How to Mute a Friend, Group, or Popular Story on Snapchat Whether you want to take a break from a friend’s stories featuring too many redundant videos of her new cat or a group’s stories about an ongoing topic you’re not interested in, you can temporarily mute a Snapchat story with a few taps. What Muting Does on Snapchat When you mute someone’s stories, their profile won’t appear at the top of your stories feed when they add new stories....

What Is Partitioning? To partition a hard drive in Windows means to section off a part of it and make that part available to the operating system. In other words, a hard drive isn’t useful to your operating system until it’s partitioned. Additionally, it’s not available to you to store files on until you format it (which is another, just as simple process). Most of the time, this “part” of the hard drive is the entire usable space, but creating multiple partitions on a hard drive is also possible so that you can store backup files in one partition, movies in another, etc....

Push Specific Folders With iCloud Mail If you have an IMAP or Exchange account set up, you have control over which folders are pushed to the Mail app. Changes made to those folders on the server are pushed to your iPhone. In addition, you can select the folders you want to push to your iPhone from your iCloud email account, and set up a schedule for fetching those you don’t need to have pushed....

Reactivating a Deactivated Yahoo Account If your account was deactivated within the past 90 days, you may be able to restore it by . Otherwise, simply sign up for a new account. If your mail account has been deactivated, you’ll see a message when you log in. It might say your account’s been deactivated or that you’re unable to reset your password. After your account is deleted, your screen name becomes available to new users....

How Do You Unlock an HP Laptop if You Forgot the Password? Microsoft Account Forgetting your Windows 10 password isn’t the end of the world, and it’s relatively easy to recover if you’re using a Microsoft Account. As long as you have access to your Microsoft account email, and, if necessary, a two-factor authentication system, then you can use these steps to recover your password using the Microsoft Account recovery service....

Resize a Layer Using Free Transform There are a couple of ways you can change the layer size in Photoshop, and both involve the Transform tool. There are options for freely adjusting the size up or down and inputting specific measurements to get it exactly the size you want. Here’s how to do it. Free Transform Resize a Layer to a Specific Dimension If you don’t want to freehand transform layers but have some specific dimensions in mind, you can set its size to exactly that....

How to Scan Documents With the iPad Notes App Beginning with iOS 11, Apple added scanning capability to the Notes app. With it, you can capture a document and save it to your iPad in PDF format. Here’s how: After the Scan After you save the document as a PDF, you can do anything with it that you can do with a regular note or PDF. Tap the scan to open it and use the tools in the top right corner to crop, rotate, use markup, print or share the document....

The Easiest Way Take a Screenshot on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 or Note 10+ If you’re using your Galaxy Note 10 or Note 10+ and you need to take a quick screenshot, the easiest way to do it to swipe your palm (or, more accurately, the side of your palm) straight across the screen. You can swipe either right-to-left or left-to-right, but, if you haven’t already, you may need to set the option up in Settings....

What You Need for an Outdoor Home Theater To put set up a portable home theater in your yard, you’ll need the following: A video projector or outdoor TV A screen An audio system and speakers Content source devices Cables or wires A surge protector Make a Screen for Your Outdoor Home Theater You can make a homemade projector screen using one or two ironed king-size white bedsheets. If you use two sheets, sew the sheets together (with the long sides joined) with white thread....

How to Set Up a Modem Different ISPs provide different models of modems. However, all modems have input connections to establish an internet connection and the output connections that create a home network. Connect to Your Devices Whether you’ve connected a wired or wireless router to your modem, the method of connecting your devices to the network is generally the same. Typically these ports are: Power light: Power is connected to the modemOnline/Connected: The modem has established a connection with the ISPInternet: The modem has established a connection to the internetNetwork: A local area network (LAN) has been established...

Twitch Bits These bits can then be used from within a Twitch stream’s chat box to trigger special audio and visual alert onscreen. As a reward for using their bits, users earn special badges displayed alongside their names in the stream’s chat. The more bits they use, the higher the rank of the badges they earn. The Twitch streamer earns $1 for every 100 bits (1 cent per bit) used during their stream....

How to Set Up Google Home, Mini, and Max Smart Speakers Before you begin, you need: An iOS or Android smartphone or tablet An internet account and router with Wi-Fi capability A Google account Google Home smart speaker (includes Mini or Max) Follow these instructions to set up Google Home. Use Voice Recognition and Communication To use Google Home, say “OK Google” or “Hey Google” and then state a command or ask a question....

How to Initiate Voice Commands for Google Maps Each Google Assistant task is activated with a voice command, such as “Send text message” or “Set a timer for 10 minutes.” This hands-free control is useful when you’re driving, cooking, or busy with some other task. You can use Google Assistant to stop the voice navigation function when using Google Maps. Before issuing a command, you must wake Google Assistant by saying, “OK Google....

How to Sync an iPhone to a Computer (macOS Catalina and later) The first step to syncing your iPhone to your computer is to plug the cable that came with the iPhone into a USB port on your computer; plug the other end into the Lightning port on the bottom of the iPhone. Connect an iPhone to a Computer With iTunes If you’re running a PC or macOS Mojave or earlier, the sync process is done via iTunes....

Use the Android Backup and Restore Feature First, check that your old device is backing up your data: Restore Your Data to the New Phone Now you’re ready to restore your data to the new Android. If you haven’t set up your new phone, you’ll be able to restore your data, including apps, during that process. Use the Samsung Smart Switch Mobile App If you have the Galaxy S7 or later, Smart Switch Mobile is pre-installed on your device....

How Do I Stop My iPhone From Updating Apps? Downloading and installing app updates automatically can save you time and a lot of taps on your phone. But if you want full control over the software on your phone and how you use data, you can turn off auto app updates by following these steps: How Do You Turn Off Automatic OS Updates in iPhone Settings? Just like with apps, iOS updates can be automatically downloaded to your iPhone....

How to Turn Off Emergency and Amber Alerts on iPhone Can Do Not Disturb Silence Emergency and Amber Alerts on iPhone? Usually, the iPhone’s Do Not Disturb feature lets you silence any alert so that it doesn’t interrupt you. Do Not Disturb doesn’t work with Emergency and Amber alerts. Because they signal an emergency that could affect your life and safety or someone else’s, Do Not Disturb can’t block these alerts....

How to Turn off Find My iPhone If you’re ready to sell or give away your old iPhone, then it’s a good idea to turn off Find My iPhone, erase your iPhone’s data, and sign out of iCloud. If you’re afraid that someone might be using your iPhone to track you, but you want to keep using the phone, then turn off Find My iPhone and skip those other steps. Follow these steps:...

How to Turn Meta (Oculus) Quest 2 On To turn on the Quest 2, you need to push and hold the power button for two seconds, then release it. When you release the button, the LED next to the button will light up, which indicates that the headset is now on. You will also hear a chime, which indicates the headset is booting up. If you’re having trouble finding the power button, start by holding the Quest 2 so you can see the lenses as if you were about to put the headset on....

How to Activate Two-Factor Authentication on Facebook Facebook accounts often contain a great deal of personal information and other private data, so it’s important to know how to activate two-factor authentication (2FA) on Facebook. With 2FA enabled, you are asked to validate your identity each time you log in. Validation uses methods that include entering a one-time code sent to your mobile device or approving the authentication attempt on another trusted device....