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Disable Startup Sound in Windows 10/11 As mentioned above, the only reason to disable the Startup Sound on your computer would be to prevent the possibility of other people around you being disturbed. Such occasions can range from starting up the computer in a Meeting to starting the computer late at night or very early in the morning. Hence, Windows 10/11 provides the option to disable the startup sound and re-enable it back again at any other time on your computer....

Night Shift Mode on Mac Earlier with iOS 9.3 Apple brought Night Shift to iOS devices and now Apple has brought Night Shift Mode to Mac computers with the Mac OS Sierra 10.12.4 update. Night Shift Mode changes the colour temperature of the screen of your Mac from bright blue light to a subdued yellow light as soon as the sun sets down. This change in colour temperature at night time is helpful, because the usual blue light that electronic devices emit is said to have a harmful effect on your sleep pattern, which could be the reason why you are unable to sleep after using an electronic device....

Locate Parked Car Using Google Maps Saving the Location of your Parked Car in Google Maps is as simple as tapping on your current Parked Location and selecting “Set as Parking Location” option in the slide-up menu. Once any place is set as Parking Location in Google Maps, it remains marked as your parking location for a period of 12 hours, after which the Parking Marker is automatically removed by Google Maps....

ERR Connection Closed Error in Chrome Browser The most common reason for Err Connection Closed Error in Chrome is related to the website that you are trying to access being unavailable due to problems with the website or the web server. In such cases, you won’t be able to access the website, until the problem with the website and the website is fixed. If you are able to the website on your phone or tablet and unable to access it on your computer, the problem can be fixed by using methods as provided below....

Microsoft Word Not Responding Most Word users have experienced the problem of Microsoft Word Not responding, freezing and refusing to work on their computers. When this happens, Microsoft Word fails to open the requested file and often Microsoft Word program crashes and displaying the following error message. “Microsoft Word has stopped working – A Problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available”....

Enable YouTube Notifications On iPhone and iPad You can get standard YouTube Notifications on iPhone and iPad, even if you are not logged-in to YouTube App or do not have a YouTube Account. Enabling standard YouTube Notifications allows Google to suggest popular YouTube videos and YouTube Channels, based on your YouTube activity. Creating a YouTube Account or simply logging into YouTube App using your Gmail Account and Password allows you to subscribe to YouTube Channels, Like and Comment on any YouTube Video....

Insert Picture Into Excel Cell The Insert function in Microsoft Excel allows you to insert Shapes, Icons and Pictures from computer and also from the Internet into Excel. This can be useful in a variety of work related situations. For example, if you are preparing a list of products, you can have an extra column containing pictures of the products. After inserting pictures, you can embed them into Excel cells, which will make them move, resize, hide, unhide and filter along with the cells....

Preview Link Before Clicking on iPhone and Mac Most popular web browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge and others display a URL Status bar, when you hoover mouse over links. However, Apple’s Safari browser on Mac does not enable URL Status bar by default and it needs to be manually enabled by the user. In case of iPhone or iPad, the Safari browser does not provide the option to show URL Status bar, but it is still possible to preview the complete URL Address of Links on iPhone and iPad....

Remove Location From Photos on Mac Geotagging of Photos is turned ON by default on iPhone, Android Phones and also on most digital cameras. This makes it easy for anyone to see the exact location of where a particular photo was taken by accessing the geotag information attached to the Photo. While having the location information attached to Photos has its own uses, you may want to remove the Location Information From Photos on Mac, before sharing them with anyone....

What Are Red Numbers on App Icons? The Red Numbers that appear on App icons are known as Badges and the purpose of Red Number Badges on App Icons is to highlight or bring attention to the number of unread or unopened notifications. If Red Numbers are appearing on App Store Icon, the Number on the Red Badge indicates the number of Apps for which Updates are available on the App Store....

Send Text Messages From Computer Using Android Messages App Messages for web feature in Android Messages App is similar to iMessage on Mac which Apple device users have been using for a long time. Once your computer is setup to use Android Messages App, you will be able to send SMS text messages to any of your Contacts in the address book, right from your computer. Messages for web supports RCS-based text messages, which allows you to send multimedia content like images, videos, GIFs, etc in your text messages....

WhatsApp Sharing Your Phone Number With Facebook Trusted by more than a Billion Worldwide users, WhatsApp is by far the most popular messaging app in the World. However, you need to be aware that a major change in WhatsApp Privacy Policy allows it to Share your Phone Number and other data with Facebook. According to WhatsApp, the data sharing with Facebook is intended to improve your user experience on Facebook and to serve you with relevant ads....

Turn Samsung Galaxy Phone into Universal Remote Control If you own a Samsung Galaxy phone, you can make use of SmartThings App by Samsung Electronics to turn your Samsung Galaxy Phone into Universal Remote for your TV, DVD Player and others. Open Google Play Store > Download SmartThings App on your phone. Once the App is installed, open SmartThings > agree to its Privacy Policies and tap on Start. On the pop-up, tap on Allow while using the App to provide SmartThings with access to your location....

WhatsApp Not Downloading Images on Android Phone In a typical problem of this nature, the Image download stalls, freezes or never gets going when Users try to download a WhatsApp Photo or Image on their device. If this is what you are going through, you should be able to fix the problem using one of the following methods. 1. Check Your Internet Connection WhatsApp won’t be able to download Photos to your iPhone if you are currently located in an area with Low Cellular of Low WiFi Network connectivity....

High CPU Usage in Windows 11 A common reason for high CPU Usage in Windows 11 is due to various Apps like Skype, OneDrive and others starting up with the computer and running in background, unnecessarily using up resources on the computer. Apart from this High CPU Usage can also be caused due to expired/corrupted device drivers, Malware, Viruses, Rogue Programs, Incorrect or corrupted Registry settings and other reasons. In most cases, you should be able to significantly reduce CPU Usage on your computer using methods as provided below....

Add, Remove, Rearrange Cities in Weather App on iPhone Apart from your current location within a City or Town, the Weather App on iPhone can also be set to provide weather alerts and reports for multiple other Cities that you might be interested in. If you are travelling, this feature in the Weather App can be used to prepare and dress for the journey, based on expected Weather conditions in the place/places that you are travelling to....

Auto Forward Gmail to Another Email Account The Mail Forwarding feature in Gmail can be useful, in case you use different Email Accounts for work, social media and other purposes. Instead of having to login to multiple accounts, you can forward Gmail Messages to one preferred Email Account that you are more likely to check. The Email Account that you are forwarding messages to does not necessarily need to be a Gmail Account....

Backup WhatsApp to Computer By default, WhatsApp is designed to Backup to Google Drive, iCloud and also to the internal storage of your mobile Phone. If your mobile phone has a MicroSD Card, WhatsApp uses the SD Card to Backup Files, instead of using the internal device storage of your mobile device. Hence, the only way to Backup WhatsApp to computer is to manually Backup WhatsApp to the local storage of your mobile Phone and transfer the Backup File to computer....

Block Phone Numbers On Android Phone You may want to block a phone number on your Android Phone for a variety of reasons. It could be the case of a persistent telemarketer bothering you with offers that are not at all relevant to your current interests. Another case that certainly deserves a call block is when someone that you know starts becoming annoying and bothers you with calls that you do not have the time or the interest to respond to....

Change Home and Work Address in Maps On iPhone The Maps App gets your Home Address and Work address from your Contact Card on iPhone and makes use of this information to provide you with directions to Home and place of Work from any location. While the Maps App on iPhone provides visible tabs to change Home and Work Address, they basically lead to your Contact Card, which is located in the Contacts App....