The Best Keyboard Shortcuts on iPad
If you have a keyboard for your Apple iPad or iPad Pro, you can get more out of the experience if you know a handful of the most useful keyboard shortcuts. Here are some of our favorites.
What Is HDMI?
If you’ve set up a TV set or computer monitor recently, you’ve probably come across HDMI ports. But what are they—and how do they differ from other video connectors and standards? We’ll explain.
How to Measure a TV Screen
Sometimes you own a TV set and don’t know what size it is, or you need to measure a TV to see where it will fit. Either way, there are a few ways to do it, and we’ll show you how.
What Is an In-App Purchase?
If you’re familiar with app stores on iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows, Mac, Chromebook, and beyond, you’ll encounter the concept of in-app purchases. What are they, and what do they do? We’ll explain.
Is the iPhone 13 Waterproof?
Can your iPhone 13 take a splash in the water without any damage? The answer depends on several factors, which apply to the iPhone 13 Mini, iPhone 13 Pro, and iPhone 13 Pro Max as well. We’ll get to the bottom of this deep bl…
How to Make System Image Backups on Windows 11
If your main OS drive fails in Windows, it can take you a while to get back up to speed even if you have conventional backups. You’ll need to reinstall every app and configure each one to your liking. To avoid that, consider …
How to Change the RDP Port on Windows 11
If you’d like to access your Windows 11 PC remotely, it’s easy to do thanks to Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), which comes with Pro and Enterprise versions of Microsoft’s OS. Although the default RDP port is 3389, there are ti…
Don’t Put Your TV Over Your Fireplace
Faced with a small living room, I decided to mount our family TV over the fireplace a few years ago. It saved lots of space, but I deeply regret it. Here’s why. (Don’t make the same mistake I did!)
How to Change the RDP Port on Windows 10
It’s easy to use your Windows 10 PC remotely thanks to Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), which is built into Pro or Enterprise versions of Windows 10. By default, the RDP port is 3389, but you might need to change it. Here’s how…
How to See Image Size (Resolution) of Photos on iPhone
Every digital photo on your iPhone has a resolution defined by the number of pixels in the image. The more pixels each images has, the more detail the photo can potentially store. If you’re running iOS 15 or higher, here’s ho…
What to Do If You Drop Your Smartphone in the Ocean
You’re having a great day at the beach or on the ocean, but your fingers slip, and splash! Down goes your smartphone into the briny deep—or hopefully, just into a few inches of salt water. Either scenario can be devastating…
How to See EXIF Metadata in Photos on iPhone
Every photo you take on your iPhone includes EXIF metadata, which records information about how, when, and where you took the photo. Previously, you needed a special utility to see EXIF metadata on iPhone, but with iOS 15 and…
Getting Older? Here’s How to Make Windows More Comfortable
If you’re getting older like me, you might find that it’s harder to see what is on your computer screen than it used to be. Here are some tips to make using your Windows 10 or 11 machine easier and more comfortable with dimin…
Why Do Alkaline Batteries Leak?
It happens to the best of us: You open a gadget and see crusty white powder and sometimes metal corrosion inside. Your alkaline batteries have leaked! But why does it always happen? We’ll get to the bottom of it….
A World Without Wires: 25 Years of Wi-Fi
It’s been a quarter-century since the IEEE introduced the 802.11 Wi-Fi standard. Since then, speeds have increased, and wireless internet has changed the world. Here’s a look back.
How to Check Your iPhone’s IMEI Number
An iPhone’s IMEI number is a 15-17 digit identifier that distinguishes it from all other iPhones, and it can sometimes be helpful to find out what it is. Here’s why—and how to do it.
How to Type an Em Dash on Windows or Mac
If you’d like to type a long dash—called an em dash—on a Windows PC or Mac, you need to take some extra steps because it’s not on your keyboard. Here’s how to get an em dash.
“Atari Was Very, Very Hard” Nolan Bushnell on Atari, 50 Years Later
It’s been 50 years since Nolan Bushnell co-founded Atari, which brought video games to the mainstream. To celebrate, we asked Bushnell what he learned during the early years—and what we’ve lost sight of since then….
What’s the Difference Between Em Dash, En Dash, and Hyphen?
In the world of typography, a humble horizontal line can mean at least seven different things depending on its length and the context in which it gets used. Generally, the most confusing of these are the hyphen, en dash, and …
How to Clear the Recent Files List in Adobe Photoshop
If you’ve been using Adobe Photoshop and you don’t want to leave your recent work visible on the opening Home page when you launch the app, you have a few options for clearing the list or hiding it. We’ll show you how….
What Does Shift+Enter Do in Word?
When you press Enter in Microsoft Word, by default, your cursor will jump ahead two lines. But why does it do this, and is there any way to make it only move ahead one line instead? We’ll show you the answers….
Why Do We Push Shift+Command+3 to Take a Screenshot on Mac?
Every time you take a screenshot on a Mac, you press Shift+Command+3, Shift+Command+4, or Shift+Command+5. But what happened to Shift+Command+1 and Shift+Command+2? It’s a trivial question, but the answer reaches back into ea…
Where Do Screenshots Go on Mac?
If you take a screenshot on your Mac, where does macOS save the screenshot image files? We’ll help you find the screenshot location—and show you how to choose where they end up in the future.
How to Stop Accidental Cellular Data Usage on iPhone
If you don’t have unlimited cellular data on your iPhone plan, it can waste money if you accidentally use cell data when your Wi-Fi signal gets bad—or if a data-hungry app goes awry. Here’s how to prevent that from happenin…
What’s the Difference Between the “Enter” and “Return” Keys?
On a Mac extended keyboard, there’s a “Return” and an “Enter” key. On most PC keyboards, there are two “Enter” keys, but some say “Return” instead. What’s going on here? We look at the history behind the keys….
