That boring, grey circle may give you a slight indication of who you’re calling or texting, but wouldn’t it be nice if all your iPhone contacts had photos to go with them? Here’s how to manually add a picture to a contact. RELATED: How to Hide Contact Photos in Messages on the iPhone If you’re friends with someone on Facebook, their contact information and photo is automatically added to their contact card on your phone....

Music streaming is the hot new thing, with many services offering access to millions of songs for a monthly fee. If you have your own music collection on your computer, you can put it online and stream it from anywhere — free. This is ideal if you’ve ripped your own CDs or purchased MP3s and put together a music collection. It’s also a good way to fill holes in popular streaming services, giving you access to songs that aren’t available as part of unlimited streaming plans....

“Rebooting” a device simply means turning it off and back on again. A “Factory Reset” will remove everything from the device and restore it to the way it was when you turned it on for the first time. Both can be used to fix problems. How to Reboot a Chromecast To reboot your Chromecast, we can use the Google Home app for iPhone, iPad, or Android. Find your Chromecast in the device list and tap it....

Modern versions of Safari don’t show the entire URL of a page in the address bar—it just shows the web site’s domain name. If this bothers you, it’s easy to change. For example, if you visit this article in Safari—whose full URL is https://www.howtogeek.com/283622/how-to-listen-to-podcasts-at-faster-and-slower-speeds-on-the-iphone/ —Safari will only show howtogeek.com in the address bar. It’s only telling you what site you’re on, not what page you’re on. The easiest way to reveal the full URL is to click on the Smart Search Field....

If you prefer to keep your iPhone apps in your App Library (first introduced in iOS 14), you can easily show or hide red app-notification badges using Settings. It’s a personal choice: Turning them on shows more info, while turning them off reduces visual clutter. Here’s how to set it up. First, open “Settings.” In Settings, tap “Home Screen.” On the Home Screen settings screen, locate the “Show In App Library” switch....

Need to switch to a different branch, but you’re not ready to commit the changes you’ve made in your current branch? You can stash your changes and come back to them later. It’s possible in Git, whether you use GitHub or another hosting service. Why Stash Your Changes? Stashing your changes is a great way to keep up with your current work without committing them to the working branch. This allows you to work between several branches without pushing any changes....

Apple’s macOS simultaneously offers the world’s most streamlined default browser, and the world’s most bloated default music player. And one has a bad habit of constantly launching the other. If you’re tired of Safari automatically launching iTunes, here’s how to stop it. No More iTunes is a free extension for Safari that stops iTunes from loading when you open an App Store page. It’s quick to install, and works....

Focused Inbox brings all your important emails together while keeping all other emails in the Other tab. If you don’t use this inbox, turn it off in your Outlook desktop, web, or mobile version. We’ll show you how to do that. Once you’ve disabled Focused Inbox, Outlook will display all your important and non-important in a single tab. Later, you can turn the feature back on if you want....

Lots of burglars come out at night, which means night vision can be a great feature for your security camera. But if it’s not really something you’ll need, you can easily turn it off on the Nest Cam. RELATED: How Do Night Vision Cameras Work? There are very few reasons to turn off night vision, but say you have your Nest Cam placed by a window pointed outside. The infrared light emitted from the camera would create a massive reflection on the glass, which would negate any usefulness provided by the night vision....

To receive the latest features and patch existing bugs, update your Microsoft Outlook app to the latest version. You can do this for free on all of the compatible platforms, including desktop, Android, iPhone, and iPad. We’ll show you how to do that. When Outlook is updated, your app content and logins remain the same. You don’t lose your account data nor do you need to re-login to your account....

What Are Snap Packages? In the past, installing applications on Linux was a potentially frustrating experience. You’d install something only to find a particular library or other dependency was missing or outdated. You’d then hunt down the missing resource and install it, only to find another application depended on the version of the library you just replaced. Fix one, break one, repeat. This has improved with better package management systems, like apt, dnf, and pacman....

When running a batch script, you may need or want to pause the output in the CMD window so that you can look things over. Is there an easy way to pause, then restart the output? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to help with a reader’s CMD window output woes. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....

Some routers have a Wireless isolation, AP Isolation, Station Isolation, or Client Isolation feature that allows you to lock down your Wi-Fi network. This feature is ideal for businesses with public Wi-Fi networks or anyone who’s just a bit paranoid. This feature confines and restricts clients connected to the Wi-Fi network. They can’t interact with devices connected to the more secure wired network, nor can they communicate with each other....

There’s nothing as precious and irreplaceable as your personal photos and, with a little forethought and planning, there’s no reason to ever feel the heartbreak of losing even a single one of them to theft, broken devices, or disaster. You Can Replace Everything But Your Photos Insurance money will buy you a new computer if your house burns down. You can get a new phone if yours goes missing on the subway or takes a cold dip off the side of a boat....

“Change your passwords regularly” is a common piece of password advice, but it isn’t necessarily good advice. You shouldn’t bother changing most passwords regularly — it encourages you to use weaker passwords and wastes your time. Yes, there are some situations where you’ll want to regularly change your passwords. But those will probably be the exception rather than the rule. Telling typical computer users they need to regularly change their passwords is a mistake....

A VPN Provides Privacy A VPN hides your real IP address, which is your internet connection’s front door. This is particularly useful if you have a static IP that doesn’t rotate, since advertisers and other trackers can use your IP to link your online activity. This can be used to serve targeted adverts in a somewhat scattershot fashion. For example, say that you’re shopping around for power tools online. You might search for items, check retailers, and maybe watch a YouTube video or two....

Need to extract an archive or compress some files? Avoid big-name programs like WinZip and WinRAR, which are packed with nags and advertisements. Modern versions of Windows have integrated support for ZIP files, and anything else is best managed with the free, open source 7-Zip. For Basic ZIP Files: Windows Handles Everything RELATED: Everything You Need to Know About Zip Files Keep it simple! There’s a good chance you don’t need to install any file archiving program at all....

Android’s launcher is one of the most important parts of the user interface. It’s the first thing you see once the device is unlocked, and it’s the primary way you interact with the home screen. It’s where your widgets live, where the app drawer is found, and where you customize the look of your phone. RELATED: How to Install Nova Launcher for a More Powerful, Customizable Android Home Screen...

iOS 10 is one of the biggest upgrades Apple has made to their mobile operating system. If you’re overwhelmed by all the new and upgraded features in iOS 10 you’re certainly not alone–but have no fear, we’ve been playing with it for months, and we’re happy to highlight all the really great features you should be using right now. Lock Screen: So Long Swiping, Hello Widgets Let’s start with the first thing you’ll bump into after updating: the new lock screen....

If you’re looking for a charger for your smartphone, tablet, or even laptop, you’ll need to keep in mind the type of cable you want to use with it. More and more devices are now shipping with USB-C chargers, which use a universal and reversible connector. Even if your smartphone omitted the power adapter in the box, most manufacturers still include this cable. If you need a cable, check out our guide to the best USB-C cables you can buy....