Articles by Philip Celasco

HTTPS means HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure: HTTP encrypted with TLS. How it works, its benefits, what Chrome’s Not secure label means, and HTTPS vs VPN.

The PIN iCloud Passwords asks for on a PC is your Windows Hello PIN. Find it, reset it in Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options, and fix code prompts.

iPhone force restart not working? Press volume up, volume down, then hold the side button past 10 seconds. Fixes for black screens, stuck buttons and recovery mode.

Change file and folder permissions in Windows 11 from Properties > Security > Edit, take ownership, use icacls, share permissions and fix access denied errors.

See iCloud Photos sync status on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Windows: where the library status shows, what each message and File Explorer icon means, and how to pause.

New Outlook stopped working with iCloud? Remove and re-add the account, use iCloud IMAP settings and an app-specific password, or move iCloud to classic Outlook.

Restore My Card on iPhone: make your own contact My Card again, set it from Siri, recover a deleted card from iCloud.com, and fix it on a Mac or new iPhone.

All NieR games in order of release date: NIER (2010), NieR:Automata (2017), Re[in]carnation and Replicant ver.1.22 (2021), plus story order and editions.

Use the keyboard to change keyboard brightness on a Mac: brightness keys, Fn-C for Control Center on MacBook Air M1, the menu bar, Touch Bar and handy shortcuts.

Reset an iCloud email password the only way that works: change your Apple Account password, then make a new app-specific password for Outlook or other mail apps.

Manage trusted root certificates in Windows 11/10 with certlm.msc, PowerShell, certutil or Group Policy: add, export, delete and update root CAs safely.

Bing Visual Search lets you search with a photo: open Bing Images, select the camera icon, and upload, paste or snap an image. Edge, Windows and phone routes too.