Whenever someone calls you on an Apple iPhone, it uses the information in your contacts list to identify the person who is calling. You can associate any name you wish with any phone number in the iPhone Contacts app, including a first name, last name or nickname. If the name and phone number isn’t in your contacts list, only the phone number is displayed. Your cell phone service plan must offer the Caller ID option before this feature will work....

Apple iPods, such as the Nano and Touch, come with a variety of features thanks to the addition of applications and games. However, the core feature of the iPod is the ability to play songs. Playing those songs is simple enough, but making the lyrics show on an iPod is a little bit trickier. By following a few specific steps, you’ll be able to add and make lyrics show on your iPod....

A picture frame is used to enhance the look of a picture. By choosing a frame that works well with your background, color scheme and image, you can make a photograph more elegant, professional or fun. You don’t have to use a traditional rectangular shape for your frame—you can utilize any shape of your choice. Since an oval picture frame is less traditional, it can make your photograph stand out even more....

Updated February 10, 2017 Press the drive’s external eject button several times, just to be sure it isn’t working. Give the drive a few seconds to respond. Press the eject button on your keyboard if you’re using a Mac. Open “My Computer” if you’re using a PC. If there isn’t a “My Computer” shortcut on your desktop, look for it in the Start Menu. Locate your CD drive’s icon among the other removable storage drive icons....

Updated August 30, 2017 Sign into docs.google.com and click the “Menu” icon in the upper-right corner and select “Sheets.” If you don’t see a list of templates, click the “Menu” icon again, select “Settings” and then enable the enable the “Display recent templates on home screens” option. Click the “Template Gallery” menu to expand the list of templates. Scroll down to the Work section and click the “Weekly Time Sheet....

Call your phone company and request the ring back number for your phone. Most phone companies, in different areas, have a 2 or 3 digit code they can give you to use to make your own phone ring. Follow the directions of your phone company for using the ring back number. In many areas, you need to pick up the receiver of the phone, dial the code that they gave you, then hang the phone back up for a second....

If you have forgotten the password that allows you to access the Internet of your PlayStation Portable, or PSP, you will no longer have access to all the features of the device or be able to play games online. You may not be able to recover the password, but you can reset your PSP to its original settings, which also resets the password, so that you can access the Internet and online games again on your PSP....

Updated July 21, 2017 Log in to your email account and open an email message that contains a word document. Such a document is always an attachment file with the extension “.doc” or “.docx” in the email. Locate the attachment file area in your email. Attached files are typically listed under the email address information and are marked with the paper clip symbol. Click on the filename of the word document in the attachment area....

Computer files with a name that ends in “.CDF” are called “Content Definition Files.” These files are used by one of two programs that only work with the Windows operating system. If you want to open a .CDF file that you’ve found on your computer or downloaded from the Internet, you’re going to need to make sure that you have either ECMG Reader or ECMG Explorer installed on your machine....

If you begin to download an AVI video file but never finish–or if you want to watch the portion that you’ve downloaded while waiting for the download to complete–you will need a media player capable of playing incomplete AVI files. Sometimes an AVI can become corrupted in such a way that renders it effectively incomplete. You can work around this with the right player. The VLC Media Player is your best bet for this situation and is likely to work no matter what operating system you use....

One of the ways you can take advantage of your SiriusXM subscription is by using the SiriusXM iOS application on your iPod Touch. Provided that your SiriusXM account is active and current, you can log-in to the app on your iPod to play, pause, fast forward and restart streaming music. You can also use the On Demand feature, which gives you access to themed shows that have a limited access window to be listened to offline....

Not having a remote control programmed to your TV prevents you from changing the TV’s channels and volume from across the room, causing you to get up from the couch repeatedly. If you no longer have the original remote that came with your TV, use a universal remote instead. Universal remotes are programmable to any TV by using the right programing code, however, depending on the model of your universal remote, there are a few different ways to program a universal remote to your TV....

Computers are slowly replacing all the gadgets we normally hook up to TVs, such as VCRs and DVD players. But if you want to view anything from your computer on a regular television, you are going to need the right cable. Newer computers provide several standard types of output, such as HDMI, VGA or DVI. Almost all computers have at least VGA, but some older machines may also have S-Video connectors....

When you can’t attend an important presentation, let it come to you. People use webinar technology to broadcast audio and video presentations over the Internet. Although some webinars may be prerecorded, many of them are live. After you tune in to a webinar broadcast, you may want to record it yourself so you can watch it again later. Windows doesn’t have a tool that captures streaming multimedia content, but you can record a webinar using third-party software....

It’s always a good idea to encrypt and password-protect files and folders on your computer containing sensitive or personal information you wouldn’t want others to see. But things can turn ugly if you forget your own password and find yourself locked out from your own stuff! While you can opt to purchase software that can break through to your files, this can be expensive and even then there is no guarantee the software will perform its job quickly....

Updated September 15, 2017 Open a web browser and visit www.blizzard.com. Click on “Support” at the upper right of the page. Click on the “StarCraft” logo among the list of Blizzard games. Click on “CD-Key Issues” under the “Technical support” headline. Choose the specific issue you have from the list to the right and follow the directions on the new page.

To recover your Dell Optiplex 745, you will need the Dell recovery discs that came with your PC. Dell creates recovery discs to help users return their computers to factory condition. You will have to first change your BIOS settings so your Dell Optiplex 745 boots from CD. Writer Bio

Accidental overwriting of a file is probably one of the top five computer-related errors. Fortunately, there is a quick and easy method for turning back time on a Windows-based computer through the use of the System Restore utility. This will reverse the clock, making it as though you had not yet overwritten your important iTunes backup file. Writer Bio

Reformat your iPhone to prepare the device to sell or trade. The factory reset reformats the internal drive on the iPhone, and restores original software and settings. All of your email and storage accounts, files and settings are deleted. If the iPhone becomes unresponsive, reformatting the device will often resolve the issue. Reformat the iPhone through iTunes while the device is connected to your computer, or use the Reset feature in the Settings options to perform the factory reset from within the operating system....

If you have purchased and installed a new ink cartridge into your printer only to let it sit there for weeks without using it, you might find that the ink is having a difficult time coming out and that the printed pages are light. This is because the lack of use has dried out the exterior layer of ink, preventing fresh ink from being used to print the paper. Luckily, this issue can be corrected without too much trouble....