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How to Recover Contact Information in Address Book in Outlook?

The Outlooks auto-complete feature will automatically generate the address of any recipient, whenever you try to send an email message. While after updating your Outlook with the latest version, sometimes you find that your contacts have been missing from the Outlook Address Book, and for this, you need to do one thing, just restore your address book in the Microsoft Outlook. But before going with the instructions, we highly recommend you to follow the instructions in an exact sequence to avoid any damages and errors. Steps to Restore Contact Information in Address Book in Outlook These types of invalid behavior usually occur because Outlook requires you to complete all the steps before you contact information is available. Here are a few steps which can help you in fixing this error, they are as follows: Install the Outlook Address Book Service Mark the Contact Folder for Use with Address Book Method-1: Re-Install Outlook Address Book Firstly, on the File tab, click on

How to Add a Stack of Recent Items Folder to your Mac’s Dock?

The Dock on your Mac is more than a list of any running apps, plus a trash can. Probably, you know that you can also force the app to stick around in the Dock for quick launching, and for that, you can use any folder to Dock and just click it to see from inside. But now you can also add folders which show you your recent documents, applications, your favorite items and many more. The Stack will work like any other folder in the Dock. But the only difference is that instead of holding the stuff you plunged into it, the stack is auto-populated by the macOS. However, you only need to click on the icon, and then up will automatically pop a panel with your 10 recent documents. Click on any one of them to open it, and by just double-clicking it in the Finder will do. Here we provide you with a few stacks name which you can add to the Dock: Recent Documents. Recent Applications. Recent Servers. Favorite Items. Favorite Volumes. The following guide will help you in adding a Stack

How to ‘Turn On’ Skype Calling with Amazon Alexa App?

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Good news for all Skype users, now you can get the two to team up for making Skype calling with Amazon Alexa app up to almost 150 countries around the world. Now, Microsoft has brought this Skype calling service to Alexa enabled devices which starting with the Amazon Echo range. Microsoft new service comes with 100 free minutes of calling per month for almost two months. However, you just need to do is link your Skype account with your Amazon Alexa app. however, you don’t even need to do anything extra to activate the free calling minutes. So, before starting to use it, you must have to link together your Skype and Amazon account. Here take a look, how you can do it. Enable Skype Calling with Alexa  Navigate to “Amazon Alexa app” and then you need to enter your “Email ID or Mobile number and password.” Ensure that you have signed up for “Alexa communications.” And if you have not touched the speech bubbles at the bottom of the screen to start signing in. Once completed, y

Top Apps For Winter Travel!

As we all know that winter is just around the corner and hence it’s time to embrace the season and enjoy the snow. Although you may like unplugging from work and email, still you won’t want to miss out on these great apps when traveling, so look below carefully to know more about it. Trover – Check out a social photo app which is for travelers to share their experiences in off-the-beaten-path places. You’ll get to know about great discoveries through the eyes of the traveler. The app enables you to search the best food in Whistler. Thanks to a ‘Yelp-meets-Instagram Collage’ of yummy eats arranged by distance. One of the good parts is that throughout your adventure, you can share your awesome photos with a group of fellow adventurers. Trover is a fantastic option if you need to make a visual bucket list, or if you don’t want to visit the standard tourist areas. Recently, Expedia purchased Trover. Cairn Offline Maps – Whether you are heading on a snowshoe hike or el

How to Use iPad as a Second Screen for Your Mac?

One of the advantages of having a small-screen laptop like Apple’s 12in MacBook or the MacBook Air is that you can easily double your screen real estate by using an iPad as a second screen. As a second monitor using an iPad is an ideal solution for those who only have access to a small-screen laptop like Apple’s 12in MacBook or 11.3in MacBook Air, as it effectively increases and doubles the size of the display, enabling you to be more productive. For your Mac, keep reading on to find out how to utilize your iPad as a second screen. What will you need? An iPad Lightning to USB cable Some software like iDisplay, Duet Display, and AirDisplay. Unfortunately, 10.13.4 broke some of the DisplayLink functionality that these apps rely on, so a Mac running macoS13.3 or earlier. Steps to Use iPad as a Second Display As an example, here we are using Duet Display, and it was developed by a team of ex-Apple engineers. Luckily, it enables you to utilize the tablet as a second display

Best Way to Protect Your Privacy on Public WiFi Networks

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Wi-Fi network is an amazing way to connect to the internet without even using cables; this will makes portable browsing effortless. However, we are frequently greeting new technology which helps us to browse faster and more comfortable. Simply, we connect our Mobile phone, personal computers, laptop, tablets, and other devices to a Wi-Fi by using a router which joined us to a specific location. Usually, private connections are used for office or home networks, and public ones are dominant in cafes, bars, restaurants, train stations, etc. Thus, whenever you are using any secured Wi-Fi connections in your home, office, or any friend apartment, make sure to enter the password, which instantly arises the feeling of safety. Though, public Wi-Fi creates a certain risk which is generally related to privacy. However, the no password policy allows everyone to connect to the Wi-Fi. Also, it enables attacks to enter devices and performs malicious tasks, such as installing malware

5 Signs When Your Hard Drive is Dying

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In this digital world, use of computers comes down for manipulating the data. We all know that hard drive outlines the foundation of our computing. Generally, the hard drive is a place where we store all our data; photo albums, music, emails, work documents, and many more things. However, many people realize that most electronic storage devices, including the hard drives, have a very limited lifetime when compared to the earliest ways of storing the information, like as papyrus, paper, stone. Though hard drive is one of the few mechanical devices that used in recent computing, and nowadays the average lifetime of the hard drive is around 5 to 10 years which usually depends on what kind of hard drive and manufacturer you have. If you are not sure about how much time is left on your hard drive, then we suggest you read this article to know what signs may expose a forthcoming failure. Here we provide you five most common signs which indicate that your hard drive is going to

Home Hub Gets has Screen Menu You Didn’t Know

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The Google Home Hub is a first attempt by Google at a Smart Display and also combines the influential functionality of the Google Home with a display for more use cases. It has a smooth, modest look that means it will easily blend into your surroundings rather than being a focal point of a room. Before now, you seen few Smart Displays devices from different brands like Lenovo and JBL, but unlike from those options, Google’s first party design has followed the design language of pre-existing Home devices and it looks like something that you would really want in your Home. However, with the Google Home Hub, you can able to adjust the brightness or easily set the alarm with a voice command. Although if you are trying to quiet mode or there is lots of background noise so that you can also do these things by using a hidden Screen Settings menu option. Since getting to the screen settings menu is a simple and easy task. Probably, the trickiest part is to know that it exists

Benefits of Using a Standard User Account on Mac

Initially, the Mac OS X setup assistant asks you for your name which is a username and a password and will be using this information to create your account. As there has to be at least one user with administrative rights on your Mac, that first account is an administrator account. While this is useful, it can also be risky. Let’s have a glimpse of two main types of user accounts. Administrators can install any software, even if it needs an administrator's password details. You can go in secure System Preferences. Then, modify permissions to files and folders. Moreover, you can perform other multiple tasks, like install fonts for all users, availing access of external disks on Macs where they have their accounts, creating folders in places other than in their home folder and run certain utilities that are off-limits to standard users. You can also use the sudocommand in the Terminal application to access or make changes to any files, or to run specific commands limited to admi

Guiding to Transferring from Pokémon Go to Let's Go on Nintendo Switch

We know that Pokemon Let’s Go a reimaging of the typical Pokemon series, and it goes back to the days of Yellow, Red and Blue. It not only initiates a new way to catch Pokemon but also the ability to move your favourite pocket monsters from Pokemon Go to Let’s Go on the switch.  However, this process is amazingly unintuitive, but don’t worry, here we discussed a few steps to take to get it to work. And in the game, you will need to have reached the desired stage where you can be able to speak to the receptionist at Fuchsia City’s Go Park which will possibly take most of the players 15-20 hours. It’s a game where the 5 th Gym Leader. Till then, you cannot bring Pokemon across from Go to the Nintendo Switch. Steps to Connect with your Pokemon GO Account On the Nintendo Switch: Initially, ensure that Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are enabled. When you are playing Let’s Go, click the X key to pause the game. Then, click the Y key to open the Options Now, choose “Open Pokemon Go Set

6 Safety Tricks for Online Holiday Shopping

Online shopping is a convenient way to buy what you need without having to stand in long lines. This holiday season, several lucrative offers are available on almost every online retail website. Before you start shopping, you need to follow some measure to ensure your security and privacy. Here are some best tips to help you shop this holiday season safely. 1. Shop from reliable and trusted platforms Like every year, this holiday season will be packed with numerous offers, coupons and discounts. When you shop from physical stores, you are sure that you will get the product. But, there are several bogus websites which do not exactly deliver the item you added to your cart. Therefore, avoid shopping from websites you have not much hear of and stick to the ones you know. 2. Conduct research Did an item catch your fancy but it is available on a website you are not familiar with? Well, open the search engine and start researching. Check out their social media pages, reviews

Google Maps for iOS Gets For You tab for More Personalized Recommendations

iOS devices shall soon be receiving an added personalised  feature for the Google's navigation app - Maps. At the company's I/O Developer conference help in the month of May, 2018 , the company released a slew of new functionalities that are made to people using Google Maps to get more information about what is happening around them, follow local businesses around them, and to get updates pertaining events and promotional offers. Apart from this, users will also get customised suggestions regarding places to go to, dine at, and much more. A number of these features are already available in the For You tab. The For You option was added in the refurbished Google Maps app that was rolled out for Android in June this year. The new update which has been rolled out is packed with exciting features. According to the tech giant, this new revamped tab can be accessed in over 130 countries on the Android version. iOS users living in more than forty countries can also use this f

How to Fix Bluetooth Can’t Disable on Windows 10?

Some Windows 10 users are facing Bluetooth issues such as enabling or disabling Bluetooth option is missing from Windows 10, Bluetooth won’t turn on Windows 10 etc. But sometimes, they can’t disable the Bluetooth in Windows 10. However, this is a unique problem facing by the users. If you want to confirm this issue then you have to this; go the Settings tab, then Devices, after that Bluetooth and other devices and then under the Bluetooth tab you will see a toggle, you just have to click on that toggle to disable the Bluetooth easily. Once you click on the toggle it will automatically revert to the enable position. So, below we provide you complete stepwise guide to fix Bluetooth easily Can’t Disable on Windows 10. The steps are discussed below: Steps to Fix Bluetooth Can’t Disable on Windows 10 If in case, something goes wrong, so before starting the process make sure to create a restore point and take backup of your all data. And we advise you to avoid troubles and errors a