Photos is Apples universal answer to photo sharing across all its devices. Whether you’re using an iPhone or iPad, or you have your trusty Mac, if you have your photos stored on one device they should be available on the rest. Photos, however, is a relatively new app meant to replace the venerable iPhoto and as we said, create a universal app that syncs with iCloud and then displays any photos on whatever device you’re using....
Here’s a neat trick: You can make your Mac announce the time out loud on the quarter-hour, the half-hour, or every hour using a hidden feature in System Preferences. Here’s how to set it up. First, open System Preferences by clicking the Apple icon in the upper-left corner of your screen and selecting “System Preferences” from the menu that appears. In “System Preferences” in macOS Catalina or earlier, click “Date & Time....
Many applications automatically set themselves to start when you sign into your Linux desktop. You might want to add your own favorite programs to the startup process, too. Here’s how to control what Ubuntu starts when you sign in. We ran through this process on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS with its default GNOME desktop. The steps will be similar on other Linux distributions with a GNOME desktop, but you might need to use a different configuration tool on other desktop environments....
While taking part in a video conference using Google Meet, formerly known as Hangouts Meet, sometimes other people’s video feeds become too noisy or bothersome. Perhaps they stepped away to quiet a barking dog, or they are interrupting and need to be moderated. In that case, you can mute their microphone. Here’s how. The Rules of Muting Others in Google Meet In the wrong context, muting someone else in Google Meet could be taken the wrong way....
While taking part in a video conference using Google Meet, formerly known as Hangouts Meet, sometimes you need to mute your microphone to cough, silence a barking dog, or to simply be polite and avoid adding noise while other people are talking. Here’s how to do it. First, you’ll need to bring up the Microphone/Call toolbar. If you’re using Google Meet in a browser on Mac or Windows 10 PC, hover your mouse cursor over the bottom edge of the Google Meet window until it pops up....
The Spotify Library Nearly everyone uses a streaming service to play music nowadays, with the most popular being Spotify. Hundreds of millions of people around the world use Spotify to listen and save music. The company recently lifted its saved songs limit of 10,000 tracks, so you can now create a huge comprehensive library of all your favorite music. However, Spotify’s organization features can be quite confusing. Between artists, albums, playlists, folders, and liked tracks, it can be challenging to figure out exactly where to find that song you have on your mind....
If you tend to jot down sensitive information in the Notes app on your iPhone or iPad, you may want to keep them protected behind a password. Here’s how to enable the feature in iOS 11. RELATED: What’s New in iOS 11 for iPhone and iPad, Available Now Granted, your device is likely already locked down with a passcode. So anyone looking to gain sensitive information on your phone still has to get past the main gate....
Google Chrome for Android smartphones and tablets has a nifty feature that allows you to preview a web page before opening it. Peeking at the site can save you the hassle of opening a link and going immediately back to the previous one. This feature allows you to peek at the page in the current tab. You don’t have to open the page directly or send it to a new tab....
You might be familiar with the traditional method of using Split View on your iPad. You swipe up to bring up the Dock and drag an app to the edge of the screen to add it to Split View. But what if the app that you want to add isn’t in the Dock? How to Quickly Open iPad Apps in Split View Using Universal Search The Universal Search feature introduced in iPadOS 14 simplifies the multitasking feature by letting you add any app to Split View....
Remember the good ol’ days when you could see the names of open windows listed directly on the Windows taskbar? Thanks to a setting in Windows 10, we can easily get that feature back. Here’s how. First, right-click the Taskbar and select “Taskbar settings.” (You can also find this same screen by heading to Settings > Personalization > Taskbar.) By default, Windows 10 hides open application windows under a single taskbar button that looks like the app’s icon....
With a mouse, you can “right-click” on your iPad—Apple calls this a “Secondary Click”. If you’re left-handed instead of right-handed (or simply prefer a different setup), it’s possible to swap the function of the two main mouse buttons. Here’s how. To change this option, open the Settings app, and navigate to General, then tap on Trackpad & Mouse. If you can’t find Trackpad & Mouse in Settings, that’s because the option only shows up if a mouse or trackpad is connected to the iPad....
The idea is simple: If you sign in to a Wi-Fi network on your Android phone, your Chromebook will automatically know the password as well. This works in the other direction, too. The devices share Wi-Fi credentials as long as you’re using both with the same Google account. In order to use Wi-Fi Sync, you’ll need to connect your Android phone to your Chromebook first. Set up the “Phone Hub” feature to get your device connected (and to get access to a few other handy features)....
Typing indicators allow you to see when someone you’re communicating with is typing a text message to you. If they’re a slow typer, though, you might end up sitting there watching the indicator bounce on your screen. Thankfully, you can turn typing indicators off in Signal. The typing indicator in the Signal app, as seen below, consists of three moving dots inside of a bubble. When someone you’re chatting with is typing, the bubble will be present....
Split View on the iPad is a powerful multitasking feature that lets you use two supported apps on the screen at the same time. Still, it can be confusing to figure out how it works, and mastering it takes practice. Here’s how to use it. What Is Split View? Split View displays two windows side by side in split-screen mode with a black partition in the middle. It is designed for using two apps at the same time in a situation where you may need to continuously reference each one or move information from one to the other....
Bixby can be found implemented throughout your Galaxy S20. It’s hidden in the long-press action of the Power button, automation features, voice recognition, and even the device’s home screen. Removing the virtual assistant from any of these places won’t break any functionality on your phone, so go ahead and disable everything that you don’t use. RELATED: You Should Use Samsung’s Bixby, But Only For Routines Remap the Side/Power Button If you’re coming from almost any of smartphone, you’ll quickly find out that long-pressing the Side button will launch Bixby, not the Power Menu....
Some of the most prominent smartphone case types include rugged, clear, leather, slim, and wallet. Each of these primarily targets a different set of consumers. For example, rugged cases typically offer the best protection. However, they are mostly preferred by consumers who want complete peace of mind or are frequently involved in outdoor activities because of their relatively bulky nature. Similarly, clear cases, as their name suggests, are transparent and show off the design and construction of the phone....
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom is incredibly powerful. Its global sliders are a convenient way to make complex adjustments to your images. For example, Clarity and Texture do similar things in different ways, while Saturation and Vibrance do the same thing to differing degrees. Saturation 101 Every color has a saturation value, which is a measure of how intense it is. Redder reds are said to be more saturated than less red reds....
What Type-A Connectors Are For USB Type-A connectors are the most common type of USB connection you’ll find. You’ll find USB Type-A ports in most modern computers, laptops, game consoles (like the PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch), smart TVs, streaming media players, and other devices. These USB Type-A ports are also called receptacles. Devices like USB flash drives, mice, keyboards, external hard drives, webcams, digital cameras, game controllers, mobile devices, and numerous other peripheral devices and accessories often have USB Type-A connectors (often called plugs), which can be plugged into Type-A ports....
You’ll sometimes see MD5, SHA-1, or SHA-256 hashes displayed alongside downloads during your internet travels, but not really known what they are. These seemingly random strings of text allow you to verify files you download aren’t corrupted or tampered with. You can do this with the commands built into Windows, macOS, and Linux. How Hashes Work, and How They’re Used for Data Verification Hashes are the products of cryptographic algorithms designed to produce a string of characters....
What Is MTBF? Simply put, MTBF, or Mean Time Between Failures, is the estimated time it will take for a device to fail. Depending on who you ask (or which company is manufacturing the product), there are a few different ways to calculate MTBF. At its core, calculating MTBF is a simple process of analyzing how long a hard drive, SSD, or other product has been running and averaging that with the number of times it has failed....
