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Will a USB 2.0 Device Charge Faster if Plugged Into a USB 3.0 Port?

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Verbose Logging

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How to Create a Custom Apple Watch Face from a Single Photo or a Photo Album

The Apple Watch allows you to customize and add watch faces. You can also use any photo (or album) from your phone as a background for a watch face with the time and date. Photos must be transferred to your watch to be used for watch faces.

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Will a USB 2.0 Device Charge Faster if Plugged Into a USB 3.0 Port?

Waiting for your favorite mobile device to fully charge up can try your patience at times, so you may be tempted to try other ‘methods’ to speed up the process. But can it be done though? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question.

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How to Make Your Windows Gaming PC Automatically Boot to Big Picture Mode (Like a Steam Machine)

Steam Machines with Valve’s Steam OS automatically boot to Steam’s Big Picture Mode, allowing you to use a controller to launch games and do everything else. If you have a Windows gaming PC plugged into your TV, you can also make it boot directly to Big Picture Mode.

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How to Enable Remote Access to Your HomeKit Smart Home via Apple TV

If you want access to all the features of your HomeKit powered smart home when you’re away from home sweet home, you’ll need to enable remote access via your Apple TV. Read on as we show you how (and highlight some of the setup quirks).

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How to Adjust the Touch Sensitivity on the New Apple TV’s Remote

If you have recently purchased the latest Apple TV with the new touch sensitive remote, then you probably have dealt with the much-loathed text-entry method. If you’re having problems with it, then they may be alleviated by adjusting the remote’s sensitivity.

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How to Configure Do Not Disturb Mode in Windows 10

In Windows 10, when an app is trying to get your attention, a rectangle message slides into view at the lower right of the screen. These are sometimes called toast notifications and they generally disappear automatically after a few seconds. If you need to get work done on your PC, it can be distracting when a pop-up alert appears, informing you of newly arrived emails, Facebook messages, upcoming appointments and birthdays, and more.

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How to Make the Modular Apple Watch Face Multicolored

The Modular watch face on the Apple Watch allows you to change the color of the time and the complications to one color of your choice. However, now a "Multicolor" option is available that makes the time and each complication on the watch face have a different color.

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How to Watch Local Video Files on Your Chromecast

Google’s Chromecast works well for streaming videos from YouTube, Netflix, and other online services. But there isn’t an obvious way to stream local video files from your computer to your TV via the Chromecast.

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