RELATED: How to Edit Photos on Your iPhone (Using the Photos App) Play a Video in iPhone’s Photos App in a Loop In iPhone’s Photos app, you don’t have an official feature to play your video itself in a loop. But, you can make a slideshow out of your video and make that play in a loop, which basically plays your video until you manually stop it. To use this workaround, first, launch Photos on your iPhone....
Twitter’s take on “stories,” which is called Fleets, allows you to post disappearing media and text. But if you find stories out of place on Twitter, or simply don’t want people you follow to appear on top of your feed, you can mute them. Unfortunately, at the moment, there’s no central kill switch that will let you get rid of Fleets altogether on Twitter. Your only option is to manually mute Fleets from individual accounts one by one....
Always Make Sure a Drive Isn’t in Use Before Unplugging Generally, the biggest threat to data when removing a USB drive (like a thumb, hard drive, and so on) is unplugging it while data is being written to it. This interrupts the write operation, and the file that was being written or copied will be incomplete or could remain as a corrupted file. So, before you ever unplug any USB drive from your PC, make sure all files have finished copying or saving to it....
Windows 10 is packed with convenient keyboard shortcuts. One especially handy shortcut lets you open File Explorer in an instant from any application. This trick dates back to Windows 95, and it still works on Windows 10 today. If you’d like to open File Explorer with a keyboard shortcut, press Windows+E, and an Explorer window will pop up. From there you can manage your files as usual. To open up another Explorer window, press Windows+E again, or press Ctrl+N if Explorer is already open....
Apple Fitness+ has a lot of different workouts from more than 20 different trainers. If you find one you love, it’s probably a good idea to save it so you can do it again later without digging through the app. You can also download workouts for when you’re traveling or just don’t have an internet connection. Here’s how. How to Save Your Favorite Fitness+ Workouts In the Fitness app, open the workout that you want to save to your favorites and tap “Add....
When you run a command at the bash prompt, it normally prints the output of that command directly to the terminal so you can read it immediately. But bash also allows you to “redirect” the output of any command, saving it to a text file so you can review the output later. This works in bash on any operating system, from Linux and macOS to Windows 10’s Ubuntu-based bash environment....
On Windows 10, Microsoft Defender (formerly called “Windows Defender”) always scans files before you open them unless you’ve installed a third-party antivirus. You can also perform a quick scan of any file or folder, too. Here’s how. First, find the file or folder you’d like scan. It can be located within File Explorer or on your Desktop. Using your mouse cursor, right-click on the item. In the menu that pops up, select “Scan With Microsoft Defender....
FaceTime is Apple’s built-in video and audio calling app. It pairs with your iPhone and allows you to make phone calls on macOS. You don’t need an iPhone to make FaceTime calls (or even use iMessage), but you will need one to make calls from a phone number. If you don’t have an iPhone, you can still make calls from the email associated with your Apple ID, but only to other FaceTime users....
1Password is among our favorite password managers, and if you also use it, you should enable two-factor authentication (2FA) to add an extra layer of security to your account. Here’s how to enable two-factor authentication in 1Password. On 1Password, you can enable two-factor authentication using authenticator apps on your smartphone or physical security keys. Even if you prefer the latter, you’ll have to set up an authenticator app for two-factor authentication on 1Password first....
HBO Max One of the major selling points for HBO Max ($14.99 per month) when it launched was that it would be the exclusive subscription streaming service home of Friends. The show was previously one of the most-watched shows on Netflix. So now, if you want unlimited access to every moment the gang spends hanging out in the surprisingly laid-back New York City coffee shop Central Perk, you need to be an HBO Max subscriber....
You’ll love spending time getting to know each character, including Ted, Robin, Barney, Marshall, and Lily. These streaming services offer every episode for you to enjoy, especially if you’ve already fallen in love with the show. Here’s where you can catch every second of MacLaren’s and see what’s going on in Marshall’s apartment. Hulu Hulu is home to every season of How I Met Your Mother. For $6 a month, you can stream every intervention and Bro Code moment you could dream of....
This show takes place during the Korean War, following a hospital that services both soldiers as well as civilians in the area. While it is mostly a comedy, there are quite a few scenes throughout that take on a more serious tone. These services will ensure that you get every moment, even the ones that may make you want to cry. Hulu Hulu is an excellent service to stream tons of great shows, such as MAS*H or Seinfeld....
Scanning a document in Mac OS X is extremely simple, but for those who might not be familiar, or are coming from Windows, it’s useful to take a quick tour through how it works. RELATED: How to Scan Documents to PDF with Your Android Phone’s Camera It’s worth noting that a good percentage of the time you can just use your smartphone’s camera and scan it to PDF easily. For most common scanning tasks, that option will work really well, and it’s an especially great option for scanning a picture of a receipt to save into your digital archive....
Google Chrome offers to save passwords for all your online accounts. It then stores and syncs them to your Google account as part of the Smart Lock feature. Chrome also has a built-in password generator that automatically creates strong passwords at the click of a button. RELATED: What is Google Smart Lock, Exactly? How to Generate Secure Passwords First, make sure password saving is enabled (it should be on by default)....
It’s no secret that smartphones can be distracting. We typically talk about this for driving, but that’s not the only case. Walking around with your head buried in your phone can be dangerous, too. Android phones can help with this. The “Heads Up” feature is available through Android’s “Digital Wellbeing” suite of tools. At the time of writing, it’s available for Google Pixel phones, although it should eventually roll out to more devices....
Why End-to-End Encryption Matters End-to-end encryption means that only the sender and the receiver of a message can see its contents. Not even the company running the server in the middle of the conversations can see the contents of the communications. With Signal, all conversations are always end-to-end encrypted: The Signal Foundation can’t see the contents of the messages. With Telegram, the company in charge of Telegram is technically capable of seeing the contents of the messages on its servers....
The most important thing to consider is compatibility. Unfortunately, not all smartwatches can be paired with both Android and iOS. For example, the Apple Watch SE only works with iPhones. Similarly, Samsung’s Galaxy Watch 4 is only compatible with Android. So, make sure the smartwatch you are buying is compatible with your smartphone. Battery life is another crucial detail. This can range from one day to several weeks, but it’s typically dependent on the feature-set of a smartwatch and how much you use it....
Unlimited data plans continue to be one of the most popular options around—and it’s easy to see why. Smartphones have quickly become a go-to source of entertainment for people around the world, and streaming movies or downloading games require significant chunks of data. Unlimited plans ensure that you’re never locked out of the content you love, although they tend to be a bit pricier than their data-restricted counterparts. Prepaid plans have also come a long way in the past decade, shedding their low-quality persona and blossoming into services that rival monthly subscriptions....
“As Far As I Know” AFAIK means “as far as I know.” It denotes that the piece of knowledge you’re sharing is something you believe to be correct, but you’re not sure if it’s wholly accurate or up to date. The full phrase is commonly used in both online interactions and in-person conversations. It has a similar meaning to the phrase “to my knowledge.” When used on the internet, such as in text messages or on social media, AFAIK takes on the same meaning....
Man-in-the-middle attacks are a serious security concern. Here’s what you need to know, and how to protect yourself. Two’s Company, Three’s a Crowd The “beauty” (for lack of a better word) of MITM attacks is the attacker doesn’t necessarily have to have access to your computer, either physically or remotely. He or she can just sit on the same network as you, and quietly slurp data. A MITM can even create his own network and trick you into using it....
