Zooming the entire display on your iOS device (here’s how) is a handy way to give your eyes a break when it comes to tiny text, but it can be a little disconcerting when there’s nothing on your zoomed screen except for, say, a giant battery indicator....
Mary Ellen writes: Is there a device that would pick up and strengthen a weak Wi-Fi signal? I have a condo in a building where Wi-Fi is provided but it is shared by another unit, and the router is not located in my unit. Although my smartphone can receive emails etc.,...
So you’re tapping (or swiping) away on your Android phone or tablet when you get yet another weird word suggestion—this time, “Tru” when you just wanted to type “true.” Ugh. Well, turns out there’s an easy (and gratifying) way to...
Lorraine writes: Is there a way to delete old emails (in bulk) without having to tap on every single email on an iPhone? Hi Lorraine! You’ve touched on a sore point when it comes to the iOS Mail app, which lacks an obvious way to delete all messages without...
It’s easy to forget the magazine and pay-TV subscriptions you signed up for through your iTunes subscriptions—or at least, they’re easy to forget until those auto-renewal notices unexpectedly land in your inbox. If you’ve lost track of your various...
So, you’re searching on your iPhone or iPad for a particular email message from a specific person—not a message that merely mentions her, or an email message you sent to her, but a message you got from her. A simple iOS Mail search will yield all e-mail messages...
Tired of people mispronouncing your name? There’s an easy-to-miss Facebook setting that lets you show your profile visitors the right way to pronounce your name, and they can even hear the correct pronunciation by clicking a tiny “Play” button. Just...
As with iPhones and iPads, most Android phones and tablets have a lock-screen shortcut for the camera, perfect for shutterbugs who want quick camera access from their locked handset. But what if you’re (say) browsing the Web on your device when that Kodak moment...
It shouldn’t feel like such a chore, but it does: creating a new folder on your Mac and then stuffing a bunch of stray desktop files into it. First, you need to right-click the desktop, select “New Folder”, rename the folder by selecting its label...
Mary writes: Do you know if there is a way to see past queues? I can’t remember the name of a movie we had seen and would like to look back at my queues to see what the name of it was. Hi Mary! I don’t know a way to view an old snapshot of your Netflix...
