How to Find Lost AirPods on iOS and iPadOS Devices Here’s how to find your lost AirPods using your iPhone or another iOS or iPadOS device with Find My enabled. How to Find Lost AirPods Using iCloud Don’t have an iOS device handy? Locate your lost AirPods from a computer using iCloud by following these steps: If the lost AirPods can’t be found, you’ll see No Location Found (more on this below)....
To change and strengthen your current Apple Watch passcode, open the Settings app on your Apple Watch and tap Passcode > Change Passcode. If you have a complicated and secure iPhone passcode and want to use your iPhone to unlock your Apple Watch, open the Apple Watch app on your iPhone, tap My Watch, and select your device. Tap Passcode and enable Unlock With iPhone. Alternatively, open the Settings app on your Apple Watch, tap Passcode, and then tap Unlock With iPhone....
The Strides app lets you track by day, week, month, year, or on a rolling average. Your data is synced to your account, so you always see your latest stats, whether you access it from the web, a mobile device, or anywhere else. Download For: You get daily reminders to input what you did or didn’t do toward reaching your goals. Over time, there’s enough data to show you chains, bar charts with trend lines, pie charts, and all sorts of other nifty details....
What Is an AAC File? A file with the AAC file extension is a MPEG-2 Advanced Audio Coding file. It’s similar to the MP3 audio format but includes some performance improvements. Apple’s iTunes and iTunes Store use Advanced Audio Coding as their default encoding method for music files. It’s also the standard audio format for many other devices and platforms. AAC files can most definitely use the .AAC file extension but they’re more commonly seen wrapped in the M4A file container, and therefore usually carry the ....
Separate from the 4th Gen Echo’s adaptive audio, which adjusts sound output for music based on the layout of the room it’s in, Adaptive Volume centers on Alexa’s responses. The new feature is meant to automatically detect background noises, then adjust Alexa’s volume accordingly. In theory, this makes Alexa automatically boost the volume for replies when your environment starts to get noisy. In practice, it seems a little spotty. When The Verge gave Alexa’s new Adaptive Volume a try with an Echo Dot, sometimes the volume stayed level despite nearby ambient noises....
The new feature will add voice commands for OnStar emergency services to compatible Alexa devices like the Echo, Echo Dot, and Echo Show. The aim is to make it easy for people to get help as soon as possible when they need it, whether it’s a fire, medical emergency, or any other type of crisis. When enabled, simply saying “Alexa, call for help” will get you in touch with an OnStar Emergency Advisor....
“My understanding is that Apple views the Mac and iOS stores as one and the same, i.e the ‘App Store’. Hence the single guidelines document, which makes no distinction between platforms apart from just a handful of platform specific cases,” professional App Store critic Kosta Eleftheriou told Lifewire via direct message. Prime Example Of course, you can do all of this via the browser, but then you may miss out on neat features like being able to download videos for offline viewing....
Import Data from a Web Page Excel is a spreadsheet application optimized for evaluating information in a two-dimensional grid. If you’re going to import data from a web page into Excel, the best format is as a table. Excel imports every table on a web page, just specific tables, or even all the text on the page. Import the Data (Excel for PC) After you’ve identified the website that contains the information you require, you can import the data directly into Excel using the From Web tool with only a few clicks, customizing import options along the way....
What Is an ARJ File? A file with the ARJ file extension is an ARJ Compressed file. Like most archive file types, they’re used to store and compress multiple files and folders into one easily manageable file. How to Open an ARJ File ARJ files can be opened with any popular compression/decompression program. We recommend 7-Zip or PeaZip, but there are several free zip/unzip tools to choose from, including the official ARJ program....
What Is an ASMX File? An abbreviation for Active Server Method File, a file with the ASMX file extension is an ASP.NET Web Service Source file. Unlike ASP.NET web pages that use the .ASPX file extension, ASMX files function as a service that doesn’t have a graphical user interface and instead is used to move data and perform other actions behind the scenes. How to Open an ASMX File These files are used with ASP....
Uses for iPads There are many possible uses for the iPad. It is great for watching movies and listening to music. It is also a capable e-book reader. As downloadable apps for the iPad have expanded its abilities, iPads are showing up increasingly in offices and with remote workers. Despite this, although the iPad comes with a virtual keyboard, it isn’t exactly word processing-friendly out of the box. Word Processing Apps The iPad doesn’t have any built-in apps for word processing....
Flip the Switch Turn the power off before servicing anything. This should always be your first step, any time you work with electronics. Don’t even open the computer case unless the power is turned off. If you see any lights glowing or flashing in the case, verify that you’ve turned it off—not just placed your computer in a hibernation state. Many power supply units incorporate a mechanical switch on the back, killing power to the device and ultimately the rest of your PC....
Customizing the Apple Mail toolbar buttons just takes is a little clicking and dragging. How to Customize the Mail Toolbar Follow these steps to get the Mail toolbar how you want it. You can also rearrange items in the toolbar without having to enter the Customize Toolbar mode by holding Command while clicking and dragging the button you want to move. Drag the buttons you want to add to the location you want them....
How to Save Phone Extensions in Your iPhone Contacts Here’s what you need to do: Phone systems treat the comma that you added to the phone number as a pause. This means that your phone calls the main phone number, waits a short time (for the phone system to offer you options), then dials the extension automatically. Tips for Automatically Dialing Extensions on the iPhone If the options are spoken more slowly and you want to add extra time before your iPhone dials the extension to make sure the phone system sends you to the right place, add more than one pause to the number....
AIM Mail and AOL Mail Size Limits With AIM Mail and AOL Mail, you can send or receive messages and attachments up to 25 MB in total size. The size limit applies to the combined size of all the elements of the message, including the text, headers, and attached files. How to Send Larger Files To send files that, combined with the other elements of the email message, exceed the 25 MB size limit, use a file-sending service....
The Verge reports that the Live Audio Rooms feature has appeared in the Facebook iOS app, with hosting access currently limited to select groups and some musicians, media figures, and athletes. Both Android and iOS users will be able to join hosted rooms, though they won’t be able to set up their own at the moment. Hosts can invite up to 50 people to act as speakers in their rooms, and there’s no limit to the number of potential listeners....
That’s what popular streaming network SportsGrid is counting on, as they just launched on the LG Channels platform, as announced in an official press release. The service is available starting today on channel 469 for those who opt-in to the free LG Channels service on their LG televisions. Advertised as “the nation’s first and only 24-hour streaming network serving the massive sports wagering audience,” SportGrid offers 18 hours of original daily programming hosted by a team of betting experts and related on-air personalities....
How Does Assisted GPS Improve Performance? Assisted GPS improves location performance in two ways: It helps the phone obtain a faster Time to First Fix (TTFF), which improves startup performance. Assisted GPS acquires and stores information about the location of satellites using the cellular network, so the information does not need to be downloaded by satellite. Assisted GPS positions a phone or mobile device when GPS signals are weak or not available....
Private Browsing in Internet Explorer Privacy and security are critical web-browsing elements for most internet users. Some users opt to enable InPrivate Browsing mode in Internet Explorer 10 to keep their browsing history under wraps and protect potentially sensitive data, such as passwords. While enabled, InPrivate Browsing ensures that no cookies or temporary internet files (also known as a cache) are left behind on your hard drive. Your browsing history, form data, and passwords aren’t saved....
How to Pin a Website to Your Home Screen When you launch a website from the Home screen, Safari opens with a link to the website. So, after your session, either quit Safari or continue browsing. To keep your most-used sites handy at all times: What Else Can You Do With the Share Button? The Safari Share menu has options to save, share, and read web pages. Here are some things you can do through this screen:...
