How to Update AirPods Firmware from an iPhone To check what firmware version your AirPods are running, and to update AirPods firmware, follow these steps: How to Update AirPods Manually You can also try to force an update. If an AirPods firmware update is available, it will be installed after you follow the instructions below. Do AirPods Need to Be Updated? Yes, AirPods do need updates. However, unlike the iOS and iPhone, it’s not as easy to update them, and Apple doesn’t release new AirPods firmware versions nearly as often....

How Office Updates Itself In the early days of home computing, Microsoft Office didn’t update between new versions. Instead, every time the company pushed a new release, people purchased disks or CDs or DVDs with the latest version and installed it. In the mid-2000s, Microsoft started pushing online patches to Office 2003, a practice it maintained through Office 2010. Those patches used Office Online, so you had to open an Office product and check for updates or install an Office updater utility....

Pair Your Apple Watch With Your iPhone One of the first things you’ll need to do with your new Apple Watch is pair it with your iPhone. Apple Watches use Bluetooth to connect to iPhones, so make sure to turn on your iPhone’s Bluetooth function. After you’ve paired the devices, use the Apple Watch app on your iPhone to communicate with your Apple Watch, customizing notifications, adding preset messages, and more....

How to Speak to Siri With Your Apple Watch Before proceeding, make sure Siri is set up on your Apple Watch. Siri waits for you to say a command before responding, allowing you to complete tasks virtually hands-free. There are three ways to trigger a Siri command, depending on your preferences: Press and hold the Digital Crown on the side of the Apple Watch.Tap the screen and say Hey Siri.Raise your wrist and say Hey Siri....

You can add an additional screen to boost monitor real estate. Here are guidelines for setting up dual monitors and working with Microsoft Office programs on multiple screens. How to Connect Two Monitors to a Windows 10 Computer This process involves getting a PC to recognize more than one monitor. How to Connect Two Monitors to a Windows 7 Computer The process is a little different if the PC has Windows 7 installed....

What Is the Illustrator Image Trace Tool? When converting an image into vectors, the areas of contiguous colors are converted into solid shapes. As you add more shapes and vector points, the file size becomes larger and it requires greater CPU resources to map those shapes, points, and colors to the screen. This process works best in images with a subject that stands out clearly against its background, such as the below image of a cow standing against the sky....

Who Can Join Microsoft Teams? When you set up Microsoft Teams for an organization, the number of users who can access its full features depends on how many licenses were purchased. You can invite additional Microsoft 365 users who don’t have access to Microsoft Teams as guests without purchasing additional licenses, but they will have limited access. A single team can have up to 2,500 members including licensed users and guests....

Wireless Carrier Some mobile carriers allow you to use your number with multiple devices. With these services, you can forward incoming calls automatically to all your devices, including your phone, smartwatch, or tablet. AT&T NumberSync lets you use a compatible device to answer your calls even if your phone is off or not with you. Two similar devices include DIGITS from T-Mobile and Verizon One Talk. The same feature may be enabled on iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad....

Access the PowerPoint Slide Master The PowerPoint Slide Master is like a style sheet for your presentations. Changes made to the Slide Master apply to the slides that are created after you format the Slide Master. To access the Slide Master in a PowerPoint presentation, select View > Slide Master. Change the Layout in the Slide Master The Slide Master view contains all the slide layouts used in PowerPoint. The Slides pane displays thumbnail images of the slide master (the top thumbnail image) and the related slide layouts (the smaller thumbnail images located below the slide master)....

Finding the Apple TV App Store Getting to where all the content lives takes a single tap on your Apple TV’s Home screen. Using your Siri Remote or the Remote app on your iOS device, select the App Store icon—the blue rectangle with the big A on it. How to Download Apple TV Apps Once you’ve found the app you’re looking for, it’s time to download it to your Apple TV....

DC Universe Streaming Service Content Media on DC Universe consists of classic DC Comics TV shows from several eras. Every episode of the 1970s Wonder Woman TV series is available to watch on DC Universe, for example, as is the popular Batman: The Animated Series cartoon from the 1990s. As far as movies go, the original Superman and Batman movies are included in the DC Universe’s library, along with a variety of modern animated Justice League films....

The ping command operates by sending Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo Request messages to the destination computer and waiting for a response. The two major pieces of information that the ping command provides are how many of those responses are returned and how long it takes for them to return. For example, you might find no responses when pinging a network printer, only to find out that the printer is offline and its cable needs replaced....

How to Round Numbers in Excel Use the ROUND function to round numbers up or down. Rounding numbers is not the same as changing the number format or changing the number of decimal places displayed in a worksheet. These only change how the number appears in the worksheet. When you round a number, you change how the number appears and how Excel stores the number. Excel stores the number as the new rounded number, the original value is removed....

Configure Complete Message Source Availability in Outlook Outlook takes messages it receives from the internet and stores the headers and individual message parts independently from the message body. When you select a message, Outlook collects the pieces to show just what is needed. Except when you want Outlook to display the headers. By default, Outlook removes certain header lines. Here’s how to configure Outlook to preserve the complete source of email messages....

Game developer SNEG is bringing multiple old-school D&D PC games to Steam, according to a press release sent out by the game dev. These games, dubbed the Gold Box Series, began their original release in 1988. There will be multiple Gold Box Classics to choose from, each featuring various games tied to different D&D campaigns. There are three Forgotten Realms collections, for instance, one Pool of Radiance collection, a single Savage Frontier collection, and many standalone titles....

Inkjet printers, while cheaper and capable of cranking out some high-quality image and photo prints, are also prone to having prints end up with smudged ink. Furthermore, the ink cartridges they use don’t last very long and are expensive to replace. By comparison, laser printers tend to require more storage space and can cost more, but their toner inks tend to last longer, print more, and dry quickly, which prevents smudging....

The Arc line was announced earlier this week, with details about the GPUs shared in a video presentation at the Architecture Day 2021 event held Friday. According to ArsTechnica, the Arc series is set to compete against Nvidia’s GeForce and AMD’s Radeon graphics cards. The upcoming GPUs are based on Xe-HPG architecture that will feature “hardware-based ray tracing” and support DirectX12 Ultimate. The architecture and features allow the hardware to access more of its own resources to portray higher-quality graphics....

The Intelli PowerHub is a charging station that’s designed to take on multiple tasks at once. It’s built around a wireless charging pad that holds your phone at a convenient angle, but it also includes three USB ports and two AC power outlets for even more flexibility. The idea is that even if your device doesn’t use a standard USB charger or support Qi wireless charging, you can always plug in a proprietary charger using the AC outlets....

Receivers A receiver is a combination of three components: an amplifier, a control center, and an AM/FM tuner. A receiver is the center of the system, where all audio and video components and speakers will be connected and controlled. A receiver amplifies the sound, receives AM/FM stations, selects a source for listening and/or viewing (CD, DVD, Tape, etc.) and adjusts tone quality and other listening preferences. There are many receivers to choose from, including stereo and multichannel home theater receivers....

Focus Mode is probably the most powerful new feature in iOS 15 and macOS Monterey, but it hasn’t caught on thanks to being both hard to explain and confusing to set up. At its simplest, Focus Mode is a way to create custom Do Not Disturb modes, but—as we shall see today—it goes way beyond that. And like Do Not Disturb, it changes the way you use your iPhone, iPad, or Mac....