If you’ve had an iPhone for a while, you might have seen a popup message that tells you there is a Carrier Settings Update and asking if you’d like to update them now. If you’re the type that doesn’t click things until you know what they are (good for you!), then you are in the right place. The short answer: Yes, do the carrier update. So What is a Carrier Settings Update?...
But in my opinion, there’s only one kind of light, and it all exists on a hard-to-soft spectrum. In fact, it’s almost impossible to find a completely hard or soft light source in the real world. Instead, light is either harder or softer relative to other light. Still, the two labels are useful. What Is Hard Light? Hard light comes from a small light source relative to the size of the subject....
Keyboards tend to be the same overall no matter what type or brand you are using, but every so often you will see a key referenced in some kind of documentation that seems to be missing from your own personal keyboard. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a frustrated reader’s question. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....
When learning more about how operating systems and the hardware they run on work and interact with each other, you may be surprised to see what appears to be oddities or under-utilization of “resources” occurring. Why is that? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....
As the ‘Internet of Things’ continues to grow and come into its own, just how necessary is it for the ‘Internet of Things’ to have IPv6 addresses? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a curious reader’s questions. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. Photo courtesy of nerovivo (Flickr). The Question SuperUser reader TrudleR wants to know why the ‘Internet of Things’ enforces a need for IPv6 addresses:...
Plug your iPhone or iPad into a USB port and you may be asked whether you want to “Trust This Computer.” You may even see this message when you plug your iPhone or iPad into a USB charger. This prompt helps protect your iPhone from malicious chargers. It also ensures no one can snatch your iPhone and access its data from a computer without your passcode. A Computer or Device is Trying to Access Your Files You’ll see this prompt when a computer or other device you’ve plugged your iPhone into is trying to access your files....
Cable TV is an outdated concept. You pay an ever-increasing bill every month for thousands of shows you’ll never watch. When you do want to watch, you have to organize your life around the TV schedule or set up your own DVR. Buying episodes and streaming TV shows online may be cheaper than paying that cable bill. It all depends on what you want to watch and how much you’re paying for cable — we’ll walk you through what you need to know....
When you first start learning how domain names, IP addresses, web servers, and websites all fit and work together, it can be a little confusing or overwhelming at times. How is it all set up to work so smoothly? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a curious reader’s questions. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....
What’s the Difference Between Series X and S? The Xbox Series X costs $499, while the Series S retails for $299. Beyond price, the main difference between the two consoles is graphical power. They have similar CPUs, but the GPU on the Series S has about one-third of the raw power the Series X has. The Series X sets a target of 4K resolution at 60 frames per second (fps), while the Series S settles for a more modest 1440p, also at 60 fps....
Most of the time, Microsoft Word works flawlessly and makes our work much easier to do, but there are times when a particular built-in “feature” serves as a constant source of frustration rather than being helpful. Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has a quick and easy solution to help a reader disable a problematic feature. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....
Today, Mojo announced a potential feature that would integrate Alexa Shopping Lists as an application on Mojo Lens, calling it the “first major third-party consumer application on a smart contact lens.” Take that, paper grocery lists. A user would be able to access the Alexa Shopping List in their frame of view, ask Alexa to add or remove items, and check off groceries as they’re grabbed, all just by using their eyes (sorry hands)....
Facebook makes it easy and fun to stay in touch with friends and family and see what they’re up to. However, if you have a friend or family member that posts unwanted content to your timeline, it can be annoying and possibly upsetting. Don’t worry, you don’t have to unfriend these people or resort to deleting your Facebook account. Instead, you can easily block people from posting on your Facebook timeline....
Ever wish you could send YouTube and other web videos from your phone or laptop to your TV? It’s a trick you’ve probably seen Chromecast and Apple TV users pull, but don’t feel left out: you can get it working in Kodi too. Kodi has plenty of add-ons that let you play videos from YouTube, Twitch, and other streaming sites, but sometimes, you don’t want to navigate Kodi with your remote just to play something–especially if you already have it up on your phone....
By default, when you type information into Excel and then press “Enter”, Excel will move the selection box one cell down. However, what if you want to enter information from left to right instead? We’ll show you a simple setting in Excel you can change that will solve your problem. To change the direction the selection moves when you press “Enter”, click the “File” tab. On the backstage screen, click “Options” in the list of items on the left....
Microsoft Office 2016 has improved their collaboration features so multiple authors can work on a document in real time. You can share a document in OneDrive and view who is working on it, and even get a link to send others for easy access to the document. We’ll use Word in this article to illustrate how to collaborate on documents; however, this real-time collaboration feature is also available in Excel and PowerPoint....
You’ve created a table in Word and started to enter your data. Then, you realize that the table should be transposed, meaning the rows should be columns and vice versa. Rather than recreating the table and manually entering the data again, there’s an easier way to do this. RELATED: How to Convert a Row to a Column in Excel the Easy Way Word does not have a built-in way to transpose a table....
If you own an iPhone or iPad, then you’ve probably noticed a 3D effect on some wallpapers, where it seems like your home screen icons are hovering over the top. You can actually do this with almost any image without special software. The wallpaper we’re talking about is called parallax wallpaper, but on your iOS device, Apple refers to it as “perspective” wallpaper. Either way, you likely think of it as 3D....
When using the commands on the ribbon in Word, you may have noticed popup boxes that display when you move your mouse over the buttons. These are ScreenTips and can be handy as a reference. However, if they’re distracting to you, they are easily disabled. To disable the ScreenTIps, click the “File” tab. On the backstage screen, click “Options” in the list of items on the left. The “General” screen on the “Word Options” dialog box should be active by default....
If you’re an English speaker, then you may be puzzled sometimes by how to input special or accented characters in non-English words. There’s a way to do this on pretty much every operating system and device, but today we want to focus on OS X. One truly great thing about touchscreen keyboards is that they have revolutionized how we enter text. From auto-suggestions for easy inputting to swipe style designs that let you draw the words out on the keyboard, we’re so used to our phones and tablets that we often don’t think much about traditional (albeit faster and more efficient) full-sized keyboards...
Git’s commit history is designed to be immutable (for the most part) and track every change in your project so you never lose work. However, sometimes it’s necessary to rewrite Git history, so Git provides a few tools for editing existing commits. Adding New Changes To Commits The most common use case for this is when you make a commit message, and then, before pushing to your remote, realize that you messed up and need to make a small change....
