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Sometimes the size of the font on your computer can be too small or hard to see due to display scaling issues on higher-resolution screens. Luckily, Windows 10 lets you resize text to your liking. Here’s how. RELATED: How to Make Windows Work Better on High-DPI Displays and Fix Blurry Fonts How to Change the Size of Text If the only thing you’re having trouble with is the text size when navigating through Windows, then making text bigger—or smaller—is all you need to do....

Apple has implemented cursor support for the iPad in its own unique way. The iPad is still a touch-first operating system, but that doesn’t mean that the cursor is simply emulating your fingers. The cursor in iPadOS shows up as a circle and automatically disappears when you’re not using the feature. It also adapts to what you’re doing. For example, when you hover over a button, it actually highlights the button....

If you’d like to copy files to a USB flash drive on a Mac so you can transfer them to another machine or back them up, it’s easy to do using Finder in macOS. Here’s how. Copy Files on a Mac Using Finder First, plug your USB flash drive into an available USB port on your Mac. Give your Mac a moment to recognize it and make it available in Finder....

Tables can be difficult to read. Adding shaded bands to a table improves readability and really just makes it look better. Here’s how you can add striping to your Excel tables. Inserting a Table in Word First, you need to add a table. Switch to the “Insert” tab and then click the “Table” button. The drop-down menu lets you create your own table or use one of Microsoft’s built-in tables....

When you’re giving a presentation, you want to keep your audience focused on one message at a time to prevent confusion. Dimming the text’s appearance that’s not being discussed can help you achieve this goal. Here’s how in PowerPoint. First, open PowerPoint on your Windows PC or Mac and navigate to the slide that contains the text that you want to dim. In this example, we’ll use a slide with five bullet points....

Here at How-To Geek we love dark mode and use it a lot. If you’re an Office user who wants a darker experience, here’s how to turn dark mode on in the Outlook web app. Dark mode is only available in the new modern Outlook design. If you haven’t opted-in to this yet, it’ll soon be there automatically for you, as Microsoft has announced that it will be moving everyone over to the new experience over the next few months....

Windows lets you have multiple local users accounts on the same device. This lets every user have their own file storage, personalized desktop, and custom settings. However, sometimes you need to disable a user’s account without deleting it because deleting the account would remove all their files, apps, and personalized settings. Disabling an account removes the account’s icon from the sign-in screen and from the menu to switch users. This lets you re-enable the account later on without losing any of their data....

Wi-Fi calling allows your iPhone to place and receive phone calls and text messages over a Wi-Fi network. If you have a weak cellular signal but a solid Wi-Fi signal, your iPhone will automatically switch over and route calls and texts via Wi-Fi. Apple added support for Wi-Fi calling to the iPhone with iOS 8, and it’s now supported on many carriers. In the US, AT&T, MetroPCS, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Vodafone support it....

If you have an iPhone linked to a HomePod or an Apple TV and someone else begins playing media like a song, video, or podcast, you’ll see media controls on your iPhone lock screen that can get hit by accident. Here’s how to hide them. Can You Disable All iPhone Lock Screen Media Playback Controls? If you use an iPhone, you’re probably familiar with the play, pause, and volume control window that appears on your lock screen whenever you play a song, video, podcast, or any other piece of media....

Leave Optimized Charging On iPhones, iPads, and MacBooks can make use of a feature called Optimized Charging that monitors your usage pattern and adjusts charging behavior accordingly. The sweet spot for a lithium battery in terms of long-term health is between 80 percent and 40 percent. Charging to 100 percent or letting your battery percentage drop too low is considered bad for the cell. Batteries that are full store a higher voltage, which puts more stress on the cell....

A YouTube playlist is the best way to create a tailored list containing your favorite videos. You can group videos together by channel or interest, as well as share your playlist for others to use or edit. Most content on YouTube can be added to a playlist, but there are some exceptions. If you want to add “made for kids” videos to a YouTube playlist, you’re out of luck as these videos are restricted due to the U....

You may have experienced this more times than you care to admit. Everyone is asleep, and you’re ready for bed too. You tell your Google Home or Nest Hub to turn off the lights, and it yells, seemingly at the top of its digital lungs, a confirmation that it will turn off the lights. It doesn’t have to be this way. You can either turn on Night Mode for each Google Home or Nest Hub device you own to make them speak softer and dim the lights or use grouping to prevent the devices from speaking altogether....

Thankfully, it’s not difficult to move Google Authenticator codes from one phone to another, although, admittedly, it can be somewhat cumbersome and time-consuming. Google intended this, more or less, by design. It shouldn’t be too easy to retrieve authentication codes from anywhere except the device you’re using for your two-factor authentication, or the whole value of 2FA would be moot. Nonetheless, here’s what you need to know to get Google Authenticator (and all of your authentication codes) from an old phone to a new one....

RAW image files are huge so Adobe Lightroom saves preview JPEG files to speed things up. If worst comes to worst and you lose your originals, you might be able to recover something from the previews. When you import RAW files into Lightroom, it creates preview files so that it doesn’t have to read 20MB+ of data every time you want to look at an image. These preview files normally don’t have the same resolution—and since they’re JPEGs, the same depth of data—as the originals, but if your original files are unrecoverable, at least the JPEGs are something....

Github Actions are automation pipelines that can be used to run CI testing and builds. It runs in the cloud through Github’s servers, but there are some cases, such as intensive code compiling, where you might prefer running them on your own dedicated worker nodes. Why Use Self-Hosted Runners? One of the major benefits of Github Actions is that it’s free and integrated nicely into Github’s system. Making new commits or release tags will directly trigger an action pipeline if you set it up to do so....

Why You Should Search Reddit If you’re a long-time Reddit user or simply just somebody who lurks about and finds content on the site useful, you’re already familiar with why someone might want to search Reddit. If you’re less familiar with the site, you might be a bit confused as to why people are including Reddit in their search queries. The answer, broadly, is that Reddit is essentially a fusion of a wide variety of internet resources....

In this guide, we’ll also show you how to check how fast your RAM is. Like practically all technology—except maybe batteries—RAM is getting better and faster over time. Newer computers will have faster RAM than older computers. What Is RAM? RAM stands for “random access memory.” This is the physical working memory that your PC uses. All your open applications, files, and other data are stored here for quick access....

Why would you want to spend extra money on color-changing smart lights instead of regular, cheap LED bulbs? So you can use them to throw a killer party, that’s why. Here’s how to use your Philips Hue lights to turn your boring living room into club-style lighting. For this project, we’ll assume you have at least one color-capable Philips Hue light bulb (though more are better). You’ll also need the third-party Hue Disco app for iOS or Android....

Having multiple calendars with different appointments on each one is a sure path to double bookings and an argument with someone you’ve annoyed. Get more organized and more reliable by subscribing to your Google Calendar in Outlook. To do this, you’ll need a Google Calendar and Outlook (which is fairly obvious), but you won’t need any plug-ins, add-ins, extensions, or 3rd party tools. Both Google and Microsoft support the iCal format, which despite the name has nothing to do with Apple and is, in fact, short for “iCalendar....

If you use an iPhone or iPad (Wi-Fi + Cellular) on the go, you probably rely on cellular data for Internet access while away from your home or office. It’s easy to turn cellular data on or off quickly to troubleshoot or save money on your cell bill. Here’s how. What Is Cellular Data? Cellular data is a term that means connecting to the Internet using a cellular phone network....