This can also occur if Apple decides to give everyone with an iTunes account a free song or album, leading to some confusion when you are searching for songs on your iPhone and find something that you did not purchase. Fortunately there is an option on your iPhone that you can turn off to prevent the device from automatically downloading music. Our short guide below will walk you through the steps you need....

Like some of the other settings on your Apple Watch that you might wish to adjust, however, turning off Background App Refresh is actually accomplished through the Watch app on your iPhone. Our guide below will show you where to find it. How to Save Battery Life on the Apple Watch By Disabling Background App Refresh The steps in this article were written using an iPhone 7 Plus, in iOS 10 and an Apple Watch using Watch OS 3....

Fortunately almost any notification that you receive from an iPhone app can be turned off, and the Buzzfeed app is no exception. So if you find that you don’t act upon the notifications that you receive from the Buzzfeed app, and that they aren’t adding a benefit to your iPhone experience, then follow our guide below to turn them off completely. Disabling iPhone Buzzfeed Notifications The steps in this guide were performed on an iPhone 6 Plus, in iOS 9....

However, if you have a very busy schedule, then these notifications might become excessive. If you are constantly checking your calendar anyway, then they might even be redundant. Fortunately you have the ability to stop the notifications from the calendar app completely. Our tutorial below will show you how to do this. How to Stop All Calendar Notifications in iOS 10 The steps in this guide were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus, in iOS 10....

You may already be aware of how to turn off cellular data from the Settings menu by going to Settings > Cellular, but you can also turn off cellular data from the Control Center. This article can show you information about your battery, as well as answer some questions about things you may be noticing about it. How to Disable Cellular Data from the Control Center The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 12....

Many of us get a lot of emails every day, so it’s common to wonder how to turn off email notifications on Apple Watch if they are happening too frequently. Fortunately, you can customize the settings for the Mail app on your watch to change the preview settings for your emails, or to shut off the notifications entirely. How to Manage Mail on Apple Watch By Changing the Message Preview Setting Our guide continues below with additional information on turning off email previews on the Apple Watch, including pictures of these steps....

However, you may find this to be confusing, or it might be making it difficult for you to manage your email in the manner to which you are accustomed. Fortunately you have the ability to turn off the threading feature in the Mail app on your iPhone by following the steps in the guide below. How to Change the Email Threading Option in iOS 10 The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 10....

But if you no longer wish to use the Genius feature on your iPhone, then you can turn it off. The process for turning off Genius on your iPhone is short and simple, and can be accomplished by following the few simple steps outlined in our tutorial below. Disable Genius on the iPhone These steps were performed in iOS 8 on an iPhone 5. These steps will turn off the Genius feature on your iPhone 5, which means that you will no longer be able to create Genius playlists directly from your iPhone....

You are able to see and manage these extensions by going to the Maps section of your iPhone’s Settings menu. From there you will be able to decide which of these extensions you would like to continue allowing to use Maps in this manner. How to Manage the Extensions for the iPhone Maps App The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus in iOS 10.3.3. Note that turning off an extension could result in the app behaving differently, or potentially, not working at all....

Fantasy football is incredibly popular with a large percentage of the American population, and ESPN’s Fantasy service is among the more popular choices for playing fantasy football. They even have an iPhone app that you can use to draft and set your lineup. But there is a lot of news coming out of the NFL during the football season, and much of this news can be transmitted to you via the Fantasy app....

Fortunately the Outlook 2013 notification settings are adjustable, and you can disable that sound if you would like. Our guide below will show you how. How to Disable the Outlook 2013 New Email Sound The steps below are going to change a setting on the Outlook 2013 Options menu so that you stop hearing the notification sound that plays when a new email arrives in your inbox. There are several other notification settings on this menu as well, so you can take this opportunity to adjust them to suit your needs as well....

Fortunately your iPhone has a setting called one-handed keyboard that can slightly modify the display of the keyboard so that it is easier to type when you are holding the device with one hand. But when you are typing with two hands, you may not like the way that this looks or behaves, and you would prefer to turn it off instead. Our tutorial below will show you where to find and disable the one-handed keyboard setting on your iPhone....

But Wi-Fi networks can occasionally run slow, or lose their ability to connect to the Internet. iOS 9 introduces a feature called Wi-Fi assist that can be beneficial in these situations by automatically using cellular data when Wi-Fi connectivity is poor. While this feature will help to ensure that you can access data from your iPhone more reliably, it can also lead to increased cellular data usage. if you are worried that this may be a problem, then you can disable the Wi-Fi Assist feature by following our guide below....

Note: Only your data files will be kept when upgrading XP Pro to Windows 8; some of your programs and drivers will need to be reinstalled and/or upgraded. Prepare XP for Windows 8 Upgrade Before upgrading from XP to Windows 8, make sure your system has the hardware to upgrade. According to Microsoft, you’ll need the following: Processor: 1 gigahertz (GHz) or fasterRAM: 1 gigabyte (GB) (32-bit) or 2 GB (64-bit)Hard disk space: 16 GB (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)Graphics card: Microsoft DirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driverTo access Windows Store, you need a screen resolution of at least 1024×768....

Storing a Large File in SkyDrive A lot of people use SkyDrive as a place to store pictures, music and documents that they might need to access from another location. The SkyDrive browser interface is ideal for this, because there are no extra steps to perform a file upload. Simply open a browser, sign into SkyDrive, and follow the instructions to upload your files. The web browser upload option features a single-file 300 MB size limit, which will cover the majority of single files that the average user will upload....

Bringing Non-Apple Users to FaceTime First introduced on the iPhone 4 in 2010, FaceTime is a proprietary video-telephony product from Apple. It allows iPhone, iPad, and Mac users to communicate via video or audio through a Wi-Fi or cellular connection. It’s also available on Apple Watch audio-only. Protected by end-to-end encryption, FaceTime is only accessible by senders and receivers, with Apple deliberately being unable to decrypt FaceTime communications. Until now, there was no way non-Apple device users could join a chat....

The app uses advanced AI powered maths solver to help students with different mathematical problems, like algebra, arithmetic, trigonometry, statistics, calculus, and other difficult equations. Read further to know how to solve Math problems with Microsoft Edge. How to use Microsoft Math Solver Available for 22 languages, using Microsoft Math solver is pretty simple. Here are some simple steps you need to follow to be able to solve math problem with Microsoft Math Solver....

You can switch to Print View in Microsoft Excel 2013 by going to the View tab, then clicking the Page Layout option in the ribbon. There are a few easy ways to force your Excel 2013 spreadsheet to fit on one page, which can help to solve many of the print problems that you might be having with your worksheets. But many Excel jobs don’t fit into the same set of criteria or only some of your spreadsheet might be printing, so you may find yourself needing to see the current print layout of your data so that you can adjust it manually....

Using Quick Look Launched with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, the quick viewing tool really hasn’t changed since it was first released. That’s not a complaint. Rather, it proves just how durable the feature has remained. To date, Quick Look can preview most types of files, including PDFs, plain text, Microsoft Office files, RAW camera images, HTML, and many more. The size of the preview depends on the size of the document relative to the screen resolution....

Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to use one wherever you are? If you’re an iPhone user, you have your very own voice assistant built into your smartphone. Siri is packed with features and it can do a lot more than you may think. If you’re not already using Siri, it’s time to start. Here’s how to use Siri on an iPhone 13. How to Set Up Siri on iPhone 13 There are a few different ways that you can use Siri on the iPhone 13....