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You don’t need to do anything special for Google Drive—it’s included as part of every Google account. However, if you build up too many files in your Google Drive storage, you may need to think about how to manage your files and folders. For instance, if you want to know how to make a copy of a folder in Google Drive, follow the steps below. Moving or Copying a Folder in Google Drive on PC or Mac Using the Google Drive App If you have the Google Drive app installed, you can copy folders in Google Drive like normal....

Once you set Cortana up, it presents you with information cards based on your interests like news, sport, and weather from your current location. In fact, you travel, you can set it to provide weather reports from multiple cities. However, you might want to get rid of cards that include information you’re not interested, change what’s displayed on them, or turn them off completely. Here’s a look at how to do just that....

For this tutorial I am going to use a simple word document. But this allows you to easily share documents and presentations with a URL, too. Publish a Google Doc as a Web Page Log in to your Google account and create a document or browse to the one you want to publish as a web page on Google Drive. Then click File > Publish to the web. After that you have the option to control publishing after changes are made to the document....

Managing Google Cloud Printers Important Update: Starting December 2020 this service is no longer available. For more, take a look at Google’s print from Chrome page. You can set up a Cloud Ready Printer. These are offered by several companies and have the Google Cloud Print Ready logo on them. If you have a Cloud Ready printer, it’s much easier to set up. Another cool thing is you can print to virtually any FedEx Office from your Chromebook, PC, smartphone, or tablet....

Google Calendar is another of Google’s hugely popular apps. The ability to share calendars, invite people to events, and get alerts to remind you of upcoming events makes it highly useful for keeping track of all your appointments. Digital calendars are all well and good, but there are times when nothing but a hard copy will do. Thankfully, it’s quick and easy to print off your Google Calendar in a variety of formats....

Windows You can now print the background color and images of your Microsoft Word documents in Windows. End Background Printing To reverse course and no longer print the background color or image in Microsoft Word in Windows: Mac On Mac, the steps are slightly different, as you can see below. You can now print the background color and images of your Microsoft word documents in macOS. End Background Printing To reverse course and no longer print the background color or image in Microsoft Word in Mac:...

There are a few ways to do this. You can take advantage of the navigation pane in Word to rearrange sections by headings or use the tried-and-tested cut and paste approach instead. Here’s how to rearrange pages in Word using both methods. Using the Navigation Pane The easiest method to rearrange pages in Word is to use the navigation pane to move pages from A to B. Technically, this doesn’t allow you to move pages, but it does allow you to move entire sections if you’ve used headings to split up your document....

For example, when I write articles in Word, I always set the margins to 0.5″, change the view to Web Layout, and format the first line as Heading 1. Today we’ll cover recording and running a macro in Word using this example. NOTE: Macros are specific to Microsoft Office programs and do not work outside of them. Automate Tasks in Microsoft Word by Recording Your Actions into a Macro Step 1: Create a New Macro Before recording a macro, make sure you know what actions you want to record....

However, most people cling to their cable subscription because they own a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) box that lets them record or replay movies or shows that aired live on television. Luckily, you don’t have to say goodbye to this feature when you switch from cable to a YouTube TV subscription. How to Record on YouTube TV There are multiple ways to record TV shows or movies on YouTube TV....

The search button is near the bottom of the home screen (just north of the dock). The button’s purpose is to provide an easy way to search for texts, files, settings, websites, photos, and apps. It makes finding items on your iPhone easier. However, it’s also easy to accidentally tap it while navigating your home screen. If you want to stop seeing this icon, we’ll show you how to remove the search button on the iPhone home screen using the steps below....

Restart Windows 8 Explorer From the desktop, right click the Taskbar and select Task Manager to open it. Then select the Details tab, right click on explorer.exe and End Task. When the confirmation message comes up click End Process. Everything will disappear from the screen – but don’t panic. Task Manager stays open, click File » Run New Task. In the Create New Task box type: explorer.exe then click OK....

Windows Live Movie Maker is a great free tool from Microsoft I use all the time. It’s convenient since it will accept moves created on just about any device and allow you to edit and prep them for viewing by the fam. In this groovyPost, I’m going to share a tip that you’ll definitely need if you share my bad habit of shooting video on your phone or camera in a vertical position....

Available Options There are several available options to enable your Mac to run Windows. Some are free of charge; others require a not un-substantial investment. One option is even included free with your Mac, at least for now. Let’s look at each of them. Boot Camp Boot Camp essentially allows you to use your Intel Mac as a Windows computer. Apple includes Boot Camp as part of Intel-based Macs and Mac OS....

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to override Picasa’s auto-resizing feature and send photos in original quality. Step 1 From Picasa, Click Tools > Options. Step 2 Click the Email tab. Step 3 Under the setting for “Size for single picture,” select Original size. As you may have gathered, this only affects Picasa photos you send one at a time. If you want to send multiple high res photos, you can drag the slider for “Size for multiple pictures” up to 1600 pixels, but this obviously still isn’t full res....

Huh? What is a Guest Wi-Fi Network? Editor’s note: A guest network provides internet access to visitors at your home or business while restricting access to your regular Wi-Fi network. It’s a great way of keeping your home Wi-Fi network secure, along with your various IoT devices. For example, I used to hate it when guests would come over and mess with my Sonos. I’m the commander of music in my home!...

Just today I got a message on my smartphone telling me WhatsApp is outdated and needs a new version to access messages. On a smartphone data plan, this is unrealistic, with limited connectivity, I have to resort to carrying my laptop into town to get it updated, but what about my smartphone? Internet Café’s in my country tend not to provide wireless access limiting you to a wired connection. Thankfully, there is a quick and easy workaround for that; sharing your computer’s Wi-Fi connection....

Once you lock a document, how do you unlock it again? And if you forget the password, is there anything you can do? If you want to learn how to unlock a Word document with or without a password, follow the steps below. How to Unlock a Word Document With a Password There are two main ways to lock a Word document. You can lock the entire file so that it requires a password to open the file and read it....

The Windows Store tile on the Windows 8 Start screen will display the number of apps that have updates available. In this instance, there are eight that have updates. Click on the tile to launch the Windows Store. If you don’t see that notification on the Windows Store tile, go into the store and bring up the charms bar. Then go to Settings » App Updates. Then set the option to automatically check for updates to Yes....

Depending on your budget, you can buy a quality sound card for the discerning audiophile and gamer. I went with an Asus Xonar DX, a model that many say offers pretty good bang for the buck (after trying it, I tend to share that opinion). My motherboard has a Realtek chip and, while that’s ok for daily use, I felt that something was seriously lacking in terms of sound ever since I hooked up my amp and speakers....

I don’t care what others say about Google’s plans for world domination — I love Gmail. It’s the only email service that gives me all I want in a reliable way. And I was really glad to read on the Gmail blog that Google’s email service now features custom themes. I was already using themes to make Gmail more personal, but now it can be tailored exactly to the look I like....