Enable Water Lock to Eject Water To clear out water from your Apple Watch speaker and microphone you must first enable water lock. You can do this before getting your Watch wet to prevent unwanted taps and clicks, or you can do it afterward provided the screen is dry enough to use properly. On your Watch face, swipe up from the bottom of the screen and tap on the water lock icon that looks like a droplet of water....
Rsync is one of the most useful utilities for a server administrator, but it syncs everything by default, which can be annoying if your application creates a lot of temporary files. Here’s how to exclude files when using rsync. Excluding from a List in a File This is the ideal method for excluding files and folders, since you can always edit the list and tweak things if necessary. Here is the syntax:...
Preparing Your Console Storage Upgrade Internal storage expansion was limited to members of Sony’s beta program until the September System Update was released on September 15, 2021. Make sure you have updated your console to the latest available firmware under Settings > System > System Software > System Software Update and Settings. If you have automatic updates enabled then the update will download and install without you having to do anything....
Booting into safe mode became non-trivial in Windows 8, especially if you were accustomed to the old F8 shortcut. Here is how to get F8 working again. Note: we aren’t necessary recommending that everybody make this change – we are just showing that it is still an option. You can alternatively use some of the new Windows 8 features to fix your computer instead. Everything You Need to Know About Refreshing and Resetting Your Windows 8 PC How to Use the Advanced Startup Options to Fix Your Windows 8 Computer...
It seems like some days, our devices rule our lives and the distractions never end. Fortunately, you can manage interruptions with Android Lollipop so you don’t have to turn off your phone or tablet for it to leave you alone. The thought of unplugging is often just that, a thought. We’d like to simply turn off our smartphone and ignore it, but for many, that’s not realistic. Like it or not, the smartphone is often a central communications hub so banishing it to a desk drawer for days at a time, isn’t happening....
The Android 11 Easter Egg game is a reboot of the game included with Android 7.0 Nougat. It’s all about attracting virtual cats to your phone and collecting them. The idea sounds strange, but it’s pretty addictive. RELATED: The Best New Features in Android 11, Available Now The first step is to find the Easter Egg and enable the game. On your Android phone or tablet running Android 11, swipe down from the top of the screen (once or twice, depending on your device’s manufacturer) and then select the “Gear” icon to open the “Settings” menu....
If you are using Windows 8.x for any amount of time, you will quickly get to the point where your Start Screen becomes a giant mess of nonsense tiles. Want to reset them to default? It’s easy! Just open up the Desktop view, pull up an Explorer window, and then paste the following into the address bar: You’ll see two files in the resulting folder, which you can delete — although you should probably back them up somewhere first just in case....
If you’re thinking about buying a new hard drive because you’re running out of capacity, you can quickly free up a lot of space by offloading large files to the cloud. Cloud drive storage is cheap, really cheap, and it’s only going to get cheaper. Currently, the three major cloud space providers, Dropbox, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive all provide one terabyte of storage space for about $10 per month....
Audible is easily the largest marketplace for audiobooks, but it’s also pretty expensive. Here are a few ways you can reduce the cost of expanding your audiobook collection. Some alternatives are considerably cheaper or even free, like Scribd or digital rentals from your local library. But nothing beats Audible’s selection, which is probably why it’s so expensive. Here are a few ways you can mitigate that cost. Take Advantage Of Audible’s Free Trials You should cancel your trial account before the time limit expires, even if you intend to keep buying books....
Many people use Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to mask their identity, encrypt their communications, or browse the web from a different location. All those goals can fall apart if your real information is leaking through a security hole, which is more common than you’d think. Let’s look at how to identify and patch those leaks. How VPN Leaks Occur The basics of VPN usage are pretty straightforward: You install a software package on your computer, device, or router (or use its built-in VPN software)....
There are a number of different default app categories. You can set a default web browser, search engine, phone app, messaging app, home screen launcher, and more. When something happens that requires one of these apps, the one you chose as the “default” will be used. RELATED: How to Change Browsers on Android The good news is this process is essentially the same on every Android device. First, swipe down once or twice from the top of the screen—depending on your phone—to open the notification shade and tap the gear icon....
iCloud Photo Library is one of those features that just works: take a photo or video on your iPhone, and in a few moments it’s available on all your Apple devices. It’s not, however, great if you have a low data cap. In iOS 10 and earlier, iCloud Photo Library would only upload over Wi-Fi. But in iOS 11, Apple enabled uploading over cellular data. This is great if you’ve got a high data cap, but not so good if your cap is low and you shoot a lot of high-res photos and slow motion video....
Google Chrome makes it easy to disable the Lens search feature and bring back the traditional “Search Google for This Image” context menu option. Here’s how you can do that in Chrome on desktop and Android. Chrome’s Lens search feature is extremely useful as you can use it to find more information about your selected image. However, if you’d prefer the old reverse search method, it’s easy to disable this new feature and get that old option back....
We recently showed you that you could use Microsoft Word as a blog post editor and the feature was really well received. We are back with this byte size tip to show you how you can quickly add screenshots to your posts. Use Microsoft Word To Take Screenshots Taking a screenshot in Word is really a painless experience. Simply switch over to the Insert tab and click on the Screenshot button....
The idea of running server-side apps is nothing new, but it’s not really a concept that is readily associated with everyday applications such as OpenOffice. There are various online apps available – like Google Docs – but Spoon.net gives you access to a wider range of familiar titles that can be run in the cloud. Spoon.net differs from other similar services that allow you to work with apps online. Here, rather than working with apps that have been re-written or specially designed for cloud usage, you are able to choose from programs you know and love – everything from web browsers and image editors to media players and games....
If you use Outlook for your email and calendar, but also use Google Calendar (say one for business and one for personal), you can easily add your Google Calendar to Outlook so you can view all your calendars in one place. Go to Google Calendar in your browser. Log in to your Google account. You will need some information about the Google Calendar you want to add to Outlook for the initial setup in Outlook....
The FileHub is a little digital Swiss Army knife of useful tools; you can recharge your devices, link them together via mobile hotspot, stream files to them, and in turn back files up from your devices to the FileHub. Read on as we put it through the paces and see if a device smaller than a deck of cards can really shine in all those categories. What Is The RavPower 5-in-1 FileHub?...
Whether it is simply making your family members’ systems more secure or updating the browser of choice on your own system, the stable release of Internet Explorer 11 is now available to download for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Now that the stable version has been released, you can visit Microsoft’s blog post to learn about all the new features and improvements added to the latest incarnation of Internet Explorer....
Losing your iPhone or getting it stolen is pretty common these days, but it’s important to know that while AppleCare+ covers accidental damage, it doesn’t cover a lost or stolen iPhone. What Are AppleCare and AppleCare+? If you’re not quite sure what we’re talking about, AppleCare+ is Apple’s extended warranty service that you can purchase to augment its regular AppleCare warranty. Whether you know what it is or not, you’ve had AppleCare if you’ve ever bought a new Apple product....
Smartphones and tablets almost universally ship with 3-4 foot charging cables. That’s all well and good for plugging your device in to charge overnight, but it’s an absolutely miserable length to plug in your device and use it. Stop living your life huddled by an outlet and start using a long cable with plenty of room for activities. How Short Is Short? We’re pretty sure you know how short your phone’s cable feels; nearly everyone has experienced the frustration of being temporarily tethered to a very short cable....
