Disable Internal Speakers in Windows 10 Certain computers like Dell OptiPlex and others are equipped with in-built internal speakers, which saves desk space by eliminates the need to connect external speakers. However, some users find it annoying that the computer switches back to internal speakers with the same volume, whenever the external speaker is disconnected. This can be quite a nuisance and cause embarrassment, if the computer is left on an open browser and it suddenly starts playing an Advertisement or Video loudly....

Automatically Empty Trash Can on Mac When you delete a file on your Mac, it does not go away from your machine. The deleted file is only moved to the Trash Can on your Mac and it stays there, taking up space and also using resources during startup. The mechanism to keep deleted files in the Trash Can is designed to allow recovery of files, in case a file/files are accidentally deleted by the User....

Enable & Use iCloud Drive on iPhone and iPad By default, iPhone comes with 5 GB free iCloud storage space and provides access to all iCloud features like iCloud Photos, iCloud Backups, Find iPhone and iCloud Drive using your Apple ID. All that is required to access any iCloud feature on iPhone is to simply enable or toggle ON the feature by going to iCloud Settings on your device. Once iCloud Drive is enabled on iPhone, it simply works out of the box and no further configuration is required....

Enable Hey Siri on Mac Apple’s digital assistant Siri is available on all Apple devices including the MacBook. However, Siri as available on Mac requires you to press the Keyboard shortcut or click on the Mic icon, every time you want to interact with it. The resulting user experience is not the same as interacting with Siri on an iPhone or iPad, where you can voice activate Siri by saying “Siri” or “Hey Siri” and continue interacting with Siri, without having to press any keys....

(Image CC BY 2.0: Johan Larsson) Enable Night Shift Mode on iPhone and iPad It is widely believed that exposure to artificial blue light emitted by phones, tablets, computers and TV screens is interfering with our sleep cycles and even leading to health problems. This belief is based on the reasoning that blue light emitted by Phone, Tablet, TV screens is similar to sunlight, which tricks our bodies into thinking that it is still daylight outside....

Enable On-Screen Keyboard in Windows 10 The On-Screen Keyboard as available in Windows 10 is a full featured visual keyboard that appears on the screen of your computer. Windows On-Screen keyboard has all the standard keys as found on the physical keyboard and it can be operated using a Mouse or Trackpad to click on the virtual keys. The On-Screen Keyboard is not the same as Touch Screen Keyboard, which is only meant for Touch-Screen computers and cannot be operated by a Mouse or Trackpad....

DNS PROBE FINISHED NXDOMAIN Error in Chrome When you try to access a website by typing its Name, the web browser on your computer takes the help of DNS Server to find IP Address of the website that you are trying to access. For example, if you type YouTube in Chrome browser, the DNS server automatically supplies Chrome with the IP Address (216.58.218.110) of this website. However, sometimes the DNS Server fails to provide Chrome with this information, which results in DNS Failure error messages....

Hide One Friend from Another on Facebook In general, once you become a friend with someone on Facebook, the other person will be able to see all your friends. However, you may come across a situation where you may want to be friends with two people on Facebook without them being able to see each other in your list of Facebook friends. Such situation can arise, if these two individuals have just separated or developed serious differences between them....

Install APK Files On Android Phone or Tablet Most Android Phones are only allowed to download Apps from Google Play Store and installation of Apps and APK files from other sources is blocked. This precautionary default setting on Android Phones and Tablets is designed to prevent users from accidentally installing unknown Apps, which might turn out to be harmful. However, if an App or APK File is not available on Google Play Store, you can install it from another reputable source by enabling the option to Install Apps from Unknown Sources on your device....

Lock Apps On iPhone with Passcode As you will agree, there is always a possibility of someone asking for your iPhone to take a photo or just to take a look at your New iPhone. However, some people have the annoying habit of lingering onto other people’s phone longer than required and some may even start looking at your Photos and open Social Media Apps on your iPhone. To avoid such possibility, you can either Lock Apps on iPhone using Touch ID or Lock Social Media and Photos App with a Passcode....

Logout from YouTube on iPhone When you start using YouTube on iPhone, it prompts you to Sign-in, which provides you with certain benefits. For example, Signing into YouTube on iPhone allows you to Upload Videos, comment on YouTube Videos that you watch and start your own YouTube Channel. Once you Login to YouTube on iPhone, the YouTube App keeps you always signed-in, until you decide to Sign-out or Logout from YouTube....

Password Protect Folders on Mac In case you are storing Credit Card Numbers, Login Details for websites and other such confidential and sensitive information on your Mac, it is better to store such information in password protected folders. Keeping confidential data on Mac without using any protective measures is like keeping valuable items on your coffee table, where they can be easily seen and stolen by anyone who is driven by ulterior motives....

Record Phone Calls on iPhone Different Countries around the World have different rules on recording Phone Calls. Even within United States, each state has its own set of rules governing the Recording of phone calls. Hence, it is recommended that you clearly understand the rules, before going ahead with the steps to record phone calls on iPhone. A good source of information regarding this issue is Digital Media Law Project....

Reset iPhone Without Passcode iPhone provides the option to use a Lock Screen Password, which prevents anyone else from gaining access to your device, without knowing its Lock Screen Passcode. If you happen to forget the Login Password, iPhone allows only a few incorrect Passcode attempts, after which it gets locked for a temporary period of time. If more incorrect login attempts are made, iPhone gets permanently locked and displays a blunt message reading “Your iPhone is disabled”....

What is Google Photos Google Photos is a popular storage and photo sharing service, that allows you to store photos and videos in cloud. All that is required to use Google Photos is to go to www.photos.google.com and sign-in with your Gmail Account User Name and Password. Once you do that, you can upload as many Photos as you like to Google Photos for Free. While the free plan offers unlimited storage, it compresses Photos over 16 Mega Pixels and caps video to 1080p....

Why to See All Running Apps and Processes on Mac In case you are coming from a Windows computer, you must be used to opening the Task Manager on your Windows computer, in order to take a look at all the running apps and processes on your computer. In the case of a Mac, there are multiple ways to see all the Running Apps and Programs, ranging from the simple option of using the Dock to using the Terminal command....

Make Windows Show File Extensions By default, File Extensions are not visible on Windows 10 computer and also on computers running on older versions of Windows operating system. However, not being able to See File Extensions is a bad idea from security point of view, as you may be tricked into opening unsafe files on your computer. For example, you won’t be able to know whether a file named “document01” is a document file or a harmful executable file, without taking a look at its hidden extension part....

Sign Into Windows 10 With Gmail While setting up Windows 10 computer, Microsoft prompts users to create a Microsoft Account. Many users understand this prompt as being a mandatory requirement to use an Outlook or Live.com account, in order to sign into Windows 10. However, as mentioned above, it is not really necessary to use an Outlook account in order to create a Microsoft Account. In case you like using Gmail and do not really have an Outlook Account, you can Create Microsoft Account using your existing Gmail Account....

Stop Skype, Skype Preview and Skype for Business There are 3 different versions of Skype that can be found running on a Windows 10 computer and all these Skype versions have the same default tendency to start automatically with the computer and keep running in background. The first version of Skype is the traditional Skype Desktop App which you may have downloaded on your computer from Microsoft’s official Download Skype website....

Tag People in WhatsApp The option to Tag people in WhatsApp is a bit controversial as it sends notifications to people even if they have blocked Group Notifications or muted Group Chats in WhatsApp. However, you will agree that this feature can be helpful in case of important Messages, where it might be necessary to ensure that your Message is noticed by recipients. Tagging people in WhatsApp is really easy, just tap on the “@” button on the onscreen keyboard and this will bring up the list of members in your WhatsApp Group....