Luckily, it’s easy to reopen tabs in Safari for iOS. Reopening closed tabs in Chrome and Firefox for iOS is also easy. Today, I’ll show you how to reopen closed tabs in Safari, Chrome, and Firefox for iOS. Safari for iPhone In Safari on your iPhone, tap the tabs icon in the lower-right corner of the screen. Tap and hold the plus icon in the bottom-center of the screen....

Step 1: Configure your .htaccess file All the work will be done using your .htaccess file. You can find this file at the root of most Apache Websites. The screenshot was taken from a vanilla install of WordPress running on Windows 2003 Server: The .htaccess file is checked by Apache before displaying web pages. Typically it’s used for ReWrites or ReDirects however you can also use it to leverage the built-in security features of Apache....

If you haven’t connected your printer to your Windows 8 system, check out my article on how to set up a printer in Windows 8. Printing from a Metro App…wait, I mean Modern UI-Style Apps as they might be called…maybe, but I digress, that will be a topic for our podcast the TechGroove. While in one of these apps, use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + K to bring up the Devices menu....

What if you want to add notes to your presentation? It can be useful to make some notes to help you present—notes that aren’t visible on the slides to your audience. You can also add notes to slide recaps that you can print off for your audience. If you want to print a Google Slides presentation with notes, follow these steps. How to Use Notes in Google Slides Speaker notes in Google Slides allow you to remind yourself of key information when doing a presentation....

Print Select Areas of Excel Spreadsheets Start by opening the Excel spreadsheet you need, hold down the Ctrl key and highlight the area of the document you want to print out. After selecting the area you want to print out, go to Page layout > Print Area > Set Print Area. You won’t really notice anything happen to the document at that point, but next, while still under the Page Layout tab, click Print Titles....

Record Your Webcam with VLC As a first step, I suggest you update the firmware on your Logitech webcam. Once that’s completed, launch VLC and go to the View tab and check Advanced Controls. That will put an extra toolbar with a record button to the lower-left corner of the app. Next, go to Media > Open Capture Device. Now, keep Capture mode as “DirectShow” and choose your video camera and audio input device from the drop-down menu....

When I opened Action Center the other day on build 1809, I immediately noticed it was cluttered up quite a bit. The amount of quick actions buttons is getting a bit ridiculous. Sure, each new feature has its place and they can be useful for some. But I certainly don’t need them all. Here is how to clean things up and only display the things you need. Clean Up Windows 10 Action Center To move the quick action buttons around or stop them from displaying head to Settings > System > Notifications & actions....

If that’s the case, your first step is to consider resetting your AirPods. Resetting them can often eliminate any software issues and get your AirPods to start working. If you want to know how to reset your AirPods, follow the steps below. How to Unpair AirPods If your AirPods or AirPods Pro are connected to your iPhone or iPad, you need to start by unpairing them. Note: This article covers unpairing your AirPods from your iPhone or iPad....

Whether it’s to troubleshoot a pesky problem or just clear out leftover “cruft,” you’ll need to know how to restart or reset a HomePod mini. Here’s what you’ll need to do. When Things Aren’t Working Right, Reboots Can Help As much as we love our tech, even the best-made electronics are prone to errors, bugs, and crashes. Maybe your HomePod isn’t responding at all, whether you tap the screen or say “Hey, Siri....

To get started, type CMD into the Windows Start search and then open the program. In the cmd window type in the following two commands: cd %windir%\system32\sysprep sysprep.exe The System Preparation Tool will open in a new window. Here there are two options, OOBE or Audit mode. Next, you can decide whether to quit, restart or shutdown. Now sysprep will run and you’ll be good to go once it finishes....

What if you decide you want to keep some or all of your messages, however? The good news is that you can save individual audio messages on an iPhone with just a single tap. You can also change your settings so that all of your audio messages save by default. If you’re unsure, here’s how to save audio messages on an iPhone. How to Save Audio Messages That You Send on an iPhone As we’ve explained, audio messages that you send or receive on an iPhone are usually deleted after two minutes....

Manage Alexa Voice Profiles The first thing you need to do is teach Alexa to recognize your voice. Launch the app, tap the More Options menu and choose Settings. Then scroll down the list and tap Your Voice under the Accounts section. Then you can go through the on-screen instructions that walk you through selecting the correct Echo (make sure any nearby Echo is muted), and then read off 10 phrases so Alexa can learn your voice....

You need to be the system administrator and use your account to purchase apps. So for instance, if you’re the parent and creating accounts for your kids. Add a User Account to Windows 8 Before you configure app sharing options, you need to add a user if you haven’t already. You can set them up with their Microsoft Account, or you can create a Local Account. If it’s your kid’s account, you might want to check the option to turn on Family Safety....

A New Way to Translate Words The official Translation app, released with iOS 14, was primarily designed for two people to communicate side-by-side with a mobile device between them. With a touch of a microphone button, one person said something into the device with their primary language. From there, the app automatically translates the word or sentence into the other person’s language, and back and forth they go. The app translates words in 11 different languages, including French, Portuguese, Arabic, Chinese, English (US and UK), German, Italy, Japanese, Korean, Russian, and Spanish....

Turn on Windows Sonic for Headphones To turn it on, right-click the speaker icon on the taskbar and select Spatial sound > Windows Sonic for Headphones from the menu. You can also find it in the Settings app. Head to Settings > System > Sound and click the Device Properties link under the Output section. Then choose “Windows Sonic for Headphones” from the menu under the Spatial Sound section. Alternately, you can hit the Windows key and type: control panel and open the classic Control Panel....

Say Hello to Building Blocks Located in the Microsoft Word Quick Part Gallery, these building blocks take many forms, including preformatted headers, footers, text boxes, cover pages, page numbers, quick tables, watermarks, table of contents, bibliographies, and equations. The often-used AutoText feature in Microsoft Word is a common type of building block. In fact, the feature grew out of AutoText in previous versions of Word. Theme-enabled, building block content automatically changes with the many available styles....

Google Meet Video Conferencing Google Meet was initially only part of G Suite, about which you can find out more here. Meet is a simple and effective video conferencing tool and it’s both a web-based service and an app. Google has decided to make Google Meet available to everyone, on the simple condition that they have a Google Account. The only caveat is that private users have their conferences restricted to 60 minutes....

iPhone as a Medical ID Do you remember the days when people with certain health complications would wear medical alert bracelets? This feature is the digital equivalent and allows you to include a lot more information about your health. To access it, launch the Health app, tap Medical ID at the bottom right, and then select Create medical ID. You can put in things like allergies, medical conditions, blood type, medication you’re currently taking, emergency contacts, previous hospitalizations…and more....

We at groovyPost.com just recently conducted a reader poll to find out what you thought about the Netflix price hike in July and spin-off of its DVD mailing service into its new Quikster subsidiary. The results? You were all dead on — and that’s bad news for Netflix. The majority of readers polled said they will either cut one or both services from their Netflix subscription. Now we don’t make a habit of reporting stock prices here at groovyPost (we’re geeks, not Wall Street reporters), check out how the Netflix stock performance is right in line with our readers poll....

The main difference is it has a new minimal cleaner interface with easier navigation options. Windows users will need to restart your system to complete the installation – which comes in at 89 MB. Here’s a look at everything that’s new according to Apple. What do you think of the new version of iTunes? Leave a comment and let us know! With how good streaming services like MOG are, I barely have kept up with my music collection this past year....