The Apple Store Apple’s retail footprint has grown tremendously over the years and for very good reasons. The Apple store is an experience all its own, full of nearly every product Apple produces. However, the best reason to visit the Apple store is not to interact with the staff but to get to know the products they sell. The MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac Mini, and iMac are all on display....

Inbox worked so well, in fact, that a lot of features (but not all) were eventually put into Gmail, after which the appeal of Inbox for Gmail waned for Google. In September 2018 Google announced they were shutting it down, with the actual closure happening in April. Despite being an experimental Gmail, people missed Inbox for Gmail, as it had a clean UI and had some features not yet put into the main Gmail branch....

Firefox is no exception to this predicament. Its password manager is buried under the Security tab on the Options page, which is something not everyone would know how to find. A great way to keep track of your saved passwords – right where you can see them – is a Firefox add-on called Saved Password Editor. It allows you to save, edit, delete and manage saved passwords in Firefox by simply right-clicking on a web form....

Is your Windows computer slower than usual? Try stopping background apps and processes from running on it. 1. Use the Power User Menu The easiest and most convenient way to access the Computer Management tool is through the so-called Power User menu. 2. Via the Windows Search Bar Windows Search provides instant access to data on your computer. You can search for files by their name, or by keywords that describe the contents of the file....

Dolphin isn’t some shady freeware piece of junk that’s going to run like garbage and mess up your computer to boot. It’s a proven open-source project that’s been in active development since 2003. The Dolphin developers take their project seriously and are constantly making technical improvements to expand its library and improve performance. Add the Repository and Install Dolphin is available for a wide range of platforms. On Ubuntu, it’s packaged and ready to install from a PPA repository maintained by the Dolphin development team....

Block Users with Shutdownblocker First and foremost, Shutdownblocker by Cresstone is a great choice that does just what the name suggests. It blocks the shutdown of a PC, the logging out of a user, and the restarting of the PC. You will need to run the program as an administrator for it to take proper effect. The tool is optimized for Windows 10 but will typically work just fine with previous versions....

So your crown jewel is making a whirring or beeping sound somewhere, and you don’t have the slightest idea what is going on. Before you get caught off guard, it’s time to tell you how you can isolate the problem so that you or a trusty computer wiz can repair it quickly and efficiently. Use Your Senses and Check for the Most Urgent Stuff First Your PC just went bonkers!...

The tech world has seen a few screenshot tools come and go, but one that has stuck around for years now is ShareX. Its staying power is mostly due to how useful it is, making it an essential tool to recommend to others. We’ve covered it a few times before, including crowning it as one of the best screenshot tools on MacOS, so it’s time to dig into this program and see what it can achieve....

Of course, this isn’t the case, and this so-called “app” is simply adware/spyware. However, trying to remove the app from your Mac is a test in patience. Trying to exit the app is virtually impossible, as it prevents your system from doing so by constantly “scanning” your machine. How Do These Apps Get on Your Machine in the First Place? Often times, unwanted apps are often are bundled in with other software that you download and install....

Have you ever found yourself locked out of a Windows account? Perhaps it was an old machine you dusted off, but you can’t remember what you set the account’s password to. Perhaps you bought a used computer only to find the seller didn’t remove their locked admin account. If you can’t access the computer’s administrator account to remove the passwords, you may find yourself totally locked out of the system altogether!...

Note: The below tutorial assumes that you have already installed (and configured) your primary Dropbox account in your computer. The Linux tutorial is based on Ubuntu Lucid and the Mac tutorial is based on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Linux The default folder for Dropbox is “/home/Dropbox”. You have to setup another folder and configure another instance of Dropbox to run in that folder. Firstly, create two custom folders. Both have the same name except that one has a “....

Occasionally, Windows likes to take over, though, and change your default printer for you. Luckily, there’s also a way around this to ensure the default you set is the one that stays in place. Disable Windows Printer Management A large part of Windows 10 is focused on doing things automatically for the end user, including choosing the Windows 10 default printer. Windows may automatically assume that the new printer you just installed should be the default instead of the original printer that you plan to keep using most often....

Ask Siri By far the simplest way to set an alarm is to ask Siri in some fashion. Just press and hold the digital crown or say “Hey Siri” after looking at the watch face. You can directly say “Hey Siri, set an alarm for 7am,” or say something along the lines of “Hey Siri, set an alarm to repeat for 7am.” This way, the alarm will always go off every day....

The result is users load windows, updates, and find themselves in Linux (or another installed operating system) thanks to Grub’s terrible default settings. Not to worry! There’s a way to set Grub to remember where you last left off! This means when you load Windows (or any operating system), and it restarts, it’ll load it again! Back Up Grub Before any configurations changes are made, it is a good idea to back up all Grub configurations just in case anything goes wrong....

So how do you make programs start automatically at login with the Awesome window manager? Backing up rc.lua Before you add the auto-start code to AwesomeWM’s configuration file, you might want to create a backup. You can do this by entering these commands. This will create a backup directory and make an exact copy of the rc.lua file before any edits are made to it. That way if you have any issues with the edits you’ve made, you can quickly restore it and then start all over....

You probably already use iCloud Photos on some of your devices. However, understanding how this cloud-based service works will certainly go a long way. With that said, here’s how to set up and use iCloud Photos on any device. What Is iCloud Photos and How Does It Work? iCloud Photos is a cloud service that syncs and stores your photo library on the cloud and across all your Apple devices automatically....

This guide will go over the installation, setup and configuration of Emby on your Linux system. It’ll also go over the many ways in which you can access your movies, music, pictures and TV shows from your media server. Installing Emby Emby doesn’t have a package that you can download to install for Ubuntu directly. Instead, it uses the OpenSUSE build service. This guide will focus on Ubuntu, but this software is also supported officially by Open SUSE, Fedora, CentOS and Debian....

You can get yourself a USB adapter for less than $10 but it is important to buy one which is supported by the Raspberry Pi and Linux. For this tutorial, I will be using a dongle based on the Realtek RTL8188CUS chipset. The Realtek chipset is supported by Raspbian out-of-the-box and no additional configuration is needed for it to be recognized during boot. The RPi USB Wi-Fi Adapters page has a comprehensive list of supported wireless adapters....

Here’s how you can get the most out of this feature on both an iOS device and on a Mac. Photo Stream Albums on iOS 6 You can create and add images to a Photo Stream album on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch running iOS 6 in many ways. The easiest way is to select a picture (or even several) from any of your photo albums, tap on the share icon, then select Photo Stream from the presented options....

Recently, we’ve seen companies open up to sharing digital media, even if it’s quite heavily restricted. This is the case of Google Family Library which allows users to share their Google Play media among members of their family. If you’re interested in sharing media with your family, how do you set it up? Getting Started You can set up family sharing via a browser or through the Google Play app....