Learn how to split the iPad’s keyboard in two, swipe from one app to another, change what the “side switch” does, turn the iPad into a digital photo frame, and more. 1. Add more apps to the home-screen app tray When you first got your iPad, it...
Made the leap to the drastically revamped Windows 8? Feeling a little lost? You’re not the only one. Read on for eight tips that’ll help you find your bearings, from how to make sense of the new “Start” screen to where you’ll find the...
Terri writes: Whenever I go to take a photo on my iPhone, little green and blue squares start popping up on the screen. What’s going on? Am I supposed to do anything? Hi Terri! Yep, those pulsing green and blue boxes that appear in the iPhone’s camera...
If you haven’t seen or tried the new version of Windows yet, prepare to be dazzled—as well as very, very confused. Available now for download and coming pre-installed on new PCs, laptops and touchscreen tablets, Windows 8 represents a top-to-bottom reinvention...
Elia writes: I want to receive gmail on my AT&T GoPhone just like I do on my Apple iPad. Can you help? Hi Elia! Yep, you sure can check your Gmail on a prepaid AT&T GoPhone—or just about any basic cell phone, including those that won’t let you install...
Joel writes: I have severe arthritis in my hands and I dearly miss scrolling arrows in Mountain Lion. How do I get them back? Hello Joel! Yep, the little arrow buttons that used to flank scroll bars on the Mac desktop first disappeared in last year’s...
Wish you could send customized Google Maps directions from your desktop to your phone—or save a map to your phone’s memory for when you’re out of wireless range? Done. Also: get a 3D view of your maps, zoom in with a single finger, and more. 1. Zoom in...
Jodi writes: After finally updating my 3rd-gen iPad to iOS 6, I went to find a clip on YouTube but couldn’t find the YouTube app on my home screen. I looked everywhere. Where did YouTube go, and how do I get it back? Hi Jodi! Nope, your eyes aren’t playing...
Starting last year with Apple’s “Lion” update for the Mac, the Apple Mail app got a whole new look—one that looks remarkably like the Mail app on the iPad, complete with a column of email messages on the left and a “preview pane” to the...
Snapping photos of my little girl at the precise moment when she’s a) sitting still, b) smiling and c) looking directly into the camera is more a matter of luck than skill—and indeed, I’ve got hundreds of blurry, scrunchy-faced outtakes to prove it. Having...
