While we recommend Gmail, you should be able to add your iCloud email address in most email apps. Create an App-Specific Password for iCloud Before you begin, you need to configure your iCloud account. Apple’s two-factor authentication normally makes it difficult for third-party apps to sign in, but Apple lets you generate a separate “app-specific password” to use on Android. First, sign in to your Apple account and scroll to the “Security” section....

If you like the idea of smart outlets, but wish you had one with more than just one receptacle on it, the ConnectSense Smart Outlet is worth looking into. Here’s how to set it up and instantly get double the fun. While ConnectSense isn’t as widely known of a brand in the smarthome market, its Smart Outlet deserves a lot of credit for its two-receptacle setup and integrated 2.4-amp USB port....

It’s one of the great new features of macOS: your desktop syncs from one Mac to another using iCloud. Put a file on the desktop of your iMac, and it’s there waiting for you on your MacBook. It’s like magic. The problem: not everyone uses only Macs. What if you want to sync your desktop files between a Mac and a PC running Windows? RELATED: How to Pick the Best Cloud Service for Your Needs and Devices...

Most of the Roku remotes since the 2017 Roku Streaming Stick and Roku Ultra have the ability to control your TV’s power and volume. This works through the IR blaster, which is what typical TV remotes use to communicate with the TV. If your Roku remote has this functionality, you’ll see the options shown in the steps below. Your Roku may also be able to turn on the TV and control volume through HDMI-CEC....

Physical disc drives are going the way of the dodo. Modern laptops — and even many modern desktop PCs — are dropping disc drives. If you still have discs with software, music, videos, or anything else on them, there are still ways to use them. Your options range from purchasing an external drive you can plug in via USB when you need the discs to converting those discs to digital formats so you can access them on demand....

What Are “No Rush” Credits? When you’re going through the checkout process for a regular purchase that you won’t need immediately, choose the “Free No-Rush Shipping” option. The amount of the credit is at the bottom. Once the item ships, the credit is added to your No Rush Credits, where you can use them on digital items. If you click the “Details” button, it will also let you know when the credit will expire....

As pointed out by @AppleSWUpdates on Twitter, an optional accessibility feature in the new iPhone 14 and 14 Pro lets you enable a chime for your phone, so you can hear when your phone is turned on or off. When you get your new iPhone, the feature will be located in the Settings app by going to Accessibility > Power On & Off Sounds. It’s sadly not the same chime used in Macs....

Now that Windows 10 is available for public download and installation people have more questions than ever about the new version of Windows. We’ve rounded up the questions we get most frequently here at How-To Geek and compiled them to help you get up to speed about Windows 10. Every week we get hundreds of questions to our ask@howtogeek.com email inbox and we field dozens more from friends and family that know we work for a tech publication....

Google Chrome says it’s “managed by your organization” if system policies are controlling some Chrome browser settings. This can occur if you’re using a Chromebook, PC, or Mac that your organization controls—but other applications on your computer can set policies, too. What Is Management in Chrome? Management is a feature that lets administrators control Chrome browser settings. If you use a Chromebook or just the Chrome browser on a workplace computer, your employer can set hundreds of policies that control how Chrome functions....

Microsoft is competing with Steam. For $60, you can get Rise of the Tomb Raider from either the Windows Store or Steam. But the Windows Store’s version of the game is worse, and Microsoft’s new app platform is to blame. It’s not ready for powerful games yet. There’s no problem with getting Candy Crush Saga or other simple mobile games from the Windows Store. The Universal App Platform is ideal for simple things like that....

Apple’s iPhones and iPads use its own Lightning connector for charging and data transmission. You can purchase third-party cables and accessories, but they must be certified. If a cable or accessory wasn’t certified by Apple, you’ll see a warning message when you connect it. However, this message can sometimes appear incorrectly, too. How Apple’s Certification Works RELATED: Stop Huddling by the Outlet: Longer Smartphone Cables Are Dirt Cheap Apple offers an “MFi Certification Program....

Windows 10 includes Microsoft Edge, which replaces Internet Explorer as the default browser. Edge’s interface has been rewritten from scratch, and it sheds Internet Explorer’s old interface and all that clutter. Expect more from Edge in the future as Microsoft continues adding features to their new browser. In particular, browser extensions will be arriving at some point, making Edge more competitive with Chrome and Firefox. Cortana Integration RELATED: How to Turn On “Hey Cortana” in Windows 10...

ES File Explorer provides Android phone users a fully-featured file manager that explores phones, PCs, and Macs by leveraging LAN, FTP, and Remote Bluetooth. It includes all the basic file management functions you’d expect from a file manager, but apart from that it also functions as application manager, cloud storage client (compatible with Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and more), FTP client, and LAN Samba client. Far from being a free and lightweight mobile app, it’s quite feature rich compared to other file manager apps available on Google play....

If you’ve got your hands on Microsoft’s Surface Pro, there are a variety of things you should know. These tricks span everything from hidden keyboard shortcuts and freeing up disk space to using the pen and connecting standard headsets. The information in this article should apply to both the original Surface Pro and Surface Pro 2. We tested this out with a Surface Pro 2, but the devices are fairly similar aside from the internals....

How VPNs Work Before we get into the details of these claims, let’s very quickly go over how VPNs work. If you already know, you can skip this bit to get to the juicy part, but if you’re new to VPNs, you may want to take the time. When you connect to the internet, you’re sending information from your computer—let’s assume WiFi for the sake of argument—to a server run by your internet service provider (ISP)....

We have all done it at one time or another and accidentally changed the style on an important element in a Microsoft Word document we are working on. It can be easy to patch up if it is something small, but what if it is not that simple? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post provides some quick and easy methods to help patch up a reader’s Microsoft Word document. 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....

Calling and texting people is probably a big part of what you do on your Android phone. Why not make it as easy as possible to reach your favorites? We’ll show you how to add shortcuts to contacts. Add Contacts to Home Screen with Google Contacts Google has its own Contacts app that comes pre-installed on Pixel phones, but it’s also available in the Play Store for all Android devices....

By default, when you insert a table, there is a simple, black border around all the cells in the table. However, you may want to change or remove the borders, and there are a few easy ways you can do this. NOTE: We used Word 2013 to illustrate this feature. If you have removed all or some of the borders from your table, or you want to change the style or thickness of the borders, place the cursor in any cell in the table....

One of the annoying things about calendar software is that adding events usually requires tabbing or tapping from text box to text box. Apple Calendar, however, let’s you type simple sentences in plain language and the application figures out the boxes for you. Take the desktop calendaring powers of Microsoft Outlook. When we want to add an appointment or meeting, we’re confronted with the following type of interface. It’s not necessarily user-hostile, but it’s not exactly something we look forward to using either....

With Windows 10’s Anniversary Update, Microsoft is making it possible for developers to convert traditional Windows desktop applications to Universal Windows Platform (UWP) applications. But anyone can do this with any app–not just developers. With Windows 10’s converter, just give it a .msi or .exe file and it’ll spit out a .appx package. You can then sideload this app on your own PC, or–if you’re the application’s developer–you can submit the resulting UWP app to the Windows Store....