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RELATED: How to Mirror your Mac, iPhone, or iPad Screen on Your Apple TV Before you start streaming, you’ll need to make sure AirPlay is enabled on your Apple TV. To do this, jump into the Settings menu, then scroll down to AirPlay. Click into this menu, then make sure the first option—AirPlay— is set to “On.” And that’s that. Streaming Videos from Your iOS Device to Apple TV From there, you’re ready to stream to your Apple TV....

If you’ve accidentally turned on the flashlight on the back of your iPhone 11—that bright white LED light—it can be confusing figuring out how to turn it off. Here’s how to quickly turn it off at any time on iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max. How to Turn Off Flashlight Using Lock Screen When your iPhone wakes from standby, you’ll see a special screen called the “lock screen....

macOS Monterey introduced an easy way to jot down your thoughts in Apple Notes using a new hot corner shortcut. But if you use a different note-taking app or you find yourself triggering the feature by accident, you can modify or disable it. How the Quick Notes Feature Works If you’ve updated your Mac to macOS Monterey or later, the Quick Notes hot corner can be triggered by placing your cursor in the bottom-right corner of the screen....

While we don’t necessarily recommend everyone use their browser’s password manager, it’s better than nothing. Plus, Google’s password manager has gotten a lot better over the years. If you use it in Google Chrome on your computer, you should use it on Android, too. We’ll show you how. RELATED: Why You Shouldn’t Use Your Web Browser’s Password Manager Before we get started, we’ll need to make sure you have Google’s password manager set as your “Autofill” service on your Android device....

With the arrival of Windows 10, we’ve been greeted with a new slew of functionality-based programs and applications. One of these additions is the revamped Calendar app, which isn’t just more functional than its predecessor, it’s actually (dare I say), downright pleasurable to use. But what if you want your classic Google Calendar synced up with Microsoft’s internal app ecosystem? Thanks to the integration of desktop notifications and global compatibility with the rest of Windows 10 services, the process of getting your Google Calendar synced and configured on your Windows login is both simple and highly customizable at the same time....

Moving files between devices is a pretty common thing to do. There are plenty of ways to do it, some being better than others. If you use a Windows PC and Android device, we’ll show you some methods to try. Transfer Files Using Bluetooth The easiest method is always going to be the one that works with what you already have. If your Windows PC and Android device have Bluetooth, that’s all you need to wirelessly transfer files....

HTC told The Verge that it will introduce a new flagship virtual reality headset on January 5, 2023 — during the next Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The company says the headset will have a lightweight design, and support for “gaming, entertainment, exercise, [and] even some of the more powerful use cases” like productivity and enterprise tools. HTC is promising a two-hour battery life, controllers with six degrees of freedom and hand tracking, and most importantly, a fully self-contained design — no external PC required, just like the Quest and Quest 2....

A new Mac security flaw lets you type literally any username and password in order to unlock the Mac App Store panel in System Preferences. It’s probably not a big deal practically speaking—the panel is unlocked by default—but the fact that this issue exists at all is a worrying reminder that Apple isn’t prioritizing security like they used to. RELATED: Huge macOS Bug Allows Root Login Without a Password. Here’s the Fix...

If you’ve dug through your game console’s settings, you’ve probably seen an option for “Full” or “Limited” RGB output. But what do these options mean, and which should you use? RELATED: How to Avoid Washed Out Colors When Using HDMI on Your PC Here’s the short version: You should almost always use RGB Limited for game consoles plugged into a television for ideal image quality. This is the opposite of our advice for PCs plugged into computer monitors, where you’ll want to use RGB Full....

As first reported by the BBC, Adele requested Spotify remove the shuffle button from the album view. This makes it so users would listen to albums in the order the artist intended. Spotify was happy to oblige the artist’s request, and now the “Play” button on the album screen starts with the first song and plays the album in order. — Spotify (@Spotify) November 21, 2021 The change comes hot on the heels of Adele releasing her new album, so it makes sense that she’d want fans to listen to her work in the correct order....

Outlook has useful tools built into the email client, such as Clutter, Conversation Clean Up, and Focused Inbox, to help keep your inbox tidy. Outlook Online includes a feature called Sweep, a tool used for deleting or moving emails using simple rules. Here’s how it works. Sweep is a tool that lets you set rules on where emails from specific senders should be sent to. The Sweep rules run once every 24 hours, and you can create rules in any folder you like, not just the inbox....

There’s a process called “commerce” running on your Mac right now. You can find it using Activity Monitor, but with a generic name like that, how are you supposed to know what it’s doing? RELATED: What Is This Process and Why Is It Running on My Mac? This article is part of our ongoing series explaining various processes found in Activity Monitor, like kernel_task, hidd, mdsworker, installd, WindowServer, blued, launchd, backup, opendirectoryd, powerd, coreauthd, configd, mdnsresponder, UserEventAgent, nsurlstoraged, and many others....

There are more competing web browsers than ever, with many serving different niches. One example is Brave, which has an unapologetic focus on user privacy and comes with a radical reimagining of how online advertising ought to work. Brave is based on Chromium, the open-source code that forms the basis for Google Chrome. But is it any good? And for those using Google Chrome, is it worth switching to Brave?...

Are you exhausted from all your notifications? You’re not alone: notifications aren’t what they used to be. Once upon a time your phone would only chime when an actual human had something to say to you, but these days apps “notify” you of all kinds of irrelevant crap that you didn’t ask for. Call it notification inflation—Lyft informing you of a discount, Facebook pointing out potential friend recommendations, even news websites tricking you into allowing notifications you don’t actually care about....

The Rookie Mistake A refresh rate is the number of times your monitor updates the image on-screen per second, and they’re measured in Hertz (Hz). Most monitors, especially non-gaming ones, are only 60Hz. This isn’t enough frames per second to give you the smooth gameplay that makes gaming enjoyable. Simply put, the higher your frames, the better your game will look and feel. Before we dive more into why you should upgrade from a 60Hz monitor, do a quick check to ensure you’ve set your monitor to the highest refresh rate....

The iPhone lock screen was revamped with the release of iOS 16. It now has a cool depth effect that allows parts of photos to overlap the clock, but it’s a little finnicky. We’ll help you get it working. In theory, the depth effect is supposed to isolate the foreground subject so it can slightly overlap the clock, as shown above. This creates a cool 3D depth-of-field effect, but it doesn’t work flawlessly in practice....

RELATED: So You Just Got a Google Home. Now What? Google Home Is More Knowledgeable This should come as no surprise, but when it comes to asking random questions about all sorts of facts, Google Home comes out on top thanks to Google’s Knowledge Graph. RELATED: What’s the Difference Between the Google Home, Mini, and Max? For example, Alexa wasn’t able to answer questions like, “What’s the average age of a human being?...

This is not an unreasonable question, because at first blush they seem to be pretty similar devices, save for the Kid Proof Case that ships with the Kids Edition. Considering the price difference, however, it can bring about a scratch of the head as you ask yourself “why should I buy this one when the standard edition is so much cheaper?” The truth is, the difference entails a lot more than just the case....

Kubernetes is a container orchestration engine that lets you deploy containerised workloads in a scalable way. The official command-line utility, kubectl, provides control over your clusters and the resources within. Installing Kubectl kubectl is supported on Linux, macOS and Windows. Several distribution formats are offered depending on the platform. Precompiled binaries are produced for all supported operating systems and made available via direct download links. You’ll also find kubectl within the Snap, Homebrew, Chocolatey and Scoop package managers....

With the beta release of Android P, Google is making available a new navigation system: Gestures. This replaces the Back-Home-Recents navigation scheme that Android has used for years with quick swipes and slides. I’ve been using the P beta build with gestures enabled on my Pixel 2 since it was released at Google I/O, so I’ve had some time to get acclimated. Early impressions come off as something of a mixed bag—it’s a good start, but there’s still work to do....