While you can restart your Apple TV or put it to sleep by diving into the system menu, there’s no need to do so; you can perform these two handy functions right from the remote control. Why Do I Want To Do This? Navigating through menus to perform function is tedious. Even though the Apple Remote offers a pretty smooth user experience in terms of menu navigation it’s almost much faster to use simple shortcut key combinations rather than clicking through menu trees with the little track pad....

Macs are packed with powerful screenshot tools. You can take a screenshot with a keyboard shortcut, pull up a convenient graphical tool, set a timer, and even annotate your screenshots. We’ll show you how to do it all. What Is a Screenshot? A screenshot is a digital image file of the exact contents of your Mac’s screen. It reflects precisely what you’re seeing on your monitor or laptop, so it saves you the trouble of having to photograph your screen with another device, like a camera or smartphone....

Hover the pointer on the “Accounts & Lists” menu in the upper-right corner. Select “Browsing History” from the drop-down that opens. Under each product card, click the “More Like This” button to view similar products or the “Remove From View” button to take off the product from your viewing history. You can also erase all items from your history by clicking “Manage History” in the top-right corner, followed by “Remove All Items From View....

When you add an event to the Calendar app in iOS and OS X, it gets saved to a specific calendar by default, which may not be the calendar you use most often. However, if you have several calendars, you can choose which of those calendars is used as the default. Your iOS and OS X devices can all have different sets of calendars, and, therefore, each device can have a different default calendar set....

Did you sign into your Google account on a public computer? Or are you logged into Google on a device you’ve lost? If so, you can sign out of Google on all your devices to prevent security mishaps. Here’s how to do it. Sign Out of Google on All Devices From Desktop To start the log-off process, open your preferred web browser and launch the Google My Account site. Then, sign in to your Google account if you aren’t already....

You probably have had experience when you’re trying to spell an odd word that isn’t in the dictionary, and your iPhone keeps autocorrecting it to how it thinks it should be spelled. It might be time to teach it what you’re trying to say. You could just backspace after it makes the correction and force it to spell it the way you want, but that’s annoying and time-consuming, especially when you’re trying to dash off a quick message to a friend or relative....

These steps may vary based on your device manufacturer, Android version, and may only be available on newer builds of Android. If you don’t have these steps available at all, you can use a third-party app provided by your device manufacturer to transfer your apps instead. Using the Google Backup Method Google uses your Google account to back up your content, including apps, using your included Drive storage. You’ll need to make sure you’ve enabled Google Backup on your old device before you make any transfers....

With the Anniversary Update to Windows 10, Windows Defender now notifies you about a lot of actions that it used to keep in the background. If you want to return to the quieter days when it only alerted you about critical events, you can turn these enhanced notifications off. RELATED: What’s New in Windows 10’s Anniversary Update Windows Defender now lets you know every time your PC has been scanned, or a low-level threat has been quietly removed bother you....

People used to rely on rooting or other complex methods to uninstall multiple apps at once. Thankfully, it’s now possible to do it right from the Play Store on every Android device. We’ll show you how it works. RELATED: Seven Things You Don’t Have to Root Android to Do Anymore First, open the Play Store on your Android device and tap your profile icon in the top right. Next, select “Manage Apps & Device” from the pop-up menu....

If you’re on a collaborative team of workers, or you’re simply dealing with several revisions of your own work, it’s important to be able to track incremental changes. In Microsoft Word, the ability to compare every difference in two nearly-identical documents is built in to the Compare tool. Here’s how to use it. First, open Word and any document file. (It can be one of the ones you’re comparing, another document entirely, or simply a blank project....

Setting up a simple home security camera is a great way to keep tabs on your house while you’re away. A dedicated system is great, but in a pinch, you can use an old, spare smartphone that you have lying around. RELATED: 8 Clever Uses for Your Smartphone’s Camera (Aside From Taking Pictures) You could, of course, buy an indoor security camera that’s ready to set up and actually made for such a purpose....

Even if you don’t use the Windows Mail & Calendar app, the Windows calendar is actually pretty nice. And with the Anniversary Update to Windows 10, you can now see your agenda and add calendar events right from the Windows taskbar. RELATED: How to Create and Sync Calendar Events in Windows 10 To see your agenda, just left-click the time and date on the Windows taskbar. If you’ve already got your calendar set up–or you’re syncing with another calendar–you can click any day on the calendar to see a list of events for that day....

Browser plug-ins like Flash and Java add additional features web pages can use. However, they can also slow things down when in use or add extra security holes, particularly in the case of Java. Each web browser has a built-in way to view your installed browser plug-ins and choose which are enabled, although this feature is hidden in many browsers. To remove a plug-in completely, you’ll need to uninstall it from the Windows Control Panel....

When Apple dropped the price on its third generation Apple TV to $69, we still recommended holding off until Apple released a new version. The new Apple TV has arrived, so today we’re going to discuss whether we now think it’s time to make the jump. The new Apple TV marks a dramatic technological leap over its predecessor. The old, or third generation, Apple TV had an A5 processor with 512 MB of RAM, and Apple TV OS 6....

All of us have heard the warnings to make sure we are properly grounded when working on our electronic devices, but have advances in technology lessened the problem of static electricity damage or is it still as prevalent as before? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has a comprehensive 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....

It’s been a complaint about Chrome for years: “it hogs so much RAM!” And now that Firefox Quantum is here, the fire rages on—some users see less RAM usage than Chrome, while others see similar amounts. And it seems to have a big hand in what browser people are using. But RAM usage is not inherently a bad thing. RELATED: What’s New in Firefox Quantum, the Firefox You’ve Been Waiting For...

Philips Hue lights are great when they’re working properly, but sometimes it’s not all sunshine and roses. Here are some common issues that you might be coming across and how to fix them. Your Bridge Can’t Find Hue Bulbs If you’re trying to add lights to your Hue Bridge, but it’s not finding any, that can be really annoying. There are a few things to consider here. First of all, make sure your lights are actually Hue bulbs....

NVMe is the latest and greatest storage interface for laptops and desktops, and it offers much faster read and write speeds than older interfaces. This comes at a cost, so depending on what you use the computer for, buying an NVMe drive may not make sense. What Are NVMe Drives? Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) is a storage interface introduced in 2013. “Non-Volatile” means the storage isn’t erased when your computer reboots, while “Express” refers to the fact that the data travels over the PCI Express (PCIe) interface on your computer’s motherboard....

A Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is a chip inside most modern cellular phones that stores information your phone needs to communicate with your carrier’s cell towers. SIM cards come in different sizes and if you were to remove the SIM card from your phone you wouldn’t be able to text, call, or access anything on the internet. What Is A SIM Card? Believe it or not, SIM cards have been on the scene since 1991....

If you use the Windows Registry Editor with any regularity, you’ve probably found more than once that you’ve drilled down to a key in the wrong hive. Maybe you drilled down to a key in HKEY_CURRENT_USER when you really meant HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE . Instead of backing all the way out and clicking your way down to the right hive, we’ve got an easier way. RELATED: Learning to Use the Registry Editor Like a Pro...