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Tech and transit help

Being a tourist in New York involves a surprising amount of IT. Hotel Wi-Fi that won't take your room number, a printer that isn't yours, a laptop that picked today to give up. Plus how to actually pay for the subway. All of it's here, all of it's free.

Tech

Wi-Fi

Hotel logins, free Wi-Fi around the city, dropouts and dead spots.

Printers

Won't print, shows offline, or it isn't your printer to begin with.

Computers

Running slow, won't wake, second monitor missing.

Phones & devices

Chargers, cables, Bluetooth pairing, headsets and VR.

Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts that differ between Mac and Windows.

Getting around

Subway

Paying your fare, reading the map, express versus local.

Buses

When the bus beats the train, and how to board one.

Airports

JFK, LaGuardia and Newark into Manhattan.