Data security and privacy have increasingly become the central focus for Mozilla’s Firefox browser. While Mozilla continues to explore subscription-based services aimed at privacy, such as the Mozilla VPN, a number of tools are integrated into the browser for free. Below, we’ll go over how to use one of Firefox’s built-in security tools: A data breach monitoring service called Firefox Monitor.
[mai mult...]How to Switch Chart Axes in Google Sheets
When you’re creating graphs or charts in Google Sheets, you don’t need to stick with the default layout. Google Sheets will try to pick your X- and Y-axes automatically, which you might wish to change or switch around. To do this, you’ll need to open your Google Sheets spreadsheet and select your chart or graph. With your chart selected, click the three-dot menu icon in the top-right corner and then select “Edit The Chart” from the drop-down menu.
[mai mult...]How to Quickly Find Specific System Settings on Windows 10
Looking for a particular system setting on Windows 10 but don’t know where to find it? There are several ways to quickly find exactly which setting you need to change. Here’s how.
[mai mult...]How to Keep the Task Manager’s CPU Stats In Your System Tray
The Windows Task Manager has floating performance panels, but it also has a system tray icon that displays CPU usage. Here’s how to use it—and how to free up taskbar space so the Task Manager’s window shortcut will get out of your way. This trick works on Windows 10, but it’s been around for a long time. It will work on Windows 7 or even Windows XP, too.
How to Change Your Home Page in Microsoft Edge
By default, Microsoft Edge opens with a custom “New Tab” page full of content. Luckily, it’s easy to open the browser with a custom home page instead. You can also set the page that appears when you click a “home” icon on the toolbar, which is disabled by default. Here’s how to do both.
[mai mult...]How to Color-Code Outlook Calendar Events Using Categories
Reading requires you to expend cognitive energy, and your Microsoft Outlook calendar is no exception. However, if you color-code your calendar events, you can more easily differentiate between them at a glance, and save yourself some time and energy.
Adding colors to your events makes it easier to pick out related calendar items and understand what they are, without having to read every word.
[mai mult...]How to Disable the Windows Key on Windows 10
Hitting the Windows key on your keyboard by accident can be very annoying. Sometimes, it kicks you out of a full-screen game by opening the Start menu or unintentionally launches a shortcut. Luckily, there’s a way to disable the key on your Windows 10 PC. Here’s how.
The easiest way to disable the Windows key is by using Microsoft’s free PowerToys utility. With PowerToys, you can reassign any key to have the function of any other. In this case, we will be changing the Windows key to be “Undefined,” which means nothing will happen when you press it.
[mai mult...]How to Organize Your Mac’s Desktop Icons
If you’re getting tired of looking at the same cluttered Mac desktop, it might be time to tidy things up a bit. The good news is that macOS provides several customization options to help you organize your Mac desktop icons.
[mai mult...]How to Force Quit an App on Windows 10
It’s not uncommon for an application to stop responding on Windows 10. When it happens, you can force the app to shut down, effectively unfreezing said application. Here’s how to force quit an app on Windows 10.
[mai mult...]How to Change Chrome’s Default Text Size
If you often have trouble comfortably reading websites in Google Chrome due to text that is too large or too small, it’s easy to change the default font size (and font face) for every page on Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chromebooks.
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