Pantone Fan Guides Somewhat similar to the paint strips at a home-improvement store, the fan guides show blocks of several related colors with the color name or formula printed beside each color. The strips are fastened together at one end to support fanning the strips. Printed on coated-, uncoated-, or matte-finish stock, guides can be purchased separately or in sets. Binders and Chips These swatch books come in three-ring binders with pages of color blocks....

Luckily for us, Apple includes support for WINS in OS X and macOS, so we only need to confirm a few settings, or possibly make a change, to get the two systems to recognize each other on the network. File Sharing: Configure the Mac’s Workgroup Name This guide will show you how to set up the workgroup names on both your Mac and PC. Although the steps outlined are specific to OS X Mountain Lion and Windows 8, the process is similar for most versions of the Mac operating system, with just a slightly different item name showing up here and there....

However, you can still work around this limitation by duplicating an old document and using the duplicate to create the new document. If you own a Mac desktop or laptop and have Pages on it, you can also create templates there and import them into Pages on your iPad. Duplicating a Document in Pages on the iPad To duplicate a Pages document on the iPad, follow these easy steps: A duplicate of your document will appear on the document manager screen....

However, people change email addresses. There’s a way to delete old or unwanted addresses from the Auto-Complete list in Mail. The Mail application remembers all new addresses automatically, and soon the auto-complete feature is useful again. Delete a Recurring Email Address Using the Auto-Complete List When you want to remove auto-complete addresses, you can do it by working directly in the Previous Recipients list. To remove an email address from the auto-complete list in Mac OS X Mail or macOS Mail: If you want to remove all the listings for a person with more than one email address, click in the search results field, use the keyboard shortcut Command+A to select all the results, and then click Remove From List....

According to Apple rumormonger extraordinaire Mark Gurman, Apple may still be working on a multi-device charging mat similar to its never-released AirPower product. And in the meantime, long-time Apple collaborator and accessory make Belkin is already onto version two of its MagSafe 3-in-1 charging pad. But other than making a great gift, what’s the point? “A universal charger design, whether USB-C or another standard, would absolutely be more useful, but also present fewer opportunities for Apple to sell new products,” Devon Fata, CEO of design company Pixoul, told Lifewire via email....

Google was expected to announce or release a Pixel Fold phone in 2021. The phone was never officially announced, but leaked documents, supply chain rumors, and Google’s debut of Android 12L (a version of Android for folding phones and tablets) suggested the Pixel Fold was underway. But according to a new report from Display Supply Chain Consultants (DSCC), that is no longer the case. “DSCC has confirmed with its supply chain sources that Google has decided not to bring the Pixel Fold to market,” Ross Young, CEO of DSCC, said in the report on the company’s website....

The Stream Deck + features an array of mappable buttons, similar to the previous generation Stream Deck, but adds four knobs to make minor adjustments. There’s also an LED touch strip for navigating to different pages of apps and activating certain functions—think of this as a larger and more useful version of Apple’s much-maligned Touch Bar. The four knobs specialize in volume adjustments, EQ adjustments, camera zoom, and more. All of these adjustments are made on the fly as you stream, which is what makes these devices so popular....

When big companies buy small companies, they might shut them down and strip the assets (the Gordon Gecko approach). They might keep the company running with promises not to change anything and then change everything (the Facebook-Instagram method), or they might just let everything tick along as it is, at the risk of forgetting they even own it (the Skype maneuver). But in the case of Bandcamp, the first question is, why did a video games behemoth buy an indie music platform at all?...

How the 0x8007045d Error Code Appears Error code 0x8007045d can appear in a pop-up error message and parts of Windows 10 when files are accessed or an update is in progress. Below are two examples of how the 0x8007045d error can appear: The request could not be performed because of an I/O device error (0x8007045D) Please rerun backup once the issue is resolved.Windows cannot install required files. Make sure all files required for installation are available and restart the installation....

Error 0x80071ac3: The operation could not be completed because the volume is dirty. What does it mean when a drive is dirty? Dirty, in this context, suggests that a certain file is corrupted. Here’s how to clear dirty bits and fix error 0x80071ac3. What Causes Error 0x80071ac3? Error 0x80071ac3 in Windows refers to dirty bits, not the physical state of the computer. With every block of memory in a computer, the processor needs to know whether the memory has been modified, whether it has been stored, and whether it should be deleted....

Select Entire Rows in a Worksheet Use Shortcut Keys to Select Rows Use Shortcut Keys to Select Additional Rows Use the Mouse to Select Rows Use the Mouse to Select Additional Rows Select Entire Columns in a Worksheet Use Shortcut Keys to Select Columns Use Shortcut Keys to Select Additional Columns To select additional columns on either side of the selected column: Use the Mouse to Select Columns Use the Mouse to Select Additional Columns...

The social media platform introduced a limited set of Soundmojis to celebrate World Emoji Day on July 17, which put a special spin on the beloved visual communications tool by adding sounds that correspond to each emoji. According to Sanjaya Wijeratne, research scientist at Holler.io, Soundmoji is the latest development in adding expressive power to the tools we use to communicate without words. “The introduction of sound into emoji says that we are exploring and heading into more expressive ways of non-verbal communication,” Wijeratne told Lifewire in an email....

Move closer to your router. The first solution is to move closer to your router. If you are too far away, the Wi-Fi signal strength may not be strong enough for your iPad to connect to Wi-Fi. Make sure the Wi-Fi network is running. Before spending too much time troubleshooting your iPad, make sure it’s actually the device that has the problem. Use your laptop, desktop or smartphone to connect to the Internet and verify the router is working....

“The FTC’s commitment to enforcing privacy laws across smart devices and apps is fantastic news for consumers,” Tony Pepper, CEO of security vendor Egress, told Lifewire via email, “Any company found in violation can expect to face the consequences set out in the law they’ve broken, such as threat of injunction and financial penalties.” For the People In the letter, Kristin Cohen, FTC’s Acting Associate Director of Privacy & Identity Protection, explained that a person’s precise location and information about their health are two of the most sensitive categories of data that are often collected by connected devices, including smartphones, smart cars, and wearables....

A post was made in Google’s Issue Tracker, asking for a way to flip the UI for a Wear OS smartwatch upside-down so lefties could comfortably wear the watch on their right wrist. Now, just shy of four years later, Google has marked the issue as “resolved” with the statement: “Our development team has implemented the feature you have requested and will be available on future new devices.” It’s the “future new devices” part that’s ended up frustrating users—perhaps more than they were before....

Leaked by Twitter user, The Galox, the new images appear to include promotional material for the Z Fold 3, as well as images of the back and main display of the device. One of the most notable changes detailed in the leak is the removal of the camera notch, which has been a mainstay on smartphones since the push for “edge-to-edge” screens several years ago. In recent phone releases, this notch has been replaced by a small circular cutout, but the Z-Fold 3 could do away with that completely, as well....

The appropriately-named Venu Sq 2 doubles the battery life from the previous iteration, though it’s also chock-full of other advancements that hope to entice you to wrap it around your wrist. The OLED screen is now bigger, at 1.4-inches, and there is a brand new Health Snapshot feature that creates a two-minute analysis of heart rate, heart rate variability, blood oxygen levels, respiration, stress, and more. Sports and fitness tracking take center stage here, as the Venu Sq 2 includes 25 built-in apps for various activities, including yoga, strength training, cardio, pilates, and more....

Safer Internet Day is possibly the most appropriate time for Google to reveal its plans for improving user protections across several services, starting with high-risk users. It will be teaming up with various organizations ahead of the 2022 US midterms to expand protections for users it determines to be at greater risk. Said organizations include Veterans Campaign, Women’s Public Leadership Network, LGBTQ Victory Institute, Latino Victory, and more. Along with improving high-risk user protections, Google will also be rolling out “account-level enhanced safe browsing” sometime in March 2022....

Hard Drives Hard drives are still the most common form of storage in a laptop and are pretty straightforward. Generally, the drive will be referred to by its capacity and rotational speed. Larger-capacity drives tend to perform better than smaller ones and faster-spinning drives, when compared with ones of similar capacity, are usually more responsive than slower ones. However, slower-spinning HDDs do have a slight advantage when it comes to laptop running times because they draw less power....

Of course, I bought a pack of four for $99, but at least you have the option to go the less expensive route. That’s a change of pace for Apple, which is known as much for its high prices as its quality. But the AirTag is far more than just a cheap accessory, as it’s meant to help you keep track of your prized possessions. The idea behind the AirTag is hardly novel....