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You’re not interested in a clean install, you don’t want to fuss with wiping your computer, you just want to take the plunge and upgrade to Windows 10. It might be a relatively straight forward process, but it’s always useful to bring a guide. Read on as we walk you through the upgrade process. Why Do I Want To Do This? While there is something to be said for a pristine new clean installation, there’s also something to be said for upgrading your OS and keeping your applications, files, and folder structures all in place....

If you’ve noticed a big difference between the quality of the photos and videos on your phone and the versions you upload to Facebook, you’re not imagining things: by default, the Facebook mobile clients upload photos and videos using lower quality settings. Let’s fix that. RELATED: Forget the Facebook App: Use the Mobile Site for a Less Annoying Experience When you upload media from your phone to Facebook from the iOS or Android mobile application, the application is configured with cellular-data-friendly settings that significantly reduce the quality of your uploads....

You’ve invested a lot of money into a pair of quality headphones with a built-in mic for your phone. Wouldn’t it be great if you could use it for gaming or VOIP calls on your desktop PC? Good news: You can. The big obstacle to using your nice headphones or earbuds with a desktop PC is that most full-sized desktops separate headphone and microphone jacks, while phones and laptops combine them into a single 3....

Steam’s In-Home Streaming is now available to everyone, allowing you to stream PC games from one PC to another PC on the same local network. Use your gaming PC to power your laptops and home theater system. This feature doesn’t allow you to stream games over the Internet, only the same local network. Even if you tricked Steam, you probably wouldn’t get good streaming performance over the Internet. Why Stream?...

Since it’s a third-party Alexa skill, you’ll need to manually install from within the Alexa app on your phone. You can read our guide on how to install Alexa skills, but you simply select “Skills” from the sidebar menu, and then search for “Twitter Reader”. From there, tap on “Enable Skill” and sign in to your Twitter account to link it. So what can you do with the Twitter Reader skill?...

If you’ve used the key a couple of times, you might think I’m wrong—but you can easily test it out by going into one subfolder, then hitting Back, then going into another subfolder and hitting Back, then going into a third subfolder and hitting Back twice. You’ll end up in the previous subfolder. If you want to go Up a folder in either Windows 7 or Vista, you can use the Alt+Up shortcut key, which will always go to the parent folder....

Do you open a lot of windows on your Mac? Do you ever have trouble keeping track of them all? Then you need to know about Mission Control, which shows you all of your currently open windows, then gives you ways to organize them. Mission Control is one of those Mac features that’s easy to ignore but makes everything better once you learn about it, mostly because of the multiple desktops feature....

Proton has been overhauling its services over the past few months, with the goal of unifying everything under one umbrella. The new proton.me site arrived last month, along with new branding and purple icons, and now Proton has launched a new ‘Proton Unlimited’ subscription that gets you everything for one subscription. Proton Unlimited includes 500GB of shared cloud storage, access to 1700+ VPN servers in over 60 countries, up to 15 email addresses and unlimited labels/folders in Proton Mail, all paid Proton Calendar features, Proton Drive, and more....

It Depends on the Laptop The main concern when using a laptop with its lid closed is not getting adequate cooling. However, whether that’s true depends largely on the cooling design of the specific laptop. If we’re talking about the fanless, low-power M1 or M2 MacBook Air computers, it’s perfectly fine to run them this way. You can even buy special stands designed exactly for this use case. On the other hand, if you have a workstation or gaming laptop, there’s a good chance that the top deck of the laptop plays a role in ventilation....

While the main point of a case is to protect the iPad Pro, a truly great one will let you do more with your tablet. Most cases on this list will allow you to prop your iPad Pro up for watching movies, drawing, or typing. Other cases will also facilitate holding your Apple Pencil, an expensive iPad accessory no one wants to misplace or break. But what is the best case to go with?...

Firefox 94 was released a few days ago, and it didn’t generate as much excitement as some versions of the browser. However, it has a pretty cool new visual feature called Colorways that brings colored themes to the browser but only for a limited time. Mozilla announced the new feature on its blog. The company said, “With 94, you’ll find a selection of six fun seasonal Colorways (available for a limited time only)....

Significant Other SO stands for “significant other.” People on the internet use it to refer to their spouse or partner. For example, someone might say, “I asked my SO if she wanted to get lunch.” It’s often used to provide a very neutral way of referring to a partner without disclosing or implying any specific details about them. By using SO, you don’t reveal their name, gender, or the stage of the relationship you’re currently at....

Apple’s TV app, which recently appeared on iOS devices and Apple TV, is meant to help users discover and watch shows across an increasingly expanding lineup of television channels, as well as iTunes movies and shows, in one central app. Apple continues to pursue its goal of being a television content provider, though that hasn’t quite gone according to plan. The TV app (formerly the Videos app) would appear to be an important tool towards achieving this goal, but does it actually have what it takes to make that happen?...

Power naps aren’t just something that happens after a heavy lunch or a long morning working in the yard. Macs also employ a feature called Power Nap that keeps your system and apps updated while your Mac is in sleep mode. What Power Nap Does Power Nap has been a macOS feature for a few years now. Its functions will vary depending on whether your Mac is connected to AC power or on battery....

When working with Windows PowerShell, you may have come across the term cmdlet and found yourself somewhat confused. Is a cmdlet something totally different from a command or is it just the PowerShell name for them? 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....

There was a time when we had to worry about manually updating desktop applications. Adobe Flash and Reader were full of security holes and didn’t update themselves, for example — but those days are largely behind us. The Windows desktop is the only big software platform that doesn’t automatically update applications, forcing every developer to code their own updater. This isn’t ideal, but developers have now largely stepped up to the plate....

It can be very frustrating when your professor says one thing about PowerShell and various websites seem to offer solid proof to the contrary. Does PowerShell actually work on non-Windows systems or not? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a puzzled 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 FredSavage187 wants to know if PowerShell works on other operating systems besides Windows:...

How-To Geek gave the Lenovo Smart Clock Essential a 9 out of 10 rating in its review and had nothing but good things to say about the product: To enter the giveaway, click on the button below and sign up for the How-To Geek newsletter. That’s it! And if you’re already a subscriber, all you need to do is visit the page to be automatically entered to win. The giveaway is open to anyone in the United States and is 18 years or older....

If you have a large batch of files to compress and you want to add password protection to each of them, what is the simplest or quickest way to do so? 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 DAE wants to know how to zip and password protect files in as few steps as possible:...

DigitalOcean droplets come with a limited amount of SSD storage. Here’s how you can add more disk capacity without breaking the bank, using DigitalOcean’s dedicated storage solution. Before we continue, you should check whether resizing your droplet might be an alternative option. Switching to a larger droplet type can get you more storage space as well as a bump in CPU and RAM. This can be ideal if you’re in need of all three now but don’t expect your storage requirements to grow much further in the near future....