If you have an animation in your PowerPoint presentation that’s moving just a little too slow (or too fast), you can adjust the speed of the animation to match your desired timing. Here’s how it’s done. First, select the object in your slide that contains the animation. If you haven’t already assigned one to your object, you can do so by selecting one of the many options in the “Animation” group of the “Animations” tab....

Find Your iPhone’s Model Number Open the Settings app and navigate to General > About. Once you tap on About, you’ll be presented with a list of important information about the iPhone, including the device’s name, its software version, and a model number. Pay careful attention to the model number, because this will reveal the origin of the iPhone. If the model number starts with M, it was purchased new from Apple....

If you’re a little low on Facebook friends, you’ll be prompted to add people you might not necessarily know, thanks to Facebook’s friend suggestions feature. If you want to turn these suggestions off, here’s what you’ll need to do. Disable Facebook Friend Suggestions on Windows and Mac If you’re using Facebook’s desktop website on your Windows 10 PC or Mac, you can turn friend suggestions off in your account settings....

Disable Notification Previews on Your Lock Screen One of the new features introduced with Face ID on iPhone X was the ability to hide notification previews. The feature was rolled out in iOS 11 and is available for all iPhones, including older iPhones with Touch ID. The option is enabled by default for devices with a Face ID sensor (one of the best iPhone privacy features), but you can enable it manually if you have an older iPhone....

Windows 10 sometimes opens a Tips window to show you what’s new about the operating system as part of a “Welcome Experience” after an update. If you find this annoying, it’s easy to turn off. Here’s how. First, open the “Start” menu and the small gear icon to open “Settings.” You can also open “Settings” quickly using the Windows+I keyboard shortcut. In “Settings,” select “System.” In “System,” click “Notifications & actions” from the menu list....

If you send someone your PowerPoint presentation, but they don’t have the used fonts installed, the formatting and layout can get messed up. You can prevent this from happening by embedding the fonts in your presentation. Here’s how it works on Windows and Mac. Embed Fonts in PowerPoint for Windows To embed the fonts used in your PowerPoint presentation, open the respective file and select the “File” tab. At the bottom of the left pane, select “Options....

Chrome is notorious for using a lot of resources and taking a chunk out of your device’s battery life. Google Chrome 108 added an “Energy Saver” mode for Chrome on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chromebooks. We’ll show you how it works. As the name implies, “Energy Saver” is a special mode designed to stretch battery life a little longer. It does this by limiting background activity, visual effects, and video frame rates....

If you’re browsing Apple Maps on an iPhone, iPad, or Mac and you’d like to figure out the latitude and longitude of a particular location, it’s as easy as dropping a pin. Here’s how to do it. How to Find Latitude and Longitude in Apple Maps on iPhone and iPad On an iPhone or iPad, first open “Apple Maps.” By browsing the map, position the Maps display in the general region where you’d like to determine the latitude and longitude....

Do note that this feature is only available on phones running Android 10 or above. Open the “Settings” menu on your Android phone or tablet from the app drawer or by tapping the gear icon in the notification panel. Go to “Apps and Notifications.” Select “Advanced” to reveal more options and then head into the “Permission Manager.” Android devices have different settings layouts, depending on the manufacturer. Therefore, if you are not able to locate this menu, try instead looking up “Permission Manager” from the search bar at the top of the Settings menu....

The title text for a PowerPoint presentation is generally quite large in size. If your presentation could benefit from changing the boring black title text to something with a little more color, use an image instead. Open your PowerPoint presentation and navigate to the slide that contains the text in which we’ll insert an image as the color fill. Do make sure the text is large enough to be able to recognize the image you insert....

Chromecast, Android TV, and Smart Displays work great with Google Assistant. You can easily use your voice to start playing movies and TV shows, no cumbersome remote required. We’ll show you how to do link your Disney+ account to the Google Assistant. The Google Assistant supports a number of streaming video services such as Netflix, Hulu, Sling TV, and Disney+. While many services support “casting” to Google Assistant-enabled devices, this integration takes it a step further....

By default, whenever you set up a “Windows Hello” login method such as a fingerprint reader, facial recognition scan, or PIN, Windows 10 will disable the password login method. If you’d like to log in to your Windows account with a password again, here’s how to get that option back. First, open Settings. Click the “gear” icon in your Start menu or press Windows+i on your keyboard to open it quickly....

If you’re tired of losing your place when you close or restart Firefox, there’s a simple remedy: Turn on “Restore previous session” in Options, and you’ll get all your previously open tabs back the next time you restart. Here’s how to set it up. First, open Firefox. In the upper-right corner of any window, click the hamburger button (three horizontal lines). In the menu that appears, select “Options.” (On a Mac, click “Preferences....

Mute Chats, Groups, and Channels in Telegram for Android Telegram’s Android app has the same method for muting one-on-one chats, groups, and channels. You can mute notifications for one hour, eight hours, or two days, or you can disable notifications forever. RELATED: How to Send Disappearing Messages in Telegram To get started, first, open the Telegram app on your Android smartphone and select the conversation you want to mute. Now, tap the three-dot menu icon from the top-right corner....

It’s happened to most of us. You delete a file, and then realize you need it back. This guide explains when you can get that file back and how to go about it. RELATED: Restore Accidentally Deleted Files with Recuva We’ve covered a variety of tools for recovering deleted files in the past, but this guide goes more in-depth. We’ll cover everything you need to know if you want to successfully recover deleted files....

Windows Terminal lets you customize many different options. If you do that and you don’t like the results, you can reset Windows Terminal to its default settings. This is done by using the app’s settings file, and here, we’ll show you exactly how to do it. Why Reset the Windows Terminal? Whether you’re experiencing strange problems as a result of heavy customizations or you just want the default settings back, resetting Windows Terminal will help....

Clearing out junk can be cathartic, but sometimes, we can get a little delete-happy and accidentally delete something we didn’t intend. Not to worry — it happens to everyone. In most cases, restoring the file is easy. Here’s how to do it. Deleting extremely large files might prompt a message warning “This file is too large to recycle, do you want to permanently delete it?” If that is the case, you’ll need to use more sophisticated methods to recover it....

Before You Clean Before you start cleaning your controllers, it’s good to check the following “problem” areas, where grime is most likely to have built up: The “grip zone” where your hands hold the controller while you play. The small gap around the edge of the controller where the front and back plates join. The analog sticks. The charging, headset, and expansion ports. Any tight angles on the controller that aren’t easily wiped....

Facebook keeps an Activity Log of absolutely everything you do—tracking things you like, post, or share on someone’s Timeline. You can view that Activity Log anytime you like. Here’s how. What Activity Log Is Useful For While being able to scroll back through every Facebook interaction you’ve ever had might seem a little terrifying (yes, you really did like that many cat photos) and even creepy, it’s actually useful....

If your Mac is suddenly feeling very sluggish and unresponsive, it’s possible that a runaway application is consuming a large percentage of your CPU’s processing power. To find out, we’ll use a built-in macOS utility called Activity Monitor. Here’s how. First, open “Spotlight” by pressing Command+Space or by clicking the “small magnifying glass” icon in your menu bar. When the “Spotlight Search” bar pops up on your screen, type “activity monitor” and hit “Return....