Screen recording on Mac was vastly improved with macOS Mojave (first introduced in 2018). With nothing but a built-in application, you can capture sound, mouse clicks, portions of your screen, and more.
How to Quickly Launch a Mac App with Spotlight
Tired of fumbling around trying to find an app on your Mac? With one quick keyboard shortcut, you can launch any app quickly from anywhere thanks to Spotlight Search.
[mai mult...]How to Name Chrome Windows for Alt+Tab and the Taskbar
If you keep a lot of Google Chrome windows open to organize your tabs, you can go one step further and name each window. Chrome’s built-in naming feature makes it easy to remember which window is for what in the taskbar or overview screen.
The windows naming feature was introduced in Chrome 90 and is available for Chrome on Windows 10, Mac, and Linux. It’s easy to use and can save you from opening the wrong window.
[mai mult...]How to Change the Display Resolution on Apple TV
When you connect the Apple TV to any display, it tries to automatically detect and pick the correct resolution. In case it fails, you could be stuck with a less-than-ideal picture quality. Here’s how you can quickly change your Apple TV’s screen resolution.
[mai mult...]How to Practice Your Presentations with PowerPoint’s Presenter Coach
Microsoft PowerPoint now has a Presenter Coach to let you rehearse your presentations before going to the audience. This coach gives you a detailed report telling you how well you did and suggesting areas for improvement. Here’s how to use it.
How the Presenter Coach Helps You with Your Presentations
Consider the Presenter Coach in PowerPoint as a trusted friend who listens to you practice performing your presentations. This coach reviews your entire presentation and creates a report detailing your performance.
For example, it will grade you on how fast you speak and how much you use filler words like “um” and “ah.” It will also inform you of words you might want to avoid and encourage you not to simply read the words on your slides aloud. Basically, if you need a second opinion on your presenting style, this is a great way to get it.
[mai mult...]How to Use Google Maps Street View in Split Screen on Android
With Google Maps on your desktop computer, you can look at Street View and the top-down map simultaneously. But did you know you can do this on your Android phone, too? This is a simple feature, but it’s one that isn’t super clear when you’re using Google Maps on an Android device. If you have a big display, it’s nice to be able to see Street View and the map side by side.
[mai mult...]How to Disable Twitter Notifications on iPhone and iPad
Tired of getting annoying notifications from Twitter on your iPhone or iPad? Luckily, it’s easy to turn them off completely—or you can pick and choose which notifications you’d like to receive.
[mai mult...]How to Change Alert Sounds on Mac
When you try to do something that isn’t allowed on your Mac, it responds with a loud, annoying alert sound. Don’t worry, you can change the alert sound and its volume using System Preferences on your Mac.
[mai mult...]Add a Sync Passphrase in Chrome on Android, iPhone, and iPad
This data is all backed up to your Google account, which means that the search giant has access to it as well. You can create a Sync Passphrase to encrypt this data so that Google can’t read it.
[mai mult...]How to Secure Chrome Sync With a Custom Sync Passphrase
Chrome’s cross-device sync feature is one of the things that makes it so popular, but it’s not without problems. You may not like Google having all your browser data, for example. Thankfully, you can encrypt your synced data by adding a passcode.
Here’s all the information that Chrome saves to your Google account with sync enabled:
- Bookmarks
- History and open tabs
- Passwords
- Payment info
- Names, addresses, and phone numbers
- Settings and preferences
This data is all backed up to your Google account, which means that the search giant has access to it as well. You can create a Sync Passphrase to encrypt this data so that Google can’t read it.
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