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How to Create and Modify Signatures in Apple Mail on macOS

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How to Create and Modify Signatures in Apple Mail on macOS . Among Apple Mail's many and varied features is the ability to define and set signatures so that your email is appended with your favorite quote, out-of-office announcements, or contact information. Creating, modifying, and applying signatures in Apple Mail on macOS is a breeze, and best of all you can create multiple signatures for one account and apply them in different ways. To begin, first open Mail's preferences by clicking on the "Mail" menu and selecting "Preferences" or use the Command+, keyboard shortcut. In Mail's preferences, click the "Signatures" tab. As you can see in the following screenshot, we already have an example signature created to show you what this will look like. If you want to create a signature for a specific account, click on that account in the left pane, then click the "+" sign as shown below. A default signature will be created ...

Geek Trivia: The Only TV Show In US History To Be Canceled Mid-Broadcast Was?

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Geek Trivia: The Only TV Show In US History To Be Canceled Mid-Broadcast Was? . Answer: Turn-On When it comes to TV shows flopping, there are plenty of examples of shows that were canceled mid-season thanks to lackluster ratings. There's even a decent list of shows that were canceled after only a few episodes, but there's one particular distinction in the history of American broadcasting that only one television show can lay claim to. In 1969, the ABC variety comedy series  Turn-On became the first, and last, television show in U.S. history to be canceled  while it was on the air . While perhaps not particularly racy for the present age, at the time of airing the sexual and political humor showcased during the broadcast alarmed television officials across the nation so much that they immediately canceled the show with many stations in the western part of the U.S. refusing to air it at all. At least one station even pulled the show after the first commercial break, WEWS-...

How to Order Almost Anything from Amazon Using the Amazon Echo

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How to Order Almost Anything from Amazon Using the Amazon Echo . Recently Amazon added the functionality to order almost any product it offers through the Amazon Echo. Here's how to set it up and begin doing some online shopping with nothing but your voice. Previously, the Echo was only able to re-order products that you already purchased in the past, as well as order a handful of select products. However, the selection has been expanded to include pretty much everything on Amazon's website. The main caveat is that whatever you order using the Amazon Echo must be offered through Amazon Prime. Some categories are also ineligible, including apparel, shoes, jewelry, watches, Amazon Fresh items, Amazon Prime Pantry items, Amazon Prime Now items, and Add-On items. Other than that, you can go crazy and order all sorts of stuff right from your Amazon Echo. Here's how to get started. Enable Voice Purchasing in the Alexa App First off, you'll need to turn on voic...

How to Mute Group Conversations on Facebook (Temporarily or Permanently)

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How to Mute Group Conversations on Facebook (Temporarily or Permanently) . It happens to the best of us. You're minding your own business and then  bam –somebody adds you to a group Facebook chat for planning the office potluck, spamming your inbox with constant nofications. Here's how to put a lid on them. If you don't frequently use the group chat function on Facebook, it likely surprised you how fast being added to one becomes a nuisance. When there are a many (if not dozens) of people included in the group chat if each person sends only a few messages to the group a day that's still dozens and dozens of notifications chiming on your computer or popping up on your phone. Let's look at how you can quiet things down using both the Facebook web interface as well as the Facebook Messenger app on your mobile device. Managing Group Chat From Facebook.com To manage your chat notifications from the Facebook web interface, log into your Facebook account and ...

How to Browse and Play Terabytes of Retro Games From Your Couch With Kodi

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How to Browse and Play Terabytes of Retro Games From Your Couch With Kodi . Ever wish you could browse a massive collection of retro video games, from your couch, and start playing anything without getting up? If you've got a home theater PC with both Kodi and RetroArch installed, this dream setup could be yours. As part of its mission to preseve digital culture, The Internet Archive hosts a massive collection of retro video games, which you can even play online. But gaming on your computer isn't quite the same as sitting on a couch and playing on your TV. A free Kodi add-on, however, gives you a beautiful interface for browsing a massive collection of ROMs, totaling around 2TB. You can read about the games, look at screenshots, and even watch their retro TV commercials. And, when you're ready, you can launch the games and play them right from your couch. Interested? Here's how to set everything up. Step One: Install the Internet Archive ROM Launcher Be...