Holiday Sales Can Help…a Tad Apple usually will discount the iPod touch around the holiday season, but you’ll be very lucky to save 15%. A 10%-off sale is more likely, at most. Sure, saving 10% is nice, but if that only adds up to $20 or so, is it worth it to months to get such small savings? Buy the Previous Generation to Save Money You can always save a few dollars (and sometimes a lot more) by buying an older model....
How to Create a USB Security Key For Windows If you want to secure a Windows 10 computer, you have a lot of options. We’ll show you how to use USB Raptor, because it’s free, but there are also a number of paid apps that do the same thing if you prefer having access to extensive user support in case something ever goes wrong. Some paid apps, like Rohos Logon Key, work on both Windows and Mac....
Become a Paid Instagram Influencer If you have a solid Instagram following, becoming an influencer can be less intimidating than you would assume. The three methods most useful for becoming an influencer are: Get an agent: This is the high-end option for influencer gigs and is mostly used by individuals with either a lot of followers or professional models and artists. The agent helps their influencer client land the typical jobs in their chosen industry and reaches out to companies to inquire about potential social media advertising campaigns on their client’s behalf....
iCloud Drive is part of iCloud. Save photos, documents, app data, and much more to your iCloud Drive repository, and then access those files on all your devices, similarly to services like Dropbox. With iCloud and iCloud Drive, it’s easy to save files from your Mac and then access them from your iPhone, iPad, or iCloud.com. Here’s a look at setting up iCloud Drive and saving files from your Mac desktop....
Water Damage and Your iPad There are two different types of water damage when it comes to an iPad, and so there are two different reactions you should have to them. The first issue is simply spilling water on top of the iPad. This includes similar hazards such as the iPad being accidentally sprayed with a water hose. The second type of problem is the iPad being dropped into a large quantity of water such as a bathtub, a pool, a lake, etc....
With multiple accounts, each of the users gets recommendations based on their usage, access to their purchased apps in the App Store, rented or purchased movies, games in Apple Arcade, and Up Next list in Apple Music (if they subscribe to Apple Music). Access isn’t limited to family members. If you use Apple TV in an office setting and need to support additional users occasionally, you can add them for an event and delete them afterward....
How Do You Set Up Port Forwarding? The traffic that passes through your router does so through ports. Every port is like a special pipe made for a specific kind of traffic. When you open a port on a router, it allows a particular data type to move through the router. The act of opening a port, and choosing a device on the network to forward those requests to, is called port forwarding....
Getting Started With Wi-Fi Sense in Windows 10 Wi-Fi Sense lets you silently share Wi-Fi passwords with your friends. Previously a Windows Phone-only feature, Wi-Fi Sense uploads your passwords to a Microsoft server and then distributes them to your friends. The next time they come within range of that network, their devices connect automatically. Wi-Fi Sense should be on by default on your Windows 10 PC, but check that it’s active....
How Do You Connect Netflix to Your TV From Your Phone? The Netflix mobile app can connect to your TV via a Chromecast connection or a separate wireless connection to the Netflix app installed on your smart TV, PlayStation or Xbox video game console, or Blu-ray player. The good news is you don’t need to waste time working out which type of connection to use. The Netflix app on your phone will automatically detect what compatible devices you have available and will display them as options you can choose from....
The ideas behind these tips apply outside the computer world, too, so feel free to keep them in mind when your smartphone quits checking email or your DVR is stuck on one channel. There’s no promise that the experience will be enjoyable, but there are several things you can do to help make talking to tech support less painful for you than it may have been in the past....
How to Set up an Alexa Device in Your Hotel Room Setting up an Alexa device when you’re traveling is a lot like setting up a brand new Alexa device. Once you’ve checked in at your destination, you’ll have to provide your device with the name and password for the local Wi-Fi network, set your location and time zone, and there are also a few security-related tweaks that you may want to consider....
Safely Using a Portable Car Jump Starter Using a jump box is safe in most circumstances, although it is possible to damage both your car and yourself. If you connect everything the right way and take all the necessary precautions, there is little to worry about. Two main dangers commonly associated with jump-starting a car are damaging delicate components in the electrical system and blowing up the battery. These situations can result from crossing the positive and negative cables or shorting them out by touching the positive and negative leads together....
Bullet Journals Bullter journals organize a paper notebook to capture and quickly find tasks, notes, events, and more so that you can stay structured and be more productive. OneNote is ideal for this note-taking method because it’s the closest to looking and acting like a physical notebook. A few basics about the Bullet Journal system: On each page, you quickly jot down the information you’re trying to capture, which is called rapid logging....
How to Use Your iPhone’s Built-In Compass To access the compass, open the Compass app, which appears by default on all current iPhone models. The application is located on the iPhone Home screen, but if you deleted it, reinstall it from the App Store for no charge. Calibrate the Compass When the app opens for the first time, you are prompted to calibrate the compass by rotating the phone 360 degrees....
Netflix’s DVD program includes some TV shows and movies that aren’t available through their streaming service. You can watch both DVDs and Blu-rays, you pay just once a month, and there are three plans to pick from depending on how many discs you want to be able to borrow at once. The DVDs and Blu-rays from Netflix arrive at your door in 1–3 business days and are just as easy to return through the mail....
With one out of every four Americans working from home, the video meeting industry is in full competitive mode. Google Meet’s new 49-person grid view and background blurring features better position the company in its battle with rivals Zoom, Microsoft Teams, WebEx, and Skype. “Lockdown has shown that people can be effective working from home, so moving forward people will work in a hybrid environment,” said Mike McCarthy, VP at Starleaf in an email to Lifewire....
General Hulu Error Code Troubleshooting Tips Hulu problems are typically caused by a poor internet connection or issues with either the streaming device or Hulu app, so most of them can be fixed by following a few general troubleshooting tips. Here are the most common fixes for Hulu error codes: Restart or reset your Roku or other streaming device. Restart your home network devices. Unplug your streaming device and home network devices, leave them unplugged for about a minute, then plug them back in....
Both have clear advantages and support approximation searches. However, how you plan to update the table, your willingness to learn syntax rules, and how you want to search the data should determine which one you use. Overall Findings INDEX-MATCH and VLOOKUP are both useful for distinct reasons. Most people who are dealing with simple tables that require few changes will be just fine with VLOOKUP. The most significant benefit of VLOOKUP is it’s easy to use and remember how to use....
The iPhone 12 mini and 12 Pro Max arrive three weeks after the regular-sized iPhones, but the wait was worth it. The mini packs in the same OLED screen, the same fancy new cameras, and the same everything else as the regular 12, but in a smaller package. The only difference is the smaller battery, which is roughly 85% the size of the battery in the bigger phone. So, how is it?...
While Mailbird is extensible with “apps,” these usually do not integrate well, and email handling itself can feel limited to the basics. Productive Simplicity Handling email means reading messages, replying, and writing new messages… sometimes. Often, it means deleting and archiving repeatedly and (ideally) rapidly. In Mailbird, choices abound to take quick action on emails. You can open an email and use its toolbar, of course, or employ a keyboard shortcut....
