With Windows 10, Microsoft wanted to get every Windows user on the same platform. Now, the opposite is happening. Just 6.6% of Windows 10 PCs have the October 2018 Update over three months after its release. The Numbers These numbers come courtesy of AdDuplex, which tracks Windows update market share, as spotted by Bleeping Computer. In December 2018: 6. 6% of Windows 10 PCs were running the October 2018 Update 83....
Apple’s iPhone XS costs $999, but that’s not the end of it. You’ll soon start seeing warnings that your iCloud storage is almost full. Apple wants $0.99 per month so you can back up your phone and photos. Seriously, Apple? Your iCloud Storage Fills Up Fast Apple gives every Apple ID account 5 GB of iCloud storage. This is shared for iCloud backups of your devices, iCloud photo library, application data stored in iCloud, and personal files you’ve stored in iCloud Drive....
Seagate One Touch Hub 20TB External HDD For $419.99 ($160 Off) There’s no other way to put it — this is a massive external HDD fit for those with big storage needs. Designed to live on or under your desk, the Seagate One Touch Hub comes with a maximum 20 TB of hard disk drive storage that’s great for storing gobs of games, movies, music, and more. It’ll work with both Windows and Mac right out of the box, it’s password protected to ensure your files are safe, and it comes with front-facing USB-C and USB 3....
Up toward the top-right corner of the window, click on “Create a List” if you don’t already have one. Next, choose “Wish List” and then give the list a name. After that, be sure to mark the list as “Private.” With the list created, you’re ready to add items to it! On any product page, click on the arrow next to “Add to List” over on the right-hand side of the window....
Apple finally acknowledged that there are issues with the MacBook keyboard, Samsung showed off how it tested the Galaxy Fold for durability, and the FTC is cracking down on robocalls. And so much more! Apple News: Sorry ‘Bout that Keyboard! The third-generation MacBook keyboards have been getting heavily criticized for a while now, and Apple finally said something about it. In a comment to The Wall Street Journal, an Apple spokesperson said they’re aware that a “small number of users” are having issues with the keyboard....
Hiding a Worksheet Select the Worksheet you’d like to hide by clicking on the tab at the bottom. By holding down the Ctrl key while clicking you can select multiple tabs at one time. On the Home tab, click on Format, which can be found in the Cells group. Under Visibility, select Hide & Unhide, then Hide Sheet. You can also simply right-click on the tab, and select Hide....
If you frequently travel but don’t want to lug a laptop, or regularly work with computers missing applications you need you should consider portable Windows. With portable Windows, you have less to carry, and all your preferences come with you. Why You Might Want Portable Windows Traveling is a pain, especially when flying. You have limited carry-ons, and your suitcases can add to the cost of flying. The more you take, the more you’ll regret traveling at all, especially if you then need to walk far distances....
Computers Are Surprisingly Efficient Heaters Certainly, everybody who uses a computer knows they generate heat. If you put a laptop on your actual lap, it warms things up quite quickly. Anybody who has gone on a gaming bender with a desktop PC knows the room slowly gets warmer as the session goes on. So the idea that a computer adds some heat to the room it is in while running isn’t necessarily shocking to most people....
Windows 10 automatically creates a network profile when you connect to a network. Ethernet networks are named something like “Network,” while wireless networks are named after the SSID of the hotspot. But you can rename them with a simple Registry hack or local security policy setting. This name appears under “View your active networks” in the Network and Sharing Center. Renaming networks is particularly useful when you have multiple wired network profiles named “Network” and “Network 2,” since it makes it easier to tell which is your active network profile....
Adobe Photoshop’s rulers are really useful when you’re cropping, combining, or otherwise editing your images. Depending on what you’re doing, you might want them to display pixels, percentages, or even inches. Here’s how to change their units. How to Show Rulers If you don’t see the rulers on the edge of your document, go to View > Rulers, or use the keyboard shortcut Control+R (Command+R on a Mac). You can hide the rulers if you don’t need them....
The First Step You’ve probably been there. You’re drafted to provide support for a nontechie relative or work colleague, and something tells you this isn’t going to be painless. Still, you pitch in! You quickly determine the issue is likely a display driver issue. Hey, this might not be so bad after all! But then your short-lived flicker of hope is snuffed when you ask, “What kind of graphics card do you have?...
One of the best things about Windows is the freedom it gives you to customize your user experience. There are dozens of programs available to change the user interface. Here are some ways to customize your icons with the default options in Windows, and some third-party tools. Where Can You Find Icons? There are tons of icons freely available on the internet. Just exercise some caution — plenty of sites prey on people looking for things like icon packs, and will install malware or potentially-unwanted-programs (PUPs) if given the opportunity....
Snapping windows is a great feature. Drag a window to the corner or side of your screen and Windows automatically resizes it to fill that space. When you snap a window to one side of the screen, Windows presents a thumbnail view of other open windows that you can use to fill the other half. That’s Snap Assist and if you don’t like it, you can turn it off....
Have you ever transferred some pictures to your PC and then forget where you stored them? Or, maybe you’ve got a few storage hard drives and don’t want to search them manually? Here’s a simple way to get Windows to search for all your photos on your computer. RELATED: How to Transfer Photos From an iPhone to a PC How to Find All Your Photos Manually Unfortunately, pictures get stored in different places on your PC depending on the where they come from....
The end of the year means one thing for music lovers—Spotify Wrapped 2022 is here! This fun annual recap is one of the reasons why so many people use Spotify. We’ll show you how to find yours. What Is Spotify Wrapped 2022? Spotify Wrapped is an annual recap that shows a bunch of nifty stats about your last year of listening. It highlights the artists, songs, and genres that you listened to most....
When you listen to a live DJ, one song doesn’t stop playing and then another start after a brief pause. Instead, the tracks transition into each one another. One popular technique for doing so is called “crossfading”. The two tracks overlap for a few seconds, the volume going down for the first track as it comes up for the second. By default, Spotify doesn’t add any crossfade. Lots of artists add seamless transitions to their albums and adding a crossfade over the top sounds weird....
When you group apps together into folders, your iPhone or iPad attempts to name those folders for you based on what’s in them. But what if you don’t want to label a folder? Here’s how to erase it completely. Right off the bat, this sounds pretty easy—just name it with a single space right? Nope. When you leave the name of a folder blank or insert only one space, iOS converts the name of the folder back to what it used to be....
Since the beginning of the computer age, people have always enjoyed making computers talk to them. These days, that functionality is built right into Windows and you can easily use it to have your PC read documents to you. Using the text to speech functionality of your computer can save you a lot of time if you need to study for tests, read books, review reports, or if you are just feel like listening instead of reading....
When Apple refreshed the iPad Pro in November 2018, it also brought a new Apple Pencil along with it. The Apple Pencil (2nd Generation) has plenty to differentiate it from the previous model, and here we’ll show you how to pair and configure your new accessory. The 2018 iPad Pro is a huge departure from any previous models, and the same can be said of the Apple Pencil (2nd generation—simply referred to as the Apple Pencil from here on out) too....
If you’d like to capture thoughts on the go, Apple’s Voice Memos app on an iPhone or iPad is a wonderful way to do it with your voice. But sometimes it can be difficult to quickly find the app on your device. Luckily, there’s an easy way to launch Voice Memos using a Control Center shortcut. A Quick Word About Control Center and How To Launch It Control Center is a collection of shortcuts to commonly used tasks, such as adjusting screen brightness, volume, song playback, and more....
