Odin, all-father, rules the realm of Asgard as the supreme deity of the Norse pantheon. Odin, a piece of Windows software released internally by Samsung, is used to flash firmware images to Android-based phones and tablets. It’s important not to get them confused. Unlike Google and some other phone manufacturers, Samsung keeps a tight lid on its software, using locked firmware and bootloaders to dissuade users from running custom ROMs and making other modifications....

Playing soccer on flat ground? Psh, that’s so last year. In the high-adrenaline world of Rocket League, you play as a rocket-powered car that can jump, flip, and slide around the field while an oversized soccer ball is juggled between two goals and up to eight players at a time. There are many tips and tricks that players can use to master the game, but learning how to control your vehicle while it’s flailing through the air at high speed (otherwise known as an “aerial”) is where the true art of the League lies....

File management is essential on a Mac. Sometimes, you might need to access Finder quickly while you use another application. Luckily, you can open Finder from anywhere in macOS with an easy global command. RELATED: What Is Finder on a Mac? If you want to quickly open Finder, just press Option+Command+Space. This opens the “Searching This Mac” window. Apple designed this window for quick file searches. In the macOS shortcut settings, it’s officially called the “Finder Search Window....

The dock on your iPhone only gives you space for four icons (eight on an iPad), and most people keep just their favorite apps there. But did you know you can stick app folders on the dock, too? Here’s how. To create a folder on iOS, tap and hold one app icon (being careful not to press hard enough to activate 3D Touch). When the icon starts to wiggle, drag it on top of another app icon and let go....

If you are encountering problems with searching–unexpectedly slow searches, not finding things that should be indexed, or searches actually crashing–your best bet is to completely rebuild the search index. RELATED: How to Choose Which Files Windows Search Indexes on Your PC The search index can take a while to rebuild, but it’s usually worth it. Before you rebuild the index, though, it may be worth taking the time to trim down your index locations to just what you need to make the indexing process faster....

You can remove a Gmail account from your iPhone or iPad if you’re no longer interested in using it. How you go about doing it depends on how you added the Gmail account—you may have added it for Apple’s apps in Settings, set it up in Google’s Gmail app, or both. What Happens When You Remove a Gmail Account? Keep in mind that deleting a Gmail account from your iPhone will that account from syncing data to your Mail, Contacts, and Calendar apps....

There are several reasons why you might end up with a protected partition you can’t delete on a drive. For example, Macs create 200 MB partitions at the start of an external drive when you set up Time Machine on it. The Windows Disk Management tool can’t normally delete these partitions, and you’ll see the “Delete Volume” option grayed out. There’s still a way to remove the partition, but it’s hidden....

When you insert a table in your spreadsheet, Microsoft Excel automatically applies certain formatting to your table. If you’d rather keep your table plain and simple, you can remove its formatting. We’ll show you how. You can use this method even if you have applied your own custom formatting to your table. RELATED: How to Create and Use a Table in Microsoft Excel Clear a Table’s Formatting in Excel To begin the table format removal process, open your spreadsheet with Microsoft Excel....

If you’ve ever thought it would be useful to save objects or entire slides from your PowerPoint presentation as images to use in another program, then you’re in luck! You can do precisely that in a few simple steps. Saving Objects as Images in PowerPoint Saving an object, or even multiple objects, from your PowerPoint presentation is extremely handy. The thing that makes this trick so useful is that the objects are saved, by default, as a transparent PNG file, meaning that you won’t have the invasive background that you would otherwise have if you just took a simple screenshot....

More than likely, you have multiple people living in your household. If you have Arlo cameras set up around your house, it would be beneficial to share that access with other family members. Here’s how to set it up. RELATED: How to Set Up the Netgear Arlo Pro Camera System Start by opening up the Arlo app and tapping on the “Settings” tab on the lower-right corner of the screen....

Most Android apps are made for phones, and lack the necessary API calls and design to work with a TV remote interface. There are a few exceptions, most of which are already available for either Android TV or Fire TV. Simple games, like 2048, tend to be playable on the TV as well. Don’t be surprised if you see visual bugs or crashes from apps that don’t officially support the Fire TV platform, though....

We get it; you’re busy. You can’t always respond to notifications right when they hit your phone, but you also don’t want to forget about them. Fortunately, in Android Oreo, you can snooze these notifications so they’ll pop up again later. RELATED: How to Disable the “Is Running in the Background” and “Is Using Battery” Notification in Android Oreo Here’s what ends up happening to me most of the time: A notification comes in, I need to address it but can’t at the time, so I let it sit there....

Digital cameras struggle when you have a scene with both very bright and very dark things in it—in photography terms, a wide dynamic range. One option is to use flashes to try and brighten up the dark areas; the other, and often better option, is just to embrace it and shoot a silhouette. Let’s look at how. How to Take a Silhouette Photo Silhouette photos aren’t hard to take, but they’re only possible in certain circumstances....

Microsoft provides an audio transcription feature for the online version of Word that converts audio (recorded or uploaded from a file) directly to text, and even separates the text based on the speaker. Here’s how to use the feature. To transcribe audio with Word, you must be a Microsoft 365 premium subscriber. If you have the free version and you try to use the feature, you’ll be met with a message asking you to subscribe....

How to Turn On Your Mac To turn on your Mac, all you have to do is press the “Power” button. The placement of the Power button depends on which computer you own. Steps for almost every Mac model can be found below. If the machine is asleep, you can usually wake it up by pressing any key, lifting up the lid of the MacBook, or pressing the trackpad. MacBooks with Touch ID Sensor If you have a MacBook Pro (2016 or later) or a new MacBook Air (2018 and newer), you’ll notice there’s no physical Power button on your laptop....

Upgrading and replacing PC components can be a little tricky, but it’s something anyone can learn to do. Let’s take a look at how to choose and install those upgrades. We’ve spent the last few weeks systematically going through our How-To Geek test PC and swapping out every single part you might want to upgrade, replace, or improve. Most of it’s simple, if somewhat tedious, but beginners might have a little trouble getting oriented....

Windows 10’s Fall Creators Update includes the “My People” feature originally promised for the first Creators Update. You can now pin up to three of your favorite people to the taskbar and quickly chat with them on Skype or send them emails. RELATED: What’s New in Windows 10’s Fall Creators Update, Available Now This feature will only get more powerful as Windows Store apps integrate with it. For example, Windows 10’s Facebook app could one day integrate with My People, enabling you to Facebook chat with your favorite people right from your taskbar....

It only seems like yesterday when Apple first announced the Apple Watch, but we’re now on the third generation (officially named Apple Watch Series 3). The big question, though, is whether or not you should upgrade your current Apple Watch to the latest and greatest. What’s New with the Apple Watch Series 3? The biggest new features with Series 3 is that it has cellular built into the watch itself....

Logitech released its MX Mechanical keyboard on May 24, 2022—with features like a nearly year-long battery life, low-profile keycap design, wireless connectivity, and Smart Illumination backlighting, this board looks great on paper. But it doesn’t feel so good under your fingertips. As much as I want to like this keyboard for its neat features and truly redeeming qualities, it’s tough to look past the issues that stick out like a sore thumb....

Early on in the series we created our first Creative Mode and Survival Mode maps, but then we dove headlong into learning about biomes, creatures, and many other facets of the Minecraft experience. Today we’re returning to the map. Let’s learn how to seed and generate awesome custom maps. In our earlier lessons we simply had you create a world by allowing Minecraft to randomly generate one for you. While there’s nothing wrong with this approach, you can easily take control of the creation process and direct it so that the world contains the features you desire....