How to Calibrate Windows Touchscreen Devices The touchscreen calibration tool works by displaying a pattern on the screen and then overlaying it with a series of crosshairs. By tapping each crosshair in sequence, you show Windows exactly how to configure the touchscreen. When calibrating a touchscreen, it’s essential to tap the actual location of each crosshair. If you tap anywhere else, you end up with an improperly configured touchscreen that may be unusable....

How to Change the Clock on an iPhone Automatically Most people will probably want to have the clock on their iPhone change automatically. This is the option that lets your iPhone detect where you are geographically through a combination of GPS and connecting to local cell phone networks—and adjust the clock on its own. You’ve probably benefitted from this when landing from a flight and seeing your iPhone clock change automatically once you leave Airplane Mode....

How to Change Google Home Wi-Fi Sign in to the Google Home app to access your devices. From there, you’ll need to forget the Google Home’s Wi-Fi network and set it up again to connect to the new network. How to Set Up New Google Home Wi-Fi Once you have cleared the Wi-Fi settings, you’re ready to sign in to the new network. To do that, you need to set up the device again....

Change Your AOL Mail Password in a Web Browser Change your AOL Mail password if you suspect your account has been hacked, want to change your password to something stronger and more difficult to deduce, or want your AOL password to be something you can easily remember. When it’s time to change your current password, make the change in your AOL account information screen. To alter the password for your AOL Mail account using a web browser on your computer:...

How to Change Your Personal Hotspot Password Personal Hotspot turns your iPhone into a portable wireless router that shares its connection to your phone company with other Wi-Fi enabled devices such as computers and iPads. Every iPhone has a unique Personal Hotspot password that other devices need to connect to it. This password is a long string of letters and numbers and is randomly generated to make it secure and hard to guess....

Check the Warranty Using the Apple Support App The Apple Support app is an easy way to see information about all of your Apple products associated with an Apple ID, including your devices’ warranty status. Check Your Warranty Status Online Apple also makes it easy to look up your warranty status online using your device’s serial number. Find your device’s serial number through the Apple Support app or your Watch app, and then visit Apple online to check your warranty status....

How to Check Data Usage on Your Phone Check iPhone Data Usage Tap Settings > Cellular.Scroll down to see your total data usage for the billing period, along with how much data your apps have used, ordered from most to least. Checking data on your phone is fine, but you’ll only have insights as to what is using data on your phone. If you are part of a family or multi-line plan, you’ll need to go a little deeper to see who’s using how much....

Cleaning a Projector Lens Safely: Materials and Methods The lens of your projector needs to be cleaned from time to time as dust, and other gunk will tend to settle on it and result in a loss of picture quality. If you have noticed a degradation in picture quality, or you can see a visible buildup of dust and other contaminants on your projector lens, it means it’s time to clean the lens....

Clear the Cache on a Fire TV Stick When an app stops working correctly, one of the most common causes is a corrupted cache. Apps can slow down and underperform due to a too large cache. In both of these cases, the solution is to clear the cache. Here’s how to clear the cache on Fire TV Stick and other Fire TV devices: What Is a Fire TV Cache? One of the most valuable things about Fire TV devices is that you can download apps that let you watch videos, listen to music, and do many other things....

How to Configure Scroll Bars in OS X and macOS Set up your scroll bars to meet your own personal preferences. Control Your Scrolling Speed Apple also makes it easy to adjust the scrolling speed of your mouse or trackpad. Automatically based on mouse or trackpad: Scroll bars appear only when the cursor is in the scroll bar area or when you start scrolling.When Scrolling: Scroll bars show up only when you start scrolling on your mouse or trackpad....

How to Connect Laptop to TV With HDMI Cable Connecting your Windows or Mac laptop to your TV via HDMI is fairly straightforward and should hopefully only take a few minutes to complete. How to Switch From Mirroring to Extending The default setting for a laptop to TV HDMI connection is to have your laptop’s screen be mirrored on the television. This basically just means that whatever you see on your laptop’s screen will be shown on your TV’s screen simultaneously....

Make Your Bluetooth Speakers Discoverable To connect Bluetooth speakers to any laptop, make sure the speakers are discoverable—that is, set them to pairing mode. Typically, you’ll press and hold the power button or the Bluetooth button for about five seconds. When the Bluetooth LED blinks, the speakers are ready to be paired with the laptop according to the steps below. If you don’t see the blinking LED, consult the documentation that came with the speakers, or go to the manufacturer’s website for specific instructions....

The steps are a little different depending on which version of Windows your HP laptop is running. Windows 11 Here’s how to connect your AirPods to a Windows 11 laptop: Windows 10 Here’s how to connect your AirPods to a Windows 10 laptop: How to Use AirPods With an HP Laptop Connecting AirPods to an HP laptop isn’t the same as actually using the AirPods with the laptop. If you want to use your AirPods to listen to music or videos, or video chat, or anything else, you’ll need to switch audio outputs after you have connected the AirPods....

Prevent Automatic iTunes Syncing With Your iPod Before you connect your iPod to your Mac, you must prevent iTunes from syncing with your iPod. If it does, it might delete all the data on your iPod. At this point, your iTunes library on the Mac is missing some or all of the songs or other files that are on your iPod. If you sync your iPod with iTunes, you’ll end up with an iPod that’s missing the same files....

How to Make an Xbox Account on an Xbox One Console Xbox accounts are a necessity for playing video games on Xbox consoles such as the Xbox One. These free online accounts are used to track progress on Xbox titles played, connect with gamer friends, and back up all data to the cloud for use on other devices or when upgrading to a new Xbox console. If you’ve just bought your very first Xbox console, you are automatically guided through the account creation process during setup....

How to Change the Embed Options There are a couple of ways to copy the embed code for a YouTube video. The method used here displays the visual options selector. More Customization Options As you select the Embed options, the embed code changes. With each setting you enable or disable, the code updates to reflect how the video behaves. YouTube allows for other alterations if you want to change the code manually....

Before You Delete, Here’s What You’ll Lose Before jumping into the step-by-step instructions to delete your iCloud email account let’s take a look at exactly what happens when the account is deleted: If there is any chance you may want to access your account in the future, then consider temporarily deactivating your account, rather than deleting the account completely. If you’d still like to proceed and delete your iCloud email account permanently, here’s how:...

How to Disable Superfetch via Windows Services The Superfetch feature can be toggled on and off through the Windows Services interface. How to Disable Superfetch Through the Registry You can also disable SuperFetch in the Windows 10 registry by modifying the EnableSuperfetch value. What Is Superfetch? The Windows 10 Superfetch service is supposed to guess which applications you may opt to use, then load their corresponding data and necessary files into memory beforehand, but it can end up slowing your PC to a crawl instead....

How to Enable Cookies in Chrome for iOS and Android You’re good to go on iOS devices; Chrome automatically enables cookies for you. (You can’t disable them so don’t bother trying.) Follow the steps below to enable cookies in Chrome for Android. Don’t use Chrome? Learn to enable cookies on other Android browsers. How to Enable Cookies in Google Chrome for Desktops and Laptops To enable cookies in Chrome for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chromebooks:...

Safari Debug Menu in OS X El Capitan and Earlier With the release of Safari 4 in the summer of 2008, many useful menu items in the Debug menu were moved to the new Develop menu. However, the hidden Debug menu remained and even picked up a command or two as Safari development continued. It was removed completely from OS X Sierra and later releases of the operating system. Apple made accessing the hidden Develop menu an easy process, only requiring a trip to the Safari’s preferences....