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How to Use the Windows 10 Disk-Checking Utility The first sign that a hard disk drive (HDD) is about to fail is when you encounter logical errors on the disk. When a drive incurs this kind of operational bug, the unreadable parts of the drive are reclassified as bad sectors. When a disk has a bad sector, it usually means that the drive can be repaired with software. Windows 10 comes with a disk-checking utility that simplifies the process for repairing drive errors....

How Do I Boot Into Recovery Mode? Booting into Recovery Mode is only a few steps away, providing you know what to press. Here’s how to boot into Recovery Mode on an Intel-based Mac. How Do I Boot an M1 Mac Into Recovery Mode? If you have a newer Mac with an Apple-based processor such as the M1 CPU, like the Mac mini, the process is slightly different. Here’s how to start your M1-based Mac in Recovery Mode....

Recover Deleted Voicemail Using the Voicemail App Even after you delete a voicemail, the data is stored through on your device for a set amount of time. If you deleted something you didn’t mean to, follow these steps to try to get it back. Use a Third-Party App to Recover Deleted Voicemails Occasionally, if your data gets corrupted or a very old voicemail is accidentally deleted, you won’t be able to recover it through the Voicemail app....

Take a Screenshot With the Power and Volume Down Buttons Go to the screen you want to capture, then press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons for one second. The screen will flash, and you’ll see a mini screenshot in a circle in the bottom corner of your phone, along with a string of icons. Tap on Preview in the circle to crop, edit, or annotate the screenshot....

Search Within a Message in Outlook If you show email messages as a conversation in Outlook, the thread can become long. If you paste content into new messages, this text may need to be revised or formatted. When you want to find specific text in a message, use the Outlook Find and Replace tools to highlight the text inside the message. For Outlook 2019, 2016, and 2013 To find specific text inside an email in Outlook 2019, 2016, and 2013:...

How to Use Spotlight Search to Open Apps Sometimes, searching for an app using iOS is faster than trying to remember which folder or screen you stashed it in. Spotlight Search can pull up any app installed on your iPad. If you haven’t installed the program, it sends you to the App Store to download it. Here’s how. How to Open Apps with Siri To open apps with the Apple digital assistant, hold the Home button until it activates, and then say “Open [name of app]....

Send Photos to Facebook From the Photos App There are two ways to use the Photos app to send images to Facebook. One is for images you took at an earlier time and the other is for an image or video that you just captured using the Camera app. To use the Photos app, open the app and select the image you want to post on Facebook. If you want to send several at once, choose Select and then tap every photo or video you want to put on Facebook....

How to Set Up a Conference Call Any Skype registered user can participate in a conference call. The host of the conference call, who is the person initiating the call, must invite the contacts to the call. Once they accept, they are in. To start a conference call and add people to it: How to Add People Who Don’t Use Skype People not using Skype, but using another phone service such as a mobile phone, a landline phone, or a VoIP service—can join a meeting....

How to Set a Music Timer on Alexa This is so easy it doesn’t even require steps. When your Echo device is playing music, a podcast, or some other audio, just wake your Alexa device and command it to set a sleep timer for (length of time). Like this: “Alexa, set a sleep timer for 30 minutes.” It will respond with ‘Okay’ and repeat the amount of time for the timer....

How Do You Sign Out of Your Apple ID? If you want to sign out of your Apple ID so that you can switch to a different one or not be signed in, the process is pretty simple. Here’s where to look and what to do when signing out of your Apple ID on Mac. How Do I Log Into a Different Apple ID on My Mac? To log into a different Apple ID on your Mac, follow the instructions above to remove an existing account and log into a second account....

How to Set up Your Google Calendars in Apple Calendar To add your Google Calendar events to Apple Calendar and have them synchronize automatically: Add Individual Google Calendars to iOS You don’t need to sync all the associated calendars in your Google account to iOS. How to Use Google Calendar with Your iPhone or iPad Several Google Calendar features don’t work on Apple Calendar. These include the Room Scheduler and emailed event notifications....

How to Check Data Usage on Android The instructions below should get you information about your data use. Third-Party Apps for Tracking Data Usage There are also third-party apps for monitoring data usage. The four major carriers offer apps (myAT&T, T-Mobile My Account, Sprint Zone, and My Verizon Mobile) that sync with your account. Other popular data management apps include My Data Manager and Data Usage. Each app can set up limits and alerts, and My Data Manager tracks data usage in shared or family plans and across multiple devices....

How Can I Transfer Data From iPhone to Samsung? If you’re switching from iPhone to Samsung, you want to make sure all of your data makes the switch with you. Some of the most critical data is your contacts. While this article is specifically about transferring contacts from iPhone to Samsung, it’s probably not the only kind of data you’ll need to move when making the switch; you likely also have photos, music, movies, and apps that you need to transfer too....

Download Pics to a Digital Frame From a Flash Drive If you have pictures on your computer hard drive, it’s easy to use a flash drive to download the images and then transfer the files to your digital picture frame. Before you begin, make sure your photos are in a universal image file format accepted by most digital frames, such as JPEG. Check your photo frame instructions to learn the device’s optimal image and video formats....

How to Turn off iCloud on iPhone These instructions apply to devices with iOS 10.3 or higher: How to Turn off iCloud on iPhone on iOS 10.2 or Earlier The steps for turning off iCloud in iOS 10.2 or earlier are a bit different: What iCloud Does When Turned On The basic functions of the iCloud are pretty well known to most people: it’s used to keep data in sync across all devices that are signed in to the same iCloud account....

How to Unblock a Number on iPhone or iPad If you previously blocked a number on your iPhone or iPad, here’s how to unblock the number so that the contact can call, text, and FaceTime you again: How to Unblock People Who Text You If you blocked someone in Messages to prevent the person from text messaging you, you can unblock the number in Messages settings you they can text you again....

What Causes a Keyboard to Lock Up? Any number of problems can cause your keyboard to lock or freeze up. You may have inadvertently pressed a key combination that causes your keyboard to hibernate (this is especially true on a laptop), of your keyboard, may not be properly connected to your system. If using a wireless keyboard, it’s possible that there’s a connection problem. Regardless of the issue, a keyboard that’s locked isn’t very useful, so you need to get it going again as quickly as possible....

The process is similar to upgrading RAM on your desktop computer. Check if You Can Upgrade Your Laptop’s RAM The first step in upgrading your laptop’s memory is finding out if you can do it. Checking the bottom of your notebook for a dedicated memory access panel is an excellent first step. Although it’s not strictly necessary, if you have one, then your laptop should be upgradeable. You can also use the Crucial Memory Tool to determine whether your memory is removable or not (I....

What Is Apple’s Cinematic Mode? Apple’s Cinematic Mode is a new video feature available on the iPhone 13. When used, it allows the device user to automatically add rack focus to their videos, which basically lets you create depth of field in videos. This helps the recording appear more professional and cinematic by choosing which target the recording should focus on. While you can decide which point you want to center on when recording the video, you can also edit the focus target after the recording has been completed....

Mobile Pop-Up Blocker Keep popup ads at bay by enabling Safari’s pop-up blocker. Mobile Reader View Safari’s built-in Reader View option lets you read a web page without the distraction of navigation bars, images, or ads. To enable Reader View: Enable Private Browsing in Safari on iOS Devices The Safari mobile browser also allows Private Browsing mode, which lets you browse the web without being tracked, and no cookies will be added to your browser....