If you shut down your Mac before you go to bed or leave work, but don’t enjoy waiting for it to boot up each day, you can schedule it to power-On at a specific time. Then, your Mac will always be ready to go before you even sit down. Click “Energy Saver” if you’re running macOS 10.15 Catalina or older. On macOS 11 Big Sur or later, click “Battery.”...
As the majority of the global workforce now works remotely, the need for video conferencing has risen—and so has the popularity of Zoom. In a Zoom call, you may eventually need to share your screen with participants. Here’s how. Share Your Screen During a Call As the host of the Zoom call, you can share your screen at any time. During the call, select the “Share Screen” button at the bottom of the window....
Microsoft Teams is great for splitting work areas into different teams and channels, but it’s easy to have far too many things in the sidebar for easy navigation. Here’s how to clean things up a bit. One of the benefits of Microsoft Teams is that it’s easy to create teams and channels. This means you can split up work streams, have fine-grained permissions for who can see what, and generally manage your collaboration and document access the way you want it....
Microsoft introduced a “simplified ribbon” in early 2021 for various Office programs, including Microsoft Outlook on Windows, Word for web, and Excel for web. The new ribbon shows fewer icons and takes up less space. If this isn’t for you, there’s a very easy way to get the classic ribbon back. The classic ribbon that you are probably used to has a good number of icons on it. The new, simplified ribbon has fewer icons on it and more space for fingers to click the icons (for computers and tablets with touch screens)....
The updated iPhone camera app in iOS 14 has shuffled some settings and controls around. If you like to shoot square photos, don’t worry; the option is still there. Here’s how to do it. Open the “Camera” app. Either swipe up anywhere on the screen or tap the chevron (arrow) icon at the top of the screen. This brings up all the extra options at the bottom of the viewfinder....
AirDrop is a very useful way to transfer local files between iOS devices, but if you have it improperly configured, it’s a bit of a privacy risk. Let’s configure it properly so you don’t end up with strange photos from strange people—even if you don’t use AirDrop, it’s easy to misconfigure it, so follow along anyway to ensure you’ve got the optimum settings. RELATED: AirDrop 101: Easily Send Content Between Nearby iPhones, iPads, and Macs...
How to Enable or Disable Handwashing Detection To enable or disable handwashing detection, first launch the Watch app on your iPhone. Scroll down to find the Handwashing section and tap the “Handwashing Timer” option to enable it (or to disable it if it’s already enabled.) You can also enable Handwashing Reminders, which sends you a push notification if your Watch detects that you haven’t washed your hands within a few minutes of returning home....
As usual, Microsoft is slowly rolling out Windows 10’s October 2020 Update (20H2) to check for bugs. If your PC experiences a problem after installing the update, here’s how to roll back to your previous version of Windows 10. You Only Have 10 Days! Windows 10 only gives you ten days to uninstall big updates like the October 2020 Update. It does this by keeping the operating system files from the previous version of Windows 10 around....
Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook offer a hidden measurement converter to save you from looking up conversions manually. If you’re working with a document, presentation, or email that contains measurements, you’ll like this time-saving feature. Enable the Measurement Converter The steps to enable the Measurement Converter are the same for Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, with a slight difference for Outlook. So follow these steps for one or all. Enable Measurement Converter in Word and PowerPoint Open a document in Microsoft Word or a presentation in PowerPoint and click File > Options from the menu....
What Does Water Lock Do? As the name may suggest, this feature locks your Watch to prevent accidental touchscreen input, clicking of the digital crown, or presses of the side button. You can still raise your wrist to check the time or the state of your current workout, but you’ll need to disable water lock before you can tap on a complication or launch an app. Siri will still work while water lock is engaged, but only if you have “Hey Siri” or raise-to-trigger modes enabled....
Windows 10’s May 2020 Update moves the “Fresh Start” feature that lets you reinstall Windows while removing any manufacturer-installed bloatware on your laptop or desktop PC. It’s no longer part of the Windows Security application. You’ll find Fresh Start built into Windows 10’s “Reset Your PC” feature. It’s no longer called Fresh Start, and you have to turn on a special option to uninstall bloatware while resetting your PC to its factory-default state....
While evaluating the Roomba Combo j7+, there were a few questions that kept coming up. First, the most obvious, does its performance and price combination make it a good value for someone who wants basic, automated cleaning? Second, apart from its own performance, how does it fare when compared to some of the competing brands out there making large strides in creating a name for themselves in the cleaning space?...
RELATED: The 10 Best Netflix Original Movies in 2022 The Bisexual Play Video In The Bisexual, creator and star Desiree Akhavan expands on themes from her debut feature film Appropriate Behavior, once again starring as a character loosely based on herself. Akhavan’s Leila starts to explore bisexuality after the end of her long-term lesbian relationship in a reversal of the typical journey in LGBTQ narratives. That unexpected shift provides Akhavan plenty of opportunities for comedy, along with exploring deeper ideas about identity and community....
What the ECG App Does (and What It Doesn’t Do) With the ECG app, you can check: your exact heart rate at the moment. The optical sensor your watch uses throughout the day is more convenient and can track your heart rate while you work out, but it can be a bit finicky. whether you are currently experiencing a specific health condition called atrial fibrillation (AFib), where your heart beats with an irregular rhythm....
When you open a document created in an older version of Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint in a modern version of Office, you may see “Compatibility Mode” appear after the name of the document in the titlebar. This changes the way the document appears and prevents you from using some modern features. This normally isn’t something you should worry about–Office does the right thing to ensure old documents work properly and you can continue to collaborate with people using older versions of Office....
CRTs Are Still Amazing Without getting into the weeds of technical details, a CRT draws an image on the back of a phosphor-coated screen using a scanning energy beam. Unlike a flat panel display, CRTs don’t have physical pixels. So the concept of “native resolution” doesn’t apply here. No image scaling has to happen, the CRT simply draws a grid of pixels at the correct resolution, limited by how fine the energy beam can make them....
If you switch to a Mac after becoming familiar with Windows, you’ll quickly find that the standard Ctrl+Alt+Delete shortcut doesn’t do anything. Mac OS X does have its own version of the Task Manager, but it’s a bit different than Windows’, and you access it by pressing Command+Option+Esc. While Windows’ Task Manager contains a wealth of information and features, OS X splits some of those features up into separate apps....
If you’ve been using your iPhone for long enough, you’ve likely noticed very few spam text messages have the “Report Junk” option to help you automatically report and block spam. What gives? What Is the “Report Junk” Feature? The “Report Junk” feature first appeared in iMessage with the iOS 8.3 update in April of 2015 alongside another useful iMessage feature, the ability to filter out iMessages sent by “unknown senders,” those not in your contact list....
The Short Answer: Resolution Was Limited by Cost and Available Technology The pixelated artwork in older video games—where the display resolution is low enough that the pixels are obvious and blocky—was largely the result of low-resolution television sets and the high cost of memory chips and digital logic at the time those games were created relative to today. While it was possible to create an HD-resolution digital still image by the late 1970s, the technology to animate it in real-time did not exist until much later....
Between pandemics, politics, and other people, it can often feel like you have the weight of the world on your shoulders. These are the times when avoiding notifications and social media for a while is a good idea. Luckily, video games can provide the escapism you need. Unlike games that push you around from one checkpoint to the next, the following five titles all allow you to control what you do next....
