The sound of a car exhaust popping and crackingle is caused by the air being forced out of the engine prematurely. There are a few things you can do to make your car pops and bangs. One is to change the oil frequently. Another is to use a timing belt checker. Pops and bangs can cause the engine to run a bit erratically, but they won’t hurt it. The car starts with the air-fuel mixture being compressed in the cylinders....

What a Smart Garage Door Can Do for You Smart garage openers can save you a lot of anxiety. Instead of wondering if you remembered to close your garage, you can check from an app or ask a voice assistant, like Google Assistant or Alexa. Combined with a camera, you can even see who’s coming and going, which can be especially useful if you’re a parent. You can even schedule a daily close time at the end of the day, so you don’t have to be concerned if you forgot....

If you frequently use a networked drive (or “share”) with Windows 11, you can map it to a drive letter in File Explorer to make it appear more like a local drive and quickly access it in the future. Here’s how to do it. First, open File Explorer. If you don’t have a shortcut to File Explorer in your taskbar, right-click the Start button and select “File Explorer.” In a File Explorer window, click the ellipses button (three dots) in the toolbar, then select “Map Network Drive” in the menu that appears....

To mark a message unread on Instagram, you can either use the “Unread” notification or tap the three dots in the upper-right corner of the message. The Unread button on Instagram does not work. It is just a way to see what you have missed in the past, and it does not update with new posts. There are two ways to unread a message. The first is by scrolling up to the top of the message and tapping on the “Unread” button....

Whenever there’s a natural disaster, your friends and family will want to know that you’re safe. Facebook has tried to make this easier with its Safety Check feature. Here’s how to let everyone you know on Facebook that you’re safe with a couple clicks, instead of messaging everyone individually. Facebook aims to automatically activate Safety Check if you’re in the area of a disaster it knows about. If you live in an area where a number of people are posting about an event, Facebook may send you a notification asking if you’re safe....

There is no way to mass delete Google Docs. Each document must be deleted individually. There are a few ways to quickly delete documents on Google Docs:-Select the document and press Ctrl + D (Cmd + D on a Mac) to delete it.-Select the document and choose File > Delete.-Press the Trashcan icon in the toolbar and select the document to delete. There are a few ways to delete multiple documents at once....

There are a few ways to measure in Illustrator. One way is to use the ruler tool. You can also use the grid and guide tools to help you measure specific areas of your art. To use the measure tool in Illustrator, first make sure that the Measure Tool is active by clicking on the down arrow in the toolbar and selecting it. Once the Measure Tool is active, you can use the following steps to measure distances and angles:Draw a line or shape where you want to start measuring....

The process of meeting girls on Instagram is rather simple. One can search for users who they find attractive and then send them a message. It is important to be polite and respectful when messaging someone, as they may not be interested. Some users will post their contact information in their bio, which makes it easy to connect with them outside of the app. There is no definitive answer to this question as it varies from person to person....

There is no Instagram dating site, but there are plenty of third-party apps that allow users to find dates or hookups. One such app is called InstaDate, which connects users who have similar interests and allows them to chat and meet up with IRL. There is no one definitive way to get a date on Instagram. Some people might try to direct message, someone, they’re interested in, while others might try to follow them and hope that they’ll notice....

There are a few ways to do this. One way is to use the command “Flip X” on the keyboard, which flips the image so that the left side is the top and the right side is the bottom. Another way is to use the ” Flip L” and ” Flip R” commands. To reverse the direction in Photoshop, use the command “Reverse” in the Photoshop menu. You can use a mirror to flip an image....

You can download the app from Microsoft’s website, or search the Microsoft Store that comes with Windows. Click the Start button, type “Microsoft Store,” then hit Enter or click “Open.” Search for “Airplay Screen Mirroring Receiver,” and click the indicated result. Click “Install,” and wait for it to download. Then click “Open.” AirPlay Screen Mirroring will launch immediately. The default name of the receiver is your PC’s name, though you can change that by clicking the pencil icon if you want....

The Switch is great! Nintendo’s dock design is…less great. While buying a third-party dock can be risky, there’s an alternative: replace the plastic shell on the original to make it a lean, mean, fast-docking machine. Accessory makers have begun selling alternate dock shells. They’re really just pieces of plastic, and they’re designed to hold the electronic guts of the official Nintendo dock in a new and much more user-friendly position....

Motion tracking is a feature that allows your phone to track its movement. This is useful for activities like gaming or augmented reality. To turn on motion tracking, go to your phone’s settings and look for the motion or movement options. There are a few different ways to track moving objects in a video. One way is to use motion tracking software to track the movement of the object and then use that information to track the object in the video....

Although mobile devices have more storage space than ever before it’s so easy to fill up, wouldn’t it be nice if you could just pop a flash drive right into your device and expand your storage on the fly? Read on as we show you how mount a flash drive on your Android device. Why Do I Want To Do This? Even if your Android device has a micro SD slot, and not all devices do unfortunately, it’s still inconvenient to remove the SD card to load it up with content or transfer files (especially if you have apps that rely on SD card storage)....

The exFAT file system is ideal for flash drives and SD cards. It’s like FAT32, but without the 4 GB file size limit. You can use exFAT drives on Linux with full read-write support, but you’ll need to install a few packages first. Try connecting an exFAT-formatted drive without installing the required software and you’ll often see “Unable to mount” error message saying “unknown file system type: ‘exfat’.” How to Install exFAT Support We performed this process on Ubuntu 14....

Sometimes you just don’t want to be bothered when you’re at home, so here’s how to temporarily mute your SkyBell HD, so it won’t chime if someone rings your doorbell. RELATED: How to Install and Set Up the SkyBell HD Video Doorbell Whether you have a baby napping or it’s just late at night and you don’t want hooligans ringing your doorbell while you’re trying to sleep, this is a great feature to have on a smart doorbell....

It’s easy to think you’re stuck using boring old letters and numbers to name your smartphone’s app folders, but with the wonderful world of emoji, your folders will take on a new life of their own. RELATED: How to Use Emoji on Your Smartphone or PC We aren’t afraid to admit we think emoji are fun. We even wrote a whole article on how to use them. In fact, emoji are so much fun that we even use them to rename our folders....

You can’t get the whole video on Instagram. Videos on Instagram are limited to one minute in length. There are a few reasons why your videos may be getting cropped on Instagram. One possibility is that the aspect ratio of your video doesn’t match that of Instagram. Instagram typically crops videos to a square aspect ratio, while many videos have a different aspect ratio. If this is the case, you can try editing your video to fit within Instagram’s aspect ratio before uploading it....

A monitor is a device that displays information such as text, graphics or video. It can be used to display images or video from a computer, TV set-top box, DVD player or other similar devices.Monitors are typically classified by the type of image they display:A CRT (cathode ray tube) monitor is an older and bulky television-like monitor that uses an electron gun and phosphor to produce a visible image....

To open an existing image in Photoshop, first make sure that you have the Adobe Photoshop software installed on your computer. Then follow these steps: 1. Choose File > Open from the menu bar and type in the name of the file you want to open. 2. Click on the Open button. 3. In the resulting window, click on the OK button to open the file. To open an image as a reference in Photoshop, first open the file you want to use as a reference....