How to Pair Two Echo Dots for Stereo Sound

How Do I Pair Two Amazon Echo Dots? Heres how to pair two Amazon Echo Dots: Set up each Echo Dotif you havent already done so. pop crack open the Alexa app on your phone, and tapDevices. Tap the+icon in the upper right corner. Tap each Echo Dot, i.e.Echo Dot 1andEcho Dot 2. Verify the speaker positioning is correct by tapping each speaker, then tapNext. Tap thenameyou want to use for your stereo Echo Dot pair....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 251 words · Mark Garza

How to Park Your Cellphone Number

The information applies to all devices and carriers. it’s possible for you to also park a landline number. How Do I Park My Phone Number? Dave and Les Jacobs / Getty Images NumberBarnandPark My Phoneare two popular phone number-parking services to consider. NumberBarn NumberBarn charges $2 per month for simple phone number storage. The one-time fee forporting your cellphone numberto the service is $5. Cancel your old phone service after your number has been transferred to NumberBarn....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 180 words · Aaron Liu

How to Partition a Hard Drive (Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, +)

In Windows 11/10/8/8.1, thePower User Menuis the easiest way to start Disk Management. Checkwhich version of Windows is installedon your rig if you’re not sure. Don’t worry if this window doesn’t appear. There are legitimate reasons you may not see itwe’ll know soon if there’s a problem or not. Skip down to Step 4 if you don’t see this. On this screen, you’re asked to choose a partition style for the new hard drive....

April 15, 2025 · 3 min · 484 words · David Carter

How to Password Protect a Folder

If you need help remembering passwords, use apassword manager. The best ones are found inour guide to the best password managers. 7-Zip is a free and open-sourcefile archive utilitythat protects folders with a password. Download 7-Zipand install it on your rig. Find the folder you want to password protect, right-click it, then choose7-Zip>Add to archive. In theEncryptionsection, key in your password, then selectOK. you might modify other attributes and tweaks for the compressed folder....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 319 words · David Wright

How to Password Protect an Excel File

With the workbook open, selectFile>Info>Protect Password. pick the Protect Workbook drop-down menu, then selectEncrypt with Password. Enter astrong passwordin the pop-up window and selectOK. Reenter the password, typing it exactly as you did it in the first window. Your workbook is now protected from anyone opening it if they don’t know the password. When anyone tries to launch the worksheet, they see a pop-up window asking for the password. If they enter the password incorrectly, Excel lets them attempt to enter it a second time....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 230 words · Alyssa Williams

How to Password-Protect a USB Drive

Instructions in this article apply toWindowsandmacOS.Chrome OSdoes not supportUSBencryption. Starting with Mojave (10.14), USB drive encryption is built into theFinderutility. Rohos Mini Drive, however, adds an extra encrypted drive to the USB. To encrypt a USB drive using Rohos: Insert the USB drive into your system. When the computer detects the USB drive, it’ll be mapped as a new drive inWindows Explorer. Launch Rohos Mini Drive and selectEncrypt USBdrive. Set the password you want to use to encrypt your drive and selectCreate disk....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 252 words · Michelle Campbell

How to Pause Wi-Fi

This guide covers Google Wifi, Linksys, NETGEAR, TP-Link, and D-Link routers. How Do I Temporarily Disable My Home Wi-Fi? SelectWi-Fifrom the first tab of the app. Linksys To pause a specific machine, tapDevicesat the top. To freeze Wi-Fi for a group of devices, tap theFamily Wi-Fiheading halfway down the page. PressPauseto temporarily pause Wi-Fi for that equipment or group. Linksys Return to the same place, and use theUnpauselink, to unfreeze Wi-Fi....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 309 words · Nicole Payne

How to Pay With PayPal in Stores

This article explains how to use it as a payment method while shopping at brick-and-mortar establishments. Just point your phone’s camera at the code to get started. However, before PayPal works in stores, you have to set up a payment method. If you have a balance in your account, it will be used first. If you spend more than you have in PayPal, your preferred payment method will be used....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 298 words · Amy Mann

How to Perfectly Type Curly Quotes Every Time

Use the numeric keypad and not the row of numbers above the alphabet. The top number row does not work for this procedure. If your keyboard lacks a numeric keypad, use the Character Map. Curly quotes on a gray background.mattjeacock / Getty Images To launch it, pressWin+Rand typecharmapin theRunbox. When it opens, find the character you want to insert, and clickSelect. SelectCopywhen you’ve selected all the characters you want to add, then paste them into the document....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 154 words · Joseph Davis

How to Perform a Clean Install of macOS Sierra

In this guide, we cover the clean install option. If you would rather perform an upgrade installation, visit ourcomplete guide to upgrading to macOS Sierra. Before continuing, you shouldverify that your Mac can run macOS Sierra. The main difference between the two clean install methods comes down to the target for the clean install. This method is the easiest punch in of clean install to perform. For this method to work, you should probably have an available second drive or volume....

April 15, 2025 · 3 min · 626 words · Madison Ayala

How to Perform a Clean Install of OS X Mavericks

Instead, you fire off the installation app directly on your Mac under the older version of OS X. Boot From the OS X Mavericks Installer 1. Plug the USB flash drive that contains the Mavericks installer into one of the USB ports on your Mac. Screen shot courtesy of Coyote Moon, Inc. I don’t recommend using an external USB hub for the installation. Use one of the USB ports on your Mac....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · Shawn Rosario

How to Perform a Clean Install of Snow Leopard OS X 10.6

It was the only way for anyone with an old Mac to upgrade to newer Mac operating systems. Once the Snow Leopard DVD mounts on the desktop, theMac OS X Install DVDwindow opens. If it doesn’t, double-click theDVDicon on the desktop. In theMac OS X Install DVDwindow, double-click theInstall Mac OS Xicon. TheInstall Mac OS Xwindow opens and presents you with two options. you might continue with a standard upgrade installation, or use the utilities included on the install DVD....

April 15, 2025 · 1 min · 179 words · David Alvarez

How to Perform a Hard Reset on Your Nintendo 3DS

This article applies to all models of the Nintendo 3DS, including the 3DS XL and2DS. This may take about 10 seconds. Press thePowerbutton again to turn the 3DS back on. Minh Hoang/Flickr/CC 2.0 A hard reset does not restore the 3DS back to its default options. A hard reset is simply a reboot, which is different from afactory reset. On the bottom screen, tap the shopping carticon on the homemenu to open theNintendo eShop....

April 15, 2025 · 2 min · 217 words · Mark Hess