Category: How To – Tips & Tricks
How to Protect Your Digital Footprint from Prying Relatives and Friends
Whenever you sit down at your computer or grab your phone to chat with friends, search the internet, watch videos on YouTube, order something online, log in to websites, post, or comment on social media, you leave a trail of your activities. This trail is commonly known as a digital…
The Story of CTRL + ALT + DEL: How these Shortcut Keys Became Famous
You probably do not think much about it as you press the three-key combination of Control-Alt-Delete, commonly known as security keys or the “three-finger salute” whenever Windows acts up. You probably also use it when locking or logging out of Remote Desktop. But did you know that this combination came…
How to Use the Internet for Senior Citizens: a Collection of the Internet Patrol’s Best Tips
Here are our best tips for how to use the Internet for seniors, including tips on Zoom, Facebook, Amazon, online doctors, and more!
How to Really Unsubscribe from Motley Fool Emails
Still receiving email from the Motley Fool mailing lists, even though you know you had unsubscribed? Here’s how to unsubscribe from Motley Fool.
Here’s How to Make SMS Spammers Pay You for Every Spam Text Message They Send You
Here’s how to make text message spammers, robocallers and telemarketers pay you money, because it’s illegal for them to text or call a cell phone.
How to Turn Off Those Damned Color Tiles and Styles in Words with Friends
Don’t like having to see your opponent’s colored Words with Friends (WWF) tiles? You’re not alone. So here’s how to turn them off so that you don’t see other people’s colored Words with Friends tiles.
How to Cancel Your Account and Unsubscribe from the New York Times Website
If you fell for the New York Times’ “Create a free account to continue reading” online offer, and now you want to cancel the account, here’s how.
How to Remap Command Q so that it Doesn’t Quit a Program on Your Mac
It’s almost 2020, you would think that by now Apple would have stopped making ⌘-Q quit a program, or at least make it easy to remap or disable Command Q so that it doesn’t quit an app when you accidentally hit it. But they haven’t. So here is how to remap ⌘-Q so that it doesn’t quit a program.
How to Turn Off Notifications for Facebook Likes and Other Reactions
Tired of getting Facebook notifications for everything under the sun? Here’s how to turn off notifications for Facebook Likes and other reactions (frowny faces, hearts, etc.).
How to Deal with the “Operation Can’t be Completed Because the Item “Bands” is in Use” Error
Run into the “The operation can’t be completed because the item “bands” is in use” error while trying to delete an old Time Machine backup? Here’s what to do.
How to Convert an Audio File to Video to Post an Audio File to Facebook or YouTube in 1 Easy Step!
If you are looking for how to post an audio file to Facebook or on YouTube, the answer is that you have to first convert it to a video format file. So here is how to convert an audio file to a video file on a Mac or a PC for posting to YouTube or Facebook.
How to Make a Manual or Extra Payment on Your Paypal Working Capital Loan Using a Credit Card or Bank Account
Paypal Working Capital is Paypal’s business loan service where you repay the loan by Paypal taking a percentage of every payment you receive until the loan is paid off. But what if you want to make a single manual payment or an extra payment on your Paypal Working Capital loan using a credit card or bank account?
How to Make Google Talk Like a Pirate for Talk Like a Pirate Day
September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day. No, not like real (and clearly bad and dangerous) pirates, but like the chummy pirate characters in the stories of our youth. Here’s how you can make Google also talk like a pirate for Talk Like a Pirate Day.
How to Find, Recover and Restore the Recently Deleted Folder of Photos on Your iPhone
If your iPhone photos Recently Deleted folder has gone missing, you’re not alone. Here is how to find your missing iPhone deleted pictures folder.
How to Make Your Mac Finder Search Ignore Subfolders
When searching for something in Mac Finder in a folder, it can be frustrating to have Finder turn up all of the matches in all of the subfolders as well. Here’s how to make Finder only search the current folder, not subfolders, so that your Finder search will exclude and ignore subfolders.