How to Enable Lockdown Mode on iPad Lockdown Mode is a feature of iPadOS 16, so your iPad needs to be running that version of the OS or higher to take advantage of it. It’s designed to thwart even the most sophisticated attacks and techniques used by hackers and state-sponsors actors. To enable it, follow these steps: What Is Lockdown Mode on iPad? Now that you know how to use it, it’s important to understand what Lockdown Mode is....
How to Make Shortcuts With the Shortcuts App The Shortcuts app contains a selection of Starter Shortcuts for newcomers, as well as suggestions based on your previous activity on your mobile device. What Are Siri Shortcuts? Siri Shortcuts is a feature introduced in iOS 12 that uses Siri to automate tasks in the Shortcuts app on an iPhone or iPad. A phrase spoken to Siri triggers the actions in the shortcut....
How Do I Enable Spotlight Search on My iPhone? Spotlight search for Photos is typically automatically enabled on your iPhone by default. If it doesn’t appear to be enabled and activated, here’s how to switch it on for your iPhone. How Do I Search for a Specific Photo on My iPhone? If you want to search for a specific photo on your iPhone using Spotlight, it’s fairly simple once you know where to look....
Where Is the iPhone Calculator App? You can find the calculator in three places: Home Screen: First, it will come as a preloaded app on your iPhone, and will be on your home screen. You may need to swipe through a page or two to find it. Control Center: Open the Control Center and there’s a dedicated icon to open the calculator, next to the camera icon. One advantage of this method is you can use the calculator, or give your phone for someone else to use it, without unlocking your iPhone....
How to Use VLC Remote Playback to Watch Videos on Apple TV Apple TV is an excellent streaming entertainment solution, but it is limited in the number of media formats it can play. However, there are applications available that can play these other formats, including Plex, Infuse, and VLC media player, which is explained here. You may just want to play files in different file formats that you have stored on your computer....
Instagram will begin incorporating features specific to NFT adopters any day now, as revealed in an official interview with CEO Mark Zuckerberg. What does this mean exactly? Certain US-based Instagram users will receive the ability to display NFTs on their feed, and in their stories and messages. These details are available to other users by looking at profiles and posts, as NFTs are displayed similarly to products and other tagged profiles....
Owners are reporting unusual battery drain recently after updating to iOS 14 and watchOS 7. The official workaround at the moment for this problem involves erasing your iPhone and Apple Watch, but some experts say you can also take other steps to reduce your battery consumption. “The first battery drain cause we identified was the addition of widgets to the iOS 14 Home screen,” Colin Boyd, Outreach Coordinator for mobile phone comparison site UpPhone, said in an email interview....
Recently discovered by reddit user hzfan, the new Spatialize Stereo option toggle in iOS 15, iPadOS 15, and macOS Monterey will create virtual spatial audio for stereo audio mixes. This means that sounds will appear to originate from various locations and distances around the listener. This is similar to Apple Music’s Spatial Audio feature, which simulates a 3D soundscape for audio recorded with Dolby Atmos. What sets Spatialize Stereo apart is that it can create this simulated 3D audio specifically for non-Dolby music and video....
Only the “Wi-Fi + Cellular” models of the iPad Air 2 and Mini 3 have built-in GPS chips; noncellular models do not. While the latter can download maps and other business and location data through a Wi-Fi network, the lack of GPS precludes doing so while the user is traveling in and out of Wi-Fi signal range. GPS isn’t the only way iPads and other tablet devices can use location-aware technology, though....
This article compares the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro, pointing out key differences and shared features in the most important categories, to help you pick the best phone. Overall Findings The key areas of difference between the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro are in the camera (the iPhone 13 Pro packs in more powerful, professional-style features), screen (the Pro has a higher refresh rate), and price (the Pro is more expensive), as well as some minor details, like weight, color options, and storage....
Passwords can be one of the weakest links in online security, and Microsoft now has ditched them altogether. Next time you log in to your Microsoft account, you can choose an alternate login method instead. We’ve used passwords for so long that it seems impossible to move. After all, how do you log in if you can’t type a passcode? And are biometric methods like fingerprint readers just fancy ways of authenticating yourself, so the computer can then supply a password?...
Is the Fitbit Versa Waterproof or Water-Resistant? The Fitbit Versa, Versa 2, and Versa Lite all feature water resistance up to a depth of 50 meters. In other words, you can swim really deep (deeper than you’ll likely want to go without special gear) without water getting into the watch. Technically, however, water resistance isn’t the same thing as waterproof. A waterproof gadget would be truly impervious to water. You’d be able to take it into any situation with water without destroying it....
How to Fix it When You Can’t Access Twitter When you can’t tweet, determine where the problem is occurring. Follow these troubleshooting tips: An “All System Operational” message may indicate the problem lies elsewhere, or Twitter hasn’t yet recognized there’s a problem. Access Twitter from a browser: Go to https://www.twitter.com. On Windows and macOS devices, this displays the full Twitter website. On Android and iOS devices, you’re redirected to a mobile version of the site....
Petty is the founder and CEO of ColorStack, a nonprofit that runs community building, academic support, and career development programs for Black and Latinx college computer science students across the country. ColorStack was born from Petty’s desire to make sure more minority computer science students gain the support and tools they need to succeed in the field. “I was a computer science student, and I was doing well for myself, but I realized that I was sort of an anomaly in the ecosystem,” Petty told Lifewire in a phone interview....
How to Use the Keyboard Shortcut List When the instructions show the keystroke combination Ctrl+C, for example, it means to hold down the Ctrl key and then press the letter C, holding both at the same time. The plus sign (+) indicates that you need both of these two keys. You do not press the + key on the keyboard. General Keyboard Shortcuts Certain key combinations are specific to PowerPoint, such as the F5 key to play a slide show....
These days, almost everything we write is done via keyboards, either the one on our laptop or the virtual keyboard on our phone screen. Everything from lecture notes to shopping lists is typed. We’re so accustomed to typing that writing on paper can even become painful after a few hundred words. But handwriting confers benefits, both physical and psychological. And if you’re taking lecture or meeting notes, you’d do well to switch to a pencil....
Design and Durability: A bit messy Charging cables and wall chargers generally look a certain way without many points of design interest. But solid construction can go a long way toward endearing a customer. The KOZOPO wall charger and cords are lightweight, and the power block is FCC certified against power surges and other safety issues. But those are the only highlights of the build and design execution. The 6-feet long cables are too flexible and don’t feel as sturdy as the original Apple iPhone Lightning cable, and the USB connecter heads also do not fit flush in the USB ports....
How to Link Layers in GIMP You link two or more layers together so you can apply transformations equally to each layer without having to merge them first. This gives you the flexibility to make later transformations independently. While Link Layers allows you to move, resize, rotate and flip layers in unison, it only applies to these types of transformations. You can’t apply a filter to several linked layers simultaneously. You either need to apply the filter to each layer independently or merge the layers first....
According to tech news site Android Police, the Chromebook Duet 5 is an upgraded version of the original convertible tablet, the Chromebook Duet, launched last year. The most noticeable difference is the 13-inch OLED screen, which is higher quality than the older model’s 10-inch FHD display. Because of the OLED screen, the Duet 5 can display 4K resolution. Powering the new Duet 5 is Qualcomm’s second-generation Snapdragon 7c processor, which brings faster performance and long battery life....
Linus Torvalds announced on Sunday that the latest version of Linux, Kernel 5.13, is launching with native support for Apple M1. 9To5Google notes that Linux has been testing a release candidate version for the past month, but now the official release finally has arrived, bringing early levels of support. At the moment, it doesn’t appear that Linux Kernel 5.13 supports accelerated graphics, so there are still some advancements to be made in future updates....
