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Hot corners are a macOS feature that allow you to activate certain features of the OS by moving your mouse cursor to one of four corners on the screen. It’s a neat feature that is easy to replicate on Windows 10. On macOS, they’re fairly popular however, the way a …

Minesweeper is an old game. It was one of the earlier games that could be played on computers back in the 60s and 70s. It’s gone through a lot of variations however, the version that was popularized by Microsoft when it introduced the game on its Windows OS is what …

The Mate desktop is based on Gnome 2.X, which has been around for more than ten years. Since it’s based on such old technology, it’s very reliable and rarely runs into issues. However, “almost” isn’t a 100% success rate, and unfortunately, sometimes issues can come up and stop your workflow. …

Windows search can find just about anything on your Windows drive. If you like the feature enough, you can extend the search to other drives on your system. There are other apps/utilities that you can install if you find Windows search isn’t as effective or you can search for files …

Minecraft doesn’t have the fanciest, most high-end graphics. It is, after all, a game made of blocks however, users have been able to make it look much better than it does out of the box with texture packs. Texture packs are great but if you want to add a hyper-real …

A torrent isn’t always a single file. It can be multiple files that are all downloaded via a single torrent. These files may, or may not be in a particular sequence but if they are, and you want to download them in that sequence you have two options. There’s a …

Quick look is feature on macOS that allows you to quickly preview a file. It supports quite a few different file formats and it’s so popular, there are apps that replicate it on Windows 10. The feature is great because it’s quick but if Quick Look tends to get stuck, …

Sticky Notes was recently updated. The update came a few days before Windows 10 1903 was released which means if you’re on Windows 10 1809, or even 1803, you can still get the updated Sticky Notes app. The update has one highlight feature; you can finally pin sticky notes on …

Removing an Ubuntu installation from a dual-boot setup and restoring Windows is something that users looking to stop using Linux want to know. Sadly, not a lot of information is out there for new users, and as a result, many that try to delete Ubuntu from a Windows/Linux dual-booting setup …

Regardless of what OS you use, you will inevitably have to search entire folders for other folders or files. Every file manager, regardless of how basic or advanced it is, supports a search feature however macOS’ Finder can save folder searches and proactively update them to include new files that …

The XFCE4 desktop environment is a lightweight powerhouse of a desktop environment. It’s rock-solid and rarely crashes, due to how reliable and stable its codebase is. That said, nothing is 100% perfect, and problems can happen on even the most sturdy of desktops. So, here’s how to fix a frozen …

The Zafiro icon pack is a flat, clean icon theme created for Linux users. It follows along with the ever-popular flat design scheme that many other Linux icon themes stick to these days, but with a twist. Each of the icons is carefully crafted, well colored, and beautiful to look …

If Windows 10 fails to start several times in succession, you’re eventually taken to the Troubleshoot menu where there are multiple options/tools at your disposal to fix the problem. If you’re on your desktop, you can go to the Settings app and under the recovery options, you can access the …

Elementary OS doesn’t officially support Snap packages out of the box on their latest Juno release. The reason for the lack of support is that Snaps don’t fit into the Elementary style. Understandably, developers have preferences for what technologies they choose to support. So if you’re on Elementary OS and …

OneNote is Microsoft’s answer to Google Keep, Evernote, and the many other cloud-based Note-taking applications on the market today. It integrates within the Microsoft Office Suite, and users are free to use it, so long as they create a free account. OneNote has a desktop application, but it does not …

Windows 10 has two different types of clipboards. The first the same clipboard you’ll find on any OS, desktop or otherwise, which can hold only one item at a time. The second is the new clipboard which can maintain a history of all the items you’ve copied and allow you …

UWP apps are different from desktop apps in many, many ways. One stark difference between the two is that a UWP app doesn’t have an EXE. If you want to open a UWP app, you can go through the Start Menu, the apps list in the Start menu, you can …

When you restore multiple tabs in Chrome, they don’t all reload at once. It’s only when you go to a tab i.e., select it so that it’s active, that it reloads. This is so that your internet doesn’t slow to a snail pace. It’s something like how Windows 10 slowly …

macOS, like any other operating system, gets periodic updates. Sometimes these updates add new features but they’re mostly either bug or stability fixes, or they’re security patches. Major macOS updates e.g., the Mojave update for users on High Sierra are downloaded from the Mac App store however, the smaller ones …

iCloud drive syncs files directly to your Mac. Any file that you upload to your iCloud drive from other devices, or even the web version of iCloud can be synced/downloaded to a Mac that’s using the same iCloud/Apple account. On Mac, if you delete a file from the iCloud drive, …