Lifeline Whiteout Is Apple S Free App Of The Week

What Is It? This app is a choose-your-own-adventure book set to an interactive iOS app. The story starts with the main character, Taylor, stuck in the middle of a blizzard. He reaches out to you for advice, and you pick between two responses. Depending on how you answer his queries determines where the story goes. One cool aspect, pardon the pun, is the inclusion of the Apple Watch. The story can be continued on either the watch or with iOS....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 314 words · Michael Adams

Mac Filtering Block Devices On Your Wireless Network

MAC Filtering ASUS Router If it talks on your network, wireless networks included, it has a unique MAC address that never changes. On an ASUS router, you have two options for using MAC filtering. Accept mode is a whitelist. You specify which devices are allowed to connect. Everyone else is blocked.Reject mode is a blacklist. You specify which devices are not allowed to connect. Everyone else can use the network....

December 1, 2022 · 3 min · 515 words · Janet Levey

Mail App Closes Immediately After Opening Try This

This can cause disruptions in your life because it can stop you from contacting your friends and family, or even worse, you can’t reach your colleagues at work. Why is My Mail App Immediatley Closing After Opening? The Yahoo mail app or the Mail app keeps crashing and closing because there’s a bug in your iOS device’s software that stops the app from functioning properly. A bug is a failure in your iOS device and can cause unexpected results on your devices....

December 1, 2022 · 7 min · 1471 words · Annie Lint

Manually Install Cumulative Updates And Virus Definitions On Windows 10

Examples of Individual Cumulative Update For example, you might have multiple PCs, which, even for a large organization such as a school, having each machine connected to the internet can bring your network to a halt. Sure, there is a new way of using one PC on your network to share updates with other machines, but this feature can reduce the performance of your PC, as I’ve observed. Cumulative Updates can also help bring a fresh installation of Windows 10 up to date too....

December 1, 2022 · 4 min · 743 words · Wilton Turner

Microsoft Releases New Windows 11 Insider Build

KB5004745 for Windows 11 Insiders The main change to note here are the Start menu has a search field at the top. Here is a look at the old Start menu without the Search field: And here is what the new Start menu looks like: Also, notable features include the taskbar now displays across multiple monitors, right-click once again to get the Refresh option and Snap Layouts supports three apps on top of each other in portrait mode....

December 1, 2022 · 7 min · 1339 words · Crystal Montague

Outlook Tip Assign Specific Alert Sounds To Contacts

Note: This isn’t a new feature; you can also do this with Outlook 2007 by digging deep into Settings. But the process is much easier in Outlook 2013 and 2010. Assign a Specific Alert Sound for Outlook Contacts To assign a specific alert sound to a contact, you need to create a new rule. Right-click on an email of the contact you want to set a specific sound for and select Rules > Create Rule from the context menu....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 334 words · Benjamin Fryman

Pin Websites To The Windows Taskbar From Microsoft Edge

There are a couple of different ways you can do it, including using the pinning wizard. It lets you pin multiple suggested websites to the taskbar. Here’s a look at how to use it or pin individual sites. Use the Taskbar Pinning Wizard in Edge To get started, launch Microsoft Edge. Then click the Options button (three dots) in the upper-right corner of the toolbar. From the menu, choose the More tools > Launch Taskbar pinning wizard option....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 272 words · Brenda Patel

Program Tracks Usb Ports On Your Pc

Zentimo is what we in the computer trade call an OTP, the acronym for a one-trick pony. It doesn’t do much more than what I’ve shown you. There are times when that one trick can be terribly helpful. And oh, we in the computer trade don’t say “OTP.” Just joking. One more thing I’d like to mention – Zentimo perhaps is a pony but not only of one trick. It does much more for the external devices: it shows what’s preventing your device from being stopped, can hide drives of empty card reader slotes from the system, lets you work with devices using hotkeys, integrates with TrueCrypt, lets you return a stopped device and more: http://zentimo....

December 1, 2022 · 1 min · 146 words · Alan Lester

Send Large Attachments For Free With Outlook And Drop Io

Editors Note 1/5/2020: Drop.IO has been retired and most of the information will be kept for “archive” purposes only. Available for download now, Drop.io has built an Outlook Plugin (beta), which allows you to easily send attachments up to 100 Megs in size. The Plugin and the service is absolutely 100% free, no string attached. Let’s take a quick look. Once you grab the download, the installation is very straightforward....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 390 words · Mark Trembley

Setup And Use Whatsapp For Windows Desktop

We recently asked readers what their favorite instant messaging tool is. And for a lot of other people and me, it’s this one. Since its launch in 2009, WhatsApp has become one of the most popular messaging apps, with an estimated 900 million active users worldwide. The service processes up to 60 billion messages per day. Here in Jamaica and other parts of the world, such as India and Europe, WhatsApp is a vital lifeline for communication....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 390 words · Linda Jubilee

Snapchat Story View Order

How Does Snapchat Order Views? When you upload a Snapchat story, you can see a list of people who viewed it. This list is ordered based on who recently watched your Snapchat story. If someone goes back and re-watches your story, then their name will come back to the top of the list. So, when you view the list, the people at the top of the list are the people who most recently watched your story....

December 1, 2022 · 3 min · 513 words · Thomas Siebert

This Account Already Exists Mac Mail

Your iPhone or Mac is trying to tell you that this account is already in your iCloud. This problem can be really frustrating especially when you’re trying to use your Apple mail so down below are fixes that could help you get rid of this error. What Does It Say ‘This IMAP Account Has Already Been Added to Your iPhone’? You’re seeing ‘The Account Already Exists’ error because there’s a problem with iCloud Keychain....

December 1, 2022 · 4 min · 688 words · James Rogers

What Does Facebook User Mean

What Does Facebook User Mean? The term Facebook user is given to accounts that previously had Facebook. If you see this name in your messages, it means that the person has deleted their account or deactivated it for a while. Instead of seeing their name there, since their account has been deleted, all you’ll see ‘This Content Isn’t Available‘. If they decide to deactivate their account, you’ll see their name and profile picture rather than the term Facebook user....

December 1, 2022 · 13 min · 2560 words · Jessie Brill

What Does Irl Mean And How Do I Use It

What is IRL? This heavily used online internet slang word means “in real life.” It’s used on social networks such as Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok to distinguish between the online and the physical world. The three-letter term was often used on old school sites like Myspace, Friendster, AOL, and Yahoo. Some people used the term to draw a line between their real-life personality and their online persona in those early days....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 221 words · Tammy Tuttle

What To Do When You Lose Your Kindle Ereader

Before Your Lose Your Device Create a Passcode Depending on the model you have, the instructions may differ slightly. On my Kindle, I go to Settings > Device Options > Device Passcode. But whether you have the Kindle PaperWhite or a Kindle Fire HD, make sure you have a passcode enabled. Here’s how to create a passcode on the Fire HD. Your Contact Information Put your contact information on the outside of the device....

December 1, 2022 · 3 min · 505 words · Ismael Romero

Why Can T People Hear Me On My Airpods

Usually, you shouldn’t experience any problems when using your AirPods as a mic, but sometimes, people won’t be able to hear you when you’re using your AirPods mic. If your mic isn’t working for phone calls, then there are a few things you can do to fix it. Why Can’t People Hear Me On My AirPods? If you can hear people through your AirPods but you can’t tall, it’s likely that your microphones is filled with lint and dirt particles that have been clogged up in the grills....

December 1, 2022 · 12 min · 2474 words · Alexander Owens

Why Won T My Snaps Send Try These 11 Fixes

There are many reasons why Snapchat fails to send a message and a few ways you can try and fix this issue. By the end of this article, you should have gotten rid of the ‘Tap to Retry’ message that won’t go away when you keep tapping it. When there’s an issue with Snapchat, it can cause a number of problems that stop you from using the app to its fullest potential....

December 1, 2022 · 11 min · 2316 words · Stephen Mathews

Windows 10 Version 1803 Nearly Complete With Build 17128

Windows 10 Preview Build 17128 In today’s announcement, the company says, “We’re just now beginning the phase of checking in final code to prepare for the final release. The only difference between this build and Build 17127 from Tuesday is the removal of the watermark. However, we’ve got more fixes being checked in for the next flight.” The company also said build 17127 has been released to Insiders in the Slow ring and will be releasing the ISO version next week....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 351 words · Charles Waters

Windows 8 How To Add Email Accounts

Add Email Accounts Windows 8 One of the cool features of Windows 8 Metro is it lets you preview email in the Live Mail tile when you log in using your Windows Account ID. By default it pulls your Windows Live mail you log in with, but if you have multiple accounts, here’s how to add them – even Gmail. From the Metro Start screen, you’ll see how many messages are waiting and also a bit of a preview of the message body....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 342 words · Ron Diaz

Windows 8 Optimize Settings With Free Metro Ui Tweaker

Metro UI Tweaker If you’re on a desktop, the new Windows 8 Metro UI takes some getting used to. And it can be slow. We’ve already explained how to revert to the Windows 7 style UI via a system registry hack. If you’re not comfortable with the registry, here’s how to use a free utility that lets you tweak the Metro UI how you want it. Start by downloading the Windows 8 Metro UI Tweaker....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 356 words · Kelli Waltman