But when I finally got around to upgrading, I was like: Holy smokes! I can control the volume with this thing. And I can turn the TV on too! It’s the little things that matter to me. With the 4th Gen Apple TV and the forthcoming Apple TV 4K, your Siri Remote for Apple TV can be the one remote to rule them all. No more yelling at the kids to find “the other remote” if they want to watch their shows!...

A few things to know before you use an online PDF converter; PDF to Word specifically. There is a 2mb file size limit, you cannot convert larger PDF files.If you use this application it will have access to a small portion of your Facebook personal data.You probably shouldn’t use this service to convert confidential or sensitive PDFs, although the developer states that their cache of your files is cleared every 24 hours – there is no way to be certain of that....

Decrypt DVD and Copy it to your Hard Drive First, we need to decrypt the DVD and copy its contents to our hard drive. To do this use, a free application called DVDFab. Ripping a DVD with DVDFab is simple, and Brian Burgess here at groovyPost wrote a step-by-step in his tutorial on how to convert a DVD to an ISO File. Follow his steps up to where he tells you to test the VOB files with VNC then continue below with Step 2....

Here’s a look at how to copyright your photos, why you should, and what steps you should take to protect those images better. What is Copyright? In the United States, image copyright comes into being as soon as the shutter of a camera gets released. You automatically own the copyright unless it was taken for commercial purposes where a company or organization requested the work. In those cases, you probably signed a release before or after the image taking....

Note: For this example I’m using a Surface RT, but the process is the same on any computer or device running Windows 8.1. So if you’re on a computer with a large monitor or an All-in-One you can get some cool results with high resolution photos you’ve taken. Windows 8.1 Lock Screen Photo Slide Show To create a slide show, bring up the Charms bar and select Settings > Change PC Settings....

You can easily create a self-grading quiz or one you grade manually with Google Forms. Plus, you can make your answer keys, provide point values and feedback to individual responses, and choose when to share the results of the quiz with participants. Create a Quiz in Google Forms Sign in to your Google account on Google Forms. At the top under Start a new form, click Blank Quiz. If you don’t see this option, click the arrows next to Template gallery, scroll down to Education, and click Blank Quiz....

Other app tiles and system items are static and just display what they are. For instance, 7-zip or other file archiving apps, or if you pin system settings to the Start menu, those tiles won’t be live. There is a lot of customization you can do with tiles on the Start menu. One of those is arranging them into individual groups. Here’s a look at how to do it....

Customize Your Profile Log into your account, then lick the gear icon on the top left side of the page and go to Settings. Next, in the menu on the right side select Design. Now scroll down to Customize Your Own and click the Change header button. Choose the image you want to use from your computer and adjust it by zooming in or out. When you’re happy with it click Save....

The solution, according to the experts, is to turn off the gadgets two or three hours before bedtime. Sounds nice. But if you’re like me, two or three hours before bedtime comprises the entirety of what’s left of the day after getting home from work, taking the dog out, putting the kid to bed and cleaning up after dinner. With that in mind, it sounds like the sleep experts are telling me to never use a smartphone or computer on a weeknight....

What Data Does Apple Collect and Why? Before going further, it’s essential to understand that even when collected, your Siri content is not tied to your Apple ID. Instead, Apple uses it with a random identifier. When received, Apple doesn’t know which content is coming from which user(s). According to Apple, this content is collected to “more accurately complete personalized tasks. In doing so, “it collects and stores certain information from your device....

Disable Transparency and Animation Effects on Windows 11 To get started, click Start and then click on the Settings icon. Note: You can also use the keyboard shortcut Windows key + I to open the Settings app directly. Either way, you get there; once Settings is open, click on Accessibility from the list in the left panel. From the Accessibility options, click on Visual effects: Scroll bars, transparency, animations, notification timeout....

Favicons are the small icons you see next to a website name or URL while using your Internet browser. For most websites, these favicons have become permanent branding images, and are an excellent way to keep track of what site you’re on. Google just introduced a new feature in Google Reader that allows the use of favicons to help identify feeds and give Google Reader a little more color. The process is simple enough as you can see from the screenshot below....

A small measure of security can go a long way to keep people off your phone and away from your personal information. On nearly all droid devices there is a pattern lock feature that can be enabled, much like the password protected welcome screen on the iPhone. What groovy geek would let their device go without security? Let’s jump right into the how-to. Note that all of the screenshots for this how-to were taken using a Samsung Galaxy S (Sprint Epic 4g)....

Netflix began rolling out the feature to subscribers last week, and you should have the feature by now. Log in to your Netflix account and scroll down the lists of shows, and you should see the following Share with Facebook message. If you don’t see it, log out and back in to your account. After clicking it, you’ll see two new rows that list what your Facebook friends favorites and what they’ve recent watched....

There’s two things to note about weather in the Chronos time widget. The first is that you won’t be able to view weather unless you’re viewing a half-screen size version of the widget. This thing has to be a height of at least 3 rows before it will show you the weather, width doesn’t matter as much as it will scale down. The second thing is that while all other settings for the widget are available in the Clock app, weather is located elsewhere....

Thankfully, Apple makes it relatively simple to save the passwords you’re using online and within apps in macOS. If you use iCloud and the iCloud Keychain across multiple Apple devices, any passwords you use are automatically synced across and made accessible from anywhere. iCloud Keychain allows you to review your passwords in a single location on your Mac, allowing you to use or change them. Here’s what you’ll need to do to use it....

Update Apple TV (4th Generation) To manually check for updates open Settings and go to System > Software Updates > Update Software. To ensure your Apple TV is always up-to-date, turn on Automatic Updates. If an update is available, you can download and install it right away, or choose to update later. If you defer the update until later, you can go back into Settings and run the update during a more convenient time....

The problem with having all of your important files and folders within easy reach is that there might be files you want to hide. If that’s the case, you can configure Windows to skip certain hidden files and folders. In this guide, we’ll explain how to hide files and folders from a Windows 11 search. How to Hide Files and Folder from Search on Windows 11 The first thing we’ll look at is customizing where Windows is searching for files....

Whatever the case, Netflix allows you to hide titles from its enormous library of content. Here’s how it works. How to Hide Titles on Netflix To get started, launch a browser on your PC or Mac and log into Netflix. Then hover over the profile icon and select Account. Now, scroll down to the bottom to the “Profile & Parental Controls” section. From there, choose the profile that you want to hide a title from....

If you’re working with Google Sheets, you may need to add additional rows to your spreadsheet. Adding one row is simple enough, but what if you want to add multiple rows at once? Learn how to insert multiple rows in Google Sheets below. How to Insert a Single Row in Google Sheets If you want to add multiple rows in Google Sheets, but the rows aren’t consecutive, then your only option is to add them one at a time....