As people tend to collect more and more photos on their computers, organization is crucial to being able to sort and find them again. Windows makes renaming multiple photos at once very easy. During the process, sequential numbering is added to the end of the file name you select. This can save you a lot of time especially if you are renaming many pictures perhaps from a vacation or big event....
Obtaining a record of text messages from your cellular phone service provider is next to impossible, but getting the time and date text log is simple. Most service providers delete the text messages they have stored within a few days. They cannot recover or transcribe them. However, there are other ways to access the information, but be careful. Privacy laws may restrict your ability to legally access text messages or text logs that belong to someone else....
Every so often you are sent a file that has a generic icon on it, and no software on your PC can open it. You check the file extension, and it is .DMG. A .DMG file is a Mac Disk Image. There are different software options that can read and extract the contents of .DMG files so you can access the files within. Tips
There’s nothing more important to a successful surprise party than the “surprise” part. Making sure everyone on your guest list can keep a secret is difficult enough, and in today’s thoroughly modern, e-connected world, your e-vites are potentially public information. But if you use Facebook to communicate your plans for your to-be-surprised pal, you might just make it to the party with your secret surprise intact. Writer Bio
The MSN website provides a variety of different entertainment options, including online games. Although the MSN site is created and run by Microsoft, you can still play all of the games using a Mac system. The Mac runs the Internet in a similar way as a PC and you don’t need any special downloads or applications to run the games on the MSN website. Tips Writer Bio
Talking on your cell phone should be a luxury you can enjoy without worrying about your phone being hacked into. Hackers have gotten creative in the ways that they can get into your phone. Taking the precautions to keep your phone safe can decrease the chances of your phone getting hacked into. Writer Bio
Your iPhone makes rearranging the various application icons simple. Pressing and holding an icon for several seconds unlocks all of the items on your home screen, allowing you to rearrange or delete them as desired. However, after several accidental unlocks or deletions, you might wish rearrangement wasn’t so simple. After jailbreaking your iPhone, you can choose between several apps which allow you to lock your icons in place. Though the jailbreaking your iPhone is legal, be aware that it voids your device’s warranty....
In an age where technology is mainstream, anything that can make your day simpler is paramount. Everyone has a busy schedule these days and that doesn’t just pertain to the work day. Things as simple as an automatic garage door opener can simplify your day and make your life easier. Your garage door opener won’t function properly though if its not programmed to work with your garage. This happens to be a very simple task....
Log in to your Tumblr dashboard, then click the “Photo Post” icon to open the new photo post form. You can also click the “Reblog” icon at the bottom of an existing post to open the Reblog form for the selected post. Click inside the “Caption” text box, then click the “Camera” icon. A file navigation screen opens. Browse to and click on an image to upload. You can also type the URL to an image hosted on the Web in the File Name box....
The Samsung Galaxy S3 supports microSD cards up to 64GB in capacity, so your phone has enough room to hold dozens of songs from your music library. If you store music on your computer, you can connect it to the Galaxy S3 to transfer content to the microSD card. Once you’ve connected the phone and placed it in Media Device – or MTP – mode, your computer will view the device as an external hard drive....
Updated February 10, 2017 Download directly to iPod Tap the “App Store” icon on your Home screen. Tap the “Search” icon at the bottom of the page that loads. Input “Pandora” into the search field that appears, then click the “Search” button. Tap the “Pandora Radio” option from the list. Tap the “Free” button. Then tap the “Install” button. Enter your password into the prompt that appears. Pandora will download to one of your Home screens....
Yahoo! Instant Messenger saves chat messages in a DAT file extension format in archives on your computer. DAT files are generic data files created by a specific application and can only be used by that application. They include text in binary formats. In order to view saved DAT text chats archived in Yahoo! Messenger you need to decode them. This simple process can be accomplished with an easy-to-use decoder program that allows you to view and read them in HTML format....
A landline telephone has a handset that contains both a microphone and speaker. You can record a conversation on the landline phone by connecting a microphone to the speaker side of the handset. The microphone cable is then plugged into the line-input on the computer’s sound card. The software included with the operating system records the call to the hard drive. The microphone, which can be acquired from an electronics shop, will not damage the telephone in any way....
USB ports are common on almost all modern audio devices, from computers and personal digital assistants to MP3 players and digital recorders. USB ports provide a fast, simple connection with a single cable between two audio devices. Once hooked up, audio on one device can be recorded to another. The set up takes only seconds. Tips Warnings Writer Bio
Updated February 10, 2017 How to Recover Information From VHS Tapes Recorded Over Video recovery of a recorded-over VHS tape is not feasible, so don’t get too fixated on recovering that old footage. For a variety of technical reasons, VHS tapes aren’t able to store video data once its been recorded over, in fact when a VHS tape records over something it erases the footage that previously occupied the tape....
Pop3, or Post Office Protocol version 3, is a type of email address used by members of a server or network. The email address is a local address to the server, but can still receive messages from other users who are not connected to the server. Like all other password-protected Internet applications, it is possible to forget your password, which will completely restrict access to the account. If that were to happen, though, it is possible to retrieve the password without attempting to create a new one....
The DD-WRT router firmware may not be for everyone. If you’ve installed DD-WRT on your Netgear router and you want to revert back to the stock Netgear firmware you can use the firmware upgrade section of the DD-WRT interface to upload and flash the firmware file from Netgear. Netgear keeps a stock of all its router firmware online in a knowledge base so you can download the appropriate version for your router....
On the iPod classic, nano and shuffle, “sleep mode” happens when the iPod has not played music for a few minutes. The screen goes blank on the classic and nano, and the controls are deactivated on all three models to conserve power until any button is pressed. Sleep mode on the iPod touch is the same as “locked” mode–that is, the screen goes blank and the controls are deactivated until the sleep/wake button is pressed and the lock slider is slid to the right....
Microsoft Word offers users dozens of options for personalizing their documents. These features are meant to be helpful, but they can be confusing when they’re accidentally turned on—such as three different kinds of margin lines.
McAfee provides virus and security protection for computers in the form of virus scans, firewalls and data protection. When run regularly, McAfee is supposed to identify threats to your computer and alert you of the problem. In many instances, it is able to clean and repair the infected files automatically. If you are alerted to trojans, worms or other security threats that McAfee can’t immediately fix, you’ll need to take extra steps to eliminate the detected threats....
