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Delete Your Google Search History from the Browser To get started, you need to access Google’s My Activity page and log in to your Google account. When you are on the page, look to the top left next to “My Activity” and click on the hamburger or three-line menu. This works on the desktop as well as the mobile page on Safari, Chrome, etc. using the same link as above. In the menu options underneath “My Activity,” locate the option for “Delete activity by” and click on it with your desktop or tap on mobile....

As its name implies, the touchpad-indicator is an appindicator that allows you to manage the touchpad directly from the system tray. It is simple, lightweight, and it just works. Installation Open a terminal and type the following commands: Usage Once installed, you should see a touchpad icon at your system tray. All you have to do is to right click on it and select “Disable Touchpad” and your touchpad will be instantly disabled....

Why Linux? Why Linux, you ask, as your Chromebook already does everything you want it to? If that’s the case, great! But if you are reading this article still, I can assume that you want your Chromebook to do more. Although you may not see it as a possibility, it’s developing the possibility of using Linux. It’s all beginning to change. Google’s intentions are to make features available to software being developed via this platform....

Preliminary Precautions Before performing any system-level update, you should always back up all your important data. This ensures you’ll have something to restore if you encounter any problems during the update. If you’re here because your Mac has already frozen (which I’m willing to bet most of you are), don’t worry. Chances are your data will remain intact. Just remember to backup your data in the future! Also, don’t update macOS if your hard drive is running out of space; I’d recommend keeping at least 30GB free....

The Reasons for Delayed Notifications This delayed notifications issue most likely stems from how the recent version of Android works. In an effort to better manage your battery life, the system tends to force what it considers “low priority” apps to go to sleep. If your Android sees a certain app that way, it will hibernate the app and its notifications. Provided you have a phone running Android 8.0 Oreo or above, the following methods should fix the delayed notifications issue on your Android phone....

You can pack your computer or server full of all the RAM it will take, and something will always find a use for it. Most of the time this is a good thing. After all, what is the point of all that RAM if you don’t use it? On the other hand, if you’re limited, running out of memory can be a problem. Are You Sure About Your Memory Usage?...

What to do if your Android phone won’t charge: 1. Restart Your Phone If you plugged in your Android phone and made sure it’s securely connected on both ends, but it still won’t charge, the first thing you should try is to restart your phone. Certain apps that run in the background may affect the battery. A reboot will kill these services and allow the phone to start fresh. To reboot your phone, hold down the Power button until a menu pops up on the display allowing you to select the Restart option....

The authentication error happens when the “handshake” between a router and a device fails. Below are some of the ways you can use to fix Wi-Fi the authentication error on Android. 1. Restart your device The first thing you should try if you are receiving the authentication error is to restart your device. Most of the time this will solve a lot of issues on your phone. 2. Turn airplane mode on and off Another reliable way to clear the cause of authentication errors is to turn the airplane mode on your phone on and off....

There’s been some strange activity with the option to open links externally in Facebook lately. The feature seemed to have been silently removed in June 2021, before being silently reinstated again. So who knows if this option is going to stick around. But in the meantime, here’s how to force the Facebook app to use your browser of choice to view links. What Is an In-App Browser? In-app browsers are nothing but webpage viewers without all the other functionalities that browsers like Opera, Chrome, and Firefox have built in....

The Ubuntu Sources List Generator is one great tool that you can use to generate source list for your Ubuntu. Go to the Ubuntu Sources List Generator site. Select the Country where you want to download the repository from. Select your Ubuntu release. Scroll down the list and select the components that you want in your repository. The standard ones are “Main”, “Restricted”, “Universe”, “Multiverse”, “Security” and “Updates”. You can also include “Partner” and “Extra” to include additional software that are not provided by Ubuntu....

What Is Bitcoin Mining? Before we go into the details, let’s clarify what Bitcoin mining is. According to the Bitcoin wiki, “Mining is the process of adding transaction records to Bitcoin’s public ledger of past transactions.” In laymen’s terms, you use your computer (or other device) to do complex computations and get paid in bitcoins as a reward. The amount you make depends on your “hash rate” (the speed at which your machine processes transactions) and the difficulty of the tasks....

Since our phones are always on and ready, it’s also good to know how to maximize Google Drive usage on your Android device. The following tips will help you get things done faster on your phone. How to Install Google Sheets and Docs without Going to the Play Store Everyone knows that if you want to install a Google app, you have to go to Google Play. If you don’t already have the apps installed on your phone, there’s a way to install them without having to go to the Play Store....

Beyond just displaying files on your computer, Folderview can be used to launch applications, display remote file systems, filter large folders for particular types of files, or serve as a traditional desktop. Application Launcher Folderview is a great way to display icons of the applications you use most on the desktop, in an organized fashion. Instead of having them mixed in with documents, shortcuts, and various other icons like on traditional desktops, they can be in their own box....

What we are going to do is to make use of the NTFS’s Alternate Data Streams to store our sensitive data. The Alternate Data Streams allow us to hide stream in some file name. This data stream is not visible or shown when accessing the main file. So if you want to hide data like password, email address or bank A/C number, you can add those as a simple text and hide them as a stream in some file name....

There are countless guides explaining how you can tweak your videos to enhance their looks, but they all end up demanding the recompression or transcoding of your files. This is a procedure that can take anywhere from five minutes to five hours, depending on your content and your PC’s capabilities. Why spend so much time, effort, PC resources, and electricity if all you want is to watch a video, but upgraded with better contrast and maybe more pronounced details?...

How to Install on Mac The very first step is to download AltServer for the Mac. Once the download has completed, you can launch “AltServer,” and it will appear as an icon in the menu bar. Connect your iPhone or iPad to your computer and make sure each is unlocked. If the phone or iPad asks if it can “Trust” the computer, tap “Trust” to continue. Click on the AltStore icon in the Mac menu bar and select “Install Mail Plug-in....

The MDM Display Manager is based on the GDM 2.20. While it comes with its own set of themes, you can also install custom GDM theme from gnome-look.org and customize it to your liking. Open a terminal and type: This will add the Linux Mint 14 repository to your repo list. Next, we are going to do a repo update: You will see an error message like this: Ignore it....

Go to Wunderlist website and download the tar file for Linux. Extract the folder to your Home folder. Open a terminal and type the following: This will move the Wunderlist folder to the “opt” folder in the root directory. Download the installer script here (or here if the previous link does not work). Extract this tar file to your Home folder. In your terminal, type the following: If everything goes successfully, you should find Wunderlist in your Application List....

The issue is that it’s not that easy to find and delete duplicate files on your Mac. In this guide we’ll first show you how to find and delete duplicate files on your Mac using Finder. However, if you find the method a bit tiresome, you can choose to download a dedicated free or paid software to automatically do this job for you. We’ve also detailed one such app below....

1. Create Private Stories Like Instagram, Snapchat also allows users to create Stories that are ephemeral pieces of content that offer a glimpse into your daily routine. If you don’t want anyone having access to this info, know that you can control who views them. For one, it’s possible to create Private Stories. This option comes in handy when you want to share some things only with one special person, while your other Stories remain visible to everyone....