How to Make Phone Calls With Your HomePod To use your HomePod as a speakerphone to make calls with your iPhone, follow these steps: Dealing With Call Waiting and Multiple Calls When Using HomePod as a Speakerphone If a new call comes into your iPhone while you’re using the HomePod as a speakerphone, you have a few options: End the current call and switch to the new one: Touch and hold on the green light on top of the HomePod....
How to Make Folders in Yahoo Mail Creating Yahoo Mail folders is a convenient way to keep your emails organized. Make separate folders for specific senders or make general folders to store messages about a similar topic. To create folders in Yahoo Mail on a computer, log in to your account and open the Inbox. Hover the mouse cursor over the folder name and then select the drop-down arrow that appears to open a menu with more options....
How to Manage Safari History on macOS Safari has long been the standard web browser for macOS. Here’s how to manage Safari’s history on a Mac: How to Use Private Browsing in Safari To prevent websites from appearing in the browser history, use Private Browsing. To open a private window in Safari, go to File > New Private Window, or use the keyboard shortcut Shift+Command+N. When you close the private window, Safari doesn’t remember your search history, the web pages you visited, or any autofill information....
How to Open a Network Port in Windows When you install certain software on Windows, the installation wizard may automatically set up any required firewall rules for you. But if you do install something and find you’re having trouble using it, take the following steps: How to Make a Port Open on a Mac Opening a port on macOS is overall simpler but in some ways more difficult than on Windows....
It’s true: Today’s EVs are able to drive longer and longer distances due to ongoing improvements in batteries and other EV features. Still, there are a few things to know before you hit the road that are a bit different from road tripping in a gasoline-powered vehicle. Road Trip Range Planning There are plenty of benefits to traveling a long way in an EV—you’ll save gas, of course, but you’re also helping the environment by not burning fossil fuels along the way....
How to Play Music From iPhone Over Bluetooth Playing sounds from your iPhone on a Bluetooth device is a three-step process: enable Bluetooth on both devices, pair the devices, and then start the music stream. Having Problems Playing iPhone Music Over Bluetooth? There are several things to check if the device has problems connecting to the iPhone or if the devices are connected but music doesn’t play over Bluetooth. For a new device, a pairing request prompt asks you to confirm a code provided by the Bluetooth device....
How To Use Spotify on Xbox Series X or S Spotify is one of the biggest music streaming services available. It takes seconds to set up on your Xbox Series X|S. Here’s how. How to Play a Podcast Using Casts If you’d prefer to listen to a podcast rather than music, that’s also an option for Xbox Series X or S owners. Here’s how to do so. How to Play CDs on Your Xbox Series X Do you still have CDs?...
How to Reinstall macOS Monterey You don’t have to wipe your data if you need to reinstall macOS Monterey. If you are selling or trading your Mac, however, see the tip below or the next section. Here are the steps to reinstall the Mac’s operating system without erasing all your data. How Do I Do a Clean Install of macOS Monterey? To do a completely clean install of macOS Monterey, you’re going to need to wipe the disk on your Mac....
How to Remove Kids 13 and Older From Family Sharing on iOS You can easily remove kids who are 13 years and older from your Family Sharing group. Here’s how: How to Remove a Kid 13 and Older from Family Sharing on Mac You can also remove family members on your Mac. Here’s how: How to Remove Kids 13 and Under From Family Sharing Apple doesn’t allow you to remove a child under 13 from your Family Sharing (in the U....
How Do I Stop iPhone From Suggesting Photos? Spotlight search on the iPhone is excellent at finding and suggesting content, but there are probably some photos on your iPhone that you don’t want to show up when searching. The simplest way to prevent your pictures from showing up in Spotlight search results is to remove all photos from Spotlight. It won’t delete or hide your images. It just stops Spotlight from searching your Photos app when it’s running a search....
How to Save a Photoshop File for an Older Version Set the default option in Photoshop preferences called Maximize PSD and PSB File Compatibility (under menu Edit > Preferences > File Handling). This setting is persistent, so you’ll only need to set it once. Ensure that the area at the bottom of the File Compatibility area is set to Always or Ask. Turning this option on, however, results in larger file sizes....
Does Samsung Have a QR Scanner? All Samsungs have built-in QR scanning tools. There are multiple ways to scan QR codes with a Samsung device: Use the Camera appUse Quick TilesUse Bixby VisionUse the Samsung Internet app How Do I Scan a QR Code With My Samsung? Your options for scanning QR codes depend on your model. If one of the methods below doesn’t work, try another. Scan QR Codes With the Samsung Camera App If your Samsung device runs Android 9 or later, the Camera app has a built-in QR scanner....
How to Use Twitter’s Advanced Search Tool Twitter’s basic search function is available from virtually every Twitter page or mobile app tab, but for more specific searches, you need to access its advanced search tool. Here’s how: Optional Alternative: Download Your Twitter Archive to Search Your Tweets Twitter’s Advanced Search is the fastest way to search through your own tweets, or for any tweets at all for that matter. But if you want, you can get access to all the tweets you’ve ever sent by downloading your entire Twitter archive....
How to See More Friends Post on FB Facebook’s news feed shows your posts in a specific order it thinks you are most likely to want to view. If you’d prefer to see things in chronological order, here’s how to change the news feed. By doing so, you’re more likely to see your friends when they post. How to See All Your Friends’ Posts Another way to see your friends’ posts on Facebook is to cut down on groups or pages you may be following on Facebook....
How to Send a New Email on iPhone To send a new email message from the pre-installed Mail app, follow these steps: How to Use CC and BCC in the iPhone Mail App Just like with desktop and web-based email programs, you can CC or BCC people on emails sent from your iPhone. To use either of these options, create a new email following the steps from the last section. After filling in the To line, tap the Cc/Bcc, From line to expand it to three fields....
How to Schedule Photos to Chromecast to TV The two steps you’ll need to have done before proceeding is to have your Chromecast set up, powered on, and connected to your TV and have the photos you’d like to display on Chromecast uploaded to Google Photos. Once everything is ready to go, scheduling photos on your TV only takes a few steps. Scheduling on Chromecast On Chromecast, there isn’t really a need (or a way) to “set a schedule” in a traditional sense when you’re displaying photos....
How to Set the Default Finder View Here’s how to set the Mac Finder view default. How to Permanently Set a Folder View in Finder You’ve set a system-wide default to using for Finder windows, but that doesn’t mean you can’t assign a different view to specific folders. How to Automatically Assign a Finder View to All Sub-Folders The Finder has no method for easily setting a group of subfolders to the same Finder view as the parent folder....
How to Make a Home Page in Chrome Changing the home page in Chrome is done through the settings. You can set a custom page to open when you open Chrome, or you can turn on the home button and then tie a specific web page to it so that it opens when you select it. How to Make a Home Page in Safari Whether you’re on Windows or Mac, you can change the Safari home page from the General preferences screen....
How to Turn on Personal Hotspot After Personal Hotspot is enabled on your data plan, turn it on: If you don’t have Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or both enabled when you turn on Personal Hotspot, you’re prompted to turn them on or only use USB. Enable Instant Hotspot Using Continuity With Instant Hotspot, the Personal Hotspot on your iPhone (or cellular iPad) shares online access to any Mac, iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch without entering the password....
How to Install Microsoft OneDrive on Macs With macOS Sierra (10.12) or Later For OneDrive, you need a Microsoft account and OneDrive for Mac. Both are free. If you don’t already have a Microsoft ID, go to the Microsoft ID signup screen and click Create a Microsoft account. Once you supply the requested information and create a password, you have a new Microsoft ID. Download the free OneDrive app from the Mac App Store....
