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Sync Christmas Lights to Music With Philips Smart Bulbs Before you begin playing music, you’ll need to set up an Entertainment area via the Philips Hue app. Set Up an Entertainment Area An Entertainment area tells the Hue Bridge how many lights you have and where they are. The hardware will also pull this information to sync your holiday lights. To set up an Entertainment area, follow these steps: Sync Philips Hue Lights With Music From Your Computer Once you’ve set up the entertainment area, switch to the Hue Sync app for Mac or Windows to get the lights moving....

While also a fun way to pass the time, slofies are mostly used as a popular way to spice up social media posts or to create an entertaining and attention-grabbing profile video on social networks such as TikTok and Facebook. How to Make a Slow Motion iPhone Selfie Video Making a slofie is fairly straightforward with the process being familiar to anyone who has ever recorded a front-facing video on their iPhone before....

Types of Tethering Three types of tethering are common to most phones: Wi-Fi sharing is easy and quick, supports sharing with multiple devices, and tends to drain the phone’s battery.Bluetooth is the slowest and allows sharing with one device at a time.A USB connection is faster, and the laptop simultaneously charges the smartphone. How to Tether Your Phone Connecting to a Wi-Fi hotspot is the easiest, most convenient, and most commonly used option of the three types....

Can You Turn Off Motion Sensor On Switch? There is no way to turn off the motion sensors on a Nintendo Switch, but most games that support the motion sensors give you the option to turn off the motion controls. That means you can’t turn off motion controls system-wide in Nintendo Switch settings, and you can’t disable motion controls for every game at once, but you can typically disable motion controls from an in-game settings menu after you’ve started playing a game....

How to Turn Off Netflix Autoplay Previews and Next Episode Playback When you’re wrapping up watching a show on Netflix, it can be annoying for a Netflix autoplay preview to suddenly kick in during the mid-credit sequence. Fortunately, there’s a way to keep that from happening. Here’s what you need to do. Why Would I Want to Disable Netflix Autoplay Previews? It might seem like a great feature, but there are plenty of reasons why you might want to disable it, even temporarily....

How Do I Turn Off Siri on AirPods? If Siri is more of a problem than a solution on your Apple AirPods, you can’t turn it off completely, but you can tweak some settings to keep it from interrupting when you’re listening to something. That should turn Siri off on your iPods. You’ll still be able to use it through your iPhone when your AirPods are connected, but you can no longer control Siri with your AirPods, which means you won’t also accidentally activate it without the wake words, “Hey Siri....

How to Uninstall Kaspersky From Mac Kaspersky makes itself at home on macOS, and the typical way of uninstalling an app (by dragging it to the trash and emptying the bin) doesn’t work. It’ll leave behind a slew of registry entries that can be a pain to get rid of, and can potentially cause other errors. The best way to remove Kaspersky Antivirus from your Mac is using the Kaspersky uninstall tool....

Why Is My Touchpad Not Working on My Lenovo Laptop? If your laptop’s trackpad is locked, it could be due to a few reasons: The trackpad is disabled Conflicts with an external device Missing or outdated device drivers Faulty hardware How Do I Enable My Touchpad on My Lenovo Laptop? Just as there are multiple reasons why your laptop mouse is locked, there are a few different ways to fix it....

How Do I Turn on App Tracking Transparency on iOS 14? You can’t turn App Tracking Transparency on and off, per se. The feature is part of iOS 14.5 and up and part of all apps, so it’s there whether you use it or not. What people mean by turning on App Tracking Transparency is whether you use the feature to block all data sharing by apps or if you give yourself the chance to decide which apps can share your data and which can’t....

How Stage Manager Works on a Mac Stage Manager on a Mac is a window organization tool that allows you to see all of your windows at once without losing focus on the app you’re currently using. It works by opening all of your active windows and placing them on the side of the screen, and featuring the app you’re working on at the moment in a place of prominence. Clicking any other app from your dock, or a window on the left, brings that window or app into center stage, while the previous app is shuffled off to the wings....

How to Put a Home Button on Your iPhone Screen With AssistiveTouch To add a home button to your iPhone screen by enabling AssistiveTouch, follow these steps: How to Use AssistiveTouch on iPhone With AssistiveTouch touch turned on, here’s how to use it. If you’re using iOS 12, go to Settings > General > Accessibility. If you’re using iOS 12, just tap AssistiveTouch from the Accessibility screen. Tapping the icon brings up a menu with the following options:...

DocuSign is the leading eSignature tool meant to resolve this difficulty. It allows individuals and companies to replace manual, paper-based document signing. It’s secure, fast, and easy to sign, manage, and store documents in the cloud—all from one tool. How DocuSign Works DocuSign has a number of features and functions, including: Upload and send: Upload your document, indicate who needs to sign it, place the correct fields, and send it to the respective parties....

How to Use Emoticons in Facebook Comments (Desktop) To add emoticons to a Facebook comment using the desktop site: Use Facebook Stickers in a Comment (Desktop) Facebook stickers are a little different from emoticons because they send instantly, so you can’t add text along with a sticker. This is true on both the desktop Facebook site and the mobile app. To send a sticker as a Facebook comment using Facebook on the desktop, select the Sticker icon, which is on the far right side of the comments box....

How Do You Enchant Books in Minecraft? Follow these steps to make an Enchanted Book in Minecraft: How Do You Use Enchanted Books in Minecraft? Once you have an Enchanted Book, you can use it to enchant another item: Using the Anvil, it’s also possible to combine Enchanted Books to make stronger enchantments. However, if the books have different effects, one of them might be lost. Why Won’t It Let Me Use an Enchanted Book in Minecraft?...

How to Open the Levels Dialog in Paint.NET Launch Paint.NET and open a photo that you feel lacks contrast, then go to Adjustments > Levels to open the Levels dialog. Even if you’re used to making levels adjustments in other image-editing software, this dialog may appear a little intimidating at first sight with its two histograms. When adjusting for contrast, there are two features that you should focus on: the Input sliders (on the left) and the Output Histogram (on the right)....

How to Use the Equalizer With the Alexa Smartphone App Use Alexa Equalizer With Direct Voice Commands While music plays on a compatible Echo device, you can use the Alexa voice assistant to adjust various settings. For example, you can say: Alexa, turn up the bass.Alexa, set the base to 6.Alexa, increase treble.Alexa, set midrange to 6. How to Use Alexa Sound Equalizer on the Echo Show With the Echo Show or Echo Spot, you can use Alexa voice commands directly, or you can use the touchscreen to make equalizer adjustments....

Learn how to find that old favorite movie, rent new blockbusters, stream from your favorite online services, and customize the settings/options within your app. How to Find Movies and TV Shows Inside the Apple TV App To get started, you’ll need to download the Apple TV app, simply named “TV,” onto your iPhone or iPad, if it isn’t there already. The TV app comes pre-installed on devices using iOS 11 and 12....

Can You Track Changes in Excel? When you want your team to review and edit your Excel workbook, you have two options. If everyone on your team uses Excel for Microsoft 365, the co-authoring feature is a straightforward and quick way to review a document. If you want more information about the revisions made or if your team members work with older versions of Excel, use the legacy Track Changes feature....

How to Save a Search on Twitter The saved search feature is not available on the mobile app. You must log into go to Twitter.com to save a search. How to Run a Twitter Saved Search To run a saved search, click in the search bar, then scroll down to Saved searches and select the saved search term. Removing a Twitter Saved Search When you no longer want a particular query to appear in your drop-down list, click inside the search bar, and select the trash can icon next to the name of the search you want to delete....

How Do I Enable WhatsApp Disappearing Messages? To turn on disappearing messages for an individual chat or all future chats: How to Disable Disappearing Messages on WhatsApp To turn off disappearing messages, follow the steps above to bring up the Disappearing Messages screen and tap Off. Tap Try a default message timer, then tap Off to disable disappearing messages for all messages. Turn on Disappearing Messages in WhatsApp for Web Browsers If you set up WhatsApp on your computer, you can enable disappearing messages in the web browser version of WhatsApp:...