First, click the Quick Settings button in your taskbar, which is a hidden button located where you see your Wi-Fi, Speaker, and Battery icons in the far-right corner.
[mai mult...]How to Get Notifications for New Music on Spotify
If you follow artists and podcasts on Spotify, you probably want to know when they release new music and episodes. Notifications for these things have been notoriously unreliable in the past, but Spotify has made some changes. We’ll show you.
For a long time, the Spotify app on iPhone, iPad, and Android had a toggle in the notification settings for new music, but it never really did anything. In August of 2021, Spotify revamped notifications by adding a “What’s New” feed to the app.
[mai mult...]How to Show the Pen Menu Taskbar Icon on Windows 11
If you have a touch-screen PC running Windows 11 and a stylus, you might enjoy using the pen menu, which provides shortcuts to essential apps. If the pen menu icon is not showing up in your taskbar, here’s how to turn it on.
[mai mult...]How to Update Arch Linux
Keeping packages up-to-date is important on any Linux distro. Arch operates on a rolling release model, delivering bleeding-edge updates to your virtual door as soon as they’re ready. Because of that, frequent updates (combined with effective backups) are necessary to avoid a broken system and corrupt packages.
Most Arch-based distros use the pacman package manager to download and install updates, a process technically referred to as “syncing.” You’ll use pacman commands to keep your packages synced and operational.
[mai mult...]How to Add Movies & TV Shows to Your Android TV Watchlist
Android TV and Google TV are different, but they do share some features. One such feature is the “Watchlist.” This is your personal list of content that you want to watch. Here’s how it works on Android TV.
The Watchlist is as simple as it sounds. It’s just a place for you to save movies and TV shows that you want to watch or be able to easily find. The Watchlist is connected to your Google account, so it can sync across your Android TV and Google TV devices.
[mai mult...]How to Fix “This PC Can’t Run Windows 11”
If you’ve run Microsoft’s PC Health Check and received a “This PC Can’t Run Windows 11” message, there’s a chance you need to enable TPM and Secure Boot on your PC.
[mai mult...]How to Check If Your Computer Has a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Chip
TPM hardware provides a tamper-resistant way to store encryption keys on a computer. On Windows 11, 10, 8, and 7, a TPM is normally required to enable and use encryption features like BitLocker. Here’s how to check whether your PC has a TPM chip, enable your TPM if it’s disabled, or add a TPM chip to a PC without one.
[mai mult...]How to Add a VPN Shortcut to Your Desktop in Windows 10
Create a VPN Desktop Shortcut on Windows 10
To get started, open the “Start” menu and search for “Control Panel.” Click the “Control Panel” icon that appears in the search results.
[mai mult...]How to Use Google Maps in Incognito Mode
Private browsing—often called “Incognito Mode”—is a standard feature in web browsers, but it can be useful in other apps, too. Google Maps has an Incognito feature that’s surprisingly powerful. We’ll show you how it works.
You can see how much Google tracks your location by visiting your “Google Maps Timeline.” This information is not set in stone. Locations and the entire day’s worth of information can be removed. However, Google Maps’ Incognito feature can do this proactively.
[mai mult...]How to Show or Hide the Bookmarks Toolbar in Firefox
To keep favorite bookmarks handy, Mozilla Firefox includes a bookmarks toolbar that you can show or hide based on personal preference.
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