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Firefox is a modern web browser with an extensive list of features and quite a few customization options. End users can customize how the browser works via its Options window however, Firefox has other settings that users can change from its about:config page. This page lists settings that are otherwise …

System integrity protection (SIP) is a feature in macOS that prevents certain critical locations on your disk from being modified. it doesn’t matter if you have admin rights or not. If you’re trying to access or change files in one of the restricted locations either via Finder or via Terminal …

You’ve probably heard of Safe Mode on Windows 10. It’s a low state that Windows 10 runs in with just the bare minimum features and it’s ideal for troubleshooting a PC. There’s another state that you can run Windows 10 in which is the clean boot state. Not many users …

Sick of Google Keep? Tired of Evernote? Want a more private place to store your notes and personal thoughts on Linux? Check out the StandardNotes client on Linux! It’s an excellent note-taking service for those who like to keep their notes private, and not accessible to Google, or other large …

When you run commands in Terminal, you may need to run them in a particular folder on your system. You can use the cd command to go to any folder you want to work in. If you want a faster way to open Terminal in a directory, you can use …

Printers aren’t the most friendly devices to install on computers, regardless if you use a PC or a Mac. It doesn’t help that there are too many different makes and models of this type of device to count. Making a printer easy to install isn’t simple and when you have …

macOS apps come in different forms; some install as packages, some run entirely from the menu bar, some come as DMG files, and some install to the System Preferences app. Depending how an app is installed, the method for uninstalling it will differ. The easiest apps to uninstall are those …

Debian 10 is almost ready to transition to the newest Stable release of Debian Linux. However, since it’s relatively new, some apps that users come to expect on Debian via software repositories aren’t yet ready. One of the biggest apps not yet officially supporting Debian 10 with a dedicated software repository …

Duplicating hard drive partitions can be tedious if you use a tool like Clonezilla or another Linux-backup utility. If you’re in a hurry, it’s much better to use the duplication feature built right into everyone’s favorite Linux partition editor: Gparted! In this guide, we’ll go over how to clone a …

Notepad++ is one of the most popular text editors on Windows. It’s not hard to see why, as the application has a lot of impressive features, supports multiple programming languages, and more. Sadly, the developers have no plans to write a native, Linux version of the Notepad++ app. Fortunately, thanks …

Emails can be addressed to multiple people either by adding them to the To field, or to the CC or BCC field. When you reply to an email, you don’t necessarily have to reply to everyone in the original email. You can remove people, or add them. Unfortunately, many people …

Elementary OS‘s Pantheon desktop environment is very polished, and as a result, has been gaining some serious traction in the Linux community. Because of these gains, positivity surrounding the project continues to grow. Suffice it to say, there are many great things to say about Elementary OS, and it’s desktop …

If Facebook is still around in ten years, it is possible that the company  will gloss over 2018 when writing its own history. This has not been a good year for Facebook in any sense of the word and that’s not even because profits were down somewhat. Facebook’s reputation has …

All Macs have a serial number and each number is unique to a Mac. It’s tied to the motherboard of the computer so, if you happen to have it replaced by Apple, make sure they update the information on your system. The serial number is printed somewhere on your device …

The Bitwarden app is an open source password manager for Linux, Mac, Windows, and most modern web browsers. It’s completely free to use and offers useful features such as integration with ubikey and many aspects of the desktop. One of the best reasons to choose Bitwarden over something like LastPass …

When using Debian Linux, you may find yourself downloading DEB packages from the internet to install the software you need to use. Much like Ubuntu Linux, developers that focus on Debian often don’t bother setting up dedicated software repositories and give out packages for users to download and install. Most …

macOS comes with an exceptionally amazing photo management app, and a basic image viewing app that can open most image formats including RAW images. If you need to stitch photos on macOS though, you’re going to have to buy an app to do the trick. There is one clumsy, time …

Lots of Linux users don’t know it, but the Grub2 bootloader can be customized. Just like every other aspect of the Linux platform, there are dozens of themes to look through, which means there’s something for everyone! In this list, we’ll go over some of the best Grub2 bootloader themes …

SolydXK is a Debian-based Linux operating system. It sticks very close to the Debian philosophy: open source and stability. In addition, it boasts that it has excellent security features, and offers users unique, customized XFCE and KDE Plasma 5 desktop environments. Getting SolydXK working is similar to installing Debian. To …

Dependency errors can sometimes occur on Debian Linux when the user downloads a package from the internet, and the operating system can’t find the right dependent files and libraries required to run the program successfully. So, if you’ve run into dependency errors on Debian when installing applications, follow along and …