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Have You Tried Turning It Off and On Again? Of course, that’s the first place you start. The easiest way to do this is to hold down the button to the right until you have the Power Off option come up. That doesn’t always work, though. To force a shutdown, press and hold the Digital Crown and side button until you see the Apple logo. Digital Crown Sticky? The Digital Crown tends to collect much more dust and debris than other parts of the watch....

The Secret Conversation feature encrypts your message or calls when you send them. The content is only encrypted on the receiver’s phone. If you like the idea of encrypting your messages and calls, here’s how to use Secret Conversations on Facebook Messenger. How to Use Secret Conversations on Facebook Messenger It’s important to know that Facebook Messenger’s secret conversations feature only works on the mobile version of Facebook. You cannot use it on the web version....

Enable Zoom Feature on Your Apple Watch On your watch, head to Settings > General > Accessibility. Tap “Zoom” from the menu and turn it on by toggling on the “Zoom” switch. You can Enable Zoom from Your iPhone Too If your watch isn’t handy or you prefer to use your iPhone, you can. Launch the Apple Watch app and head to General > Accessibility > Zoom. Toggle it on, and here you can adjust the maximum zoom level, as well....

Set Up Zune Software on Windows Plug your smartphone into your Windows PC. The following message comes up to get the Zune software. Click Get Software. You’ll need to be running Windows XP SP3 or higher. You’re directed to the Zune software page. Either sign up for free Zune Music and Video and download the software. Or download it without creating the account. If you’re new to Windows Phone and Zune, I recommend just downloading the software....

Import Photos from iPhone to Your Computer When the original iPhone came out and long before iCloud, most people had to connect the iPhone to iTunes. That’s the way you did updates and installs. Now your iPhone doesn’t need a computer to operate. If you have a Mac or PC with Photostream installed, those pictures should automatically go into your computer. You should be able to safely delete them from your Camera Roll and off your iPhone....

Play Song When Logging into Windows There’s a lot of cool things you can do with Task Scheduler. Recently we showed you how to create a basic task to turn your PC into an ultimate alarm clock and play a video, music, or podcast when you wake up. To create a basic task, check out this article on making Windows run Disk Cleanup automatically. To play a song when you log on, start by creating a basic task and work through the wizard; after giving it a name, for the Trigger, select When I log On....

Google Fit Heart and Respiratory Rate Google Fit is a useful health monitoring tool. It’s perfectly capable of monitoring a lot of health metrics. You can even sync your Fitbit data with it, with a little bit of effort. However, until recently, if you wanted to measure your heart rate or your breathing, you had to have an external device for this purpose. Afterward, you could sync that data, presumably via Bluetooth....

The company has also officially dubbed the seventh release of Windows 10 as “May 2019 Update” as its marketing name. And there was more new information out of Redmond that includes giving users more control over the updates. Here’s what you can expect. May 2019 Update Availability Microsoft announced that Windows 10 May Update would be available next week for Insiders in the Release Preview Ring. That’s the ring for builds that are near-final, safe, and hopefully won’t bork your PC....

Old Article… Outlook Hotmail Connector The Outlook Hotmail connector tool has been around for quite some time, helping Outlook users manage their Hotmail e-mail, calendar, and contacts. Recently Microsoft has updated it once again to version 14, and it’s packed with new features that were never available until now. Because Outlook is such a powerful management tool, many people prefer to use it over the online Live/Hotmail site. Previously the Outlook Hotmail connector tool was limited and would only allow you to manage parts of Hotmail’s systems....

Ads in Windows 10 Mail App? Today the ads were reported by the Windows news site Aggiornamenti Lumia. And in another report today from The Verge, some users have been seeing ads in the Mail app since this past summer. You can see how the ads behave in the following tweet from the site Aggiornamenti Lumia: — Aggiornamenti Lumia (@ALumia_Italia) November 16, 2018 The ads may appear if you are not an Office 365 subscriber and running version 11605....

Widgets Keyboard Shortcut A new feature forced on Windows 10 users was the News and Interests Widget. Luckily you can remove it from the taskbar. On Windows 11, the feature is more complex and laid out better. Still, on Windows 11, you can remove the Widgets feature from the taskbar. But removing the button doesn’t completely disable the feature. You can still use its keyboard shortcut, which is Windows key + W....

Today, we are going to take on an easier but essential part of Outlook, which requires you to set up your Gmail or one of Microsoft’s broad array of accounts, from @Outlook, @Live, or even @Hotmail accounts, too. We’ll also take a look at how to set up your Gmail with Two-Factor Authentication enabled. Set Up Gmail in Outlook Adding your email account is relatively easy, as it has been in recent versions of Microsoft 365 (formerly O365)....

Unless you want to be stuck in (near) silence, you’ll need to investigate the issue. Usually, when the volume and other buttons stop working, you can replace the batteries and be good to go. That might not always fix the problem, however. If that’s the case, other troubleshooting steps must be taken. If your Roku remote volume isn’t working, try these steps to fix the problem. 1. Change the Batteries in Roku Remote We mentioned changing batteries at the outset, but it’s an essential first step if your Roku remote volume isn’t working....

Why blur the text? Note: This article was written using an older version of SnagIt Editor, but the software still has the Blur function. Put simply, blurring out text is better than the alternative – redaction. Blur also doesn’t draw attention away from the important part of a screenshot. Take a look at the two examples below. We redacted the text to mask sensitive data; on the right, I used a blur filter....

Available for Windows and Mac, VideoProc Vlogger is a solution for anyone who has either been unwilling to spend a fortune for video-edit software or has grown frustrated by the steady stream of freemium options that add watermarks and limit features. Although it’s designed for everyone, the software is primarily geared towards beginners, hobbyists, and, as its name suggests, Vloggers. What is VideoProc Vlogger? Developed by Digiarty Software, VideoProc Vlogger is designed with the Dewey principle in mind: learn by doing....

Apple announced the card in March at an event where it also introduces some new services including Apple TV+, Apple News+, and Apple Arcade. Here is a look at this new endeavor by the company with its continued foray into the financial sector and what you can expect. What is the Apple Card? Announced in March 2019 with a U.S. launch date this summer, Apple Card’s introduction didn’t come as much of a surprise....

Windows 10 System Restore In 2020, the easiest way to get to the System Restore / System Protection section is by simply pressing the Windows Key and searching for: restore point. Click Create a restore point when it comes up in the search results. Once the menu for the System Properties > System Protection menu opens, Click the drive with your System portion (normally C:) and Click Configure button. Next, you may need to turn on the System Restore utility....

One of the new features in the Windows 8 desktop user interface is the Ribbon in Windows Explorer (now called File Explorer). If you find no use for it, here’s how you can hide it. Hide Windows 8 File Explorer Ribbon You can minimize or expand the Ribbon in Explorer by clicking the small arrow icon in the upper right corner. It works just like it does in MS Office 2007 and 2010....

With Google Sheets, you can customize a workout that fits your goals perfectly. Include only the exercises and workouts you need, and remove everything you don’t. Thankfully, you don’t have to start from scratch. There are plenty of Google Sheets workout templates available online to help you get started. In this article, we’ve hand-picked the best Google Sheets workout templates available. You’ll find these organized into categories based on the type of fitness goals you’re focused on....

Fast-forward a few years, and these are still great mobile devices that run full versions of Windows. But that small storage capacity is becoming more of a challenge. The default setup for Windows 10 is quite small – around 8 to 10 GBs. But with each passing update, Windows 10 will start expanding. This makes the operating system a chore to manage on lower storage capacity devices with 32 GB drives or less....