This process is similar across all of Sonos’ products. Still, these specific instructions are intended for the Sonos Beam alone, so if you want to reset a different Sonos speaker, check your device’s user manual. How to Soft Reset a Sonos Beam Soft resetting or rebooting Sonos Beam only takes a hair over 10 seconds. After a soft reset, there are no permanent changes to your device, so no further setup will be necessary,...

Turn on Low Data Usage Mode WhatsApp has an option that lowers data during chats and calls. Selecting it reduces the amount of data consumed, which reduces the audio and video fidelity of the calls you make. You can test the option by activating it, placing a call, then monitoring the change in quality. To activate this data saving option, open WhatsApp, then from the three dot menu select Settings > Data and Storage Usage....

How to Send Mail From a Different Account in iOS Mail The Mail app in the iPhone iOS sends and receives emails from as many accounts as you have on the phone. After you configure a second (or subsequent) email account, you unlock the functionality to specify the outgoing account for a given message. To choose the account from which the email or reply you are composing in iPhone Mail will be sent:...

How to Set Up Apple Family Sharing Before you can share Apple TV+ with any members of your family, you first need to set up Apple Family Sharing. It’s a simple process. You’ll find the option in your settings on an iPhone or an iPad, or you can access them on a Mac from the Apple menu > System Preferences > Family Sharing. In either setup method, you’ll need to agree to be the person who is responsible for any purchases made by shared family members....

How to Set Up the Nintendo Switch Nintendo Switch setup is pretty straightforward and quite intuitive, but it’s helpful to know what to expect. Here’s a look at how best to set up the Nintendo Switch so you can be gaming in no time. How to Use Nintendo Switch the First Time Using your Nintendo Switch can be a little confusing at first, so here’s how to get started. How to Link a Nintendo Account to Your Nintendo Switch If you’ve set up your Nintendo Switch and you wish to add a Nintendo account, here’s how to do it....

Speed Up Downloads by Closing Games and Apps On the Xbox One, video games and apps download in the background. This is a convenient feature as it allows you to play a game or watch videos on YouTube, Netflix, or DC Universe as your purchase downloads. Unfortunately, performing another activity while something is downloading in the background can dramatically decrease the download speed, especially if it requires online connectivity. Quitting all games and apps can be a great way to speed up downloads on an Xbox One....

Pop-up Ads They just keep appearing. If you shut one down, sometimes many replace it. It seems that the “shadier” the website you are visiting, the more likely you are to encounter a seemingly endless cascade of pop-up web advertisements. But, even reputable sites like Weather.com or Lifewire.com might use pop-up ads as a marketing tool. So how do you stop pop-ups in your web browser? For computers not kept up to date with patches from the operating system and respective application vendors and machines that aren’t running current antivirus or firewall software, these pop-up windows could also pose a security risk....

Available on Netflix Netflix has a range of movies available all the time, so it’s not surprising that you’ll find some of the Oscar nominees there. If you have a subscription, watching these highly-acclaimed movies is easy. If you don’t have a subscription, it’s not hard to start one. Don’t Look Up This star-studded satire about climate change has shifted the Academy’s perspective on straight-to-streaming movies. Don’t Look Up is a Netflix exclusive, so you won’t find it streaming anywhere else....

Why Sync Your Windows Desktop With OneDrive? Putting commonly used folders such as your Windows desktop in the cloud is a great solution if you use your desktop to store downloaded files or frequently accessed items. That way, you always have those files synced across your devices. You can also connect other PCs you use with OneDrive sync. How to Move Your Desktop to the Cloud With OneDrive Before you begin, install the OneDrive desktop sync client on your version of Windows....

When in doubt, refer to your service provider and phone manufacturer for instructions, but here’s some information to get you started. What You Need To set up your cellphone as a modem, you need the following: The device you want to use with the internet—your laptop or tablet, for example. A data-capable cellphone that you’ll use as the modem. Some feature cellphones can’t access the internet, so they won’t work....

Why HDMI Problems Happen HDMI is supposed to make it easy to connect all your devices with one HDMI cable for both audio and video. To do this, connected devices must be “licensed” to communicate with each other through a standard known as HDCP. This ability to recognize and communicate media and devices is referred to as the “HDMI handshake.” If the handshake doesn’t work, that means the HDCP encryption embedded in the HDMI signal is not recognized by one or more of the connected devices....

How to Stop Google From Sharing Your Photos Disabling link sharing is the quickest way to restrict who can view a shared album or individual picture. Only people you’ve explicitly invited will have access (we’ll look at removing their access, too). Disable Album Sharing First, here’s how to turn off photo sharing if it’s an album. Do this if you’ve created a share link from an album and you want to deny access through that link....

How Do I Temporarily Turn off Notifications? Turning off all notifications on your iPhone is easy. Enable the Do Not Disturb feature on your iPhone either through Settings or the Control Panel. Do Not Disturb will turn off all the notifications that come into your phone, including app notifications, mail and message notifications, and call notifications. If that’s not what you had in mind, there are a few other ways to manage your notifications, too....

How Do I Turn Off Sleep Mode on My iPhone? Sleep Mode is designed to turn off automatically each morning based on the settings you used when you first set up Sleep Mode, but you can also turn it off manually from your iPhone or Apple Watch. You can turn it off from the Control Center on your phone or watch, or directly from your iPhone lock screen. This is useful if you’ve woken up earlier than normal and don’t want to have to wait to start using your phone....

How to Turn on an HP Laptop The only real way to turn on most HP laptops is by pressing the power button. If your laptop is in sleep mode, you may just be able to open the lid, but if it’s powered down, then you’ll need to press the power button. Depending on which HP laptop you have, the power button will be located in slightly different places. Some have it on the side, others on one of the corners on the back, while others still have it located just above the keyboard on the bottom half of the laptop....

How to Turn On the Keyboard Light on a Lenovo Laptop These steps work for Lenovo IdeaPad and ThinkPad laptops which have a keyboard backlight. How to Turn On a Lenovo ThinkLight Older Lenovo ThinkPad laptops did not have a keyboard backlight and instead used a built-in LED lamp called the ThinkLight. It’s at the top of the display and shines down on the keyboard, providing usable light for both the keyboard and any nearby documents....

Most computers come in either tower-sized models or desktop-sized models. Tower cases usually have screws that secure removable panels on either side of the case but will sometimes feature release buttons instead of screws. Desktop cases usually feature easy-release buttons that allow you to open the case but some will feature screws similar to tower cases. For screwless cases, look for buttons or levers on the sides or rear of the computer that are used to release the case....

How to Update Chrome Manually on a Mac Not sure if there’s an update ready? Check the “About Chrome” area of the settings for details. How to Apply Pending Chrome Updates on a Mac Another situation where Chrome can be updated is if it’s been a while since the update was released and you’ve been putting off applying it. When this happens, the menu button at the top right will change to a different color to indicate the urgency:...

Updating old Garmin maps is the best way to make sure you’re getting the most out of your GPS device. Your Garmin Account Downloading maps and updates, whether free or paid, requires a Garmin account and registration of your Garmin device. You need to register an account before you begin. You’ll register your device during the initial device pairing with the software. Maps and updates that are available to you are accessible through the Garmin Maps and Maps Updates page or the Garmin Express application....

How to Turn Windows 10 Auto-Updates On and Off By default, Windows 10 automatically checks for and installs app updates several times a day while your device is connected to the internet. Toggle this feature from within the Microsoft Store app by clicking the ellipsis menu, selecting Settings, and adjusting the switch below Update apps automatically. How to Update Windows 10 Apps Manually If you disabled auto-updating for apps on your Windows 10 tablet or computer, you can manually update apps in the Microsoft Store app....