There may be times when you wonder if something is being done with, or to your computer without your knowledge, but is there an easy way to find out what is happening while you are gone? With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post shows a reader how to monitor his computer’s activity. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....
If you want to add a second person to your iPhone’s Face ID recognition, iOS 12 now lets you do just that. Here’s how. RELATED: How Secure Are Face ID and Touch ID? Apple calls this feature adding an “alternate appearance,” so technically, it’s aimed at users who potentially wear various headgear for their job throughout the day, like safety equipment. However, you can use it to add another person to your iPhone’s Face ID repertoire....
If you’re in and out of the Recycle Bin often, you might like to know that there is a way to add the Recycle Bin to the “This PC” view in File Explorer—and from there to your Quick Access section. Here’s how to get it done. Windows 10 finally lets you pin the Recycle Bin to the Start menu and we’ve previously showed you how you can add Control Panel and Recycle Bin to the File Explorer navigation pane....
When Windows Firewall is enabled with default settings, you can’t use the ping command from another device to see if your PC is alive. Here’s how to change that. The ping command works by sending special packets known as Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo Requests to a target device, and then waiting for that device to send back an ICMP Echo Reply packet. This not only lets you test whether a network-connected device is active, but it also measures the response time and displays that for you, as well....
If you’re a frequent Reddit user, you may have noticed others using formatting options on their posts. Here’s how to apply text formatting to level up your Reddit experience. Reddit Text Formatting Reddit is the largest discussion board on the internet, with millions of active users and thousands of subreddits. Reddit only allows you to use text in the body of posts and comments. However, they have various options that will enable you to add formatting to your content thanks to Markdown, a markup language that applies text formatting to the content on a web page....
Beautiful, Configurable, and Custom-Built Smart mirrors have been around awhile, and the most prominent version comes from Michael Teeuw. The idea is pretty simple; you’ll build a frame and box. Inside the box, you’ll place one-way glass (often seen on TV in police dramas), a monitor, a Raspberry Pi, and the cables necessary to power your setup. Michael and other contributors have created an open-source Magic Mirror platform you can install....
Now that your iCloud profile is front and center in iOS 10, perhaps it’s time to swap out your plain old initials for an actual photo. That way, everyone can see your smiling face when interacting with you through iCloud, iMessage, AirDrop, and other Apple services. First things first: you need a good photo. If the photo is already on your iOS device, then you’re all set. If not, you’ll want to save an appropriate picture to your iOS device or take a new one....
Firefox is available in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions for Windows 7, 8, and 10. If you’re curious which version you’re running, we’ll show a couple of easy ways to find out. RELATED: What’s the Difference Between 32-bit and 64-bit Windows? Using the About Firefox Box The simplest method for finding this information is opening the About Firefox box. However, before continuing, be aware that opening the About Firefox box causes Firefox to automatically update, if there’s an available update....
You’ll feel at home with the Stage channels if you’re familiar with audio-based social networks like Clubhouse or Twitter Spaces. Apart from hosting a group listening music party, you can set up an audio-only Stage event to gather folks who want to speak about and listen to a particular topic. Stage Channels are available only in Community servers, so if you’ve already created a regular Discord server with your friends, you’ll need to change it to a Community server....
Disable CarPlay From Your iPhone To easiest way to ensure that CarPlay never automatically starts is by completely disabling the application from your iPhone. To do this, start by jumping into the “Settings” app on your smartphone. Next, select the “Screen Time” option. Scroll down and tap into the “Content & Privacy Restrictions” menu. You will likely find most of the items here grayed out and disabled. Before proceeding, toggle on “Content & Privacy Restrictions....
Does using a scroll wheel on your Mac feel…wrong? You’re not alone. Back in 2011, Apple introduced what they call “natural scrolling.” The idea was to make using a trackpad feel more like using a touch screen, like on the iPad or iPhone. On those devices, scrolling up means “dragging” the screen down, and vice versa. When you’re using a touch screen, this feels intuitive, and Apple wanted the experience to be consistent in macOS....
It’s no secret that it can take quite some time to download games onto your PlayStation 5 (PS5). Thankfully, you can jumpstart the process and start the download process using the PlayStation smartphone app. Here’s how. Link Your PS5 to the PlayStation App Before you can do anything with game downloads, make sure that your PS5 console is linked to the PlayStation app. To do this, open the app on your iPhone, iPad, or Android device and navigate to the settings menu....
Did you type a line of text and then realize that it should have been capitalized differently? Instead of typing the line again, you can quickly and easily change the case of any text in Word without retyping it. To change the case on text in a Word document, select the text you want to change and make sure the Home tab is active. Then, click the “Change Case” button on the Home tab....
The Windows Control Panel offers up a number of settings that you might not want some users messing around with. Here’s how to hide specific Control Panel apps in Windows 7, 8, and 10. RELATED: How to Disable the Control Panel and Settings Interface in Windows Why bother doing this? You might share a computer and not want some users having access to some settings. Or you might have a computer in your business that is available to guests and customers that you want to lock down a bit....
Microsoft’s new Edge browser built on Chromium is now available. But, by default, you can only install a small number of Microsoft-approved extensions. Here’s how to install extensions from the Chrome Web Store in the new Edge. For the New Chromium-Based Edge Only This only works in the new Edge browser that dumps Microsoft’s old rendering engine in favor of Chromium, which forms the basis for Google Chrome. Chrome gets better battery life and the new Edge gets Chrome extensions....
When you’re binge watching a show, you don’t want to pick up the remote. You want the goodness to just keep coming while you lie there like a blob. Here’s how to set up Kodi to play the next episode of a show when the current one finishes–just like Netflix does. Netflix is addictive for a lot of reasons, but one trick stands out: when you finish watching an episode of a show, the next episode starts automatically....
You can add text, such as page numbers, filename, worksheet name, and date, to the header and footer on your spreadsheet. But, what if you want the first page of your worksheet to have a different header than the rest? That’s an easy task to accomplish. NOTE: We used Excel 2016 to illustrate this feature. To make header and footer on the first page of the current worksheet different from the rest of the pages, click the “Page Layout” tab....
Starting with Windows 10’s Fall Creators Update, the Windows Subsystem for Linux now allows you to manually mount drives. It still automatically mounts all internal NTFS drives. However, you can now manually mount external drives and network folders using the Linux mount command. How to Mount External Devices RELATED: Everything You Can Do With Windows 10’s New Bash Shell The Windows Subsystem for Linux still automatically mounts fixed NTFS drives....
Roblox is one of the most popular games in the world, but it’s currently limited to a handful of platforms. Chrome OS isn’t on the “supported” list, but thanks to the Google Play Store, Roblox is a few clicks away. What Is Roblox? Roblox is a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game creation platform where you can design, share, and play games with other players. The platform—which initially released in 2006—hosts games and virtual worlds in a variety of genres, such as simulations, puzzles, role-playing games, and racing games, to name a few....
Telegram has an app-based passcode lock system. This passcode lock needs to be set up on each device individually. The passcode isn’t synced between your devices, and it isn’t linked to your Telegram account. If you forget the passcode, you’ll need to delete and reinstall the Telegram app. You’ll get all your Telegram chats back if this happens, but you will lose out on all the Secret Chats. The messages are deleted, as they aren’t synced using Telegram’s servers and are instead stored locally on the device....
