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?...

How to Use the Compatibility Troubleshooter If you try to run one of your favorite old programs in Windows 10 or Windows 8 and it looks all garbled, crashes, or does not run at all, you might need to resort to using the Compatibility Troubleshooter. Old programs still have value for certain users. If Windows doesn’t want to run your old programs right out of the box, you can attempt to save your aging software with the compatibility mode built into Windows 8 and Windows 10....

Use Less Data By lowering the amount of data you use, you could reduce a big chunk of your bill. Track your data usage: In addition to looking at your monthly bill for overall usage, track your data usage with a third-party app, or, if you use an Android device, built-in functionality. Check to see which apps are data hogs, and which use data in the background. Whenever possible, connect to Wi-Fi: When you’re at home, work, or anywhere else with a trusted connection, use Wi-Fi....

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....

How to Set Up Your iPad Passcode To make a new passcode for your iPad: How to Set Up or Add a Fingerprint to Touch ID For extra security, set up Touch ID, which uses a fingerprint you save to the iPad to unlock the device and perform other actions. Here’s how to set it up or add a new fingerprint. Custom Alphanumeric Code brings up the iPad keyboard and lets you create a passcode with both numbers and letters....

Set One or More Excel Print Areas How to Add Cells to an Excel Print Area Once you’ve set a print area, you can add adjacent cells to it, if you made a mistake the first time or input additional data. How to Clear a Print Area in Excel You can also change print areas that you no longer need or created by mistake. View Your Excel Print Areas You can see your print areas and preview them before printing your spreadsheet....

How Do You Set Up a Digital Antenna? Setting up a digital antenna is a straightforward process if you have digital television. Digital antennas connect using the same type of coaxial connector that was analog antennas previously used. You will probably find the setup process quite familiar if you ever set up an analog TV antenna. Here’s how to set up a digital antenna: How Do I Get a Digital Antenna Signal?...

How to Enable Canned Responses in Gmail Before you can start using templates, enable them in Gmail, which you can do by using the Canned Response feature. How to Save a Message as a Gmail Template While Gmail provides some pre-made templates, you can create and customize your own as well. Here’s how to save an email for future use as a template in Gmail. How to Create a New Message or Reply Using a Gmail Template Once you create your template, here’s how to use it as a canned response or reply in Gmail....

What Is Screen Time? Screen Time is a feature of the iOS that lets you track how much time you use your devices, schedule time away from those devices, and set limits on the use of certain apps or groups of apps. It lets you do all of this for your kids’ devices, too. Screen Time is similar to Do Not Disturb. Not Disturb prevents people from calling or texting you during certain periods of time, including while driving....

How Do I Access Google Family Bell? Google Family Bell is available through the Google Assistant settings menu on your Android device. What Can You Do With a Family Bell? Family Bell allows you to create repeating alerts to help you and your family members remember various tasks and events. You can create a Family Bell for any event you like, set any time for the announcement to occur, and have it repeat on the specific days of the week that you want....

Set up Guides To set up guides for an InDesign document, you must be in Normal View Mode, which you set at View > Screen Mode > Normal. If the rulers aren’t turned on across the top and left side of the document, turn them on using View > Show Rulers. If you are working in layers, select a specific layer name in the Layers panel to place a guide only on that layer....

How to Set Up PPPoE Internet Access How PPPoE Works PPPoE internet providers assign each of their subscribers a unique PPPoE username and password. Providers use this network protocol to manage IP address allocations and track each customer’s data usage. The protocol works on either a broadband router or a broadband modem. The home network initiates an internet connection request, sends PPPoE usernames and passwords to the provider, and receives a public IP address in return....

How Do I Share My Wi-Fi Password From My Phone to My Mac? It’s simple to share your Wi-Fi password from your iPhone or iPad, providing you know where to look. Here’s what to do. Can I Share a Wi-Fi Password to My Computer? If you have an iPhone or iPad, you can share a Wi-Fi password with your Mac by following the steps above. Unfortunately, it’s not possible to share your password if you have an Android tablet or phone or use a Windows-based computer....

Split Your Screen in Windows 11 and 10 With Snap Windows There are several ways to split a screen in Windows 11 and 10, but the easiest is with Snap Windows (known as Snap Assist in Windows 10). Snap Windows lets you drag a window to a corner or side of the screen to “snap” it there, which in turn makes room for other windows to be snapped in the resulting empty screen space....