But sometimes you may not feel the watch vibrate, meaning that you aren’t getting the information from the text message until the next time you check your watch or the Messages app on your phone. Fortunately you can increase the number of times that these alerts repeat on the watch, allowing you multiple opportunities to read the message. How to Adjust the Number of Times Messages Notifications Repeat on Apple Watch The steps in this article were performed in the Watch app on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 10....

But iMessages can also be sent from unwanted or unknown numbers, which creates a new kind of spam that you will need to consider. Your iPhone has a setting that will filter iMessages that are from your contacts into a different list than iMessages from unknown senders. Some of the messages that appear in the Unknown Senders list may simply be from people that are not listed as a contact on your iPhone, but the Unknown Senders list will also contain spam messages....

But some websites are more complex than this one, and you may find that the mobile version of the site leaves out some of the tools that you need. Fortunately some mobile browsers, such as Microsoft’s Edge, give you the ability to request the desktop version of a site instead. Our tutorial below will show you how to request the desktop site by default in Edge on an iPhone...

iPhone Backup Requirements The directions below assume you’re already using iCloud or a computer to regularly backup your iPhone or iPad. If you haven’t, you’ll need to set up your device from scratch and then automatically backup your device so you don’t run into troubles again. Using iCloud to Restore from Backup You can restore from backup your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. These directions work with devices using iOS 13 or iPadOS 13 or later....

Occasionally you will find a Web page on the Internet that you want to share with someone else, or use in some other capacity. If the way that you want to use the Web page is as a printout, then you may wish to save it as a PDF. While saving as a PDF was relatively easy in older versions of iOS, the method for creating one in Safari has changed a bit in iOS 13....

But sometimes the requirements for the submitted document will dictate that the file be in the PDF format, so you may be looking for a way to make this conversion. Fortunately Word Online has a utility that will let you quickly and easily convert from Word Online to a PDF. Microsoft Excel has a ton of useful formulas, including an mm to inches formula that lets you make unit conversions easily....

The Apple Watch can take screenshots, too, although you need to enable a specific device setting before that is possible. Our guide below will show you where to find this setting in the Watch app on your iPhone so that you can create watch face screenshots that can be shared in the same manner as screenshots that you take on your phone. How to Enable Screenshots on an Apple Watch Our guide continues below with more about how to take a screenshot on Apple Watch, including pictures of these steps....

When a user changes their profile picture on Instagram, it automatically replaces the old one. This has led users of the app to wonder whether or not there is some way to view the replaced Instagram profile photo. This guide will focus on the ways that you can attempt to do this, as well as offer some valuable information regarding the way profile pictures work on Instagram. Use the information provided for you here to increase the likelihood that you will be able to properly view someone’s previous Instagram profile picture....

Sometimes you can deduct when an account was created through looking at someone’s posts and meticulously checking dates. However, there are also other more informed ways to check the date of creation for an account! How to See When Someone Joined Instagram (or See When You Joined Instagram) 1. Check Settings for Account Created Date For this method, you need to either be the user of the account or be following the account (If the account is private)....

The camera timer has been seamlessly integrated into the pre-existing Camera app interface, and less observant users might not even notice its’ presence. So if you are excited to start using the camera timer feature, you can follow our guide below to learn how. Using the Camera Timer in iOS 8 on an iPhone 5 As mentioned before, this feature is only available on iPhones running the iOS 8 operating system or later....

By setting an expiration date for your document, spreadsheet, or slideshow, you can share it with clients, customers, or vendors for a short period of time. This is a great way to limit access, and the feature only allows view and comment permissions. If you want to try the temporary access feature for a document you’re getting ready to share, here’s how to set it up. Set an Expire Date for a File Open the application where the file you want to share is located....

You can customize many of the settings on the Firefox iPhone app, including the homepage that is displayed when you open the app. Our guide below will show you where to find this setting so that you can use whatever Web page you would like as your Firefox iPhone homepage. Change the Firefox Homepage in the iPhone 7 App The steps below were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus, in iOS 10....

As a Gmail user, you have the ability to set your own contact picture as well, and it’s an option you can access from your Settings menu. Our guide below will show you how to set your own Gmail profile picture so that it appears for other people that use Gmail or other compatible email accounts. How to Use a Custom Gmail Picture Our guide continues below with additional information about how to set your Gmail contact picture, including pictures of these steps....

Old Original Article… As a blogger, I was surprised when I couldn’t find a simple way to take screenshots on my new Android mobile phone especially since the process is so dead simple using an iPhone. Anyway, a lot of people have been asking about this including grooveDexter on his Samsung Galaxy S. Fortunately, after playing around all hope is lost! There actually IS a way to take screenshots on an Android and this groovy guide will show you how in our typical step-by-step process....

Read on to find out how. Windows 10 Sharing Features: Files, Folders, Printers, and USB Storage The Windows 10 Creators Update, in particular, enhances the sharing experience, with an improved sharing menu available in File Explorer and apps such as Microsoft Edge. Bluetooth is also much easier to set up and share files. Some of these topics we’ve covered for earlier versions of Windows or even earlier releases of Windows 10....

Fortunately you can configure your iPhone 5 to display all of your owned TV show episodes in the Videos app, allowing you to download episodes from the cloud. View TV Shows On Your Device and in the Cloud in iOS 7 on the iPhone 5 Following the steps below will allow you to view a combined list of the TV episodes that you have downloaded on your phone, as well as the episodes that you own but haven’t downloaded....

Documents will probably open in Microsoft Word, PDFs will open in a Web browser or Adobe Reader, and images will open in one of the Windows image applications. But you might occasionally have two files with the same name, or you may need to know a file type. Our tutorial below will show you how to display Windows 10 file extensions so that this information is easier to find....

Our Windows 7 AppData guide can provide more information on a hidden folder that you may need to work with at some point in the future. Showing Hidden Files and Folders in Windows 7 One of the main reasons that you might want to show hidden files and folders is to make changes to files that are located in the AppData folder of your user profile. This is the folder that contains most of the program information and files that are created by Microsoft Office programs....

But the Memories tab can be organized even further by enabling a feature that will specify certain pictures on certain dates as holiday events. Our guide below will show you where to find and enable this setting to add these holiday dates to the Memories tab of the Photos app. Create Holiday Sections in the Memories in iPhone Photos The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 10....

But adding the Recycle Bin icon to the desktop in Windows 8 will require you to access the Personalize menu, which is something that you might not be familiar with. This is a menu that allows you to customize many of the settings for your computer’s desktop, including whether or not a Recycle Bin icon is displayed. Do you need to install Microsoft Office on your Windows 8 computer? An Office 365 subscription can be the most cost-effective way to do so, especially if you need it on more than one computer....