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Zoom’s video conferencing software has more problems than a secret web server on Mac. Even on Windows, websites you visit could start filming you without your consent. All you have to do is click a link. This problem affects Macs, too. While previous reporting seemed to indicate that Zoom’s problems were specific to macOS, Windows is vulnerable, too. If Zoom is configured to turn on your camera by default in meetings, someone could embed a Zoom link in a web page and immediately start recording you....

Nobody likes to do things the hard way which is why they created keyboard shortcuts! We’re going to take a look at shortcuts that you’re able to use in Google Docs to shorten the time it takes to use everyday actions. By no means is this a complete list of all the keyboard shortcuts available in Google Docs. We’ve tried to keep the list more generally useful shortcuts. There are plenty more for you to explore if you can’t find what you’re looking for in this guide....

You Can Upgrade Anything, At a Cost Before we dig into the specifics, let’s get something out of the way right out of the gate. You can upgrade any prebuilt desktop PC if you are willing to throw enough money at it. You can swap the case, buy new fans, put a different hard drive in, swap the PSU, buy more RAM, swap out the CPU, or even replace the entire motherboard....

FileZilla is open-source software that is available for free under the GNU General Public License. FileZilla Server is the server hosting component, which supports both FTP and FTPS, and the FileZilla Client is the application for utilizing FTP and connecting to FTP servers. It’s worth noting that FileZilla Server works fine on Windows 10 as well, but that’s probably a less common use. To get started setting up your new FTP host, login to your server and download FileZilla Server for Windows....

PowerPoint provides several different ways to change the default font of a presentation. You can set a default font for new text boxes, find and replace specific fonts throughout the presentation, or change the default font for heading and body text and save it for future use. Here’s how. Changing the Default Font in Text Boxes PowerPoint provides a large library of different themes, and each theme has its own set of default fonts....

Documents come in different shapes and sizes, like legal or brochure. In Word, you can change the paper size to fit the type of document you’re working on, or change the default paper size for all new documents. We’ll walk you through it! Change the Paper Size of a Document When you’re ready to change the paper size of a Word file, open the document and navigate to the “Page Setup” group in the “Layout” tab....

How to Add a New Keyboard Language to iPhone or iPad Let’s start by adding a new language keyboard to your iPhone or iPad. Open the “Settings” app and then go to the “General” section. Here, select the “Keyboard” option. Now, tap the “Keyboards” button. You’ll see a list of all available keyboards. Here, tap the “Add New Keyboard” option. Browse through the list of available keyboards and tap the language you want to add....

If you fancy creating a one-time-only playlist of some of your favorite songs on Spotify, you can add them to your playing queue. If you don’t like your choices, however, you can clear your queue in seconds. Here’s how. Clearing Your Queue on Windows 10 or Mac Just as clearing your recently played list can remove any trace of your questionable music choices, clearing your queue on Spotify is a good way to ensure that any songs you’ve accidentally added to your queue to play later are removed....

Much of the Spotify experience revolves around playlists. There are thousands of public playlists created by Spotify itself and people like you. Chances are you’ve accumulated a few in your library. We’ll show you how to get rid of them. How to Delete a Spotify Playlist Playlists that you have created can be permanently deleted. The process is the same on iPhone, iPad, Android, desktop, and web apps. First, head over to the “Library” tab and find the playlist you want to delete....

Your Personal Information Is (Probably) Out There People-finder sites are a veritable treasure trove of information. They often have your address, phone number, email, and age. They even include data from court documents and other public or government records. These days, not only can you find out the breed of a blogging dog, but also the last time he had ringworm. If you want to check out this seedy underbelly of the web, just Google yourself or a family member....

Like other sites, you can enable dark mode on Google Search to turn your entire search experience dark. We’ll show you how to activate this mode on Google Search on both desktop and mobile. RELATED: Dark Mode Isn’t Better For You, But We Love It Anyway Turn On Dark Mode on Google Search on Desktop On your Windows, Mac, Linux, or Chromebook computer, you can use any modern web browser like Chrome, Firefox, or Edge to use Google Search’s dark mode....

Are too many Chrome extensions cluttering up your toolbar and menu? Google’s working on a solution for that. The new Extensions menu provides a place for all your extensions in one combined toolbar icon. It’s available today behind a flag. How to Enable Chrome’s New Extensions Menu This Extensions menu will likely be enabled by default in the future, moving all extensions from Chrome’s standard “3-dot menu” to this new menu....

How Photoshop’s Old Undo Shortcuts Worked A quick refresher: For years, Photoshop had a really handy undo/redo keyboard shortcut set up. To undo something, you could press Control+Z (Command+Z on a Mac.) Pressing it again would undo the undo. In other words, it would redo the step you’d just undone. This was great for quickly comparing changes and edits you’d made to your images. For example, you could turn off a load of different layers, add a mask, or paint in some details, then use Control+Z (or Command+Z) to quickly toggle the changes you’d made on and off again so you could directly compare their effects....

Get the IP Address in the Roku Settings The easiest place to see the IP address for your Roku is in the device settings. You can do this on a Roku TV or streaming stick. Grab your Roku remote and open your Roku Home screen. Select “Settings” on the left side. Then, navigate to “Network” and open the “About” section. You’ll see your IP address listed with the other details about your device....

Are you a die-hard Mac and iOS user who knows the ins and outs of working with both? We want you to write for us. What We’re Looking For We need an experienced writer to who can work up articles ranging from straight-forward how-tos to more complicated explainers and feature stories. You should have demonstrable writing experience and access to a Mac and iPhone (iPad is also a plus) that can run the latest versions of macOS and iOS....

If you’re an Android user, Android TV is a great way to bring your mobile OS (and your favorite apps) to the big screen. And if you’re looking to get more from your Android TV box, this is a collection of few tips and tricks to help supercharge your experience. RELATED: What Is Android TV, and Which Android TV Box Should I Buy? If you’re really looking for more information on Android TV (and which box you should buy), this post probably isn’t for you…yet....

Windows 10 offers a few ways to help you find your mouse pointer, which can be a problem on high-definition and laptop screens. Sometimes, just slowing down the speed it moves solves the problem, but you can also make it more visible and even have Windows locate it for you. How to Change the Speed of Your Pointer One of the first things we’re going to change is the speed at which the pointer moves....

Cloud services are all basically the same, upload your files, and they sync to other clients connected to it. Sometimes accidents still happen and the wrong files are deleted. Luckily, deleted files aren’t always gone forever. There’s a lot of stuff you can do with cloud storage that you couldn’t do even just a few years ago. If you need to clear some space off your local storage, for example, you can offload stuff to your cloud folders....

With 397 confirmed villagers in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, there are plenty of villagers to choose from when inviting them to your island. Moving a villager in is fairly simple, but moving them out can be a little more tedious. How to Invite New Villagers to Your Island In previous Animal Crossing games, villagers would randomly move into your town with their own house and furniture. It’s a little different in New Horizons....

Whenever you copy text from the web and paste it into Google Docs, any hyperlinks it contains transfer with it. Here’s how to paste text without hyperlinks or remove links already embedded within a document. Paste Text into Docs Using Paste without Formatting The first option to remove hyperlinks is to prevent them from transferring in the first place. Stop the links from entering your file by using the “Paste without Formatting” feature to strip the embedded URL from all formatting as you paste it into your document....