You can make Google your homepage in every major web browser on both Mac and PC.

To make Google your homepage, open your browser’s Settings or Preferences menu.

If you’re like most people, you probably find yourself Googling every question that comes to your mind: What’s the best recipe for lasagna? What does it mean if I wake up with a headache? Why does my dog keep staring into space and barking?

Google provides immediate answers to your weirdest queries, so it’s handy to have the search engine set as your homepage. Regardless of the web browser you’re using, making Google your homepage is a quick and simple process that will mean every time you launch your browser, you’ll immediately open Google.com .

Here’s how to do it in Google Chrome, Safari, Microsoft Edge, and Firefox.

Quick note: This guide deals with desktop web browsers, not mobile browsers. Mobile browsers generally don’t have homepages.

How to make Google your homepage in Google Chrome

A version of Google Chrome will be set as your homepage by default when you install Google Chrome, but you’ll still need to take a few steps to get the full website.

1. Open Google Chrome and click on the three vertical dots in the upper-right corner of the screen.

2. In the drop-down menu, click “Settings.”

Open Google Chrome’s settings menu.

3. On the Settings page, scroll down to the “Appearance” section and look for the “Show home button” section. Ensure that this option is turned on.

4. Once the “Show home button” option is enabled, you’ll see a blank box below which says “Enter custom web address.” In the box, enter the Google homepage URL, ” https://www.google.com .”

Enable the Home button and change your homepage.

Close the Settings tab and voila! Google is now your homepage. Just click the home button in the top-left (it looks like a house) to get there.

How to make Google your homepage in Safari

1. In Safari, open the Preferences menu. If you’re on a PC, you’ll have to click the gear icon in the top-right corner of your browser, then click “Preferences;” on a Mac, click “Safari” in the menu bar in the top-left, then click “Preferences.”

Safari will look and operate differently on Macs and PCs.

2. Under the “General” tab, look for the section marked “Homepage” with a URL listed next to it.

3. Remove the URL currently in the Homepage bar and replace it with ” https://www.google.com .” Additionally, you can use the drop-down menus above this to change which page loads when you open a new tab or window.

Make sure to enter the full URL.

4. Close the Preferences menu, which will launch an additional message asking you to confirm that you want to change your homepage. Click “Change homepage” to confirm, and you’re all set.

You might be asked if you’d really like to change your homepage.

How to make Google your homepage in Microsoft Edge

1. Open Microsoft Edge and click the three horizontal dots icon in the top-right corner of the Edge screen.

2. Click the “Settings” option at the bottom of the drop-down menu.

Like other browsers, you’ll need to open the settings menu.

3. After opening the Settings menu, click “Appearance” in the left sidebar.

4. Under “Customize toolbar,” enable “Show home button” by clicking the switch next to it.

5. Under this you’ll see two options: “New tab page” or a blank text field. Double-click the text field and type ” https://www.google.com ” into it, then click “Save.”

You’ll need to both enable the Home button and enter the URL.

Now, when you click the house icon in the top toolbar, you’ll be brought to Google.

How to make Google your homepage in Firefox

1. Open Firefox and click the three stacked lines in the top-right corner of the screen, then select “Preferences.”

Click the drop-down menu’s “Preferences” option.

2. In the left sidebar, click “Home.” This will open a page where you can set a new homepage.

3. Click on the box next to “Homepage and new windows” to reveal a dropdown menu. Scroll down and click on “Custom URLs.”

4. In the box that appears beneath “Custom URLs,” enter ” https://www.google.com .”

Open the “Home” section to find these options.

You can then close out this tab and proceed as normal – Google is now your Firefox homepage.

You can access nearly any email account from your iPhone.

• You can add most email accounts to your iPhone with just a username and password.
• Certain email accounts — like POP, IMAP, and Exchange — may require additional information, including server names and possibly server port numbers. Check with your email provider for this information.
• Once configured, all of your email is available in a single integrated inbox on your iPhone. You can also install third-party email apps if you prefer, which have their own account-adding processes.

Adding email accounts to your iPhone is usually a quick and painless affair. And once done, you can read and respond to all of your email messages from a single integrated inbox.

To get started, round up all of your email usernames and passwords. This might be all you need, but if you have an IMAP account hosted by an email service or a corporate Exchange server, you might need additional information.

How to add a webmail account to your iPhone

1. Start the Settings app.

2. Tap “Passwords and Accounts.”

3. Tap “Add Account.”

4. Choose the kind of email account you want to add. Popular webmail services like iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo, AOL, and Outlook.com are fairly straightforward. When requested, enter your username or email address, and then add the password.

5. Depending on how much mail is in your inbox, it may take up to a few minutes for your Mail app to update and show all your mail.

How to add an email account manually

Certain kinds of email accounts require more steps. If you have a POP or IMAP account, for example, you may need information like the host server name and password, and possibly server port numbers.  Your email provider almost certainly provides detailed step-by-step instructions, including the correct names and numbers – perform a Google search for “[name of email provider] email setup on iPhone.”

Here are the general steps:

1. Start the Settings app.

2. Tap “Passwords and Accounts.”

3. Tap “Add Account.”

4. If you’re setting up a POP or IMAP email account, tap “Other” and then tap “Add Mail Account.” If you’re adding a Microsoft Exchange account, tap “Exchange.”

5. Complete the New Account form, entering all of the information that’s requested. As you complete each page, tap Next. Your phone will attempt to validate your email information with each step along the way, so it’ll try to advise you if you entered information incorrectly. If you can’t complete the process because you don’t have enough information, you might want to contact your email provider’s technical support.

Mail alternatives

After you add email accounts to your phone, they’ll appear in the Mail app. But that’s not your only option.

There are a number of third-party mail apps you can try instead, including Microsoft Outlook. If you prefer, you can install separate apps for each of your webmail services. Google offers a custom Gmail app, while Yahoo offers its own Yahoo Mail app.

Keep in mind that if you install any of these apps, they will have their own account setups; they won’t use the information stored in “Passwords and Accounts.”

You can share a Wi-Fi password on your iPhone to automatically connect another iOS device to a new Wi-Fi network, and you won’t have to type in a password on the unconnected device.

To share or receive a Wi-Fi password and join the network, you will need to bring two iOS devices (that are both running iOS 12 or higher) close to each other.

Getting connected to a new Wi-Fi network is always a bit of a hassle.

Not only do you need to accurately enter the password in your phone’s Wi-Fi settings, but frequently, the owner of the network doesn’t even remember the password and has to look it up to begin with.

Starting with iOS 12, there’s an easy way to join a new Wi-Fi network on your iPhone . Someone who is already connected to the Wi-Fi network can share the password with a single tap, and your iPhone will automatically connect.

How to share a Wi-Fi password on the iPhone

In order to share a Wi-Fi password with these steps, both you and the recipient of the password need to be using an iOS device.

It can be two iPhones , two iPads, or one of each, but this doesn’t work if one of the devices is an Android. Also, both of you need to be running iOS 12 or higher. If you run into a problem, fix any iPhone update issues and make sure you’re running the latest version of iOS.

In addition, both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth should be turned on for both phones. To check, pull down the Control Center from the upper right corner of the screen (or bottom of the screen on an iPhone 8 or earlier) and make sure that both the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth icons are illuminated in blue.

1. The person who needs the Wi-Fi password should start the Settings app.

2. Tap “Wi-Fi.”

3. In the Choose a Network section, tap the network you want to join. You’ll see the Enter Password dialog box appear, but you won’t need to enter a password.

4. The person who is already connected to the network should unlock their iPhone and bring it within Bluetooth range of the other device (less than 30 feet).

5. On the Wi-Fi password pop-up window, tap “Share Password.”

6. After a moment, the other device will automatically receive the password and connect, and your phone will display a message that you were successful. Tap “Done.”