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How Do I Set Up My Asus AiMesh Router? Before setting up your Asus AiMesh network, you need to decide which of your compatible routers will act as the AiMesh router and which will act as nodes. Ideally, the router should be the most capable, with the most robust feature set. Once you have decided, update the firmware for each of them. Instructions for that will be different depending on the router, but you’ll be able to find the firmware and details on how to do so on the Asus support site....

How to Set Up Google Home Filters To set up parental controls on Google Home devices, install the Google Home app. You can install the app from Google Play for Android or from iTunes for iOS devices. Once installed, you’re ready to configure filters and set up a downtime schedule. Now that you’ve finished going through the filter, all of the filtered devices you selected follow the filter rules you set in this wizard....

How to Show or Hide Hidden Files and Folders in Windows It’s not difficult to show or hide hidden files and folders in Windows. To accomplish either, see below: You can test to see if hidden files are actually being hidden by browsing to the C:\ drive. If you do not see a folder named ProgramData, then hidden files and folders are being hidden from view. Don’t show hidden files, folders, or drives will hide the files, folders, and drives that have the hidden attribute toggled on....

Can I View My Photos on My TV? An HDTV is great for showing photos. If you also shoot full-HD videos with your digital camera, an HDTV is made for displaying those types of recordings as well. No matter how perfect your HDTV may be for displaying photos and videos, though, it’s utterly worthless if you can’t properly connect your camera to the TV. Each camera/TV connection is a little different, so you may have to try a few different methods....

How to Summon a Wither Follow these steps to summon a Wither in Minecraft: Spawn a Wither With Cheat Commands In the desktop versions of Minecraft, you can use a cheat command to summon Withers. First, go to your World Settings and make sure the Activate Cheats toggle is enabled. Then, go back to your game, press / to open the command window, and enter the following: How to Fight a Wither in Minecraft Bring a lot of healing potions and strength potions to the fight....

How Do I Reverse the Mouse Buttons in Windows 10? If you are primarily left-handed, using a mouse with the default settings can be tough. Fortunately, with a few mouse clicks (sorry!), you can change the default setup of the buttons. Once you’ve made the adjustments above, whatever button you set as primary will be the one you ’left-click’ or drag and drop with, while the other button will be the one you ‘right-click’ or access context menus with....

How to Test a Computer Monitor That Isn’t Working Follow these troubleshooting steps to test your monitor: If Nothing Else Works, Replace the Monitor If nothing works, you might not have had a monitor problem at all but instead there might be an issue with the rest of the computer system. As mentioned above, it’s probably time to figure out why nothing is being sent to the monitor. Also be sure to check for any cable adapters that aren’t fully secured, such as a small connector that joins an HDMI or DVI cable to a VGA plug, or vice versa....

How to Copy Camcorder Tapes to VHS or DVD Copying your camcorder tapes to a more current format preserves your footage more reliably and allows you to edit it. For additional tips, consult your camcorder, VCR, or DVD recorder user guide. There should be a page on how copying tapes from a camcorder, copying from one VCR to another, or from a VCR to a DVD recorder. Copy Tapes to DVD Using a PC or Laptop In 2016, the production of new VCRs was officially discontinued....

How to Turn On Bluetooth in Windows 10 or Windows 8.1 Some computers offer a button or keyboard key that allows you to turn on Bluetooth with a single tap. However, if you cannot find one of these, enable Bluetooth in your computer’s settings. How to Turn On Bluetooth in Windows 7 The settings to turn on Bluetooth in Windows 7 are slightly different than in newer Windows versions. The Bluetooth icon appears on your taskbar or in the Hidden Icons folder to the left of the date and time on your taskbar....

How to Make a Free Hotspot With Connectify To turn your PC into Wi-Fi hotspot with Connectify: How to Use Connectify To see who has connected to your hotspot, go to Clients > Connected to my Hotspot. From here, you can monitor the upload and download traffic of the devices connected to the hotspot. Right-click any device to rename how it’s listed, disable its access to the internet, disable its access to the computer hosting the hotspot, copy the IP address, or change its gaming mode (for example, to the Xbox network or Nintendo Network)....

How to Uninstall Firefox for Mac To uninstall apps from your Mac, send them to your computer’s Trash. To uninstall Firefox, right-click its icon in your Applications folder and select Move to Trash. That’s it. However, it’s worth bearing in mind that, after you move Firefox to Trash, it will remain in the Trash bin/folder for 30 days, at which point it will be automatically and permanently deleted from your Mac....

How to Set Up the Auto-Unlock Feature If you have an Apple Watch and a Mac computer, you can unlock your Mac just by being nearby while wearing your Apple Watch, with no need to enter a password. Your Mac must be connected to both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and both the Mac and Apple Watch are signed in to iCloud using the same Apple ID. For Auto-Unlock to work, your Apple ID must require two-factor authentication, and both your Mac and Apple Watch must be set up to require a passcode....

How Do I Turn Off Call Silence on iPhone? If you’ve enabled Do Not Disturb mode to black all alerts, turn it off to restore incoming call and other notifications. How Do I Unsilence Calls? Another way to ensure you notice incoming calls is to turn off Silent Mode and check your ringer volume. Why Are My Calls Being Silenced on My iPhone? If you’re suddenly not receiving call notifications and don’t know why, check the switch that controls Ring and Silent Mode; it could be set to Silent Mode by mistake....

How Do I Update HomePod Mini on iPhone? First things first, make sure to update iOS on your iPhone. Updates for the HomePod mini depend on your iPhone’s most recent version of iOS. How Do I Update HomePod Mini on iPad or Mac? You can also update your HomePod mini to the latest version using the Home app on your iPad or your Mac. How Long Does a HomePod Mini Take to Update?...

How Do I Update Echo Dot Software? Under normal circumstances, your Echo Dot will update its software automatically from time to time. However, a number of things can cause an update to fail, or a Dot to not update itself right away when an update becomes available. If you suspect your Echo Dot needs an update, you can force it to update. Here’s how to manually update an Echo Dot:...

Wait for an Update Notification The easiest way to upgrade iTunes requires you to do almost nothing. iTunes notifies you when a new version is released and the notification of the upgrade appears when you launch iTunes. If you see that window and want to upgrade, follow the onscreen instructions and you’ll be running the latest version of iTunes in no time. How Update iTunes Manually on a Mac To update iTunes on a Mac, use the Mac App Store program that comes built into the macOS on all Macs....

How to Update Skype on Mac Updating Skype on your Mac computer is easy. Here’s how to perform a Skype update on the most recent versions of macOS. How to Update Skype on Windows The process is virtually identical with Skype for Windows, save for a difference in the exact menu bar and button used. Here’s how you do it: How to Update Skype on iPhone To update Skype on your iPhone, you have to do the following:...

How to Change Your Hulu Plan Log in to your Hulu account through a web browser to change or upgrade your plan at any time. How to Upgrade to Hulu Live When you’re ready to upgrade to Hulu Live from a free trial or the basic ad-supported or ad-free plan, follow these steps. How Do I Upgrade Hulu on My TV? If you signed up for Hulu through Roku or Xfinity, you might be able to change your plan directly through your TV....

How to Use ‘Ok, Google’ Offline Saying “Ok, Google” while offline still launches the Google Assistant, but, you may encounter some issues. Voice recognition may be less accurate while offline, and the Google Assistant may be unable to access the services you’re asking for. To fix the second problem, you need to download any relevant data in advance. For example, download any music you might want to listen to and download the maps of any areas you might want to navigate....

How to Create a Gmail Mobile Signature Configuring a mobile signature for Gmail is really easy to do but the steps are slightly different depending on whether you’re using the mobile app or the mobile website. Mobile App Setting up an email signature from the Gmail app does not apply the same signature to an email sent from Gmail in a web browser. Follow these steps to add a special signature to just the Gmail mobile app:...