sharing\">moving your Apple Music Library between computers<\/a>.<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have signed into Apple Music with a personal Apple ID, you will want to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT201251\">deauthorize the computer<\/a> before the swap time. <\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ead49e\" data-id=\"4ead49e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-213aa8f elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"213aa8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"29947\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2019\/06\/27\/2019-teacher-laptop\/apple-music-icon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2019\/06\/Apple-Music-icon.png\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Apple Music icon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2019\/06\/Apple-Music-icon-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2019\/06\/Apple-Music-icon-1024x1024.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2019\/06\/Apple-Music-icon-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-29947\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2019\/06\/Apple-Music-icon-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2019\/06\/Apple-Music-icon.png 1024w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2019\/06\/Apple-Music-icon-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2019\/06\/Apple-Music-icon-768x768.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-attachment-id=\"29947\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/2019\/06\/27\/2019-teacher-laptop\/apple-music-icon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2019\/06\/Apple-Music-icon.png\" data-orig-size=\"1024,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Apple Music icon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2019\/06\/Apple-Music-icon-300x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/home.lps.org\/cs\/files\/2019\/06\/Apple-Music-icon-1024x1024.png\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The A-B-Cs of Preparing for a Laptop Swap As soon as possible: You MUST register with Computing Services to receive a laptop: LPS Laptop Distribution Registration This is different than the Google Sheet sign-up your administrator will be requesting. 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