While some people may say that their device listening to them all the time is creepy, others find being able to target a voice search from anywhere useful and convenient. If you find yourself in the second group, making the “OK Google” command available system-wide is an easy thing to do. OK Google Everywhere The search engine giant has started rolling out the option to make OK Google available everywhere on your Android device....

With the optimized battery charging feature enabled, the battery in your iPhone is kept below 80% until a full charge is needed. This helps reduce unnecessary battery aging and can also improve performance. By default, iOS 13 enables the optimized battery charging feature. If you know that you’ll need your phone to be fully charged, you can turn off the optimized battery charging feature. Read on to find out how....

Enable Two-Step Verification on Twitter Step 1. Login to your insecure Twitter account, Click Profile image > Settings. Step 2. On the left, Click Security and Privacy. On the right, check the box Verify Login Requests. Step 3. Twitter will next ask you to confirm your Phone Number. Click Send Code. Note: If you’ve not yet added a mobile device to your account, Click Mobile from the Settings menu to walk through the steps....

Prep to Export Contacts Moving contact information from Excel to Outlook requires saving your spreadsheet as a .csv file. Be sure to click the worksheet within a multiple-sheet spreadsheet before getting started. You now have a copy of your spreadsheet in .cvs format; the original file has not been affected and is closed. You should now close the .cvs file. Importing into Outlook Follow these directions to bring the contents of the recently created ....

Export a Google Doc to Microsoft Office Format If you already have a Google Doc, open it and head to File > Download as > Microsoft Word (.docx) from the toolbar. Next, browse to the location on your PC where you want to save the document, give it a name, and click the “Save” button. Now you can navigate to the location you saved the doc, and you’ll find it’s saved in the appropriate Microsoft Office file format....

The same goes for the thumbnail cache, which keeps a preview of images, videos, and documents. There are several ways to do this. The most common involves using the command line. Or you can use a free third-party utility. We’ll look at both options. Reset the Icon and Thumbnail Caches If your icons are corrupted or not displaying properly, you can reset the Windows 10 icon cache to fix them....

A while back after upgrading to Office 2007, I ran into a problem with Internet Explorer 7 crashing EVERY TIME I tried to open a document in Sharepoint. The problem occurred for both Excel and Word documents no matter what I tried (document check-out, edit then click on a link, etc.) I found that if I saved the document locally, I could open the .xls or .doc but… obviously, I wasn’t necessarily looking for a workaround!...

Fix Problems With Your Mac Mouse: Connection Issues Most of the input devices for computers connect wirelessly through Bluetooth. Unfortunately, this connection can break, leaving your mouse or other devices unusable. To get things back on track sometimes requires simply turning the machine back on, which you can do in one or two steps. The Apple Magic Mouse and Magic Mouse 2 each have a slide switch at the device’s bottom....

Hide User Accounts on Mac Out of the box, your Mac’s login screen will display the user icon and username for everyone with an account. You can remove the icons and usernames from the macOS login screen. Instead, you’ll see two blank text boxes. This solution doesn’t just remove the clutter. It also adds a security level since anyone with access to the computer can no longer see the usernames associated with the Mac....

Highlight Duplicates with Conditional Formatting in Excel If you’ve never used conditional formatting in Excel, it can be a little intimidating at first. But once you use it a few times and understand the flexibility and power behind it, you may start using it more and more. For this tutorial, highlighting duplicate data with the conditional formatting feature is no more than a few clicks. So it’s easier than you might think....

Note: I’m using Android 2.3.5 software on an HTC Explorer. But the process is similar on most Android smartphones. Open the contacts application from the main menu on your Android device. Click on the menu button and tap on Import/Export. It will show you a couple options to import/export contacts from SIM card or SD card. Select Import From Sim Card (Or SD Card if your contacts are stored on SD card)....

With SmartArt graphics, Microsoft makes it possible to quickly create high-quality visual representations of information with no graphic design knowledge in just a few steps. About SmartArt Graphics SmartArt graphics are an available option across Microsoft 365 apps, including PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, and Word. You can copy and paste SmartArt graphics as images in other apps. With SmartArt graphics, you can make design adjustments using effects like shadows, reflections, and soft edges....

First, make sure you have it set so you can sideload apps. Swipe down on the home screen and tap More then Device. Then turn on Allow Installation of Applications. Now download the youtube.apk file to your PC. After you’ve downloaded the file, connect your Kindle Fire HD tablet to your computer if it isn’t already. When AutoPlay comes up, then click Open Device to View Files, or open it in Computer....

How? Simple: dial in with Google Voice or Gmail using the Voice and Video Chat Call Phones feature. Earlier this year, Google rolled out a feature that lets you call phones from your Gmail chat window and use your computer’s microphone and speakers to place a VoIP call. For now, the Google Call Phones feature is free for domestic calls. For international calls, it’s still much cheaper than you’ll pay anywhere else—including Skype....

If you want to create your own calendar, you can do this using Google Sheets. Creating your own calendar gives you far more control over exactly how your calendar looks and functions. You can use it online or print it off to use as a pen-and-paper desktop calendar. If you want to make a calendar in Google Sheets, here’s what you’ll need to do. Using a Google Sheets Calendar Template The simplest way to create a quick and easy calendar in Google Sheets is to use one of the ready-made templates available to users....

Windows 10 Automatic Maintenance The Automatic Maintenance settings are still accessible from the classic Control Panel at the time of this writing. Open Control Panel and choose Security and Maintenance. Next, expand the Maintenance menu and under the Automatic Maintenance section, click the “Change maintenance settings” link. That will allow you to set a different time for the automatic maintenance tasks to run. It is set to 2 A.M. by default but you can change it to a time that works best for you....

Starting with Windows 8, Microsoft has allowed you to control the behavior of notifications. You can make them display longer or turn them off completely. Here’s how. Configure Windows 10 Notifications To configure the number of seconds that notifications display on the screen in Windows 10, head to Start > Settings. You can also open Settings with the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + I. When the Settings app opens up, click on Ease of Access....

How to Manually Update Chrome OS on a Chromebook To get started, launch the Chrome Browser on your desktop and, click the Options menu (three dots) in the upper right corner and choose Settings. Alternately, you can also click on the clock in the lower right corner of the desktop and select Settings (gear icon). That opens the “Settings” page. From there click on About Chrome OS on the lower-left corner of the screen....

So, in case you didn’t know, here is a look at the other ways you can open Task Manager on Windows 11 that are different but still yield the same results. Here we will take a look at several options for accessing Task Manager. You can use whichever method works best for you and your workflow. Open Task Manager on Windows 11 from Start One of the easier ways, and similar to clicking the taskbar on Windows 10, is to right-click the Start menu on Windows 11....

How To Pin More Than One Folder To the Windows 7 Taskbar First, we need to create a dummy .exe file. To do this Right-Click anywhere on the desktop and Select New > Bitmap image. 2. Rename the New Bitmap Image.bmp to dummy.exe Note: If you are unable to do this make sure you have file extensions enabled for Windows 7! Now we need to create a dummy shortcut to the ....