Why Do Wi-Fi Extenders Stop Working? Wi-Fi extenders can stop working for many reasons, but heat is the number one reason they break down. Wi-Fi extenders generate heat like any other electronic device, but they typically rely on passive cooling and don’t have fans or anything else to prevent heat from building up. They’re also on all the time, which means they never get a chance to cool down. There are a couple of ways that you can help prevent a Wi-Fi extender from failing early due to heat issues....

Can You Change Siri’s Name to Jarvis? Despite its many benefits, some people don’t like the name Siri and would prefer to use a different one like Jarvis (from the Iron Man movies). You may find tutorials online promising to show you how to change Siri’s name to Jarvis and even change its voice. Still, those tutorials require you to jailbreak your iPhone, which voids the warranty and could result in a completely useless iPhone if you make a mistake....

The Bottom Line Like other Canon all-in-one printers, this all-in-one printer is a useful and hard-working tool. Print quality is exceptional and it’s a real convenience to be able to use plain paper and still get good results. It’s a big and heavy piece of machinery and it’s certainly priced at the high-end of the all-in-one inkjet market, and we don’t think the boost in print quality is enough to make it a much better choice than other Pixmas; but if you want the top-of-the-line quality and don’t mind paying extra, you’ll love the MX7600....

If you’ve been working from home and feel like your desk is starting to get unruly, Logitech has a new docking station it wants to sell you. The Logi Dock, like the rest of its ilk, is designed to aid with desktop de-cluttering by way of acting as a stand-in for a bunch of power cords and cables. The kicker is it’s also designed to integrate with remote meeting services like Zoom and Google Meet....

Slide and Slideshow Think back to the days of the old-fashioned slideshow that used a slide projector. PowerPoint produces an updated version of sorts. Slideshows can comprise text and graphics or be completely covered by a single picture, as in a photo album. Each page of a PowerPoint presentation is called a slide. The default orientation of the slide is landscape. You can change the slide orientation and the slide size....

How to Transfer Files From an iPad to a Mac Using AirDrop If you have a Mac, you can transfer files between your iPad and your computer without the need for a cable or cloud storage. AirDrop is designed for wirelessly sharing files, but the process can be a little finicky. Here’s how to use AirDrop on a Mac device: You can also transfer files from your Mac to your iOS device by clicking and dragging files onto the icon representing your iOS device in the Finder AirDrop window....

This guide walks you through the process of creating a bootable OS X Mountain Lion installer DVD or USB flash drive. What You Need You need either a dual-layer DVD and a burner or a USB flash drive. The dual-layer DVD has two layers, which increases the available recording space to about 8.5 GB. The OS X Mountain Lion installer is a bit too large to fit on a standard DVD....

Unfortunately, Photoshop doesn’t currently have a hedcut filter or effect that will make any image you put into it look like one of these illustrations. But you can get close with a few different methods using both software and free online tools. How to Create the Hedcut Effect Online For a quick solution, you can use online filters like the ones at PhotoMania. This service includes a variety of effects that you can apply for free to any photo you upload....

A Well Thought Out Design Plenty of cyclists carry their phones on long bike rides. Cyclemeter puts the phone’s GPS functionality to work with a full-featured cycle-computer, mapping display, and training log. The app also works with a Bluetooth-linked wireless heart rate monitor. The only downside of using an app like Cyclemeter instead of a dedicated, handlebar-mounted cycle computer is the lack of real-time feedback. We do not recommend mounting a smartphone on the handlebar due to concerns about water, vibration, and dirt damage....

The first problem with using a dashcam has to do with obstructing your view through the front windshield, and the second is related to electronic surveillance. Since these issues are dealt with differently from one state to another, verify the law in your location before you start driving with the cameras rolling. The Legality of Obstructed Views The first legal issue you might run into with a dashboard camera is that most of these devices don’t attach to your dashboard....

Diablo III : Eternal Collection is a button-mashing role-playing game focused on mob enemies, looting, and fun spammable abilities. Very similar to the previous Diablo games, Diablo III follows the same gameplay but with a new story, and a few new abilities and characters. I spent 15 hours playing the game on the Nintendo Switch and I completed it on the PC. Read on to see how it holds up compared to the older games....

Can You Connect a Ring Doorbell to a Google Nest Hub? You can connect a Ring Doorbell to your Google Nest Hub or other Google Home product, but you need to understand you won’t get all the capability from the Ring. You’ll need to download the Google Home App, Nest App, and the Ring Doorbell App from the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store. The Ring Doorbell is compatible with several different home products, which makes connecting all of these apps fairly straightforward....

Pocket Tanks is a 1–2 person game that involves using tanks to shoot explosives across the map in order to attack the opponent. The purpose of EMI files within the game isn’t clear, but we suspect they have something to do with storing weapon data. Two EMI files are included with Pocket Tanks upon installation. One is called default.emi and is located at the root of the program’s installation directory....

For a relatively low cost, a lot of modern antennas provide a bevy of fairly advanced features. Many are ATSC 3.0 compliant, meaning they’re ready for 4K, and cover both VHF and UHF spectrums. Some can pick up signals from up to 60 miles away, and even offer filters and insulation to ensure you’re getting the clearest possible result. And, with many antennas now being built to live inside the home, aesthetics have improved immensely, so they’re no longer the massive eyesores of yesteryear....

Here’s how to find the arithmetic mean using the AVERAGE function in Excel. AVERAGE Function Syntax and Arguments A function’s syntax refers to the layout of the function and includes the function name, brackets, comma separators, and arguments. The syntax of the AVERAGE function is: Number1 (required) is the data from which you want the function to find the average. Number2 to Number 255 (optional) is the additional data you want to include in the average calculation....

If you’ve connected your laptop to your corporate network, the IT department might have modified your LAN settings to use the company’s proxy server to access the internet. If this setting remains when you try to connect from home, you could see this error. The solution for this problem depends on what caused the error. Causes of Remote Devices Not Accepting Connections The meaning behind this error message is related to how your internet traffic is routed whenever you use a browser....

Using Wireless Diagnostics: macOS Big Sur Through macOS High Sierra How you use Wireless Diagnostics on your Mac depends on your version of macOS or OS X. Here’s how to use it with macOS Big Sur (11) through macOS High Sierra (10.13): What the Wi-Fi Diagnostics App Does The Wi-Fi Diagnostics app is designed primarily to help users resolve Wi-Fi issues. To assist you, the app can perform some or all of the following functions, depending on the version of macOS or OS X you’re using....

If you’re not sold on Doordash or the service doesn’t have enough offerings near you, you might be trying to decide on Grubhub vs Uber Eats. The following guide will walk you through the pros and cons of using each food delivery service so you can make the best decision. Overall Findings If you’re looking to choose between Grubhub or Uber Eats, you really can’t go wrong with either. Both offer similar overall pricing, quick delivery with lots of drivers, and good variety....

Under a new Apple policy, app makers must reveal what data they are collecting. Google says its Gmail app is taking in information ranging from third-party advertising to analytics. And some observers say that it’s too much data. “Apple’s new privacy policy has exposed the outlandish amounts of personal and usage information collected by Google, Facebook, and others,” Chris Hauk, consumer privacy expert at privacy website PixelPrivacy, said in an email interview....

Music Memos was released in 2016 and aims to make it easy for anyone to record brief snippets of song. It features a built-in tuner and the ability to quickly add backup music. The best part is there’s no learning curve; push the record button, and you have your own extremely basic recording studio. I used it to record some of my own songs, which thankfully will never be released....