Apple has a built-in way to protect you from opening up potentially malicious apps on your computer in Mac OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, and macOS Sierra. This setting, named Gatekeeper, will never stop you from installing apps from the Mac App Store, but it could from anywhere else. If it's an app you're sure you want to install on your system, here's how to do it.
It's one hell of a device, but the Samsung Galaxy S5 is still susceptible to the many hazards that other smartphones are prone to: theft, cracked screens, poor battery life, and particularly, overheating.
You've been there. Those precarious few seconds between dropping your expensive smartphone right on its face and reaching down to survey the damage. Or maybe you got thrown in a pool while your device was in your pocket, or you dropped that sucker right into the toilet bowl. Heck, I've managed to accidentally wash two devices by leaving them in my pants pocket when throwing in a load of laundry.
One of the best things about iOS 7 is the Control Center, which gives you quick access from anywhere on your iPhone to turning on or off Airplane Mode, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and more. It also makes it very easy to adjust the brightness of your display, and gives app shortcuts for your Flashlight, Calculator, Timer, and Camera.
As an avid reader, I come across a plethora of words I don't know, but my iPhone is always right there to help figure out their meanings.
I know all of you softModders love these little modifications, like enabling the hidden battery percentage on the Nexus 7 or getting the exclusive Google Launcher on your Nexus, so here's an easy one that lets you hide the soft-keys from your tablet, which will actually expand your screen to look a little bit longer.
Depending on where you live, the type of skirting option you choose is important (Skirting is the base trim around the shed). Henry shows you three different ways to do this including the Drip Cap options for wetter climates.
There's something missing on your brand new Samsung Galaxy S4, and if you're a softModder like me, you know exactly what it is already. If you don't know, keep reading, because you should—anyone who wants a better Android experience should.
In this Windows 8 Tutorial you will learn how to shutdown your PC. Also you will be able to modify the shutdown settings so that you have access to additional options when you shutdown your computer such a hibernation and sleep mode. If their are shutdown options you don't want displayed you can disable them in the shutdown settings for Windows 8.
Last month, Google changed the placement of search options from the left side of the page to the top, right above the first result. In theory, this shouldn't be such a bad thing—it's just looks, right? Well, not quite. Turns out, it actually got rid of a few of the options as well, and a lot of people were not too happy about it. The problem is that the change gives you less functionality, and makes the options that are still there harder to get to. One of the most frustrating changes was how...
Hi, gang! Time for another hack using Metasploit. We have exploited Windows XP (a very insecure operating system) and we have exploited Ubuntu and installed Meterpreter on a Linux system exploiting the Samba service. Several of you have asked for a hack on more modern Windows systems, so here goes.
Steps to Configure Your Modem/Router are: 1. Open Network connection and click properties
This video describes how to create a custom toolbar in excel. First we have to go to tools menu in the excel. Next take the option of customize there and then choose the toolbars there. Next there will be the option “new” tab in that box. You have to select it first and then give a name the toolbar, which you are going to create. Then will be get the tool bar. Next if you want to add the buttons to the toolbar that you have created now, you have to go to commands tab. Then you will get ca...
The Costsheet demonstrates how to enable macros in Excel 2007 to run correct spreadsheets. First, open up the spreadsheet. Make sure that the macros are enabled. If they have not, enable the macros by placing them in a trusted source by saving them in a particular folder. You can also choose to recognize the publisher as a trusted source. Click the office button and scroll down to Excel options. Click on the trust center option and go to trust center settings. Then, view the trusted locations...
The video demonstrates how to connect your Bluetooth phone to your computer and send/receive files between them through Bluetooth. You need to first switch on Bluetooth in your phone and then click on the icon for Bluetooth connectivity in the computer. Then click on the option called 'Add a Bluetooth Device'. You can see a setup wizard pop up in your computer screen where you have click on the check box and then click on Next button. Once the phone is detected, select it and click on Next. T...
This video is a Microsoft Word 2007 tutorial on working with pictures. To insert a picture in your document, click on Insert and select Picture, then find the picture, select and insert it. To resize the picture without distorting it, click and hold on the corner circles. You can adjust Brightness and Contrast by using the various choices within these settings. The Recolor setting gives you a number of options for changing the coloring of the picture, such as sepia, black and white, or graysc...
This video presents how to defragment and shrink a Windows Vista partition using Perfect Disk 2008 Professional program.First you need to download and install software application named Perfect Disk 2008.Type Perfect Disk 2008 into Google search engine, choose first link from the list.On the Raxco software home page choose Free Evaluation option from the list to the right.Download and install Perfect Disk 2008 Professional.Once it is installed, run the application. From Menu choose Analyze op...
Get to design your own watermark for your documents. Here's a video showing these easy steps to watermarking your documents. 1. Go to the "Page Layout" tab in Word 2007 and look for the "Page Background" section of the toolbar and select the "Watermark" button. 2. Click on the "Custom Watermark". 3. Click on either picture or text watermark, whichever you prefer. 4. If you select the Picture Watermark, you need to insert a picture by clicking the select picture. You can also customize the sca...
Video demonstrates how to make rounded corners in GIMP. First step is to open an image. The image needs to have transparency for this to work. An alpha channel is to be added to the image. This can be done by going to the layer option in that select transparency and add alpha channel. By doing this if the picture grays out it means the image already has transparency and there is no need to add an alpha channel. Now Select option is selected and in that rounded rectangle is selected. The radiu...
You can convert any color photo to black and white photo. In Photoshop CS3, There are 4 ways to do it.
The video describes how to Jailbreak & Unlock your 1st generation iPhone 2G version 3.1.3 and Jail breaking iPhone 3G on version 3.1.3 using Redsnow. The person says that the first and foremost thing to do is to update or restore your iPhone to 3.1.3 version and also remove the SIM from the iPhone. Then you have to download two files from the video description, then launch Redsnow. Then you have to browse the 3.1.2 file that was downloaded already and click on open and then on the next button...
This video shows you how to use the elastic audio option in DigiDesign's ProTools 7.4
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a histogram chart in Excel. To create a vertical histogram, you will enter in data to the chart. Then, highlight all of the data and go to "insert", "chart", then choose a regular column chart. Grab a regular 2D column and then make sure your values are correct. Then, right click and go to "chart options", then take the legend off. Now, make these columns all touch each other by right clicking over the columns and formatting them. Go to "options" then ch...
In this video, we learn how to enhance the audio in your Camtasia Studio 5 videos. First, set your video to 640x480 and then choose the option to zoom yourself. Now, click the zoom in button to zoom in on the time line with your audio. Then, right click the audio and go to "audio enhancement". Once here, click the first option under background noise removal, then click the remove background noise button. Now, when you play back your audio, you will hear a huge difference in what you just play...
You've worked hard to get your garden in shape— the tilling, the planting, the watering, so when pests and weeds threaten your garden, you'll want to take action. But if you don't want to use chemicals, there are effective organic alternatives. Lowe's has the advice you need for keeping those unwanted enemies out.
You can create an image gallery of any directory on your file system with Konqueror. If you are a KDE user and you need to see the images in any directory, but if there are any other stuffs beside images in that directory then you will see that stuffs too. So if you do not want this, you need to click on tools in Konqueror menu and choose "create image gallery" for the current directory. There will be many options like folder, look etc. so set your options as you like and click on create, it ...
You can change the drop down navigation menu in thesis Wordpress theme. So to do this first go to word press admin and click add new to add a new page after that create some more pages. You have to select your page in parent menu
In this video, we learn how to origami a pencil cup/ holder. First, take a square and fold it into a triangle. Give it a crease, then unfold. Now, fold in half to make a triangle from the other direction. Give it another crease, then unfold. Intersect by folding in half making a rectangle, making sure the color side is on the inside. Make a crease and unfold the paper, not fold it into a triangle. Now, take the triangle point and fold it up. After this, give it a crease and then fold another ...
In this tutorial, we learn how to change power buttons on Windows 7. First, go to the control panel and find your hardware and sound section. Now, go to power options and change what the power buttons do. You will be able to see what your power options currently are, and change what they do when your computer sits still, the top shuts, or many other things. If you want the computer to hibernate, the computer will wake up when you touch it. If you go into a sleep state, you will have to reload...
In this how-to video, you will learn how to change the password to your hotmail e-mail account. This will be useful if someone knows your password or it is not unique enough to be safe. First, go to your web browser and log in to your hotmail account. Once you are in, go to the options bar and click more options. Next, go to view and edit your personal information. Click on change next to your password. Enter your old password and then enter your new password twice. Click save to change the p...
After the changes made to Facebook, some users are having a hard time trying to configure their options to their liking. If you’re a fan of Mafia Wars and want your updates to be posted on your News Feed, this video will teach you how to unhide this game or any other application. The easiest way to go about this is to log onto your Homepage. On the left-hand side, you’ll see a blue link that says “more.” Click into it and then press “links.” Now scroll down to the very end of the ...
Learn how to adjust the mouse cursor size on a Macintosh computer, so that it is easier to see and locate. The cursor can be adjusted to your liking by accessing the "Universal Access" preferences window and then by selecting the "Mouse & Trackpad" option. Near the bottom of the control panel, you will be able to find a slidable bar that can adjust the cursor size to be smaller or larger, as needed. This option can help make the mouse cursor easier to see against a difficult desktop backgroun...
The video describes the making of Paper doll dress up and a Tin Purse to put the dolls inside. You can use the cartridge paper but regular paper should do. She was sticking to the princess themes in this tutorial. The tin comes from provocraft but creative imaginations also offers one. Instead of purchasing a tin you can find a old tin purse maybe once for a over sized set of playing cards. There is a tab feature you can use on the dolls but which children the might come off. She suggests usi...
This video will show you how to take advantage of one of Apple's iMovie advanced editing feature, picture-in-picture effect. This feature allows you to embed either another video, or images into a base video. To enable this valuable tool in iMovie, go into the iMovie preferences by clicking on "iMovie" in the top left hand corner of your screen. Under the General tab make sure "Show advanced tools" is selected. Import a video from your event library by dragging it into iMovie and selecting pi...
Teach Excel demonstrates how to change the columns from letters to numbers in Excel 2007. The first step is to click on the Office button in the top left part of the window. Next, you click on Excel Options and click on the Formulas tab. There should be a heading labeled "Working with Formulas." The checkbox for R1C1 reference style should be unchecked by default. Check that box and click OK. This changes the column headers from letters to numbers. In order to change back to letters, simply g...
Mike Callahan aka Dr. Filefinder of Butterscotch explains how to adjust the margins in Microsoft Word 2007. While working on a document navigate your mouse to the 'Page Layout' tab at the top, center of the page. On the far left of the resulting page you will find 'Margins', click on that. A drop down window will display some default options that may suit your needs. If not, then click on the bottom option 'custom margins' to change the margin width to any size that you choose. You will now b...
Mike Callahan will show you the tricky process of changing the screen timeout on your Android cell phone. While some people like their screen to black out right after they finish using it others prefer it to stay lit for a while. Mr. Callahan shows you how to change the setting regardless of how you like it. First tap on settings. Next, tap on sound and display. Then, you are going to want to scroll down until you get to screen time out. After selecting the screen time out option, you will ha...
Josh Copp and Madeline Donahue show us how to build a light table from pine wood and plywood utilizing two fluorescent light fixtures as the light source inside the box. The frame of the box is fashioned out of two 1X8 planks cut into four pieces so that two sides are 30 inches and two sides are 22 3/8 inches. The base of the box is made of plywood or OSB and is 30X22 3/8. Once the pieces are cut and assembled using a pocket hole jig and wood screws, the inside of the box is painted with whit...
In this video, it demonstrate how to check and configure Windows firewall. In order to check to see if firewall is enable or not. You would click on start which locate bottom left corner of the screen. Then you would click on control panel. On this screen you would see an option for firewall, and click on it. When you click on firewall, it will let you view all the description about firewall configuration. There are also many other option which locate on the left hand side. If you are an adva...
How To Make Anything demonstrates how to upload YouTube videos in high definition. To upload your video so the HD button becomes available to YouTube viewers, go into your video editor and set your project properties to 1280 x 720 which is the high definition resolution YouTube looks for to give you the HD option. Then, when you render your project, set your rendering parameters to a format like WMV and check to make sure that you're getting the HD image size upon output. Once your video is r...
