Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 10’s free upgrade offer will expire on July 29, 2016. After that, you’ll have to pay $119 to upgrade on any computer that hasn’t already made the leap. But with a few simple steps, you can “reserve” that free copy now, so you can upgrade after July 29 without paying. We know not everyone wants to upgrade to Windows 10 right now, and that’s fine....
You can personalize your Apple Watch with different watch faces and “complications”, but if you really want to add a personal touch, the “Color” watch face has a cool Monogram complication, which allows you to display up to four characters on the watch face. The Monogram complication is more customizable than people realize, though. Here’s how to customize the Monogram complication and how to access more options for characters, such as the Apple logo....
Google Chrome lets you manage which individual sites can have access to your microphone and camera. If you don’t see any video or the mic isn’t picking up voice, you might need to change the permissions Chrome is giving to a site. Here’s how. How to Change a Site’s Permissions in Chrome For security purposes, Chrome prompts you any time a site requests access to your microphone or webcam. If you accidentally clicked “Block” the first time you saw the prompt, or you just want to revoke the permissions you previously gave, we’ll show you how to manage those settings....
Windows offers a wide variety of tools that you can access using your command prompt window including the “attrib” tool which is designed to help you search for files by location and name then view and modify their file attributes. What Attributes Can You Use? Now that you have your elevated command prompt window open, you will need to know what types of attributes you can edit using the “attrib” tool....
Sometimes, when sending an email, you want the replies to go to a different email address than you sent the original from. You can do this in Outlook for individual messages or for all messages sent from a specific email account. Say your boss asks you to send out an email about an upcoming meeting and he wants to know about any replies that come in from people saying they can’t attend....
If you’re unhappy with text on your iPhone—whether it’s too small, too hard to read, or you can’t find the style you want—we’ve gathered up some solutions that can help. You can’t change the system font face, but you have other options. How to Change System Font Size on iPhone If you want to make all fonts on your iPhone larger or smaller, open the Settings app and navigate to Display & Brightness > Text Size....
Facebook Groups are a great way for people with a common interest or who are members of the same club, society, or community to communicate. I’m in Groups for hobbies like Photography, but also for local things like the village I live in. You’re probably already a member of a few Facebook Groups, but if you want to start your own, here’s how. Open Facebook, click the downward facing arrow in the top right and select Create Group....
Whether out of necessity or convenience, you can give your keyboard a break and dictate a document in Microsoft Word. You can use the feature in the desktop app, Word for the web, and in the mobile app. RELATED: Microsoft Office vs. Microsoft 365: Which One Should You Buy? Dictate a Document on Your Desktop With your computer’s internal microphone, or with a USB microphone in hand, you can dictate your document in Word on both Windows and Mac....
Firefox comes with a password manager called Lockwise that can be used outside of Firefox as well. But if you’re moving to a dedicated password manager, it would be best to export and delete all your saved passwords in Firefox. As good as Firefox Lockwise is, there are many advantages to be had in moving to a dedicated password manager like Bitwarden. You get dedicated clients for all platforms and a versatile password generator....
After upgrading to Windows 10, you have 30 days–about a month–to roll back to Windows 7 or 8.1 if you so desire. After that, Windows takes the option away from you. But there’s a way to extend this time limit at the cost of some disk space. Warning: This process worked for us with Windows 10 build 1511. It’s not officially supported, and it’s possible this won’t work in future builds of Windows 10....
Your Firefox profile stores your settings and personal information, such as your home page, bookmarks, extensions (add-ons), toolbars, and saved passwords. All this information is stored in a profile folder that keeps your data separate from the Firefox program, so if anything goes wrong with Firefox, your information is preserved. If you ever run into any problems with Firefox, trying a new profile can help you troubleshoot. Or, if you have a customization that requires you to find your profile folder, you’ll need to go hunting....
RELATED: How to Transfer iPhone Text Messages to Android Forward Single or Multiple Text Messages on an iPhone To start forwarding your messages, first, launch the Messages app on your iPhone. In the Messages app, find and select the conversation in which the messages you want to forward are located. On the conversation page, tap and hold on the message to forward. From the menu that opens, choose “More.”...
There are plenty of ways to share links from Google Chrome on Android. You can copy a URL or share it directly with another app. But it’s always good to have more options, and one such option is QR codes. A QR code is a type of barcode that contains information that can be revealed when scanned by a QR code reader. They can be used to store various bits of information, including URLs....
One of the beautiful things about Android is choice. If you don’t like the stock configuration of the handset you’re using, it’s simple to change most things out—there are plenty of choices on the Play Store for alternative SMS apps, cameras, and calendars, for example. Of all the options out there, however, changing the launcher arguably makes the biggest impact on overall user experience. The Advantage of Custom Launchers RELATED: What Custom Android Launchers Are and Why You Might Want to Use One...
Locking text boxes is a great way to protect specific content in your document from changing, either accidentally or intentionally. Here’s how to lock your text boxes in Word. Locking Text Boxes in Word Let’s say you’re working on a document that other people on the same network have access to and you want to lock your text boxes, so they don’t get edited by mistake. RELATED: How to Protect Parts of a Word Document from Editing...
YouTube is the great time-waster. It’s no secret that we all spend a great deal of time on it watching video after video. What you may not realize is that all those videos are kept in your history, which you can clear or pause. We’ve discussed other aspects to YouTube in the past such as how to disable annotations from automatically appearing in videos. Today, the subject is your ever-growing watch history, which may be the result of years of cat videos....
If you want to transfer photos and videos from your iPhone to your Windows 11 PC, the quickest and easiest way is to plug your phone in and perform an automatic import. Here’s how to do it. How to Import Photos and Videos from an iPhone into Windows If you plug your iPhone into your Windows PC with a USB cable, Windows 11 can connect to it like a standard digital camera, reading the device’s “DCIM” folder....
If you want to rearrange items in a list in random order, you can use Microsoft Excel’s RAND function. The function generates random numbers, which allow you to then randomize your list items. Here’s how to do that in your spreadsheet. RELATED: How Computers Generate Random Numbers How Excel’s List Randomization Works In Microsoft Excel, you don’t have a feature to randomize your list items in a click. Instead, you have to rely on the app’s RAND function that generates a series of random numbers....
Have you ever had a troublesome .doc or .docx file Word that you can’t seem to open? Or even lost a document completely, with all your hard work gone with it? RELATED: What’s the Best Way to Back Up My Computer? We’ve all been there before, and if you don’t already, this is a hard lesson that you should keep your computer backed up. There are plenty of free and cheap programs that will ensure this doesn’t happen in the future, so once you’re done with your work, do yourself a favor and set that up....
Have you forgotten your Discord password? Or are you simply looking to change the password to something stronger? It’s easy to reset and change your Discord account password. Here’s how. RELATED: How to Create a Strong Password (and Remember It) Reset Your Discord Password If you can’t recall your account password, use the email address or phone number associated with your account to reset the password. Here’s how to do that on desktop and mobile....
