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How to Connect a Samsung Galaxy Watch to a New Phone

How to Connect a Samsung Galaxy Watch to a New Phone


How to Connect a Samsung Galaxy Watch to a New Phone

Posted: 23 Nov 2020 09:10 AM PST

Samsung Galaxy Watch with an Android smartphone
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Connecting a Samsung Galaxy smartwatch to a new phone can be a little annoying. Sadly, it's not as easy as simply tapping a "connect" button. We'll show you how to make the process as painless as possible.

The process begins on your Samsung Galaxy Watch itself. First, press the "Power Button" to open the app gallery and then tap the "Settings" app (represented by a gear icon) from the list.

open the settings app

Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the "Settings" menu and tap "Connect to a New Phone."

connect to a new phone

The next screen will ask you to back up your data. We highly recommend doing this to make the transition as smooth as possible. Tap "Back Up Data."

tap back up data

This will launch the Galaxy Wearable app on your old phone and open the backup settings. Select "Back Up Data."

select back up data

After it's done "Preparing," you'll see a list of things you can back up. Select all the categories you'd like to save and then tap "Back Up."

select the things to back up

Tap "Done" when it's complete. Now go back to your watch and navigate to the "Connect to a New Phone" screen again. This time, tap "Continue." Everything on the device will be deleted.

tap continue

After the watch has finished resetting, it will reboot. We can now switch over to your new smartphone. Open the Galaxy Wearable app and select your device from the list.

find your smartwatch

It will scan for your smartwatch nearby. Select your watch from the list when it appears.

select your watch

Next, tap the screen to connect to your watch, and tap "Pair" from the Wearable app.

tap pair on your phone

You'll see a "Finishing Pairing" animation on the Wearable app. It will say "Watch Paired" when complete. Tap "Agree" to continue.

agree

The next step is to link the appropriate plugin for your specific watch. Tap "OK" on the pop-up message to proceed.

tap ok to link

Select any of the options shown on this screen, or tap "Skip." If you made selections, tap "Next."

tap next

You'll be asked to sign in to your Samsung account. You need to do this to access the backup we made earlier. Tap "Sign In."

sign in

Follow the steps to enter your username and password.

enter your account details

The app will now ask if you'd like to restore from a backup. Select "Check For Backup" and then tap "Next."

check for a back up

Select all the things you want to restore and tap the "Restore" button.

tap restore to finish

That's it! Your watch will now be restored to how it was with your old phone. There may be a few odds and ends to correct, but the majority of things will be how you left them.

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How to Add, Customize, and Use Widgets on Mac

Posted: 23 Nov 2020 07:31 AM PST

Mac User Using Widgets in macOS Big Sur
Khamosh Pathak

The customizable widgets that you know and love on the iPhone and iPad are also available on your Mac. Here's how to add, customize, and use the new widgets on your Mac running macOS Big Sur and higher.

How to View Widgets on Mac

Widgets in macOS Big Sur and higher are a part of the Notification Center, which no longer has its own icon in the menu bar. To access the Notification Center and widgets, click on the time in the top-right corner of the screen.

Click Time in Mac Menu Bar to Open Notification Center

If you're using a Mac with a trackpad, a two-finger swipe-in gesture from the right edge of the trackpad will also open the Notification Center.

The Notification Center is broken down into two halves. At the top, you'll see all your notifications (with a button to expand the Notification Center if you have more notifications), and in the bottom half, you'll see your widgets.

Notification Center in macOS Big Sur with Notifications and Widgets

You can scroll up to view all your widgets. Here, click a widget, or a part of a widget, to interact with it.

How to Add New Widgets on Mac

By default, macOS adds a couple of widgets to the Notification Center (like Calendar, Weather, and more). You can add more widgets from Apple and third-party apps to the Notification Center.

To add more widgets, open the "Notification Center" and scroll down to the bottom of the list. Then, click the "Edit Widgets" button.

Click Edit Widgets on Mac

Alternatively, you can right-click on any widget and choose the "Edit Widgets" button to get to the widget editing screen.

Click Edit Widgets from Right-Click Menu from Widget

You will now see a three-pane interface. The first pane shows a list of all the apps that support widgets. The middle pane shows previews of widgets. The last pane is, of course, your Notification Center.

UI for Editing Widgets on Mac

You can scroll in the middle pane to see a list of all widgets from all apps, or you can select an app to only show widgets from the particular app.

The middle pane will show a live preview of the widget. Below the widget, you can switch between the Small, Medium, and Large sizes. After changing the size, simply click the widget (or click the "+" button in the top-left corner of the widget) to add it to the Notification Center.

Choose Widget Size and Click Widget to Add it to Notification Center

This will add the widget to the bottom of the widgets list.

Click Widget to Customize It

To add a widget to a particular place in Notification Center, drag and drop the widget where you want.

Place the widget into the Notification Center

Once you're done adding widgets, you can click the "Done" button from the bottom of the Notification Center, or you can click anywhere in the empty space on the screen to close the Notification Center.

Weather Widget Updated with New Location

How to Rearrange Widgets on Mac

Rearranging widgets in Notification Center on Mac is quite easy. Open the "Notification Center," find a widget, click, and drag it to pick it up.

Drag Widget to Move It

Then, move the cursor where you want to move it.

Place the widget where you'd like it

Release the cursor to move it to the new place.

Widget Rearranged on Mac

This works when you're in the widget editing mode and when you're just viewing widgets in Notification Center.

How to Customize a Widget on Mac

Widgets on Mac work in the same way as the widgets on iPhone and iPad. Once a widget is added, you can customize it to change the data, style, and more.

RELATED: How to Customize Your iPhone Home Screen with Widgets and Icons

If you're in the widget editing mode, simply click a widget to enter the customization mode.

Click Widget to Customize

If you are viewing widgets in Notification Center, right-click a widget and choose the "Edit (Widget)" option (this option only shows up if the widget is customizable).

Click Edit Widget

Now, you'll be able to customize the widget to your liking. In this example, we will customize the Weather widget. Here, click the "Location" option.

Click Location in Weather Widget

Then, search and add a different location.

Select Another Location

Once you're done, click the "Done" button.

Click Done After Customizing Widget

You'll now see the updated widget in the Notification Center.

Weather Widget Updated with New Location

How to Change Size of an Existing Widget on Mac

As we mentioned above, you can choose the size of the widget when you're adding it to the Notification Center. You can also change the size of the widget at any time from the Notification Center.

To change the size of an existing widget, simply right click a widget. Here, choose the "Small," "Medium," or "Large" option from the "Size" section.

Click Small To Resize a Widget

The widget size will be updated instantly.

Widget Resized to Small

How to Remove Widgets on Mac

There are two ways to remove a widget from the Notification Center. To quickly remove a widget, open the "Notification Center," right-click a widget you want to remove, and select the "Remove Widget" option.

Click Remove Widget

Alternatively, you can scroll down to the bottom of the Notification Center, and choose the "Edit Widgets" button to enter the widget editing mode.

Click Edit Widgets on Mac

Here, click the "-" icon from the top-left corner of a widget to remove it from the Notification Center.

Click the "-" button to remove the widget


Just like the Mac, there's a lot you can do with the customizable widgets on your iPhone and iPad:

RELATED: How to Create Custom Widgets on iPhone

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How to Automatically Translate Any Android App into Any Language

Posted: 22 Nov 2020 11:24 AM PST

Let's admit. Not everyone is comfortable with the universal language – English. Sometimes using apps in languages that we don't understand invites unnecessary troubles. It's because we are not always comfortable with languages that are not our mother tongue.

Although English is the most preferred language, sometimes users want to convert or translate the App language. For example, anyone good at English will face difficulties while reading text written in Hindi or Urdu language. These things are pretty common to everyone.

If we talk about Android apps, most of the popular apps available on the Google Play Store support multiple languages like Urdu, Hindi, Oriya, etc. For example, search for 'Quotes' on the Google Play Store, you will find most apps offering quotes in Hindi or Urdu languages.

Also Read: How To Find and Delete Duplicate Files On Android

Automatically Translate Any Android App into Any Language

Although most of the apps on Android comes with multiple language support, not every app have such features. In this article, we will share an awesome trick that would automatically translate any Android app into any language.

Step 1. First of all, download and install the Xposed Installer app on your rooted Android device. To install Xposed on Android, follow our article – How To Install Xposed Framework In Android.

Step 2. Open the Xposed Installer and then search for the AllTrans module from there. Select Alltrans from the search results. After that, you need to switch to the Versions tab for the app and then choose the latest version for downloading. This would download that module to the device.

Automatically Translate Any Android App into Any Language

Step 3. Once activated, restart your device and open the Alltrans app. Alltrans uses Yandex translate service to translate text in all of your apps. So, you need to create an account with Yandex to use the app.

Step 4. Once done, you will be redirected to a page that allows you to generate an API key to use Yandex translating service. On the Get API Key page, tick the box next to 'I have read the User agreement' and then click on the 'Get API key' option.

Automatically Translate Any Android App into Any Language

Step 5. Once done, open the AllTrans app and tap on the 'Global settings' tab. Now, tap on the option 'Enter Yandex Translate Subscription Key.' Next, enter the API key you have just copied and tap on the 'Ok' button.

Automatically Translate Any Android App into Any Language

Step 6. Under the Global Settings tab, scroll down to the Translate from Language and Translate to Language options. Tap on the 'Translate from' option and choose the language your app is set in before. Similarly, set the 'Translate to' option to the language you would like to use in your apps.

Automatically Translate Any Android App into Any Language

Step 7. Once done, select the 'Apps to translate' tab and select the apps you would like to translate.

Automatically Translate Any Android App into Any Language

That's it! You are done. The apps that you have selected will be automatically translated to the set language.

So, this article is all about how to translate Android apps into different languages automatically. I hope this article helped you! Please share it with your friends also. If you have any doubts related to this, let us know in the comment box below.

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How to Bring Back Photoshop’s Old Free Transform Controls

Posted: 22 Nov 2020 10:22 AM PST

Adobe Photoshop Logo

Adobe recently changed how Free Transform works by default. It's thrown a lot of users for a loop, but you can get the old Free Transform behavior back. Here's how.

How Free Transform Used to Work

First, a quick recap: Free Transform is the tool that enables you to resize and reshape any layer, shape, path, text, mask, object, or anything else.

With an unlocked layer selected, you access it by going to Edit > Free Transform, or with the keyboard shortcut Control+T (Command+T on a Mac.) This brings up a box with eight handles that surrounds the layer or object.

free transform active around a purple circle
This is what Free Transform looks like.

Here's how Free Transform used to work: To reshape or resize the object, you'd click-and-drag on one of the handles. You were then able to freely drag the handle anywhere you wanted and distort the object however you'd like.

distorted purple circle with free transform controls visible

There were two important keyboard shortcuts: Alt (or Option on a Mac) and Shift.

Holding "Alt" (or "Option") resized or reshaped the object around the reference point. In other words, dragging one handle would cause the opposite handle to move as well basically resizing the object in place. (You could also click and move the reference point to change where the center of transformation was). "Shift" locked the proportions of the transformation. Instead of reshaping, it limited you to just resizing.

old free transform controls with shift held down to lock shape
Holding "Shift" keeps the circle a circle.

So,what's the situation now? Well, free transform is arguably simpler for new users: It works much the same but the proportions are locked by default and, instead, you hold down "Shift" to distort things. It's easier to get right the first time, but it's a total pain for anyone who has the Shift-to-lock keyboard shortcut firmly ingrained in their muscle memory.

Also, by default, the reference point is now hidden. This means "Alt" (or "Option") only resizes around the center rather than where you placed the reference point.

How to Restore Free Transform's Classic Behavior

The good news is that bringing back Photoshop's old behavior is simple.

To do so on Windows, click Edit > Preferences > General. On a Mac, click Photoshop > Preferences > General.

Under Options, toggle "Use Legacy Free Transform" on. Now, pressing "Shift" will lock the transformation rather than unlock it. You can close the Preferences window.

photoshop general preferences pane with legacy free transform option highlighted

Also, to show the reference point when you have Free Transform active, click the little checkbox in the top left of the ribbon. You can then drag it around as before, or select one of the other points as the center of transformation.

central reference point option checked

 

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How to Change a PowerPoint Show (PPSX) to a Work File (PPTX)

Posted: 22 Nov 2020 08:42 AM PST

A Microsoft PowerPoint logo

PowerPoint files come in two formats: PPTX files are editable PowerPoint presentations and PPSX files are a view-only format intended for presentations. You can edit a PPSX file, but you must first convert it back to a PPTX format.

Changing the File Extension

Before trying anything else, it's always worth seeing if you can just change the file extension. This works sometimes, although it depends on the version of Office you and your colleagues are using.

To change the file extension, right-click the file and choose "Rename."

rename file

Change the file extension (if it exists in the file name) from .ppsx to .pptx.

pptx presentation

Double-click the file to open as normal in PowerPoint.

open presentation

In our case, that didn't work. The file still opens as a PPSX presentation. So, we'll move on and try another way.

Saving the File as a PPTX

PowerPoint can convert a PPSX file to a PPTX one. Here's how.

First, open "PowerPoint" and choose File > Open to find the file you want to edit.

open presentation

Go to File > Save As to save the file.

save as

From the drop-down menu at the top right, choose "PowerPoint Presentation (*.pptx)" to save the file as an editable file you can share with colleagues. Be sure to hit the "Save" button when you're done.

save as pptx

Now, when colleagues click to open the file, they'll be taken to the PowerPoint editor to make quick edits and revisions.


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