Setting Up Family Sharing With Apple Family Sharing, you can allow up to six family members to share App Store purchases and Apple subscriptions. To get started, one adult in the Family must be an organizer and have an Apple ID. Once you create a family on an Apple device, you can ask other members to join your group. You can set up a new group as the organizer on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac....
Bing Smart Lookup for Office 2016 Smart Lookup utilizes Microsoft’s Bing to find relevant data about information within your documents. So users will have to agree to this before you can start using it. The feature is built-in and to use it, highlight some text, right-click it then select Smart Lookup. This will open the Insights task pane that will display information found through sources such as Wikipedia, Bing images, and more....
The Dynamic Lock feature was actually included a few years ago with the Windows 10 Creators Update. It’s a way to automatically lock your system when you (technically your phone) is out of range. It works with any phone that includes Bluetooth. It locks the PC after 30 seconds when you walk away with your phone. Set Up Dynamic Lock on Windows 10 The first thing you need to do is pair your phone to Windows 10....
Open a received or sent email in it’s own window. Most often this is done by double-clicking the email from the Inbox. Click the File menu and select Info » Properties. At the bottom of the Properties window you’ll see the full internet headers. You may need to take advantage of the built-in scroll bar to see the entire header. If you need to access the headers on a regular basis, add a shortcut to the Ribbon or Quick Access Toolbar via the Outlook Options menu....
Watch Disney Plus While Traveling Abroad The best method in making sure you can watch your favorite Disney Plus content is to download the content for offline viewing before you leave. To get started launch the Disney Plus app on your phone or tablet and head to the movie or show you want to download. Then tap the download button next to the Play button. If you’re downloading a TV show (The Mandalorian, for example) you can download individual episodes or a full season at a time....
Enable Windows 10 Exploit Protection So, until we have the complete security system implemented, starting with Insider Build 16232, you’ll be able to turn on Exploit Protection inside Windows Defender Security Center by selecting App & browser control. Scroll down to the next page and click Exploit protection settings. On the following page, you’ll have access to two categories. One is for System settings and one for Program settings. Under System settings, you’ll find different security settings that you can turn on or off....
Still, there are some compelling reasons to buy the same electronic gizmos in-store that you can get online. Say, for instance, holy crap, you just remembered it’s your wife’s birthday tomorrow, and Prime 2-day shipping isn’t going to cut it. As someone who has faced this situation multiple times and is still married to this day, I can attest that buying expensive electronics in a brick-and-mortar store is a viable option....
We’ve played around with and talked about the preview platform of Internet Explorer 9, but now it is time to take it a step further. Last Wednesday (9/15) Microsoft Released Internet Explorer version 9.0.7930.16406 beta. Now you can officially take it for a real test-drive and be one step closer to flushing IE8 down the toilet! Internet Explorer 9 Highlights Since it’s still a very early beta version, we aren’t going to go through and nitpick IE9, but let’s take a look at some of the things that stand-out....
Make iOS 7 Easier to Read On your iPad or iPhone, go to Settings > General > Accessibility. Scroll down to the second section under Vision and there you’ll see settings for Larger Type and Bold Text. In Accessibility you can increase the dynamic type (text size) and provides a sample of the text as you adjust the slider. If you turn on Bold text throughout the OS, a restart of your device is required....
For me, clearing your browser cache from time to time is just good hygiene especially when you consider how easy it is to track people who visit your website. Recently when I cleared the cache on my iPhone, I realized I’ve never explained the process here on my blog. Being that I’ve described the process recently for Chrome for iOS, I figured now was a good time to walk you all through the steps on the iPhone and iPad (they are identical btw…)....
LastPass Hacked In a blog post, LastPass gave some limited details about what happened: The company also said, “We are requiring that all users who are logging in from a new device or IP address first verify their account by email, unless you have multifactor authentication enabled. As an added precaution, we will also be prompting users to update their master password.” We are confident that our encryption measures are sufficient to protect the vast majority of users....
Reset Advertising ID on Android The steps for resetting your ad ID and turning off ad personalization are essentially the same for all versions of Android, though things may vary slightly. Head to Settings > Google > Ads > Reset advertising ID and click OK when the confirmation screen appears. It would be best if you also wanted to make sure to opt-out of ads personalization. Or, on other versions of Android, it might say “Opt-out of interest-based ads,” and you may find a toggle switch or checkbox to enable it....
For example, here, I copied some text from groovyPost and hit Ctrl + V to paste it in, and it brings the site formatting over – bolding, font style, font size. It’s set to bring over links automatically too. Make Word Keep Plain Text Only In Word 2010 or 2013, go to File > Options > Advanced or in Office 2007 click the Office button > Word Options > Advanced....
Enable Screen Time To enable it on your iPhone or iPad head to Settings > Screen Time > Turn on Screen Time. You will see an introductory screen that briefly describes what you can do with it such as weekly activity reports, limit apps, set content restrictions, and more. Tap the Continue button and on the next screen tap whether it’s your device or for your child. You can immediately configure Downtime and App Limits or skip for now and configure things later....
Microsoft Office Insider Program The Windows Insider program works so well that the company is offering something similar to Microsoft Office called the Office Insider program. Early this year, Microsoft launched a public preview program for the latest version of its productivity suite Office 365/Office 2016. It allowed users the opportunity to test run some of the new features included in the suite, such as Tell Me, Realtime Collaboration, Colorful Theme, Outlook Attachments and Groups, Skype for Business, and enhanced BI Tools....
On Monday, Microsoft announced it launched a handy interactive website that will help you choose your next PC based on your specific needs. The site is aptly named Windows Help Me Choose. Here’s a look. Windows Help Me Choose The site walks you through a series of questions asking what your computing needs are and the features you want. After answering a series of questions, you get a list of suggested systems based on your answers....
Microsoft also brought new privacy settings to the Creators Update (version 1703), released last Spring. The company revealed it is taking more steps to enhance privacy even more in Fall Creators Update, which is set to be released on October 17, 2017. The announcement of new privacy enhancements was made this week. “Continuing with our commitment to privacy and data control, today we’re announcing privacy enhancements coming to the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update for consumers and commercial customers that further increase your access to information and provides you more control over what information is collected....
Microsoft Provides Same Day Upgrade Service for Windows 10 For users experiencing difficulty upgrading to Windows 10, Microsoft is providing its Answers Desk experts to help you through the process. All you need to do is head on over to the Windows 10 Upgrade Challenge page and register your device at a participating retail store before 12 noon. There is a lot of fine print with this offer, so be sure to review the details before ya get too excited…...
However, it’s no longer available via the Media Creation Tool (MCT) which Microsoft encouraged users to use if you didn’t want to wait for it to appear via Windows Update. We covered how to use the MCT to update manually. But the last statement we’ve seen from Microsoft is that the November Update has not been pulled from Windows Update, only from the MCT. Continue reading to see how things played out....
Windows 10 Cumulative Update KB4343909 Provides protections against a new speculative execution side-channel vulnerability known as L1 Terminal Fault (L1TF) that affects Intel® Core® processors and Intel® Xeon® processors (CVE-2018-3620 and CVE-2018-3646). Make sure previous OS protections against Spectre Variant 2 and Meltdown vulnerabilities are enabled using the registry settings outlined in the Windows Client and Windows Server guidance KB articles. (These registry settings are enabled by default for Windows Client OS editions, but disabled by default for Windows Server OS editions....
