How To Install The Macos Beta On Your Mac

How to Install macOS Beta With an Apple Developer Account There are two beta versions of macOS that you can install: developer beta and public beta. The developer beta gets updated more frequently, whereas the public beta is relatively more stable. The developer beta may include many features that the public beta is yet to get, as the beta version is first released to developers, who give feedback and help stabilize it....

December 1, 2022 · 3 min · 579 words · Lea Stoltz

How To Minimize All Your Applications To The System Tray In Ubuntu

For those who want to eliminate all the guess work or want to save desktop space by minimizing all the unused applications to the system tray, AllTray is the application to do it. AllTray is a small application that can dock any application that does not have the minimize-to-tray capability to the system tray. It works well with applications such as Firefox, Evolution, Thunderbird, Terminal, and even Transmission. You can install Alltray from the Software Center, or in your terminal: sudo apt-get install alltray Once installed, go to Applications -> Accessories -> AllTray Your mouse cursor will immediately change to a crosshair cursor....

December 1, 2022 · 1 min · 124 words · William Main

How To Monitor Linux System Health And Performance With Netdata

Apart from its major function, Netdata has a number of advantages. It is very lightweight, meaning that it uses little CPU cycles and memory. Netdata comes with a responsive web interface which does not require any flash plugin to show the data. It shows data in well-displayed charts and graphs and a non-cluttered display, with the most important shown first. Features of Netdata Uses a responsive bootstrap dashboard It is light and very fast, hence using fewer resources Little to no configuration is required to get started It is able to monitor the whole system...

December 1, 2022 · 4 min · 688 words · Beverly Marshall

How To Move A Steam Game To Another Location

Before moving your Steam game, you’ll need to use Steam to create new save locations for your games. First, open Steam, then in the top-left corner click “Steam -> Settings.” In the Settings window, click Downloads in the pane on the left, then “Steam Library Folders.” In the Steam Library Folders window, click “Add Library Folder,” then select the location on another drive where you’d like to install Steam games....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 263 words · Viola Reynolds

How To Opt Out Of Amazon Sidewalk

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December 1, 2022 · 1 min · 3 words · Timothy Hampton

How To Play Your Pc S Audio In An Android Phone

There can be many uses of funneling audio from your PC to your Android phone. What if your PC’s speakers are broken or the audio jack isn’t working? Furthermore, listening to audio wirelessly on your phone also allows you to easily move to different rooms in the house and still listen to audio from your PC. In this article we will show you how to set up SoundWire and listen to audio from your PC on your Android phone....

December 1, 2022 · 3 min · 574 words · Anna Sharp

How To Prepare For Ios 8 This Fall

1. Set Up an iCloud Account If you haven’t already, you better get started. iOS 8 will use iCloud extensively to ensure your photo library is easily viewable and consistent across all your devices. Included in the release is a new Photos app that automatically stores your photos into iCloud. You will need to enable the iCloud Photo Library to use this feature. Your photos are stored in your preferred formats including RAW files, HD original formats and others....

December 1, 2022 · 3 min · 442 words · Anita Hebert

How To Protect Your Android Phone From Stagefright Exploit

Stagefright is a core library in Android used to play multimedia files like MP4 videos. The reason Stagefright is so scary is because it makes the process of sending malicious code to an Android phone really easy. This malicious code can be anything the hacker wants it to be. Here’s a video of how the exploit works. How to Check the Vulnerability of Your Device Google has already patched the bug in the latest Android release (so if you’re using the flagship Samsung and Moto phones, you should be fine), but the problem is that not everyone is always running the latest version of Android....

December 1, 2022 · 3 min · 502 words · Eugene Redden

How To Quiet Down Your Laptop S Noisy Fan

So if your laptop’s fan is constantly loud, it probably means that it’s running hot, and to calm those fans down, you should work on cooling your laptop. Here are some things you can do to reduce the stress on the machine and quiet the laptop’s noisy fan. Undervolt your CPU The thermals in many laptops aren’t great – it just comes with the territory, particularly if you’re playing lots of games or doing CPU- or GPU-intensive activities....

December 1, 2022 · 4 min · 841 words · Adela Hu

How To Redeem A Code On Ps5 Trusted Reviews

As a result, we’ve created this guide to help you through the process, so you can get your new PS5 game downloading as quickly as possible. We’ve also included a Troubleshooting section further below, just in case something has gone wrong when following the guide. Keep on reading for everything you need to know. What you’ll need A PS5A PS5 code The Short Version title: “How To Redeem A Code On Ps5 Trusted Reviews” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-30” author: “Brian Chambers” As a result, we’ve created this guide to help you through the process, so you can get your new PS5 game downloading as quickly as possible....

December 1, 2022 · 1 min · 145 words · John Szocki

How To Repair Refurbish And Update An Old Ipod

Although the iPod Mini was revolutionary in many ways, within a year the Mini was replaced by the solid state iPod Nano. The Mini was a good little iPod, but it was not their favorite son. It had a tiny hard drive in it, and these were prone to head crashes and drive errors. In this article, we’ll discuss how to get into the iPod Mini, replace damaged or tired batteries with better ones and replace the old hard drive with solid state memory with the bonus of increased capacity....

December 1, 2022 · 5 min · 956 words · Sonya Lish

How To Restrict Android App Permissions

Recent versions of Android have rectified the situation by switching to a more granular permission system and giving users the option to restrict an app from accessing a specific feature on a device. In addition, you no longer grant all the permissions to an app before installing. Apps will now ask for a permission when they need it. For example, a newly installed file manager app will request the permission to access your filesystem only when you launch it for the first time, not when you install the app....

December 1, 2022 · 3 min · 562 words · Dona Nichols

How To Rip Your Cds To Flac

What Is FLAC and How Is It Better? FLAC stands for “Free Lossless Audio Codec.” As a lossless audio format, FLAC offers perfect copies of CDs. It offers smaller file sizes when compared to other lossless audio formats and is still able to retain all of the audio data. The most common question concerning FLAC is whether or not it sounds better. The short answer is yes, but there are many factors to consider....

December 1, 2022 · 4 min · 700 words · Patricia Alvarado

How To Search The Web From Your Terminal With S

Installation The easiest way to install S-search is by using snap. To do it this way, fire up your favorite terminal and type: If you prefer the visual way of doing things, you can install it through your distribution’s Software Center/App Store. You can locate the application there by using its name: “S-search.” If S-search isn’t available in your distribution’s repositories, you can find instructions at its GitHub page to install it from source....

December 1, 2022 · 2 min · 381 words · Sylvia Hutchinson

How To See A Password In Your Browser Instead Of Dots

The following methods will allow you to see your typed password in your browser instead of asterisks. Warning: while the methods to reveal passwords are safe to use, it’s important to keep your passwords hidden as much as possible. 1. Reveal Saved Passwords in the Browser All major browsers offer the convenience to save passwords while you’re logging in to any website. Many times they can be viewed in the browser’s settings....

December 1, 2022 · 5 min · 921 words · Beulah Muney

How To Set Up A Home Media Server With Jellyfin On Ubuntu

Here’s how you can set up your own media streaming server with Jellyfin. Before You Begin You will need a 64-bit device running Ubuntu 18.04 desktop or server edition. This can be anything from an old laptop you have lying around to a high-end dual socket server, but make sure you have enough storage space for all your media files. For better performance, use a wired network connection rather than Wi-Fi....

December 1, 2022 · 3 min · 578 words · Patrice Watson

How To Set Up Mission Control In Mac And Make It Work For You

Customizing Mission Control In your Mac open “System Preferences -> Mission Control.” Check “Group windows by application.” This will help you see what similar applications should be sent to their own desktop. Also, select the “As Space” option for your Dashboard widgets (e.g. Weather, Calculator, Unit Converter, Movies, etc.). Finally, if you’re using an older Mac desktop or laptop, you will want to assign the function keys “F5” and “F6” to the “Show Desktop” and “Show Dashboard” commands....

December 1, 2022 · 3 min · 594 words · Traci Frenette

How To Stop Windows 10 From Automatically Sleeping Or Locking

Stopping the Sleep Given how this is a power-saving feature within Windows 10, we need to access the operating system’s power options so we can tell it to stop going to sleep. In order to access said options, first click on the Start button on the bottom left. Look for a cog icon on the left called “Settings” and click on that. A window will open displaying different options. Generally, if you want to tweak something in Windows 10, you can get to the options via this screen....

December 1, 2022 · 3 min · 634 words · Kristy Miller

How To Sync Imessages On Ios And Macos

How to Sync iMessages on iOS and macOS Let’s start by setting up an Apple ID to use with iMessage, rather than a phone number or email address for each device. Not doing this is a common reason for a sync failure on iOS and macOS. Later, we offer some further troubleshooting tips in case you’re still experiencing issues. 1. iOS To begin, we need to verify that iMessage is using your Apple ID....

December 1, 2022 · 4 min · 647 words · Jeanette Medeiros

How To Transform Windows 7 Or 8 Into Windows 10

As most of you know, Windows 10 is free for all the genuine Windows 7 and 8 users as long as you upgrade within one year from the launch date (July 29th). But if you are happy with your current Windows machine and don’t want to upgrade, here is how you can easily transform your Windows machine into Windows 10. Note: Even though I’m showing this in Windows 8.1, the procedure is similar for Windows 7....

December 1, 2022 · 3 min · 497 words · Catherine Nelson