You can create and use a recovery drive to boot to the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) and then access the troubleshooting options. We will elaborate on creating and using the recovery drive on your Windows 11 PC. Let’s begin. How to Create a Windows 11 USB Recovery Drive Microsoft bundles the Recovery Drive app in Windows 11 to help you create a recovery disk. You can use any USB drive, but Microsoft recommends a minimum storage capacity of 16 GB....

Incredibly, you can use Google Forms anytime, anywhere, across any device cost-free, including iPhone, iPad, and Android devices. What’s more? You can do almost everything from adding more questions to changing the theme and we’re going to take you through every step. How to Make a Google Form on iPhone, iPad, or Android Devices Step 1: Open any preferred web browser on your device. Step 2: Go to the Google forms website using the link below....

Smart speakers have microphones that are constantly active and waiting to hear the keyword. They also record and store your queries to improve accuracy. This may bother some users since the microphone can also capture any sensitive conversations when they’re close to the speaker. A good way to tackle this is to delete Alexa voice history from Echo devices. Why Should You Delete Your Alexa Voice History How to Delete Alexa Voice History From Your Smartphone There are two ways in which you can delete Alexa voice history....

You don’t have to delete each picture from a group in WhatsApp manually. WhatsApp provides enough options to delete media files in bulk. You can also stop media files from auto-downloading on your phone. That will save you from the trouble of regularly cleaning your WhatsApp media. Let’s check the four methods to delete all pictures from WhatsApp groups on Android and iPhone. You will also get to know how to stop the auto-download of images....

Hence, merely disabling Incognito mode in Chrome won’t cut it, especially if you want to keep a tab on the browsing activity on your computer at all times. Thankfully, it’s relatively easy to turn off Guest mode in Chrome as well. So without any further ado, let’s check out how you can do that on both Windows and macOS. Disable Chrome Guest Mode Browsing in Windows — Command Prompt If you use Chrome on Windows, then you must create a registry entry from scratch to disable Guest mode....

But with the introduction of iOS 13, Apple finally took the plunge and joined the cool kids club with QuickPath functionality. You can now swipe to type all you want without getting fed up in the process. And the same holds true for iPadOS, provided that you make use of the new ‘floating’ keyboard option. By default, QuickPath is enabled on both iOS 13 and iPadOS. But if you can’t get it to work, let me show what you need to do to turn it on....

On top of that, the Touch keyboard on Windows 11 carries many customization options that let you change the keyboard size, theme, background, and key text size. In this post, we’ll walk you through how to enable, use, and customize the Touch Keyboard on Windows 11. So, let’s get started. How to Enable Touch Keyboard on Windows 11 Enabling the Touch Keyboard on Windows 11 is quite straightforward. Here’s how to do it....

It’s been said many times that people prefer stock Android over other skins, primarily because of its simplicity and richness. One such area where the MIUI falls flat is the notification panel. If you have used a stock Android device or even a Samsung or OnePlus phone, you’d be familiar with what I’m saying. For the unaware, MIUI doesn’t support single swipe on the notifications to expand them. You have to use two fingers to swipe-to-expand notifications....

Of course, you would want to save time and wouldn’t want to create a new table from scratch. So, how do you extract tables from PDF without relying on copy and paste? Here are some of the ways you can achieve that. Using Online Converters The quickest way is to use the online file converters to change the PDF file to any other document format you want. Several free online tools convert PDF to Excel to extract tabular data....

Suppose for reference you need to copy the text from a PDF file, then, obviously, you can’t just copy paste. The process is bit complex. First you need to convert it to a text file. A free tool known as A-PDF does exactly that. You can extract text from the PDF file using A-PDF easily. Download and install this small application on your computer. Click on “Open” button and select the PDF file on your computer....

While the monetary value of these devices is enough to raise alarm, you add the loss of personal and sensitive information and associated risk, it becomes a scary situation. But don’t worry, we might just have the solution you need to find your stolen iPhone or iPad. Note: Do not remove or wipe your stolen iPhone or iPad from Find My or Apple ID, if you have AppleCare+ with Theft and Loss....

You would need the product keys if you reinstall the software or reinstall Windows. And the fastest way to take a backup of all the product keys in your PC is by using a tiny tool known as LicenseCrawler. All your software license keys rest inside Windows registry and LicenseCrawler can retrieve all those serial numbers easily. This software is specially made for locating all the software keys inside your computer, therefore it does the job pretty well....

At times, AirDrop might stop working on iPhone or shows ‘Converting’ before it sends large video files. This transfer either takes way too long or just gets canceled abruptly. Here’s how to fix AirDrop converting videos on iPhone every time before sending them. Why Does AirDrop Get Stuck on Converting Are you wondering why AirDrop converts videos before sending them? That’s because the iPhone records the video in a specific format to save up on storage space, which is limited on it....

However, if you continue to see old updates and the one you’ve already checked a couple of times, then the Facebook News Feed might not be updating. This can be troublesome if you don’t want to miss out on important updates from friends, colleagues, or your favorite brands. So if the Facebook News Feed is not updating or not loading at all on your phone, here’s how you can fix that....

However, many users have been facing issues when using the microphone. The voice input to type using Gboard is not working for them. That can be frustrating, especially when you need to send a quick message. Using the microphone is such situations can be a time saver. Without further ado, here are some solutions to solve the microphone not working on the Gboard issue. Let’s begin. 1. Enable Voice Input Before you can use speech to input text via the Gboard app, you need to enable it in the settings first....

And to make matters worse, iTunes suggests that you reset your device to factory settings! Yeah, and have your music, photos, and contacts removed just to connect to iTunes. What the hell, Apple! Not everyone syncs to iCloud! In short, the error is caused by nothing more than a corrupted iTunes database file messing things up on your iPhone or iPad, and in no way does something like that warrant a complete factory reset....

Now, devices running MIUI 9.5 can get almost similar gestures. This feature, known as Full Screen display, is available for those phones which have 18:9 aspect ratio and (obviously) no physical buttons. So, for now, the Mi MIX, Mi MIX 2, Redmi 5 and Redmi Note 5/Pro are the eligible phones. Needless to say, the introduction of a gesture-based navigation makes things smooth. Also, this feature is a good balance of function and usability....

For starters, these gestures help you maneuver through a number of key functions. For instance, swiping down from the top of the screen lets you see the notifications while a half-swipe from the middle of the screen will activate the search function. Nifty, right? Thankfully, these nifty gestures aren’t limited to the iPhone X users. With the help of a few third-party apps, Android users can also enjoy iPhone X-like gestures....

You can tweak this navigation bar or even hide it temporarily (remember that tiny black button?), but you can’t disable it all together in favor of navigation gestures, even in flagships like the Galaxy Note 9 or the Galaxy S9/S9+. If you were to ask me, it’s a big roadblock for someone like me who was really looking forward to getting the most out of that excellent screen. Well, as luck would have it, there is a way to get navigation gestures on the Samsung Galaxy S9 and Galaxy Note 9....

The Android market is flooded with hordes of useful apps and games and trust me, a majority of the times, the variety doesn’t fail to astound me. One of these days, while I was checking out some of the new apps, I came across this app called Swiftly Switch which promises to not only make the phone’s edge more useful but also helps to cut down on time we spend searching for apps....