How to Sync iPad Movies Along with being a music player, ebook reader, and gaming device, the iPad’s big screen makes it handy for watching movies and videos. If you have movies in iTunes on a computer, it’s best to keep them in sync. Here’s how. How to Sync TV Shows to iPad You can make similar changes to the TV Shows section of iTunes to sync shows. The process is almost identical to syncing movies, but you use a different section of iTunes....

Taking a Screenshot on Surface Pro Without a Keyboard If you’re using your Surface Pro as a tablet without a Type Cover or Bluetooth keyboard attached, there are three primary methods for capturing screenshots you can use. The first involves using the physical buttons on the top of the Surface Pro, the second uses the Snip & Sketch app, while the third is activated entirely by the Surface Pen accessory....

Once captured, users can upload images and video to OneDrive, share them directly to Twitter, or back them up to a computer. Screenshots and videos can also be downloaded through the Xbox app, which makes it easy to archive your favorite moments and share them on other social media platforms. How to Take a Screenshot on Xbox One Follow these steps to take a screenshot on Xbox One: How to Share a Screenshot on Xbox One Follow these steps to share screenshots and videos that you have captured with Xbox One: You will see a message informing you that your screenshot has been saved....

How Do You Take a Time-Lapse Video on an iPhone? The camera app does all the work, but you have to set it up correctly. Here’s how to take a time-lapse video with an iPhone: How Do Time-Lapse Videos on iOS Work? The default iPhone camera app includes a time-lapse mode that you switch to the same way you switch between video and still photo mode. When you select time-lapse, the camera app automatically records video at a frame rate of 1-2 frames per second instead of the default 30 frames per second....

How to Turn Sensors Off on Android The quickest way to turn off all sensors at once is with Sensors Off, which is a toggle you can enable through developer options. What Does ‘Sensors Off’ Do? Just as it sounds, toggling Sensors Off to the on position will activate this function, which turns off all sensors. This means the microphone, camera, accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity sensor, magnetometer, and more can’t be accessed by the phone or your apps....

Microsoft makes it fairly painless to turn off auto-renewal on Xbox One subscription services, but you have to know where to look. How to Turn off Xbox One Auto-Renewal If you want to turn off auto-renewal for your Xbox Live Gold subscription, or other Xbox One subscriptions like Game Pass, you need to use a web browser on a computer. You can use any modern browser, like Chrome, Firefox, or Edge, and it doesn’t matter whether you use a Windows, macOS, or Linux computer....

How to Turn Off Do Not Disturb on Android You can use the Notification Center or the Settings app to turn off Do Not Disturb. How to Turn Off Do Not Disturb in the Notification Center This method will turn off Do Not Disturb in the Android Notification Center. It’s quick, easy, and the best option in most situations. Swipe down from the Android Home Screen to reveal the Notification Center....

What Is an Umlaut? The umlaut diacritic mark, also called a diaeresis or trema, is formed by two small dots over a letter, in most cases, a vowel. In the case of the lowercase i, those two dots replace the single dot. The umlaut diacritic marks appear on uppercase and lowercase vowels: The umlaut diacritic carries over into English when used in foreign branding, for example, in advertising or for other special effects....

How to Turn On AirDrop You can start the AirDrop feature in one of two ways: either in the Settings app or in the Control Center. The service works over Bluetooth, so senders and receivers must be near one another—within 30 feet and preferably closer. Use AirDrop from the Control Center Receiving Off disables your phone from receiving AirDrop requests, so nearby devices cannot see your phone when they attempt to share files....

How Does iCloud Work on Windows? All you need to access iCloud on a Windows device is an Apple ID and password, which you should already have if you’ve ever owned an Apple product or used iTunes. There is an iCloud for Windows program available exclusively for Windows 10, but those using Windows 7 or Windows 8 can still access iCloud via the web. How to Use iCloud on PC With a Web Browser To access iCloud on any PC, log in to the iCloud website with your Apple ID and password in any web browser....

Albums and Your Phone’s Storage Organizing photos into albums is a great way to keep similar photos and videos together. Some users are cautious about adding too many albums because they fear that it takes up too much space. This is not an issue on iOS devices. When you create a new folder on your computer, you use disk space. However, albums in the iPhone Photos app do not work this way....

How to Configure Multiple Gmail Accounts on an Android Gmail is Google’s free email service that does much more than send and receive email. If you have more than one Gmail account, you can configure an Android smartphone to use all of them. Adding one or more additional Gmail accounts to your Android phone is a straightforward process. After you add the second account, both of the Gmail accounts are linked to your Android phone, and you can send and receive emails from either of the accounts as needed....

Luckily, iTunes contains several options to make managing multiple iPods, iPads, and iPhones on one computer easier. How to Create Individual User Accounts Creating a different user account for each person using the computer essentially creates an independent space that each person can use. If you do that, each person has their own username and password to log on to the computer, and can then install whatever programs they like, download whatever music they want, and can choose their own syncing preferences — all without impacting anyone else’s files....

How to Set Up Screen Mirroring on Your Windows 10 PC Using Miracast, you can connect your Windows 10 PC to another computer, wireless devices, and compatible smartphones. By following these simple steps, you can get screen mirroring going in no time. How to Check That Miracast Is Enabled on Your Windows 10 PC While Miracast is a standard feature on most Windows 10 PCs, it never hurts to make sure the software is ready to go....

How to Write a Function in Google Sheets A function in Google Sheets (or other spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel) has three parts, in this order: How to Write a CONCATENATE Function CONCATENATE follows the format above, but it has some specific features. The general layout is: =CONCATENATE(string 1, [string2, … ]) The strings refer to specific data in the spreadsheet. These strings can be individual cells or ranges of cells, like entire rows or columns....

How to Sign Up for the Criterion Channel The only way to stream the Criterion Collection is through the Criterion Channel. The only way to access the Criterion Channel is to sign up for a membership. The service includes a short free trial, after which you can choose to pay monthly or yearly for continued access. Here’s how the sign-up process works for the Criterion Channel: What Is the Criterion Collection?...

Revealing the Dock While in Apps The Dock is always present on the home screen of your iPad, but you don’t have to leave the app you’re using to open it. You can access the Dock at any time. Here’s how: Swipe up from the bottom of the screen (in earlier versions of the iOS, this gesture revealed Control Center). If you’re using an external keyboard with your iPad, you can bring up the dock by clicking Command (or ⌘) + Option + D at the same time....

What Is Titanium Backup Pro? Titanium Backup Pro is an extremely advanced backup utility that doesn’t just back up your photos and settings, but everything stored on your phone, right down to the smallest setting and call log. On the pro level, it can create what amounts to a near perfect duplicate of your phone that you can store on your device and use to replace it if something goes wrong....

Walkie-Talkie works over an internet connection. If you don’t have the cellular connection Apple Watch, you need to be on Wi-Fi and have your iPhone nearby —the same as data worked before. Get Started With Walkie-Talkie App The Walkie-Talkie app comes with watchOS 5.3 and later. You don’t need anything other than an iPhone to get started. Both parties using Walkie-Talkie need to set up FaceTime on their iPhones (on iOS 12....

Router manufacturers assign routers a default private IP address. The address 192.168.0.100 is not a common router address. Still, a few broadband router models and access points use it (as well as other devices), including some Netgear models and some printers by SerComm and USRobotics, among others. How Private IP Addresses Work Private network IP addresses cannot be accessed from the internet directly but can allow any device on a local network to connect to another device on that network....