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If you’re here, you know you can use your Sky Q remote control with your voice, as well as the buttons. Of course, this only works with the remote controls with the microphone buttons (either on the right-hand side, or the front, near the record button). Here are some Sky Q voice commands to get
If you’re a Sky Q user, you’re probably already aware that you can use the voice commands with one of the two remote controls that came with your box. But, did you know that you can open apps with your voice? It may sound lazy, but in this day and age, with voice assistance such
If you have an iOS 13, or later, device with an NFC reader, you can use it to automated tasks around your home. Why, you might ask. Well it won’t be for everyone, but for others it can help automate tasks. Example uses are? Set your lights for the night.Could be useful if you have
When running multiple scripts, either at the same time, or sequentially, it’s nice to know which script is running. An easy way to do this, it to set the title of the PowerShell window, when the script is running. To do this, simply ad the below code to the top of your PowerShell script: Now
If, like me, you want to set your computer to hibenate, instead of sleep, you’re probably annoyed that this option is not on by default. Sleep has it’s place, but it still uses power. Thankfully though, it can easily be enabled, by following the below steps: These steps have been created on a Windows 10