It’s also a good idea to rename your AirPods if you have more than one pair. Perhaps you just want to be a bit more creative with the naming convention of your connected Bluetooth devices. As with other devices like iPhones, you can rename your AirPods to anything you want. Here’s how to do it. How to Change the Name of Your AirPods Before beginning the rename process, you need to ensure you’ve connected your AirPods to your iPhone or iPad before renaming them....

The chatbot is designed to interact with users using natural language processing and machine learning to understand and reply to queries. While a pleasant AI experience, it collects and stores your queries as a part of the search history on Bing. While you may not see your data in the actual chat box, you might not appreciate it storing usage history. Learn how to clear search history on Bing Chat AI below....

With Google Slides, you can easily add comments to your presentation to provide feedback, share ideas, and discuss specific parts with your team. This will help you refine your presentation and prepare it for your audience. If you want to know how to comment in Google Slides, follow the steps below. How to Add and Clear Comments in Google Slides You can add a comment to any content inserted in a Google Slides presentation....

A USB recovery drive allows you to bypass your failed Windows installation and use the standalone Windows advanced recovery environment to fix and restore your PC. If things go wrong, you can quickly restore your PC using a number of built-in tools. If you want to create a Windows 11 USB recovery drive for troubleshooting problems with your PC, here’s what you’ll need to do. How to Create a Windows 11 USB Recovery Drive If you’ve created a Windows 10 USB recovery drive before, the steps are similar for Windows 11....

These include methods that allow you to crop unwanted outer areas, touch up your image with filters, or make more advanced changes. If you want to crop a screenshot on a Mac, here’s what you’ll need to do. Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Taking Mac Screenshots Before you know how to crop a screenshot, you might need to know how to take a new screenshot first. There are different methods for taking a screenshot on Mac, but the quickest way is to use one of several keyboard shortcuts....

PowerShell is a powerful utility for running commands to manage system settings. However, if you have an inexperienced user, you might not want them to access the PowerShell terminal and make unwanted system changes. Disabling accessibility will prevent users from entering commands leading to system instability. Learn how to disable PowerShell on Windows 11 to ensure a stable system below. How to Disable PowerShell on Windows 11 While you can configure many system and app settings with PowerShell, the command line isn’t friendly to inexperienced users....

Whether you are listening to Spotify on your desktop or your phone, you might check out music or podcasts you don’t want friends to know you’re listening to. Luckily, you can enable the Private Session mode on your computer or phone, or tablet. In this guide, we’ll show you how to turn on a Private Session to pause your Spotify listening activity. How to Enable a Private Spotify Session on Mobile If you listen to your music on Spotify while on the go, you may want to be more discerning about your privacy....

Some of the fixes include changing built-in features included in Windows 11 Settings. You can also make it boot up faster and improve Windows 11’s responsiveness. As with previous versions, Windows 11 is prone to slowdowns after extended periods of use. In this guide, we’ll show you some fixes you can try if Windows 11 is running slowly. 1. Enable Storage Sense Over time, files on your PC start piling up on the computer’s drive....

This isn’t as catastrophic as it sounds, because BSODs are used to try and protect your system files (and PC generally) from further damage or corruption. You should try and investigate a BSOD by keeping track of the error message it displays. One such BSOD you might see is a ntoskrnl.exe BSOD on Windows 11. The error suggests that there’s a problem with the Windows operating system kernel executable (ntoskrnl....

However, flipping an image in Google Docs is not as straightforward as rotating or resizing it since it doesn’t include a direct flip option. To flip an image in Google Docs, follow the steps below. How to Flip Images in Google Docs Using Drawing Tool Google Docs don’t have a direct option to flip images in the document. However, you can use the Drawing tool to achieve this effect. The Drawing tool allows you to make minor changes to an image in Google Docs....

Do you know how to generate SSH keys in Windows 11? In this article, we’ll show you two easy ways to create SSH keys on a Windows 11 PC using built-in tools or third-party software. How to Generate SSH Keys Using the Command Prompt or Windows Terminal Windows 11 comes with a built-in OpenSSH client that you can use to generate SSH keys from the command line. You can use the Command Prompt or the newer Windows Terminal app....

If you find yourself in a situation where you need to hide certain slides from your presentation, Google Slides makes it easy enough to do. There are a few ways you can skip slides in your presentation, depending on what you’re trying to do. To hide a slide in Google Slides, follow the steps below. How to Hide a Slide Using the Menu Bar Google Slides will allow you to hide slides directly....

Thankfully, if you’re an iPhone user, you have a number of options. You can completely remove the apps from your phone, but you can also hide them so that they don’t appear anywhere on your home screens. If there’s an app that you use a lot that you simply want to disguise, you can use Shortcuts to create a fake app on your home screen. This fake app can say one thing but, in reality, it actually launches the app you’re trying to hide....

You can make Windows display more items on the jump lists by tweaking the Registry. For example, you can set it to show around 15-20 items, which shows up well on most displays. This guide will show how to increase jump list items on Windows 10 and Windows 11. Increase Jump List Items on Windows We’ll show you how to increase jump list items on Windows 10. However, the process is the same on Windows 11....

It isn’t a Windows-only tool, either. You can use Microsoft Teams on almost all platforms and operating systems, including common Linux distributions like Ubuntu. If you want to know how to install Microsoft Teams on Ubuntu, follow the steps below. How to Install Microsoft Teams on Ubuntu Using the GUI The easiest way to install Microsoft Teams is to use Ubuntu’s GUI (or Graphical User Interface) to help you. To install Microsoft Teams on Ubuntu using the GUI: If you cannot use the ....

Here, we’ll explain how to create a histogram in Microsoft Excel. And to make your histogram more useful or attractive, we’ll also show you how to customize it. Create a Histogram in Excel Inserting a chart in Excel is actually quite easy. Assuming you have your data ready to go, select it. Then, head to the Insert tab, click the Insert Statistic Chart arrow, and pick Histogram (on the left)....

For example, it will show recently accessed files, folders, and pinned items. If you’re unhappy with that, you can make File Explorer open on This PC instead. If you don’t like either of those views, you might want to make File Explorer open to OneDrive on Windows 11 and access items stored in the cloud. Make File Explorer Open to OneDrive on Windows 11 When you first launch File Explorer on Windows 11, it defaults to Quick view for easy access to frequently used files....

The layout remains largely the same, however, with text covering the page from the left to right margins. If you want to split a Word document in half, you’ll need to change your Word document layout by adding columns or inserting tables. This guide will explain how. How to Add Columns to a Word Document The easiest way to split a Word document in half is to add columns. Columns allow you to split the text into two halves, making it easy to create newsletters, booklets, and similar documents....

Exporting a Google Slides presentation as a video allows you to choose the resolution and frame rate and any additional audio or video tracks to include. You can then share and use the file on devices that don’t support Google Slides, whether it’s an offline PC or even a DVD player. You can start turning a Google Slides presentation into a video by following our guide below. How to Export to PowerPoint to Save as a Video Unfortunately, Google Slides doesn’t offer built-in methods for exporting presentations as videos....

Depending on your settings, this feature will force you to change your password every few days or weeks. This will prevent anyone from guessing or cracking your password over time. It’ll also reduce the risk that your password will be leaked in a data breach, as you’ll regularly be switching to a new (and hopefully stronger) password. We’ll show you how to turn on password expiration in Windows 11, why you should do it, and how to disable it if you don’t want it below....