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How to Reset Apple Watch
Restart, force restart, or erase your Apple Watch, with or without your passcode, and use the iPhone method that backs it up and removes Activation Lock before you sell it.
How to Schedule a Text on iPhone
Schedule an iMessage on iPhone up to 14 days ahead with Send Later, edit, reschedule, or cancel it before it goes out, and use Shortcuts for SMS or repeating texts.
How to Know If Someone Blocked You
Read the signs that someone blocked you on iPhone, Android, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, and Snapchat, and rule out the look-alikes, from a dead phone to a deactivated account or a privacy setting.
How to Choose a Mattress
Match your sleeping position and body weight to the right firmness, pick a mattress type and budget that fit, and check the trial and warranty terms before you pay.
How to Remove Oil Stains from Clothes
Get oil and grease out of clothes with liquid dish soap, wash warm, and air dry before the dryer, for fresh or set-in stains.
How to Get Rid of Roaches
Get rid of roaches by identifying the species, removing food and water, sealing entry points, and placing bait and boric acid. Sticky traps show when it is working and when to call a professional.
How to Unhide Apps on iPhone
Find a missing iPhone app and put it back on your Home Screen, whether it sits in the App Library, on a hidden page, behind a Screen Time restriction, or in the Hidden folder behind Face ID.
How to Remove a Stripped Screw
Get a stripped screw out with a rubber band, a different bit, locking pliers, a cut slot, a screw extractor, or by drilling off the head, starting with the method that does the least damage.
How to Cancel Spotify Premium
Cancel Spotify Premium through whoever bills you (Spotify, Google Play, or your phone or internet provider) and keep your playlists and saved music when your account switches to Free.
How to Convert HEIC to JPG
Convert HEIC photos to JPG with the Preview app on iPhone, Finder or Preview on a Mac, or Paint on Windows, then set your iPhone camera to shoot JPG from the start.
How to Go Live on TikTok
Go live on TikTok from your phone or computer. Check that your account qualifies, set up the stream and its comment filters, bring in guests, and find your stats and replay afterward.
How to Connect AirPods to Laptop
Connect AirPods to a Mac, a Windows 11 laptop, or a Chromebook over Bluetooth. Put your model in pairing mode, pair it, pick it as the sound output, and fix a connection that fails.