All you need to protect your hard drive is your personal computer or laptop. Windows and Mac have built-in encryption tools that let you set a password on your storage devices. Proceed to the sections below to learn how to set a password on an external hard drive on your computer.

Encrypting an external storage device on a Windows 10 computer requires you to manually choose an encryption method, encryption mode, backup a recovery key, and create a perfect (read: secure) password. It may seem like a lot of work, but it’s very easy. We’ll walk you through the entire process from start to finish. First, you need to enable BitLocker—Windows built-in encryption tool—on your computer. Plug the hard drive into your PC and follow the steps below.

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Do you sometimes struggle to read texts or make sense of images on your laptop’s display? Learning to use magnification tools can make your life easier. Magnifiers let you zoom in and zoom out on your computer’s screen. You’ll find these tools useful if your computer’s screen is super small or if you have an eye defect or condition that makes it difficult to read tiny texts. We’ll show you how to enable and use these tools to zoom in on your Mac.

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Keeping a personal copy of your emails can come in handy when you need to refer to them later. For example, you may wish to document samples for your next job, save projects you worked on, or retain feedback you received.

There are several methods you can use to back up your work emails. One of them is to save it as a PDF. If it’s a work email, you’ll need to check with your supervisor or IT department before making archives of your email just to avoid any legal ramifications.

You can save an email as a PDF from Outlook to your computer or phone using these steps.

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If you’re having trouble with your Apple TV—if it has become unresponsive or buggy, for example—it’s a good idea to completely restart the device itself, which can fix many issues.

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The new layout adds a sidebar specifically for shortcuts to Google’s other services that are sorta related to Gmail. The shortcuts include Gmail, Google Chat, Spaces, and Meet. If you don’t use those extra services, the sidebar is just taking up horizontal space.

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You may have installed the Google Drive desktop application on your  macOS computer and realize that you don’t use it and no longer need it. You can uninstall it in a few steps on both platforms.

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