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How to Enable Noise Cancellation for AirPods Pro on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

How to Enable Noise Cancellation for AirPods Pro on iPhone, iPad, and Mac


How to Enable Noise Cancellation for AirPods Pro on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Posted: 15 Dec 2020 08:16 AM PST

An iPhone user enabling noise cancellation on AirPods Pro
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Noise cancellation is one of the big features on Apple's AirPods Pro. You can cycle between the Noise Cancellation, Transparency, and the default mode. Here's how to quickly enable noise cancellation for AirPods Pro on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

On iPhone and iPad

Once you pair and connect your AirPods Pro to your iPhone or iPad, you can access the noise-control modes directly from the Control Center.

If your AirPods Pro are not automatically connected to your iPhone or iPad, you can manually connect them using the AirPlay feature. Swipe down from the top-right corner of the iPhone or iPad screen to open the Control Center.

Swipe down from top-right corner to access Control Center on iPhone

Then, tap the "AirPlay" icon from the top-right corner of the Now Playing widget.

Tap the AirPlay button from Control Center

Here, tap on your AirPods Pro to switch to them.

Switch to AirPods Pro from Control Center

Now that your AirPods Pro are connected, go back to the Control Center. Here, you'll see the AirPods Pro icon in the Volume slider. Press and hold the "Volume Slider" to expand it.

Tap and Hold The Volume Slider in Control Center

Here, tap the "Noise Control" button.

Select Noise Control in Control Center

Now, you can switch between the three modes: Noise Cancellation, Transparency, and Off. Tap the "Noise Cancellation" button to enable noise canceling.

The Transparency feature allows in environmental noises, while the Noise Cancellation mode blocks all noise.

Select Noise Cancellation Mode

When you want to disable the noise canceling, you can come back to this screen and tap the "Off" option.

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Directly on AirPods Pro

While the Control Center makes it easy to switch between different noise-control modes, it still takes a couple of taps on your iPhone or iPad to make that happen.

You can cycle between all three noise-control modes directly from your AirPods Pro without touching your iPhone or iPad.

To do this, simply press and hold the Force Sensor in the stem of the AirPods Pro. In a second or two, you'll hear a chime, and the AirPods Pro will switch to a different mode. Each mode (Off, Noise Cancellation, and Transparency) has a distinctive chime that lets you know which mode is activated.

Press and Hold AirPods Pro Force Sensor in Stem
Apple

By default, you can do this on both the Left and the Right AirPods Pro. But this feature is also customizable. You can bring up Siri by holding one of the stems of the AirPods Pro.

Plus, you can choose which modes you want to cycle through. For example, you can remove the Transparency mode. This way, holding the force sensor will only enable or disable the noise cancellation mode.

To do this, open the "Settings" app on your iPhone after connecting your AirPods Pro.

Visit Settings on iPhone

Tap the "Bluetooth" section in the "Settings" list.

Tap Bluetooth From Settings App

Here, tap the "i" button next to your AirPods Pro.

Tap i button Next To AirPods Pro

Here, tap the "Left" or "Right" option. Here, make sure "Noise Control" is selected from the top.

Select Left or Right AirPod

Then, tap the "Transparency" option to disable it.

Tap on Transparency To Disable The Mode

Now, when you press and hold the Force Sensor on your AirPods, it will only cycle between the Noise Cancellation mode, and the Off mode.

On a Mac

While the iPhone and iPad guide you through the process of switching between different noise-control modes, the Mac doesn't.

Yes, you can still use noise cancellation mode on your Mac. You can do so in two ways. Using the Force Sensor in the stem of the AirPods Pro, or using the Volume option in the Mac menu bar.

For a Mac user, the Volume section is the clearest way to switch between the different modes.

To do this, click the "Volume" button from the Mac menu bar and choose your AirPods Pro. Here, choose the "Noise Cancellation" mode. You can come back here and choose the "Off" option to disable noise cancellation at any time.

Enable Noise Cancellation from Menu Bar in Mac

If you can't find the Volume section in the Mac menu bar, you can enable it from System Preferences. Click the "Apple" menu from the menu bar and go to System Preferences > Sound > Output. Here, check the "Show Volume in Menu Bar" option.

Enable Show Volume in Menu Bar Option

As we mentioned above, you can cycle between the noise-control modes by holding the Force Sensor in the stem of the AirPods Pro. By default, this cycles between all three modes. You can remove the Transparency mode from this cycle using System Preferences.

Click the "Apple" icon from the menu bar and choose "System Preferences."

Click System Preferences From Apple Menu

Here, choose the "Bluetooth" menu.

Choose Bluetooth from System Preferences

Now, click the "Options" button next to your AirPods Pro.

Click Options next To AirPods Pro

Here, make sure Noise Control is enabled for at least one AirPod, and then uncheck the "Transparency" option. Then, click the "Done" button to save the settings.

Disable Transparency Mode and Choose Done

Now, when you press and hold the stem of the AirPods Pro, it will only enable or disable the noise-canceling mode.

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How to Set Different Notifications Sounds for Apps On Android

Posted: 15 Dec 2020 12:07 AM PST

If you use your Android smartphone in a public place, it would be best to set different notification sounds for different apps. With so many apps installed on our smartphones, sometimes it becomes difficult to figure out which app sent the notifications.

Fortunately, every Android smartphone comes with its own set of default notification sounds. And changing them is quite an easy process. However, the ability to set different notification sounds for different apps is only available on Android 8.0 and above.

Although your Android smartphone comes with pre-built notification tones, the settings to change the default app tone is buried deep under the settings. This article will share a detailed guide on how to change the default app notification tone on Android. Let's check out.

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Steps to Set Different Notifications Sounds for Apps On Android

Important: The method will only work if your smartphone is running on Android 8.0 or above. So, follow this method only if you are sure that your phone is running on Android 8.0 Oreo or above.

Step 1. First of all, open the Settings app on your Android device.

open the Settings app

Step 2. On the Settings, tap on the 'Apps.'

tap on the 'Apps'

Step 3. Now you need to select the app whose notification you want to change. For example, here we have selected 'WhatsApp.'

Step 4. Tap on WhatsApp and then select 'Notifications.'

select 'Notifications'

Step 5. Now you will see various categories like Group Notifications, Message Notifications, etc. Tap on the 'Message Notification.'

Tap on the 'Message Notification'

Step 6. Next, tap on the 'Sound' option and select the tone of your choice.

tap on the 'Sound' option

Step 7. Similarly, you can change the notification of the Quora app as well.

change the notification of the Quora app

Step 8. For Gmail, you need to change the Email notification sound.

change the Email notification sound

That's it! You are done. This is how you can set different notifications for different apps on Android.

So, this article is all about how to change notification sounds for apps on Android. I hope this article helped you! Please share it with your friends also. If you have any doubts related to this, let us know in the comment box below.

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How to Shoot Photos in ProRAW on an iPhone

Posted: 14 Dec 2020 01:52 PM PST

Apple ProRAW setting on iPhone 12 Pro
Justin Duino

If you're a photographer, you know that capturing RAW photos allow you to edit them after the fact without sacrificing quality. With Apple ProRAW available on iPhone, you can replicate that experience while continuing to use the company's other photography smart features.

What is Apple ProRAW?

Smartphones like the iPhone use computational photography to improve the look of the photos they take. Apple's built-in Smart HDR, Deep Fusion, and Night Mode features use machine learning to take higher resolution and crisper shots even in poor lighting situations.

Unfortunately, it's not possible to capture a true RAW photo and still use Apple's smart technology. You can take RAWs with an iPhone, but it won't use any machine learning to improve the image before it's captured. But with ProRAW, you get something between a standard iPhone HEIC or JPG and a RAW file that holds a record of what the sensor captured.

ProRAW is Apple's custom, in-house RAW format. When capturing photos, the end result is a 12-bit RAW DNG file with 14 stops of dynamic range. This means that you can take full advantage of the iPhone's computational photography processing and still properly edit the photo after the fact.

At the time of writing, the iPhone 12 Pro and the iPhone 12 Pro Max are the only two phones that support ProRaw. It's also only available in iOS 14.3 and higher. Apple will expand ProRAW support to newer handsets in the future.

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How to Turn on Apple ProRAW on an iPhone

Before you can use ProRAW, you have to enable the feature. Although your first instinct might be to jump into the "Camera" app, instead, open the "Settings" app.

Open the "Settings" app

Using Apple's built-in Spotlight search if you cannot find the Settings app on your iPhone's home screen.

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Next, scroll down and tap the "Camera" option.

Tap the "Camera" option

You are now in your iPhone camera's settings menu. Here, you can adjust video framerates, add grids to your preview, and more.

Select the "Formats" option found at the top of the list.

Select "Formats"

Finally, toggle on "Apple ProRAW."

Toggle on Apple ProRAW

As a reminder, capturing ProRAW images on your iPhone will take up more storage space than taking standard photos. If you don't plan on editing your images, you might be better off not using the DNG format, especially if your smartphone is running out of room.

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How to Shoot RAW Photos in the Camera App

With Apple ProRAW enabled and turned on, it's time to take a picture. Open the "Camera" app on your iPhone.

Open the "Camera" app

Again, if you can't find the application on your device's home screen, use Spotlight search to locate it.

Next, while ensuring that you're in "Photo" mode, tap the crossed-out "RAW" icon found in the top-right corner.

Tap the crossed-out "RAW" icon in the top-right corner

When the "RAW" icon is visible, images will be captured in Apple ProRAW. Go ahead and tap the shutter button to snap a photo.

The "RAW" icon indicates that you can now take a photo with Apple ProRAW

When you scroll through your images in Apple's "Photos" app, you'll find a "RAW" label stamped on the top of the ProRAW photo.

A "RAW" label is added to any ProRAW images

In third-party gallery apps like Google Photos, the image will not appear as a RAW. Instead, you'll have to dig into its properties and look for the DNG file extension.

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How to Enable Photoshop’s Old Undo Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted: 14 Dec 2020 10:04 AM PST

photoshop undo preview image
Michael Crider

Not all changes are for the best; sometimes you just want to undo them. That's how I feel about Adobe Photoshop's current undo/redo keyboard shortcuts. Here's how to bring back the old—and much better—classic ones.

How Photoshop's Old Undo Shortcuts Worked

A quick refresher: For years,  Photoshop had a really handy undo/redo keyboard shortcut set up. To undo something, you could press Control+Z (Command+Z on a Mac.) Pressing it again would undo the undo. In other words, it would redo the step you'd just undone. This was great for quickly comparing changes and edits you'd made to your images.

For example, you could turn off a load of different layers, add a mask, or paint in some details, then use Control+Z (or Command+Z) to quickly toggle the changes you'd made on and off again so you could directly compare their effects. It was a really powerful way to make sure the changes you were making were for the better—and that you weren't horrifically over-editing your images.

screenshot of photoshop history states
Photoshop's History States document every action you take.

As for undoing more than one step? You could use the shortcut Control+Alt+Z (or Command+Option+Z on a Mac) to step back through the different document history states. Control+Shift+Z (or Command+Shift+Z on a Mac) would bring you forward through them again. Simple!

Unfortunately, while these keyboard shortcuts were beloved by many, they do break the almost-universal undo/redo keyboard shortcut convention. So, in the latest versions of Photoshop, Adobe has gone with the more traditional Control+Z (or Command+Z on a Mac) to undo as many steps as you want, and Control+Shift+Z (or Command+Shift+Z on a Mac) to redo each step again.

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There is a keyboard shortcut to toggle to the previous history state (Control+Alt+Z or Command+Option+Z). However, the feature isn't quite the same and doesn't work in all situations.

Obviously, it's pretty clear I like things the old way—though I can see a case for the new way. The good news is, though, selecting which set of keyboard shortcuts you have is as simple as flicking a toggle.

Activate Photoshop's Classic Undo Shortcuts

To bring back the legacy undo shortcuts, open Photoshop and click Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts.

Check the "Use Legacy Undo Shortcuts" checkbox and click "OK" to save your changes.

turning on legacy undo shortcuts in photoshop

The next time you start Photoshop, you'll be back to the good old days.

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