There are few things more annoying than getting home after a long day photographing, importing your photos, and then seeing that you didn’t get the photo you wanted. Maybe you overexposed it or missed focus or didn’t nail the composition. Here’s how to make sure it doesn’t happen again. In this article, I’m going to be using landscape photography as an example because everything happens nice and slowly; or at least it does most of the time....
The beauty of casting from Chrome is that you can do so from any device that supports the browser. The only drawback is you can’t cast from multiple tabs. To change sources, you have to load up a different page in the original tab or disconnect the first cast, and then reconnect in a different tab. Getting Started To cast media, make sure your Google Home device is connected to the internet....
Thanks to Windows’ net user command, you can change your PC’s user account passwords right from your Command Prompt window. This lets you set a new password for your chosen account without navigating any setting menus. We’ll show you how. RELATED: How to Reset Your Forgotten Password in Windows 10 What to Know When Changing Passwords From Command Prompt The net user command requires admin access, which means you must be using an admin account to use the command....
When you perform a search in Outlook, it defaults to searching only the current folder. You can change what you’re searching on the fly, but you can also set that default behavior to be something different. How to Change Search Locations on the Fly If you’re performing a search in Outlook, it default to searching the current folder (or the current mailbox if you’re in your inbox). If you want to search something different, you can refine your search by popping open the dropdown to the right of your search terms and choosing another option....
The toolbars in LibreOffice provide quick access to various shortcuts, similar to the ribbon in Microsoft Office. But if you don’t love the icons, there are several different styles available, and you can change the size of the icons as well. By default, the Tango style of icons is used and the icons are sized automatically for the selected style. To change the style and size of the icon on the toolbars, go to Tools > Options....
Connecting a Mouse or Keyboard to Your Xbox This applies to the Xbox One family (including the One X and One S), and newer Xbox Series X and S consoles. The easiest way of connecting a mouse or keyboard to your console is to use a wired USB connection. You can plug the mouse or keyboard into the USB ports on the front or back of the console. Wireless mouse and keyboards should also work, provided they use their own wireless USB dongle....
There are a lot of sketchy “audio converters” out there trying to get you to pay $20 for something you can do for free with this hidden feature in iTunes. It’s simple to use and works with your pre-existing library. Open up the iTunes preferences (iTunes > Preferences, or Command+Comma) and navigate to the “General” tab. Click the “Import Settings” button at the bottom. This window lets change the format in which new songs are added to your library....
Charts are great for visualizing data. Adding animation to charts can make that visualization even better, letting you do things like introduce one piece of a pie chart at a time, so you have more room for discussion. Here’s how to do just that in Microsoft PowerPoint. Animating a Pie Chart in PowerPoint First, open up your PowerPoint presentation and go to the slide where you want the animated pie chart....
Rather than creating more trash or spending hours searching for a buyer for a $2 used gizmo, we recommend recycling your old electronics. It’s faster and easier than you might think. Wipe Your Old Tech Before You Recycle (or Sell) It As always, you’ll want to wipe your hardware of any personal data before recycling it. If it’s an old phone, perform a factory reset. If it’s an old computer, wipe its hard drive....
Editing your PC’s environment variables can save you time in Command Prompt and make your scripts more concise. It also lets you customize where Windows stores certain files. Find out how to edit them here. How Environment Variables Work Environment variables can be used to point to or set important directories, like the location of the Windows Temp folder, or they can they relay important information about your PC, like the version of Windows it is running or the number of processor cores it has available....
While in desktop mode, Windows 10 allows you to use the Start menu in a full-screen mode (like the Start menu in tablet mode) or in a more traditional way that only covers part of the screen. Here’s how to change how it works. Depending on how you have your Start Menu configured, a full-screen Start menu looks something like this. As expected, it covers the entire screen (but not the taskbar), and you can change between a “pinned tiles” view and an “all apps” view using the buttons in the upper-left corner....
What Is Private DNS on Android? DNS is a building block of the modern internet. It acts as a directory or phonebook and helps you reach wherever you want to go on the web. For example, when you want to visit How-To Geek, you simply type howtogeek.com in the address bar of a web browser. But, unfortunately, your web browser doesn’t know how to get to How-To Geek. That’s where DNS comes into the picture....
How to Diagnose a Sluggish Mac There are many reasons why your Mac might have performance issues. If you can figure out what’s wrong, you can take steps to rectify it. You can fix most common causes of a slow Mac yourself, and relatively easily. Here are some of the easier tips you can try to speed up your Mac. Hardware issues, though, are the exception. If your Mac has a problem with a particular component, the fix becomes more complicated....
MetaMask can be installed as an extension in your web browser or downloaded on smartphones (iPhone and Android) as an app. You’ll need Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Brave, or Microsoft Edge to use it in a browser. To get started, head to the MetaMask download page. For this explainer, Chrome will be used as the browser. If you’re using Firefox, the steps to download and install are very similar. Once installed, MetaMask works the same regardless of the browser....
If you’re using Ubuntu Linux, you’ll often see articles recommend you run commands. To do this, you need to type these commands into a Terminal window. Here are several ways to open one—including a quick keyboard shortcut The tips in this article were tested on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. They should apply to other Linux distributions using the GNOME desktop environment, too. Warning: Be careful about running commands you find online....
Sign Up for an Audible Account If you’ve never used Audible before, you’ll get a free 30-day trial, which will get you one free audiobook. How to Control Audible Audiobooks with Your Voice There are a handful of voice commands that you can give Alexa when it comes to listening to your audiobooks from Audible. Here are some variations you can use to begin listening to your audiobooks. Keep in mind that you will need to own or be renting the audiobook on Audible in order to listen to it....
The voice on Google Assistant has gotten better over the years, but it still stumbles sometimes when it comes to names. If Google frequently mispronounces your name, you can correct this in the Google Home app. To change the pronunciation of your name, open the Google Home app on your phone and tap the menu button. Tap “More settings.” Scroll down to the bottom of the list of settings and tap “Personal info....
Too much data in a single column can make your Microsoft Excel spreadsheet harder to read. To improve it, you should consider splitting up your column using the “Text to Columns” or “Flash Fill” features. “Text to Columns” will replace your single column with multiple columns using the same data. “Flash Fill” will replicate the data, splitting it into new, individual columns while leaving the original column intact. How to Use Text to Columns in Excel Microsoft Excel includes a special feature that allows you to split up extra long columns....
Although most advertisements have made their way online, you can’t deny the power of a flyer. If you have a product or service you’re selling and want to post a flyer on your local bulletin board, vertical tear-offs at the bottom make it easy for people to grab your contact info. Here’s how to make them in Word. Creating Vertical Tear-Offs Make sure the meat of your flyer contains enough content and design to attract passerby....
Using an authenticator app for two-factor authentication (2FA) is more secure than SMS messages, but what if you switch phones? Here’s how to move your 2FA accounts if you use Microsoft Authenticator. Previously, we looked at moving 2FA accounts in Google Authenticator to a new phone. We found that there’s no way to export all your accounts, and then import them onto a new phone. You have to re-create your 2FA accounts on your new phone manually....
