Set advanced network settings in iOS Setup Assistant
- On the Hello screen, press the Home button or swipe up.
- Select a language.
- Select a country or region.
- On the Quick Start screen, choose Set Up Manually.
- On the Choose a Wi-Fi Network screen, press the Home button or press and hold the Side button for 2 seconds.
- Tap Wi-Fi Settings.
- Next to your network's name, tap .
The process
- On your iPhone or iPad, begin the normal setup process until you reach the Apps & Data screen. From here select the "Move Data from Android" option.
- On your Android device, enable Wi-Fi and connect to a network. Then head to the Google Play Store and download the Move to iOS app.
Go to Settings -> General -> Reset and choose Reset Network Settings. You'll have to reconnect to all your Wi-Fi networks and enter their passwords again, so make sure you know the important ones before you begin. Try reconnecting to your wireless router after your iPhone reboots.
How to restart your iPhone X, 11, or 12
- Press and hold either volume button and the side button until the power off slider appears.
- Drag the slider, then wait 30 seconds for your device to turn off.
Otherwise, follow these steps:
- Turn on your device.
- If you have another device on iOS 11 or later, use Quick Start.
- Activate your device.
- Set up Face ID or Touch ID and create a passcode.
- Restore or transfer your information and data.
- Sign in with your Apple ID.
- Turn on automatic updates and set up other features.
Perform the following steps:
- Restart the iPhone.
- Try another means of reaching the activation server and attempt to activate. Try connecting to a known-good Wi-Fi network if you're unable to activate using a cellular data connection. Try connecting to iTunes if you're unable to activate using Wi-Fi.
- Restore the iPhone.
In the Settings app , you can search for iPhone settings you want to change, such as your passcode, notification sounds, and more.
- Tap Settings on the Home Screen (or in the App Library).
- Swipe down to reveal the search field, enter a term—“iCloud,” for example—then tap a setting.
Set up your Mac
- Sign in with your Apple ID.
- Choose light or dark appearance.
- Connect to Wi-Fi.
- Turn Wi-Fi on or off.
- Turn Bluetooth on or off.
- Tip: If you don't see the Wi-Fi status icon or Bluetooth icon in the menu bar, you can add them.
- Set up iCloud on your MacBook Pro.
Reset Apple Setup Assistant on High Sierra (and previous OS's, too).
- Launch Terminal from the Utilities folder.
- copy in: sudo rm /var/db/. AppleSetupDone.
- Enter your password.
- Restart your mac.
To force quit an application, choose Force Quit from the Apple menu (or press Command-Option-Esc), then choose the unresponsive application in the Force Quit window, and click Force Quit.
In the bottom-right corner of the Bluetooth Preference window, click Advanced. and that the OS X Bluetooth Setup Assistant will launch if a Bluetooth keyboard, mouse or trackpad is not detected as connected to your Mac.
- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Users & Groups.
- Click the lock icon. to unlock it, then enter an administrator name and password.
- Select a standard user or managed user in the list of users, then select “Allow user to administer this computer.”
Reinstall MacOS or Mac OS XHold down the command and R keys and turn on your computer. When you see Apple logo, release the keys. You should see the Mac OS X utilities or MacOS utilities window. Select the Reinstall option.
To do it, first press Command and R keys while your Mac is starting.
Here is how to enter Single User Mode: Boot up the Mac or restart the computer. As soon as the boot process begins, hold down COMMAND + S keys together. Keep holding the Command and S keys until you see white text on a black background, indicating that single user mode is loading.
Android phones are configured to listen to you in order to respond to wake words like "OK Google" and perform voice commands. While your Android phone may be listening to what you're saying, Google is recording only your specific voice commands.
Your one Google Assistant extends to help you across devices, like Google Home, your phone, and more. You can access it with long press home on Android, Ok Google, or a squeeze on Pixel phones.
Step 2: Set up the new device
- Turn on a new device that isn't set up yet. Put the device in pairing mode.
- Turn on your phone's screen.
- On your phone, you'll get a notification offering to set up the new device.
- Tap the notification.
- Follow the onscreen steps.
How to lock and unlock your Android phone using Google Assistant?
- Open Google Assistant.
- Access the 'Settings' section after clicking on the three-dot that represents menu.
- Under the “Devices” section, tap on your phone.
- From the Assistant setting, enable “Access to voice match” and “Unlock with voice match.”
Unlocking phone with Google AssistantTo enable the Voice Unlock feature, go to Settings > Google > Search, Assistant & Voice > Settings, then select the Assistant tab and scroll down until you find a section marked Assistant devices. In here you should see a listing for Phone, tap this.
Turn on voice search
- On your Android phone or tablet, open the Google app .
- At the bottom right, tap More Settings. Voice.
- Under "Hey Google," tap Voice Match.
- Turn on Hey Google.
Connecting Google Assistant to Chromecast
- Open the app, press the menu button in the top-left corner, and then select “More settings.”
- Under the “Services” section, select “TVs and speakers.”
- Press the “+” button in the bottom-right corner, check off your Chromecast or Chromecast-enabled TVs, and then hit “Add.”
Google Assistant is still at the top, but now with a score of 92.9% for answering questions correctly. Siri correctly answers 83.1% of questions, while Alexa gets 79.8% correct.
On your Android phone open Google Assistant app > mini compass icon on the right side of screen > Explore > ?(3 vertical dots) > Settings > tap on your device (phone) > turn ON Google Assistant. If ON, toggle OFF and back ON.
How to set up iMessage on Mac
- Open the Messages app from your app menu bar (also called the dock).
- Sign in with the same Apple ID you use on your iPhone to send iMessages.
- On the upper menu bar, click "Messages" and select "Preferences."
- Choose the "Accounts" tab.
- Enter the email addresses and phone numbers you want to be contacted at.
How to set up multiple users on your Mac
- Select System Preferences in your dock.
- Click on Users & Groups.
- Click on the lock icon in the lower left-hand corner of the Users & Groups window.
- Enter your administrative password, and click the Unlock button.
- Click the plus button at the bottom of the user list.
- Under New Account, select the account type.
The first 10 apps to install on your brand-new Mac
- LaunchBar. While OS X's Launchpad and Spotlight can, in different ways, let you quickly find and open apps, documents, and other things, they can be maddening.
- Default Folder.
- TextExpander.
- 1Password.
- Dropbox.
- Skype.
- CrashPlan.
- VLC.
This setup assistant automatically starts when you install macOS or turn on a new Mac. This stuck screen that reads 'Setting Up Your Mac', according to Apple, “should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. If it never completes, your Mac might be unable to quit the setup assistant, even though setup is complete.”
Shut down your Mac, turn it on while holding down Command+R. Your Mac will boot into the recovery partition. If you're using an older Mac (from 2010 or earlier), there's a chance that you can't use Recovery Mode. On those devices, hold “Option” while turning your computer on, then select the recovery partition instead.
How to Wipe a Mac Hard Disk Drive (HDD)
- Make sure your Mac is turned off.
- Press the power button.
- Immediately hold down the command and R keys.
- Wait until the Apple logo appears.
- Select “Disk Utility” from the OS X Utilities list.
- Select the disk you'd like to erase by clicking on it in the sidebar.
Five ways to right-click on a Mac trackpad
- Click with thumb while making contact with two fingers. This is how your intrepid blogger initiates a right click.
- Click with two fingers.
- Assign the bottom-right corner.
- Assign the bottom-left corner.
- Click the trackpad while holding down the Control key.
