If other people use your Linux PC from time to time, you can hide files and folders from prying eyes. But if they know the obvious way to view hidden files, you can use a more secretive method: compress those files and hide them in an innocent looking image file. RELATED: How to Hide Files and Folders on Every Operating System Before we begin, create a directory containing an image file (....
After axing Flash for Linux in 2012, Adobe revived the Flash plugin for Firefox and other browsers on Linux in 2016. But Ubuntu still installs the old version of Flash by default, unless you go out of your way to get the new one. The latest version of Flash is more secure than older versions, offering additional protection against attacks. It should also be more stable. The Chrome and Chromium “PPAPI” version of the plugin also includes more features for websites, like hardware 3D acceleration and DRM support for web videos....
Weak Wi-Fi connections are incredibly frustrating when using Android Auto. Because of its voice-driven interface, it can’t process commands when the connection is weak—especially if the connection is just strong enough to connect, but too weak to actually use. Fortunately, with one toggle your life with Android Auto will get significantly better. RELATED: What Is Android Auto, and Is It Better Than Just Using a Phone in Your Car?...
If you find yourself underwhelmed by the photos you’ve been snapping, there’s a good chance that underuse of depth of field manipulation is to blame. Read on as we explain what depth of field is and how you can use it to create more interesting and dynamic photos. Photo by Matt Clark. What Is Depth of Field and Why Should I Care? At its most simple, depth of field refers to the amount (the depth) of focal plane (the field) available to the camera....
Windows 10’s new Android screen-mirroring feature only works with a handful of phones and PCs. Here’s how you can mirror nearly any Android phone’s screen to your Windows PC, Mac, or Linux system—and control it with your mouse and keyboard. The Options: scrcpy, AirMirror, and Vysor We recommend scrcpy for this. It’s a free, open-source solution for mirroring and controlling your Android screen on your desktop. There’s just one catch compared to the Windows feature: You have to connect your phone to your PC with a USB cable to mirror it....
Sometimes you need to print a document, but you don’t have a printer available—or you’d like to save it for your records in a stable format that will never change. In this case, you can “print” to a PDF file. Luckily, macOS makes it easy to do this from almost any app. Apple’s Macintosh operating system (macOS) has included system-level support for PDF files for 20 years now since the original Mac OS X Public Beta....
We’ll be demonstrating the below instructions using screenshots of Facebook’s app on an iPhone. The process is identical on iPad, but the shortcuts bar is located at the top of the app on Android. Remove Tabs by Long-Pressing The easiest way to remove a tab from the Shortcuts Bar is by long-pressing on one of the icons. Start by opening the Facebook app on your phone or tablet. Apple’s built-in Spotlight Search is the easiest way to locate the app on iPhone or iPad....
You set up the tripod, line up the shot, and get ready to take the best picture of your life. You stare through the viewfinder and as you press the shutter release a random passerby leaps into the frame. You’ve been photobombed. Sometimes you’ll notice right away and be able to take another shot, but often, you won’t see the image intruder until you get home. Rather than trash an otherwise awesome photo, lets look at how you can use Photoshop to get rid of photobombers and other unwanted background objects....
Barring any kind of accidental damage, your laptop’s keyboard and touchpad are the parts that start to show wear as soon as you use them. Not only are they some of the only moving parts left in modern laptop design, they’re the ones that are constantly being touched by us fleshy humans, absorbing tiny amounts of skin oil and wearing away the legends on the keys. After a year or so, the keyboard deck can start to look noticeably aged....
While Facebook is more personal than Twitter—you’re less likely to get into a shouting match with a random, anonymous stranger—it isn’t without its problems. Since everyone is using their real names, or at least real identities, it’s easier for abuse to get more personal. Facebook’s Terms of Service ban any bullying, abuse, and harassment; people also aren’t allowed post any content that is threatening or contains hate speech, nudity, or violence....
Lots of Kindle eBooks aren’t perfect. Maybe they’re self-published and the author never hired a proofreader, or maybe the eBook was made from an optical character recognition (OCR) scan of the print copy. Whatever the reason, there are plenty of ways typos and other small errors can creep into an eBook. The nice thing is, when you find one on your Kindle, there’s a way to tell the publisher so they can fix it....
You can save your Outlook emails, contacts, and appointments as individual files. Saving these items can help you access them more quickly and easily later. It’s a convenient way to back up or share certain messages, or just make them easily accessible. How to Save an Email Message as a File First, let’s take a look at how to save messages as files in Outlook. This can be useful if you want a backup copy of the email on your computer (or to copy to another computer), or if you want to use the message as a template for future messages later....
If there’s an Apple TV compatible version of your favorite iPhone or iPad app, but it never makes it to your Apple TV, that doesn’t do you a lot of good. Fortunately, with a simple tweak, you can ensure you’re getting the best apps on both your phone and your TV. Now that Apple TV and the underlying tvOS have started to mature, there are tons of crossover apps that bring your favorite iOS apps to your TV....
PDFs are the de facto method of sharing important documents between parties. Thankfully, PDFs are generally much easier to sign nowadays, and things get even easier with the ability to sign PDFs from Dropbox on iOS. Dropbox is a great way to quickly transfer files between devices. Need to sign a document you got off the internet? Stick it in Dropbox and you can open it directly on your iPhone, sign it, and send it off–none of this emailing it to yourself nonsense....
Smartphones these days pack more than enough power to run lightweight SSH clients, which enables you to connect to your VPS and fix important problems when you don’t have access to a laptop and WiFi. Smartphone SSH Clients Under the hood, all mobile SSH clients really just let you do the same thing: SSH into a server. What sets them apart is how they improve upon the experience of using a terminal on a mobile device....
There’s nothing quite like finishing a presentation after spending hours getting it just right. Now, show off your hard work by starting your Microsoft PowerPoint slideshow on desktop, web, and mobile using the methods below. RELATED: How (and Why) to Start Microsoft PowerPoint from the Command Prompt Start a Slideshow in PowerPoint’s Desktop App To play a slideshow in PowerPoint’s desktop app, all you have to do is click an option or press a shortcut on your keyboard....
Safari for iPhone and iPad will automatically open many web links in apps. For example, if you tap a LinkedIn, Reddit, or YouTube link on a web page, you’ll be taken to the associated app. Here’s how to stay in Safari. Option 1: Uninstall the App Here’s why Safari does this: App developers can choose to register their apps with URLs. For example, if you install the LinkedIn app, it will register itself with linkedin....
After decades of airing on CBS and then on ABC, A Charlie Brown Christmas moved exclusively to Apple TV+ in 2020 along with fellow Peanuts holiday specials It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. Thanks to fan outcry, A Charlie Brown Christmas also aired on PBS while remaining available on Apple TV+, and that continued in 2021 as well. However, PBS announced in September 2022 it would not be carrying any Peanuts specials this year....
Bright white LEDs have progressively made their way onto all kinds of electronic devices. If you own a Sonos player, you’re already aware that they too come with a bright white LED on top, which can be distracting in dimly-lit rooms. RELATED: How to Dim the Blinding Glare of Your Gadgets’ LED Lights Don’t get us wrong, white LEDs are cool and add a nice touch to even the most humble of devices, but that doesn’t mean we want them glaring at us in a darkened room....
Do you like the idea of Mail, the default email client in macOS, but find yourself unable to actually use it because of how much you love Gmail’s keyboard shortcuts? Me too. I’ve used Macs for years, but I’ve never given the default email program a chance, even though it’s lightweight, speedy, and nicely integrated into the OS. I want to press “e” to archive an email, or “#” to delete one, and j or k to browse emails....
