If you’re like most Windows users, you probably just uninstall programs by launching their uninstallers from the Add/Remove Programs Control Panel. But if you’re a geek, there’s a chance you’ve dabbled with a third-party uninstaller. Third-party uninstallers aren’t a system tool most users will need, but they’re not entirely useless. Unlike memory optimizers and registry cleaners, they can potentially be useful in some situations. Why Aren’t Normal Installers Always Good Enough?...

These simple Bluetooth-enabled devices can be attached to things and you can track their location with an app. Android users might miss out on the easy system-level integration of AirTags on the iPhone, but they aren’t without options. The Best: Tile Mate Tile is undoubtedly the name most people think of when it comes to Bluetooth trackers, and that’s for good reason. The company has been around for a while and it offers several different models to choose from....

The interactions you have with your phone’s keyboard are easily some of the most intimate relationships that you will have with your mobile device. It is the mouth through which all your texts, emails, and other messages are spoken, and frankly…typing on a small keyboard is a pain. So choosing the right one can make things all the easier. Not only that, but you have to trust it with your sensitive data (like passwords) and everything else you type....

The Logitech Litra is a small soft light that can mount on top of a computer monitor, with three possible positions. It’s powered by a USB connection, so you don’t need to run another power cable down the wall. There is a Windows and Mac application for controlling the light, but there are also buttons on the back for everything — a great option if you use Linux or just don’t want to install the software....

Although monitors are largely a plug and play device, there’s more to setting up a new monitor than simply plugging it in and turning it on. Read on as we show a fellow reader how to quality check his new monitor and help it put the best face forward. Oh do we understand the excitement of unpacking and setting up a new monitor. You never understand how cruddy your old monitor is until you’ve got it sitting next to a brand new next-generation monitor....

If you are thinking about setting up a web server, do you need a computer specifically built with that purpose in mind or can you use a more common type of computer? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a curious reader’s question. 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. The Question SuperUser reader VincentTheonardo wants to know what determines if a PC is able to be a web server or not:...

What Is a Warrant Canary? Some providers of privacy-focused services like VPNs have a warrant canary on their websites. A warranty canary is a way for a service to quietly send a signal that it has been served with a warrant for information about its users. For example, if people are using a VPN for torrenting and it shows the signal, that’s a sign the VPN may have been forced to report information about their users’ peer-to-peer activity....

The terminology one encounters when getting into the computing world may seem odd or leave you puzzled at times, wondering how and why these terms are in use. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a confused reader’s questions. 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. The Question SuperUser reader user7681202 wants to know why a network tunnel is called a “tunnel”:...

Apple officially unveiled iOS 10 and macOS Sierra during its WWDC keynote yesterday, but you don’t have to wait until the fall to get the new wallpapers. Apple always brings a new default wallpaper to its new versions of iOS and macOS, and it’s something that many users look forward to besides the new features. While the wallpapers generally aren’t available until the new versions of iOS and macOS are released, they can usually be found by other means for anyone who wants them....

If you have Nest Aware set up on your Nest Cam, it can record video around the clock. However, this can quickly use up your bandwidth and data, so if you don’t need it recording at all hours, here’s how to automatically turn the Nest Cam on and off based on your location (using Home/Away Assist) or on a strict schedule. RELATED: How to Set Up the Nest Cam...

The Windows Search feature provides fast file searches by building an index. This index is used by the Start menu, the search box in File Explorer and Windows Explorer, and even the Cortana assistant on Windows 10. Where to Find Windows’ Indexing Options RELATED: Use Advanced Query Syntax to Find Everything The Windows Search indexer is controlled from the Indexing Options dialog, which is buried on the Control Panel. It’s particularly hard to find on Windows 10–even though it controls which files Cortana searches on your PC, Indexing Options isn’t available in the anywhere in Cortana’s own settings or the new Settings app....

Clearing YouTube’s cache helps fix issues with the platform’s app and website and lets you watch your favorite videos uninterrupted. We’ll show you how to do that on your Android phone and your desktop web browser. Deleting the YouTube cache doesn’t remove your personal data with the platform. The process only removes YouTube’s temporary files, which it internally uses to enhance your experience. Note that you can only clear the YouTube app’s cache on Android; the iPhone doesn’t allow deleting the app cache....

You can use Memoji and Animoji to send fun stickers to friends or disguise yourself during a FaceTime call. Thanks to iOS 13, Memoji are now available on all iPhones and iPads running the latest software, even if they don’t have a Face ID camera. Here’s how it works. What are Memoji and Animoji? The term Memoji is a portmanteau of the words “me” and “emoji” that takes the form of an avatar that you can use to personalize messages on Apple’s mobile hardware....

If you’re participating in a group or one-on-one chat in Microsoft Teams that you no longer want to be a part of, you can delete it. There are some limitations to deleting Teams chats, though, as we’ll outline below. Maybe the conversation is a quick, short-term chat that you finished. If you don’t want to participate anymore, won’t need any important items from the conversation, and simply want it out of your chat list, deleting it is easy....

No matter how big your phone’s storage capacity, you’re bound to run out of space sooner or later. When you start getting low storage warnings, you have two choices: stop taking photos or make more space by deleting images you don’t want anymore. To free up space, you could go through your camera roll deleting photos one at a time. But that’s a time-consuming process and, unless you delete every single photo, you’ll probably have to do it all over again before long....

Editing or cropping a photo may seem like a pretty simple thing to do, but if you don’t know where to look, it can be frustrating. We’ll show you how to use the easiest photo editor for Android. Google Photos is a very popular application that comes pre-installed on many Android smartphones and tablets. You don’t have to utilize Google’s cloud backup in order to use the app as a basic photo gallery, although many choose to do so....

Apple’s macOS Mojave disables subpixel antialiasing, also known as font smoothing, by default. On a MacBook Air or a desktop Mac hooked up to a non-Retina display, upgrading will make your fonts look worse. Update: We’ve found a better method that will actually re-enable subpixel antialiasing rather than just relying on font smoothing. Open a Terminal and run the following command: Log out and log back in for your changes to take effect....

Inspecting Hardware Linux has many command-line tools that show you the properties of different hardware components in your computer. What it doesn’t have—by default—is something like the Windows Device Manager. The Windows Device Manager provides a convenient method to browse and inspect the hardware and devices contained within your computer. It’s great because it’s fast and simple. You only need to run one program to capture a lot of information on many hardware devices, and the interface uses a familiar format....

When Google brought notifications to Android’s lock screen, it was a game changer. Instant access to important and relevant data is one of the things that makes smartphones so prevalent and clutch in our lives. But when that data is personal, you don’t want it showing up on your lock screen for anyone to peer over and see. Fortunately, Google baked in a way to hide this sort of content....

Official support for the ZFS file system is one of Ubuntu 16.04’s big features. It’s not installed and enabled by default, but it’s officially supported and offered in Ubuntu’s software repositories. When You Might Want to Use ZFS RELATED: An Introduction to the Z File System (ZFS) for Linux ZFS is an advanced file system originally created by Sun Microsystems for the Solaris operating system. While ZFS is open source, it’s sadly been absent from most Linux distributions for licensing reasons....