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How to Download and Install Safari Extensions Installing Safari extensions is an easy process. You can find a selection within Safari itself. How to Use a Safari Extension How you use a Safari extension depends on its functionality, but some elements are common to all of them. Generally speaking, you access and use an extension by clicking its icon on your Safari Toolbar. Once you do that, it runs an automated process or opens a menu to let you set preferences or select actions....

How to Change a WordPress Theme on a Self-Hosted Site When you first set up your self-hosted WordPress site, it comes with a default theme that’s automatically installed and activated. You can change this to any theme you want. There’s also no limit to how many times you can change your theme or how many themes you can upload to the backend of your site (with respect to your hosting plan’s limitations, of course)....

Can a Modem Go Bad? Most people leave modems running 24 hours a day, even when they’re sleeping. The modem constantly communicates with the ISP and handles traffic between any device in your home that may automatically connect to the internet. It may include mobile devices, smart home devices, and more. Because of this, the modem runs hot. That heat quickly degrades the electronic components inside the modem. Most modems show failure signs before they shut down for good....

How to Lock the Screen on an iPhone Without Ending a Call Here’s how to lock your iPhone during a call without stopping the phone call. Alternative Ways to Lock Your iPhone Screen When Making a Call If you don’t want to enable the above setting, there are some other ways to lock the iPhone screen when you’re in the middle of a call. Switch to Speaker. You can lock your iPhone without ending a call when using the Phone app’s Speaker option....

Participate in a Conference Call You can have up to 50 participants on an audio conference call, including yourself. The maximum number of video streams you can have on a call varies depending on the platform and device you use. The other participants need to be in your contacts list, so make sure you add them before you initiate the call. People who don’t have Skype can join the group call using the app’s web client....

How Do I Add Spotify to My Home Screen? You can add Spotify to your home screen on Android phones and tablets, iPhones, and iPads. A widget is like a mini-app or an extension of an app that runs directly on your home screen. Android and Apple handle widgets a little differently, but users of Android phones and tablets and iPhones and iPads can all get the Spotify widget. First, you need to install the Spotify app on your phone or tablet, and then you can add the Spotify widget just like you would add any other widget using the appropriate method for your specific device....

Make a Basic Line Graph The steps below add a simple, unformatted graph that displays only the lines representing the selected series of data, a default chart title, a legend, and axes values to the current worksheet. Add the Chart Title When you insert a chart, its default title is “Chart Title.” It doesn’t carry over the title from your table, but you can easily edit the chart title. Change the Chart’s Colors You can change the chart’s colors including the background color, text color, and graph lines....

How to Automatically Offload Unused Apps on an iPhone iPhone recommendations ensure you always have enough space for your next download. If you don’t want to drill down to each app’s storage and free some space, then Offload Unused Apps can work in the background to recover space while keeping the app data backed up. How to Manually Offload Unused Apps on an iPhone Use the manual option to offload apps one at a time....

How to Open Command Prompt in a Folder Suppose you’re looking to directly open a command prompt window within a folder in Windows 10 to initiate a command. In that case, there are a couple of different ways of doing so. Here’s the quickest way to do so using a keyboard shortcut in File Explorer. How Do I Open a Terminal Window in a Folder? A Terminal window is traditionally what the command line prompt refers to on Macs, but it can be used with Windows PCs rather than a simple command prompt....

How to Retrieve a Deleted Photo The Recently Deleted album holds deleted photos for 30 days before permanently deleting them from the iPad. Each photo is labeled with the number of days before it is permanently deleted. You can also permanently delete a selected photo by tapping the Delete button. There is no going back from this selection. Only use it if you know you definitely don’t want the photo stored on the device....

How to Reinstall Windows Defender in Windows 11 Windows Defender (aka, Microsoft Defender) isn’t installed on your computer like a typical program, so you can’t reinstall it like you can regular software. Instead, follow these directions to use a PowerShell command to get the job done. It might take anywhere from 5 seconds to a few minutes to complete. If you can open Settings normally, there’s an easier method after these steps....

Uninstall Edge Chromium Using File Explorer Finding the Edge installation folder is the key to uninstalling it with this method. Uninstall Edge Chromium Using PowerShell If the first approach did not work as expected, there is another option to try. Set a New Browser as Your Default Decide which browser you want to set as your default instead of Microsoft Edge, for example, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Opera. If you don’t have this browser, download and install it before proceeding....

Before You Reset Your HomePod You should only reset your HomePod when absolutely necessary. As Apple states, you should reset your HomePod when you are sending the device in for service, are selling or giving the device away, or want to return the device to its factory settings. Reset Your HomePod Using iPhone, iPad, or Mac Just like initially setting up your HomePod with the Home app on your Apple device, you can reset it....

How to Reset the 7th Generation iPod Nano The 7th generation iPod nano looks like a shrunken iPod touch and is the only nano that offers features like a multitouch screen, Bluetooth support, and a Home button. The way you reset it is also unique (though resetting the 7th generation nano will be familiar if you’ve used an iPhone or iPod touch). How to Restart the 6th Generation iPod nano If you need to restart your 6th generation nano, follow these steps:...

How Do I Reset My Google Nest Hub? To reset a Google Nest Hub, hold down the volume-up and volume-down buttons at the same time for about 10 seconds. You’ll see a warning letting you know the device is being reset. Just keep pressing both buttons until the device restarts, then you’ll have to go through the setup process in the Google Home app. Google Nest Hub Reset vs. Reboot First, it’s essential to understand the difference between a reboot and a reset....

Perform a Soft Reset on Your iPod Touch To force a reset on the iPod Touch after a freeze or other problem: This method ensures that you don’t have to start all over again and restore the iPod Touch from a backup or resync all your data. If Your iPod Doesn’t Power Up If the device doesn’t power up, ensure that the iPod Touch has enough power in its batteries. In this situation, you may only need to recharge the iPod to start using it again....

How to Refund Quest 2 Games If you bought a game for Quest or Quest 2 through the Meta (Oculus) store and decided you don’t want it, you can request a refund under certain circumstances. Refunds are requested through the Meta (Oculus) app on your phone, which is the same app you used to set up your Quest. Here’s how to refund Quest and Quest 2 games: When Can You Request a Quest or Quest 2 Game Refund?...

Send a File Attachment With Outlook.com The size limit for attached files in Outlook.com is 20 MB. However, you can bypass that limit by sharing files as a OneDrive, Dropbox, or Google Drive attachment. Files from these cloud sharing services appear as a link in the message. Sharing files from a cloud service doesn’t use up your email storage and doesn’t take time to download these attachments in Outlook. Identify Yourself and Alert Your Recipient About the File Attachment Let your recipient know that you’re sending an email with an attachment so they don’t assume that it is a spam email....

How to Send a Lot of Emails to Spam: Yahoo Mail Manually mark any spam that makes it to your inbox. This moves the email to a separate folder and gives Yahoo’s filtering system information it can use for future emails. If the email is particularly spammy or you manually marked it as spam in the past but are still receiving it, open the email, select Spam in the row of action icons above the email field, then select Report Spam....

How to Add Music to an iPhone Alarm Setting an alarm with music is done differently than setting ringtones on an iPhone. To make a music alarm, select the Clock app. Set Up the Timer to Stop Music The Clock app has a Stop Playing feature that automatically turns off any music, video clip, TV show, etc., that’s playing on your iPhone. Start the Stop Playing timer, then turn on your music and doze off to your favorite tunes, confident that your iPhone will turn off the music when you want it to....