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Android Desktop Notifications on Windows For this to work you’ll need to install a couple of things. Desktop Notifications Android AppAndroid Desktop Notifications for Chrome or Firefox (Beta) First make sure you have desktop notifications enabled on your Android, if you don’t the app will remind you to turn them on. Launch the app and you’ll see the connect code – enter that into the Chrome extension. Click the notification icon on the upper left side of your browser....

Windows 10 Shared Experiences To turn Shared Experiences on or off, head to Settings > System > Shared Experiences and toggle the switch to enable or disable it. Note that you can also choose to share or receive data from only your devices or any device nearby from here. Since this is a relatively new feature, few apps take advantage of it as developers haven’t implemented it yet. However, depending on the app, you can use it to remote control applications, share web links, or send messages between Windows 10, Windows 10 Mobile, Xbox, iOS, and Android....

Using your browser, you have to tell Twitter to stop tracing your surfing. Luckily, it’s not that hard. Below are a few examples of where to find the DNT settings in major web browsers. These implementations are evolving, and you should check the help pages of your browser for more details. If you are using Firefox. Open the Preferences menu and click Privacy. Check the box for Tell web sites I do not want to be tracked....

Windows 10 Power Options By default, when you open the Start menu in Windows 10 and select the Power button, no Hibernate mode is listed. Alternately, you can right-click the Start button or use the Windows key + X keyboard shortcut to bring up the “power user menu” and go to Shutdown or sign out. Even there, you will not find a Hibernate option. Enable Hibernate for Windows 10 To enable Hibernate mode in Windows 10, head to Settings > System > Power & sleep....

Before Selling Your iPad Before handing off your tablet to someone else, there are a few things you should do first. These include eliminating your personal information and removing the SIM card, when applicable. Backup and Delete Your iPad knows a lot about you. To protect yourself, make sure to wipe the device before selling it. This process involves backing up the device first, then erasing your data. Ideally, you should already be backing up your device nightly through iCloud....

Recently someone on the groovy team ran into a meltdown of their Android Market app. For some reason the app completely vanished, it wasn’t in the application list, and it wasn’t showing up in the drawer either. Puzzled, we tried a few different things but eventually found a solution. Read on for the fix! Step 1 Install ASTO File Manager* on your phone, the free version works just fine. Since your market is likely broken, below I’ve uploaded a copy of the latest ....

Microsoft is moving its Windows 10 development cycle to coincide with its Azure dev cycle. So, the release of the next “real” feature update (currently called 20H1) has been moved up three months. We should see it sometime in mid to late December. In fact, with the release of 20H1 build 19030, Microsoft removed the build number watermark from the lower-right corner of the screen. Which typically means the new version is near finalization....

If you’re looking for music on Spotify to use in your Twitch stream or your next YouTube video, then you’ll want to know whether the music is copyrighted or not so that you don’t fall foul of any laws. There’s no foolproof way to get copyright information on Spotify, but there are a few steps you can take to learn more. Here’s how to know if a song is copyrighted on Spotify....

In earlier versions of Firefox you had to enable the speed dial page, but now it’s the default setting. To set new tabs to open to a blank page type: about:config in the address bar. Then click the I’ll be careful button on the Void Warranty screen – this page is a joke and one of Easter Eggs in the Firefox. Then in the search field type: browser.newtabpage.enabled and double click on it to change its value to False....

Now with the recent release of the November update, version 1151 or Build 10586, that feature is available. Here’s how to find it and set it up. Change Default App Install Location to an SD Card To set this up, head to Settings > System > Storage. There you’ll see a list of your connected drives, including an installed SD card. You can see what’s taking up space on each one by double clicking a drive....

And with Windows 10 version 1709, Microsoft added the ability to monitor your GPU use. You can monitor a few things, including an app’s GPU usage, an app’s video memory use, and overall GPU resource usage. Monitor GPU Performance on Windows 10 To monitor the performance of your graphics card, open Task Manager. Either right-click the taskbar and choose Task Manager or hit the Windows key and type: task manager and hit Enter....

SIM cards come in a few different shapes and sizes, but they’re mostly standardized. If you’re trying to figure out how to insert your SIM card on a smartphone, you’ll need to find the SIM card slot. Let’s show you how to open the SIM card slot on an iPhone or Android device below. How to Open the SIM Card Slot on iPhone The steps to open the SIM card slot on an iPhone haven’t really changed much with each new release....

How to Delete Photos on Mac When you delete photos on Mac (and videos), they’re placed in the Recently Deleted album in the native Photos app. They’ll stay there for 30 days before being automatically removed from iCloud and your devices, including Mac. Beneath each photo is information on when the photo will get deleted. Some important points to consider: If you aren’t using iCloud Photos, any deleted photos and videos in the Photos app on Mac are only removed from that device....

Turns out the second listing (which was the dupe) ended with the URL: /?replytocom=22264. No idea what the heck that is all about however doing a quick Google Search to see how bad my problem was I did the following Google Search: Over 5000 results came back (oh great). Good news, the fix is very simple. Recommended Fix Adding a single line of code to the Robots.txt was the fastest and cleanest method I could think of to block search engines from indexing these dupe strings....

How To Edit The Office 2010 Custom Word Dictionary In any Office application (Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, etc.) Click File > Options. In the Options menu click the Proofing tab, and then click the Custom Dictionaries button. The Custom Dictionaries list should appear. Click Edit Word List. In the custom.dic dialog you can type in Word(s) and then Add them to the dictionary. Or if you need to remove a word just click the word from the Dictionary list, and then click Delete....

Note: This article has been updated to include instructions on removing the checkboxes in Windows 10, which you can find below. Remove Check Boxes from Folders and Files on Windows 7 When the Folder Options window opens, choose the View tab, scroll down and uncheck “Use check boxes to select items,” and click OK. That’s it—no more boxes. Now you can use Ctrl or Shift and click or hit Ctrl + A to select all items....

If the taskbar isn’t functioning correctly, you’ll want to get it working again. Often, the fix is as simple as restarting Windows Explorer, but you’ll also want to double-check taskbar settings. If you’re having problems, you can reset taskbar settings in Windows 11 and get it working the way you want it. Check out these potential fixes to reset taskbar settings on Windows 11 and get it working again....

You can control system and app features, manage personalization features to change the look and feel of the OS, and change other system settings. However, sometimes the Settings app doesn’t launch or crashes repeatedly. If the Settings app isn’t working on your Windows 11 PC, you can reset the app on Windows 11 to get it working. Here’s how. How to Reset Settings on Windows 11 One method you can use to reset Settings is by using the Settings app....

Of course, keeping on top of your unread emails can sometimes feel like a full-time job. If you’ve had your Gmail account for some time, you may have a lot of emails that you don’t really need. Thankfully, Gmail makes it pretty easy to select all of your emails at once. From there, you can hide, set to read, or delete them. To select all of your emails in Gmail, here’s what you’ll need to do....

Normally when you click a linked email address on a webpage, you’ll see your computer’s default email application open. You probably see a new compose message window with the email address you clicked populated right in. But if you prefer to use Gmail, then you likely have to copy that email address, open Gmail, and paste the address in a new message. What you might not realize is that there’s a simpler way!...