iOS 18 : Customizable home and lock screens

While you’ve been able to customize your iPhone’s home and lock screens with widgets and different backgrounds, iOS 18 will let you customize your home screen’s apps and layout, as well as your phone’s lock screen functions.

During WWDC, Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president of software engineering, showed how iOS 18 lets you arrange your iPhone’s apps and widgets on your home screen however you want. Previously, these icons would fill your home screen from top to bottom, sometimes obstructing backgrounds you might like. But iOS 18 should let you arrange your icons around your background or in any way you want — something Android has offered many years.

You can also easily customize the appearance of your app’s icons. You can give your icons a dark mode filter, or tint your icons to match your wallpaper.

Federighi also said iOS 18 will let you swap out the camera and flashlight functions on your iPhone’s lock screen. That way you aren’t accidentally turning on your iPhone’s flashing on while putting it in your pocket — but you might open another app instead.

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How to create an Outlook Profile

A profile is a critical part of your Outlook experience. The profile consists of the accounts, data files, and settings that specify where your email messages are saved.

To create a new profile, use the profile picker:

  1. Hold Shift while starting Outlook.

    Tips: You can also use one of these alternative options to access the profile picker:

    • Using a command line switch, right click the Windows Start button and select Run. In the Run dialog box, type: Outlook.exe /profiles and then press Enter.
    • While Outlook is running, select File > Account Settings > Change Profile. Outlook will restart.
  2. On the profile picker dialog box, select Options.Choose profile dialog box with name of the new profile.

    Note: Before selecting New, consider selecting the check box for “Prompt a profile to be used.” If this is enabled, you will get a prompt every time you start Outlook to pick which profile you want to open. This is helpful when you have multiple profiles and need to switch between them.

  3. Select New.Choose profile dialog box with the name of the new profile and no options are selected.
  4. Type a name for the new Outlook Profile and select OK.Enter a profile name.
  5. Once the new profile is created, you will need to add an email account to the profile. In the add account dialog, you can optionally add more accounts.Select an email address from the dropdown.
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How to connect Apple Vision Pro to Mac

Step 1: Sign Both Devices Into the Same Apple Account

Make sure both your Mac and your Vision Pro are logged into the same Apple account. The account needs to be protected by two-factor authentication (2FA).

Step 2: Turn on iCloud Keychain Syncing

Besides being on the same Apple account, both the Mac and the Vision Pro need to have iCloud Keychain turned on and synced.

On your Mac, go to System Settings > User ID (your ID) > iCloud > Passwords & Keychain, and check Sync this Mac. On the Vision Pro, the setting is under Settings > User ID > iCloud > Passwords and Keychain, and is called Sync this Apple Vision Pro.

Step 3: Enable Handoff and Pointer Sharing

If you want to control both Mac and Vision Pro apps with your trackpad, Handoff and pointer sharing need to be turned on. On the Mac, go to System Settings > General > AirDrop & Handoff and enable Handoff, and then to System Settings > Displays > Advanced and select “Allow your pointer and keyboard to move between any nearby Mac or iPad.” On the Vision Pro, all you have to do is make sure Handoff is enabled in Settings > General > Handoff.

Step 4: Look at Your MacBook and Select the Connect Button

Under ideal circumstances, once everything is set up as described above, the Vision Pro will automatically show a Connect button floating over your Mac when you look at it. This has occasionally worked for me, but I usually have to manually connect the two devices. If you don’t automatically see the Connect button, continue to the next steps.

Step 5: Look Up to Open the Control Center

If you’ve been using your Vision Pro for a while, you probably already know how to access the Control Center. Look toward the top of your vision until a circle with a down arrow (or V) appears. Tap your fingers while looking at it to open the quick settings. Then select the button showing two bars with circles inside them to open the Control Center.

Step 6: Select Mac Virtual Display

The Mac Virtual Display button is the laptop icon behind a Vision Pro. Select it to open a list of nearby compatible Macs.

Step 7: Select Your Mac

Finally, choose your Mac. It will probably be the only one on the list. The Mac Virtual Display connection will open, and your Mac’s screen will appear inside the headset.

Step 8: Start Working

Once connected, the desktop that was previously on your Mac will appear in front of your vision. You can treat it like any other Vision Pro app window and move it around and resize it however you want. You can adjust the resolution of the Mac display in the Mac’s display settings, just as if you were configuring an external monitor.

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How to use Apple Carplay

Pairing up

If you have a compatible car and want to connect Carplay wirelessly, get your phone ready. Look for “Settings” > “General” > “CarPlay.” You’ll need to add the car as one of your known devices, so that eventually the car automatically comes up on your list of “My cars”.

To add the car for the first time, turn your Bluetooth toggle off and on and then look for the car to add as one of your connected devices. To set it up initially, look in “Other Devices” at the bottom. Select the car and follow any pairing instructions that pop up.

Plug it in

With a USB cable, it’s pretty straightforward. Plug in your phone from the unlocked home screen and the CarPlay interface should load on the car screen. Your phone will have limited use on the handset itself while it’s connected to the car. For example, when navigating on a map app you can only use the map on the car screen.

Connect in the car

Once you’re connected, you’ll see a home screen that looks like a bigger version of your iPhone home screen with rows of squares with all available apps.

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How to screen-mirror an iPhone to a Samsung TV

1. Go to the Settings on your Samsung TV

First, you’ll need to tap the Settings button at the top of your remote to bring up the hovering menu option. Next, use the circle at the top of your remote to move your cursor all the way to the right, where you’ll find the option to choose “All Settings”.

2. Scroll to the General tab

Next up, you’ll need to scroll down to the Connection tab, where you’ll find the Apple AirPlay Settings option that we’ve been seeking from the very start. From there, a black screen will appear with an AirPlay logo and four gray boxes on the right side of the screen, allowing you to toggle AirPlay on or off (it’s on by default), whether to choose a code for logging on, and more.

3. Turn AirPlay on and adjust settings

While there are four gray boxes on the screen, you will only need to adjust the top three settings based on your preference. Turn on AirPlay, and adjust the Require Code and Subtitles and Captioning settings based on your personal preference.

4. Open the app on your iPhone that you want to stream or mirror

The AirPlay logo is a TV with the Wi-Fi logo diagonal across it. When you see that logo on your app, click the button and a drop-down menu will appear where you can select the TV you wish to stream on.

If this is your first time setting up AirPlay on your Samsung TV, it may require a code on your iPhone. If this is the case, once you select the TV from the AirPlay menu, a code will appear on the TV screen prompting you to enter it on your iPhone. Simply input the code and wait a split second while Apple verifies it’s the same as the one displayed on your TV.

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PuTTY: Connect to Serial Port

Before connecting to a serial port, you must start PuTTY as a superuser (or as root user) using following command. This command opens the putty configuration dialog box.

$ sudo putty

In the above dialog box:

  1. Choose Connection type as Serial.
  2. In Serial line enter the USB Serial port path obtained above /dev/ttyACM<number> or /dev/ttyUSB<number> or /dev/pts/<number>.
  3. Enter Speed to 115200.
  4. Click Open

Steps 1-3 opens a new window to receive serial data from the DRIVE platform.

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Reset a Cisco 2960 Switch to Factory default Settings

  1. Connect up a console cable and power on the switch, whilst holding down the “mode” button:

The following will be prompted :

Using driver version 1 for media type 1 Base ethernet MAC Address: 4c:30:2d:81:ef:80 Xmodem file system is available. The password-recovery mechanism is enabled. The system has been interrupted prior to initializing the flash filesystem. The following commands will initialize the flash filesystem, and finish loading the operating system software: flash_init boot switch:

2.   Run the following command to initialize the flash file system: Switch:flash_init

switch: flash_init
Initializing Flash…
mifs[2]: 10 files, 1 directories
mifs[2]: Total bytes : 1806336
mifs[2]: Bytes used : 612352
mifs[2]: Bytes available : 1193984
mifs[2]: mifs fsck took 1 seconds.
mifs[3]: 0 files, 1 directories
mifs[3]: Total bytes : 3870720
mifs[3]: Bytes used : 1024
mifs[3]: Bytes available : 3869696
mifs[3]: mifs fsck took 0 seconds.
mifs[4]: 5 files, 1 directories
mifs[4]: Total bytes : 258048
mifs[4]: Bytes used : 9216
mifs[4]: Bytes available : 248832
mifs[4]: mifs fsck took 0 seconds.
mifs[5]: 5 files, 1 directories
mifs[5]: Total bytes : 258048
mifs[5]: Bytes used : 9216
mifs[5]: Bytes available : 248832
mifs[5]: mifs fsck took 1 seconds.
— MORE —
mifs[6]: 566 files, 19 directories
mifs[6]: Total bytes : 57931776
mifs[6]: Bytes used : 28429312
mifs[6]: Bytes available : 29502464
mifs[6]: mifs fsck took 21 seconds.
…done Initializing Flash.


  3.  Delete the config.text file from the flash directory:

switch: del flash:config.text
Are you sure you want to delete “flash:config.text” (y/n)?y
File “flash:config.text” deleted

And Finally, Delete the vlan.dat file from the flash directory and reboot the system

switch: del flash:vlan.dat
Are you sure you want to delete “vlan.dat” (y/n)?y
File “flash:vlan.dat” deleted

 

To reboot the system:

switch: boot
Loading "flash:c2960s-universalk9-mz.122-58.SE2.bin"…
— System Configuration Dialog —
Enable secret warning
———————————-
In order to access the device manager, an enable secret is required
If you enter the initial configuration dialog, you will be prompted for the enable secret
If you choose not to enter the intial configuration dialog, or if you exit setup without setting the enable secret,
please set an enable secret using the following CLI in configuration mode-
enable secret 0 <cleartext password>
———————————-
Would you like to enter the initial configuration dialog? [yes/no]:
% Please answer 'yes' or 'no'.
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How to configure a Cisco switch with Network Configuration Manager?

Configure Cisco switch
Execution mode Script execution mode
Description This Configlet is used to configure Cisco switch along with basic configuration commands
Configlet content configure terminal
hostname cisco_switch_x
interface vlan ip address 172.16.29.10 255.255.0.0
exit
enable secret P@$$w0^d
username admin privilege 15 password P@$$w0^d
ip default-gateway 172.16.29.1
show ip route
ip route 172.16.29.59 255.255.0.0
show running-config
interface fastethernet 0/1
description Development VLAN
duplex full
exit
exit
write memory

The above table shows how the configuration commands will appear on Network Configuration Manager’s Configlet command tab.

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How to configure Cisco switch using CLI

Step 1: Use an external emulator such as Telnet or a PuTTY to login to the switch.

  • Connect the switch to the computer by utilizing a console cable that is connected to the console port on the switch and the serial port on the computer.
  • Open puTTY -> under category choose serial -> in “Serial line to connect to” box provide the COM port to which the cable is connected -> configure the serial line transfer settings -> Click “Open“
  • Initial command prompt “Switch>” appears on the screen.
  • Type “enable” next to it and press “Enter”(we don’t need any password to enable at this stage).
  • This will take you to the “EXEC” mode, also known as the Global Configuration mode.
  • Go to configure mode using the configure terminal.
  • Input the configuration commands by typing one command per line.

Switch# configure terminal
Switch(config)#

Step 2: Provide a hostname for the switch to function in a particular network environment

The provided hostname should be unique within the network in order to facilitate easier identification of the switch. It is also advisable to adhere to any naming standards in order to easily categorize the devices with names.

Switch(config)#hostname <switch_name>
Switch(config)#hostname Cisco_switch_x

Step 3: Configure IP address management

To enable remote connectivity to the switch via SSH or Telnet, it is necessary to configure the IP address. Any VLAN can be selected for configuring the IP. Please utilize the following commands:

Switch(config)#interface vlan1
Switch(config-if)#ip address<ipaddress><mask>
Switch(config-if)#ip address 172.16.29.10 255.255.0.0

Step 4: Configure an administration password (enable secret password)

Configuring an administrative password for the privileged exec mode is essential to restrict access. Without this password, anyone with console credentials will have the ability to configure the switch.

Switch(config)#enable secret <password>
Switch(config)#enable secret P@$$w0^d

Note: This password will have to be given before entering into config mode once it is configured.

Step 5: Configure and change default switch credentials

Changing the default password of the switch is crucial, as it is widely known. To modify the password for an existing user, follow the commands provided below:

Switch(config)# username admin privilege 15 password <PASSWORD>
Switch(config)# username admin privilege 15 password P@$$w0^d

We can also create a new set of credentials as given above with desired privileges.

Step 6: Configure default gateway

In order to enable remote accessibility of the switch, it is necessary to configure the default gateway. Ensure that the provided default gateway is within the same network as the device (network router IP can be provided as gateway IP).

Switch(config)# ip default-gateway <IP-address>
Switch(config)# ip default-gateway 172.16.29.1
Switch# show ip route

Step 7: Configure password for console, Telnet, and aux ports

To establish a secure connection, it is essential to restrict access to the switch through all input ports.

For line console, enter below commands,

Switch(config)# line con 0
Switch(config-line)# password p@$$w0^d
Switch(config-line)# login
Switch(config)# exit

For line vty, enter below commands,

Switch(config)# line vty 0 4
Switch(config-line)# password p@$$w0^d
Switch(config-line)# login
Switch(config)# exit

For line aux, enter below commands,

Switch(config)# line aux 0
Switch(config-line)# password p@$$w0^d
Switch(config-line)# login
Switch(config)# exit

Step 8: Configure static route

In the absence of entries in the dynamic routing table or when there is no specific route available, the switches are capable of forwarding packets via the configured static route.

Switch(config)# ip route <dest_IP_address> <mask>
Switch(config)# ip route 172.16.29.59 255.255.0.0
Switch# show running-config

Step 9: Configure interface description

We can configure interface description using below commands

Switch(config)#interface fastethernet 0/1
Switch(config-if)#description Development VLAN

Step 10: Set Duplex mode

The duplex mode governs the data transmission between the switches and the endpoint. When set to full duplex, the switch is capable of both sending and receiving data from the endpoint simultaneously.

Switch(config-if)#duplex full

Step 11: Save the configuration

Switch#write memory
Building configuration… [OK]
Switch#

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How to check Hard Drive Temperature in Windows 10 & 11

Beginning with Windows 10 Build 20226, Microsoft has introduced and new Storage feature called Manage Disks and Volumes. One of the new features includes the ability to check your hard drive temperature.

  • Click on Start > Settings > System > Storage.
  • Scroll down and click on Manage Disks and Volumes.

If you don’t see Manage Disks and Volumes, you aren’t updated to Windows 10 20226 or later, which should be available in the October 2020 update. Another possibility is that your hard drive is not supported, or you’re using a Virtual Machine. Manage Disks and Volumes does support all hard drives, including SSD drives.

  • Click on the hard drive you want to see the temperature of, and click on Properties.
  • You can find your current temperature under Drive health.
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