Month: June 2016

 How to

How to Customize the Watch Face on Apple Watch

Dan Uff June 26, 2016 0

AppleWatchMickey Although its may seem obvious, you'd be surprised at how many people I run into who do not know how to do the above, and add different elements to the face to further customize it.

How to choose a watch face:

With the watch face facing you, press the Digital Crown to display the current time.
Firmly press the watch face until you see the picture on the right.
Tap the Customize button as shown.
Swipe left or right to view the different watch faces.

When you find one that you like, how to customize it:

How to customize the watch face:

The watch will give you the elements (complications) that you can use for that face.
To choose a complication, use the Digital Crown.
When finished, tap the Digital Crown.
Tap the watch face.
Your new watch face is ready to use.

This How To came from Apple Support web page for the Apple Watch.
Mickey Mouse is a registered trademark of the Walt Disney Company.

How to Disable the Multitasking Sidebar in iPad

Dan Uff June 25, 2016 0

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For newer iPads and starting with iOS 8, the iPad offers an unique slide out panel (from the right) that lets one choose another app while in the current one. Sometimes, though, this feature tends to get accidentally activated when you're in an app (especially in a game).

Fortunately, Apple has given us a way to disable this option. However, keep in mind, that you may not be able to do proper multitasking when disabling this option. With that said, here's how to disable it:

Go to SETTINGS > GENERAL > MULTITASKING.
Choose MULTITASKING.
Flip the ALLOW MULTITASKING APPS to OFF.
That's it.

Apple Discontinuing Thunderbolt Displays

Dan Uff June 24, 2016 0

ThunderboltDisplay On Friday morning, Apple began to notify its resellers that it will be discontinuing its Thunderbolt Display monitors. Any current stock that they may have will be its last.

Already, some Apple News web sites are chiming in on the decision as shown below:

“Apple’s long-in-the-tooth, $999 Thunderbolt Display — last updated in 2011 — has been discontinued,” Dennis Sellers writes for Appel World Today. “What’s more worrisome is that no replacement has been mentioned.”

“I’m betting on a new monitor with 5K support being introduced with new MacBook Pros sometime in September or October,” Sellers writes. “If not Apple is making a serious mistake.”

“Such a display didn’t appear at the recent Worldwide Developer Conference,” Sellers writes. “However, I predict we’ll see such a revolutionary monitor by year’s end.”

Read more in the full article here.

HP issues notebook battery recall affecting 41,000 in the U.S.A.

Dan Uff June 24, 2016 0

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NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- HP is recalling 41,000 lithium-ion batteries which could be powering your notebook computer right now.

HP issued the recall following seven reports of the battery packs overheating, melting or charring. There have been four reports of property damage totaling $4,000.

The recall includes black batteries that measure about 8 inches long, 2 inches wide and 1 inch high. They are compatible with HP, Compaq, HP ProBook, HP ENVY, Compaq Presario and HP Pavilion notebooks.

The affected batteries have the following barcodes: 6BZLU, 6CGFK, 6CGFQ, 6CZMB, 6DEMA, 6DEMH, 6DGAL and 6EBVA.

Batteries were sold nationwide with the notebooks described at Best Buy, Walmart, Costco, and on HP's website from March 2013 to August 2015.

Anyone with the battery should call HP at 888-202-4320 or go to the company's website and look for "Recalls" at the bottom of the page.