How To Use Alexa And Echo Show As A Security Camera

How Can I Use an Echo Show as a Security Camera? The camera in your Echo Show is primarily meant for video calls, but it also allows the Echo Show to work as a security camera. Here’s how to enable the feature: What Is Alexa Home Monitoring? There is no ring or other audible alert when you activate the feature. However, a message displays on the Echo Show’s display, so anyone who happens to be looking at the device when you activate Home Monitoring will know that you’re watching....

January 4, 2023 · 2 min · 307 words · Helen Kitchel

How To Use Aperture Priority And Finally Get Out Of Auto Mode

In this tutorial, we’ll talk about Aperture Priority mode in detail and discuss the right settings to use for certain situations. But first, let’s cover some of the basics. What Is Aperture? Before we understand what Aperture Priority mode is, perhaps it’s best to cover the basics of aperture in photography. In this video, the presenter explains what aperture is and how it dictates how much light is let into the camera’s sensor as well as the relationship to depth of field....

January 4, 2023 · 7 min · 1318 words · David Shattuck

How To Use Css Box Shadows And Text Shadows

But how do CSS shadows work? Let’s dive right in. How to Use CSS Box Shadow You can apply a CSS box shadow with a single line of CSS containing a range of up to six values. The order of values is crucial for your CSS box shadow to work, and it looks like this: Let’s take a look at each of the values in order. CSS Box Shadow Position The offset-x and offset-y values control the position of your box shadow....

January 4, 2023 · 4 min · 806 words · Dorothy Shaw

How To Use Emotes In Minecraft Bedrock Edition

Seen in the character creator of Minecraft: Bedrock Edition, emotes can be acquired from various methods and can be equipped to a player’s character. After equipping the emotes, while in-game, all players need to do to activate their emote menu is to press “B” on their keyboard or left on their console controller’s directional pad by default. This will open the game’s emote menu and allow players to select which emote they would like to perform....

January 4, 2023 · 4 min · 850 words · Lloyd Thompson

How To Use Fraps 15 Steps With Pictures

Can only record clips of 30 seconds or shorter (the paid version has no length limit. ) Displays a Fraps watermark at the top of all recorded footage. Has loop recording disabled. By default, the recording hotkey is F9. Choose a hotkey that you don’t use in the game. Remember that the free version of Fraps only allows recording in 30-second increments. Frame rate is a measure of how “fast” a game is running....

January 4, 2023 · 2 min · 319 words · Mary Williams

How To Use Kanban To Manage Gtd

Let’s walk through the steps of GTD and see how well they mesh with Kanban. Collect Your Thoughts If you’re like most people, you probably have 100 different tasks, projects, ideas, and other stuff (as GTD calls it) rattling around in your head. Let’s start by creating an inbox to offload all that. We’re going to use Trello because it’s the most popular Kanban tool and offers a generous free tier....

January 4, 2023 · 6 min · 1075 words · David Petty

How To Use Magic Eraser On A Pixel Phone To Remove Unwanted Objects From Your Photos

But not anymore. If you have any of Google’s latest Pixel smartphones, you can easily remove any unwanted objects from your image without a fuss using a tool known as Magic Eraser. We’ll show you how. What Is Magic Eraser? Google introduced Magic Eraser in Google Photos with its Pixel 6 series launch. Magic Eraser is an excellent tool for removing photobombers and unwanted objects, but it isn’t available across all Pixel phones, or on other Android devices....

January 4, 2023 · 3 min · 430 words · Haley Newby

How To Use Multiple Phone Numbers On One Device 4 Steps

For Android, install your two SIM cards. Because every model is different, you might need to check the manual. Then go into Settings > Connections > SIM card manager. You’ll then be able to select if you want to only use one card or both at the same time, and set the default SIM for calling, messaging or accessing the Internet. You can also assign one to each of your contacts in your phonebook....

January 4, 2023 · 1 min · 193 words · Donald Neighbors

How To Use My Phone As A Webcam

While many laptops, tablets, and 2-in-1 computers come with a webcam built-in, it’s not the case for desktop computers. It means either you must purchase a webcam separately, or you will need to use a comparable device to set up a makeshift video camera. One way is to use your smartphone and its built-in camera. Can You Use Your Phone as a Webcam for Your Computer? You can connect your Android phone to your computer, using either a wired or wireless connection, which then allows the computer to access your phone’s camera....

January 4, 2023 · 5 min · 960 words · Richard Douglas

How To Use Photoshop Tool Presets

title: “How To Use Photoshop Tool Presets” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-19” author: “Joe Brown” How to Use Default Tool Presets in Photoshop Select Window > Tool Presets to open the Tool Presets palette. Depending on the current tool you have selected, you’ll see a list of presets or a message that no presets exist for the current tool. Some Photoshop tools come with built-in presets, and others do not....

January 4, 2023 · 2 min · 281 words · Charles Reeves

How To Use Push Bullet To Receive Notifications Across Multiple Devices

Push-bullet- How to transfer the files All you have to do is to download the app from Google Play store and sign in using your e-mail account. One of its best features is that this app works perfectly on iOS devices as well. The users can send messages, web URL or a file to their devices. After this the app will ask you to download Chrome, Firefox or Opera on your device and computer....

January 4, 2023 · 2 min · 259 words · Cecilia Rosato

How To Use Tablet Mode In Windows 11

How to Use Tablet Mode in Windows 11 Tablet mode has changed in Windows 11. Unlike prior versions of Windows, which offered a manual toggle, Windows 11 makes tablet mode a fully (and only) automatic feature. You can turn on tablet mode by physically converting your Windows 2-in-1 into a tablet. If your device has a detachable keyboard, remove it. If it uses a 360-degree folding hinge, push the screen all the way back....

January 4, 2023 · 2 min · 404 words · Josephine Lipham

How To Unlock Mario Kart Cups And Characters 11 Steps

Since Gold Mario is a skin for Metal Mario, Metal Mario will be replaced with Gold Mario on the character screen once unlocked. Unlockable characters on Mario Kart 8 for Wii U: Heavy: Rosalina, Metal Mario, Pink Gold Peach, Roy, Morton. Medium: Iggy, Ludwig. Light: Baby Rosalina, Lakitu, Toadette, Lemmy, Larry, Wendy. Winning the same cup more than once won’t unlock a new character, but different engine classes count as different cups....

January 3, 2023 · 4 min · 809 words · Larry Barthelemy

How To Update All Your Apps In Windows 10 Pc

Why Should We Update Applications? The first question that arises in anyone’s mind is that “Is there a need to update software?” The simple answer to that is “Like the Operating System, the Drivers and any other software coded on the planet, our apps and programs also need to be updated regularly” There are several reasons as to why the apps installed on our computer must be updated: New features....

January 3, 2023 · 4 min · 773 words · Mildred Musetti

How To Update Chrome On A Mac

How to Update Chrome Manually on a Mac Not sure if there’s an update ready? Check the “About Chrome” area of the settings for details. Select the three-dot menu at the top right of the browser. Go to Help > About Google Chrome. If an update is required, you can watch it download now, after which you’ll be prompted to restart the browser. Otherwise, you’ll see the message Google Chrome is up to date....

January 3, 2023 · 3 min · 459 words · Vera Snyder

How To Update Lenovo Power Management Drivers In Windows 10

How To Update Lenovo Power Management Drivers in Windows 10? There are only two methods to update Lenovo drivers on your system. They are Automatic and Manual methods and you would be glad to know that both methods work 100% and deliver the same results. However, there is a lot of difference between the time and effort consumed. Automatic Method: Lenovo Automatic Driver Update The first method described is the Lenovo automatic driver update method that can complete this task swiftly and with ease....

January 3, 2023 · 3 min · 612 words · Micah Carrano

How To Use A Cell Phone With Pictures

The amount of people using a certain provider is a good indicator of which carrier is the best in your area. Most countries will have a map of all cellular towers that label which towers are used by which provider that you can find by doing a quick internet search. A good provider should have the most towers in your area or areas where you frequent most. A company might advertise plans with great deals but this doesn’t necessarily mean they will have a reliable network....

January 3, 2023 · 8 min · 1564 words · Hettie Neely

How To Use A Gopro For Vlogging

Your GoPro Vlog Setup Starts With the Lighting The first thing to understand when using your GoPro for vlogging is that lighting is key. Because these cameras are created to be filming action shots outside, they need a lot of light. That doesn’t mean you have to spend tons of money on professional film lighting. You should, however, spend a bit of money to get lighting that will serve the purpose, otherwise, your vlogs will turn out dim, grainy, and generally unprofessional....

January 3, 2023 · 4 min · 821 words · Grace Gear

How To Use A Neilmed Sinus Rinse 15 Steps With Pictures

The Sinus Rinse Starter Kit includes an 8-ounce (240ml) squeeze bottle and 5 packets of premixed rinse solution. The Sinus Rinse Complete Kit includes an 8-ounce (240 ml) squeeze bottle and 50 packets of premixed rinse solution. The Sinus Rinse Kids Starter Kit includes a 4-ounce (120ml) squeeze bottle and 30 packets of premixed rinse solution, specially formulated for children. Do not use water that is not micro-filtered, boiled, or distilled to rinse your sinuses....

January 3, 2023 · 1 min · 134 words · Carlos Parenteau

How To Use A Speaker Switch For Easy Multi Room Audio

How to Use a Speaker Selector Switch An external speaker selector switch routes the signals from a receiver or entertainment center to any specific arrangement of speakers that the switch can support—regardless of the room they’re in. Connect the left and right channel outputs of the amplifier/receiver to the inputs of the switch. Check the wire gauge specifications on the speaker selector switch to make sure it’s compatible (typically 14 to 18 gauge) with the speaker wires you plan to use....

January 3, 2023 · 3 min · 533 words · Timothy Marr