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How to Host an Amazon Watch Party

By Amy Spitzfaden–Both

This article will tell you how to host an Amazon Prime watch party, so you can throw a synchronized movie night with up to 100 people all in different places. Watching the same show as a friend when you're in different places is not a new concept (who remembers holding the phone to your ear and talking during commercial breaks?), but many streaming services are now offering the option to host movie nights in a simpler way. Instead of everyone needing to hit Play at the exact same moment, you can now stream a movie from one account. Here is how to host an Amazon Prime watch party.

How to Use Your iPhone as a Webcam

By Amy Spitzfaden–Both

As more work goes virtual, you want to make sure you have a good webcam for all of your meetings. Webcams can be expensive, so it's natural to wonder if you could just use your iPhone as one, in addition to everything else it does. Turns out, the answer is yes! Using an iPhone as a webcam for your Mac can be a little complicated, but it is doable. Here's how.

If you want to share eligible Family Sharing purchases but not have to ask the Family Organizer or be asked every time someone wants to buy something on the Apple Family Sharing account, there's a way to make funds available so that the Family Organizer's primary payment method doesn't have to be charged for each individual's purchases. 

If you want to make an image square on your iPhone or how to change the aspect ratio of a photo, it's easy to do! Don't wait until it's already taken to crop it to the right dimensions for Instagram; change the aspect ratio right there in your Camera app. Learn how to change your camera settings on your iPhone to take photos with the right dimensions so you don't have to crop it later.

Stacks help keep your Mac desktop organized and tidy. So what does stacked mean when it comes to desktop items? How do you use stacks on your Mac? We'll go over the answers to these and other questions about using stacks on your MacBook, iMac, or other Mac computer.

Are you mid-way through updating your iPhone software but can't complete the process because of a grayed-out Install Now or Download and Install button? In this instance, there are a few quick ways to fix the issue and proceed with your device update. We’ll walk you through the step-by-step ways to fix it if Install Now is grayed out on an iPhone, iPad, or other mobile Apple device.

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