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How to Manage Push Notifications on iPhone Push notifications are enabled by default as part of the iOS. Choose which apps you want to get notifications from and what type of alerts they send. Manage AMBER and Emergency Alert Notifications on iPhone At the bottom of the Notifications screen, there are several toggle switches that control alert preferences: Always: Receive alerts when the phone is locked or unlocked.When Unlocked: Alerts don’t appear on the Lock Screen....

Use Asterisks to Make Your Words Stand Out The best boldface alternative for plain text is to use asterisks. Surround the text you want to emphasize with asterisks to make them stand out from the rest of the words. Example include: I will not go with you after what you said to me!My leg hurts so incredibly bad.You won’t believe it: I got fired today… This approach is effective only if you limit the bold lettering trick to a small group of words....

What You Need to Save Data to an SD Card on Android Starting with Android 4.0 (released in 2011), you can save your Android smartphone or tablet data to an SD card. High-capacity SD cards ranging up to 2 TB aren’t expensive. Double-check the maximum capacity of the MicroSD card that your device supports before you buy one. Aside from clearing storage space, the other benefit of saving files (mainly music, videos, and photos) to an SD card is that you can swap the files to another smartphone or tablet....

Move Columns Using Your Mouse There are several ways to rearrange the columns in an Excel worksheet, but one is easier than all the others. It just takes a highlight and a drag-and-drop motion. Here’s how to move columns in Excel using your mouse. Move a Column in Excel With Cut and Paste The next easiest way to move a column in Excel is to cut and paste the column from the old location to the new....

Can Google Home Play Audible Books? Google Home devices don’t support Audible books natively, but you can listen to Audible books on a Google Home speaker if you have the Audible app on your phone, tablet, or computer. One method requires the Google Home app you initially used to set up your Google Home device, and the other uses Bluetooth. How to Play Audible Books on Google Home With Bluetooth Your Google Home speaker can work as a wireless Bluetooth speaker, which means you can use it to listen to Audible books by connecting it to any device with the Audible app installed....

There are two ways to reset your Fire TV Cube. If your Fire TV Cube is unresponsive, but your remote works, press and hold the Volume Down and Mute buttons until the light flashes blue. This will reset the Fire TV Cube even if it’s unresponsive. If your Fire TV Cube is responsive, you can initiate a factory reset from the menus: How Do You Reset a Fire TV Cube Without a Remote?...

How to Save a PNG in GIMP The regular file format for images produced in GIMP is XCF, which isn’t suitable for use outside the graphics program. When you’ve finished working on an image in GIMP, you should save it to a standard format such as PNG. To save an XCF file in the PNG format using GIMP: The Export Dialog in GIMP There are several options in the Export dialog that you can select to optimize your images for the web....

How to Turn On Google Chat History Google saves your conversations in Gmail Chats by default. Here’s how to turn this feature on and off for inidivdual conversations. What Happens When I Turn Off Gmail Chat History? If history is disabled, messages may disappear before the intended recipient reads them. Also, if one party disables the history feature, Google won’t save the conversation. However, if a user is accessing the chat through a different client, their client may be able to save the chat history despite disabling the Google Chats history setting....

How to Share Your Island To allow friends to dream visit your island, you must create a Dream Address. You will do this with the help of Luna, a tapir NPC. She will essentially be a dream guide of sorts to you. Make sure you have a bed set up somewhere in your home. Approach your bed and push forward on the control stick to lie down on it. A prompt asking, “Should I get some sleep?...

How to Sync Notes From iPhone to Mac With iCloud To keep your Notes automatically in sync between your iPhone and your Mac, you have to enable this setting on both devices. This works no matter what device you create the Notes on. Let’s start with these steps on your iPhone: With these steps done, your iPhone will automatically sync its Notes to your iCloud account whenever there are changes made on the phone....

How to Take and Save a Kindle Fire Screenshot To take a Kindle Fire screenshot, press and hold the Power and Volume Down buttons at the same time for a second. You’ll hear a chime and see a small image of the screenshot appear briefly in the center of the screen. The screenshot is automatically saved to your device’s internal storage. How to Find Screenshots Taken on Kindle Fire To access your screenshot:...

Read Receipts on iPhone On an iPhone, read receipts are the only way to tell if someone read a text you sent from Messages, the default texting app for iOS. If you and your recipient both use the Apple iMessage service and activated read receipts, you’ll see the word Read under your last message to the recipient, along with the time the message was read. Here’s how to enable or disable read receipts in Messages for iOS:...

How to Unlock an Image Before Opening it on a Mac When you run into a series of locked images on a Mac, unlock them before opening them in Photoshop by using the Get Info keyboard shortcut—Cmd+I. Remove the checkmark from in front of Locked on the screen that appears. You may need to enter your administrator password to make the change. Also, at the bottom of the Get Info screen, confirm that you have Read and Write next to your name....

How to Update a Mac Running macOS Mojave or Later Apple regularly releases updates for its Mac operating system, macOS. While it can be tempting to delay or put off installing these updates altogether, keeping your Mac up-to-date is essential. Apple’s software updates frequently fix security vulnerabilities, general bugs and sometimes even add new features. If you’ve purchased a Mac since 2018, it most likely has macOS Mojave (10.14), Catalina (10....

Can You Watch Peacock TV on Fire Stick? You can watch Peacock TV on all Fire TV Stick devices. In the past, the recommended way to access Peacock was to use the procedure for sideloading apps on your Fire TV. Peacock TV is now available to download following the typical process for downloading apps to Fire TV via the Appstore. How Do I Download Peacock TV on Fire Stick? How Do I Update My Peacock on My Fire Stick?...

How to Create Clips on Twitch Creating Twitch clips is a great way to have a permanent clip of an iconic moment during a gaming stream you’re watching or even one that you’re part of. Here’s how to create clips on Twitch. How to Share Clips on Twitch Once you’ve saved a few clips, you’re probably wondering, ‘how do I share my Twitch clips?’ The process is quite simple once you know where to look....

What Is Guided Access? Guided Access limits the iPhone or iPad to one specific app so people can’t switch to another app or return to the iPhone’s home screen. It’s useful if you use your iPhone as a display in a business context or when your child uses your iPhone and you don’t want the tyke to wreak havoc on your digital life. The tool’s various options help you stop people from accessing certain areas of the screen, impose time limits, and even limit changes to the device volume....

What You Need to Use Hulu Cloud DVR To use Hulu Cloud DVR, you need the following things: An active Hulu subscription to Hulu + Live TV. A device that supports Hulu + Live TV and Cloud DVR (Hulu has a full list of supported devices on their website). How to Use Hulu Cloud DVR Once you’ve met all the requirements for using Hulu Cloud DVR, here’s how to record shows, manage your recordings, and more....

How to Turn on Night Mode on an iPhone The best part about night mode on your iPhone is that you don’t need to turn it on. Night Mode on the iPhone 11 (and above) works automatically when the camera detects a low-light environment. You don’t need to do a thing. How to Use Night Mode on an iPhone Camera Using Night Mode on an iPhone camera is pretty easy to do as it’s much like taking a regular photo....

How to use Photos on Apple TV Rather than download your photos and videos, Apple TV streams them from iCloud. Before you get to use Photos on Apple TV, you must activate photo sharing on iCloud for your iPhone, iPad, Mac or PC. Get to Know Photos Photos gathers all of your images and presents them in an elegant layout. You need to manage your own Photos library if you want to make sure you’re not sharing anything you don’t want to share....