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By default, Google Chrome downloads files to the “Downloads” folder in your user account. If you would rather save them to a different location, you can easily change the Chrome download folder location. Click the Chrome menu button (three vertical dots) in the upper-right corner of the Chrome window and select “Settings” from the drop-down menu. The “Settings” screen displays in a new tab. Click “Advanced” on the left side of the window, and then click “Downloads....

In the Philips Hue app, if you tap on a room, you can control each individual bulb separately. But if you want to change the color of an entire room of lights all at once, there’s a quick shortcut that makes this easy to do. RELATED: How to Set Up Your Philips Hue Lights Until fairly recently, if you wanted to change the color of all of the lights in a room, you had to change the color of each bulb separately....

If you’ve officially changed your name or you’d just like to be known by a different name, you can change your display name in your Skype account. We’ll show you how to do this on Skype’s web, desktop, and mobile versions. Before we get started, keep in mind that Skype only lets you change your display name. This is the name that other people see when they contact you....

Open the AirPods Case Near Your iPhone or iPad The simplest way to check the battery life of your AirPods, or AirPods Pro, is to flick open the case near your iPhone or iPad when it’s unlocked. You’ll see an AirPods Connection Panel slide up. Along with automatically connecting to your device, it will also tell you the battery life of the AirPods and the AirPods charging case. If you want to view the battery life on individual AirPods, wear one bud and keep the other one in the case....

First off, let’s delete the automatically-created virtual Dash buttons we don’t want. To do this, start by tapping on the product logo, and then tap on “Delete Your Dash Button”. Search for any product that you want to create a Dash button for—it doesn’t matter if there’s a physical Dash button for it or not. Find it in the list of search results and make sure that it’s Prime eligible (the Prime logo will appear below the price)....

How to Set Up a New Prime Video Profile on Mobile From there, tap the drop-down arrow next to your name. You’ll see a list of all active user profiles and a premade “Kids” profile. To create a new user profile, tap “New.” In the profile creation page, type a name and choose whether you’d like this to be a “Kids” profile. If you do, this account will only be able to access kid-friendly content and recommendations....

While the Windows File Explorer seems somewhat simplified compared to older versions, it still packs in a lot of options for controlling how you see the contents of your folders. RELATED: How to Customize Folder Views with Windows’ Five Templates People have always complained about the lack of advanced features in Windows 8 and 10’s File Explorer and, to be fair, it would be really nice to see things like tabs and split views for more easily managing files....

Google Chrome has a tab search feature that looks like a small down-arrow icon in the top-right corner of the browser window. As of April 2021, it’s enabled by default for some people, but not others. Here’s how to turn it on or off. To add or remove the down-arrow icon from the tab search feature, you must enable or disable it from Chrome’s flags page. This works for Chrome on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome OS....

Dropbox is an excellent tool for making sure you have access to all your important files on whatever device you’re using. Finding out how much storage space is currently used up in your Dropbox folder can be slightly annoying, but we’re here to help. Find Dropbox Storage Details in Windows RELATED: How to Customize and Tweak Your System Tray Icons in Windows Figuring out how much of your Dropbox storage is currently used is super simple in Windows....

Google loves to let people try updates to its products before releasing them to the masses. If you’re one of the folks who jumps on every beta (or alpha!) you can find, you can now do the same thing on your Chromecast. RELATED: How to Remove Chromecast’s Network-Wide Android Notifications Basically, Google has a Preview Program for Chromecast users—both first and second generation Chromecasts—that will allow users to access new features before they’re available for everyone else....

By now, you have probably added a lot of apps and games to your Apple TV—so many that your Home screen has become crowded and unwieldy. Grouping things together in folders, however, can quickly restore order. This method only applies to the 4th Generation Apple TV. Also, make sure tvOS is up to date on your device. The folder feature was added as of version 9.2, but the most current version is 10....

Microsoft OneNote allows you to insert a Word document as an attachment in your Notebook. If you update the Word document, you can reflect those changes in the Notebook with just a few clicks. Here’s how. First, launch OneNote and open the Notebook that you would like to insert a Word document into. If you haven’t already created a Notebook, you can do so by choosing File > New from the menu bar....

As expected, Epic Games has released Fortnite for Android—but it’s not available in the Google Play Store. You’ll have to install it manually. Here’s how to do it. Update: Fortnite was made available on the Google Play Store… and then it was removed on August 13, 2020. You can still sideload Fortnite onto any Android device and skip the Play Store—or, if you have a Samsung device, you can install it from Samsung’s app store....

iPhones and iPads go with Macs like peanut butter goes with jelly. If you use Windows however, you can still access your photos and videos on these devices with just a few quick steps. As popular as Apple products have become in recent years, there’s still a huge Windows user base. This often means that said users are left scratching their heads on how to make their iPhones and iPads get along with their PCs....

Have you ever had a smartphone, laptop, tablet, or any other electronic gadget become unresponsive? The surefire way to recover from the freeze – assuming it’s not a hardware problem – is by power-cycling the gadget. Most geeks know that pulling and reinserting a device’s battery will force it to recover from a freeze and boot right back up, but what if the device doesn’t have a removable battery?...

Open File Explorer With Admin Rights Using the EXE File To open File Explorer with admin rights using its .exe file, you’ll need to first open File Explorer normally. You can do this by pressing the Windows+E keyboard shortcut, or by clicking the File Explorer icon in the taskbar. Is it missing from your taskbar? Learn how to pin File Explorer to the Windows 11 taskbar. Next, locate File Explorer’s EXE file in the “This PC > Windows (C:) > Windows” file path....

If you’re looking for a simple and powerful way to encrypt everything from system drives to backup discs to everything in between, VeraCrypt is an open-source tool that will help you lock up your files. Read on as we show you how to get started. What Is TrueCrypt/VeraCrypt and Why Should I Use It? The best way to secure files you don’t want others seeing is encryption. Encryption essentially uses a secret key to turn your files into unreadable gibberish—unless you use that secret key to unlock them....

The day has finally arrived. You’ve got your Windows 10 installation booted up, configured to your exact specifications, and customized to suit your needs best. But what about mobile integration? That’s where Microsoft’s new Windows 10 Phone Companion App comes into play. Choose Your Mobile Platform To get started, first you’ll need to make sure that you’re logged into your machine using a verified Microsoft Live account, and that you have your Android or iOS device on hand....

The Default Apps setting is not exclusively new to Windows 10 but, much like many of the other Control Panel staples of previous versions, Microsoft has worked in an almost total rehaul of the old system in favor of something a little more streamlined and a lot more functional. Here’s how to configure which programs open which files, links, and protocols in the Windows 10 OS. Entering Settings The first step to getting your default applications configured properly is to enter the Settings app through the revamped Start Menu....

If you’re short on screen space, you may want to hide parts of the Excel window, such as the ribbon and the worksheet tabs. We’ve already shown you how to hide the ribbon, so here we’ll show you how to hide the tabs. To begin, click the “File” tab. On the backstage screen, click “Options” in list on the left. On the “Excel Options” dialog box, click “Advanced” in the list of items on the left....