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The storage service of Apple’s iCloud is a handy way to save images, documents, apps, and videos from your devices on the cloud. Once you enable it, all of your content you select get automatically backed up to your Apple devices so that they can be accessed from anywhere. In this article, we are going to show you how you can set up and access your iCloud data and files on any device. Follow the steps mentioned below to access iCloud by syncing with iCloud on your devices: Go to the Settings button that is typically located on your home screen. Tap on the Sign in to your device option, if you aren’t signed in. Enter your Apple ID and Password, and then tap on the Sign in button. Tap on the iCloud option. You will see it in the second section of the menu. You need to select the types of files and data you want to store to iCloud. Scroll down to know how many apps may access iCloud. Turn on iCloud Photo Library to store and upload your camera roll automatically. Turn on My Pho...

Most of the Mac computers come with the iCloud support built right in. iCloud sync has always been a reliable and convenient way for saving your data and files including photos, music, videos, documents, and events. This article will help you know how you can sync with iCloud on Mac. Follow the steps mentioned below in order to sync with iCloud on Mac: Tap on the Apple Menu in the upper left corner of your Mac’s screen. After that, tap on the System Preferences button. You will find it in the second section of the drop-down menu. Then tap on the iCloud icon. You will find it on the left corner of the screen. Enter your Apple ID and Password if required. You will need to check the box beside iCloud Drive. You will find it at the top of the pane. Now the documents and files can be accessed and edited on iCloud. For doing so, choose iCloud Drive in any of the Save dialog boxes. Also, you can select the permission that allows apps to access iCloud Drive by clicking on the Options b...

If you use Apple’s cloud-based app and storage solution (iCloud), and want to access your files and data that you have uploaded to iCloud, then you can easily access your data and files. In order to get them back, all you need is an Apple ID and an Internet connection. Follow the easy guidelines given below to access iCloud on the web: First of all, go to the iCloud website. Then enter your Apple ID and password. Tap on the Arrow option to go ahead. You will find it on the right side of the password field. Note: If the Two-Factor Authentication is enabled, then you will need to tap on the Allow option on another device and enter the verification code of 6 digits which you receive in the spaces in the browser window. Now you need to access your data then some iCloud apps let you access or work with any of the data you’ve been storing or syncing with iCloud. Note: Only those files and data will be available on iCloud which you store or sync with iCloud. Tap on the Photos ...

Brute force attacks are trial and error techniques employed to find login credentials to gain unauthorized access. The brute force attack technique abuses the most basic method of getting entrance to an account: by attempting to guess login information, again and again, until they reach the right username and password combination. How do brute force attacks work? The brute force attack method is usually attributed to an extensive exploration. A hacker will regularly compare many passcodes until they find the right passcode. Programs have been produced to help hacker guess passwords. How successful these programs rely on the computing capability and amount of attempts. As per the server frameworks, a hacker is capable of trying a thousand distinct password variants per sixty seconds. How to prevent brute force attacks? Passwords are never safe, especially not from hackers. You need to know the ways to keep your passwords safe. Brute force attacks are a way of hacking into ...

Kindle, a digital reader, is one of the handiest and easy-to-use devices.  If you are a bibliophile or somebody who is doing research, then you must be aware of the fantastic Kindle experience. Even though Kindle is excellent and the books are considerably less expensive, it does not allow the users to print directly from it, unless they have a Kindle Fire HD. Imagine that you are reading a cookbook on your Kindle and want to print a recipe out. How will you do that? Thankfully, even though Kindle does not directly allow the users to print from it, a number of third-party tools are available. Let us see how to print from Kindle. Follow the steps given below: Firstly, you need to connect the Kindle to your PC. If you have Kindle Fire, then you do not need to connect it to your computer. However, the other Kindle models need to be connected via a USB cable to the PC. After joining the Kindle, wait for some time for it to show up on the screen. Just go to any web browser and look...

Personal gadgets such as phones and tabs are much exposed to security risks and thefts. Smartwatches and other wearables are not an exception to this. If somebody manages to hack into your wearable, they will be able to get all your personal information and will clear out your bank account. Therefore, securing wearable devices such as smartwatches is crucial. In a majority of instances, a smartwatch is essentially an augmentation of the smartphone. Smartwatches are connected to the smartphone wirelessly. This indicates that cybercriminals have an additional way available to them to hijack the phone device, and in a report, it was revealed that smartwatches marketed two years ago have severe security defects. But, if you are purchasing a smartwatch at the moment, you should rationally assume that any information sent among the wearable and the handheld will be encrypted. All the data shared from Apple Watch is encrypted. You should know that digitally all malicious software at p...

Some people predict that printers will die out in near future. Some go on about their abhorrence for hard copies. However, if you work remotely or are a student or a teacher, then printer still plays a vital role in your life. But, people are not always hooked to their computer systems whenever they have to print anything. If you are an Apple user, and have an iOS device such as iPhone, then you can just print wirelessly with AirPrint. AirPrint is incredibly easy to setup and use. Follow the steps given below to print wirelessly from iPhone or iPad. In order to use AirPrint, you first need to ascertain whether the printer model is compatible with it. If your printer does not support wireless network, then it will not be compatible with AirPrint. Now, you need to connect the printer to a wireless network. Connect your iOS device to the same wireless network as well. Launch an application on the iOS device which allows AirPrint. A majority of applications, which are concerned with ...

At present, Apple’s Pages and Microsoft’s Word are available for free. Both of these applications are good at word processing. While Pages is popular with Mac and iOS users, Word is used by a majority of businesses. Pages are a word processing program which is a part of iWork, a productivity suite manufactured and sold by Apple. Similarly, Word is also a word processing program which is a part of Office, a productivity suite created and distributed by Microsoft. Apple and Microsoft are two of the biggest tech giants in the world. The rivalry and competition between Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Apple’s Steve Jobs are not unknown. Both of the applications are good and have some definite advantages over each other. If you want to get a word processor and are confused between Microsoft Word and Apple Pages, read further to know about the differences between the two. Creating and Storing Documents Apple allows the users to save data in iCloud. Any document created in the application gets sto...

The iPad is a fantastic tablet which allows users to utilize content conveniently and compactly.  Since there is no fitter spot for consumable material than the Web, it is essential that your iPod device can connect to a wireless network. This blog will provide you with the process for connecting your iPad to a Wi-Fi network. Read on to find out the steps for connecting your iPad to a WiFi Network. How To Connect to a WiFi Network? Firstly, you need to go to the Settings option. Turn on the iPad and tap on the Settings application present in the home screen. If the application is not there on the Home Screen, then go to the Search bar and enter Settings in the blank. In the list of options, click on Wi-Fi. It will be present below Airplane Mode. Make sure that Wi-Fi is turned on. When the Wi-Fi is on, it will show green in iOS 7 and blue in iOS 6. Now, you need to choose the network. Under the Wi-Fi toggle, you will be able to see all the available networks listed. Select...

Cyber attacks launched on small companies can be destructive. Research revealed that in half a year of getting hacked, six out of ten small businesses has to shut down. As per the Security Magazine, seven in ten cyber assaults strike small businesses. This explains why PC and information security must be at the top of your concerns and provided the consideration it warrants. By practicing the proper cares, you can significantly decrease the chance of your small business being attacked by hackers and cybercriminals. These steps are necessary, particularly as electronic gadgets like phones, tabs and laptops have become an essential part of our daily routine. Even though these gadgets have made contacting others more convenient and more effective, they also raise safety hazards and increasing concerns regarding data security and protection. Even though there is no confirmed approach for evading a data breach, here are certain precautions and tips to increase the security of your sma...

The United States’ director of national intelligence issued a red alert cautioning on an unsafe new level of digital conflict amid a Washington think tank meeting. They likewise talked about Russia as one of the most exceedingly bad guilty parties in front of US President Trump’s gathering with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Finland. Dan Coats tended to the Hudson Institute last Friday, remarking: Today, the advanced framework that serves this nation is actually under assault. They contrasted the notice signs with similar ones overlooked in front of the September 11 fear monger assaults. Coats said that it was in the months preceding September 2001 while, as indicated by the-CIA Director George Tenet, the framework is flickering red. Furthermore, here we are about two decades later, and I’m here to state, the notice lights are flickering red once more. His remarks were moved down on Saturday by John Podesta, the previous administrator of Hilary Clinton’s presidential battl...

The Microsoft has a very good chance of becoming the very first tech vendor to reach almost $7 billion in the quarterly commercial-cloud revenue when launches earnings on July 19 of this year, while the Amazon could also very well strike of almost $6 billion in the AWS revenue later when its numbers come out in the month. Through the enterprise-cloud market surging, allow putting a little context around the extent of the Microsoft’s expected achievement. If the Microsoft is proficient in matching the commercial-cloud growth rates which are generated from the past four quarters of as a minimum of 56%, and now the quarterly figure of $7 billion which would make the Microsoft’s enterprise cloud business. It is the largest in the world which is bigger than the other cloud vendor except for the Amazon, and Salesforce.com, and IBM. Like Microsoft, Amazon has also been pulled off the striking achievement of having the growth rate of its cloud business which ...

Here, good news for the content creators of YouTube, now the YouTube is releasing a tool for the creators who want to check that their videos are safe or stolen by someone else. As we all know that every single second, a video is uploaded to YouTube, and the service will scan the content and creators will also be able to check if any content is already exists or might be similar to other videos on the site. However, it will only identify complete videos, not the clips. Now, the latest tool is calling by the name Copyright Match Tool and will roll out to the creators with almost 100,000 subscribers starting from the next week. Soon, it will roll out to many users over the next few months. However, creators who use the tool will be notified if any copies of their videos surface are available on YouTube. If the tools get matched, then the creators can easily decide the action against the thieves. They either can do nothing or might contact the person who made the copy or might ask You...

Most people are not aware of the fact that when they get an email, in many cases the sender can get to know what time you open the email. According to The New York Times, several individuals and corporations use codes to know when and where the emails they send are opened. What is email tracking? Email tracking usually linked with online marketing campaigns. It lets the person who sent the email find out whether or not the email has been opened and when it has been opened. Since email tracking is not standardized, there is no guarantee about its accuracy. How does it work? Three different methods are used to track emails: Read receipts (via email applications like MS Outlook or Gmail) Email tracking image pixels (web bugs embedded into email content) Link Tracking Tags (trackable links embedded into email content) How To Block Email Tracking? On Gmail Go to the gear icon present in the main page. Click on Settings. After that, go to the General tab. Locate Image...

Did you get frustrated by watching long videos? Sooner or later, you’ll need a break, right? If yes, check out this new YouTube Take a Break Feature. Google’s concern for today’s generation Google wants to make user’s experience of the social platform more delighted by making them realize just how much time they’re spending on their phones, with the intentions to decline the Smartphone addiction of today’s generation. We are very much familiar with the fact that how easy it is to stick in idiosyncrasy of watching YouTube videos on streaming services. For instance, you might start off to find a simple dinner recipe and end up ruining three to four hours viewing reality cooking shows. That is why YouTube’s Take a Break feature serves a brilliant ability for you to set the limits of video watching time. After you set it up, a notification will pop up on your phone’s display telling you that you need to take a break. How to use Take a Break features:- Note: Before you go ahea...