Can You Change the Alarm Sound on Google Home? While you can change the alarm sound on Google Home, there are some limitations on exactly how you can change it and what you can change it to, depending on which Google Home speaker or Nest display you’re using. On Nest devices with a screen, users can change the default alarm tone. Don’t worry; Google provides a nice variety of options. If you have a Google Home or Nest speaker without a screen, you’re stuck with the default tone....

Change the Download Location in Google Chrome Chrome provides an option in the settings menu to change the default download location. Change the Download Location in Mozilla Firefox In Firefox, the settings to change where downloads are saved are hidden away behind the about:URL protocol. Change the Download Location in Microsoft Edge To change the download location for Microsoft Edge, follow these steps: Change the Download Location in Opera Here’s how to access the hidden settings menu in Opera to change the location where downloads are saved....

How to Change WhatsApp Background on iOS If you’re keen to change your WhatsApp wallpaper, it’s simple enough to change the message background to (mostly) whatever you want it to be. Here’s how to change the WhatsApp background on iOS-based phones. How to Change WhatsApp Background on Android If you want to change your message wallpaper on Android, the process is very similar but requires looking in a slightly different place....

Even an arguably humongous 16 TB hard disk has a limit: 16 TB! As crazy as it sounds, it, too, can fill up. True, it’ll take two million high-quality photos to do it, but “only” about 150 feature-length 4K movies. Performance Suffers on a Full Hard Drive Regardless, you get the idea—you may need to check the free space on a drive from time to time, especially if it starts to slow down or act funny, which is very often the not-so-clear consequence of too much stuff in a single place....

How to Check Your Wi-Fi Speed on a Windows Computer There are several ways to check your Wi-Fi speed on a Windows computer, but they all essentially lead to the same place. This is the easiest way. An Alternative Way to Check Your Wi-Fi Speed on a Windows Computer An alternative method is to click Network and Sharing Center in the Wi-Fi dialog box (step 3 above), and then: How to Check Your Wi-Fi Speed on a Mac While finding your Wi-Fi speed on a Windows computer isn’t too difficult, it is more difficult than finding it on a Mac....

Some things to consider backing up that usually reside on the same drive as Windows XP (which we’ll assume is “C:”) include a number of folders located here: This includes Desktop, Favorites and My Documents. Also, check these folders under other user’s accounts if more than one person logs onto your PC. You should also locate the Windows XP product key, a 25-digit alphanumeric code unique to your copy of Windows....

How Do I Clear My Wi-Fi Router History? Few routers log your actual browsing history. At most, they store the IP addresses of the sites you have visited, but that’s still relatively unusual in the case of the average router. However, if you want to clear your Wi-Fi router history or system logs, the process is only a few steps away. That’s providing you know where to look. Here’s what to do....

Connect AirPods to an Apple TV Automatically If your AirPods and Apple TV are both signed into your iCloud account, they’ll pair automatically. (You must have entered your Apple ID when you set up your Apple TV.) Here’s how it works. Connect AirPods to Your Apple TV Manually If your AirPods and Apple TV aren’t signed into the same iCloud account, you’ll need to pair them manually. Here’s how. Unpair Your AirPods and Apple TV Perform the following steps on your Apple TV to unpair your AirPods from your Apple TV:...

How to Contact Snapchat Follow these steps to contact Snapchat customer support. If you’d prefer not to follow the above steps through the app, visit Snapchat’s support website. On Android, the scroll to the Support section and tap the I Need Help option. Depending on what you choose, Snapchat might provide you with a secondary list of issues so you can get more specific. Look for a gray question block that says, Need help with something else?...

Excel COUNTIF Function Syntax In Excel, a function’s syntax refers to the layout of the function and includes the function’s name, brackets, and arguments. The syntax for the COUNTIF function is: The function’s arguments tell the function what condition is being tested for and what range of data to count when the condition is met. Range: The group of cells the function is to search. Criteria: The value compared with the data in the Range cells....

Excel Online Microsoft offers a web-based version of the Office suite, which includes Excel. Excel Online has Excel’s basic functionality but doesn’t include the advanced features of the paid version, such as macro support. Excel Online is accessible in most browsers. You can use it to edit existing XLS and XLSX files and create new workbooks. Office Online’s integration with Microsoft OneDrive means you can store your spreadsheets in the cloud and collaborate with others in real-time....

Choose a Google Docs Template The only thing you must have is a Google account and a few custom templates to work with. What tool you use to create those templates doesn’t matter, as long as you can copy and paste the template content. This means you could create your templates from within Google Docs, or create them locally with a tool like LibreOffice. If you have created the templates with a local application, it’s important that you do not upload those template files to Google Drive....

How to Create a Facebook Group You can create Facebook groups on desktop and mobile. The initial setup includes naming the group and setting privacy preferences. After creating a group, you can customize it further. Private vs. Public vs. Hidden Groups A public group is just that: anyone can see the group, its members, and their posts. When a group is private, anyone can find the group on Facebook and see who’s in it, but only members can view individual posts....

How to Start a New Google Maps List The first step in creating a new Google Maps list is to find the first thing you want to add to that list. At this point, you have a new list with one saved location. Add Locations to Your List The Google Maps app returns to the map that shows additional similar locations in the same vicinity that you might want to add to your list....

How to Create a Microsoft Sway Presentation You can create an array of content types using Microsoft Sway, the digital storytelling app available online or with Microsoft 365. While there are some differences between the versions, making a basic presentation is essentially the same whether you use Microsoft Sway on your desktop or online. Once you log in to or open the Sway app, you can start from scratch or base your design on one of the many templates provided....

Learn how to customize your OnePlus 9 phone with these and many more options from the Settings menu. Choose How to Unlock Your Phone Access your smartphone by choosing your preferred unlocking methods. Edit Quick Settings Icons Change the quick-access icons you see at the top of the device. Change Gestures and Interactions If you’d like to customize the way you interact with your device, visit Buttons & Gestures....

Spread via torrents and direct downloads of pirated games, Crackonosh hijacks a computer to convert it into a crypto mining rig. Roughly 220,000 cases have been reported worldwide, with estimates that the scam has netted over $2 million in Monera cryptocurrency for its unknown authors. While versions of Crackonosh have been in circulation since 2018, the recent spike in cases has put it on security researchers’ radars. “This malware typically is distributed via torrents and executables geared toward gamers,” said Bryan Hornung, CEO of Xact IT Solutions, in a direct message to Lifewire....

How to Delete an Account From Your Xbox Series X or S If you have multiple accounts logged in on your Xbox Series X/S, you may wish to tidy some of these up and delete them. Here’s what to do. How to Delete Your Xbox Network Profile Permanently If you want to delete your Xbox Network profile permanently, you can do so through your smartphone or PC/Mac. Here’s what to do....

How To Enable the Facebook Tag Review Feature You cannot selectively prevent people from tagging you at a location, but you can turn on the tag review feature, which allows you to review anything you’ve been tagged in, whether it’s a picture or a location check-in. Here’s how: Remove Geotags From Your Pictures Before You Upload Them to Facebook To ensure future pictures posted to Facebook and other social media sites don’t reveal your location information, you should make sure the geotag information is never recorded in the first place....

How to Disable the Control Center on the Lock Screen By default, the Control Center can be accessed while the iPad is locked. Swipe down from the upper-right corner of the screen to display it. To set the Control Center so that it’s not available from the Lock screen: What Can You Do in the Control Center? Before you turn off access to the Control Center, you may want to check out what it can do for you....