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How Do I Send Files Between My MacBook and My Android Phone Using Bluetooth?

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If you pair an Android phone with a MacBook and try to send files, you will notice that it is only possible to send files from the MacBook to the phone. Unfortunately, sending files from the phone to the MacBook does not work. Here is how to set up the Bluetooth connection to send files properly between the two devices.

How Do I Search for Text on a Website Using Safari or Chrome on My iPhone?

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Similar to their desktop versions, the mobile versions of popular browsers such as Safari or Chrome also let you find text in a web page. However, the minimal design of the apps often hides this feature. Here is how to find it in your favorite browser in case you want to search for text quickly in the current page.

How Do I Add Language Input Sources on My Mac?

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By default, your Mac only installs the input source that comes with the language you choose when you first set up the device. If you want to type in more languages, you have to add them manually to the system. This task can be done right from the system settings section, without using any third-party apps. Continue reading to find out how.

Set Up iCloud on Windows

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I already have Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive set up on my computer, but I am reluctant to add Apple iCloud because I have lost documents with Microsoft OneDrive.  Will icloud work any better or be any safer? Despite some possible risks, I am going to add iCloud Drive to my Windows computer. In this tutorial, I will explain how, and together we will see if it works.

How to Set Up iCloud Drive and Photos

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Apple has cloud storage just like Microsoft (Microsoft One) and Google (Google Drive).  It is called iCloud. Setting it up can be quite an ordeal, and Apple only gives you 5 GB of free storage, which is enough for 1,000 5 MB photos. (Photos can be sized much smaller.) That is to be expected of a company who charges $40 for a charger and twice as much as everyone else for a laptop.  Still, if you are like me and do not mind spending $400 for an iPad, here is how to set up iCloud.

How Do I Transfer Files Between My Android Phone and My MacBook?

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If you connect your Android phone to your MacBook, chances are your phone will not be recognized. Therefore, transferring files between the two devices is not possible. Luckily, it is quite easy to fix this problem. Read on to find out how.

How Do I Call the Parent iPhone App from an Apple Watch App?

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An Apple Watch app is capable of communicating with its parent iOS app. Developers can take advantage of this feature and bypass the limitation of a watch app by performing long-running, complex tasks on the iOS app and passing the data back to the Watch app. Read on to find out how.

How Do I Stop Image Capture from Starting Automatically When I Connect My iPhone or iPad?

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By default, every time you plug your iPhone or iPad into your Macbook, the Image Capture app will be launched automatically so that you can immediately start importing new photos. While this feature may be convenient for people who often send photos back and forth between their devices, it can be a nuisance for others. Fortunately, it is possible to stop the app from launching.

How to Write a Custom Function in Microsoft Excel

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Microsoft products have always included Visual Basic. You can use it in Microsoft Word, Access, and Excel. One reason this is true is that Bill Gates and some of his friends wrote Visual Basic while Gates was still at Harvard.  Thus, he felt proud of his accomplishment and wanted to keep it. Gates wrote the floating point arithmetic part of the language. You can use it to create custom functions in Excel.

How to Change Android Camera Settings

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People hardly need to buy cameras anymore as cell phones come with quite good quality cameras. People who are experts at photography can buy cameras, but the rest of us can use our cell phones. They are far less complicated than advanced cameras.  Lots of people buy fancy cameras and never learn to use all their features. Why should you bother to learn, unless you plan to study photography? Here is how to change some of the settings on the Android camera to improve the photos you take.

 

How Do I Use My iPhone with One Hand Through Reachability

Apple’s latest phones, the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus, are on the bigger-screen side of the phone-size spectrum. While devices with bigger screens provide users with many advantages, most will agree that one of the disadvantages of having a large screen is its one-handed usability. One will have a hard time handling and using a phone with a large screen with only one hand. This is a problem with the iPhone 6 and especially the iPhone 6 Plus.

How Do I Force the Play Store to Ask for My Password for Every Purchase?

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By default, after you sign in on a device, the Google Play Store only asks for your account password the first time you make a purchase and allows you to make purchases for 30 minutes without re-entering your password. While this feature is helpful when you buy apps in bulk since you do not have to re-type your password every time you buy an app, it could potentially lead to several unauthorized purchases if someone else uses your phone within that 30-minute time frame. Here is how you can prevent this from happening.