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How to stop your AirPods from announcing incoming messages and notifications

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated May 16, 2022
Turn off Announce Notifications and messages on iPhone

If you use your AirPods frequently and for a good amount of time, then you've probably experienced some interruptions. You're relaxing to a classical tune or in the middle of a riveting podcast episode, and boom, Siri starts reading a text message you received.

Having Siri read your messages to you while wearing your AirPods can be convenient, especially if you're waiting for one. But it can also be annoying if you're listening to music, an audiobook, or something else that gets abruptly interrupted by an incoming message. Luckily, you can stop your AirPods from announcing incoming text messages and notification, and here's how.

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How to find the serial numbers for your Apple TV and Siri Remote

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated December 26, 2023
Apple TV and Siri Remote from Pixabay

Knowing the serial number of you Apple TV or Siri Remote is important if you have to perform some troubleshooting or get support for the devices. This not only helps to identify the model or type of device you own, but can also help you get answers to questions about the specific device.

Here, we’ll show you how to get the serial numbers for both your Apple TV and Siri Remote.

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How to change your Skype name in the app or online

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ September 14, 2020
Skype Profile Edit Display Name iPhone

There are plenty of reasons why you might want to change a username for one of your social media accounts. Some services make it super easy while others are a little more difficult. As for Skype, you cannot currently change your username but you can change your display name.

Your display name is the one everyone sees when you’re using Skype. So if changing this works for your situation, we’ll show you how to do it.

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How to set your default printer and change its name and location on Mac

Sandy Writtenhouse ∙ Updated September 8, 2020
Set Default Printer Change Name Location on Mac

If you use more than one printer with your Mac, it’s important to know how to choose the default printer. This is useful if you take your Mac to your physical office, school, or library and then return to your home office. And if you share your Mac and printer with others, giving a name and location to your equipment is also helpful.

In this tutorial we’ll show you how to set your default printer as well as change its name and location on your Mac.

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How to access hidden Settings navigation to move through sections faster on iPhone

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated September 16, 2020

The Settings app on your iPhone and iPod touch with iOS 14, as well as your iPad with iPadOS 14, lets you navigate sections more effortlessly via an enhanced Back button. With it, you can access any previous sub-sections relative to your current location. Follow our quick tutorial to learn how to use the handy but hidden Settings navigation menu on an iPhone or iPad.

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ModernSettings adds informative widgets to iOS’ Settings app

Anthony Bouchard ∙ June 10, 2020

It was only last month that we showed you a useful free jailbreak tweak called SettingsWidgets that added a number of useful widgets to the top of your Settings app in iOS 13. We fell in love with the concept from the moment we laid eyes on it, but some users demanded more pep in terms of widget capabilities, and a newly released jailbreak tweak called ModernSettings by iOS developer iOSthemem0d (Dylan West) seems to fulfill that demand.

As shown in the screenshot examples above, ModernSettings looks and works a lot like SettingsWidgets did, except that it offers a lot more to the end user in terms of widgets and user configuration.

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