Not everything needs to be digital these days. If you want to print your Google Calendar to pop a month’s schedule on the fridge for your family or a week’s schedule to hand your childcare provider, it’s easy to do. You can print a day, week, or month of your Google Calendar along with the schedule and custom views. You can also select specific dates, which is handy for a travel itinerary or a convention you’re attending....
The new account switcher was announced at the Google I/O 2019 developer conference and replaced an outdated-looking sidebar menu. Instead of having to tap on a hamburger menu icon and dig through a drop-down menu, users can manage their accounts straight from the app’s homescreen. To use Google’s new account switcher, first, make sure you are signed into at least two Google accounts on your phone or tablet. Android users can do this from the device’s settings menu and iPhone and iPad owners can add additional accounts using the Google app....
How to Set Recurring Reminders Using the Reminders App With the release of iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, Apple redesigned the Reminder app, bringing many new enhancements and features. One of them is the new addition of hourly recurring reminders. The system is quite simple. When you get a notification for the reminder, mark it as complete. When you go back to the Reminders app, you’ll see that the reminder is still there but now has a due time of one more hour....
The Microsoft Family Safety app provides a set of reporting and parental control tools for people with Microsoft accounts. With filtering controls, location reporting, and app-usage recording, this app gives parents a way to monitor their family’s digital footprint. Again, to use it, you’ll need a Microsoft account, as well as an iPhone, iPad, or Android device. Alternatively, you can head to the web dashboard to view your family members’ recorded data on a PC or Mac....
RELATED: How to Automatically Hide or Show the Menu Bar on a Mac How to Show Menu Bar in Fullscreen Mode on Mac In order to force the menu bar to be visible in fullscreen mode, your Mac needs to run at least macOS Monterey or later. If it isn’t, be sure to update your Mac. First, click on the Apple menu in the top-left corner and select “System Preferences....
Find the Print Screen Key on Your Dell Keyboard On your Dell computer running Windows 10, you don’t need to use a special utility to take screenshots. You can use Windows 10’s built-in screenshot options to capture your screen. This means pressing the Print Screen key on your keyboard. RELATED: How to Screenshot on Windows 10 On your Dell laptop or desktop, you will find this Print Screen key at the top-right corner of the keyboard (next to the Function keys....
Certain websites show a “Sign in with Google” prompt to help you quickly sign in to that website. If you’re sick of this prompt, there’s a way to disable it from your Google account’s settings menu. Here’s how. Disable the “Sign in with Google” Prompt on Websites The “Sign in with Google” prompt is tied to your Google account and not to a particular web browser. This means that you’ll need to disable the prompt in your account to prevent it from appearing across all your web browsers, including both desktop and mobile browsers....
RELATED: How to Use Google Search’s Spell Check Everywhere on Chrome Turn On Autocorrect on Android How you enable autocorrect on Android varies by the phone model you use. In most cases, you can find the option in your phone or keyboard settings. Here, we’ve covered the steps to enable autocorrect on Samsung phones using Samsung Keyboard and Gboard. Enable Autocorrect on a Samsung Phone If you use Samsung Keyboard on your Samsung Android phone, you can toggle on the autocorrect feature by following the steps below....
As the sun sets over the horizon and your living room grows dim, it sure would be nice if your smart lights knew to turn themselves on. With a little magic, you can make your lights turn on as soon as the sun goes down. RELATED: How to Automate Your Favorite Apps with IFTTT For this, we’re going to use a service called IFTTT (If This Then That). If you haven’t used IFTTT before, check out our guide to getting started for info on how to create an account and connect apps....
Google Home can help you remember important things, like where you put your passport or what your Wi-Fi password is. Here’s how use it to remember all the stuff you constantly forget. The new “remember” command lets you make verbal notes about specific things that you’re likely to forget. It works best for something that isn’t likely to change very often, like where you keep your social security card or your apartment’s gate code....
SSL certificates are essential for HTTPS and modern encryption to work correctly. Google Chrome has occasionally changed where you can view the SSL certificate of the website you’re visiting. Here’s how you can view it now. How to View SSL Certificates in Google Chrome Google Chrome originally let you view SSL certificates by clicking on the lock icon near the address bar, but moved the feature around Chrome 55. In modern versions of Google Chrome, the details of the SSL certificate have been returned to the lock icon....
Whenever you plan a new purchase, you want to make sure you’re buying it at an ideal time—nobody wants to be the sucker who put a down payment on that brand new sports car a month before it was replaced with a new model. So it is with PC monitors…albeit on a slightly smaller scale. So, is now (summer 2017) a good time to purchase one or more for that perfect desktop setup?...
You can do a lot with the macOS Terminal, but the commands tend to be obtuse. A free program called m-cli bills itself a Swiss Army Knife for macOS, and it makes a lot of these hidden commands a lot easier to learn and discover. Terminal commands are rarely intuitive. For example, if you want to add a recent items folder to your dock, this is the command: defaults write com....
Transmission was long considered one of the best BitTorrent clients for Mac, but it’s recently seen back-to-back compromises of its servers. If you’re worried about Transmission’s security, here are some other great options. In March 2016, Transmission’s servers were compromised, and the official Mac version of Transmission contained ransomware. The project cleaned things up. In August 2016, Transmission’s servers were again compromised and the official Mac version of Transmission once again included a different type of malware....
Anyone who uses a Mac regularly knows that macOS’s screenshot abilities are pretty solid, but they could always be better. Third-party screenshot applications offer a lot of features that you might not have otherwise known you needed. RELATED: How to Screenshot on a Mac It’s true, you may be able to get by without ever requiring any additional software. You can already take full screen, selection, and window captures with just a few keyboard shortcuts, and Preview can make quick work of any light editing....
When a Linux system boots, it enters its default runlevel and runs the startup scripts associated with that runlevel. You can also switch between runlevels – for example, there’s a runlevel designed for recovery and maintenance operations. Traditionally, Linux used System V-style init scripts – while new init systems will eventually obsolete traditional runlevels, they haven’t yet. For example, Ubuntu’s Upstart system still uses traditional System V-style scripts. What’s a Runlevel?...
Swarm Mode is Docker’s built-in orchestration system for scaling containers across a cluster of physical machines. Multiple independent clients running Docker Engine pool their resources, forming a swarm. The feature comes bundled with Docker and includes everything you need to deploy apps across nodes. Swarm Mode has a declarative scaling model where you state the number of replicas you require. The swarm manager takes action to match the actual number of replicas to your request, creating and destroying containers as necessary....
The release of Android 4.4 KitKat brought a wide array of improvements included enhanced security. While the security might be tighter, the messages can still be a bit cryptic. What exactly does the persistent “Network May Be Monitored” warning mean, should you be concerned, and what can you do to get rid of it? This kind of situation is exactly why we weren’t particularly fond of the implementation of credential handling in Android 4....
Generally, streaming music over the internet means it’s not going to sound as good as physical media or local audio files. High quality audio requires more data. However, there are some services that offer high-quality streaming music. What Do All These Numbers Mean? As you’re reading this article, you’ll notice a few different units being used. The main one is “kbps” (kilobits per second), plus there’s “bit” and “kHz” (kilohertz)....
So you’ve set a password on your Windows laptop or desktop, and you always sign out or lock the screen when you leave it alone. This still won’t protect your data if your computer is ever stolen. A Windows password helps keep honest people honest, protecting your computer from casual unauthorized access. If an attacker gains physical access to your computer, all bets are off and a Windows password won’t help much....
