How Do I Use an External Hard Drive With Windows 10? Using an external hard drive with Windows 10 is typically a very straightforward process. Here’s how to do it. How Do I Find My External Hard Drive on Windows 10? There are other ways to find your external hard drive on Windows 10. Here’s another option that may be more convenient for some users. Why Does Windows 10 Not Recognize My External Hard Drive?...

How to Add a Thick Outline in Photoshop There are several ways to create outlined text in Photoshop, but most require you to render the text. Here’s a technique for a thick outline that allows the type to remain editable. You can use this technique to add an outline to any object or selection, not just text. How to Add a Thick Outline to Type Quickly If you’re pressed for time, here’s an easy method that takes about 45 seconds....

How to Get AppleCare for Your iPhone There are four ways to add AppleCare to your iPhone. You can do it from your iPhone, a web browser, over the phone, or by going to an Apple Store. Method 1: From Your iPhone If you add AppleCare coverage from your iPhone, you won’t even need to find your receipt. Method 2: From Your Browser You can also add AppleCare coverage from your browser....

How to Set up Email on iPad The iPad comes with an email client already installed, which makes it convenient to add your email to the device. Instead of having to download a separate app for your preferred email provider (Google, Yahoo, etc.), you can add your email account to the existing mail client. It’s handy if you have multiple email accounts. How to Manually Setup Email on iPad If you don’t see your account provider listed in Step 3 above, you can choose Other to set your account up manually....

How Do I Arrange My Apps in Alphabetical Order? While you can’t automatically sort all of the apps on your Home screen alphabetically, you can do this to your app list on the Apps screen. Here’s how to sort your Android app alphabetically on the Apps screen. What Is the Easiest Way to Organize Apps on Android? The easiest way to organize apps on Android tablets and smartphones is to long-press each app icon and move it to where you want....

How to Archive Emails in Outlook Manually If you prefer to control when your old emails are archived and where they’re archived, there’s a manual process you can follow to do that. You can manually archive email messages inside any folder. How to Manually Trigger AutoArchive You can trigger AutoArchive either manually or automatically. If you’ve already set up your AutoArchive settings for all of your folders as described above, you can trigger the archive procedure instantly....

Why You Can’t Backup Contacts to a SIM Card on iPhone The iPhone doesn’t store data like contacts on its SIM card because it doesn’t need to, and because it doesn’t fit with Apple’s philosophy about how users should use their data. Older cellphones saved data to the SIM because there was no standard, simple means of backing up data or transferring it to new phones. Eventually, there were SD cards, but not every phone had them....

How to Block Calls From Telemarketers and Others Blocking occurs within the Phone app: What Is Blocked? What types of communication are blocked depends on what information you have for this person in your address book: If you have their phone number, they’re blocked from calling you, placing FaceTime calls, or sending you texts from the phone number saved on your phone. If you have their email address, they’re blocked from texting you through iMessage or placing FaceTime calls using the blocked email address....

Just before the Windows XP splash screen shown above appears, press F8 to enter the Windows Advanced Options Menu. Here you’re presented with three variations of Windows XP Safe Mode you may enter: Safe Mode: This is the default option and is usually the best choice. This mode will load only the absolute minimum processes necessary to start Windows XP.Safe Mode with Networking: This option loads the same processes as Safe Mode but also includes those that allow the networking functions in Windows XP to work....

Use Download Manager for Stuck Google Play Store App Download For most Android phones, apps are downloaded from the Google Play Store. To clear caches and get the download unstuck, force the Play Store to close. Use Download Manager to Fix Stuck Android Market App Download For older phones using, for example, Android 2.1 with Android Market, the process is slightly different. Private Stores and Sideloading Some organizations, including large employers, offer custom Android apps outside the Google Play Store....

How to Change Another User’s Password in Windows 11, 10, or 8 Follow these steps to change another user’s password in Windows 11, 10, or 8. Once signed on, be proactive and have the user create a Windows password reset disk or switch to a Microsoft account, either of which will provide an easier way to get a new password in the future. On touch interfaces, the easiest method in Windows 11, 10, or 8 is through its link on the Start menu (or Apps screen in Windows 8), but the control command or Power User Menu (Windows 8) is probably faster if you have a keyboard or mouse....

How to Make Your Taskbar Centered (or Not) in Windows 11 Items on the Windows 11 taskbar can be aligned in the middle or left. Below are directions for changing that setting, whether Windows is or isn’t activated. Windows Is Activated Changing the Windows 11 taskbar alignment when Windows is activated with a valid product key is simple. Windows Isn’t Activated Some personalization settings are inaccessible if Windows 11 isn’t activated....

Change Your Relationship Status on the Facebook Website To update your relationship status on the Facebook website: Change Your Relationship Status in the Facebook App To update your relationship status in the Facebook app: Choices are: SingleIn a relationshipEngagedMarriedIn a civil unionIn a domestic partnershipIn an open relationshipIt’s complicatedSeparatedDivorcedWidowed If you select the globe icon, your relationship status will be public. The couple icon makes it viewable to your friends only....

What Is the Proper Way to Charge a Macbook Pro? When it comes to any MacBook Pro, you can plug the charging cable in to charge it up, and your laptop will recharge in the background. However, there are some things to consider. Here’s an overview of what will help charge your laptop more efficiently. Older MacBook Pros charge differently. If you have an older MacBook Pro sold before 2016, it uses Apple’s proprietary magnetic charging cable....

Dust First Unless you enjoy having scratches on your screen, the first thing to do when cleaning anything, screens or lenses, is to get rid of the particles and dust. Hold your device so the surface you’re cleaning is down most, and gently dust it. If you’ve got one of those camera-lens brushes, that works best, but with care, you can also use a cleaning cloth. Just remember, don’t wipe the dust; that will grind it into the surface....

How to Connect the Xbox Series X or S Controller to an iPhone With so many games available on iPhone and the ability to stream your games console via the Xbox app, it’s useful to be able to use a traditional games controller to control the action. Here’s how to connect Xbox controller to iPhone or, specifically, how to connect an Xbox Series X or S controller to your iPhone....

Create a Windows 10 Hotspot If you’re at a hotel with an open Wi-Fi network and no required login, plug your Chromecast into the TV and set it up on the Wi-Fi network. Otherwise, the easiest method is to create a Windows 10 hotspot. Chromecast can connect to it because there’s no welcome page needed. Any other device (mobile or laptop) connected to the same hotspot can stream to the Chromecast....

Convert WAV to MP3 With Audacity Audacity is one of the best ways to edit audio files, so it’s only natural to want to convert files with the program too. However, when you need to export an audio file in a format like WAV to MP3, you quickly learn that, by default, you can’t do it—unless you tell Audacity where to find the LAME MP3 encoder. When you use the LAME MP3 encoder in Audacity, you can reduce the space that the audio files are using on your hard drive because MP3 is a lossy format (i....

How to Create a Folder on the iPad How to Add Apps to a Folder on the iPad Add new apps to the folder using the same method. Just pick up the app and move it on top of the folder. The folder will expand just as it did when you first created it, allowing you to drop the app anywhere inside the folder. How to Remove an App From the Folder or Delete the Folder Remove an app from a folder by doing the reverse of what you did to create the folder....

Enter and Select the Tutorial Data A pie chart is a visual representation of data and is used to display the amounts of several categories relative to the total value of all categories. Pie charts are used, for example, to show the production of one factory in relation to the output of the company or to show the revenue generated by one product relative to the sales of the entire product line....