You Will Need: Adobe Photoshop CS4/CS5 A multitouch enabled device (this can be anywhere from a MacBook trackpad, to a touch enabled Tablet or touchscreen display) Some fingers (preferably yours…) Basic Multitouch Gestures Zoom In / Zoom Out Perhaps everyone knows this. Pinch to zoom is easy to use and works like a charm in Photoshop. Take two fingers and move them inwards to zoom out and outwards to zoom in....

By default, Android puts a generic block letter for a person not established as a contact for their image. And, depending on who the person is, you might want to change the picture to something that makes them easier to identify when chiming in. Note: For this article, I’m using stock Android 8.0 Oreo on a Nexus 6P. The steps may vary slightly depending on the version of Android and other software the handset manufacturer puts on your device for managing contacts....

This is also a good solution for AirPlaying music. Since Microsoft killed its Groove Music streaming service, you might have moved your Groove Music to Spotify. There is, of course, a Spotify app available on Xbox One, and there are other services like Pandora, but another major player is Apple Music. Since it’s not available for Xbox, and probably won’t be, you can use this workaround that emulates the AirPlay experience....

Of course, you could always just not use Twitter, but, you don’t have to stay off Twitter and Facebook for hours, days, or sometimes weeks until you watch your show or movie. Instead of that, here’s a look at avoiding spoilers without having to abandon Twitter and Facebook all together. Filter Spoilers on Twitter If you’re using your computer to check Twitter for other things than spoilers, you can download a handy plugin for Google Chrome....

Important: You must cancel your subscription from the app or platform you created it. So, if you signed up on your iPhone or Android device you will need to cancel your subscription there. If you signed up on your computer you can cancel from your browser. Cancel Paramount Plus Subscription If you signed up on your computer, launch a browser and head to the Paramount Plus Account page, and log in if you aren’t already....

File Access Permissions on Windows 10 To set permissions, you can do it on an app-by-app basis or multiple apps at once. To get started, head to Settings > Apps > Apps & Features to see the list of apps installed on your system. Click or tap on an app from the list and then the Advanced Options link. On the next screen, under the “App Permissions” section, toggle the switches on or off for which files you want the app to have access to....

Well, today you can do that in Word. If you’re reading a long document in Word and highlighting important parts, you can quickly and easily find and select all your highlighted text and copy it. Today we’ll show you how to find and select highlighted text and how to copy and paste that text without the highlighting into another Word document. Highlight Text To highlight text in a Word document, select the text you want to highlight....

Sometimes when you visit a website you’ll see an “Additional plugins are required to display…” notification at the top of Firefox. Usually it is because you legitimately don’t have the correct plugin to view content on the website (such as Flash player) but other times it may be because the website wants you to install something malicious. If you’ve chosen not to install Flash or other plugins, you’ll see the “missing plugin” notification all of the time....

iOS 13 Video Editing: A Primer If you see a photo-editing tool available for images in the native Photos app on your iPhone, the odds are high the same tool is available for videos. The functionality extends to all video formats supported by Apple’s mobile devices, including 4K at 60 fps and slo-mo in 1080p at 240 fps. The video format supported is limited to the device you’re using. The iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11 Pro Max support 4K video recording at 24 fps, 30 fps, or 60 fps, 1080p HD video recording at 30 fps or 60 fps, Slo-mo video support for 1080p at 120 fps or 240 fps....

If you’re installing the Google+ Android app for the first time, you’ll be asked whether you want to enable the Instant Upload feature. Select if you want the app to upload photos over WiFi, Mobile Network (uses data plan) or both. The choice is yours, and if you have an unlimited data plan you might as well select both. But if you take a lot of pictures and videos, you might want to go with WiFi only to avoid overage charges....

Using a Photoshop script written by Mathias Scheutz, you can assign your very own hotkey to open up the color palette from anywhere in Photoshop. Keep in mind this isn’t natively supported since Adobe still has their head in the sand, so using a script is the only way to do this. According to Mathias, this script should work with CS1, CS2, CS3, and CS4. However, I’ve only tested it with CS4, and that’s what we’ll be looking at in the groovy How-To below....

Create a Recovery Drive The Recovery partition provides an easy way to restore the tablet if something goes awry. Before deleting it, you’ll need back up the Recovery files to a flash drive. Insert the flash drive into the USB port on the right side of the Surface. Then Hit WinKey + W to bring up the Settings Search field and type: recovery. Then click Create a Recovery Drive under the results....

Windows 10 Battery Saver Windows 10 has a built-in utility that helps squeeze as much juice out of your battery with its Battery Saver feature. You can easily turn it from the Action Center. You can also go to Settings > System > Battery Saver and customize how it works including the control if which apps can run in the background. Optimize Battery Performance with Power Throttling Starting with Fall Creators Update is the new Power Throttling feature....

The reason I say “normally” is because from time to time the page load speed will go from 1 second to 10 seconds. At first I thought this was related to a bad 3G or WiFi connection, however recently I figured out the EXACT root cause. The Culprit? Large Email Chains. Now granted, while there may be other factors leading to decreased performance, the biggest hit for me that I was able to narrow down was the large email chains....

The update does include a few minor improvements and features. Some of the things in the update include subtle UI changes like a cleaner look to the Start menu, the addition of open Microsoft Edge tabs in task switcher (Alt+Tab), and more classic Control Panel items (System for example) moved to the modern Settings app. Here’s how to install the latest version to your Windows 10 system. Install Windows 10 Version 20H2 via Windows Update The easiest way to get the new update is to manually check for the update under Windows Update....

Download the Data Counter Widget from the Android Market on your device. Then I add the Data Counter widget to my home screen. It displays data use for your mobile broadband and WiFi connection. Go into Widget Settings and tweak what it displays. It shows detailed data use stats from a day, month or week. Play around with the settings to make it work how you like it. My favorite setting is adjusting when the monthly monitoring starts....

Once you’ve created your perfect spreadsheet, you may be concerned about sharing it with other people—sticky fingers mean deleted cells that ruin your finely crafted formulae, after all. The good news is that it’s possible to lock a range of cells or an entire sheet to protect them from being edited in Google Sheets. Lock an Entire Sheet in Google Sheets If you want to protect an entire sheet from being edited by other people, you can lock the whole thing....

Windows 10 Picture Password To set it up, head to Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options and scroll down to the Picture password section, and click Add. Next, you’ll need to verify your account by signing into your Microsoft account with your full password. Under the brief description of what a picture password is in the left pane, select Choose picture. Now browse to the location of the image you want to use as the picture password....

“I would like to have SkyDrive in ‘My Computer, ’ but I’m not using Windows Office 2010. Is there any other way to get this done, not using Windows Office?” Um yeah, that’s a great point. The good news is, I have a great answer! You don’t need Office 2010 to Map a Windows Live Skydrive to your Windows 7 PC! Here, let me show you how! How To Mount Skydrive To A Drive Letter Without Using Windows Office Click the Windows Start Menu Orb and then Right-Click Computer and Select Map network drive....

It’s also possible to control your Apple TV from your Apple Watch. The remote app comes with the Apple Watch, and you need to set it up. And what could be easier than simply controlling it from your watch? Then you don’t need to worry about finding the missing remote all the time – mine goes missing all the time. Control Apple TV from Apple Watch First, make sure you’re Apple TV is powered on....