How to Add Waze to Your CarPlay Home Screen Waze is a community-driven GPS and navigational app. It does a great job helping you avoid traffic jams, as well as find the cheapest places to buy gas. It’s straightforward to install and add new apps to CarPlay. How to Use Waze in CarPlay Waze involves minimal setup to get started. Here’s what you need to know to use Waze. What Can I Do With Waze?...

What Is a Widget? A widget is a neat way to customize your Android phone’s display. You can add items such as a search bar, clock, countdown calendar, or weather details, all onto your home screen, so there’s no need to open a specific app to see such information. How Do I Add Custom Widgets to My Phone? Here’s how to add a widget to your phone and tweak its size and placement, so it offers the best experience for you....

How to Breed a Horse in Minecraft Before you can start a horse family, you’ll need to find a couple of horses and tame them. How Do I Make a Horse of a Different Color? Horses in Minecraft can be seven different colors with various patterns. The appearance of a baby horse is largely random. Baby horses have a higher chance of looking like one of their parents, but they could end up looking completely different....

Pick a Model Unless you go with a refurbished or second-hand purchase, you have three options to choose from: the Series 3, Series 6, and SE. Price is usually the biggest factor in choosing between different models. The Series 6 (starting at $399) costs roughly twice as much as the Series 3 (from $199), while the most affordable SE version is $279. Unlike the Series 3, the Series 6 has a retina display that is always on, an electrical heart sensor or ECG, a larger hard drive, a slightly more powerful dual-core processor, a compass, and a fall detection feature....

How to Cancel an Uber Before Being Matched With a Driver If it’s only been a few minutes and your ride hasn’t been assigned yet, here’s how to cancel it: How to Cancel an Uber Ride After Being Matched With a Driver Calling off an Uber ride even after a driver has been found is just as easy: Uber’s Cancellation Policy and Fees Uber allows you to cancel a ride before and after you’ve been matched with a driver, but you might be charged a cancellation fee....

How to Rename Your AirPods Be sure your AirPods are connected to your iPhone before you begin the name-change process. Then follow these steps: Reasons for Renaming Your AirPods Whether your Airpod name just bores you or your favorite ear candy has been stolen or lost, there are plenty of reasons to rename yours. Renaming your AirPods isn’t just about customizing or expressing your individuality. Everyone’s AirPods are initially named whatever name you listed on your iPhone, followed by “AirPods....

How to Manually Highlight Any Email With a Background Color in Mail Message List Apple Mail contains customization options that let you filter, sort, and mark emails automatically based on various criteria. Of course, whatever tasks its rules can do, you can also perform manually. One setting lets you change the background colors of messages in your inbox. Doing so calls extra attention to important emails as soon as you receive them....

How Do I Resize Icons on Android? Android phones come with default icon sizes, but you easily change the size of icons. If you have a newer Android phone, then resizing icons is a quick Settings adjustment. If you want to resize icons or make your app icons smaller, follow the same procedure above but adjust the screen item size to smaller (to the left) rather than larger. How Do I Reduce the Size of the Icons on My Samsung Phone?...

Keyboard Shortcut for Zoom Some applications let you adjust the zoom level with your keyboard. This works in web browsers, Microsoft Office programs, and other software. Windows If you’re using a PC, hold down the Ctrl key while tapping either + (to zoom up) or - (to zoom out). The plus (+) and minus (-) icons are in the top-right corner of the main set of keys. MacOS The zoom function is similar on a Mac except that you’ll use the Command key with + or -....

How to Charge Meta (Oculus) Quest and Quest 2 Controllers The controllers that come with the Quest and Quest 2 have a small eject icon molded into the plastic of each grip, roughly opposite the trigger button. That’s the battery compartment cover, and there’s a single AA battery hidden inside. The batteries that come with these controllers are alkaline, and you can’t recharge them. To charge Meta (Oculus) Quest and Quest 2 controllers, you need to replace the included alkaline batteries with rechargeable batteries....

How to Check VRAM on Windows Checking your VRAM in Windows is simple but only if you know where to look. The details are often hidden away. Here’s how to check VRAM on Windows. How to Check VRAM in More Than One GPU in Windows If you have more than one GPU on your computer, a better way of checking VRAM is by using dxdiag. Here’s where to look. How to Check VRAM in macOS On a Mac-based system, checking VRAM is slightly different....

How Do I Clear My System Cache? Follow these steps to clear your system cache in Windows 10: How Do I Clear My Cache and Cookies on Windows 10? Follow these steps to clear your Internet Explorer cache and web cookies in Windows 10: How Do I Clear My Cache All at Once? To delete all of the temporary files on your computer at once, use Windows Disk Cleanup: Automatically Clear Your Cache With Storage Sense Windows 10 Storage Sense can automatically delete files you no longer need....

Do You Need an Adapter to Connect a Laptop to a Projector? Depending on the ports available on your laptop, you may or may not need an adapter. Most projectors include an HDMI input port, so you probably won’t need an adapter if your laptop has a full-sized HDMI port. The same is true if your projector has a VGA input and your computer includes a VGA port. In most other cases, you’ll need an adapter....

How Do I Connect My Echo Dot to Wi-Fi? When you set up your Echo Dot, connecting to Wi-Fi is part of the process. After that, your Echo Dot will remember your Wi-Fi network details and connect automatically as long as the Wi-Fi network is available. If you’ve changed your network, you’ll need to connect your Echo Dot to Wi-Fi again. Here’s how to connect an Echo Dot to Wi-Fi:...

Will an HDMI Switch Work With a Computer? The short answer is yes, but the longer answer depends on your computer, switch, HDMI cable, and desired resolutions/frame rates. For most laptops, most HDMI cables, and most HDMI switches, everything will work out-of-the-box; however, it may be a bit more complicated for more niche configurations or when using older devices. For example, if you’re trying to output in 4K at 60 FPS, you’re going to need both HDMI cables and an HDMI switch that support this resolution at that frame rate....

How Do I Connect My Fire Stick to Hotel Wi-Fi Without Remote? How Can I Use Fire Stick Without Remotes or Secondary Devices? Download For: If you haven’t, you’ll need to change the name and password of your secondary device’s mobile hotspot to match those of your home Wi-Fi network. Once done, your Fire Stick will think the mobile hotspot is your home network and connect to it. You can use this device as a Fire Stick remote as long as they’re connected to the hotel Wi-Fi....

How to Convert HEIC to JPG on a Mac With Preview HEIC (High Efficiency Image Container) is an image format used for storing photos captured on smartphones. Many device manufacturers, including Apple, Samsung, and Google, have adopted HEIC as it’s an effective way of storing photo files without losing data. However, HEIC is still relatively new, and does not enjoy the same level of broad support as the older JPG format (aka JPEG)....

Transfer iPod Music to a Mac With iTunes 7 or Later While Apple has discontinued making all iPods except the iPod touch, there are still plenty of older iPods in use or available secondhand, such as the iPod Classic, Nano, and Shuffle. If you want to enjoy your iPod tunes on a new Mac, transfer your legally purchased iTunes content. Before you connect your iPod to your Mac, it’s important to stop iTunes from erasing your music while syncing (see instructions later in this article)....

How to Create a WhatsApp Group on iPhones To create a WhatsApp group on an iPhone: Setting up a WhatsApp Group on Android To set up a WhatsApp group on an Android phone: If you don’t have any open chats, the New Group option won’t be visible, so will need to select the pencil and paper icon in the upper-right corner instead, and then select New Group on the next screen....

How to Permanently Delete Your YouTube Account Using a Browser It’s easy to delete your YouTube account and make all that content go away, while still retaining your Google account. To permanently delete your YouTube account (including all your videos and other data) from YouTube.com on the web: How to Delete Your YouTube Account in the App You can also delete your YouTube content and data using the YouTube app....