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If you use extensions with Mozilla Firefox and would like to add or remove extension icons from the toolbar, it’s as easy as drag-and-drop using Mozilla’s Customize Firefox function. Or you can quickly remove an icon with a right-click. Here’s how to do it. First, open “Firefox.” In any window, right-click the Firefox toolbar and select “Customize.” (Alternately, you can click the hamburger menu button and select “Customize” from the menu that appears....

Once the lists are pinned to your timeline, all you have to do is swipe left or right in the middle of your screen to switch between them. Previously, you had to open the sidebar, go to the Lists section, then tap on a list to open. Now, your favorite lists are just a swipe away. If you’ve never made a Twitter list, this is the best time to get started....

How Private Wi-Fi Addresses Work When an iPhone, iPad, or any other WI-Fi enabled device connects to a Wi-Fi network, it sends a unique media access control (MAC) address. This identifies the device to the network. Traditionally, the MAC address was set at the hardware level and was the same for the lifetime of the device. Every network you connect to received the same MAC address from your device. You could change your MAC address manually on some devices, but few people did....

Running new wires and physically extending your home network in existing construction is a hassle at best and a nightmare at worst. You don’t need to fish cable and tear up drywall to run new cable; you can use your home’s electrical wiring as a high speed home network. Read on as we show you how. What Is Powerline Networking? Most of us think of the electrical wiring in our homes as a one-trick pony (albeit with a very valuable trick): the wires deliver the power that makes modern life possible and very comfortable....

Microsoft Edge has a built-in password generator to help you create passwords for your online accounts. You can turn this password generator on and off, depending on whether you want to use it or not. Enable Password Suggestions in Microsoft Edge To start getting password suggestions in Microsoft Edge, you must have both the “Password Sync” and “Offer to save passwords” options enabled in this browser. Then, you can turn on the option that suggests passwords....

If you live in an apartment complex, you’ve probably noticed more than just the passive-aggressive network IDs that your neighbors use—very likely you’ve had problems with your wireless connections dropping out, or just not being as fast as you’d like. This often has to do with the Wi-Fi channels in your area. If your wireless router is on the same Wi-Fi channel as a lot of your neighbors, you’ll experience a lot of interference with their networks—so it’s best to choose a different channel with fewer people on it....

Auto-hiding the taskbar can be a great way to add a little extra space to your desktop. But occasionally, it can stubbornly refuse to hide when it’s supposed to. Here are a few tips that might get that Taskbar hidden again. RELATED: How to Automatically Hide the Windows Taskbar NOTE: We’re using Windows 10 throughout this article as our example, but these same techniques should work for Windows 8, 7, or even Vista....

Try running the Windows Update Troubleshooter, which you can search for in the Start menu. If that doesn’t help, you can try deleting Windows Update’s cache by booting into Safe Mode, stopping the wuauserv service, and deleting the files in C:\Windows\Software\Distribution. If all else fails, download updates manually using the WSUS Offline Update tool. This can happen on Windows 7, 8, 10, or 11, but it’s become especially common with Windows 7....

Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android, and Microsoft’s Windows 10 all keep a list of apps you’ve purchased and downloaded from their stores—even if you no longer have those apps installed. This list will become cluttered over time, especially if you download and try out a lot of free apps. But you can clean this list up, at least on iOS and Android. This is particularly useful if you’re using Family Sharing on iOS, as you can hide certain apps you’ve previously purchased so they won’t be shared with your family members over iCloud....

Adding hyperlinks to your Word document is an easy way to give your readers quick access to information on the web or in another part of a document without having to include that content right on the page. Let’s look at how to insert, manage, and delete different kinds of hyperlinks in your Word documents. Insert a Hyperlink to an External Web Page You can link a word or phrase in your Word document to an external web page, and they work much like links you’d find on the web....

You can fill text with a color, but the feature for filling text with an image was removed in Microsoft Word 2013. However, with a little workaround, you can still do this in Word for Microsoft 365. Here’s how. If you want to fill your text with an image in Word, you can’t simply type the text and fill it like you could in Word 2010, or even in the latest version of PowerPoint....

By default, when you click on the File Explorer shortcut on your Windows 10 taskbar, it opens to Quick Access. If you’d prefer it to open to “This PC” instead, it’s easy to change in File Explorer settings. Here’s how. First, open any File Explorer window. In the menu, click File > Change folder and search options. In “Folder Options,” click the “General” tab, then click the menu beside “Open File Explorer to....

LetsEncrypt changed the SSL certificate world when its offer of free, short-lived, SSL certificates allowed a vast amount of individuals and companies to secure their web applications at no cost. With this service, the necessary infrastructure would need to exist, and to that end, a plethora of applications sprung up that fit the SSL-issuing needs. One of the most common utilities is that of CertBot, which can work well, but another open-source application that is available is acme....

Microsoft PowerPoint allows users to set a custom template as the default theme when creating a new presentation. This provides a way for users to immediately start building a slideshow using a template specially designed for them. Create a Custom Template Creating a custom template in PowerPoint is quite easy. To get started, go ahead and open a blank PowerPoint presentation. You can do so by opening PowerPoint, selecting “New” in the left pane, and then selecting “Blank Presentation” from the template library....

You can now set two different chat wallpapers, one for light mode and another for dark mode. Oddly enough, your iPhone or Android smartphone needs to be in the particular mode (light or dark) to set the chat wallpaper to the light theme or the dark theme. How to Set Different Wallpapers in WhatsApp on Android On your Android smartphone, open the WhatsApp app and tap the three-dot menu button from the top-right corner....

If you’ve moved to digital clocks, you might want to set the time on the Apple Watch ahead by 10 or 15 minutes. You can do this quite easily from the Settings menu on Apple Watch. RELATED: How to Change The App Layout to a List on Apple Watch When you set the time ahead on Apple Watch, it won’t change the time on your iPhone. Your handset will still show the true, internet-synced time for your time zone....

The latest feature to hit iOS is Apple Pay Cash, which gives iPhone users a quick and easy way to send money to one another (as well as a way to spend money at stores without using a credit or debit card). Here’s how to set it up. RELATED: Six Apple Wallet Features You May Not Have Known About Unfortunately, Apple Pay Cash isn’t available for everyone, and there are a few stipulations that you have to meet:...

Your home Internet connection’s upload speed will really matter here. If you don’t have much upload bandwidth, you may just want to use a paid VPN service. Internet service providers usually offer much less upload bandwidth than they do download bandwidth. Still, if you do have the bandwidth, setting up a VPN server at home might be just the right thing for you. Why You Might Want to Do This A home VPN gives you an encrypted tunnel to use when on public Wi-Fi, and can even allow you to access country-specific services from outside the country—even from an Android, iOS device, or a Chromebook....

Similar to sharing Google Docs, when you share a wish list, the list turns from “Private” to “Shared.” You then get a link that you can share with people so they can view your wish list items. In the menu that opens, from the “Your Lists” section, select the wish list to share. On the wish list page, beneath the list name, click “Invite.” You will see an “Invite Others to Your List” box....

Microsoft Edge for Desktop (Windows 10 and Mac) and Android both have a built-in notification system for websites (It’s not available on iPhone and iPad.). You can disable notifications from a particular website, or you can disable the website notification system itself. This will ensure that you won’t encounter annoying notification pop-ups. The steps for doing this on Android and the Desktop app are quite different. We’ll cover both platforms below....