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How To: Fix iPhone Autocorrect Without Turning It Off

November 6, 2013 by Karlene Leave a Comment

If you text on your iPhone, and start typing but the phone doesn’t recognize the word you’re trying to type, it will autocorrect it to what it thinks you meant to say, and it’s often way off. If you’re like me, quickly typing through a text, the autocorrect is otherwise very useful as it does a pretty good job most of the time.

I like to have autocorrect turned on for the words it does get right and so just turning it off doesn’t work for me. For the those words that just don’t seem to ever autocorrect to what you want, you can use the “shortcut” feature in iOS to correct this issue.

Here’s how it’s done:

  • Go into Settings > General > Keyboard.
  •  Select “Add New Shortcut” at the bottom of the list.
  • In the section that says “Phrase” type the word you want the phone to learn.

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The “Shortcut” option is optional, and is for shortening your phrase, for example: Phrase- “On my way”. Shortcut- “omw”.  If it’s just one word you do not need to add the shortcut.

There you have it, so easy. Add more words as you wish and the autocorrect will bother you no more! Yay!

 

Filed Under: Apple, Guides, How To, iOS, iPad, iPhone, Mobile Tagged With: autocorrect, How To, iOS, iPad, iPhone, texting, typing

Garage Kit Tutorials: Leona’s Workshop

October 18, 2013 by Karlene Leave a Comment

If you are like me and love building garage kits, but can never find any good information on products to use and detailed tutorials, you have come to the right place, because I finally found it!

Leona’s Workshop is a YouTube channel (and website) I stumbled upon while searching for useful and vital information before beginning on my own garage kit.  I have never found such useful tips and guides before. She has a very good tutorial about what tools and products to use. As for her building videos, they are easy to follow and she has a high standard for detail which makes the tutorials worth it.

So if you haven’t already, go check it out!

Leona’s Workshop YouTube 

Leona’s Workshop

Sailor Saturn LW

Sailor Saturn LW Body

Sailor Saturn LW Head

 

Filed Under: Art and Design, Fun, Geeky, Guides, Hobby, Youtube Tagged With: anime, garage kit, hobby, leonas workshop, resin, sailor moon, sailor saturn, tutorials, youtube

How To: Use the Mac Version of Ctrl-Alt-Delete

October 5, 2013 by Richard Vincenti Jr Leave a Comment

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In the world of Microsoft Windows when things hang up and freeze we can often get out of trouble by pressing the all so familiar key combination, Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Once we get our program menu open we can force close the frozen application and hopefully continue on like nothing ever happened.

Just like any computer Macs freeze up too, and just like with Windows, it’s often because of a locked up or frozen application that needs to be closed. OS X has a similar key combination that will bring up the force quit menu and allow you to easily force quit any misbehaving app.

To open the force quit menu in OS X simply press:

Command (Apple Key)+ Option + Escape (Esc) all at the same time.

* Alternatively, you can also force quit applications on the Dock by Control Clicking (Right Clicking) a running app to open the menu and then by pressing the Option Key to reveal the Force Quit option.

 

Filed Under: Apple, Computers, Guides, How To, Mac, OSX Tagged With: Apple, Command option esc, Ctrl Alt Del, Force Quit, Guide, How To, Mac, OSX, tips, tricks

How To Use Emoji Icons On a Mac

September 21, 2013 by Richard Vincenti Jr Leave a Comment

Emoji icons are a popular set of ideograms that became available on the iPhone with iOS 5 and are commonly used to when sending messages. But did you know you can use them on the Mac as well?

Whether your writing yourself a note or using Messages to talk to a friend, you can easily add Emoji icons to your text by following these easy steps.

(*Please note that will will need to have OS X Lion or later to access Emoji Icons.)

  • First, open the application that you want to use an Emoji Icon with. (In this case we’re using Messages.)
  • Head to the menu bar at the top of the screen and click “Edit”.
  • Select “Special Characters” or press Option+Command+T on your keyboard.

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  • Select an Emoji from the list.

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  • Drag and drop the Emoji wherever your text is and your done!
 

Filed Under: Apple, Apps, Guides, How To, iOS, iPhone, Mac, OSX, Software Tagged With: Apple, Apps, Emoji icons, Guide, How To, iOS, iOS 5, lion, Mac, Messages, notes, OS X, Software

How To Connect Your PS3 Controller to Your PC

September 8, 2013 by Richard Vincenti Jr 1 Comment

There are many ways to control your favorite games on a PC including the old keyboard and mouse. Some gamers have become very comfortable with the Playstation controller, which is understandable because it has a great design and has been around for a long time. In fact the Playstation controller was originally released on December 3, 1994 and has very few changes to it’s design since.ps3Controller

So is it possible to use a console controller with a PC?

Yes, but you will need a Playstation 3 controller (DualShock 3 or Sixaxis), a third party driver from MotionJoy and preferably a bluetooth enabled computer or at least an adapter.

The easiest way to get things up and running after you obtain the latest driver from MotionJoy is to follow the great tutorial video above. If you need any additional help refer to the help section on the MotionJoy site as it will contain the most up-to-date information.

 

Filed Under: Computers, Games, Guides, How To, Playstation, Software, Video, Youtube Tagged With: connect ps3 controller to pc, DualShock 3, Guide, How To, MotionJoy, PC, playstaion, ps3, sixaxis

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