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[How To] Take ICAO 630*810 Photo

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ICAO Passport Photo: 630 x 810 px 630 px 810 px Specification ✓ Format: JPG ✓ Dimensions: 630 x 810 pixels (7:9) ✓ File size: about 10 KB to 250 KB ✓ Background: plain, light, no shadow ✓ Face: centred, neutral, eyes open ✓ No glasses glare; remove if unsure iPhone → convert HEIC to JPG → crop in Paint → compress Several Indian government photo uploads, including Passport Seva and OCI services, expect a digital photograph that is exactly 630 x 810 pixels, follows ICAO face-geometry rules, and stays under a strict file-size limit. You do not need a studio or paid software for this. With a recent iPhone, a plain wall, and the built in Paint app on Windows, you can produce a compliant photo in a few minutes. This tutorial walks through the full process. What the photo has to satisfy Before editing, it helps to know the target. An ICAO-style passport photo for these portals generally needs to be 630 pixels wid...

[Solved] Enable iCloud Private Replay in Pi-hole

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Pi-hole is a network-wide ad-blocking DNS server. iCloud Private Replay is a secure internet relay service. While Pi-hole can protect you from unwanted tracking and advertisements, iCloud Private Relay provides you with privacy when you browse the web in Safari. When you join the Pi-hole network with a device with iCloud Private Relay enabled, Pi-hole returns NXDOMAIN response for mask.icloud.com and mask-h2.icloud.com as per Apple recommendation. To disable this feature in Pi-hole and allow the functioning of iCloud Private Relay, go to /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.conf and set  BLOCK_ICLOUD_PR=false . References: https://pi-hole.net/ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212614 https://developer.apple.com/support/prepare-your-network-for-icloud-private-relay/ https://docs.pi-hole.net/ftldns/configfile/#icloud_private_relay

[How To] Fix "Waiting to Upload" in iCloud Drive

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1. Check if you have enough free storage on iCloud 2. Go to Settings (iOS / iPadOS) or System Preferences (macOS) >> iCloud >> Sign Out 3. Wait for a minute or two after you have successfully logged out 4. Log in to iCloud again 5. Go to iCloud settings and >> iCloud Drive >> Options... >> select the checkbox for "Desktop & Documents Folder" >> Done

iOS v/s Android - Comparing 'Apples' to 'Oranges'

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Apple iOS Google Android Released July 29, 2007 September 23, 2008 Latest Version 14 11 Website https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-14/ https://www.android.com/ OS Model Proprietary Open Source Languages 40 100 Assistant Siri Google Assistant Apps 1,000,000 on App Store 2,000,000 on Play Store Operating System Unix Linux Latest Phone iPhone 12 Pixel 5 Phone Website https://www.apple.com/iphone https://store.google.com/product/pixel_5 Let's compare some of the default apps on both platforms...

Access All iPhone Photos in Windows

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If you are an iPhone user and an user of Windows PC then you might have encountered some issues with photo transfers from iPhone to Windows. For a Mac user it might not be that difficult to transfer photos as both are Apple products and there are some good softwares available also which can be used for Photo Transfer. The problem lies with Windows users. One of the problem I encountered recently is that in my Windows PC when connecting iPhone it was not showing all photos, but you can see them in iPhone. I tried many solutions browsing through many sites including Apple and Microsoft support forums and knowledgebase along with some popular sites like wikihow.