Resolution 101 Most high-resolution digital cameras can shoot at least five different levels of resolution, and some can shoot 10 or more levels. You control the resolution and image quality of your photos through the camera’s menu system. Typical choices include width-to-length ratios, such as 4:3, 1:1, 3:2, or 16:9 ratios. Each offers a different resolution count. When to Shoot Low Resolution Although high resolutions are usually preferable, certain situations lend themselves to lower-resolution photography....

How to Clean Up Your Windows Desktop If your formerly fast-running computer has slowed down noticeably, take a close look at your desktop. Is it littered with icons, screenshots, and files? Each of those items takes memory that your computer could put to better use elsewhere. To speed up your computer, clean your Windows desktop. Each time Windows starts, operating memory is used to display all the files on the desktop and to locate the position of all files represented by shortcuts....

Screen Mirroring With the Samsung SmartThings App Before you get started, make sure your smartphone and TV are on the same wireless network, and be sure your TV is powered on and connected to your SmartThings account. Cast Content to Your Samsung TV Another way to view the contents of your Samsung phone on your Samsung TV is with screen casting via a Chromecast device and the Google Home app. To do this:...

Options for Connecting a Soundbar to a Projector There are many different audio and video connections out there, and each projector and soundbar comes with a finite set of audio inputs and outputs. The trick to connecting a soundbar to a projector and getting the best results possible is identifying a compatible output on the projector with a compatible input on the soundbar, with priority given to higher quality connection types....

Connect a Wireless Mouse on a Computer Running Windows 10 The Bluetooth menu provides a means to connect a wireless mouse in Windows 10. Connect a Wireless Mouse on a Computer Running macOS Put your wireless mouse into pairing mode. Check the device documentation for instructions. Connect a Wireless Mouse on a Computer Running Ubuntu Linux (Version 18.04) Place your wireless mouse in pairing mode. Check the device documentation for instructions....

How to Sync an Xbox One Controller to an Xbox Series X or S Both the Xbox Series X and S recognize and work flawlessly with both original Xbox One controllers and the update that first shipped with the Xbox One S. Here’s how to sync an Xbox One controller with your Xbox Series X or S for wireless play: How to Use an Xbox One Controller on Xbox Series X or S If you want to start playing games using your Gamertag profile, you’ll need to make sure the Xbox Series X|S knows that it’s you holding the controller....

Use the Facebook Help Center The Facebook Help Center is a searchable collection of articles designed to answer any conceivable question a Facebook user may have, from password resets to controlling your newsfeed. Here’s how to access the Help Center from Facebook on the desktop or Facebook’s mobile app: Access the Help Center Using Facebook on the Desktop If you’re using Facebook on your computer in a web browser, here’s how to get to the Help Center:...

What if you want to perform a clean install, completely erasing your startup drive? Or perhaps you’d like to have the installer on a bootable USB drive, so you don’t have to keep downloading it every time you wish to upgrade one of your Macs? The problem is you cannot upgrade another Mac without downloading the installer all over again. The workaround is to create a bootable USB flash drive containing the OS X Yosemite installer....

When fans see your offer, they can like it, comment on it or save it for later. Depending on fans’ notification settings, those who save your offer might receive up to three reminder notifications before it expires. Types of Facebook Offers There are three different types of Facebook offer ads that you can create from your Page: In-Store Only: These offers are good in-store only. To be redeemed, customers present the offer either in print (from an email) or by displaying it on their mobile device....

How to Paste a Timeline From Another Program Into PowerPoint A straightforward way to get a timeline into your PowerPoint presentation file is to create it in another program, copy it, and paste it into PowerPoint. Just export the timeline from a program like Microsoft Project or Excel into a graphical format such as JPG, GIF, or PNG, then insert the timeline graphic into PowerPoint like you would insert pictures or clipart....

Customize the Samsung Home and Lock Screen Wallpaper You can set a wallpaper a couple of ways. You can do it directly from the home screen or you can do it from the settings menu while browsing your photos gallery. From the Home Screen While Viewing an Image How to Customize Home Screen Settings Aside from choosing a wallpaper, you may also configure home screen options like how many app icons are shown or whether to lock and unlock the home screen layout....

Deactivate Facebook in the Android App It takes only a few steps to deactivate your account, and you can reactivate it even faster. You can also have Facebook automatically reactivate your profile after one to seven days. To reactivate Facebook, all you have to do is log in to the app, so make sure you remember your credentials. Deactivate Facebook Account in a Mobile Browser You can also disable your account in any mobile browser....

How to Downgrade Your Premium Dropbox Account to a Free Account If you have a Plus or Professional Dropbox account subscription, you can simply downgrade your subscription to a Basic free account instead of deleting it. How to Delete Your Dropbox Account If you’re sure you want to delete your Dropbox account and all of its data, then follow the steps below. What Happens When You Delete Your Dropbox Account When you delete your Dropbox account, you’ll lose access and functionality to virtually everything you’ve ever used in Dropbox....

You also have some control over the comments you make to your friends’ posts; you can delete your comments, but so can they. You cannot delete original posts made by your friends—although you can hide them from your news feed—but you can remove comments they make on one of your posts. Why Delete a Facebook Post? There are all sorts of reasons to delete one or several of your Facebook posts....

How to Delete Games off a PS5 From the Home Screen Recently played games and apps appear on the PS5 home screen. If the game is available in the Home menu, here’s the easiest way to remove it from the console: How to Uninstall PS5 Games From the Game Library If the game doesn’t show up on the Home screen, you can delete it from your Game Library. How to Uninstall Games From the PS5 Settings Another way to delete PS5 games is from the Settings menu....

How Do I Remove a Screenshot From My iPhone? If you regularly take screenshots on your iPhone, the collection can grow quite rapidly. Fortunately, it’s very simple to remove screenshots from your iPhone. Even better, the process is the same with all iPhones and iPads so you’ll soon learn how to do it. Here’s what to do. How to Delete Multiple Screenshots From Your iPhone The process is quite similar if you’d prefer to delete multiple screenshots at once on your iPhone or iPad....

How to Delete Your Account Details From the Skype Database You can remove your account details from the Skype database, making it harder (or impossible in some areas) for others to locate you on the platform. Here’s how: How to Disable Paid Skype Subscriptions Although many of Skype’s features are free to use, you can purchase credits or subscriptions to use advanced functionality and services. If you fall into this category and no longer plan to use Skype, take the following steps to ensure you’re not billed in the future: Completely deleting your Skype account also means losing your Microsoft account, access to the Windows operating system, and other applications and services....

With the release of DirectX 12 in 2015, Microsoft introduced several new programming features such as low-level APIs that allow developers more control over what commands are sent to the graphics processing unit. Since the release of DirectX 8.0, graphics cards have used instructions called Shader Models to interpret instructions about rendering graphics sent from the CPU to the graphics card. However, these shader versions are tied to the version of DirectX that you have installed on your computer, which is then in turn tied to your graphics card....

What You Need to Watch Hulu Offline To download Hulu shows, you need to meet the following requirements: How to Download Hulu Shows to Watch Offline To download Hulu shows to watch offline, follow these steps: Is There a Limit on the Number of Hulu Downloads? Now that you’ve seen how easy it is to download Hulu shows, you may want to pack your mobile device full of downloaded episodes. Go for it, but be aware that Hulu limits how many downloaded episodes you can have at a time....

Resetting an Acer Laptop If you’re having trouble with your Acer laptop, one method of troubleshooting that may help do a factory reset. Doing this restores the computer to its original out-of-the-box state. The following steps will remove all the data from the computer. See the sections below for information about backing up your data. When to Factory Reset Your Laptop A factory reset on your laptop should be more of a last resort when you’re dealing with issues....