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How to Verify That Your Chromebook Has Bluetooth Before you spend a lot of time trying to pair a device, you should first make sure your Chromebook has Bluetooth. Most of them do, but there are some exceptions. How to Pair Chromebook With a Bluetooth Device After you verify you have Bluetooth on your Chromebook, you’re ready to start pairing devices. This is a relatively easy process. How to Unpair or Disconnect a Bluetooth Device From a Chromebook If you want to prevent a device from automatically connecting to your Chromebook in the future, you need to undo the process from the previous section....

Spot Colors in Photoshop Spot colors are premixed inks that are used in the commercial printing process. They may occur alone or in addition to a CMYK image. Each spot color must have its own plate on the printing press, where it is used to apply the premixed ink. Spot color inks are often used when printing logos since the color must be exactly the same no matter where the logo occurs....

How to Prevent Strangers From Following You on Twitter When you sign up for Twitter, your tweets are public by default; anyone can follow you, view your tweets, and interact with you. To prevent strangers from following you, set your Twitter account to private. That way, you receive a request when new people want to follow you, and you can approve or deny the request. Here’s how to set your Twitter account to private....

How to Request a Song With Nightbot Nightbot is a Twitch chat bot that can perform a lot of functions, which includes taking song requests. To request a song on Twitch with Nightbot, you need to find a channel that’s accepting song requests and verify that it uses Nightbot. Once you’ve done that, you can use a command to request Nightbot play a song from either Soundcloud or YouTube. Here’s how to request a song on Twitch from Nightbot:...

How to Reset a Wemo Plug The following steps will teach you how to reset a Wemo Smart Plug. However, these steps generally apply to the Wemo Mini Plug and Wemo Smart Outdoor Plug. The physical devices differ, but the app used by each Wemo plug is the same. The three reset options are useful in different situations. Clear Personalized Info will erase information, like the plug’s name and rules, from the plug without resetting it entirely....

How to Do a Basic Word Search in MS Word Microsoft Word includes a search function that makes it easy to search for different elements in a document, including text. Use the basic tool to look for instances of a specific word, or the advanced options to perform tasks such as replace all instances of a word with another one or search for equations. To run a basic search for a specific word or phrase in Word:...

How to Attach a Picture to an Email in Gmail How to Send a Photo in Email With Outlook How to Attach a Picture to an Email in Yahoo Mail 3 Reasons People Can’t See Your Emailed Photos If you’re confident that you attached the picture files to your email correctly, but the recipient still can’t see them, check these common causes and their solutions. On the mobile app, you’ll find Compose in the lower-right corner....

PHP Mail Script Example If you implement this example, make sure to change the elements that apply to you, such as your email address, subject, and message. The first two lines allow you to see any errors that may occur with the script: Next is the To line. This is the email address the email should be sent to. This email address could be yours or someone else’s, depending on why you’re using the PHP mail function....

How Do I Add a Custom Ringtone? The simplest and fastest way of using custom ringtones on your iPhone is through official channels. Which is to say you pay for and download the ringtones you want directly to your iPhone from the iTunes Store app. How Do I Put Custom Ringtones on My iPhone for Free? You can convert songs you already have in iTunes into ringtones, but if you’re using a newer version of macOS (anything from 2019’s Catalina and up), you won’t have access to iTunes at all....

How to Set Up a Free Pandora Account Pandora is a personalized music streaming service that offers a free account to be used on any desktop or mobile device. The free version includes ads, but you can create custom radio stations and discover new music and artists. Here’s how to set up your free Pandora Radio account on your computer’s web browser. Now it’s time to pick an artist or song to set up your first Pandora station....

Set Up an ‘All Mail’ Folder in Outlook To set up a custom Smart Folder that contains all of your email messages: Customize an ‘All Mail’ Folder With Criteria (Plus Examples) To customize a Smart Folder so that it contains all of your email messages except those you want to exclude with criteria (for example, to remove junk or old emails): Go to the Advanced tab.Select the Field dropdown arrow.Select All Mail fields > In Folder....

How to Set Up the AirPort Express Base Station Apple’s AirPort Express Wi-Fi base station lets you wirelessly share devices like speakers or printers with other computers. Using the AirPort Express, you can connect any home speaker to a single iTunes library, effectively creating a wireless home music network. You can also use AirPrint to wirelessly print documents to printers in other rooms. Start by plugging the AirPort Express into an electrical outlet in the room where you want to use it....

How to Update Your PS4 Automatically Although its focus is now on the PlayStation 5, Sony still regularly releases software updates for the PS4. It’s a good idea to have the latest firmware running on your PS4 to take advantage of new features, bug fixes, and security improvements. There are a few different ways to update your PS4. This article will show you the various methods you can use to ensure your PS4 is always running the latest software....

How to Upload Videos on Twitch Uploading to Twitch can be a great way to share edited videos you have made with your audience. It also removes the need to upload those same clips to other video-sharing sites like YouTube. The process is also relatively easy. Why Upload Videos to Twitch? With more than 26.5 million daily visitors and almost 7 million unique streamers reported for each month in 2020, Twitch has become one of the biggest hubs for online entertainment....

How to Set Up Drop-In on Your Echo Devices To begin using the Drop-In feature as an intercom, you must first set up Alexa Calling and Messaging on the Alexa app. You’re prompted to do this when you download and install the app. If not, select Communicate from the bottom menu, enter your mobile phone number, and give permission for calling and messaging. Drop-In is set to off by default, so you’ll need to turn it on for your Echo devices....

Can You Use Alexa as an Intercom Between Rooms? Enable the Alexa Intercome Feature—Drop In Before you can use your Echo Dot or other Echo device as an intercom, you must first enable the Drop In feature on your Alexa App. How Do I Speak to Another Echo Dot? After you have enabled Drop In on your Echo Dot, then using it is as easy as speaking to Alexa. Just say “Alexa, drop in on [the name of the Echo device you want to connect to]....

What Does Windows File History Do? File History doesn’t do a complete backup of your PC including system files. Instead, it watches the data in your user accounts, such as your documents, photos, and video folders. When you save changes to a document, for example, File History updates the file on your external drive. You can choose how often File History checks for modifications as well as how long it holds on to data....

How to Enable Back Tap on iOS 14 In iOS 14, Apple introduced a feature called Back Tap with almost no fanfare. The feature, part of the accessibility option on iOS 14, allows you to tap the back of your iPhone to trigger an action, such as opening a program or taking a screenshot. Before you can use Back Tap, you’ll need to enable it. Here’s how: What Can Back Tap Trigger?...

How to Use Picture in Picture with FaceTime The Picture in Picture (PiP) mode on iPhones makes multitasking easier. You can watch a video in a supported app like Vimeo or take a FaceTime call, for example, while doing something else. How to Watch YouTube in Picture in Picture Mode Unfortunately, YouTube isn’t compatible with Apple’s Picture in Picture mode. The only way to get PiP on YouTube is to become a YouTube Premium subscriber....

Make a Call With Skype The Skype interface offers access to your contacts, calls, and other features. What You Need to Run Skype on Your iPad and iPhone You’ll need to go to the App Store and download the Skype app on your iPhone or iPad. You’ll also need a free Skype account, which you can register for on the Skype website. Skype is tied to your Microsoft account login, so if you have a Microsoft account, you have a Skype username and password....