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How to Automatically Sync Save Data Between Nintendo Switches

How to Automatically Sync Save Data Between Nintendo Switches


How to Automatically Sync Save Data Between Nintendo Switches

Posted: 03 Jan 2021 07:01 AM PST

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Moving Cloud Save data between a primary Nintendo Switch and a secondary console can be a time-consuming annoyance. Thankfully, you can automate the syncing process and keep save data up-to-date on both Switches—even in Sleep Mode!

First, navigate to your Nintendo Switch's home screen. This can be done by quitting your game or pressing the Home button on your right Joy-Con controller. Then, in the toolbar, select the gear icon to open the System Settings menu.

From the Home Menu, select System Settings

Scroll down and select the "Data Management" tab.

Select Data Management

Choose the "Save Data Cloud" option found at the bottom of the list.

Select Save Data Cloud

Choose the user you'd like to modify.

Select the User you'd like to modify

Select the "Settings" tab.

Select Settings Tab

Finally, turn on both "Automatic Save-Data Backup" and "Automatic Save-Data Download." You're all set!

Set both options to On!

Your Nintendo Switch may require you to manually download and upload a cloud save for initial setup, but after that, any Cloud Save compatible titles will automatically sync their save data across all your Switch devices!

RELATED: How to Manage and Transfer Data on the Nintendo Switch


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How to Stop Siri from Popping Up on Your Apple Watch

Posted: 02 Jan 2021 03:12 PM PST

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Siri can be useful but, if you have an Apple Watch, the virtual assistant can accidentally pop up all the time—especially when you're working out. Here's how to stop Siri from appearing on your watch.

Why Your Apple Watch Activates Siri

On the Apple Watch, by default you can activate Siri in three ways:

  • Press and hold down the Digital Crown.
  • Tap the screen, or turn your wrist to wake your Apple Watch and then say, "Hey Siri."
  • Raise your watch to near your mouth and just start speaking (with an Apple Watch Series 3 or newer.)

Unfortunately, between the three different ways (four if you add the Siri complication to your watch face), I trigger Siri far more often than I mean to. I accidentally hold the Digital Crown down pretty much every time I do a push up, bench press, or burpee, and Siri regularly starts talking to me when I'm eating, drinking, or just resting my head on my hand. If you've got the same kind of problems, here's how to change when Siri activates—or turn it off entirely.

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How to Disable Siri on Your Apple Watch

On your watch go to Settings > Siri. Under "Ask Siri," there are three toggles:

  • "Listen for 'Hey Siri’"
  • "Raise to Speak"
  • "Press Digital Crown"

If you want to completely turn Siri off, toggle all three off and then tap "Turn Off Siri." Otherwise, just turn off the triggers you don't want. I left on "Listen for 'Hey Siri’" but turned off the other two that I kept triggering by mistake.


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How to Charge Your Apple Pencil (First and Second Gen)

Posted: 02 Jan 2021 01:47 PM PST

Khamosh Pathak

Apple offers two different generations of Apple Pencil, which are compatible with different iPads. As both are battery powered, they are inevitably going to run out of juice. Here's how to charge and check the battery percentage of your Apple Pencil.

How to Charge First-Generation Apple Pencil

Charging the first-generation Apple Pencil is not the most elegant affair. The first-generation Apple Pencil is compatible with all iPads that ship with a physical Home button and a Lightning port.

If you need help identifying which Apple Pencil you own, know that the first-generation accessory is completely circular.

It's paired and charged in the same fashion. Take your Apple Pencil and remove the cap from the top of the stylus. You'll now see a Lighting connector at the end of the Apple Pencil.

First generation Apple Pencil plugged in to iPad
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Insert this connector into the Lightning port at the bottom of your iPad. You'll hear a ding and the Apple Pencil will start charging.

Keep the Apple Pencil plugged in; a full charge happens in around 15 to 30 minutes. We will guide you through how to see the battery percentage of an Apple Pencil at the end of the article.

If you don't like charging your Apple Pencil using your iPad (and it is quite an awkward affair), you can use the Lightning adapter that came in the box with your Apple Pencil.

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Connect your Apple Pencil to the adapter, then connect the adapter to a Lightning cable to charge your stylus.

How to Charge Second-Generation Apple Pencil

Apple improved the charging experience with the second-generation Pencil by leaps and bounds. The second-gen Apple Pencil is supported by newer iPad Pros and iPad Air. These iPads have flat edges and don't have physical Home buttons.

The second-generation Apple Pencil magnetically snaps to the side of the iPad, as it has a single flat edge (along with a programmable button). And that's all you have to do to pair and charge your Apple Pencil.

Put your Apple Pencil on top of your iPad (when in landscape), and you'll see a banner telling you that the accessory is charging. You'll see the battery percentage as well.

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As this is the way to store and carry around your Pencil with your iPad, your Apple Pencil will almost never be without charge.

If this does happen, attaching it to the iPad will give you the required charge in just a couple of minutes. You'll also get a notification when your Apple Pencil is running low on battery.

How to See Your Apple Pencil Battery Percentage

When you use a Pencil with your iPad, Apple automatically adds a Batteries widget to the Today View screen. You can swipe left to right on your iPad's Home screen to bring up "Today View." Here, swipe up to find the "Batteries" widget.

You'll see the battery levels of a connected Apple Pencil right here.

If you can't find the Batteries widget, you can add the widget in just a couple of seconds. Tap and hold an empty part of your Home screen to enter Jiggle Mode.

RELATED: How to Add Widgets to Your iPad’s Home Screen on iPadOS 14

Here, tap the "+" button in the top-left corner of the screen.

From the widgets pop-up menu, choose the "Batteries" option.

You'll see the widget in three sizes. Use the Small or Large size if you want to see the battery percentage and then tap the "Add Widget" button.

The widget will be added to the end of the Today View. You can move it wherever you want on that screen. Swipe up from the Home bar to save the widget layout.

You can now see the battery percentage of your Apple Pencil at any time, no matter if it's charging or not.


One of the best things you can do with the Apple Pencil is to use it to take handwritten notes in the Notes app. Say goodbye to pen and paper, once and for all!

RELATED: How to Take Handwritten Notes on Your iPad Using the Apple Pencil

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