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How to sync your iPhone, iPad to multiple computers

Can you sync your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch to more than one computer? Yes you can and doing this will allow you to share and manage content stored on multiple computers.

To achieve this users need to make a setting change on iTunes.

By default any device connected to iTunes is set to “Automatically sync songs” and the contents of that particular computer’s iTunes library is automatically synched.

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How to connect more devices to your network

Users with access to broadband are finding new ways to utilise that high-speed connection. Apart from your computer there are now a number of products which can take advantage of a connection to the internet.

Not all of these products are Wi-Fi compatible and need a physical connection via their built-in Ethernet port. Even some Wi-Fi products work faster and more reliably with a physical connection.

Connecting a router to a modem achieves two things – it creates a wireless LAN (local area network) and provides usually four extra Ethernet ports.

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Connect two monitors to the same computer

Our computers can be used in so many different ways that there are times when it would help to have more than one screen.

Having that extra screen space can really help productivity, organising files and sorting through digital photos, videos and music.

It can also be helpful to display a number of websites at the same time or even dedicate one screen for email and social networking and the other screen for everything else.

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Turn your PC or Mac into a multi-region DVD player.

Many users view their computers as much as an entertainment device as it a communication and productivity tool.

With every regular laptop and desktop computer now shipping with a built-in DVD drive it makes it easy to pop in a disc and enjoy a movie when the opportunity arises.

But the problem we find is that the DVD drives on PCs and Macs bought in Australia are locked to Region 4 which also covers Mexico, Central and South America, the Caribbean and New Zealand.

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Erase a hard drive

How to erase a computer hard drive.

There comes a time when a user needs to completely wipe the hard drive on their computer.

It may be because the computer is being sold or handed off to a friend or family member.

Another reason may be because the user simply wants to make a fresh start or install the latest operating system.

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