How to Enable Siri on Mac When you first purchase a new Mac, you’ll be asked to enable Siri during set-up. However, if you skip that step, you’ll need to enable Siri before you can use it. How to Open and Use Ask Siri on Mac Now that Siri is enabled on your Mac, you should be able to see the Siri icon on the top right-hand side of your screen....
How to Install the Spotify Siri Shortcut Before you can use Siri with Spotify, you must install and create a Siri Shortcut specifically for Spotify. Currently, Siri is unable to interact with Spotify beyond opening the app by request. By using the Siri Shortcuts app, you can easily create a Spotify shortcut. How to Use Spotify Siri Commands Once you’re finished installing the Spotify Siri shortcut, you’re ready to use a few basic Siri commands to control your Spotify app....
Applying Strikethrough in Slack with the Toolbar The most straightforward way to apply strikethrough styling is using the toolbar. In the message area, highlight the text you want to strike through. Then select the Strikethrough icon (S with line through it), which sits between the Italics and Code icons. If you don’t have any text selected, selecting the Strikethrough icon will still activate Strikethrough mode. This means any further text you type will have strikethrough formatting applied....
Here’s how to use SUMIF in Google Sheets to quickly filter spreadsheet entries while keeping your information organized. What Is the SUMIF Function in Google Sheets? You’ll use the SUMIF function if you have a spreadsheet with numerical values but only want to add together some of them. For example, if you have a list of items you’ve purchased and see how much you’ve spent on each kind of item, SUMIF can do that for you automatically....
Get Turn-by-Turn Directions With Apple Maps The Maps app is used mostly for turn-by-turn directions. Because the Maps app takes into account traffic conditions, tolls, and other data, and because it speaks to you while you drive and tells you which turns and exits to take, it’s a great co-pilot. Here’s how to use it: Tips When Using Turn-by-Turn Directions The basics of using Apple Maps for directions are straightforward, but there’s more going on in the app....
Why Use the Apple News App? The modern informed citizen of the world must get their news from a variety of sources. Any curious reader will quickly be overwhelmed by the number of sites they’d like to visit regularly. It’s this inconvenience that popularized RSS feeds. However, reading RSS can be like trying to sip from a firehose. This is what Apple News aims to fix. Using a mix of human editors and article metrics, stories are sorted based on personal interest and subscribed feeds....
How to Set up the PS5 Camera for Streaming Setting up the PS5 camera is a fairly straightforward process but there are a couple of pitfalls you want to avoid. Here’s what you need to know to physically install your PlayStation 5 camera. How to Configure the PlayStation 5 Camera Once you’ve plugged your PS5 camera in, you need to briefly configure it on the PlayStation 5 console. Here’s what to do....
Use the Yellow Pages People Search Tool YP.com, also called The Real Yellow Pages, is the “traditional” phone directory Yellow Pages placed on the web for easy access. It has a free people search tool where you can run a search by name or do a reverse Yellow Pages search by address or phone number. The website also includes residential and business listings, maps and directions, local attraction information, questions and answers, and coupons....
The 27-inch iMacs introduced in late 2009 included the first version of Target Display Mode, a feature that allowed iMacs to be used as displays for other Apple devices. However, by the time Apple released the 2014-2015 Retina Display iMacs, they no longer supported the feature. What You Need to Use Your iMac as a Monitor Display mode-compatible 27-inch iMacs have either a bi-directional Mini DisplayPort or a Thunderbolt port (depending on the model)....
How to Enable Breakout Rooms in Zoom Before you can use your breakout rooms, you need to enable the feature, which is turned off by default. It can only be turned on via the web version of Zoom. How to Create Breakout Rooms in Zoom Only the host may create and assign members to breakout rooms, and you can create rooms any time you like, such as when the meeting first starts, or at any time during a meeting....
How to View Your List of Blocked Profiles on Facebook If you’ve already blocked people before and want to see who’s on your blacklist, the following steps will help. How to See Your Blocked List in a Browser How to View Your Blocked List in the App How Long Until You Can Block a Recently Unblocked Account? So you’ve tried to give someone a second chance and their actions online have reminded you why you blocked them in the first place....
How to Add Netflix to Nintendo Wii What to Do If You Can’t Find Netflix In some cases, you won’t find Netflix in the Wii Channels menu. It should still be possible to get Netflix on your Wii, but you’ll have to look for the channel in a different location. If you don’t see Netflix in the Wii Channels menu, follow these steps: Use a Wii to Watch High Definition Content Unlike most modern gaming systems, the Wii doesn’t have an HDMI port, meaning it doesn’t play 1080p content....
How to Watch the Stanley Cup Livestream NHL playoff games will air on at least four channels, including three cable ones and one major network. You can’t catch all the action if you rely on an antenna to watch TV. Even if you do have cable, check to make sure that your package includes the necessary channels. If you’re a cord-cutter, the best way to catch the entire Stanley Cup playoffs is through a live streaming TV service....
Here’s everything you need to know about using TikTok without the app or an account. How to Watch Without an App or Account To browse TikTok and watch videos without an account or app, the easiest method is to simply visit the TikTok website. Here’s how to use the TikTok website to search for videos and watch them. How to Watch TikTok Live Anonymously All TikTok Live videos can be watched without an account on the TikTok website via the Live tab on the left menu....
The massive shift to working from home over the past year probably will continue, says a new deep-dive report from Microsoft. This shift could change the shape of cities, remodel our lives, and change the relationships we have with our coworkers. Will we move out of the big city? Can remote work—and specifically hybrid work—be sustainable? “I think we will see more ‘flexible’ work become the norm,” Sukhi Jutla, the co-founder and chief operating officer of MarketOrders, told Lifewire via email....
According to the official product page, the Vive Flow has a sunglasses-like design with foldable temples that can comfortably fit in a bag to be taken anywhere at any time. It has a lightweight and comfortable form factor, with the device weighing less than half a pound. The headset has two displays in each eye that have a combined resolution of 3.2K, a 100-degree field of view with a 75Hz refresh rate, and two stereo speakers for spatial audio support....
In the latest versions of macOS and iOS, Apple has enabled encryption for almost everything in iCloud. Previously, while highly sensitive data like your password keychain and your health data was end-to-end encrypted, other things like your Photos and iCloud backups could be accessed by Apple. That gap has now been closed, but you might not want to jump in quite yet. “Similar to Lockdown Mode, the new Advanced Data Protection comes with trade-offs....
Until now, only holders of business and creator accounts have been able to tag products. If these users operate an Instagram shop, the tagged products are automatically added to that shop. It’s already a good way for sellers and marketers to track the efficacy of their Instagram marketing activity, but also a good way for you to quickly find that cool thing you saw in that photo. And it’s about to explode....
Minimum Speed Recommendations for Streaming Movies To have smooth standard definition video, a connection that is more than 2 Mb/s is recommended. For HD, 3D, or 4K, that speed is much higher. It’s also different depending on the service that streams the videos. Netflix These are the recommended internet connection speeds to stream movies and TV shows on Netflix: 0.5 Mb/s to view standard definition movies on a laptop computer. While you can stream Netflix at speeds of 0....
Even if you don’t work with masses of layers in your GIMP files, you can still benefit from understanding how Layer Groups work, as they’ll help you better manage files, especially when it comes to sharing them with others. Why Use Layer Groups? It helps to think of layers as individual sheets of transparent acetate, each with a different image on them. If you were to stack these sheets on top of each other, the clear transparent areas would allow layers lower down the stack to give the impression of a single composite image....
