Fortunately the Roku TV interface gives you the ability to change the name of the input to make it easier to identify. Our tutorial below will show you how to rename an input on a Roku TV. How to Change the Name of an Input on a Roku TV The steps in this article were performed on an Insignia TV, but will work for other models of TV that are using the Roku TV interface....

How to Repeat Alerts for New Text Messages in iOS 8 Tools: iPhone We don’t always have our cell phones right next to us, or even within earshot. So while audio notifications about new messages can be useful when our iPhone is nearby, they can be useless if the device is in another room. This can lead to situations where an alert about a new message goes unheard. If the time on your iPhone is blue, then read this guide to find out why and what you can do to change that....

Set-top streaming boxes like the Apple TV do an impressive job of managing their on-time, and can get by for a while by simply going to sleep when not in use. But you will likely find that you need to restart the Apple TV occasionally if something isn’t working properly. Restarting the Apple TV Without Unplugging It The problem with restarting the Apple TV is that it doesn’t actually have any physical buttons on it, and the menu can be confusing....

Once your iPhone has been updated to iOS 8 or higher, any picture that you delete from your Camera Roll will be stored temporarily in this folder for 30 days. If you decide that you want to recover your iPhone pictures within that time frame, then you can simply follow our steps below to restore them to the Camera Roll. Return Deleted Pictures to the Camera Roll on the iPhone These steps were performed in iOS 8....

Save as .xls in Excel 2010 People using Excel 2003 do have a compatibility pack available to them that allows them to open .xlsx files, but not all users may have installed it. Therefore, the simplest way to be certain that your Excel files can be opened is by saving them as a different file type. You can follow the steps below to learn how to do so. Step 1: Open your file in Excel 2010....

If your Outlook emails are sorted by name or subject, then locating new emails can be really difficult. Luckily Outlook gives you the ability to change your email sorting to a number of different option, including by date. Our guide below will show you how to sort emails by date in Outlook 2013 so that your newest emails are at the top of the inbox. How to Switch to Date Sorting in Outlook The steps in this article were performed in Outlook 2013, but will work in most other versions of Outlook as well....

Turn One Column of Data into Two with Excel 2010 While some people that create spreadsheets might think that they are simplifying the process by putting a lot of data into one column, that is usually not the case. Information in spreadsheets is much simpler to manage, especially in large quantities, when you have your data as segmented as possible. This provides more options for sorting and organizing data, plus it will make it easier for your database manager to use that data in their tables if necessary....

Fortunately you can stop that extra page with your document information from printing by changing one setting on the Word Options menu. Our guide below will show you how to find that setting and disable it to stop your Document Properties from being included every time you print something in Word 2013. Stopping the Document Properties Page from Printing in Word 2013 The steps in this article will assume that your copy of Word 2013 is currently printing a “Document Properties” page at the end of every document that you print....

If the spooler isn’t working properly, then you will find that nothing will print either. Luckily you can go into a settings menu in Windows where you are able to stop the print spooler, then restart it. Our tutorial below will show you how to stop a print spooler in Windows. How to Stop the Windows Print Spooler Our guide continues below with additional information on stopping the print spooler in Windows, including pictures of these steps....

So if you have a document or block of text that is all uppercase, but you need to switch it to something else, you can take advantage of a tool in Word 2013 that allows you to switch from uppercase to sentence case, without asking you to manually retype the entire document. Switching Cases in Word 2013 This tutorial will teach you how to switch the text in your Word 2013 document from uppercase to sentence case....

One of the things that you can adjust on the iPhone 5 camera is the aspect ratio of the pictures that it creates. The default option is for rectangular images, but you can also take square pictures. You can follow the steps below to learn how. Did you take a picture of something and you don’t know what it is? Our reverse image search iPhone guide can help you to figure it out....

One thought that you might consider is that the message was never delivered to the recipient’s phone, or that they had not yet seen it. One way that you can check the status of a message, however, is if the message recipient has read receipts enabled. If they do, then our guide below will show you how to view this information so that you can rest comfortably knowing the information has successfully reached its audience....

However, you might prefer not to use this feature, which can leave you looking for a way to disable it. Our guide below will show you where to find that setting so that you can disable Behind the Lyrics on your iPhone’s Spotify app. How to Stop “Behind the Lyrics” in Spotify The steps in this article were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus, in iOS 10.2.1. Once you have completed the steps in this article, the “Behind the Lyrics” feature in the Spotify app on your iPhone will no longer happen....

There are many ways to customize or limit the way that apps use data on your iPhone. While the methods described in that article can help to reduce mobile data usage, you might be looking for something that will shut it off completely. Fortunately, this is an option available to you on your iPhone and can be particularly helpful to know if you have already exceeded your monthly data allotment....

Unfortunately it is impossible to please everyone, so you will inevitably find something about the phone that you decide you want to adjust to suit your own preferences. In this case, you may have decided that you do not like to receive repeat message alerts. By default, your iPhone 5 will let you know when you receive a new message then, two minutes later, it will let you know again....

Our guide below will show you how to find and disable a setting that was introduced with the iOS 10.1 update which can stop these text message effects from playing automatically. How to Stop the Text Message Effects on My iPhone The steps below were performed on an iPhone 7 Plus, in iOS 10.1.1. If you don’t see the option described in the images below, then you might be running an iOS version from before this setting was added....

But you may be wondering how to set up iTunes automatic file downloads if you don’t want to manually find and download the movies, music, or TV shows that you purchased on your other devices. How to Change Automatic Download Settings in iTunes Windows 10 Our guide continues below with additional information on how to change the iTunes automatic file downloads setting, including pictures of these steps. When you purchase music, movies, or TV shows using your iTunes account, that content becomes available on other devices where you are signed into that account....

Developers often add new features that give the app more utility, and they fix problems that their users encounter. But these updates need to be installed to take effect, and you may have your iPhone set up so that it needs manual app updates. Our tutorial below will show you how to check for and install app updates that are available on your iOS 10 iPhone device. How to Install an iPhone App Update in iOS 10 Our guide continues below with additional information on updating iOS 10 iPhone apps, including pictures of these steps....

Using Check Boxes for File Selection in Windows 7 At first I was skeptical of this method because I was not sure what benefit it might provide over other ways to select files. I have always either used the Ctrl key to select multiple individual files, or the Shift key to select a group of files, and it has worked out well for me. But then I started thinking about all of the times that I had accidentally copied all of my selected files, or the times that I let go of the Ctrl or Shift key while I was selecting files and the selection was lost and switched to the new file that I just clicked on....

Out tutorial below will show you how to find the setting that controls the display of this menu so that you can prevent it from appearing when you enter full screen mode for your presentations. How to Hide the Popup Toolbar That Appears at the Bottom of a Full Screen Slideshow The steps in this article will affect the menu that appears at the bottom of the screen when you are watching a slideshow in full screen mode....