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Remove an App With the Windows 10 Start Menu Option The first way is the simplest and quickest method for removing an app. Windows 10 Settings App Option Another option is to follow the Settings app method. Get started by navigating to Apps & features. A list of all the installed Windows Store apps and desktop programs will populate on this screen of the Settings app. Windows 8.1 and 8 Other than the right-click method listed in the Windows 10 section, Windows 8....

How To Update Xbox Series X or S Controller Firmware With a New Console When you first set up your Xbox Series X or S console, your console checks for controller updates as soon as it first connects. Here’s what to do during the process. How to Update Xbox Series X or S Controller Firmware With a New Controller When you buy a new controller or connect an existing one for the first time in a while, you may be asked to update the controller....

How to Connect a Wired Keyboard or Mouse to a PS4 Connecting a keyboard and/or mouse to your PlayStation 4 is quite simple: Just plug the keyboard or mouse into the USB port on the front of the PS4. The PS4 recognizes most devices immediately and flashes a keyboard or mouse icon on the screen to let you know the connection is made. If You Are Out of USB Ports The PS4 also supports connecting a USB hub to one of its USB ports, which can expand the number of USB devices you can hook into your console....

How Can I Use an Echo Show as a Security Camera? The camera in your Echo Show is primarily meant for video calls, but it also allows the Echo Show to work as a security camera. Here’s how to enable the feature: What Is Alexa Home Monitoring? There is no ring or other audible alert when you activate the feature. However, a message displays on the Echo Show’s display, so anyone who happens to be looking at the device when you activate Home Monitoring will know that you’re watching....

How To Format Text in WhatsApp Most messaging apps just let you send plain text, nothing fancy. WhatsApp is an exception in that you can format the text before you send it. It supports bold, italic, strikethrough, and monospace. There are two ways: use your phone’s built-in functionality to select Bold, Strikethrough, etc., or type special characters around the text you want to be formatted. Visual Editor Formatting Shortcut The manual method is a little faster if you’re a quick typer or if you need to apply the format to a large set of text....

How to Use Conditional Formatting on a Desktop Browser Conditional formatting means that when specific conditions are met, the background and text color in designated Google Sheets cells instantly changes. This is useful when you want to see certain information or call out specific data. Here’s how conditional formatting works for Google sheets on a Windows PC or Mac using Chrome, Firefox, Safari for Mac, or IE 11 and Edge for Windows....

How to Use Speech-to-Text on Android Android phones come with a speech-to-text converter that lets you dictate text messages, emails, and other text you’d ordinarily type using the on-screen keyboard. It’s enabled by default. You can start using your voice to dictate text right away, in any app in which you’d ordinarily type with the on-screen keyboard. How to Customize Speech-to-Text on Android Start using your phone’s speech-to-text feature right away, or maybe you need to customize its behavior first....

Here’s how to use Spotify Parental Controls. What You Need to Know About Spotify Family Accounts A Spotify Family account is a great deal for many, but it’s worth knowing a little about what you can and cannot do with it. You need to live together. Spotify Family only works if you all live at the same address. You can’t share it with users who live elsewhere as you need to confirm your place of residence during sign-up....

Set Finder Search Preferences By default, when you run a search from Finder, that search covers your entire Mac. With OS X Snow Leopard, however, Apple introduced the ability to define the default Spotlight search location in Finder. To configure Finder search box preferences, complete the following steps: The next search you perform from the Search box in Finder will use the parameters you set in Finder Preferences. The icon looks like a blue and white smiling face....

How to Use WhatsApp From a Computer There’s a free web client that makes it possible to access WhatsApp on a computer from a web browser. There’s also a standalone WhatsApp desktop client for Windows and Mac. If you don’t have the mobile app, download it on your phone before setting up WhatsApp on your computer. Once you’ve done that, visit WhatsApp Web, or download the desktop program from the WhatsApp download page....

How to Watch Blu-ray and DVD Movies on Xbox Series X While the main purpose of a game console is always games, you can watch movies on an Xbox Series X or S through a number of different methods. If you download an optional Blu-ray player app, you can use your Xbox Series X to watch DVD and Blu-ray movies on its 4K UHD Blu-ray drive. Here’s how to watch Blu-rays and DVDs on your Xbox Series X:...

Is There a Way to Completely Wipe the Hard Drive On a Dead Computer? Unless you can get the computer to turn on and start working again first, no. You’ll need to move the drive to another computer to wipe it there, or physically destroy it. How Do I Wipe My Hard Drive When My Computer Won’t Turn On? If you can get the computer running again, then you can wipe the drive right on the PC using data destruction software....

The phone was first teased during the HarmonyOS live stream held in early June. The teaser focused on the camera, which showed four individual camera lenses and two flashes. Huawei CEO Richard Yu said on his Weibo page that the phone will usher in “a new era of mobile imaging.” Details on the specs of the P50 are light as Huawei hasn’t said anything about the power the phone will have just yet....

For one, this method does not include a bootable DVD, which would allow you to perform clean installs on your Mac, as well as having a bootable OS from which to run Disk Utility. Apple attempted to address the need to be able to run Disk Utility by including a recovery drive with Lion. During the Lion installation process, a special recovery disk partition is created. It includes a stripped-down version of Lion that lets you boot your Mac and run a small number of utilities, including Disk Utility....

What You Need to Install a Chipset Cooler Before installing a chipset cooler onto a motherboard, it is important to verify that the unit will fit since chipset coolers come in various sizes. In addition to the cooling unit, you’ll need the following tools for opening up your computer: A screwdriverNeedle-nose pliersA lint-free clothIsopropyl alcoholA hairdryerThermal paste and/or thermal tape (if needed)A clean plastic bag How to Install a Chipset Cooler To remove your computer’s old cooling unit and replace it with a new one: Set a hair dryer to a low heat setting, then gently aim the hair dryer toward the back of the board to slowly raise the temperature of the chipset....

Create the Presentations When you want to use slides in both landscape and portrait orientation, create two separate presentation files. Slides using the landscape orientation are in one PowerPoint presentation while the portrait orientation slides are in the second PowerPoint presentation. Then, link the two presentations together using action settings from one slide in the landscape presentation to the next slide you want (a portrait orientation slide), which is in the second presentation (and vice versa)....

The Cause of a Zoomed-In iPhone Screen and Huge Icons When the iPhone screen is magnified, the iPhone Zoom feature may have been accidentally turned on. Zoom is an accessibility feature that helps people with poor vision enlarge items on the screen to see the screen better. When the iPhone screen is zoomed in, and your icons are too large, it could be a problem. In this situation, everything looks huge, and app icons fill the entire screen, making it hard or even impossible to see the rest of the apps....

UST allows the projector to be placed very close to the wall while still producing a high-quality image. At two inches from the wall, you can enjoy a 90-inch image at a 4K resolution or 120-inches at a distance of around seven inches away. You might recall that earlier this year, LG added two 4K projectors to the CineBeam lineup. The new model is essentially a better version of those....

Why Upgrade? For Mac portable users, this means the trackpad will get an extra workout as new gestures become available to access Lion. Mac desktop users will need to invest in an Apple Magic Trackpad to gain the same level of control. Lion also works fine without a trackpad. You can still use your mouse and keyboard to access the new features. However, you won’t have as much fun as your trackpad-using friends....

Google has announced that it’s bringing spooky back with an assortment of thematically appropriate ringtones for the Nest Hello. You can get a head start on the season by changing your chimes right now, or wait until October 31 to give your neighbors an innocent fright. It’s certainly no 12-foot tall skeleton, but it’s still a fun way to get in on the festivities. If you have Google’s Nest Hello and reside in the US, you can make your doorbell sound like one of a few frightful creatures....