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PS4 Controller Battery Replacement Guide: Save Your DualShock 4 From the Landfill

The PlayStation 5 might be here, but the PlayStation 4 still overshadows it with the quantity and quality of its video game library. Unfortunately, the DualShock 4 controller’s sealed, non-replaceable battery is the weakest link in the aging console. Most PS4 owners discard their controllers once the battery refuses to hold a charge. Although Sony expects you to fork out cash for a new one, it’s cheaper to replace the battery for a fraction of the cost. Here’s how you can do just that. Making Sure It’s a Battery Issue Testing for known DualShock 4 controller issues beforehand will save you the trouble and expense of replacing a perfectly fine battery. Resetting the controller to the factory defaults is a good start. That involves pressing the reset button hidden alongside the screw located next to the L2 analog trigger. The button can be accessed by poking a toothpick through the tiny hole. Depress and hold the tactile switch for ten seconds before releasing it again. Related: ...

How to Find and Edit Passwords in Keychain Access on a Mac

Most of us constantly juggle dozens of passwords, with different login details for our Mac, emails, social media accounts, and more. Fortunately, your Mac can store your passwords and fill them in automatically when needed. It keeps a secure list of all the saved passwords in the keychain, which you can access and edit later on if needed. Here's how to edit passwords in the keychain on your Mac. What Is the Mac Keychain? Keychain is Apple's password-management system, which stores a variety of passwords for emails, websites, Wi-Fi networks, encrypted disk images, and more. Keychain can also store secure notes, private keys, and certificates. The Mac places keychain files in multiple locations on your hard drive; however, the contents of all these various keychain files are combined in the Keychain Access app for easy access. Related: How to Use iCloud Keychain Passwords on a Windows PC Keychain Access can help you in many useful ways, such as letting you find forgotten pa...

What's Your Love Language? Find Out in the Love Nudge App

Relationships are an inevitable part of life. You're always going to have people that you interact with on a daily (or at least regular) basis. If you have a significant other, you can improve your relationship by learning about your and their primary love language. Of course, friends, and family can benefit from knowing this information as well, but it shines in romantic relationships. But what are love languages and how can you use them to benefit your relationships with friends, family, or romantic partners? What Are Love Languages? The book that started it all is called The 5 Love Languages and is written by Dr. Gary Chapman. In the book, he lists out the five primary love languages we, as humans, use to show our affection and compassion for one another. Words of Affirmation: This includes spoken affections, like compliments, praise, or any other kind of verbal appreciation. Quality Time: This is simply time you spend with someone where you have their completely undiv...

6 Ways to Set Up a Test Site for WordPress Staging

If you're planning on upgrading the theme on your WordPress site, adding plugins, or radically altering the direction, it's smart to spend some time on testing it before the changes go live. However, this is easier said than done. WordPress doesn't offer any built-in staging features for testing and appraisal of changes you make. Everything you do gets saved and goes live, which isn't perfect. The answer is to create a staging environment. Here are six ways you can test planned changes to a WordPress site before they go live. What Is a WordPress Staging Site? Setting up a WordPress test site isn't impossible, Web host staging tools Test changes in WordPress with a staging plugin Manually copy the site to a subdomain Install WordPress on your computer and test there Create a staging site on a virtual server Build a WordPress test server with an old or cheap computer For the best results, the changes made in your WordPress staging site can be easily appli...

How to Split Excel Cells Using a Delimiter

Data imported from external sources might require some cleaning up. With the help of delimiters, you can split such data into different cells to organize it better and make it more meaningful. A delimiter separates each part of data within that string. The delimiter can be any character like a comma, space, tab, or semicolon. However, splitting data into their cells in Excel is not that simple. So, let's look at how to manipulate data with the help of delimiters in a spreadsheet. Select Your Data Before you get started, you'll need to select all the data you want to use. Here's how to do this: Open a new Excel sheet. Enter sample data into the first column of the sheet. Type a list of names of a few singers and try to split these names into first names and last names into separate cells. Select the data you want to separate using your mouse or the Ctrl and Down arrow keys. Using the Text to Columns Option Once the data is selected, you can split the names...

How to Change Your Clubhouse Username

Have you ever felt your current Clubhouse username no longer represents who you are? Or maybe due to the excitement of finally getting an invitation, you didn’t take your time to think through the username when you first created your account? Whatever the reason you want to change your username, we’re here to help you. In this article, we’ll show you how to change your Clubhouse username, as well as cover some reasons why you may want to. How to Change Your Clubhouse Username You don't have to deactivate your Clubhouse account or create another account to change your username. Clubhouse has made it relatively easy. Here’s how to get started changing your username on the app: Image Gallery (2 Images) Expand Expand Close Launch the Clubhouse app on your phone. Navigate to your profile. Tap on your username. This takes you to a Change Your Username? page. Here you can edit your old username or type in another ...

How to Watch Disney+, Netflix, Prime Video, and Plex With Raspberry Pi

Tried turning your Raspberry Pi into a media center but feeling disappointed? Missing the important channels, like Netflix and Amazon Video, on your Raspberry Pi? Fancy installing Plex for accessing content on your home network, or Disney Plus? Fortunately, Kodi isn't all about illegal add-ons. Here's how to install Netflix, Amazon Video, and Plex on your Raspberry Pi streaming box. A Raspberry Pi 4 Is Best Before you go any further, make sure you're using a Raspberry Pi 4 or at least a Raspberry Pi 3. We've tested this with the Raspberry Pi 3 B+ and Pi 4. Reality check: if you've ever tried to get Netflix or Amazon Video add-ons working on a Raspberry Pi-based Kodi box, you'll know how tricky (and frustrating) it can be. Typically, these problems are due to a combination of poor add-ons (or ones that will only work with desktop PC Kodi installations) and the low spec of older Raspberry Pis. If you're using a Raspberry Pi 4, the following steps will ...