How to Set up an Apple Watch for Sleep Tracking You’ll use the Health app on your iPhone to set up your Apple Watch for sleep tracking. Here’s how it works. How to Edit Your Apple Watch Sleep Settings You can modify your sleep settings at any point via the Health app or the Apple Watch. Here’s how to edit your Apple Watch sleep settings directly on the Apple Watch....
Create an Email Signature in Outlook for Mac Setting up one signature is as easy as setting up many in Outlook for Mac, and you can set special defaults for certain email accounts. Rename an Email Signature To give your new signature a name: Set the Default Signature in Outlook for Mac To pick the signature that will be inserted by default in new messages and replies you create in Outlook for Mac:...
How to Access Google Drive Offline on a Windows PC If you don’t have an internet connection, you can still access your Google Drive offline on your PC, Mac, or mobile device. When you edit your Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides offline, the updates are applied automatically the next time your device syncs with the internet. Setting up your Google Drive for offline use requires an internet connection and Chrome must not be in incognito mode....
Hey Google, Broadcast! In this example, we’ll use the “OK Google, broadcast” command to ask the kids to check where the family pet is located. You’ll need to be logged in to your Google Account to use this command. Use Your Phone to Broadcast If you have the Google Assistant app on your Android phone or Apple iPhone, ask Google to broadcast messages to all Google Home devices connected to your Google account....
How to Use Close Friends on Instagram Instagram’s Close Friends feature is a customizable list of people you like sharing your stories with the most. It helps you instantly share those more intimate stories with just the users you consider closest to you (whether you follow them or not). Follow these steps to create a Close Friends list and add people to it. Once you create a Close Friends list, you can easily share stories with them....
How to Use Safari Parental Controls on iPhone The Parental Controls available for Safari on iPhone are part of Screen Time. Screen Time does more than control Safari; it also helps you set limits of device use. To use it to control Safari on iPhones and iPod touches, follow these steps: How to Use Safari Parental Controls on iPad Because the iPhone and iPad use a very similar operating system, the Safari Parental Controls on iPad are basically the same as on iPhone....
What Is Dark Mode? Dark Mode inverts your computer’s system colors. It reduces the strain on your eyes when you’re working at your desk during the evenings, because the colors effectively match up with the darkness or low levels of light you’re surrounded by. It’s also known to help users with visual impairments or that suffer from migraines or other visual disorders. Dark Mode doesn’t just help you either. It helps your laptop, too, as it reduces strain on the laptop’s battery life....
How to Use the DAY function in Excel The syntax for the DAY function is DAY(serial_number). The only argument for the DAY function is serial_number, which is required. This serial number field refers to the date of the day you are trying to find. Dates are serial numbers in Excel’s internal system. Beginning with January 1, 1900 (which is number 1), each serial number is assigned in ascending numerical order. For example, January 1, 2008 is serial number 39448 because it is 39447 days after January 1, 1900....
How to Set the Spotify Sleep Timer on Android While the sleep timer is clearly meant for use during bed time, it can be used to stop Spotify music for any occasion. Here is how you turn it on. Reasons to Turn On the Spotify Sleep Timer Anytime you open the Spotify app and turn on a mellow or relaxing playlist in the evening, you may want to also turn on the sleep timer, just in case....
How to Set up Waze on Android Auto Waze on Android Auto is a limited version of the app, in which you can use voice commands to navigate while driving, but not to send traffic and incident reports. You also can’t adjust settings, add or edit Favorites, share your location or route, or use any of the social features. First, make sure you have the most up-to-date versions of the Android Auto and Waze apps, then check your Waze settings to ensure they’re to your liking, including routing preferences and navigation voice....
How to Use WhatsApp Using Your Landline Number It’s possible to set up WhatsApp by verifying the app with your landline phone number. Here’s what you need to know. How to Use WhatsApp Using a TextNow Phone Number Many apps are available which allow you to set up a virtual phone number. TextNow is one of the biggest out there, and one of the simplest to use. Here’s how to verify WhatsApp via a TextNow phone number....
View Windows Uptime With Task Manager The easiest way to see how long your Windows 10 computer has been running is using the Task Manager. Check System Uptime With Systeminfo Command Another command that’ll show you Windows Uptime in Windows 10 is the Systeminfo command. This command isn’t just limited to network information. Instead, it provides all of the important information about your Windows 10 computer. This includes OS information, system information, hotfixes installed, and network card details....
How to Watch The Lord of the Rings in Chronological Order One way to watch The Lord of the Rings is to watch them in the chronological order Tolkien told the tale. As Bilbo Baggins wrote, “Down from the door where it began. Now, far ahead the road has gone, and I must follow if I can.” This tale is best enjoyed starting at the door of Bilbo Baggin’s home in the Shire, and ending at the climax inside of Mount Doom itself....
How to Erase Content and Settings in macOS Monterey and Later If your Mac has macOS Monterey (12.0) or newer, you have an easy way to get it ready to sell or trade-in: How to Wipe a MacBook Pro in macOS Big Sur or Earlier The process of wiping a MacBook Pro running macOS Big Sur or earlier is more complicated than the simple method available in macOS Monterey: How to Make a Backup of Your MacBook Pro If you want to save the files (documents, photos, music) you created while using your MacBook Pro, make a backup of your hard disk before you wipe it....
The Victus sports a 15.6-inch Full HD display powered by a Ryzen 5 5600H CPU and a Radeon RX 6500M graphics card for optimal quality gameplay. The Omen ups the ante with a 16.1-inch Full HD display, Ryzen 7 6800H processor, and the Radeon RX 6650M graphics card. The difference in performance between the two isn’t significant, but the Omen has an RGB keyboard, one terabyte of storage, and 16GB DDR5 memory....
According to a new report from ThreatFabric, four different threat campaigns were spread over the last four months through apps in the Google Play Store. The apps in question—posing as QR scanners, PDF scanners, and cryptocurrency wallets—were reportedly downloaded over 300,000 times and may have gained access to user passwords and two-factor authentication codes. The apps were reportedly able to side-step Google Play security systems by offering a regular, benign app at first but introduced malware to users who downloaded updates to the app....
Facebook Dating has always had an “18 and older” requirement, but there has been no verification process to ensure that’s the case. Now it’s taking extra steps to ensure that its users meet the criteria. If the service thinks you might be under 18, it will ask for proof of age. When prompted, said proof can be supplied in two ways: A video selfie or a photo of your ID....
If you’re on Windows 11 and prefer to use a web browser that isn’t Edge, you might not be all that excited about the browser’s upcoming 22000.346 build. The update, which is currently rolling out in Microsoft’s Beta and Release Preview channels, removes workaround options for using other browsers for Start menu search results. So regardless of your chosen default browser in Windows 11, Start menu searches will always use Edge—whether you want them to or not....
Unfortunately, time continued its cold march throughout the intervening years. Now, the once-celebrated web browser is being put out to pasture, as announced in an official Windows press release. Microsoft and Windows are ceasing all official support starting today, putting Explorer on the same footing as other failed browsers like Netscape, Prodigy, and that offputting butler Jeeves. Why now? Explorer has been around for nearly 27 years and has seen its share shrink to less than one-half of one percent of the overall current market share, according to tracking service StatCounter....
The driver, called Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - SCSIAdapter - 9.3.0.221, first hit the public branch of Windows Updates on May 8. Following its release, reports of crashes and boot errors like “INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE” started to pile up on Reddit and other websites. According to PC Gamer, the issues were first reported in a test build pushed to members of the Windows Insider program. Despite those complaints, it was still released to the public....
