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Is there an app icon on your KDE Linux desktop that doesn’t look right? Are you looking to edit it to make a change? Follow this guide to learn to how edit program shortcuts in KDE Plasma 5. Method 1: KDE menu editor If you’re on KDE Plasma 5 and …

MicroSD cards are generally used with phones to increase their storage. They’re particular to Android phones though since iPhones simply do not have a slot for the cards. Since they’re meant to be used on small devices where so much hardware has to fit, they’re smaller and larger memory cards …

When you’re downloading a file in Chrome, the Chrome icon in the taskbar, or Dock if you’re on macOS, will indicate download progress. This indicator is silent for the most part; it doesn’t do anything once the download is complete. If you’d like more obvious, hard to ignore, download complete …

The mouse wheel can be used to ‘middle-click’ in browsers. The middle-click can do two things in most browsers; close a tab, open a link in a new background tab. The middle-click is assumed to only have use within browsers but it can do other things. On Windows 10, you …

The Sims 3 is the third entry into Electronic Art’s life simulation video game for PC. In the game, the player is tasked with managing a virtual house, filled with various house-members they’ve created. The game came out in November 2006 and is one of the best games in the …

GeekTool is a macOS customization tool that’s been around for a long time. There are hundreds of different Geeklets available for it which allow users to quickly customize their desktop. GeekTool doesn’t force you to use pre-developed Geeklets. The app lets anyone create their own Geeklets if they know how. …

Candy is an elegant, gradient style theme for the Linux desktop. It is colorful, and unique, and is unlike any other icon theme on the Linux platform. If you’re looking for a great new set of icons for your desktop and are sick of the popular themes, take a chance …

An RMSKIN file is how Rainmeter skins are distributed. If you’ve made a skin for your own personal use and you don’t intend to publish it, you don’t really need to make the RMSKIN file. The INI file can be used just as effectively. The benefit of an RMSKIN file …

macOS comes with some of the best stock apps you’ll find on any desktop OS. Its Photos app is unparalleled, and recent Macs that come with newer macOS versions will come with the iWork apps installed by default. This includes apps like iMovie and Garage Band. macOS has excellent apps …

Microsoft is in the process of rebuilding Edge. It’s now entirely based on Chromium which means it has the same features that Chrome does. You can install Chrome extensions to it, as well as Chrome themes. The original Edge had some useful features one of which was to set tabs …

Blizzard is one the biggest game developers in the industry. Some of its more popular titles include World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Hearthstone, among many, many others. Hearthstone is the one that appears to have landed the company in trouble, that and Hong Kong. It seems the company revoked a …

Apple’s Swift programming language works on Ubuntu Linux, and the language is open source. If you’re a developer looking to set up the Apple Swift language on Linux, follow along with this guide, and you’ll be ready to start writing programs in no time! Ubuntu Linux setup Apple’s Swift programming …

Rainmeter skins are normally distributed/published as RMSKIN files. They’re easy to install; you run the file and Rainmeter takes care of the rest. These files have everything a skin needs to run and look the way it’s meant to. Every skin has at least one INI file in it which, …

A note on the desktop is a good way to remind you about something important, or to have important information readily available. Sticky notes are often the go-to tool used to add important information to the desktop but they don’t always do the job. Information can still get lost in …

Social media apps like Facebook and Twitter have an option to automatically hide graphic content. Messaging apps rarely have anything like this and iOS’ Messages app is no exception. You can send images over it but they’re not hidden. If you’ve sent something that may not be appropriate for viewing …

Blender is the leading, free 3D modeling tool on Linux. It’s highly advanced and can be used for everything from video game development, films, as well as basic animation projects. The Blender application is an open-source project, so it enjoys widespread support on all modern Linux distributions, like Ubuntu, Debian, …

Virtual desktops on macOS have remained unchanged for a long time. The feature was unmatched on Windows, until Windows 10 came around. Virtual desktops on these two major operating systems are almost the same with some exceptions. On macOS, you have the freedom to add as many desktop spaces as …

The easiest way to display text on your desktop is through a sticky note. Windows 10 has a Sticky Note app that allows you to pin notes to your desktop. That said, sticky notes are best for when you need a scratch pad, for making a list, or for storing …

Google has its own image format; WEBP. You’ll find this image format is used all over the Google Play Store and it’s also used on the official Android website. The format, although developed by Google, isn’t as common and some of the best image viewers like IrfanView do not support …

Firefox has a full screen mode and most, if not all media players you find online have one too. It may seem like a harmless feature and it is for the most part but there are still exceptions. This is why when you enter full screen mode, you get a …