Creative Suite Product Activation Prior to launching its current delivery model, Creative Cloud, Adobe introduced Photoshop Creative Suite (CS) for Windows and Photoshop CS2 for Mac and Windows. At that time, the company also introduced product activation, which made the two-computer policy strictly enforceable by requiring you to enter the license key contained in the software before the application would work. You could still install Photoshop on as many computers as you wanted, but only two copies could be activated....

Apple sold 16.12 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2016, and this number was called a disappointment because it failed to surpass the 21.42 million sold in the first quarter of 2015 or the 26.04 million sold in the first quarter of 2014. Apple’s fiscal year starts in October, so Q1 sales account for the holiday season. While the original iPad debuted in March, the company switched to an October-November time frame with the 4th generation iPad....

How Many Profiles Can You Have on Netflix? A profile on Netflix allows a different member of your household to use the same Netflix account but with different personalized settings. Netflix allows you to create up to 5 unique profiles on your one account. Each profile can customize its own language settings, maturity levels, activity log, subtitle settings, and of course personalized suggestions for movies and TV shows. Each account can use a unique email account so that different users will receive their own Netflix notifications....

John Carmack, a leader at headset maker Oculus, reportedly said recently that the company might have found a solution to prevent motion sickness. He suggested that better calculations about the depth of objects in VR could be the key. It’s one of the growing number of methods that developers are exploring to make VR more comfortable. “Some people can experience physical side effects, including headaches, nausea, motion sickness, and eyestrain,” Scott Stachiw, head of immersive learning at Roundtable Learning, a company that creates VR employee training tools, said in an email interview....

How to Change Your Profile Picture in Gmail You can also change your Gmail profile picture from within Gmail’s settings. However, going this route only lets you upload a new picture, not select one you already have on your Google account. Why Change My Gmail Profile Picture? Your Gmail profile picture is what people see when they open your emails in their Gmail account. You can change this picture any time you want and for any reason by clicking on your existing image or avatar....

How to Give Access to Google Docs All access permissions are handled through the Google Docs share settings. You can access the sharing menu through either your Google Drive or in the document directly. How to Give General Access to Google Docs If you don’t know someone’s email address or simply want your document to be more widely available, you can also allow access by sharing a link to your document....

How Google Maps Helps You Avoid Tolls Google uses information from local governments and real-time feedback from other users to gather information about all roads between your starting point and your destination. Through these sources, Google gets information about tolls, whether roads are under construction, if there’s an accident, and more. If a road is impassable for any reason, Google Maps will reroute you using an alternate route. But unless you configure Google Maps to avoid any toll roads, your route may include them....

How Do I Block Artists on Spotify? Spotify is well-known for its automatically generated playlists that take the music you’ve liked in the past, apply their algorithm magic, and provide hours of entertainment. If there’s an artist you no longer want to hear on Spotify, you can prevent that artist from appearing in your playlists, Discover Weekly list, and Daily Mixes. Here’s how to block artists on Spotify: How Do You Remove an Artist From Spotify On Desktop?...

DOCSIS and Cable Modems The Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) standard supports cable modem networks. All cable broadband internet connections require the use of a DOCSIS-compatible modem. Three major versions of DOCSIS modems exist: DOCSIS versions 1.0 and 1.1 became available in the late 1990s. They are obsolete now in most parts of the world. These modems support up to 38 Mbps downloads and 9 Mbps uploads. DOCSIS 2....

How to Calibrate Windows Touchscreen Devices The touchscreen calibration tool works by displaying a pattern on the screen and then overlaying it with a series of crosshairs. By tapping each crosshair in sequence, you show Windows exactly how to configure the touchscreen. When calibrating a touchscreen, it’s essential to tap the actual location of each crosshair. If you tap anywhere else, you end up with an improperly configured touchscreen that may be unusable....

How to Change the Clock on an iPhone Automatically Most people will probably want to have the clock on their iPhone change automatically. This is the option that lets your iPhone detect where you are geographically through a combination of GPS and connecting to local cell phone networks—and adjust the clock on its own. You’ve probably benefitted from this when landing from a flight and seeing your iPhone clock change automatically once you leave Airplane Mode....

How to Change Google Home Wi-Fi Sign in to the Google Home app to access your devices. From there, you’ll need to forget the Google Home’s Wi-Fi network and set it up again to connect to the new network. How to Set Up New Google Home Wi-Fi Once you have cleared the Wi-Fi settings, you’re ready to sign in to the new network. To do that, you need to set up the device again....

Change Your AOL Mail Password in a Web Browser Change your AOL Mail password if you suspect your account has been hacked, want to change your password to something stronger and more difficult to deduce, or want your AOL password to be something you can easily remember. When it’s time to change your current password, make the change in your AOL account information screen. To alter the password for your AOL Mail account using a web browser on your computer:...

How to Change Your Personal Hotspot Password Personal Hotspot turns your iPhone into a portable wireless router that shares its connection to your phone company with other Wi-Fi enabled devices such as computers and iPads. Every iPhone has a unique Personal Hotspot password that other devices need to connect to it. This password is a long string of letters and numbers and is randomly generated to make it secure and hard to guess....

Check the Warranty Using the Apple Support App The Apple Support app is an easy way to see information about all of your Apple products associated with an Apple ID, including your devices’ warranty status. Check Your Warranty Status Online Apple also makes it easy to look up your warranty status online using your device’s serial number. Find your device’s serial number through the Apple Support app or your Watch app, and then visit Apple online to check your warranty status....

How to Check Data Usage on Your Phone Check iPhone Data Usage Tap Settings > Cellular.Scroll down to see your total data usage for the billing period, along with how much data your apps have used, ordered from most to least. Checking data on your phone is fine, but you’ll only have insights as to what is using data on your phone. If you are part of a family or multi-line plan, you’ll need to go a little deeper to see who’s using how much....

Cleaning a Projector Lens Safely: Materials and Methods The lens of your projector needs to be cleaned from time to time as dust, and other gunk will tend to settle on it and result in a loss of picture quality. If you have noticed a degradation in picture quality, or you can see a visible buildup of dust and other contaminants on your projector lens, it means it’s time to clean the lens....

Clear the Cache on a Fire TV Stick When an app stops working correctly, one of the most common causes is a corrupted cache. Apps can slow down and underperform due to a too large cache. In both of these cases, the solution is to clear the cache. Here’s how to clear the cache on Fire TV Stick and other Fire TV devices: What Is a Fire TV Cache? One of the most valuable things about Fire TV devices is that you can download apps that let you watch videos, listen to music, and do many other things....

How to Configure Scroll Bars in OS X and macOS Set up your scroll bars to meet your own personal preferences. Control Your Scrolling Speed Apple also makes it easy to adjust the scrolling speed of your mouse or trackpad. Automatically based on mouse or trackpad: Scroll bars appear only when the cursor is in the scroll bar area or when you start scrolling.When Scrolling: Scroll bars show up only when you start scrolling on your mouse or trackpad....

How to Connect Laptop to TV With HDMI Cable Connecting your Windows or Mac laptop to your TV via HDMI is fairly straightforward and should hopefully only take a few minutes to complete. How to Switch From Mirroring to Extending The default setting for a laptop to TV HDMI connection is to have your laptop’s screen be mirrored on the television. This basically just means that whatever you see on your laptop’s screen will be shown on your TV’s screen simultaneously....