Here’s how to unlock every golden tool in New Horizons, along with their special uses. How to Get the Golden Shovel Like several of the golden tools, you unlock the golden shovel recipe by performing a specific task several times. In this case, you’ll want to help the stranded sailor Gulliver when he washes up on your beach after he falls off of his ship. Gulliver appears about once a week, and you help him by digging up and returning the pieces of his broken communicator so he can call his crew for a pick-up....

How to See Who’s on Your Wi-Fi You can see who is using your Wi-Fi network through your router’s interface. How to Lock Down Your Wi-Fi If you discover unauthorized devices, change your Wi-Fi password to something much more secure, then encrypt network traffic with WPA or WPA2 encryption. The moment the router requires a new password that unauthorized users don’t know, they will be disconnected. As an added precaution, avoid weak passwords and change the network name (usually abbreviated as SSID), then disable SSID broadcast....

What Is Ad Tracking? Ad tracking is a set of technologies that advertisers, websites, and apps employ to learn about users, track them around the internet, and serve relevant ads to them. Ad trackers are small pieces of code placed on your computer, iPhone, or iPad. Advertisers can read the code to learn about your online behaviors and interests, and use what they learn to show you ads they think you’ll be interested in....

What You Need to Start a Podcast Before you can start your podcast, there are four bases that you need to cover: A topic or niche: This is basic stuff. Figure out what your podcast is about, do some market research, and plan things out.Recording equipment: Don’t record your podcast with your phone or your laptop’s built-in mic. Be prepared to spend at least a little money on some basic equipment....

The Plan The image below shows a simplified room layout according to Dr. Toole’s principles. The blue areas represent diffusers. The red areas represent foam absorbers. The diffusers and absorbers are all mounted on the wall, about 18 inches off the floor and 4 feet high. These sizes are only examples and not critical measurements for creating diffusers. The diffusers are made with concrete form tubes, cardboard tubes with walls typically about 3/8-inch thick....

How to Map a Network Drive in Windows 11 It takes just a few steps to map a network drive via the This PC window. How to Automatically Map a Network Drive in Windows 11 The primary way to set up an automatic network drive is to follow the steps above and choose Reconnect at sign-in during setup. This will make the same network drive resume the next time you sign on....

How to Wirelessly Mirror a Windows Laptop to an HDTV In all Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 computers, including laptops, there’s a built-in capability for mirroring your screen on a television called Miracast or Wi-Fi Direct. There are a few things to keep in mind, though: Both the television and the laptop need to be connected to the same network.Your laptop and TV both should be current and completely updated with any operating system patches or security updates....

What Is Partitioning? To partition a hard drive in Windows means to section off a part of it and make that part available to the operating system. In other words, a hard drive isn’t useful to your operating system until it’s partitioned. Additionally, it’s not available to you to store files on until you format it (which is another, just as simple process). Most of the time, this “part” of the hard drive is the entire usable space, but creating multiple partitions on a hard drive is also possible so that you can store backup files in one partition, movies in another, etc....

What You Need for an Outdoor Home Theater To put set up a portable home theater in your yard, you’ll need the following: A video projector or outdoor TV A screen An audio system and speakers Content source devices Cables or wires A surge protector Make a Screen for Your Outdoor Home Theater You can make a homemade projector screen using one or two ironed king-size white bedsheets. If you use two sheets, sew the sheets together (with the long sides joined) with white thread....

Twitch Bits These bits can then be used from within a Twitch stream’s chat box to trigger special audio and visual alert onscreen. As a reward for using their bits, users earn special badges displayed alongside their names in the stream’s chat. The more bits they use, the higher the rank of the badges they earn. The Twitch streamer earns $1 for every 100 bits (1 cent per bit) used during their stream....

How to Set Up Google Home, Mini, and Max Smart Speakers Before you begin, you need: An iOS or Android smartphone or tablet An internet account and router with Wi-Fi capability A Google account Google Home smart speaker (includes Mini or Max) Follow these instructions to set up Google Home. Use Voice Recognition and Communication To use Google Home, say “OK Google” or “Hey Google” and then state a command or ask a question....

How to Sync an iPhone to a Computer (macOS Catalina and later) The first step to syncing your iPhone to your computer is to plug the cable that came with the iPhone into a USB port on your computer; plug the other end into the Lightning port on the bottom of the iPhone. Connect an iPhone to a Computer With iTunes If you’re running a PC or macOS Mojave or earlier, the sync process is done via iTunes....

Use the Android Backup and Restore Feature First, check that your old device is backing up your data: Restore Your Data to the New Phone Now you’re ready to restore your data to the new Android. If you haven’t set up your new phone, you’ll be able to restore your data, including apps, during that process. Use the Samsung Smart Switch Mobile App If you have the Galaxy S7 or later, Smart Switch Mobile is pre-installed on your device....

Updating the iOS App via the App Store Snapchat updates are available via the Apple App Store for iPhones and iPads and through Play Store for Android devices. Here’s how to update the iOS app: Updating the Android App via Google Play The steps for updating Snapchat are a bit different on Android, but just as easy. That’s all there really is to it—it’s no different than updating any other app you have installed on your device....

Quick Charge Your iPad Using a Higher-Wattage iPad Charging Block The iPad comes with its own USB power adapter, also called a charging block, which connects to your device with a lightning cable. This charging block is larger than the cube that comes with the iPhone, and this larger size translates into more watts and a faster charge. Turn your charging block over to see the number of watts on your brick....

How to Use Kies to Transfer Files The Samsung Kies software manages media libraries, contacts, and calendars, and syncs them with Samsung devices. During installation, choose Normal Mode rather than Lite Mode. Only Normal Mode lets you manage library and store functions such as transferring files. Lite Mode only allows you to check details about your phone (storage space used, etc.). Connect your Galaxy device to the computer using the supplied USB cable....

How to Access Snap Map on the Snapchat App To get the Snap Map on the Snapchat app for iOS and Android, tap the Snap Map button on the action bar. Your location will appear, but you can also tap Friends to see locations your friends have shared. Tap the Settings button (gear icon) to manage your Snap Map settings. Tap a friend’s picture on the Friends tab. If they shared their location, a preview image appears below their name on their profile....

Users who utilize the Microsoft Mail and Calendar apps can also use the People app to see their most recent conversation with specific individuals and any upcoming scheduled appointments. The People app can be useful at helping you keep your digital Rolodex nice, neat, and all in one place. Where Can I Access the People App in Windows? The People app is installed by default in Windows and cannot be uninstalled....

Using the VLOOKUP Formula Syntax VLOOKUP is a function you use in a formula, although the simplest formula is to just use it on its own. You need to supply a couple of pieces of information to the function, separated by commas, as follows: Let’s look at each one of these in turn. YOUR SEARCH TERM: This is referred to as the search_key in the documentation, but it’s the term you want to find....

How Do I Wake Up My Computer From Sleep? Regardless of the operating system you’re using, turning off sleep mode is as simple as waking up the computer, which you can do by simply interacting with it in some way. Usually, this means one of the following: Move the mouseSwipe the touchpadPress any key on the keyboard Some devices are a little different, and will respond only after you press the power button or a special sleep key....