How to Safely Remove an SD Card From a MacBook There are three ways to safely remove an SD card from a MacBook. They all accomplish the same task, which is to unmount the drive before you physically remove it. This is called ejecting, although it’s different from physically ejecting the card. You need to eject the card through macOS before you can physically remove or eject it from your card reader....
In Adobe Acrobat DC, open the PDF > Enter the password > OK > File > Properties > Security > Security Method > No Security > OK > OK. How to Use a PDF Viewer To Remove Password Protection From a PDF For legal reasons, you should only ever remove password protection from a PDF that you possess and know its password. Passwords are typically added to prevent plagiarism or to encrypt the information so that it’s safer to transmit online....
For detailed steps on opening your computer’s case, see our article on how to open a standard screw-secured computer case. For screwless cases, look for buttons or levers on the sides or rear that are used to release the case. This is usually a good step to complete when opening the case, but if you haven’t done so yet, now is the time. There may be many styles of power connectors inside your computer, but all of them, aside from the large one connecting to the motherboard, will be small and relatively flat....
How to Restore a Mac to Previous Date If you already have backups turned on, then you can go ahead and take advantage of the restore function built into macOS. For the most part, the steps are similar between Intel and M1-based Macs. However, Apple did change the way you access the macOS Utilities functions, which include the restore and reinstall functions. If you don’t have Time Machine running on your Mac, then you need to get it set up and running in order to restore your Mac....
Save a Picture as a Local File on Windows or Mac Follow these steps to save a picture or image to your desktop device. Save a Picture to Google Collections If you want to use Google Collections you need to be signed in to your Google account. If you’re signed in, when you select an image from the search results, there’s an option to add the image to a ‘collection’. Follow the instructions below to add or remove an image from a collection, and to view all your saved images in your collections....
How to Take a Screenshot of Google Chrome Without Extensions In those cases where a web page comes pretty close to fitting within your browser window, only requiring the tiniest bit of scrolling to see the rest, you can zoom out a bit and take a normal screenshot. Take a Chrome Screenshot by Saving as a PDF You can also print the screen, save it as a PDF, and either keep it in its PDF format or convert it into an image format....
How to Send an Email With Any From Address in Outlook When you create a new message in Outlook, the email address you used to sign in to Outlook appears in the From field. If you have multiple email accounts and want to use an email address that is not associated with the account you opened in Outlook, edit the From field of the message and enter any email address you want....
How to Send Private Birthday Cards on Facebook Sending greeting cards to your friends right from Facebook is fun. Facebook has built-in animated cards for all occasions, including birthdays, holidays, parties, relationships, celebrations, and friendships. You’ll find cards that are humorous, loving, sexy, funny, and edgy. Here’s how to send a birthday card that only your friend can view. (It’s also possible to send a card that others can see and respond to....
How to Make Outlook Allow Commas to Separate Multiple Email Recipients To have Outlook see commas when separating multiple email recipients: Why Comma Separators Don’t Work in Outlook In most email programs, it’s common practice to separate the names of email recipients with commas. However, in Outlook, the semicolon is used to separate email recipients. If you’d rather use a comma, change the Outlook settings. If commas are used to separate recipients in Outlook, a “name could not be resolved” message will appear....
Disable Any Auto-Responder To turn off any auto-responding rule you have set up in Mail and stop automatic replies from going out: To have Mail reply only to emails you received at a specific address, set the criterion to To contains me@example.com. To auto-respond only to senders in your Contacts, to people you have emailed before or VIPs, make the criterion read Sender is in my contacts, Sender is in my previous recipients or Sender is VIP respectively....
How Do I Start a Squad Stream on Twitch? You can set up and start a Squad Stream on the Twitch website through the Stream Manager. You can start a new squad, start a Twitch stream with an existing squad, or accept an invite to a squad through the same interface. Here’s how to start a Squad Stream on Twitch: How Do You Use Squad Stream? Squad Stream is a useful Twitch feature which lets you stream alongside up to three of your friends....
While you can take pictures, 10-second and 20-second videos on Spectacles, 30-second videos are the longest-form capture Spectacles support. How to Take 30-Second Snaps on Spectacles With a pair of charged, connected Spectacles, taking Snaps on Spectacles is handled by the Spectacles’ only button. To take a 30-second Snap on Spectacles, press the button Spectacles three times. You can press the button once or twice to take 10-second or 20-second videos, respectively....
How to Take a Screenshot The basic way to take a screenshot in Windows is the same way no matter what version of Windows you’re using, and it’s very easy: press the PrtScn key on the keyboard. PrtScn: Pressing the button once saves a screenshot of the entire screen. If you have multiple monitors connected, a single press of the print screen button will save a screenshot of all the screens in one single image....
How to Take Scrolling Screenshots in Android 12 If you already know how to take a screenshot with your Android device, then you’re already halfway there. If you don’t, the process takes a few seconds if you follow these directions. Will My Android 12 Smartphone Have Scrolling Screenshot? As one of the main features behind Android 12, every smartphone or device should have screenshot scrolling as long as it’s running Android 12....
Why Can’t I Use the WhatsApp Backup Tool? WhatsApp offers the ability for Android users to backup via Google Drive, and for iOS users to use iCloud. Unfortunately, you can’t use those services to restore the backup to a phone of a different type. It might not make sense to many, but it’s down to how WhatsApp currently operates. Can I Use a Third-Party App to Transfer My Backup? There are apps and tools out there that state they will transfer your backups across devices safely, but none of them are official solutions....
Disabling NFC The process to disable NFC is simple. Like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and other connective technologies, NFC simply toggles off. Here’s how to do it: About NFC Near field communication (NFC) allows devices such as smartphones to exchange data with other NFC-enabled devices when they’re close by. NFC uses are common. Many retailers have signs at the checkout that tell customers that payment can be made with their phones through Google Wallet....
How Do You Turn Off a Nintendo Switch Controller? Nintendo Switch Pro Controllers, Joy-Cons, and most third party controllers lack any kind of off button, but there are a few ways to turn them off. They are designed to turn off after a period of inactivity, but you can also force one to turn off immediately if you want to save battery power. You can also turn off Joy-Cons either as a pair or individually....
How to Turn Off Chromecast Entirely Chromecast devices don’t come with an on-off switch. They’re intended to be used as an always-on device, with a home screen display that will show up on your TV screen whenever the device isn’t in use. Some people may not want to use the always-on display, or they don’t want the Chromecast device showing up on the home network while it’s not in use. There are a couple of ways you can turn off a Chromecast device....
How to Turn Google SafeSearch Off Google makes disabling SafeSearch simple from its preferences screen. The option is at the top of the page. How to Turn Bing SafeSearch Off The Bing SafeSearch controls display prominently in its menu. You can select the option from it and choose the level of SafeSearch you want to be applied. How to Turn Yahoo! SafeSearch Off The Yahoo SafeSearch settings are buried in its settings screen, but that doesn’t mean these settings hard to get to....
The History of Keyboard Special Characters In the past, computer users had to switch input languages for the operating system or connect an international keyboard to use accented letters. Typing symbols was a challenge because it depended on the software application. Windows assigns each letter, number, character, and symbol an ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) numeric character code. ASCII codes allow you to open text files in software applications....
