If you find yourself scanning a lot of documents and photos, it’s a good idea to invest in an actual scanner. Most people only need to scan a few things a year, so we’ll show you some good alternatives. RELATED: How to Scan a Document in Windows 10 Smartphone Camera A scanner is essentially just a camera that takes a photo of your document in a very specific way. Well, you carry a camera in your pocket every day, so why not use that as a scanner?...

In audio/video parlance, “scrubbing” is the act of fast-forwarding or reversing through the audio track or video to a particular location. Most of the time, the default speed is fine, but if you’re looking for a particular location (especially in a long video), it helps to slow down the scrubbing speed. You can do that easily in Apple apps like Safari and Music, and also in some third-party apps. Here’s how....

Whether you’ll be away from home while travelling or just during the workday, you may want to keep an eye on it. Solutions like Nest’s Nest Cam (formerly Dropcam) try to make this easy, but there’s more than one way to do this. We’re not focused on full security systems with alarms and other features here — just cameras so you can keep an eye on your place with live streaming and video recordings....

RELATED: How to Set up Text Message Forwarding on Your Mac or iPad How to Set Up Messages on Your Mac You don’t need to use iCloud (or even have an iPhone) to use iMessage, but you will need an Apple ID. If you already have an iCloud account, the email you used to sign up will be your Apple ID. Launch the Messages app from the Dock, your Applications folder, or by searching for it with Command+Space....

Netflix has tons of content, but not all of it is suitable for younger viewers. Popular shows that have become synonymous with the service like House of Cards and Orange is the New Black contain a lot of mature content. You may want to create a set of parental controls to prevent any kids in the house from starting up any shows that you don’t approve of beforehand. RELATED: How to Watch Netflix or Hulu Through a VPN Without Being Blocked...

There’s a good chance your smart TV is spying on you. Smart TVs often analyze the videos you’re watching and report back — whether you’re watching live TV, streaming videos on a service like Netflix, or playing local video files. Worse yet, this can be a security problem. TVs should really just be dumb displays. Smart TVs not only have bad interfaces, they spy on what you’re watching even when you aren’t using those smarts....

In addition to the standard spell checking tool, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook can also check spelling and grammar as you type, indicating errors using colored, squiggly lines under the text. However, if all the squiggly lines are too distracting, you can turn one or both of these features off. Say you’re working on a document that contains a lot of industry-specific jargon, abbreviations, or highly-specialized words. Word will mark all these with red, squiggly lines even though they are not technically misspelled....

Word 2013 now includes a new proofing panel. When you have a document open that contains spelling or grammatical errors, the Proofing icon on the status bar displays the “Proofing errors were found. Click to correct.” message when you move your mouse over it. On the left side of the Status Bar at the bottom of the Word window, a book icon displays. If there is an “x” on the icon, there are proofing errors (spelling and/or grammatical errors) in your document....

How to Adjust the Vibration Intensity When you’re ready to adjust your device’s vibration intensity, swipe down from the top of the screen to expose the notification panel. From there, tap on the Gear icon in the top-right corner next to the Power button. Alternatively, you can swipe up from the Galaxy S20’s home screen to open the app drawer. Either use the search bar at the top of the display or flip between panels to launch the “Settings” app....

Samsung’s Galaxy XCover series has been around for a few years, serving as a more durable (and usually lower-end) version of the company’s Galaxy S smartphones. This new model has a ruggedized design, MIL-STD-810H and IP68 ratings (meaning it can survive drops onto ground or into water), a 6.6-inch screen with a 120Hz refresh rate, 5G, and Android 12. Samsung also says the phone will receive five years of security updates, just like the Galaxy S22 and some other recent Galaxy devices....

That’s why it’s essential to consider how you use your iPad. A simple cover for the screen may be all you need if it’s mainly an entertainment device that rarely leaves the house. If you take your iPad with you everywhere, you’ll want more protection. Of course, a good case does a lot more than protect your iPad from accidental damage. Even the more barebones cases we’ve chosen also function as a stand to let your iPad act as a portable TV....

Google Wants You to Buy More Space You can view how much total storage your Gmail account is using from the Google One Storage page. However, this page doesn’t let you quickly find out how to free up that space. It redirects you to Gmail and leaves you on your own. Sure, you could start deleting emails one by one, but there’s a good chance you have tens of thousands of emails—at a minimum....

When you hear of folder names like {4234d49b-0245-4df3-B780-3893943456e1}, references to a ‘god mode’ folder, and more, it can definitely arouse your curiosity and make you want to learn all about them. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer 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....

If you use an Apple product like a Mac, iPhone, or iPad, then you may have noticed the “Game Center” app…but probably never opened it. Today we want to talk about what the Game Center is, and whether you’re missing anything. What Game Center Is, and How It’s Supposed to Work Game Center is a default, pre-installed app on Macs and iOS devices (including the Apple TV), but chances are you’ve never used it....

The Rise of Fast Charging Nearly every recent flagship phone on the market offers some type of fast charging. Manufacturers often throw out numbers like “80% in 30 minutes” or “a full charge in under an hour” in the marketing of their latest devices. The widespread adoption of fast charging is a response to increasing phone usage, with many people having to recharge their phones more than once per day. It’s also a necessity....

Sometimes we have useful feedback or an awesome suggestion that we would love to share with the Windows product team, but what is the best way to go about it? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post provides some nice options for a helpful reader. 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. App screenshot courtesy of Microsoft....

Google is most well-known for being a search company. However, Android—Google’s own operating system—doesn’t have a built-in system-wide search like the iPhone’s “Spotlight” feature. What’s the deal with that? “Spotlight” on the iPhone and iPad is a super handy tool that allows you to search for contacts, apps, shortcuts, photos, files, and more, all in one place. Some Android phone makers have their own versions of this, but Android as an OS does not....

Microsoft makes it easy to download Windows 11installation media, such as an ISO file, directly from Microsoft’s website. It’s free and legal—you can activate Windows 11 later with your product key or a purchase. With the ISO, you can install Windows from scratch. Here’s how to get it. Microsoft offers a multi-edition ISO file that can install several versions of Windows 11, including Windows 11 Home, Pro, Enterprise, Education, and more....

If you tend to focus more on aspect ratios like 16:9 and 4:3 when thinking of screen resolution sizes, then you may find yourself wondering what it going on with the popular laptop screen resolution 1366×768. Today’s SuperUser Q&A post helps clear things up for a confused reader. 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....

Android allows you to customize your home screen, adding widgets, arranging shortcuts and folders, choosing a background, and even replacing the included launcher entirely. You can install icon packs to theme your app icons, too. Third-party launchers use standard app icons by default, but they don’t have to. You can install icon packs that third-party launchers will use in place of standard app icons. How to Use Icon Packs RELATED: What Custom Android Launchers Are and Why You Might Want to Use One...