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In a nutshell, here’s what you need to know about blocking iPhone contacts: You can block people in your contacts list or unknown numbers from your recent calls list.When you block someone, their calls go straight to voicemail. In your voicemail inbox, you’ll see a separate folder for “Blocked Messages.”When a blocked contact sends you a text, it’ll still say “Sent”, but you’ll never see the text.Blocking is one-way. It won’t stop you from sending them texts or calling them....

Whether it’s an external or internal storage drive, you can change a drive letter on Windows 11 or Windows 10 using the steps below. Change a Drive Letter on Windows 11 via Settings Before you change a drive letter on Windows, there are a couple of things to note about this process. First, you shouldn’t try to change your local C: drive letter, as it’s where Windows and most of your apps run from....

Open Microsoft Excel and go into Excel Options. In Office 2007 click the Office button » Excel Options » Advanced. In Excel 2010 click the File Tab » Options » Advanced. Scroll down in Advanced Options menu to Display Options for this Worksheet. Check the Show Gridlines option (if not checked) and select the color you want. Click Ok when done. That’s it. Here is an example of an Excel chart where I changed the Gridlines to the color orange....

Step 1 Open a Microsoft Word document and then Press Ctrl + D on your keyboard. Step 2 At the top of the Font window that appears you can Select your desired font, size, and style. You can also change up the color and add some effects, though you probably won’t want those to be your default. Once you’ve selected the font you want, Click the Set as Default button located at the bottom-left corner of the window....

Update to Windows 10 and Microsoft Edge Windows 8 has reached the end of mainstream support: While IE 11 is still included in Windows 10 it’s meant to be there for app and service support for business customers. Windows 10 now comes with a Chromium-based version of Microsoft Edge for the browser. Tutorial Shortcut — If you’re looking to just quickly Add Google as your default search provider, just click this link: Google Search Provider Download and skip to Step 4 below....

Set Up Email for Your Apple Watch One of the most convenient options is getting email notifications sent to your watch. No more having to deal with pulling your phone out of your pocket – first world issues, right? To get started, open the Watch app on your iPhone and tap My Watch > Mail. Then select the “Mirror my iPhone” option to use the same notification settings as your phone or “Custom” for more notification options....

Create a Podcast Station on Apple Podcasts To create your podcast station, launch the app on your iPhone or iPad and head to the Library section. Then tap the “Edit” button. Next, under the Library section, select the “New Station” option. Then type in a name for your station – something that helps you know what content material is about and tap the “Save” button. Your new station is created, and you will see a list of different station settings like grouping, episodes, media types (audio or video), and more....

Like Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets offers a handy feature for creating a chart easily. You can choose from several chart types and completely customize the chart for the ideal appearance. Create a Chart in Google Sheets If you have data that would fit perfectly into a chart, head to Google Sheets, sign in, and open your spreadsheet. Follow these steps to create the chart. Depending on the type of chart you use, the remaining Setup options in the Chart Editor will vary....

There are a few methods you can use to create tables in Microsoft Word. You can insert, draw, or copy in a table from elsewhere, should you want to. Here’s how to create and customize tables in Microsoft Word following these methods. How to Insert a Table in Microsoft Word You can insert a table in Microsoft Word in several ways, but three ways are worth mentioning in particular. You can add a table by inserting it automatically with a set size, or you can draw a table manually using your mouse or trackpad....

Update: This article was written using Word 2013, but the steps are the same in Office 2016. Blog from Word 2013 or 2016 Open Word and go to File > New and if you want a template select the Blog template from the list. Next, when the template comes up, click the Create button. Now you’ll get a wizard to work through that will allow you to get your current blog account set up....

The Start menu, in particular, has a new home (in the center of your taskbar) and a new look. If you’re not a fan, you might be wondering how you can configure the Start menu to look how you want it to. Thankfully, you can easily customize the Start menu on Windows 11. You can control what items display in the menu, move it back to the left, and more....

The reality is that even if you were to completely reinstall Windows 10 from scratch, it still comes with preinstalled apps and settings that make it run less efficiently than it could. This is what we refer to as “bloat”. Thankfully, there’s a powerful utility available on GitHub called Windows 10 Debloater. It provides a powerful set of scripts that you can tailor run using an easy-to-use user interface. In this article, we’ll look at the most important scripts you should run immediately using the Windows 10 Debloater app....

Does your Facebook account have installed applications? If so, due to recent privacy changes over at Facebook you might want to consider just how much personal information (including photos) you have stored on your facebook account. While applications already had full access to all of your personal data, now they will be able to store it. Forever. During the recent Facebook F8 Developer conference, CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated: The audience (mostly developers) cheered....

If you want to declutter your Messages app, there are a number of different approaches you can use. Here’s how to delete messages on Mac. How to Enable or Disable Messages in iCloud Messages in iCloud is a setting that allows you to sync your Messages across all of your devices that are signed in to the same Apple ID. With this setting turned on, deleting Messages on your Mac will also delete them on all of your other devices....

My initial attempt undocking the Type cover had me fearing I could damage the device. Aligning with the connector and attaching was easy to do, but detaching felt like an effort. So I started examining the device to find out if maybe there was a button on the Surface itself that would detach or a function key command. Nothing showed up that would indicate there is. So I turned to the web and surprisingly, finding the solution turned out to be harder than I thought....

Here’s an example of an ad bar in the latest version of uTorrent: Remove Ads from uTorrent Launch uTorrent and go to Options > Preferences. Now in the Preferences screen, click Advanced in the left column. Then on the right side, type: offers in the Filter field. Note: You’re warned not to modify any of these settings, and you shouldn’t unless you know what you’re doing. In this case, if you modify each entry as shown, you’ll have no problems....

Step 1 Click the Windows Start Menu Orb and Type regedit into the search box. Press Enter. Step 2 Browse to the following registry key: Step 3 Right-Click the Keyboard Layout key and Select New > Binary Value. Rename the new binary value to the following: Step 4 Right-Click your new Scancode Map binary and Select Modify. Set the value to: To make sure this is accurate, it’s best to just copy the screenshot below....

Disable Windows 11 Startup Sound If you want your PC to be silent when it boots, you need to make a few adjustments in Settings. Got to Start > Settings. Tip: If you access Settings a lot, it’s a good idea to pin it to the taskbar. To do that, hit the Windows key on your keyboard to open the Start menu. Then right-click on the Settings icon and select “Pin to taskbar....

Bing Wallpapers The catch? You have to connect to the Bing app on Facebook. Whether you’ve connected your Facebook account to Bing or not, the download button will show up in the bottom-right (as long as you’re in the U.S.). When you click it, you’ll be prompted to log in to Facebook and allow the Bing app access to your Facebook account. Once you’ve done that, the download button will start working....

How to Use Storage Sense on Windows 11 To turn it on, click the Start button and open Settings. Alternately, you can use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + I to open Settings directly. Once you have Settings open, click System from the list on the left. Then, on the right, scroll down and click Storage. Note: A quicker way to get there is to hit the Windows Key and type: storage sense....