How Do I Activate AirDrop on an iPad? AirDrop is always “on” when you want to use it to send things to nearby devices, but you may not be able to receive them. You can make your iPad visible using two methods. Turn on AirDrop Using the Control Center The first way to become visible for AirDrop uses the iPad’s Control Center. Turn on AirDrop Using the Settings App If your Control Center isn’t working, or the AirDrop icon doesn’t appear for whatever reason, you can also use the Settings app....

How to Uninstall an Xbox One Game When your Xbox One is full and you’re ready to uninstall some games, here’s how. Reinstalling an Xbox One Game After Deletion When you delete an Xbox One game, the game is removed from your console, but you still own it. That means you are free to reinstall any game you have deleted, as long as you have enough available storage space. To reinstall an uninstalled Xbox One game:...

How to Remove Dropbox From a Mac Uninstalling Dropbox on a Mac initially looks very straight forward, but there’s a catch - it’s pretty well embedded on your computer. Here’s how to do the simplest part of uninstalling Dropbox. How to Remove the Dropbox Finder Extension If you want Dropbox on your Mac but you don’t want the Finder Helper extension tool every time you right-click a file, it’s possible to remove this separately....

Pinned message conversations, officially known as threads, will remain at the top of the app until they’re unpinned. This makes them easy to find but takes up more space in the app. Here’s how to unpin message conversations in iOS to free up space in the app. How to Unpin Message Conversations in iOS Follow these steps to unpin a message conversation, also known as a message thread, in iOS....

How to Untag Yourself If someone has tagged you on a photo or post on Facebook and you’re not happy with it being linked to you, a quick fix is moments away. Here’s how to untag yourself on Facebook. How to Untag Someone Else If you would rather untag someone else from your photo or post, the process is nearly the same. Click the image, then instead of clicking the X next to your name, click it next to the person you wish to remove....

How to Upload to YouTube in 4K From Your PC To upload to YouTube in 4K from your PC, you need to export your video in 4K using the video editing software of your choice. It doesn’t matter what app you use for this, as long as it supports exporting in 4K. For the best results, your video editing app should also support the MP4 file type, H.264 video codec, and AAC audio codec....

Safely Using a Portable Car Jump Starter Using a jump box is safe in most circumstances, although it is possible to damage both your car and yourself. If you connect everything the right way and take all the necessary precautions, there is little to worry about. Two main dangers commonly associated with jump-starting a car are damaging delicate components in the electrical system and blowing up the battery. These situations can result from crossing the positive and negative cables or shorting them out by touching the positive and negative leads together....

How to Create a New Apple Music Radio Station Before you create your first radio station, make sure you’re running the latest version of iTunes. You need iTunes 11.1 or newer to use Radio. Making a new radio station in iTunes works by basing the station on an existing song in your library, similar to how Pandora works. Apple Music Radio intelligently determines which other music you might like based on your initial choice....

You can swipe left and right between recipe buttons for fast and easy access. It’s a lot like a remote control for your recipes. When you open up the Do Button app, it may suggest a recipe for you to get started with. For example, the app suggests a recipe that emails a random animated GIF image. After the recipe is set up in the Do Button app, tap the email button to instantly deliver a GIF to your inbox....

Bullet Journals Bullter journals organize a paper notebook to capture and quickly find tasks, notes, events, and more so that you can stay structured and be more productive. OneNote is ideal for this note-taking method because it’s the closest to looking and acting like a physical notebook. A few basics about the Bullet Journal system: On each page, you quickly jot down the information you’re trying to capture, which is called rapid logging....

How to Get Sticky Notes on Windows 10 The Sticky Notes app is built-in to Windows 10, so there’s nothing you need to do to download it. But, if Sticky Notes was inadvertently deleted from your computer, you can download it from the Microsoft Store. How to Create New Sticky Notes on Windows 10 When you have the Sticky Notes app open, select the Plus (+) in the upper-left corner of the Sticky Notes window to create a new note....

How to Use Your iPhone’s Built-In Compass To access the compass, open the Compass app, which appears by default on all current iPhone models. The application is located on the iPhone Home screen, but if you deleted it, reinstall it from the App Store for no charge. Calibrate the Compass When the app opens for the first time, you are prompted to calibrate the compass by rotating the phone 360 degrees....

What ‘Sleep’ Means in Macs Before making any adjustments to the Energy Saver preferences pane, it’s a good idea to understand just what putting your Mac to sleep means. Sleep: All Macs Some features of the sleep mode are the same on all Mac models, both desktop and laptop. Your Mac’s processor goes into low-power mode, significantly reducing energy consumption. The Mac’s video output is turned off. Any connected display should either enter its own idle state (manufacturer dependent) or at the very least, blank the screen....

How Does Marco Polo Work? Marco Polo allows you to send messages to contacts by linking phone numbers. The first time you open Marco Polo, the app asks you to import your contacts. You can do this selectively or allow the app to import your contacts who are Marco Polo users. How to Start a Marco Polo Chat To add contacts and start a chat after your first time opening the app:...

How to Use the Google Measure App Once you’ve installed the Google Measure app on your phone, it’s easy to use. The first time will be a little different, because there are options you can set up (such as how you want Display Units displayed — Imperial or Metric). After that, can jump straight into measuring things when you open the app. How Google Measure Uses AR to Work The Google Measure app uses ARcore to translate real-world content virtually onto your phone....

Netflix’s DVD program includes some TV shows and movies that aren’t available through their streaming service. You can watch both DVDs and Blu-rays, you pay just once a month, and there are three plans to pick from depending on how many discs you want to be able to borrow at once. The DVDs and Blu-rays from Netflix arrive at your door in 1–3 business days and are just as easy to return through the mail....

How to Set Up and Use Voice Access on Windows 11 Here’s how to set up and use the Windows 11 voice access tool. How to Improve Your Voice Recognition Results Here are some tips for improving your voice recognition when using voice access in Windows 11. A small welcome popup message will appear if this is your first time using voice access. Select the X icon to close this popup....

How to Place a Video Call on Echo Show There are two ways to initiate a video call using an Echo Show. After you’ve set up your Echo Show, you can use your Alexa wake word and then give a command, or you can use the touchscreen interface to start a call. Both you and the person you’re calling need to have the Alexa app installed on your phones, you both need to have an Echo Show device, and the person needs to be in your Alexa contacts....

How to View Hidden Mozilla Email Header Data All emails consist of two parts: the header and the body. The standard header—which is the part you normally see—typically lists the sender and recipient of the message, date, and subject. Behind the scenes, though, the header contains much more information, such as the path it took from sender to recipient, the sender’s IP address, and the message’s priority. This information isn’t particularly easy to interpret and isn’t usually of interest to the recipient, so it’s hidden....

Locating Movies and TV Shows The iPhone ships with the Apple TV app. You can copy movies and TV shows you have on your computer to the iPhone by syncing your devices in iTunes, or you can download them directly to the phone: In the case of movie rentals, you have 30 days to begin watching a movie before it expires and disappears from your iPhone. Once you begin watching, however, you have only 48 hours to finish viewing the movie, so don’t start it unless you plan to finish it within two days....