Can I Overclock My Laptop? Probably not. Apple’s line of notebook computers does not support overclocking and hasn’t for many years. Most modern consumer PCs also prevent overclocking. The BIOS is locked, meaning users can’t change the settings to control the processor’s operation. How will you know if a laptop can overclock? Most laptops with this feature advertise it. Try visiting the manufacturer’s website or review the laptop’s manual. Alternatively, you can follow the steps below to see if they work....

How to Connect an Apple Watch to Your New iPhone Follow these instructions to connect and pair your Apple Watch with a new iPhone to ensure you don’t lose any data. What to Do If You Don’t Have Your Old iPhone If you no longer have access to your old iPhone, or if you already erased the iPhone or reset it to factory settings, your Apple Watch could still be paired to the old iPhone....

How to Reboot a Computer To safely restart a Windows computer, open the Start menu and choose the Restart option. Below are detailed directions if you need them. How to Reboot a Windows 11, 10, or 8 Computer The “normal” way to reboot a computer running Windows 11/10/8 is through the Start menu: Using the Power User Menu This second method is a little faster and doesn’t require the full Start menu:...

How to Recalibrate the iPhone Battery Apple released a battery calibration tool alongside iOS 14.5 which you can use to recalibrate your battery. If you don’t have iOS 14.5 or newer, you’ll have to update your operating system before using this tool. If your phone is fully updated and has the battery recalibration feature, it will run automatically and help improve your battery life over time. You can check its progress at any time in the battery health section of your iPhone settings....

How to Recover Deleted Photos on the iPhone Apple built a feature into iOS that lets you recover deleted photos. The Photos app has a Recently Deleted photo album. This stores your deleted photos for 30 days, giving you time to restore them before they’re gone for good. If you deleted the photo you want to recover in the last 30 days, follow these steps to get it back: Other Ways to Recover Deleted Photos on iPhone Photos stay in the Recently Deleted album for 30 days before they leave the phone for good....

Renewing a Developer’s Certificate for iPhone and iPad Development Apple doesn’t warn you when your certificate expires; you see an error telling you that your iPad doesn’t have a proper profile installed on it. Figuring out that it is the developer’s certificate that expired is half the battle. The other half is properly getting a new one set up and attached to your profiles. Take these steps to get everything working correctly again....

How Do You Hard Reset a Samsung Tablet? Samsung tablets run Android, and Android has a built-in, easy way to hard reset your device back to factory defaults. As a warning, make sure to backup anything important on your tablet before resetting it. Once reset, your data will be gone. Only use a hard reset as a last resort, however, because not only will your data be removed but personal settings will also be lost....

How to Reset a Chromecast Before you begin, make sure your Chromecast is securely connected to an HDMI port on your television. The device should also be connected to a power source and your Wi-Fi network. If the device still doesn’t work properly, take the following steps to perform a factory reset: How to Reset an Older Chromecast If you have an older Chromecast that uses a computer to configure its settings as opposed to a smartphone or tablet app, open the Chromecast application that was initially installed on the desktop or laptop when you first set up the device....

How To Rotate PDF Single Pages If you’re learning how to rotate pages in PDF documents, the number of different methods can feel intimidating. We’re focusing on the simplest options with free tools so that you can do so with minimal hassle, regardless of the device you’re using. Here’s what to do if you want to change just one PDF document. How To Rotate a Range of Pages in a PDF If you need to rotate a range of pages within one PDF or rotate multiple PDF documents, there are other free solutions....

Scan Documents and Open with Installed Word The character recognition capabilities in Microsoft Word work best with documents that are primarily text. For example, Word would be likely to cleanly open and convert a contract comprised of several pages of printed text whereas Word may struggle to cleanly recognize text in a brochure where text is printed within or around images in anything other than a single column. You’ll need a working scanner connected to a Windows or macOS system, along with a relatively recent version of Word....

How to Set Up Pixel Buds Your Google Pixel Buds set will come with a pair of Pixel Buds, a charging/pairing case, and a charging cable. Before you pair your Buds to a device, make sure they are ready to set up: How to Pair Pixel Buds to an Android Device You can pair your Pixel Buds with an Android using the Pixel Buds app. How to Connect Pixel Buds to an iPhone or iPad You don’t need an app to connect Pixel Buds to your iPhone or iPad:...

How to Set up Two-Factor Authentication on iPhone Turning on two-factor authentication on the iPhone will secure both your Apple ID and the features of your iPhone that use your Apple ID. Here’s how to set it up: How to Add Trusted Devices on iPhone As an additional security layer, you can opt to use two-factor authentication to sign into your Apple ID only on trusted devices. This means that even if a hacker gets your Apple ID username and password and the one-time-use code, they’d also need physical access to one of your devices to get into your account....

Use Shazam to Identify a Song Playing on Your Device If you haven’t installed this free app, first download it for your operating system and launch it. View and Listen to Your Shazams After you finish playing the unknown songs on your phone, view a list of the tracks the app identified by viewing your Shazam history. The Shazam app saves all identified song information to your Shazam Library on Android and My Music > Shazams on iOS....

Your Phone for Windows 10 In 2018, Microsoft released an app called Your Phone that, when paired with the Your Phone Companion app for Android, supports Wi-Fi pairing to let Your Phone interact directly with the mobile operating system. Screen Casting Apple does not prioritize interoperability between iOS and iPadOS with Windows 10. To cast an iPhone or iPad screen to a Windows display, you’ll need special software that translates the AirPlay standard....

How to Show Hidden Files in macOS To show hidden files on a Mac, use the Terminal application. The command lines accomplish two goals. The first part changes the file setting to show hidden files. The second part restarts the Finder so the files show up. If you use OS X 10.8 or earlier, enter this command instead: Most of the time, you want to keep these hidden files and folders out of view, but there are circumstances where you may want to see them....

Why Someone Sends a Fake Friend Request You may receive fake Facebook friend requests for any number of reasons — some harmless, some malicious. Types of people who send fake or malicious friend requests include: Scammers: Scammers create fake Facebook profiles and request to be your friend to gain access to personal information that you restrict to “friends only.” This information may include your contact information for spamming or other personal information that might be useful in setting you up for a phishing attack....

How to Disable Push Notifications in Flipboard If you’re using Flipboard on your mobile device you probably get a ton of notifications from the company about new stories and social interactions. That’s because by default you’re subscribed to all the notification for Flipboard including likes, reflips, and comments. You can change that to receive fewer push notifications (or none) on your mobile device in Flipboard settings. How to Change Flipboard Email Settings If you receive too many emails from Flipboard, you can adjust those settings as well, but you’ll have to do it from the desktop version of Flipboard that you access through a web browser....

Stream and Mirror With Apple AirPlay AirPlay is a technology developed by Apple that allows iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch) to stream media and mirror their displays on an Apple TV. An Apple TV is a small device that connects to a TV set using an HDMI cable. It essentially turns a regular TV into a smart TV, with apps for streaming services, video games, and iTunes music. Here’s how to set it up:...

How to Subscribe to Magazines and Newspapers in the App Store Magazines and newspapers are available in the App Store and function like any other app downloaded to an iPad. This includes the ability to use in-app purchases to subscribe to a magazine or newspaper. Once you download a magazine from the App Store, you can subscribe to it in the magazine’s app. Most magazines and newspapers offer limited free content, so you can check out what you’re getting before you make a purchase....

How to Use Print Screen on a Dell Laptop The Print Screen button is part of most computer keyboards. Most Dell laptops models also have a dedicated Print Screen key placed on the first row of the keyboard alongside the Function keys. Dell usually labels it as Print Screen or PrtScr. It can be abbreviated as PrintScreen, PrntScrn, PrntScr, PrtScn, PrtScr, or PrtSc also. In this article, we will use PrtScr to refer to the key....