How Roku Devices Are Powered If you’re puzzled about why your Roku stick (Streaming Stick, Express, Express+, or Premiere) or box (Ultra or Ultra LT) doesn’t have an Off button, it’s because these devices aren’t meant to be turned off. Roku devices use very little power. These devices are designed to stay connected to the internet to download OS updates and keep other apps and channels up to date. When you’re done watching your streaming entertainment and turn off the TV, the Roku device goes into standby or sleep mode....

How to Download an Upgrade If your Mac currently uses macOS Mojave (10.14) or later, download upgrades in the System Preferences of your Mac. If your Mac runs on macOS HighSierra (10.13) or older, download updates via the App Store. Upgrading From Recent Versions of macOS If you have a recent macOS version, reach the Software Update window by first going to System Preferences. You can use this method to update from the two previous versions of macOS....

What Is TV Maps? TV Maps is a full-featured map client that includes standard road maps, 3D maps, and the Apple Flyover feature (where available). The app lets you skip across the planet in standard, satellite, and hybrid views. There’s also a Flyover Demo mode that lets you watch maps of some cities as screensavers. You can also share routes, maps, and locations using the companion TV Maps app that’s available for iOS devices....

How Do You Put Do Not Disturb on iPad? Do Not Disturb can be enabled on your iPad through the Settings app, the Control Center, or even from your iPhone. Here’s how to enable Do Not Disturb on an iPad using the Settings app: How to Enable Do Not Disturb From the iPad Control Center You can also enable Do Not Disturb directly from the Control Center without opening up the Settings app....

Why Use Grammarly for Your Google Docs Grammar Check Grammarly is one of the best-known tools for checking grammar and more. If you write in Google Docs often, it’s a tool to help you improve your writing and make creating professional documents even easier. Grammarly scans your document as you write to help you find and correct grammar mistakes in the words you put on the page. If you are writing for a specific purpose, such as work, or maybe creating a series of books which use a specific style, you can even set Grammarly up to work with custom styles....

While many laptops, tablets, and 2-in-1 computers come with a webcam built-in, it’s not the case for desktop computers. It means either you must purchase a webcam separately, or you will need to use a comparable device to set up a makeshift video camera. One way is to use your smartphone and its built-in camera. Can You Use Your Phone as a Webcam for Your Computer? You can connect your Android phone to your computer, using either a wired or wireless connection, which then allows the computer to access your phone’s camera....

The key to the technique is the proper choice of typeface and image. In fact, the type choice is critical because it is the letterform that will be used as an image mask. When it comes to filling letters with images, weight (,: Roman, Bold, Ultra Bold, Black) and style( eg: Italic, Oblique) must factor into the decision to fill a letter with an image because, even though the effect is “cool”, legibility is more important....

Getting Started To begin using Course Creator, start a free account at Garmin Connect if you don’t already have one. You will make the best use of Garmin Connect and Course Creator if you also own a Garmin sports GPS device, but you don’t need one to create and share courses online. Once you’re logged in, you can access the full website and begin making a course. Course Types The Course Creator tool does a good job of tracking roads when you have the Follow Roads option enabled....

How to Open PS4 Browser Follow these steps to open the PS4’s web browser. Common PS4 Browser Functions To open a new browser window: Select R2.To move to a previously opened window: Select L2.To toggle Full-Screen mode on and off: Select square icon. The PS4 browser defaults to the desktop version of responsive websites.To zoom in on the active web page: Select R3—activated by pressing down on the right-hand stick on your PS4 controller....

The HP OMEN Obelisk is a powerful gaming desktop PC and a surprisingly decent value to those that lack the time or ability to build a gaming desktop from scratch. I say this, reluctantly, as someone who has spent his entire life building gaming desktops by hand, not to mention countless video editing workstations for coworkers at the various places I’ve been employed. All this to say that I’m an advocate for building your own PC, but I still believe the OMEN is a pretty good value for a lot of people....

The Apple M1 iMac (2021) represents the first major update to the line since 2016. It’s forward-looking as the first iMac to sport Apple silicon under the hood, but it also hearkens back to days gone by with a fanciful selection of color options. This iteration of hardware has a bigger display, an upgraded microphone, speakers, and camera, and an optional TouchID-enabled Magic Keyboard, in addition to a number of other upgrades and design tweaks compared to the last Intel iMac....

Instagram used to be a place where people would go to see photos from their friends, but it’s changed over time, and parent company Meta has drawn criticism for that. Now, the company has announced plans to give people a way to regain control, letting them block some types of content from appearing in their feeds, but some experts worry it isn’t going far enough. “Users want to know that their feed is curated for them—a personalized experience based on who they follow, what they search for, and the settings they select,” Sandra McLemore, president of marketing media firm Travel Marketing and Media, told Lifewire via email....

Safety Concerns When Using TikTok When you choose to use TikTok to create videos, you’re electing to put yourself out there in a visual way. Beyond this fact, there are other safety concerns to consider when using the app: Private messaging and comments: People you don’t know can send you private messages and comment on your videos when using a public TikTok account. Video download functions: When your account is set to public, strangers can download your videos to their mobile device to be viewed offline....

In three short years, she has ascended as a “creator to watch” in the YouTube gaming sphere. She is a juggernaut breaking down barriers with a unique brand of terminal positivity and a healthy dose of that gamer-brand hustle. “When I first started my gaming channel, I was highly nervous to do it. I wasn’t sure how people were going to take my aggressiveness. I’m not dainty at all when I play video games; I scream, I cuss, I didn’t know how that would be taken,” JazzyGuns, who asked to only be referred to by her screen name due to privacy issues, told Lifewire in a phone interview....

As they dissect the recently patched Apple bug that was used to install the Pegasus spyware on specific targets, security researchers from Google’s Project Zero have discovered an innovative new attack mechanism they’ve dubbed a “zero-click exploit,” that no mobile antivirus can foil. “Short of not using a device, there is no way to prevent exploitation by a ‘zero-click exploit;’ it’s a weapon against which there is no defense,” claimed Google Project Zero engineers Ian Beer & Samuel Groß in a blog post....

macOS Catalina comes with a ton of features that make your Mac more productive, easier to use, and probably a bit faster as well. Here’s a quick list of all the big (and some smaller but still important) features that the macOS Catalina update offers. Music, TV, and Podcasts It’s the end of an era. iTunes is no longer. macOS Catalina has three separate apps to do the work of iTunes: Music for your tunes, TV for your shows (as well as movies and premium streaming channels, including Apple TV+), and Podcasts for your favorite digital radio shows....

There are two different ways to bring up the translate, scale, and rotate tools: First, they can be accessed from the toolbox panel (pictured above) on the left side of your viewport. The second (preferred method) is to use keyboard hotkeys. During the modeling process, you’ll be switching between tools constantly, so it’s a good idea to learn the commands as quickly as possible. With an object selected, use the following hotkeys to access Maya’s translate, rotate, and scale tools: Translate - wRotate - eScale - r To exit any tool, hit q to return to selection mode....

The Touch Bar is just as effective with Microsoft Word apps. Microsoft Office software developers provided real-time, relevant tool shortcuts based on what you’re likely to need when using Office apps. What Is the Apple Touch Bar? This Retina touch display strip is located above the keyboard keys, near where the display screen meets the keyboard. According to the product’s press release: Using the Touchbar With Microsoft Programs Microsoft is among the developers who provide customized Touch Bar controls....

Overall Findings Local apps and web apps are useful tools for users and worthwhile endeavors for developers. A local app works with a device’s built-in features and is downloaded from an app marketplace. Web apps are accessed from the internet. From a user perspective, local and web apps can look and work much the same. A developer may focus on local apps if they want to create a user-centric tool. They may wish to focus on creating a web app if their app’s functionality is application-specific....

Water plays an important role in keeping the panels dust-free, but it’s a precious resource that’s better utilized elsewhere. In their quest for better alternatives, MIT researchers have devised a new solar panel cleaning method that uses electrical charges to repel the dust particles, essentially making them jump off the panels. “The research paper is useful for continued progress on the problem of PV (photovoltaic) soiling,” Matthew Muller, Engineer in the PV Performance and Reliability Group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), told Lifewire over email....