A network drive allows you to keep large or important files off your Mac’s hard drive. This frees up space for other things, but you’ll need to know how to connect to it over your network. Mac supports the common networking protocols used for NAS drives, making it easy to connect to them. If you’re unsure how to map a network drive on a Mac, follow our steps below....
Unfortunately, you can’t simply drag the screen back to your field of view. But there are built-in Windows 11 features that allow you to recover the missing window you need to continue your work. We’ll show you some different ways you can recover a lost off-screen window in this guide. Why Windows Gets Moved Off-Screen If you have a dual-monitor setup or use a laptop with a dock and secondary monitor, windows can often get moved off your screen....
Unfortunately, there are times when you’ll encounter rude or harassing behavior on Discord. Issues can arise where the mod team isn’t doing its job, or enough people haven’t complained. Thankfully, there are some steps you can take if this happens. Here’s what you’ll need to do if you want to know how to report someone on Discord. How to Block Someone on Discord Sometimes just blocking a user without reporting can do the trick—it hides the messages of abuse instantly....
Whether it’s to troubleshoot a pesky problem or just clear out leftover “cruft,” you’ll need to know how to restart or reset a HomePod mini. Here’s what you’ll need to do. When Things Aren’t Working Right, Reboots Can Help As much as we love our tech, even the best-made electronics are prone to errors, bugs, and crashes. Maybe your HomePod isn’t responding at all, whether you tap the screen or say “Hey, Siri....
This is where icons like the Recycle Bin and Microsoft Edge often appear for you to launch as soon as you’re ready. Over time, you might add other system icons pop-up for easy access, too. If you clean install your PC, you’ll want to restore the desktop icons on Windows 10 and 11 that you’ve lost. It’s a straightforward process on both versions of Windows, however. Here’s what you’ll need to do....
You immediately panic, because there’s no button to set up MLA formatting automatically in Google Docs. You can stop worrying—let us show you how to set up MLA format in Google Docs manually. Why Do I Need MLA Formatting? The Modern Language Association (MLA) established a format to make scholarly papers in language and literature more uniform and easier to read. This standard defines what sort of paper to use, the style of typeface, and how to format your writing and citations....
Even so, when you’re filling in online forms, it can be useful to know that you’re not including a ton of spelling errors in your strongly worded message to customer services. Thankfully, Firefox comes with its own spell checker to point out any howlers before you hit submit. If you want to know how to keep the typos out of your online forms and social media posts, learn how to use the Firefox spell checker below....
Telegram is a little different from many of its rivals. As well as the standard messaging features, it offers some unique features that you can’t get in most other messaging apps. Learn about some of the key features of the app in this Telegram review. Messaging The key purpose of any messaging app is, to state the obvious, sending messages. Unsurprisingly, Telegram does this in a very similar manner to other messaging apps....
At the end of the meeting, an Export to Evernote button zaps all the meeting information over to your Evernote account. When you click it, you’ll be asked to give TimeBridge access to your account. Click Authorize to let it happen. After you export, the Meeting Brief will appear in your Evernote notebook after the next sync. The Meeting Agenda will be included in a bulleted list, followed by the Action Items, Notes, and Meeting Information (i....
That is, of course, if the touchscreen is working properly. Problems can easily occur, whether it’s a dirty screen riddled with fingerprints or display drivers that need updating. If your Windows 11 touchscreen is not working correctly, you’ll need to troubleshoot the problem. To help you, we’ve put together some top troubleshooting tips to fix a touchscreen on Windows 11. Clean Your Screen If you’re seeing touchscreen issues on a Windows 11 PC, the first thing you should do is reach for a cleaning cloth....
If you often create, edit, annotate and convert PDF files, I have good news for you. Rather than spend a lot of money each year on an Adobe Acrobat subscription, get yourself Wondershare PDFelement 6. PDFelement 6 is more affordable, but also full-featured, powerful, and easy to use. It allows you to create PDF files from various file formats, quickly edit and annotate PDF files, create and fill out PDF forms, sign contracts, and use optical character recognition (OCR) to transform scanned PDF files to editable text....
In a recent bug fix, Facebook inadvertently revealed that it’s creating dossier-like profiles on its users based on third-party information. This applies even if you never signed up for a Facebook account. But what does that mean exactly? When someone “connects” to Facebook using their Gmail, Yahoo, Twitter, Outlook, or whatever account, Facebook will ask for permission to access your contacts to “find your friends on Facebook.” While Facebook may actually be trying to find their friend’s profiles on Facebook, Facebook is also harvesting all of that contact data and using it to create “shadow profiles” based on name and email address information....
Next up on the horizon in terms of tech-trending-to-the-mainstream: VPNs. A virtual private network, or VPN, is basically a proxy that prevents others from tracking which sites and services you access on the internet. And the reason we are talking about VPNs right now is because of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution signed in April 2017 that rolled back a privacy rule created by the FCC last year. The FCC rule was supposed to regulate the ability of ISPs to collect your internet browsing data and sell it for marketing purposes....
Google continues to share the love with their Google Voice service by adding free calls through the service to Hawaii and Alaska. This service is an excellent upgrade as they previously only offered free calls to the continental US and Canada. Side note, you can also forward calls to your Google Voice number to Alaskan or Hawaiian phones for free. Free calling now to Hawaii and Alaska [Google Voice Blog] Comment Name * Email *...
Luckily, the process is straightforward, as Windows 11 allows pinning virtually anything to the taskbar. For example, you can pin apps from the Start menu to the taskbar on Windows 11. Adding Gmail to the taskbar makes accessing the email service with a single click simple and is a real-time-saver for productivity. Plus, you can make it open in Chrome despite your default browser. Here’s how to do it....
Tags are keywords attached to your files that describe the file’s content. The data is saved in the file’s metadata information. So, instead of searching for a file’s name, you can search by its tag name. This can help you to search for groups of files around a topic, rather than the filename. Often you name a file that vaguely describes its content. However, if you forget its name, that’s when tags come in handy....
If you have an iPhone with an always-on display (such as an iPhone 14), you can use it to your advantage to display your widgets. The feature is still available on older iPhones, however. If you want to know how to add widgets to your iPhone lock screen, follow the steps below. How to Add Widgets to an iPhone Lock Screen Adding widgets to the iPhone lock screen can help you view important information quickly and easily....
Whatever the reason, you can change the default save location in Windows 11. This guide will walk you through changing the default save location for documents, music, apps, photos and videos, new movies and TV, offline maps, and even the Downloads folder itself. How to Change the Default Save Location in Windows 11 To change the default save location in Windows 11, do the following: After going through each item, it will appear on the drive you choose moving forward....
You could use bold text or highlight the word, but nothing beats a good, old-fashioned circle around the word in question. Thankfully, it’s fairly simple to use the drawing tools in Google Docs to achieve this effect. Here’s how to circle a word in Google Docs. How to Insert a Circle in Google Docs Before you circle a word in Google Docs, you first need to know how to insert a circle or oval into your document....
In this article, I will show you how to use filters. It’s easier than you think and a compelling way to clean up your inbox! Automatically Categorize, Label, or Archive Emails using Gmail Filters Step 1 – Open a type of email you want to filter, say everything from one sender or everything, including certain keywords. Then click on the More drop-down. Step 2 – From the drop-down menu, click Filter messages like these....
