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Monday, November 2, 2020

How to send and receive your messages on all your Apple Devices - Iphone, Ipad and Mac and Sync them

 


How to get your Mac to show all your Iphone Texts


Text Message Forwarding, allows you to have all your text messages that you send and receive on your iPhone also appear on your Mac and iPad, and keep them in sync. Then you can continue the conversation from any device you want.



How to set up text message forwarding


  1. On your iPhone, iPad, go to Settings > Messages > Send & Receive. On your Mac, open Messages, choose Messages > Preferences, then click iMessage. Make sure that you're signed in to iMessage with the same Apple ID on all your devices.


  1. On your iPhone, select Settings > Messages > Text Message Forwarding.


  1. Choose which devices you want to send and receive text messages from your iPhone, a verification code appears on each of your other devices: enter that code on your iPhone.
  2. As long as your iPhone is turned on and connected to Wi-Fi or a cellular network, new SMS/MMS texts can be sent and received on the devices that you added.


iCloud now keeps your entire messages history updated and available on all your devices — even when you set up a new device.

Friday, October 9, 2020

How to cancel your Apple subscriptions on your Mac, Iphone, Apple Watch or Ipad

How to cancel your Apple subscriptions on your Mac, Iphone, Apple Watch or Ipad

Click link below

See or cancel subscriptions

Monday, October 5, 2020

How to completely remove Microsoft Teams from your Mac

 








Step 1 

Before beginning a complete uninstall be aware this should only be done if you tried re-installing the app and restarting the computer as you will loose a few of your preferences and defaults and will need to login again.

Below is the link to re-download teams so you can reinstall then restart and see if it works, if it doesn't then go to step 2.


Step 2

Open your Application Folder on your Mac, and select the Microsoft Teams app and drag it to the Trash. 

1) Click Go > Go To Folder 

2) Then paste each of the paths below one by one into the field and delete the files in that folder - repeat this process for each of the line items. IF nothing shows up in that folder move on to the next 
you will be doing this 11 times until all the teams files have been deleted.

Here are the deletions needed:



~/Library/Caches/com.microsoft.teams 
~/Library/Caches/com.microsoft.teams.shipit 
~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams 
~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/Application Cache/Cache 
~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/blob_storage 
~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/Cache 
~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/databases 
~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/GPUCache 
~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/IndexedDB 
~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/Local Storage 
~/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Teams/tmp 

If teams is open you will need to quit the Microsoft Teams app - If you can't, go to the go menu and select the utilities then open activity monitor select Microsoft teams and select the X in the upper left 
and force quit.




Tuesday, September 15, 2020

iPad not turning on - Hard Reset

Step 1
The device must be turned off, so press and hold Power button and swipe off if you can.

Step 2
Plugin your device to your Mac using your lightning cable.

Step 3
Then press and hold the Home Button and the Power button together for about 10 seconds.

Where is the Home button? - That's the round one on the bottom of your phone
Where is the Power button? - That's the one on the top right of your Ipad not on the side

Step 4
Afterwards 10 seconds release Power button but still hold the Home button.

Step 5 
You should see you Iphone show up on the side bar in your Hardrive window under locations click on it to restore it.

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

How to activate your on-screen Mac Keyboard (Virtual Keyboard) - High Sierra and Mojave and Catalina

How to activate your on-screen Mac Keyboard (Virtual Keyboard) - High Sierra and Mojave and Catalina

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Top SIRI Commands for IPhone

To send a text messages or call using Siri using your contacts you have to define who you are and who your family and friends are, here are some examples



MAKE A FACETIME CALL USING SIRI

  • FaceTime my Dad
  • FaceTime (first and last name)
  • Call me (Siri will ask Say your name)
  • Call my Dad is (Siri will ask Say your Dads name)
  • Call my wife is (Siri will ask Say your wife's name)
  • Call my husband (Siri will ask Say your husbands name or select it)
  • Call My brother (Siri will ask- Say your brothers' name)
  • Call my mom (Siri will ask - Say your moms name)
  • Call my boss is (Siri will ask - Say your boss's name)
  • Call my Nephew (Siri will ask What is your Nephew's name - then say it)
  • Call my Niece (Siri will ask What is your Nephew's name - then say it)
  • Call My Doctor (Siri will ask - Say your Doctors name)
•  Add a reminder fro my mothers birthday (say date)

Find PICTUREs

Show me picture from this week

Show me picture from April 29th


MAKE A FACETImE CALL using Siri

  • FaceTime my Mom
  • FaceTime (first and last name)

SEND TEXT MESSAGES

  • Send a message to Esther
  • Send a message to Sean saying ‘Let’s sign the new record deal tonight'
  • “Send a message to Kerry on her mobile saying ‘I am running late'”
  • “Text my mom and dad saying ‘Let’s have dinner tomorrow evening'”
  • “Text Sharon and Becky saying ‘Where are you?'”
  • “Send a message to 000-000-0000”

READ TEXT MESSAGES

  • Siri, Read my new test messages
  • Siri, “Read it again”

REPLY TO TEXT MESSAGES

  • Siri, “Reply ‘I love you too'”
  • Siri, “Reply ‘I will arrive in 10 minutes'”
  • Siri, “Call him on mobile”

VOICE MAIL

  • “Check my voice mail”
  • “Do I have new voice mail?”
  • “Play my last voice mail”
  • “Play the last voicemail from Pam”
  • “Play voice mail from Kerry”

ASK SIRI TO SEND EMAIL MESSAGES

  • “New email to Sean Combs”
  • “Email Kerry and Lisa and say ‘I am going out of town this weekend'”
  • “Email mom about the trip”
  • “Mail Justin about the concert tickets”

ASK SIRI TO CHECK EMAIL MESSAGES

  • “Check email”
  • “Read my last email”
  • “Do I have any new messages?”
  • “Any new email from my boss today?”
  • “Show the email from Kerry yesterday”
  • “Show new mail about the football game”

ASK SIRI TO RESPOND TO EMAIL MESSAGES

  • “Reply ‘Hey Kerry, let’s watch Scandal tonight”
  • “Call him at work”

ASK SIRI ABOUT MESSAGES

“Read my notifications”

ASK SIRI TO LOCATE FRIENDS AND FAMILY

  • “Where is my wife?”
  • “Is my wife at home?”
  • “Where is my Justin?”
  • “Where are all my friends?”
  • “Who is near me?”

SIRI PRODUCTIVITY QUESTIONS

See Siri commands related to reminders, manage lists and notes, and set alarms and timers.

SIRI COMMANDS FOR CALENDAR

  • “Schedule a meeting with Sean tomorrow at 1 PM”
  • “Schedule a conference call with Justin today at 7 PM”
  • “Schedule a meeting about the new acquisition at 1 PM”
  • “schedule meeting about renovations at 2PM tomorrow in the conference room
  • “Set up a meeting at 10 AM”
  • “Set up a meeting with Brian at 11 AM”
  • “New appointment with Andrew Tuesday at noon”
  • “Meet with Kerry at 6”

ASK SIRI TO CHANGE EVENTS

  • “Reschedule 7 PM meeting to 9 PM”
  • “Reschedule my 10 AM meeting today”
  • “Reschedule my appointment with Dr. Manning to next Monday at 9am”
  • “Move my 2pm meeting to 3:30 PM”
  • “Add Andrew to 3:30 meeting”
  • “Add Alicia to meeting with Andrew”
  • “Cancel the new acquisition meeting”

ASK SIRI ABOUT YOUR EVENTS

  • “What’s on my calendar today?
  • “What’s on my calendar tomorrow?
  • “What’s on my calendar for Friday?”
  • “When is my next meeting”
  • “Where is my next meeting?”
  • “When is my next appointment?”
  • “When am I meeting with Justin?”

CONTEXTUAL REMINDERS (REMIND ME ABOUT THIS)

Most of Apple’s apps support this feature. For example, you can ask Siri to remind you about a web page you’re looking at in Safari, a specific location in Maps, a text message in Messages, a contact card in Contacts, your last edited document in Apple’s office suite, and more.
  • “Remind me about this”
  • “remind me about this in an hour”
  • “Remind me about this when I get home”
  • “Remind me about this when I get to the car”
  • “Remind me about this email Friday at noon”
  • “Remind me about ‘this place’ when I get in the car”

ASK SIRI TO SET A REMINDER

  • “Remind me to check the mailbox”
  • “Remember to stop by the bank”

TIME BASED REMINDERS

  • “Remind me to call mom at 7 PM”
  • “Remind me to walk the dogs at 7am tomorrow”
  • “Remind me to leave work at 4 PM”

LOCATION BASED REMINDERS

  • “Remind me to water the flowers when I get home”
  • “Remind me to stop by the dry cleaners when I leave work”
  • “Remember to pick up dry cleaning next Friday”
  • “Remind me to call Kerry when I leave”
  • “Remind me to call Barry when I get to work”

ASK SIRI TO CREATE AND FIND NOTES

  • “Create note: Door pass code is one two three two”

ASK SIRI TO CHECK THE TIME

  • “What time is it?”
  • “What day is it?”
  • “What is today’s date?”
  • “What time is it in New York?”
  • “What time is it in Belgium?”
  • “What’s the date this Friday?”

ASK SIRI TO SET OR CHANGE ALARMS

  • “Set an alarm for 7 AM”
  • “Wake me up tomorrow at 5 AM”
  • “Wake me up on weekdays at 6 AM”
  • “Wake me up on weekends at 10 AM”
  • “Wake me up in 3 hours”
  • “Change my 7 AM alarm to 6:30 AM”
  • “Show all alarms”
  • “Turn off my 6:30 alarm”
  • “Delete my 6:30 alarm”
  • “Turn off all alarms”

ASK SIRI TO USE A TIMER

  • “Set the timer for 10 minutes”
  • “Show the timer”
  • “Reset the timer”
  • “Stop the timer”
  • “Resume the timer”
  • “Change timer”

SIRI ON THE GO QUESTIONS

ASK SIRI FOR MAPS AND DIRECTIONS

  • “Where am I?”
  • “How do I get home?”
  • “Directions to home”
  • “Directions to my Sean’s home”
  • “Take me to my wife”
  • “Show my current location”
  • “Show me Union Station”
  • “Give me public transit directions to the Union Station”
  • “Show me directions from Washington DC to Philadelphia Pennsylvania”
  • “Are we there yet?”
  • “What’s my ETA?”

ASK SIRI ABOUT RESTAURANTS

  • “Show me restaurant information for Cheesecake Factory in Arlington”
  • “Show me reviews for Cheesecake Factory in Arlington”
  • “I need a reservation tonight at Cheesecake Factory tonight”
  • “Show me good seafood restaurants near me”
  • “Table for four in Washington DC Friday Night”

SIRI QUESTIONS FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES

  • “Find pizza near me”
  • “Find coffee near me”
  • “Where’s a good Chinese place around here?”
  • “Find Starbucks near me”
  • “Good Mexican restaurants near me”
  • “What’s the best restaurant in Arlington?”
  • “Find a gas station near me”
  • “I’m running low on gas”
  • “Show me the closest hospital”
  • “I need a good plumber”
  • “Show ATMs near me”
  • “Is there a pharmacy near me?”
  • “I need some aspirin”
  • “Show me the nearest WiFi hotspots”
  • “Find a happy hour nearby”
  • “What time does Burger King close?”
  • “Where’s a good inexpensive place to eat around here?”
  • “Find me a place to eat where I can sit outside”
  • “Where’s a good hair salon?”

MATH AND CONVERSIONS

  • “What is 71 x 2?”
  • “What is 2 to the 8th power?”
  • “What is the square root of 144?”
  • “What’s an 18% tip on $85?”
  • “What is the tip on $220?”
  • “How much is $100 in Canadian dollars?”
  • “What is 32 degrees Fahrenheit in Celsius?”
  • “How many cups in a liter?”
  • “How many ounces in a cup?”

SIRI QUESTIONS FOR ENTERTAINMENT

APPLE MUSIC SIRI COMMANDS

Here are some Apple Music Siri Commands we have found so far. More to come.
  • “Play Born to Run
  • “Play the number one song right now”
  • “Play the top rock songs now”
  • “Shuffle the top 10 hip-hop songs”
  • “Play the most popular song from June 2014”
  • “Play the song from Selma
  • “Play top song from 1999”
  • “Play Only by Nicki Minaj”
  • “I like this song”
  • “Play my Rock and Roll station”
  • “I want to hear the live version of this song”
  • “Add billy Joel to my library”
  • “Get the new Kendrick Lamar album”
  • “Buy this song”
  • “Add this song to my wish list”

MUSIC CONTROLS

  • “Play Jazz music”
  • “Play exercise playlist”
  • “Play work playlist”
  • “Shuffle my Road Trip playlist”
  • “Play the album ‘The New Classic'”
  • “Play the album ‘The New Classic’ shuffled”
  • “Play Alicia Keys”
  • “Play ‘Love Never Felt So Good'”
  • “Play more songs like this”
  • “Pause music”
  • “Stop music”
  • “Resume music
  • “Skip track”
  • “Play previous track”
  • “What music is playing?”
  • “Hey Siri, what song is this?”
  • “Play Alicia Keys on iTunes radio”
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  • “Search for images of cats”

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