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Everyone loses data at some point in their lives. Your computer’s hard drive could fail tomorrow, ransomware could hold your files hostage, or a software bug could delete your important files. If you’re not regularly backing up your computer, you could lose those files forever. Backups don’t have to be hard or confusing, though. You’ve probably heard about countless different backup methods, but which one is right for you? And what files do you really need to back up?...

It’s Yellow All the Way Down Clear phone cases don’t actually turn yellow over time, they get more yellow. All clear cases have a natural yellow tint to them. The case makers usually add a small amount of blue dye to offset the yellow, making it appear more crystal clear. The materials play a big role in this as well. Not all clear cases get as yellow over time. Hard, inflexible clear cases don’t suffer from this nearly as much....

Microsoft has raised Windows 10’s minimum storage requirement to 32 GB. Previously, it was either 16 GB or 20 GB. This change affects Windows 10’s upcoming May 2019 Update, also known as version 1903 or 19H1. These details come from Microsoft’s minimum hardware requirements web page. They were first spotted by Pureinfotech and brought to our attention by Thurrott. Before this update, 32-bit versions of Windows required a minimum of 16 GB of storage on your device, while 64-bit versions of Windows required 20 GB....

Streaming websites don’t want to give their service away for free. They just don’t punish users for account sharing, and they usually enable the practice by allowing multi-device simultaneous streaming. In fact, some streaming services have figured out how to capitalize off of account sharing and quietly encourage it. Netflix Netflix doesn’t care about account sharing, even though an estimated twenty-four million people use an account that they don’t pay for....

Apple introduced iCloud Drive in iOS 8 and Mac OS X Yosemite. It’s designed to be a more easily understandable cloud storage location, working more like Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive. Previous versions of iCloud could sync your “documents and data,” but iCloud Drive now exposes a sort of file system to you. You can sync any file you like and browse your saved files. How to Enable iCloud Drive When you set up iOS 8 on an iPhone or iPad, or when you set up a Mac with OS X Yosemite, you’ll be asked whether you want to migrate your account to iCloud Drive....

RELATED: Spotify Free vs. Premium: Is it Worth Upgrading? I tried clearing the cache, deleting and reinstalling Spotify, and pretty much everything else I could think of. I finally found the right solution, so if Spotify keeps pausing on you, here’s what to do. Go to Spotify’s website and log in. On the Account Overview page, scroll down and click the “Sign Out Everywhere” button. This force signs you out of every instance of Spotify on all your devices....

With the huge volume of Internet connected devices that have been and will continue to be produced, how is the uniqueness of any ‘given’ MAC address enforced? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a curious reader’s questions. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. Screenshot courtesy of Christiaan Colen (Flickr). The Question SuperUser reader JellicleCat wants to know how the uniqueness of MAC addresses is enforced:...

Disney+ is an excellent streaming service to share with those that you love, but sometimes you may need to remove certain people from your account. Here’s how to add and delete profiles from your Disney+ account. How to Add a Disney+ Profile After signing into your Disney+ account on your computer, Android device, iPhone, or iPad, select your profile picture. You’ll find your avatar in the top-right corner of your desktop and the bottom right on your mobile device....

Computers Need Users A personal computer without a user doesn’t really amount to much. Linux supports multiple users. Whether they log in at the same time and share the computer’s power, or sign in singly when they have exclusive use of the machine, each person needs a unique user account. A user account encapsulates that user’s work and provides privacy. It also allows control and governance to be applied to the account....

Usually making Ubuntu mount a partition at startup would require fiddling with the “fstab” which is confusing. The easiest way to mount your partitions automatically when you turn on your computer is by reading this article. So let’s get started! Image by matsuyuki We are going to install the program that will make the process easy is called “Storage Device Manager”. Enter this command in a terminal window to install it:...

When you’re planning a meeting that requires travel, or you just want to know whether to carry an umbrella tomorrow, it’s useful to have the weather show up right in your calendar. Microsoft Outlook has a built-in feature that shows you the weather for the next three days. Here’s how to turn it on. In Outlook, click the “File” menu and then click the “Options” command. In the Options window, switch to the “Calendar” category on the left....

We think the Google Home Hub is a great device. From one place, you can hear the news, play music, turn on and off your smart devices, and see pictures of friends and family. In a pinch, it makes a great cookbook and YouTube display too. Most of those capabilities revolve around voice commands, but you shouldn’t count out the display. Your photos look amazing on it, but it’s also a convenient touch control panel for controlling your smarthome gadgets when it’s noisy....

If you’d like to compare two photos side by side, to find their quality differences or anything else, you can use Windows 11’s built-in Photos app. We’ll show you how to quickly compare two or more photos with this application. RELATED: How to Use Windows 10’s Built-In Photos App How to Compare Photos in the Photos App on Windows 11 To compare photos with the Photos app, first, use File Explorer to place the photos you want to compare in a single folder on your PC....

Kids Learn Technology As Quickly As They Grow Alexa is great for answering questions, playing music, controlling your smarthome, and telling the occasional groan-worthy joke. Once your children can enunciate well enough, they’ll pick up using an Echo in very little time—maybe even faster than you! The Kid’s Edition Cost Extra But the Echo Kid’s Edition costs $70, as opposed to the $50 for a standard Echo Dot. That $20 extra gets you a case and a year’s subscription to FreeTime Unlimited, which offers ad-free radio and hundreds of children’s books....

Counting the number of distinct values in a spreadsheet is valuable in many situations. Whether it’s customer names, product numbers, or dates, one simple function can help you count unique values in Google Sheets. Unlike Microsoft Excel which has various ways to count distinct values depending on your version of Excel, Google Sheets offers a handy function that uses a basic formula. Luckily, the function works with numbers, text, cell references, inserted values, and combinations of all for complete flexibility....

Creating an engaging PowerPoint presentation can be difficult, but you can make a boring presentation seem more appealing by adding some basic visual improvements. One good way to do this is by curving any text on your slides. Here’s how. These instructions have been written with the latest versions of PowerPoint in mind, but they should work for older versions of PowerPoint, too. You can also curve text in Word by following a similar process....

If you’d like to disable the Camera on your iPhone or iPad—removing it from the lock screen and also hiding the Camera app—you’ll need to take a quick trip to Screen Time in Settings. Here’s how to set it up. The Secret Is “Screen Time” Every iPhone or iPad includes a special feature called Screen Time that can either be used to track and limit your own app usage or as parental control settings for kids who might use the device....

How to Download Disney+ Movies First, find and select a movie you want to save for offline playback. You can either choose something from the homepage or use the app’s various search and category features to find a film of your liking. Next, tap on the Download button, which looks like an arrow pointing downward. Your movie will immediately start downloading to your iPhone, iPad, or Android device. You will check the download by looking at the progress bar (1) that replaces the Download button....

If you’re bored of the preset brushes that are included with Adobe Photoshop, don’t worry—you can install your own. Adobe allows you to install new brushes containing shapes, patterns, outlines, and more. Here’s how to do it. Downloading New Brushes for Photoshop To get started, you’ll need to first download a suitable set of third-party brushes for Photoshop. These come in the ABR file format and can be found for sale, or for free online, from sources such as Brusheezy....

RELATED: How to Install Android Apps on Windows 11 PC Requirements As of February 2022, Android apps are available in the stable channel of Windows 11—but only in the US. If your PC can run Windows 11, you already meet the requirements to run Android apps as well. Make sure to check for Windows updates and install any that are available before proceeding. Next, your Windows 11 PC needs to have hardware virtualization enabled....