The Apple Watch is packed with features that aren’t immediately visible at first glance. The music app on the watch immediately (and intuitively) controls the music app on your iPhone but it can also stand alone as its own Bluetooth-enabled iPod-like device. Read on as we show you how to link it to Bluetooth headphones and speakers.
Friday, July 31, 2015
Geek Trivia: The First Artist To Have Every Song On An Entire Album Licensed Was?
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Digging into and Understanding Windows 10’s Privacy Settings
Windows 8 introduced privacy settings and Windows 10 adds a bunch more. If you are interested in protecting your privacy while using Windows 10, you’re going to want to read further.
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How to Select an Entire Section in Word
You can use section breaks in Word to apply different layout or formatting for part of your document, page numbers or page number style, headers or footers, etc. If you need to select all the content in a section, there is no shortcut to do this.
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How to Choose Which Music Subscription Service is Right for You
It seems like over the past year, streaming services have become a dime a dozen, with big names like Jay-Z, Dr. Dre, and Tim Cook all trying their hand at dethroning the current king of “all-you-can-eat” music mayhem, Spotify. With so many sub-par streamers flooding the market, how can you know which will get you the best bang (and bandwidth) for your buck?
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How to Uninstall and Block Updates and Drivers on Windows 10
Windows 10 automatically downloads and installs all updates. This includes security updates, feature updates, and driver updates provided through Windows Update. If a driver or update causes problems, you can uninstall it and block Windows from downloading it again.
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Thursday, July 30, 2015
How do You Find Out What Types of Data are Taking Up Disk Space?
If you like to monitor disk space usage on your Windows system, then you are probably going to be rather unhappy when a noticeable chunk of disk space is suddenly and mysteriously filled. What is a good way to find out what has eaten up that disk space? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has some helpful suggestions for a frustrated reader.
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Geek Trivia: Albumen Is A Frequently Used Culinary Component More Commonly Known As?
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What’s the Difference Between Windows 10’s Express or Custom Setup?
When you first set up Windows 10, Microsoft is going to want to rush you through the process with “Express Settings”. We recommend taking a little time and stepping through the customized setup instead.
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How to Show and Hide Cell Gridlines on All Tables in Word
By default, when you create a new table, all the cells have black borders that print with the document. However, there are also table gridlines that make it easier to see where each cell is located in a table if you turned off the cell borders.
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How to Clean Install Windows 10
The Windows 10 upgrade process drags old files, settings, and programs from your previous Windows system to your new one. Microsoft allows you to get an entirely fresh system by performing a clean install, but the activation process can be a bit confusing.
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How to Manage Accessibility Features in Windows 10
Accessibility options are built into Windows to help users who may have trouble using their computers normally get a little more functionality out of their favorite OS. Though Windows 10 does innovate on many features we’ve come to expect from older versions of the operating system, for the most part Microsoft has opted to keep much of the core functionality of its accessibility features the same to make it easier both on users and developers to adapt without much trouble in between the old system and the new.
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What is the Windows.old Folder and How Do You Delete It?
Upgraded an old version of Windows to a new version of Windows? You have a Windows.old folder on your computer, and it’s wasting a huge amount of space. You can delete it — but not like you’d delete a normal folder.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015
HTG Explains: What Bluetooth Tracking Devices Are (and Why You Might Want One)
We’ve all done it: you misplace something important and you spend a lot of time (with a lot of stress) backtracking to locate it again. With Bluetooth tracking devices you can make the hunt a lot easier, less stressful, and even avoid losing the thing in the first place. Read on as we highlight the pros and cons of Bluetooth trackers.
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Geek Trivia: Extensive Human Engineering Helps Preserve Which Of These Natural Wonders?
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Getting to Know the New Start Menu in Windows 10
The Start menu in Windows 10 is a blend of the old menu found in Windows 7 and the oft-reviled Start screen in Windows 8. The result is something more useful to desktop and tablet users alike. Here’s a basic primer on what you need to know.
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How to Clear Formatting in a Word Document
If you’ve applied various formatting changes to the content in your document, and they either don’t work or you want to start over, you can easily clear formatting from selected text. We’ll show you a couple of ways to do this.
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How to Dual-Boot Windows 10 with Windows 7 or 8
You probably shouldn’t install Windows 10 on your primary PC. But, if you are going to, you should at least install it in a dual-boot configuration. You can then reboot to switch between your installed versions of Windows.
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How to Create Bootable USB Drives and SD Cards For Every Operating System
Creating installation media for your operating system of choice used to be simple. Just download an ISO and burn it to CD or DVD. Now we’re using USB drives, and the process is a little different for each operating system.
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How to Install Windows 10 on Your PC
Want to install Windows 10 on your own PC? We’ve got you covered with the instructions, although it’s just like installing any other version of Windows.
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How to Take a Screenshot on Your Chromebook
Chromebooks are designed to be pretty simple machines, but did you know they come with a range of features you wouldn’t expect? Taking a screenshot of anything on your desktop is a breeze with these quick shortcuts, and you can even single out a small section just in case you want to cut down on cropping time in the photo editor of your choosing.
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How to Download Windows 10, 7, 8, and 8.1 Install Media — Legally
You can reinstall Windows from scratch using the product key that came with your PC, but you’ll have to find installation media yourself. Microsoft offers free Windows ISO files — if you know where to look.
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Windows 10 is Out Today: Should You Upgrade?
Windows 10 is finally out — kind of. Microsoft initially promised that everyone could take advantage of the free upgrade offer on July 29, but you may have to wait a while before Microsoft offers the upgrade to your PC.
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How to Customize Powerful Gesture Controls on OS X
The trackpad gestures and keyboards shortcuts on OS X are highly customizable right out of the box, but if you’re a power user who wants to tweak every setting possible, you may have to resort to third-party software. BetterTouchTool is a utility designed to make gesture controls more powerful on OS X.
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