Instagram is a great source of inspiration for many things: photographs, places to visit, outfits to wear, and much more. But for something to turn from inspiration to an actual reference, you need to be able to keep other people’s posts for later. Here’s how to save posts on Instagram. Open Instagram and find a photo you want to save for later. You can save anyone’s photos, even your own, so I’m using this shot of my dog at the beach....
If you want to adjust the volume on your Google Home, you can just swipe along the touch-sensitive top of the device to turn the volume up or down. However, alarms use a different volume level. To adjust that, you’ll need to open up the Google Home app on your phone. Alarm volume is a separate setting on Google Home because, presumably, you don’t want to miss your alarms just because you turned the music down....
If you find yourself routinely using the same tools and applications on your Synology NAS, it makes sense to arrange the layout of your virtual workspace to save yourself a bunch of unnecessary trips into the menu system. By default, the operating system on Synology NAS units, DiskStation Mananger, parks four handy shortcuts on the “desktop”: Package Center (where you install and manage apps), Control Panel (were you update the OS and customize settings), File Station (where you can browse and manage the files on your NAS), and DSM Help (the help system for your NAS)....
If you’re one of the millions of people who uses Goodreads to track your reading habits you’ve surely noticed one thing: there’s no default way to mark a book that you’ve stopped reading partway through and have it removed from your reading list. With a simple little trick, however, you can create a final resting place for those books you don’t intend to finish. Why create an “abandoned” shelf in the first place?...
Sometimes you just want to delete a message from WhatsApp. Maybe you’ve sent a message meant for your partner to your mother, or perhaps you just want to hide personal details like a password you’ve shared. Whatever the reason, let’s look at how to do it. With WhatsApp, there are two options when you’re deleting messages. If you delete a message you send within seven minutes of it being sent, you can remove it from every recipient’s device....
No matter how much research you do, there is always the chance of getting something that doesn’t work as advertised. That’s when you’re likely to need a refund, and even though Apple doesn’t advertise this, you can indeed get refunds from the App Store. While Apple might not make a big deal about it, getting a refund from the App Store is not only possible, it’s pretty easy to do....
You’ve come to the right place: we’ve spent way too much time figuring out what the Roku platform can do, digging into the settings and Channel store to get everything just right. Here’s the first things we’d do after getting a new Roku; give them a shot. Add a Bunch of Free Channels Paid channels like Netflix are great, but there are all sorts of free content you can access with your Roku....
If you get all kinds of different folks approaching your door, a video doorbell like the SkyBell HD is a worthwhile investment, but you may not be using it to its full potential. Here’s how to get the most out of your SkyBell HD video doorbell. Change the Video Quality RELATED: How to Change the Video Quality of the SkyBell HD Doorbell The SkyBell HD can stream and record video up to 1080p in resolution....
What Is a Phantom Load? “Phantom load” is a phrase commonly used to refer to the standby power consumed by appliances and devices when they are not in active use. If you’re listening to music through your home stereo setup and the consumption is 80 watts, that is the active load. When the stereo is off, and it’s still consuming 5 watts of power, that’s the phantom load. Not all phantom loads are inherently bad, however, even if your initial reaction is to assume that any power used when you’re not actively using a device or appliance is wasted power....
If you installed the High Sierra public beta over the summer, you might think you’re done now that High Sierra is officially released. But you’re not: odds are you’re still enrolled in the Apple Beta Software Program right now, meaning you’ll keep getting beta versions of macOS updates. Some users want to keep getting the latest updates, but if you were only interested in the new features in High Sierra and don’t care about minor beta updates (like 10....
To avoid getting your formulas messed up, you can lock the cells that contain formulas while keeping all other cells unlocked in your Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. We’ll show you how to do just that. RELATED: How to Lock Cells in Microsoft Excel to Prevent Editing How Do You Lock the Cells Containing Formulas in Excel? By default, when you protect your worksheet, Excel locks all the cells in your sheet and not just the ones containing formulas....
Sometimes documents you’re authoring can benefit from an illustrative chart. Rather than taking the time to set up a chart in another application and embedding it or copying and pasting it into Microsoft Word, you can use the built-in chart feature. RELATED: How to Link or Embed an Excel Worksheet in a Word Document Create a Chart in Word You might be creating a company report, business proposal, or college essay where a data-filled visual is an ideal addition....
Who This Is Not For Before you read any further, you should know that if you have any specific software meant for desktop computers that you need to run on your laptop, then using an Android tablet as a replacement probably isn’t going to work for you. The best candidates for a laptop-ectomy are those users who aren’t limited to specific software for their tasks. So, as long as you can find an Android app that does the same job as the application you were using on your laptop, then you’re off to a good start....
Slideshows are, more often than not, accompanied by a great deal of speaking, so it’s no surprise that you might sometimes need to pause the audio during the presentation. PowerPoint allows you to do so with the click of a button. Pausing Audio During a Presentation Unless your presentation is intended for viewing without a speaker (like a slideshow full of images for an audience to observe during a wedding), there will likely be a point when you need to pause the audio to answer questions, speak longer on a subject than intended, and so on....
So you’ve installed the iOS 11 beta and, well, you don’t love it. No problem, because you can roll right back to iOS 10. RELATED: How to Install the iOS 11 Beta on Your iPhone or iPad However, note that this will wipe your device completely, which could pose a problem. Let’s say you didn’t follow our advice to do a full backup before leaping into iOS 11 beta. In that case, if you downgrade to iOS 10, you’re looking at a full device wipe and any data you don’t have backed up in another way (like photos copied to your computer outside of iTunes or iCloud), will be erased....
A tripod is one of the most important—and often overlooked—pieces of photography gear. Here’s what you need to know to get the most out of one. Why You Need a Tripod A tripod supports and stabilizes your camera. Without one, it’s almost impossible to do things like: Take photos with a shutter speed longer than a fraction of a second without having everything be a blurry mess. Easily take self portraits and group shots that include you....
The Plex mobile apps for iOS and Android have a really neat but frequently overlooked feature: you can turn your mobile device into a tiny media server to share synced content with nearby devices, including other mobile devices and streaming apps. If you’re just now learning about the feature, you might be curious exactly when such a setup—streaming from your iPad, for example, to nearby devices—would be useful. There are quite a few scenarios where this clever trick comes in handy, here are just a couple examples of when you might want to use it:...
RAW is an image format that contains a lot more data than JPG. It’s designed so that you can capture as much data as possible with your camera, giving you more editing flexibility later. Here’s how to capture RAW photos on your iPhone or iPad. RELATED: How to Shoot Photos in ProRAW on an iPhone The Difference Between RAW and JPG JPG is a great format for sharing your images....
There’s a good chance you’ll have your phone with you in a medical emergency. That’s why Apple allows you to set a Medical ID that shows your medical conditions, drug allergies, emergency contacts, and organ donor status that anyone can see without unlocking your phone. This Is No Substitute For a Medical Alert Bracelet This feature is a great idea, but it’s probably a bad idea to depend on it if there’s crucial information you need paramedics, doctors, or other medical professionals to see in an emergency....
Your iPhone or iPad automatically joins Wi-Fi networks you’ve previously connected to. You can now override this behavior, telling your device not to automatically connect to a specific Wi-Fi network. Your iPhone or iPad will remember its passphrase and other details, but will only connect when you choose to do so. This option was added in iOS 11, and is particularly useful for public Wi-Fi networks that you don’t always want to connect to automatically—especially if they require a sign in or have slow internet....
