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What’s New in macOS 10.15 Catalina, Available Now
What’s New in macOS 10.15 Catalina, Available Now
Apple’s macOS Catalina arrives today, October 7. This free upgrade lets you use your iPad as a second display, draw with an Apple Pencil in Mac apps, and run more iPad apps on your Mac.
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How to Increase Your MacBook’s Storage
How to Increase Your MacBook’s Storage
Solid-state drives are fast but expensive. And high-capacity SSDs are very expensive, which is why many of us opt for the bare minimum when we purchase a MacBook. But here’s how you can add more storage...
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How to Use Twitter Bookmarks to Save Tweets For Later
How to Use Twitter Bookmarks to Save Tweets For Later
Twitter has a new Bookmarks feature that lets you privately save tweets for later. If you’ve been using the Like feature as a workaround for saving tweets, here’s why you should start bookmarking.
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How to Sync Faces Across Devices in Apple Photos
How to Sync Faces Across Devices in Apple Photos
Apple Photos has a built-in facial recognition feature that gives you full control over identifying and syncing faces across your devices. Here’s how you can add names to faces in Photos app on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac...
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How to Disable Swipe Typing on the iPhone’s Keyboard
How to Disable Swipe Typing on the iPhone’s Keyboard
Android has supported swipe keyboards for over half a decade. Now, at long last, Apple is bringing swipe typing to the iPhone’s keyboard with iOS 13. The feature is enabled by default, so if you don’t like it, here’s how to disable slide to type...
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How to Enable Low Data Mode on Your iPhone
How to Enable Low Data Mode on Your iPhone
Running out of data on your limited mobile plan? Want to stretch out the data for the last couple of days of the month? Try the new Low Data Mode to reduce data usage on your iPhone.
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What Is TDP for CPUs and GPUs?
What Is TDP for CPUs and GPUs?
You often see TDP measurements on specification sheets, and it’s important info for people with desktop PCs. But TDP definitions are like opinions—everybody’s got one. Let’s cut through the confusion and talk about what a TDP number means for you...
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Slack for Desktop and Web Gets a Dark Mode—Here’s How to Enable It
Slack for Desktop and Web Gets a Dark Mode—Here’s How to Enable It
Months after rolling out to Android, iPhone, and iPad, Slack has brought dark mode to its desktop and web apps on Windows, macOS, and Linux. The theme is a mix of black and gray with white text, making it easy to read throughout the workday...
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How to Rotate iPhone Videos Without Installing an App
How to Rotate iPhone Videos Without Installing an App
For years, iPhone users needed to download a third-party video editor app to rotate videos. With the launch of iOS 13, users can fix the orientation of videos from the built-in Photos app. Here’s how.
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How to Enable Dark Mode on your iPhone and iPad
How to Enable Dark Mode on your iPhone and iPad
Dark mode is everywhere from Mac, Windows, Android, and now on the iPhone and iPad. iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 finally brings the much-coveted feature to Apple’s devices. It looks great, and it automatically works with supported apps and websites...
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How to Quickly Search Google Drive
How to Quickly Search Google Drive
If you haven’t gotten around to organizing your Google Drive and need to find something in a hurry, you might have difficulty finding a particular file. Here’s how to quickly search Google Drive.
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How to Use the chgrp Command on Linux
How to Use the chgrp Command on Linux
The chgrp command on Linux changes the group ownership of a file or directory. Why use it instead of chown ? Sometimes a Swiss Army knife is great, but when you really need a scalpel, only a scalpel will do...
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Could Your Bluetooth Devices Be Hacked in 2019?
Could Your Bluetooth Devices Be Hacked in 2019?
Bluetooth is everywhere, and so are its security flaws. But how great is the risk? How concerned should you be about Bluejacking, Bluesnarfing, or Bluebugging? Here’s what you need to know to protect your devices...
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How to Make Slides Vertical in PowerPoint
How to Make Slides Vertical in PowerPoint
When you open a new PowerPoint presentation, the slides are horizontal by default. However, you can change them to vertical orientation in a few simple steps. Here’s how to switch your slides from landscape to portrait layout...
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How to Scrape Text from an Image in Chrome
How to Scrape Text from an Image in Chrome
Usually, you use Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to extract text from an image. However, as of Google Chrome 76, you can use an experimental feature to scrape text from images without any additional software...
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How to Enable Optimized Battery Charging on Your iPhone
How to Enable Optimized Battery Charging on Your iPhone
The iPhone’s lithium-ion battery tends to have a longer lifespan when it isn’t fully charged. Apple’s optimized battery charging feature—releasing with iOS 13—keeps the battery below 80 percent until a full charge is needed, reducing unnecessary battery aging...
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Can You Get Multiple User Accounts on an iPad?
Can You Get Multiple User Accounts on an iPad?
Apple’s iPads only support multiple user accounts in a special education mode intended for schools. iPads are a single-user device—more like an iPhone than a Mac. However, you can share an iPad more easily with these tips...
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The Best New Features in iOS 13
The Best New Features in iOS 13
Hot on the heels of the iPhone event, Apple is taking the final steps to release iOS 13 to the public. It comes with a new dark mode, improvements in stock apps, better privacy controls, and much more...
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All of the Best Google Docs Keyboard Shortcuts
All of the Best Google Docs Keyboard Shortcuts
Nobody likes to do things the hard way which is why they created keyboard shortcuts! We’re going to take a look at shortcuts that you’re able to use in Google Docs to shorten the time it takes to use everyday actions...
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What Does “TFW” Mean, and How Do You Use It?
What Does “TFW” Mean, and How Do You Use It?
TFW is an internet acronym that you’ll usually find on social networking sites and in memes all over the web. But what does TFW mean, where did the acronym come from, and how do you use it?
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How to Remove a Gmail Account from Your Android Device
How to Remove a Gmail Account from Your Android Device
The only way to remove a Gmail account from your Android device is by removing its associated Google account. You can stop Gmail from syncing new emails, but if you want to get rid of a certain Google account from your phone or tablet, here’s how...
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How (and Why) to Use Google’s Chromebook Simulator
How (and Why) to Use Google’s Chromebook Simulator
Google’s Chromebook Simulator is an animated and interactive simulation inside of your browser that you can use to learn more about how to navigate Chrome OS. It offers numerous step-by-step tutorials to help you get acquainted with the operating system...
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How to Find Your Location History on iPhone or iPad
How to Find Your Location History on iPhone or iPad
If you’ve ever wondered where you were last week, you can use your iPhone or iPad to view your location history. And if you use Google Maps, you can find very detailed information about your whereabouts...
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What Does “NSFW” Mean, and How Do You Use It?
What Does “NSFW” Mean, and How Do You Use It?
NSFW is an odd, versatile internet acronym that’s found its way into internet articles and social media posts. But what does NSFW mean, where’d it come from, and how do you use it? Don’t worry—this article is SFW...
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How to Permanently Uninstall Microsoft Teams on Windows 10
How to Permanently Uninstall Microsoft Teams on Windows 10
If Microsoft Teams keeps reinstalling itself on your Windows PC and launching itself at boot, there’s a solution. You can’t just uninstall Microsoft Teams the usual way: You have to uninstall it twice...
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Six Common Smarthome Mistakes Beginners Make
Six Common Smarthome Mistakes Beginners Make
Smarthomes are becoming more common with each passing year, and smart devices are finally accessible enough for the average person. But creating your smarthome isn’t something you should go into without planning...
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What Can I Do with My Old iPhone?
What Can I Do with My Old iPhone?
Your old iPhone doesn’t become useless as soon as you get a new one. Don’t just throw it in a drawer—you can sell it, recycle it, or turn it into something cool!
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How to Stream UFC 242 Khabib vs. Poirier Live Online
How to Stream UFC 242 Khabib vs. Poirier Live Online
For the first time, UFC plays out in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday, September 7. In this highly anticipated lightweight title unification bout, champion Khabib Nurmagomedov takes on interim champion Dustin Poirier. Here’s how to watch.
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Free Download: Microsoft’s PowerToys for Windows 10
Free Download: Microsoft’s PowerToys for Windows 10
Microsoft promised Windows 10 was getting PowerToys, and they’re finally here! The first preview release includes a Windows key shortcut overlay and a desktop window manager that will let you go beyond simple 2×2 snapping...
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How to Insert a Picture or Other Object in Microsoft Office
How to Insert a Picture or Other Object in Microsoft Office
Whether you’re using Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, adding images and other objects adds visual appeal to your document, spreadsheet, or presentation. Here’s how to do it.
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How to Overclock Your Computer’s RAM
How to Overclock Your Computer’s RAM
RAM often comes from the factory with a lower speed than the silicon is capable of. With a few minutes in your BIOS and a bit of testing, you can get your memory to run faster than the manufacturer’s specifications...
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What’s New in Chrome 77, Arriving September 10
What’s New in Chrome 77, Arriving September 10
Chrome 77 hits the stable channel on September 10, bringing easy customization to Chrome. Forget downloading themes: You can apply your favorite colors to Chrome’s browser toolbars with a few clicks from the New Tab page...
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How to Remove Slide Numbers from PowerPoint Slides
How to Remove Slide Numbers from PowerPoint Slides
Slide numbers are a great way to navigate to a specific slide on your PowerPoint presentation quickly. In the event that the slide numbers are no longer necessary, you might want to remove them. Here’s how...
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How to Set the Default Finder Folder on Your Mac
How to Set the Default Finder Folder on Your Mac
Finder is your window to the Mac file system. Every time you open Finder, it defaults to the Recents folder. But if you usually save your work in a different folder, you might want to change the button’s default behavior.
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How to Use Chrome’s Picture-in-Picture Mode to Play Local Videos
How to Use Chrome’s Picture-in-Picture Mode to Play Local Videos
The Picture-in-Picture (PiP) extension for Google Chrome lets you watch videos on the internet in PiP mode. However, if you want to watch a video from your local drive, you can use Chrome to play it in a PiP window...
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How to Use Pipes on Linux
How to Use Pipes on Linux
Use Linux pipes to choreograph how command-line utilities collaborate. Simplify complex processes and boost your productivity by harnessing a collection of standalone commands and turning them into a single-minded team...
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Why Do You Have to Log In to Your Home PC, Anyway?
Why Do You Have to Log In to Your Home PC, Anyway?
Every time you turn on your computer, you have to choose a user account and sign in. That’s true on Windows, macOS, Linux, and even Chrome OS. Here’s why this is necessary for PCs but not iPhones, iPads, and Android...
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Why Does USB Have to Be So Complicated?
Why Does USB Have to Be So Complicated?
The new USB specification has been finalized. Soon you can upgrade from USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 to USB4 Gen 3×2. Just don’t use USB4 Gen 2×2—that’s not any faster than the previous generation. Confused? Welcome to USB...
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How to Have Siri Read Articles to You On Your Mac
How to Have Siri Read Articles to You On Your Mac
Siri can read any text aloud to you on your Mac. You can even use its built-in accessibility feature to listen to articles instead of reading them. Here’s how to enable the feature and launch it using a keyboard shortcut...
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How to Remove a URL’s Trailing Underscore in Chrome
How to Remove a URL’s Trailing Underscore in Chrome
Google Chrome lets you add custom search engines to search any site with a special keyword. However, sometimes Chrome adds a trailing underscore to the URL, which can cause problems if you try to enter it in the address bar...
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What Should You Do If You Receive a Phishing Email?
What Should You Do If You Receive a Phishing Email?
If you receive a phishing email, it can be a bit scary. Fortunately, nothing infects your computer if you don’t click any links or respond. Here’s what to do (and what not to do) if you receive a phishing email...
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The Best New Features in Android 10, Available Now
The Best New Features in Android 10, Available Now
After beta testing the latest version of Android for several months, Google has officially released Android 10. Although most of the changes to the operating system are under the hood, there are several user-facing changes you might like...
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How to Format Your WhatsApp Messages
How to Format Your WhatsApp Messages
Sometimes you want to add a little emphasis to certain words in your messages. If you’re a WhatsApp user, you can add four types of emphasis, either inline or from a menu.
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How to Add Your Own Emojis to Slack
How to Add Your Own Emojis to Slack
The ability to respond with an emoji from Slack’s extensive built-in collection is excellent. But nothing makes a place feel like home quite like personalizing it, so here’s how to add your own emoji to your workspace.
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How to Copy Music to Your Android Phone
How to Copy Music to Your Android Phone
You don’t need to abandon your music collection while on the go. Streaming services like Spotify are great, but you shouldn’t have to pay for music you already own. If you want to transfer your music to your Android device, here’s how...
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How to Use the chown Command on Linux
How to Use the chown Command on Linux
Files and directories in Linux systems all belong to someone. You can change their ownership with the chown command. We show you how.
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What’s New in Windows 10’s 20H1 Update, Arriving Spring 2020
What’s New in Windows 10’s 20H1 Update, Arriving Spring 2020
Microsoft is already working on Windows 10’s 20H1 update. Expected sometime around April 2020, this will likely be Windows 10 version 2003. It’s much bigger than the upcoming 19H2 update but still feels like a collection of useful improvements...
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How to Set Up a Child’s Smart Bedroom
How to Set Up a Child’s Smart Bedroom
You may have set up your own smart bedroom, but what about your children? Kids have different needs, so you’ll want to take a different approach. With the right devices, you can give them a smart bedroom that benefits everybody...
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What Does “FOMO” Mean, and How Do You Use It?
What Does “FOMO” Mean, and How Do You Use It?
FOMO is one of the few internet acronyms that has wiggled its way into psychology papers, the evening news, and every college counseling office in America. But what does FOMO mean, where’d it come from,...
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How to Fix a Slow or Unresponsive Mac
How to Fix a Slow or Unresponsive Mac
Is your Mac slow? Do you see the spinning pinwheel of death every day? Don’t put up with it! Here’s how to diagnose the issue so you can fix the problem.
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How to Turn Off FaceTime on Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac
How to Turn Off FaceTime on Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac
FaceTime is automatically activated when you set up your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. If you don’t plan on using this feature, or if you don’t want your contacts to get in touch using FaceTime, you can simply turn it off...
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How to Use Chrome’s Built-In Task Manager
How to Use Chrome’s Built-In Task Manager
Most operating systems have a built-in task manager or resource monitor that lets you see all active processes and programs running on your computer. The Chrome web browser also has one that helps you end troublesome tabs and extensions...
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How to Copy and Paste on a Chromebook
How to Copy and Paste on a Chromebook
Should you need to copy text from one document into another, don’t worry. Copying and pasting on a Chromebook works identically to how it works on any other operating system, and you can do it in a couple of ways...
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Windows 10’s Tablet Mode May Be Replaced With the Desktop
Windows 10’s Tablet Mode May Be Replaced With the Desktop
Microsoft is now rolling out “a new tablet experience” for convertible PCs. This is a beta, but it looks like that Windows 8-style Tablet Mode is being replaced with a more touch-friendly desktop environment...
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How to Quickly Switch Between Gmail Accounts on Android, iPhone, and iPad
How to Quickly Switch Between Gmail Accounts on Android, iPhone, and iPad
Google has a new gesture-based account switcher in some of its mobile apps that allows you to swipe between your various Google accounts. Here’s how to use it in Gmail, Google Maps, Drive, and more on Android, iPhone, and iPad...
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How to Unlock Read-Only PowerPoint Presentations
How to Unlock Read-Only PowerPoint Presentations
If you want unrestricted editorial rights to a read-only PowerPoint presentation, then you have to unlock it. The good news is that you can open it in a few simple clicks. Here’s how.
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How to Force Restart Any iPhone or iPad
How to Force Restart Any iPhone or iPad
Force Restarting an iPhone or iPad works as a quick fix for many iOS and iPadOS issues. If your device won’t boot up, or if you’re experiencing a system-level bug, before rushing to the Genius Bar, see if a force restart will fix the issue...
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How to Take a Photo on a Chromebook
How to Take a Photo on a Chromebook
Your Chromebook comes equipped with a built-in camera you can use to snap pictures to post to your social media accounts or share with friends and family. Here’s how to take a photo on a Chromebook.
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How to Use the chmod Command on Linux
How to Use the chmod Command on Linux
Control who can access files, search directories, and run scripts using the Linux’s chmod command. This command modifies Linux file permissions, which look complicated at first glance but are actually pretty simple once you know how they work...
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How Writers Can Use GitHub to Store Their Work
How Writers Can Use GitHub to Store Their Work
There are many ways you can manage and store your writing projects. Some people prefer cloud storage services (like Dropbox) or online editors (like Google Docs), while others use desktop applications (like Microsoft Word)...
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How to Embed Podcasts in PowerPoint
How to Embed Podcasts in PowerPoint
Embedding an informational podcast in your PowerPoint can be an invaluable way to enhance a presentation. Here’s how to add podcasts to your slideshow from your computer or from the web.
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How to Resume an Interrupted Download in Google Chrome
How to Resume an Interrupted Download in Google Chrome
An internet connection can be unpredictable at times, and a sudden drop of the connection while downloading a large file can be frustrating. However, Google Chrome lets you resume downloads if they unexpectedly stop...
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How to Check if Your Chromecast Is Still Getting Updates
How to Check if Your Chromecast Is Still Getting Updates
Google launched the first-generation Chromecast back in 2013, and it’s still getting security updates—but that’s it. As Google confirmed to 9To5Google, this original Chromecast won’t get new features. It may be time to upgrade if you have an old one...
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How to Easily Recycle the Old Electronics You Can’t Sell
How to Easily Recycle the Old Electronics You Can’t Sell
We’re big believers in selling your used gadgets. Your old gear is probably useful to someone, and it’s a shame for it to gather dust. But not everything can be sold, or it just might not be worth your time...
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How to Create a Google Form with Branching Logic
How to Create a Google Form with Branching Logic
When you create a survey with Google Forms, you can use conditional questioning to send respondents to specific pages based on their answers. Here’s how you can use branching logic to send people to questions that pertain to their responses...
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How to Create a Combo Chart in Excel
How to Create a Combo Chart in Excel
A combo chart in Excel displays two chart types (such as column and line) on the same chart. They are used to show different types of information on a single chart, such as actuals against a target.
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How to Let a Contact Bypass iOS’ Do Not Disturb Mode
How to Let a Contact Bypass iOS’ Do Not Disturb Mode
The iPhone’s Do Not Disturb feature is a great way to make sure your handset doesn’t disturb you when you’re sleeping or busy. But if you want a certain contact to still be able to get ahold of you, you can whitelist them...
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How to Play Adobe Flash SWF Files Outside Your Web Browser
How to Play Adobe Flash SWF Files Outside Your Web Browser
Web browsers are dropping support for Flash, but what if you have an SWF file to open? Never fear: Adobe offers a hidden Flash Player download for Windows, Mac, and Linux. You can open an SWF file outside your browser...
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Command Lines: Why Do People Still Bother With Them?
Command Lines: Why Do People Still Bother With Them?
The command line is almost 50 years old, but it’s not outdated. Text-based terminals are still the best way to accomplish many tasks, even in the age of graphical desktops and touch-screen gadgets.
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How to Blur an Image in PowerPoint
How to Blur an Image in PowerPoint
If your background image is drawing unnecessary attention, or you need to blur part of an image that contains sensitive information, you can do so directly in PowerPoint. We’ll show you how.
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How to Customize the Safari Toolbar on Your Mac
How to Customize the Safari Toolbar on Your Mac
Safari on the Mac features a minimal interface. Although you don’t have a lot of room for customization or theming, you can change the toolbar buttons to suit your productivity style. Here’s how to make the Safari toolbar look and work the way you want it to...
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What to Do When Your Mac Won’t Shut Down
What to Do When Your Mac Won’t Shut Down
Macs are like any other computer. Sometimes they won’t start up, and sometimes they won’t shut down. If your Mac is refusing to shut off, here’s how to shut it down anyway—and, hopefully, permanently fix the problem...
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All the Useless Windows 10 Features Microsoft Should Remove
All the Useless Windows 10 Features Microsoft Should Remove
It’s 2019, and Windows 10 has too many useless and annoying features. Don’t get me wrong: Windows 10 has gotten better and, overall, I love it compared to Windows 8. But some things just need to go.
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How to Restart an Android Smartphone or Tablet
How to Restart an Android Smartphone or Tablet
If you occasionally restart your Android device, it clears its memory and speeds things up. It can also be a quick fix for minor problems, like crashing apps. Here’s how to restart your Android smartphone or tablet to fix common issues...
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How to Make Your Family Love Your Smarthome
How to Make Your Family Love Your Smarthome
You might think a smarthome sounds terrific. But what about your family? They’ll have to live with the gadgets, too. And it’s a lot easier to set up a smarthome if everyone loves the tech as much as you do...
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How to Enable Google Chrome’s New Extensions Menu
How to Enable Google Chrome’s New Extensions Menu
Are too many Chrome extensions cluttering up your toolbar and menu? Google’s working on a solution for that. The new Extensions menu provides a place for all your extensions in one combined toolbar icon...
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How to Stop Spammers From Attacking Your Google Calendar
How to Stop Spammers From Attacking Your Google Calendar
Spammers have found a way to add unwanted phishing and scam events to people’s Google Calendars without their permission. Here’s how to stop spammers from adding things to your calendar without your permission...
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How to Hide Email Addresses in an Outlook Contact Group
How to Hide Email Addresses in an Outlook Contact Group
When you send an email to an Outlook contact group (formally known as a distribution list), you might want to hide the email addresses in the group from the recipients. Here’s the easiest way to protect people’s private information...
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How to Make Windows Desktop Icons Extra Large or Extra Small
How to Make Windows Desktop Icons Extra Large or Extra Small
Windows lets you choose large, medium, or small desktop icons. But did you know many other size options are available? You can fine-tune the size of your desktop icons with a quick shortcut that involves your mouse wheel...
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How to Update the VLC Media Player
How to Update the VLC Media Player
The VideoLAN project releases regular updates for the VLC Media Player. These updates add new features and fix bugs, but can also include important security patches that help protect your PC or Mac from attack...
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How to Power Off Your Samsung Galaxy Note 10 or 10 Plus
How to Power Off Your Samsung Galaxy Note 10 or 10 Plus
Now that Samsung is shipping the Galaxy Note 10 and 10 Plus, you’ll find that the traditional method for powering off the phones doesn’t work. Instead, you have to use a new key combination or change its default settings...
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How to Switch from a Windows PC to a Mac
How to Switch from a Windows PC to a Mac
It’s easy to switch from a Windows-based PC to a Mac. The platforms probably aren’t as different as you’ve heard. Our handy guide will have you up to speed in no time!
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How to Check a Microsoft Word Document for Plagiarism
How to Check a Microsoft Word Document for Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a serious violation of ethics, but that doesn’t stop people from doing it. When you receive a Word document that should be “original” material, you can run it through a plagiarism checker...
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How to Find Your Apple Card Number
How to Find Your Apple Card Number
The Apple Card is a mobile-first credit card, but it still has a card number you can use for online purchases. The service’s physical card doesn’t have the number on it, so you’ll have to find the number within the Wallet app...
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How to Unblock “Potentially Sensitive Content” on Twitter
How to Unblock “Potentially Sensitive Content” on Twitter
Twitter blocks some tweets with a “potentially sensitive content” warning. You can disable this warning—even on an iPhone or iPad, where the option isn’t normally available. You can also disable sensitive content warnings on your own tweets...
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How to Hide or Unhide All Desktop Icons on Windows
How to Hide or Unhide All Desktop Icons on Windows
If you like a clean desktop, Windows can be a little obnoxious. Many programs you install will automatically add their own desktop icon, so you’ll be constantly deleting them. Skip the hassle and hide all your desktop icons instead...
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Want to Survive Ransomware? Here’s How to Protect Your PC
Want to Survive Ransomware? Here’s How to Protect Your PC
Ransomware is everything bad about humanity distilled into malware—maliciousness, greed, and casual incompetence. It encrypts your files and demands payment for a key that might not even work. But with the right backup strategy, your files can survive an infection...
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My iPhone or iPad Screen Won’t Rotate. How Do I Fix It?
My iPhone or iPad Screen Won’t Rotate. How Do I Fix It?
The iPhone and the iPad screen rotates almost seamlessly based on how you’re holding it. But if your display is stuck in portrait or landscape orientation, here are a couple of ways to fix it.
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How to Publish Your Outlook Calendar From Outlook.com
How to Publish Your Outlook Calendar From Outlook.com
Outlook lets you share your calendar with individual people, but you can also publish your calendar so that anyone with the right link can see it. Here’s how to do that and why you might find it useful...
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How to Open the Control Panel on Windows 10
How to Open the Control Panel on Windows 10
Windows 10 still contains the Control Panel. Some settings appear only in the Control Panel, some in the Settings app, and some in both. Here’s how to find the Control Panel, which is a little more hidden than it was on Windows 7...
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How to Get Help in Windows 10
How to Get Help in Windows 10
Windows 10 has a built-in Get Help app that will offer solutions to problems and even connect you to a human support person. That’s just one of Windows 10’s convenient built-in support options.
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The New Microsoft Edge Is Now “Ready for Everyday Use”
The New Microsoft Edge Is Now “Ready for Everyday Use”
You can now download the first Beta version of the new Chromium-based Edge browser. Microsoft is still working on it, but says it’s “ready for everyday use.” It’s available for Windows 10, 8, 7, and macOS...
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How to Enable Ultra-Low Latency Mode for NVIDIA Graphics
How to Enable Ultra-Low Latency Mode for NVIDIA Graphics
NVIDIA’s graphics drivers now offer a “Ultra-Low Latency mode” intended for competitive gamers and anyone else who wants the fastest input response times in their games. This feature is available for all NVIDIA GeForce GPUs in the NVIDIA Control Panel...
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How to Send PowerPoint Presentations With an Embedded Video
How to Send PowerPoint Presentations With an Embedded Video
PowerPoint allows you to embed videos directly in your presentation. However, if you share the presentation, you might discover the embedded video no longer works. Here’s how to send your presentation with the embedded video still intact...
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How to Create Hyphens, En Dashes, and Em Dashes in Google Docs
How to Create Hyphens, En Dashes, and Em Dashes in Google Docs
Standard keyboards don’t have dedicated keys for special punctuation marks, such as an en or em dash, if you want to use them in Google Docs. Here’s how you can create hyphens and dashes in your documents...
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Can You Use iMessage on a Windows PC or Android Phone?
Can You Use iMessage on a Windows PC or Android Phone?
Want iMessage for Android or Windows? Unfortunately, you’re out of luck. Apple’s Messages app works only on Apple devices like Macs, iPhones, and iPads. No third-party apps can connect to iMessage. However, some good alternatives have similar functionality...
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How to Create More Space for an iPhone or iPad Update
How to Create More Space for an iPhone or iPad Update
A major iOS software update normally requires a couple of gigabytes of storage space. If you don’t have room on your iPhone or iPad to install an update, follow these steps to quickly free some up.
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What Is VBScript, and Why Did Microsoft Just Kill It?
What Is VBScript, and Why Did Microsoft Just Kill It?
VBScript is gone. Once a scripting language to compete with JavaScript in web browsers, VBScript is now disabled by default on all supported versions of Windows after a recent Windows update. But VBScript has been fading away for years...
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How to Migrate Your Nest Account to a Google Account
How to Migrate Your Nest Account to a Google Account
Nest users can now migrate their account over to Google. Doing so allows for a more secure sign-in process and better integration with Google Assistant, but kills most third-party integrations. There are more cons than pros, so we recommend waiting...
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How to View Saved Passwords in Chrome for Android
How to View Saved Passwords in Chrome for Android
Google Chrome occasionally offers to save passwords as users type them into websites. Android owners can quickly access, delete, and export saved passwords through the mobile browser. Here’s how to view your saved passwords on your smartphone...
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