Too Many Apps? I have about 900 apps installed on my iPhone. And many of them haven’t been used in a long time, if ever. If you’re in the same situation, iOS 11 has a feature you will love. . If you’re curious about how many apps you have installed on your phone, go to Settings > General > About. Apple added a new feature to iOS 11 that allows you to offload unused apps, which is different from deleting apps....
Here’s an example of an ad bar in the latest version of uTorrent: Remove Ads from uTorrent Launch uTorrent and go to Options > Preferences. Now in the Preferences screen, click Advanced in the left column. Then on the right side, type: offers in the Filter field. Note: You’re warned not to modify any of these settings, and you shouldn’t unless you know what you’re doing. In this case, if you modify each entry as shown, you’ll have no problems....
That is, of course, if you want birthday notifications on Facebook to appear at all. If you have a Facebook account with a lot of friends, birthday notifications can start to pop up daily, clogging your feed in the process. If you want to disable birthday notifications on Facebook, here’s what you’ll need to do. Disabling Facebook Birthday Notifications Online To disable birthday notifications on Facebook from your PC or Mac, you’ll need to open the Facebook website in your chosen web browser and sign in....
However, one problem that did occur is the mouse pointer would end up halfway across the screen, or the cursor would disappear while typing emails. I watched as they typed and noticed that they were resting their hands on the touchpad, which caused the cursor to go all over the place. Since they use a connected mouse, I did some research and found how to disable the trackpad. If you own a Google Chromebook and are having a similar situation, here’s how to turn off the touchpad and toggle it back on later if you need it....
Way back when Microsoft released Windows Vista, a new feature of the OS was implemented, called the Games Explorer. You may be familiar with Vista Game Explorer Editor, but sadly enough it doesn’t work so well in Windows 7 and may even break your Windows install. To help get you started on some Friday Fun today, we will show you a great app for editing your Windows 7 Game Explorer and getting your games library clean and organized again....
Google this week announced that a new dark mode is now coming to Google Calendar and Google Keep on Android phones and tablets. Here’s a look at how you can enable it on your device. Enable Dark Mode for Google Keep and Calendar on Android Turning on the dark mode for Google Keep is straight-forward. On your phone or tablet, launch the app and head to Settings and flip on the “Enable Dark Theme” switch....
Anyway, so you’re an iTunes user, you want to use Ping Apple’s “Social Network for Music” however you can’t because you live in an unsupported country. Lucky for you the fix is rather simple so just follow the step-by-step below and Ping will be up and running in no time. If Ping is available in your country, it will show up in the left sidebar in iTunes. Still, if you’re reading this, it’s probably because you can’t find it :)....
For example, Shirley Temple starred with Carroll Baker in Hollywood Uncensored (1 degree). Carol Baker and Eli Wallach appeared in Baby Doll (2 degrees), and Eli Wallach starred with Kevin Bacon in Mystic River (3 degrees). This gives Shirley Temple a Kevin Bacon number of 3, Carol Baker a 2 and Eli Wallach a 1 since he starred directly with Kevin Bacon. To find it on Google, all you have to do is type in the actor’s name followed by Bacon number in the search box....
Find Administrative Tools in Windows 10 If you are running Windows 10 20H2 or below, you’ll find Administrative Tools in the Start menu. Click the Start button or hit the Windows key on your keyboard to launch it. When the Start menu opens up, you’ll find a list of installed apps in the left column listed alphabetically. Just click one of the letters from the list. This makes it easier to find apps and other items by their first letter....
Step 1 – Launch cmd Click the Windows Start Menu Orb and Type cmd into the search box. Right-Click the cmd link that appears under the Programs list and Select Run as administrator. Step 2 In the command line, type in the following command: Done! Your cache of resolved DNS’ should now be cleaned out! This is really handy if you were making changes to the HOSTS file in Windows or messing around with your web server, but there are plenty of other uses as well....
So, if you’re like me, and you still have a home phone… follow the simple steps below to forward your iPhone to any number. The steps are confirmed to work for the original iPhone as well as the iPhone X. Although this tip is for iPhone users, the process is the same for Android users as well. That said, you can also use Carrier codes if you don’t want to screw around with your iPhone settings....
Where to Get Fonts You can find many free fonts online. Here are some websites you can check to see if they have any fonts that fit your needs. Free Fonts: 550 Commercial Use OpenType Fonts (on the Mac App Store, but they can be used on Linux also)Font Squirrel1001 Free Fontsdafont.comFont SpaceFontstock.net OpenType (.otf) and TrueType (.ttf) font files are common formats you can use on Mac or Linux. So, we recommend you download your fonts in one of those two types....
PrintNightmare Vulnerability Patch This vulnerability is a critical flaw with the Windows Print Spooler service. It is similar to the Printing Patch that was released in June 2021. Here is what the company notes about this latest out-of-band patch: Manually Update this Critical Vulnerability You should see the patch come through in the background. Microsoft is releasing it quickly to the following with more to follow soon: Note that the security updates released on and after July 6, 2021, contain protections for CVE-2021-1675, and the additional remote code execution exploit in the Windows Print Spooler service known as “PrintNightmare”, documented in CVE-2021-34527....
Find the Model You can find the model number for iPhones and iPad through the operating system and look at the physical device. By Software The easiest and most consistent way of checking for the model number on your device is through the operating system. Regardless of the device you have: From this page, you can see the model name and number at the top of the device. And here is how to find it on the iPad:...
What is a Slack Channel? Simply put, a Slack channel is a group chat area. You and your team can exchange messages, share files, and use integration tools pertaining to your business. By default, any member of a workspace (except for a guest) can create a channel. However, workspace owners can limit that ability if they wish. Types of Channels There are currently four types of Slack channels. The first two below are the most common and available in all plans while the last two are only accessible with paid Slack plans....
Manually Backup Thunderbird Emails Open up Start Menu or Windows Explorer and browse to %appdata%. The full path will be C:\Users\username\Appdata\Roaming on most Windows installations. Scroll down and find the Thunderbird folder. If you don’t see the AppData folder, make sure you have Show Hidden Files, Folder, and Drives unchecked in Folder Options. Right-click the Thunderbird and select Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder. Wait a few minutes for your Thunderbird folder to be copied and compressed into a zip archive....
If you want to change the name of your Windows 7 or Vista account, that is easy. However, even when you change the name, the folder name of your user profile remains the same. If you try to rename the folder it will severely mess up your account. Consequently most people have come to the conclusion that it is impossible to change the name of your Windows profile folder without breaking everything....
Create Passcode to Protect New Apple TV Purchases To make sure there aren’t any unauthorized purchases you can create your password by heading to Settings > General > Restrictions. The restriction options are turned off by default so select it to enable them. On the next screen type in a four-digit Passcode twice to verify it. After creating your passcode, you’ll be brought back to the Restrictions screen, and all of the options will be unlocked under Parental Controls....
This game is now officially available if you’re running the stable version (83.0.478.37) of Microsoft Edge. Getting there is the same, simply launch the browser and type: edge://surf into the address bar and hit Enter to start playing. Easter eggs are hidden gems (usually games) that developers sneak inside various projects. Every year, Android developers sneak a game into the mobile OS, for example. And there are multiple Easter eggs for Google Chrome and Google itself – remember doing a barrel roll?...
The year 2017 is becoming a memorable one thanks to widespread attacks such as Wanacrypt and NotPetya, which locked down your files then used your computer to spread the malware like wildfire. Hackers are using more advanced techniques to ensure their attacks cause more damage to systems on a wider scale. But just because hackers are getting smarter doesn’t mean that users necessarily have to. We just have to be consistent and conscientious about how we maintain our PCs....
