How to Install a Wi-Fi Extender Before you can install an extender, you’ll need to buy one. These devices come in many different forms and price points, and many extenders are for a specific use, like gaming or portability or range. To some extent, placing your extender is about finding your home’s sweet spot: A location close enough to your router to easily pick up your signal but far enough away so the extender-created network will cover the space you want....

Just find the Windows OS below that you’re planning to install and then click on for visual, step-by-step guides explaining how to install each one. See our Windows 8 installation guide for help if you like to follow along with screenshots. It works very similarly to installing Windows 10. With a clean install, you’ll get that “new computer” feel with Windows 8, without all the junk software. If you’re replacing a previous version of Windows, clean installing Windows 8 is most certainly what you want to do....

Locking Your Apple Watch Enabling the Wrist Detection feature is the best way to make sure your Apple Watch locks when you aren’t looking at it. The original Apple Watch had a manual lock option, but if you’re using watchOS 3.1.3 or later, the manual lock option is no longer available. Apple replaced it with the Wrist Detection feature. The other way to force the lock screen is to turn off your Apple Watch....

Ways to Obtain a Name Tag in Minecraft There are three ways to obtain a name tag in Minecraft: Explore: Find name tags in chests that spawn in various locations, including dungeons, mineshafts, and woodland mansionsTrade: Trade a master-level librarian villager for a name tagFishing: There’s a slight chance to catch a name tag every time you go fishing How to Find Name Tags in Minecraft The primary method of obtaining name tags in Minecraft is through exploration....

How Can I Increase My Laptop Wi-Fi Range? There are two methods to help to answer this question: Use a program which repeats the signal. This boosts the Wi-Fi signal to broaden the overall network reach, similar to how Wi-Fi extenders work, but without needing real Wi-Fi range extending hardware. If your house is too big for one router to cover it effectively, this technique should help. Windows’ built-in Mobile hotspot feature builds an on-demand Wi-Fi hotspot, complete with a different SSID and password than the primary network....

Manually Add Music to Your iPhone: macOS Catalina and later Beginning with macOS Catalina (10.15), music syncing is controlled via the Music app, but you must first enable manual control via Finder. Switch to Manual Mode Using iTunes: macOS Mojave and earlier When you sync music to your iPhone using the default method, all the songs in your iTunes library are transferred. To make better use of your iPhone’s storage capacity, only sync the songs you want to play....

Migration Assistant Is an Option to Consider You have options for performing the move. The easiest and most often suggested method is to use the Apple Migration Assistant. This method works well, but it has one drawback: Migration Assistant is an all-or-nothing process when it comes to moving data. It copies everything from one Mac to another. However, you may not be interested in transferring everything to your new Mac....

How to Mute an Email Thread in iOS 13 Apple iOS 13 added a wealth of new functionality to the iPhone and iPod Touch. Along with Dark Mode, video editing, and lyrics in Apple Music, iOS 13 introduces some new options for how you handle email. Chief among these is the ability to mute email threads. You don’t have to turn on this feature to start using it. It’s built into the Mail app, and you have two ways to use it....

What Happens When You Mute Someone on Twitter? When you mute someone on Twitter, they continue to see tweets posted by the account that muted them and can like, retweet, and comment on them. Muted users can also send a DM, or direct message, to you. While a muted account can interact with your Twitter account, Twitter hides these interactions from you. You won’t see their likes, retweets, or comments in your Twitter notifications or DMs from them in your Twitter inbox....

How to Turn On the iPad’s Multitasking Features To use features like the App Switcher, you’ll want to make sure you have the options switched on first. Here’s how to do that. Open the App Switcher in one of two ways: Double-click the Home Button, which is the physical button just below the iPad’s display when holding it in portrait mode. On later models, this is also the sensor for Touch ID....

How to Pair a Remote to Apple TV These instructions work for all Apple TV remotes. Default instructions pertain to the first and second generation Siri remotes, with model-specific differences called out where necessary. What to Do When an Apple TV Remote Won’t Connect If your Apple TV remote won’t pair with your Apple TV when you follow the above procedure, there could be an issue with either the remote or your Apple TV....

So, which search engine should you use? The choice is really up to you, but here are some questions you should ask yourself before settling on one: What are you hoping to find?Do you prefer a clean and simple user interface, or something with lots of options?Will you mind if the search engine keeps a log of your activity?From what device will you use the search engine? There Are Different Types of Search Engines One search engine simply isn’t capable of finding all types of content, and that’s not even considering the fact that search engines don’t search the entire web....

How to Print a File on Android Tablets The process for printing from a tablet to a printer on Android may seem confusing at first, but it does become easier the more you do it. This is how you print files from Android tablets. How to Print a Web Page on an Android Tablet In addition to printing saved files from your Android tablet, you can also print out any web pages that you come across and want to read while offline or when your tablet is being used by someone else....

What You Need to Transfer Photos to a PSP To transfer files from a PC or Mac to a PSP memory card, you’ll need the following: PSP Computer Memory Stick Duo or Pro Duo (usually included with the PSP) USB cable with a Mini-B connector on one end How to Transfer Photos to a PSP Memory Stick Follow these steps to move photos from your computer to your PSP: Setting the PSP Wallpaper Select your photo to view it....

How to Set Up Swipe to Archive Swipe actions may be set up on your device, but if swiping an email doesn’t do what you want it to, follow these steps to change what happens when you drag an email to the left or right. Now that you’ve changed the Mail Settings, swipe from left to right in the Mail app to archive messages. How to Set Up Swipe to Delete Newer versions of iOS include a separate set of instructions to enable swipe to delete....

Use Facebook’s Manage Activity Feature When you use the Facebook mobile app’s Manage Activity feature to delete a post, you can retrieve it for up to 30 days. This won’t work if you delete a post directly from your newsfeed, however. This functionality is currently available only on the Facebook mobile app. Here’s how to use Manage Activity to delete and then recover a post. Cancel Your Facebook Account Deletion If you delete your entire Facebook account, you’ve also deleted all of your Facebook posts and media....

How to Redeem Codes on the Epic Games Store The Epic Games Store is the only way to play popular games like Fortnite, but it also has many other games available for users to purchase and download. You can redeem Epic Games Store codes in two different ways. The first way is from the Epic Games Store website in a browser. You can also activate codes from the Epic Games Launcher, which you need to download to your computer....

PS Remote Play Requirements To use the PS5 Remote Play feature, you need: A PlayStation 5 console with properly configured Rest Mode settings. A compatible mobile device. The free PS Remote Play app. At least 5 Mbps broadband internet (Sony recommends 15 Mbps via a LAN cable for the best experience). A PS5 game installed on the console. How to Set up Your PlayStation 5 to Use Remote Play in Rest Mode If your PS5 is switched off or has the wrong settings configured, you can’t use Remote Play....

How to Reset a Google Home The Google Home does not have a dedicated factory reset button. Instead, it uses the Microphone Mute button on the back of the device for this purpose. As with the Home Mini, hold the button down for 12-15 seconds. You’ll hear the Assistant confirm it is resetting the device; then, you can release the button. How to Factory Reset a Google Home Mini You can usually reset the device and restore it to just-out-of-the-box condition by holding down the factory data reset (FDR) button....

How to Turn Off the Apple Watch Follow these steps to power the Apple Watch down. How to Turn the Apple Watch On Follow these steps to turn the Apple Watch back on again. Why You Should Restart Apple Watch Turning off or restarting an Apple Watch isn’t needed on a regular basis. In fact, if everything is performing as intended, you may never need to reboot the Apple Watch. If something isn’t working correctly, however, a quick restart can clear up some common issues....