Connecting to a TV with a Cable The most common connection type for modern TVs is the HDMI cable, a digital standard that carries both video and audio. The older HDMI 2.0b standard has enough bandwidth for 4K resolutions at 60Hz (with HDR signals), while newer HDMI 2.1 or better devices can do 4K at 120Hz or 8K at 60Hz (and more). Many newer TVs are restricted to HDMI inputs since they dropped the analog circuitry required by older mediums....
When your iPhone or iPad is locked, there may be times when you don’t want people to be able to use Control Center. Luckily, there’s an easy way to turn off Control Center on the lock screen. Here’s how. First, open the Settings app on your iPhone. In Settings, scroll down until you find “Face ID & Passcode” or “Touch ID & Passcode” and tap it. This option will be different based on the model of iPhone you have....
Google Chrome’s Reading List feature debuted on the iPhone and eventually came to the desktop. For some reason, it has taken a while to appear on Android. If you like the feature on your handset, it can be enabled right now. At the time of writing, Chrome’s Reading List feature is only available on Android through a “flag.” Eventually, it will become a standard feature of the browser, but until then, this is the way to enable it....
Remote Desktop is disabled by default in Windows, but it’s easy enough to turn on if you want your PC to be remote control requests from the network. Today we’ll cover how to enable it from Windows 10 and earlier versions. Remote Desktop allows you to take remote control over another networked PC. It’s comprised of a Remote Desktop server service that allows connections to the PC from the network and a Remote Desktop client that makes that connection to a remote PC....
Macs support a variety of file systems. By default, they format disks with the Mac-only OS X Extended file system. But, if you plan on using an external drive with both Macs and PCs, you should format the disk with the exFAT file system instead. How to Check a Drive’s File System RELATED: What File System Should I Use for My USB Drive? So how do you know if your USB drive is using the right format?...
Microsoft Excel makes it easy to count the number of full days between two specific dates. You can use either an arithmetic operator or an Excel function to do that. We’ll show you both ways. RELATED: How to Count the Days Between Two Dates in Google Sheets Find the Number of Days Between Dates With Subtraction To know how many days there are between two days with the – (minus) sign method, first, open your spreadsheet with Microsoft Excel....
RELATED: How to Find Your Spotify Wrapped 2021 What Is Spotify Wrapped 2019? At the end of each year, Spotify calculates how much time you’ve spent listening to music on the service and which songs and artists were streamed most. Now that we have reached the end of 2019, Spotify has launched its Wrapped feature so that you can see what was playing most this year. And in addition to viewing data about individual songs, you can check out what genres you listened to, how much time was spent streaming, and much more....
Netflix now lets you hide titles from its library. Whether you’re sick of Netflix recommending you a particular movie or TV show or you don’t want your children watching something, you can ensure Netflix never shows you it again. This setting is profile-specific. When you hide a title for one Netflix profile, other profiles will still be able to see it. If you’re hiding titles from a child’s profile, consider locking your adult profile with a PIN....
You don’t need Microsoft Edge on your PC to use the Edge app for Android. If you do have it installed, though, you can share your open tabs, favorites, passwords, and more across multiple devices. Here’s how to install and use it on Android. Installing and Setting Up Microsoft Edge on Android To get started, download Microsoft Edge for Android from the Google Play Store and install it on your Android smartphone....
If your Nintendo Switch is running low on internal system storage, you can easily move games you’ve already downloaded from the Nintendo eShop to a microSD card without having to download them again. Here’s how to do it. Requirements and Exceptions With Switch system software version 10.0.0 or later, Nintendo allows you to move software from internal System Memory to a microSD card inserted into the Switch (and vice versa)....
Windows 10’s Focus Assist feature is a handy way of keeping your concentration while working or gaming. Starting with the October 2020 update, Windows 10 now automatically hides certain Focus Assist notifications that alert you when Focus Assist is activated or deactivated. If you’d like to bring them back, it’s easy to change in Settings. Here’s how. First, launch “Settings.” The quickest way to do this is by opening the Start menu and clicking the gear icon....
Search From Your TV’s Streaming Box All the big modern TV-streaming boxes, including the Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, and Android TV devices—have built-in search features. They search multiple apps at the same time, and you can type out the name of a show or movie using your remote control or speak it aloud with your voice. Each of the above streaming boxes is different, and some boxes may search more or different sources than others....
With the sleep timer in Spotify, you can stop the music from playing after a predefined time period has passed. We’ll show you how to configure and use this feature on your iPhone, iPad, and Android phones. Sleep timer in Spotify is basically a timer for your music. When the timer is up, it stops whatever is playing in the app. You might want to use this feature at your bedtime, as this will ensure your music stops playing when you have fallen asleep....
This also applies to other T-Mobile-owned carriers, including Sprint and Metro by T-Mobile. What Data Will T-Mobile Sell to Advertisers? As The Wall Street Journal reports, a T-Mobile privacy policy update says that the company will begin sharing web browsing and mobile app usage data with advertisers. By tracking your mobile app usage and web browsing, T-Mobile can put you into a group known as an “audience segment.” Here’s how T-Mobile explains it:...
Peacock Like fellow NBC sitcom The Office, Parks and Recreation now makes its subscription streaming home on the NBCUniversal-owned Peacock (free with ads or $4.99+ per month or $49.99+ per year). Here, you can watch all 126 episodes of the hit show, including numerous extended “producer’s cut” versions. Follow along with perpetually enthusiastic government official Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) as she attempts to make Pawnee a better place to live....
By default, Adobe Photoshop displays large animated tooltips (called “rich tooltips”) when you hover over tools. They’re handy at first, but can quickly become annoying. Here’s how to turn them off. Types of Tooltips in Photoshop Photoshop shows two types of tooltips: 1) regular tooltips, and 2) rich tooltips. A regular tooltip displays the name of the tool you’re hovering over. Like so: But a rich tooltip shows how a tool works with animation....
Every Google account comes with 15GB of free storage in Google Drive. Start taking advantage of this cloud storage by uploading files and folders, either from your desktop or mobile device. We’ll show you how. RELATED: How to Sync Your Desktop PC with Google Drive (and Google Photos) Supported File Types on Google Drive Google Drive supports all file types, which means you can upload any file from your computer or phone to the cloud....
An email signature is an important way to quickly add a personalized touch to the end of every email you send. But different types of emails call for different signatures. Set up several signatures in your Gmail for work, friends, and family. How to Create Multiple Signatures in Gmail To get started, open Gmail’s Settings menu by clicking on the cog icon in the top right and selecting “Settings.”...
If you’ve ever wanted to check whether data from your Google Sheets spreadsheet meets certain criteria, you can use AND and OR. These logical functions give you TRUE and FALSE responses, which you can use to sort through your data. If you use AND with multiple arguments, all of those arguments must be true to get a TRUE response; otherwise, AND responds with FALSE. If you use OR, only one argument has to be true for OR to provide a TRUE response....
After its fall 2020 update, Microsoft Outlook 365 for Mac has two additional views for your calendar, an easier way to RSVP, better options for scheduling events, and a handy new status for invitations. Plus, it’s all packed in a more attractive app. See Your Schedule with My Day A convenient Microsoft Outlook feature called My Day gives you a quick view of your daily schedule. You can see an Agenda or Day view, and add an event with a click....
