Use a Song from Apple Music for Alarm Tone Using the Clock app on your handset, you can change the alarm tone to any song that’s been downloaded or synced to your phone, including any of the 60 million songs on Apple Music. Get Your Song Before you can use a song from Apple Music as your alarm tone, you need to download it to your device. Otherwise, it won’t show up as a choice in the Clock app....
The apps at the top and bottom in List view (on the right below) get a bit smaller and show with some perspective. Enable Reduce Motion on your Apple Watch To enable reduce motion on your Apple watch, press the digital crown to access the Apple Watch Home screen. Then, tap Settings. Tap Accessibility on the Settings screen. On the Accessibility screen, tap Reduce Motion. Tap the Reduce Motion slider button to turn on the setting....
Here are two ways to do it: Method 1: Sync Apple Mail via IMAP The first method is the easiest, and for most cases, it’ll work. Apple’s built-in mail client uses the IMAP storage format, which keeps a copy of your messages on both the server and your Mac. If you are already using an iCloud email address, you can sign into a supported email client on Windows 10 such as Windows Mail, Microsoft Outlook, or Mozilla Thunderbird, and your emails will show up....
Moving your Google Picasa to a new computer is simple as long as you first copy all your photos and, Picasa is installed under the same user paths as your old system. For example, when I moved over my Picasa install to my new computer, my user profile was located at c:\users\skrause\ on both systems so both my photos and Google database/config files will be located in the same place....
There’s another option—using the Go To feature in Microsoft Word; you can pop right to the spot you want. You can quickly go to a page, line, or section, but you can also jump to a table, comment, or object. Here’s what you’ll need to do to use this feature in Microsoft Word. Open the Go To Tool in Microsoft Word You can open the Go To tool using the menu or a keyboard shortcut in Word on Windows and Mac....
The TrustedInstaller user account is used by the Windows Modules Installer service, so TrustedInstaller has exclusive permission to install, modify, and remove Windows updates and other optional Windows components. When you change the ownership of a protected registry key or take ownership of a file or folder, you should change the owner back to TrustedInstaller after making your changes. Access the Advanced Security Settings for a File or Folder If you’re restoring TrustedInstaller as the owner of a file or folder, right-click on the file or folder and select Properties....
This tip for sending Free Texts from your Mobile Phone via Google Voice will work on the iPhone and iPod Touch, or just about any other phone with a compatible web browser. Let’s get right into it! How To Send Free Text Messages From Your Web Compatible Mobile Device From your mobile web browser (Safari for iPhone/iPod Touch), visit http://www.google.com/voice. If you’re unable to browse to that address, try http://www....
Normally when you click a linked email address on a webpage, you’ll see your computer’s default email application open. You probably see a new compose message window with the email address you clicked populated right in. But if you prefer to use Gmail, then you likely have to copy that email address, open Gmail, and paste the address in a new message. What you might not realize is that there’s a simpler way!...
Select the Folders You Want Sync in Google Drive First, make sure you are signed into Google Drive. Right-click the Google Drive icon in the Notification area. If it does not appear there, click Start > All Apps > Google Drive > Drive. For Mac users, you can find the Drive icon under Finder > Applications. Proceed to right-click the Google Drive icon in the Notification area, click the elliptical menu, then click Preferences....
Screen Sharing Availability Before you move onto the instructions for sharing your screen during a meeting or chat, here are a few things to keep in mind. If you use the Microsoft Teams web app, you can currently only share your screen using Google Chrome or the latest version of Edge.With the desktop app on Linux, you cannot use the window sharing feature (explained below).If you share your screen during a chat, your participants must be active on Microsoft Teams to accept your request....
Put simply—it’s time to speed things up a little. If you recorded a slow-mo video on your iPhone, you can change the playback speed to do just that. Even if it’s just a standard video, you can use the iMovie app on your iPhone to speed up your video. It’s time to show you how to speed up a video on your iPhone—let’s get started. How to Speed up a Video on iPhone using iMovie To speed up any video you have on your iPhone, you can use the iMovie app that comes preinstalled on your iPhone....
If you’re trying to clean up some text, for example, you might want to consider truncating it. Thankfully, Excel offers a number of functions to help you cut down a text string in Excel. If you’re unsure how to truncate text in Excel, follow our steps below. How to Truncate Text in Excel Using RIGHT, LEFT, or MID Functions The best way to truncate text in excel is to use the RIGHT, LEFT, or MID functions....
Once you lock a document, how do you unlock it again? And if you forget the password, is there anything you can do? If you want to learn how to unlock a Word document with or without a password, follow the steps below. How to Unlock a Word Document With a Password There are two main ways to lock a Word document. You can lock the entire file so that it requires a password to open the file and read it....
There are many times when I have seen a filter that I had no clue how that person got. I would scroll through the pre-loaded filters looking for it to no avail. That is until I learned about the custom filters feature that Snapchat provides its users. Not only is there a way to submit the filters you’ve made, but there is also a gallery of filters that others on Snapchat have made for your personal use....
Update: Windows 7 is no longer supported by Microsoft. For the latest, greatest, and most secure, make sure you’re running the latest version of Windows 10. What You Might Need Scenario: Let’s say I want to take a spare tire I have laying around and sell it on craigslist. I’ve gone ahead and taken my pictures and copied them onto my computer from my camera or phone. Now I just need to copy the files onto the internet so potential buyers can see them....
Update: This article was originally written for legacy Edge, which Microsoft has retired. There is a new version of the browser that is based on Chromium. Also, Microsoft is retiring Internet Explorer 11 next year. Using Ink and Web Notes in Microsoft Edge To activate the inking tools, click the Make a Web Note button on the Microsoft Edge toolbar in the upper right-hand corner. This will reveal hidden commands that you can use to write, highlight, comment, and share images....
Since Microsoft introduced its free Office Web Apps, anyone with a browser and Internet connection can use SkyDrive.com to create and share Office documents. That includes anyone on a PC, Mac, Linux, Android, BlackBerry, and of course, iOS. The benefit of the new Mobile Office app on the iPhone is that it’s optimized for smaller displays. But, if you can get past that and pinch and zoom your documents, using Web Apps via a browser might be enough to get things done on the go....
WiiMote as a Windows 7 Device Using your WiiMote as a Windows input device is made possible due to the work of Carl Kenner, a tree-hugging geek (those terms are meant endearingly) who developed GlovePIE, as well as the work of Office Labs, who put together a GlovePIE script that turns the WiiMote into a pointer/mouse with gestures that work in PowerPoint’s pptPlex add-on. To start, you’ll need a computer with a Bluetooth receiver—either built-in or as a USB dongle....
You can have Windows Mobile 10 automatically back up texts, photos, app content, and device settings like the smart screen layout, passwords, and accounts. Enable Automatic Windows 10 Mobile Backup On your phone go to Settings > Update & Security > Backup. From there, flip the switches on to backup app data and your system settings. If you want to do a manual backup, tap More options at the bottom of the list and tap Back up now....
It’s also notable that this build removes the preview build watermark from the lower-right corner of the screen. While there is still some finishing and more tweaks, this indicates it is getting closer to the finalized version. Here’s a look at what’s new. Windows 10 20H1 Preview Build 19030 Here is the list of changes, fixes, and overall system improvements included in today’s build: The build watermark at the lower right-hand corner of the desktop is no longer present in this build....
