For the most part, all of us are used to having a unique public IP address, but what do you do when that is actually not the case? What exactly is going on? With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post helps a confused reader solve an IP address mystery.
Thursday, March 31, 2016
The Most Common Philips Hue Problems, and How to Fix Them
Philips Hue lights are great when they’re working properly, but sometimes it’s not all sunshine and roses. Here are some common issues that you might be coming across and how to fix them.
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Geek Trivia: Which Of These Video Games Delivers The Story Line As A Stage Play?
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How to Resize Images in Batches Using Preview in OS X
OS X’s Preview is the little image viewer that keeps on giving. Preview is so feature-rich that there’s usually little reason to install another image viewer. It can even resize a large batch of images at once.
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How to Stop LinkedIn’s Annoying Emails for Good
Like most social networks, LinkedIn loves to send you emails. While they can be a handy way to keep up with important things, for the most part these emails are just a way to get you to check in with the site more often. And if you leave the settings at their default, you’ll get a lot emails from them. Here’s how to stop them.
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How to Reduce Your iPhone’s Brightness Lower Than iOS Allows
If you use your iPhone at night in a dark room, even the new Night Shift feature in iOS 9.3 can’t stop your screen from seemingly burning your eyes. Luckily, there is a way to reduce the brightness of the screen lower than iOS actually allows.
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How to Wipe Your Android Device and Restore It to Factory Settings
There comes a time in every mobile user’s life when he or she needs to factory reset their device. Maybe you need to sell it, or maybe it’s just being wonky and you want to start from scratch. Thankfully, it only takes a few minutes to do.
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How to Control Your Nest Learning Thermostat with Alexa
You can do a lot of things with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant, and now, thanks to new smart home integration, you can control your Nest Learning Thermostat.
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How to Free Up Space Used By Your iPhone or iPad’s Messages App
If you send and receive a lot of messages, the Messages app can take up a lot of space on your iPhone or iPad. Not only does it store your message history, it keeps photo attachments you’ve received. All this data then takes up iCloud space as part of your backups, too.
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Wednesday, March 30, 2016
What’s New in Windows 10’s Anniversary Update, Coming This Summer
Windows 10’s next big update, dubbed the “Anniversary Update”, comes out this summer, and will be available for users of the Insider Preview builds today. Here are some of the new features coming in the update.
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How to Set a Timer for Your Philips Hue Lights
Whether you want to turn off your Philips Hue lights after a certain amount of time has passed, or turn them on after 30 minutes, here’s how to set a timer for your Philips Hue lights to have them automatically turn on or off after a specified amount of time.
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Geek Trivia: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Commonly Affects Which Of These Groups?
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How to Use Apple’s New Notes App to Organize Your Thoughts
Taking notes can make the difference between remembering that brilliant idea you came up with in the shower, and letting it go down the drain. Apple’s Notes app has come a long way from it’s fake-pad-of-paper days, stuffed with features to assure your best brainstorms are always within reach.
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How to Test the “Readability” of Your Writing in Microsoft Word or Outlook
Microsoft Word and Outlook have long featured the ability to view “readability” statistics for what you’re writing, so you know how simple or complex you’re writing is. This can help ensure your writing is readable enough for your intended audience.
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How to Fix Arrow Key Scrolling in Excel
You’re working in a worksheet in Excel and you press one of the arrow keys on your keyboard to move to the next cell. But instead of moving to the next cell, the whole worksheet moved. Don’t panic. There’s an easy fix for this.
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How to Truly Hide iOS’ Built-In Apps Using a Configuration Profile
One of the most annoying things about the iPhone and iPad is the inability to hide built-in apps like Tips, Stocks, and News. Apple’s iOS 9.3 finally adds a way to hide these apps from your home screen, though it isn’t pretty.
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Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Why Are Hex Editors Called Binary Editors?
Sometimes names and terms are pretty interchangeable and everyone understands what is being referred to without confusion, but then there are times when things are not so clear and leave you with more questions than answers. Today’s SuperUser Q&A post helps clarify things for a confused reader.
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How to Set Up Your Philips Hue Lights
Philips Hue is a really cool Wi-Fi-enabled lighting system that allows you to turn on and off your lights right from your smartphone (or from other smarthome-controlling devices, like the Amazon Echo). Here’s how to set up your first batch of bulbs.
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Geek Trivia: Owners Of Which Early Personal Computer Were Instructed To Fix It By Dropping It?
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How to Fix Spotlight Problems by Rebuilding the Index
Is Spotlight being a little wonky on your Mac? Is it constantly indexing your drive, or become corrupted so it can’t search? With just a few quick steps, you can rebuild your Spotlight index and put your search woes to rest.
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How to Save Windows 10’s Lock Screen Spotlight Images to Your Hard Drive
By default, Windows 10 shows background pictures on your lock screen that have been curated specifically for this use–but it’s not immediately clear where they’re stored. Windows replaces these images regularly, but if you want to use them as regular wallpapers, the last several are usually in that cache and are not too hard to save if you grab them in time.
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How to Mirror Your iPhone or iPad’s Screen on Your Windows PC
With AirPlay, you can mirror your iPhone or iPad’s screen on your Mac or your Apple TV. But what if you have a Windows PC? We’ll show you a free tool that makes this easy.
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How to Sync Files Between Android and Your PC with FolderSync
On the desktop, apps like Dropbox and Google Drive sync folders between your devices. But on your phone, it only gives you access to your cloud storage. An app called FolderSync lets you sync files and folders to and from your Android phone, just like Dropbox does on the desktop.
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How to Control Any Software in Windows with Your MCE Remote
Microsoft killed off the much-loved Windows Media Center years ago, which is bad enough for home theater PC enthusiasts. But it gets worse: you’ve also got a now-useless MCE remote gathering dust somewhere…or do you?
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