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Safari Unzipping Downloaded Files on Mac By default, the Safari browser on your MacBook is set to automatically unzip and extract compressed files as soon as they are downloaded to your device. In-fact, Safari browser even automatically deletes and discards the original ZIP File and saves only the extracted files to your computer. While this feature is convenient, it prevents users from downloading Zipped files to Mac, in case a compressed or ZIP File is required to be sent as an attachment with a text message or email....

Share My Location Option Grayed Out on iPhone iPhone makes use of Cellular, WiFi and GPS data to determine your precise location and makes this data available to Maps, Find My iPhone, Share My Location and other allowed Apps and services that request this information. Share My Location feature on iPhone allows you to share your Location with Family & Friends via the Messages App and Find My Friends App....

Source: Christie’s of London The Most Expensive Apple Product According to Christie’s of London, Apple’s first computer (Apple-1) was sold to an anonymous buyer for GBP 371,250 ($459,000), in an online auction conducted during 16-23, May 2019. The computer was previously owned by Rick Conte, who bought it in 1977 to learn BASIC and later donated the computer to Maine Personal Computer Museum in 2009. Originally priced at $666.66, Apple-1 computers were hand-built by Apple founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak and launched in 1976....

Protect Your Privacy on iPhone As you may have noticed, most Apps on iPhone request permission to access Contacts, Camera, Microphone, Photos and Location, either during installation or while they are being used. This often results in many users ending up providing unwanted Apps with permission to access the Microphone, Camera, Contacts, Location Data and other details. Luckily, the General and Privacy Settings on iPhone can be easily tweaked to improve and protect your privacy in much better way....

Why Can’t I Delete Photo Albums from iPhone? While user created Photo Albums can be easily deleted from iPhone, certain Photo Albums are protected and you won’t be able to delete them. If you are unable to delete a Photo Album on iPhone, it is likely to be one of the following types of protected Photo Albums. Media Type Albums (Videos, Selfies, Screenshots, Panorama) Synced Photo Albums from Mac, iPad or Windows computer Photo Albums Automatically Created by iPhone (People, Places)...

Disable Voice Message Recording in WhatsApp While WhatsApp is best known for its feature rich Text Messaging and Free WhatsApp Voice Calls, it also allows you to record Voice Messages and send them to your Contacts. However, this feature can be accidentally activated in case you end up tapping on the record button. If this happens, WhatsApp will send your recorded voice right away, without even confirming whether or not you would like to send the Voice Message....

Find If Someone Has Read Your WhatsApp Message The Read Receipts feature in WhatsApp allows you to confirm whether your message has been read by your recipient. However, some users turn prefer to keep Read Receipts disabled in their WhatsApp account, in order to prevent others from knowing whether or not they have read messages. While it is good to respect the privacy of your WhatsApp Contacts, sometimes you may come across a desperate or a valid reason to somehow find out whether your WhatsApp Messages are being read by a particular Contact of yours....

Cannot Authorize Computer On iTunes In you are unable to authorize your computer with iTunes, it could be due to any of the following reasons. Luckily, all these issues can be fixed using troubleshooting steps as provided below. 1. Problem with Apple ID or Minor iTunes Glitch It is quite possible that iTunes is having a problem recognizing your Apple ID or there is some glitch in iTunes that is preventing it from recognizing your computer....

Access Facebook Desktop Version on iPhone and iPad In general, most users Access Facebook on iPhone and iPad by launching the Facebook App, which always loads the Mobile Version of Facebook. While the Mobile version of Facebook is fast and allows you to use most social media features of Facebook, it does not provide access to certain features and settings, which are only available on the desktop version of Facebook....

Change Siri Voice Accent on iPhone Not many users realize that it is easy to Change Siri Voice Accent, Language and even Gender to suit your own requirements or for fun. Currently, Siri can be made to use American, British, Australian, Irish, South African Voice Accents. In addition, you can change the gender to Male and Female Voice Accents for most of the available Voice Accents. So, let us go ahead and take a look at the steps to Change Siri Voice Accent to something that you enjoy listening to....

Create Pivot Table in Excel Knowing the steps to create Pivot Table in Excel will make you far more productive, compared to using TOTAL, SUBTOTAL and other commands to analyze Data. The first step in creating an error free Pivot Table is to make sure that the Source Data for Pivot Table is in the right format. Once the Source Data is ready, you can either insert a blank pivot table or insert one of the suggested PivotTables into the worksheet....

Create Recovery USB Drive in Windows 10 Even if your computer is not going through problems, it is a good practice to Create Windows USB Recovery Drive and keep it in a secure place for future use. Having a Recovery USB Drive can help you gain access to your computer, if it is going through problems and refusing to boot up from the hard drive. At such times, you can force the computer to boot up from USB Recovery Drive and gain access to troubleshooting tools and other Advanced Settings in Windows operating System....

Disable USB Ports through BIOS Reboot the computer and watch the screen for instructions on which key to press for getting into the “What is BIOS“. On the screen you will see messages like “Press F8 to Enter BIOS”. This will vary from system to system; hence you need to find out the right key on your computer by reading the instructions on the screen. You may reboot the computer again, in case you missed the opportunity to read the instructions properly the first time around....

Windows 10 ISO File Direct Download from Microsoft As you must have noticed, Microsoft’s official download page does not provide the option to download Windows ISO File. Instead, it provides the option to Download Windows Media Creation tool to your computer and requires you to run the Media Creation tool on your computer to create an ISO File. As mentioned above, it is possible to download Windows 10 ISO File directly to USB Drive using 2 different methods as provided below....

Calls Going Directly to Voicemail on iPhone Whenever someone sends a Message or Calls your Phone Number, your iPhone should Ring or Vibrate, so that you can quickly respond to the incoming Call. If this is not happening and Calls are going straight to Voicemail on your iPhone, it is most likely that either Do Not Disturb, DND While Driving or Airplane Mode is enabled on your device. Apart from “Do Not Disturb” and Airplane Mode, there could also be other reasons for the problem of Calls Going to Voicemail on iPhone....

Fix Error Values in Pivot Table When you get Error Value #DIV/0! in an Excel Pivot Table, it usually means that you are trying to divide a number by zero. Such Error Vales do not look good in a Pivot Table and they can raise unnecessary questions whenever you are trying to present important information to others. Luckily, it is possible to fix such error values in an Excel Pivot Table by making Excel replace such Error Values by a Custom defined value or Text....

Kernel Security Check Error in Windows 10 Kernel Security Check Error in Windows 10 can occur due to various reasons, ranging from outdated device drivers, corrupted system files, viruses, memory problems to corrupted or damaged hard disk. If you are lucky, you may find the computer performing a self-check and restarting with the login screen. If not, you will find the computer going back to BSOD screen with Kernel _Security_Check_Error message and you won’t be able to login to the computer....

Windows 10 Stuck on Checking For Updates It can really be confusing when Windows 10 gets stuck on Checking For Updates and nothing appears to be happening. When Windows 10 is stuck Checking For Updates, there is no indication as to what is happening behind the scene. There is really no way to guess or tell whether the computer is waiting for a download, preparing to install updates or simply stuck....

Exit Recovery Mode on iPhone, iPad or iPad The most common reason for iPhone, iPad or iPod being stuck in recovery mode is due to accidental corruption of the operating system during installation of an iOS update. When this happens, Apple’s built-in safety mechanism puts your iPhone into Recovery Mode, in order to protect your device from further damage. When your iPhone, iPad or iPad is stuck in Recovery Mode, you will see a black screen with a charging cable and computer icon or iTunes Icon, depending the version of iOS installed on your device....

Login to Windows 10 Computer Using Gmail Using a Microsoft Account to login to Windows 10 provides direct access to Windows Store, Skype, OneDrive, Microsoft Teams and other Microsoft Services. However, not many users are aware that it is possible to create Microsoft Account using Gmail, instead of acquiring a New Outlook Account, just to get a Microsoft ID. This allows you to login to Windows 10 using Gmail Account and practically provides the same benefits as anyone logging into Windows 1o using a Microsoft Outlook Account....