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Nordic is an interesting dark GTK theme for Linux. The color scheme for Nordic is very blue/dark gray, with a light green accent. Perfect for those looking for a nice, stylish dark GTK theme for the desktop. In this guide, we’ll go over how to install it. Install Git on …

File Explorer almost had a tabbed interface. Almost. It was a feature that lots of users were looking forward to but it never made it out of the beta versions of Windows 10. File Explorer can run multiple instances but it does so by opening a new window. When you …

Monitors are plug and play. They’re some of the easiest hardware to set up and you’ll find they’re easy to connect to almost any laptop model that’s not a Macbook. The only thing you’ll be concerned with is the color profile that a monitor supports, its resolution, and the screen …

macOS has the best screenshot and screencast support of any mainstream desktop OS. It’s hard not to compare it to Windows 10 since it’s the only other desktop OS that’s close in number of users. Windows 10 is the first version of the OS to have a screenshot feature and …

Screen brightness is a basic control on any display. You can change it to whatever suits you or if you have the hardware for it, you can use adaptive brightness. Adaptive brightness is fairly common and is found on desktops and mobiles alike. It changes the brightness of the screen …

macOS has widgets that appear in the Notification Center. Some come out-of-the-box on the operating system, others can be added by third-party apps that you install. Of course, these widgets aren’t allowed to litter the notification center at will. Users have to enable them unless they’re stock widgets which are …

Screen mirroring between different devices is often complicated. The complications come mostly from establishing a reliable connection between the devices. Software is what gets the job done but again, it comes down to two things; how easy it is to set up, and how reliable the connection will be. Additionally, …

Folder Actions are a type of script that you can create on macOS with Automator. They’re useful actions that are specific to folders. You can create a folder action that will run when a new file is added to a certain folder, or when a file is deleted from it. …

Larger monitors are great for the screen real estate they provide but in order to use them, especially one that’s an HD display you have to scale it up or everything is going to be too small. Windows 10 has a built-in scaling feature that works, and it mostly works …

Folders are a simple organizing tool. They’re effective and if you can take the time to create them, name them properly, and move items to them as and when they arrive, you will rarely lose files. Folders are a common enough concept on desktops but emails are also sorted into …

When you connect an external storage drive to a Mac, it mounts automatically. You then have to double-click it to open it in Finder. It’s nothing too difficult but if you want to automatically open Finder on disk mount, you can create a folder action with Automator. It will open …

An iPhone doesn’t connect to a Windows 10 PC the same way it does to a Mac. That said, it is still pretty simple to connect your iPhone to a Windows 10 PC and access videos and photos from the camera roll. The iPhone shows up as a simple media …

On Windows 10, apps are supposed to remember which monitor they were launched on. When you open them, they should open on the same monitor they were open on before. That’s the principle of it, but it doesn’t always stick, especially with games. With games, it’s a bit more complicated …

Desktop computers, regardless of what OS they’re running, can talk to each other if they’re connected to the same network. This can be a WiFi network or a wired network. Each OS has its own settings for enabling file sharing. If you’re trying to share files from macOS, you have …

Power Plans is one of the best features on Windows 10. They offer flexibility that you won’t find on other desktop operating systems and, you can customize them. For simple power management, you have the option to either favor a better battery life i.e., go with low power consumption settings, …

Macs are generally machines that run smoothly. You will never really have trouble with the hardware unless you’ve dropped it from a great height, battered it, or spilled something on it. That said, if the fans on your Mac are suddenly running at full without any sign of slowing down …

The Launchpad on macOS is strictly for apps. There isn’t much you can do about this. Apple is not known for its flexibility so there’s no trick way to add a file to it. If you want to be able to open a file from Launchpad, you will have to …

Windows 10 has a neat feature called power management. Power management is for the various hardware components on your computer. Hardware consumes power and Power management allows them to turn off or run in a low power state. The keyboard and mouse are one example of hardware that’s powered down, …

The context menu on Windows 10 is a UI element that any app can add options to. Windows 10 has its options in the context menu as well so, depending on how many apps you’ve installed, the context menu can get quite busy. It can also slow down. Users may …

Apple integrates is products with all its other products really well. It does still manage to miss a few tricks. Case in point; you can’t view your iPhone’s battery level on your Mac. You can be on the same WiFi network, using the same Apple ID, and you don’t get …