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Text message notification sounds are a simple, yet effective, way to alert you to information that requires your attention. Different apps will trigger a notification for different things, and certain apps will be responsible for more notifications than others. One of the most common notification sounds that you are likely to hear, however, is the text message notification sound. If you are in a building where there are a lot of people with cell phones nearby, like an office, then it is very possible that many people will be using the same notification sounds....

Airpods are a fun headphone solution that integrates seamlessly with your iPhone. Getting them connected and using them is simple, and the audio quality is quite good. Plus you can add them to other Apple services, like the Find My app, to take advantage of the location features that the app has to offer. But Airpods all look very similar, and it’s possible that someone else in your home or at work also has them....

How Do You Fill a Cell with Color in Excel? Our article continues below with more information on how to color cells in Excel, as well as pictures of the steps outlined above. Using formulas like concatenate can greatly improve your working experience with Microsoft Excel, but the formatting of your data can be equally important as the formulas that you use within it. Learning how to fill a cell with color in Excel is beneficial when you need to visually separate certain types of data in a spreadsheet that you might not otherwise be able to distinguish from one another....

Write in Plain Text by Default in Outlook 2010 You may have already discovered how to write a single message in plain text in Outlook 2010, but that option does not stick for future messages. You would then need to go and choose the plain text option for every message that you want to compose in that format, which can be tedious. So continue reading to learn how to use plain text as the default option for all messages in Outlook 2010....

But if you have started using Apple Music, then the process for creating a new playlist may be a little different than what you are used to. Our tutorial below will show you how to create a new playlist directly on your iPhone, then how to find and add songs to that playlist. If you don’t like your current call tone, then read our article on how to change ringtone on iPhone 13 and learn how to switch to another one....

While there are a lot of very talented artists that can draw and create almost anything in Photoshop, some of us just don’t have that gift to be able to freely draw on a computer screen. This can extend to even very basic shapes, like a speech bubble. Every time that I have tried to manually draw a speech bubble, it either looks like a balloon or some weird cloud....

But mixed in among my list of contacts are people that I call frequently, and scrolling through my entire list can be a waste of time. Fortunately you can mark a contact as a favorite so that you can make them accessible from a special menu. But even this menu can become crowded, causing you to want to delete a contact from your Favorites list. This can be done in just a few short steps by following our guide below....

Fortunately iOS 9 allows you to toggle the “Shake to Undo” feature on or off. Our guide below will direct you to this setting so that you can turn it off if you are not using it. How to Turn Off the “Shake to Undo” Option on an iPhone 6 The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 6 Plus, in iOS 9. This option was only made available in iOS 9, so iPhones running versions prior to that will not have this option....

These types of media benefit from movement in a lot of situations, but you may find it to be distracting when they start to play automatically. Fortunately, you can learn how to disable video autoplay on an iPhone so that you will need to manually start playing these videos and pictures instead of it happening auotmatically. How to Stop Recorded Videos from Playing Automatically on an iPhone Our guide continues below with additional information on how to disable video autoplay on an iPhone 11, including pictures of these steps....

Unfortunately some Wi-Fi networks can be very slow, almost to the point where you wonder if they even have Internet access. But the iPhone will not prioritize a faster cellular network over a slower Wi-Fi network, which can leave you waiting for a Web page to load. In these situations it will typically be more efficient to disconnect from the Wi-Fi network and use your cellular connection instead. If you aren’t in range of a Wi-Fi network but your iPad or laptop needs to get online, then our iPhone share Internet guide can show you an alternate option....

Have you been considering a switch to Windows 8? Learn more about the different versions and pricing to decide if making that switch is in your best interest. How to Display Sheet Tabs in Excel 2010 Our article continues below with additional information on how to show sheet tabs in Microsoft Excel 2010, including pictures of these steps. How to Unhide Sheet Tabs in Excel 2010 (Guide with Pictures) If unhiding your sheets is a temporary effect, then you will be happy to know that you can simply reverse the process outlined below to go back to hiding the sheets....

The service includes access to a large selection of Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and Pixar movies and television series, and is offered at a low monthly price. You also have the ability to download movies in the Disney + app and save them to your iPhone. Those movies can then be watched on the device when you don’t have an Internet connection, or when you don’t want to use cellular data....

Our tutorial below will show you how to create a new note and draw in it. You will be able to select between several different brush options and ink colors, allowing you a bit of customization over the appearance of your note drawing. Drawing in Notes in iOS 10 These steps were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus, in iOS 10. Other iPhone models running iOS 10 will also be able to draw in their notes, as well as iPhones running iOS 9....

While tapping the Voice Memos app will open it, you might be looking for a way to make it a little more accessible. Our tutorial below will show you how to add a Voice Memos icon to your Control Center so that you only need to swipe up from the bottom of the screen and touch that button to start recording sound on your iPhone. If you aren’t hearing anything when you take a video of your screen, then our how to get sound on screen recording guide can help to fix it....

One item over which you have control is the way that Outlook handles messages and objects that you have sent to the Deleted Items folder. You may have noticed that emails or contacts that you thought had been deleted are still hanging around in that folder. if you would prefer that Outlook 2013 automatically delete those items for you, then continue reading below to see how you can configure Outlook 2013 to do so....

The iPhone also has a limited amount of storage space, which can leave you looking for ways to remove files and increase your available storage space. One way that you can accomplish this is to start removing unnecessary files from the device. To empty trash on the iPhone you can open the Photos app, choose the Albums tab, select Recently Deleted, tap Select, then Delete all. By completing those steps you will empty the “Recently Deleted” album in the Photos app, which lets you get back the storage space that those unwanted pictures were using....

One way to reduce the amount of times that you are prompted to update is to enable automatic updates. Our tutorial below will show you how to find this setting to make it a little easier to keep Adobe Flash Player up to date. Letting Adobe Flash Player Install Updates Automatically The steps in this article were performed on a Windows 7 computer, which was running version 18.0.0.203 of the Adobe Flash Player....

Fortunately the Play Store has a feature called Play protect that can give you a level of defense against these potential threats. Typically this setting is turned on by default, but you might want to check it to ensure that it wasn’t disabled as part of a troubleshooting measure, or simply via an accident. Our guide below will show you where to find the Play protect setting so that you can ensure that it is enabled on your device....

Turn on the Photo Stream Sharing Option on the iPhone 5 The tutorial below will point out the location in the iPhone 5 menu system where you need to go to be able to use the Photo Stream sharing option. If this option is not turned on, then you will not have the option of creating Photo Streams on the device, such as with the method outlined in this article on Apple’s support site....

Once you have enabled this option on your device by following our instructions below, you will be able to insert words into your text messages, notes and emails more quickly. If you decide in the future that you do not like this feature, then you can follow the same steps below to turn it back off. Turn on the Row of Suggestions on the iPhone Keyboard The steps in this article were performed in iOS 8....