The 6 Best Mac Window Management Tools
Managing multiple windows on your Mac is a cumbersome task. Since they tend to overlap, your display quickly gets cluttered you lose valuable workspace. Unfortunately, the built-in window manager in macOS doesn't offer many features to solve this problem. However, with third-party window management tools for the Mac, you can organize and resize windows with built-in shortcuts, mouse clicks, and ge
The 5 Best Free Apps to Check Disk Space Storage on Mac
If your Mac is running low on disk space or you've seen that scary "startup disk is full" message, you know it can be frustrating to free up storage. To deal with this problem, many people resort to external drives and juggle their files continuously between the disks. While you can manually track available storage space, we'll show you how to check disk space on a Mac using some disk analyzer app
How to Make Android Faster: 11 Things That Work (and 3 That Don't)
We all wish our phones were just a little faster. Whether you're chugging along with a device from three years ago or rocking one of the best new Android phones, it's the same—more speed is always better. There's no shortage of ideas on how you can speed up your Android device. Unfortunately, not all of them work. The good news is, we've tested them all for you. Read on to find out how to make you
The 5 Best Android Shortcut Apps for Quick Access to Everything
For many smartphone users, the very limited support for customizing the notification taskbar and organizing apps can be annoying. A lot of phone makers typically have your most used tools in the notification taskbar, like your flashlight, your Wi-Fi and Bluetooth icons, and power saving mode. But what about your downloaded apps that you use frequently as well? Having easy shortcut access to these
This Little Tweak Will Make Windows 10 Boot Even Faster
Sometimes, when you want to tweak your Windows PC, you have to get down and dirty installing third-party software or making complicated registry tweaks. This isn't one of those times. Today, we're going to look at a simple setting you can enable on your PC that will speed up Windows 10's boot time. Even if you already have an SSD and your PC boots up quickly, why not speed it up a little more? The
10 Creative Ways to Use Your Old Smartphone
Your old phone sits, languishing, in a drawer, ignored on a bookshelf; perhaps it's propping open a door. It doesn't have to be this way. You have plenty of ways to reuse your old smartphone. Sure, you could sell your old smartphone, but why bother when there are so many ways for you to reuse it? Here are 10 ways you can make your old smartphone useful again. 1. Your Old Phone Is a VR Headset! No,
How to Use Any Text File as a Journal on Windows
If you’re struggling to maintain a journal, we recommend ditching the fancy journal apps. Instead, turn a text file on Windows into a journal, complete with automatic timestamps. Open the default Notepad application on your Windows PC and click on File > New. In the new document that gets created, type in .LOG, and hit Enter. Click on File > Save As and save the document as a text (.TXT) file, say
This 3-Minute Exercise Will Actually Fix Your Posture
Now that we've settled into a brand new year, it may be time to address an issue that many of us have, but tend to ignore: our back posture. The issue of posture is an important one for those of us who sit at a computer all day. What's worse is that bad posture can lead to trouble falling asleep, or long-term issues with your spine. With that in mind, here are three exercise routines that will hel
13 Essential File Explorer Shortcuts You Need to Know
With Windows 10, File Explorer has gotten to be pretty darn good. It has all of the same charm and usefulness as it did in previous versions of Windows, but also a few new tricks like running commands in the address bar. But if you're an avid Windows user, there are several keyboard shortcuts you have to know if you want to boost your speed and productivity. Some you may already know, but you prob
7 Hidden Windows Caches & How to Clear Them
On a Windows PC, if you have a disk drive with 100 GB capacity, not all of that space is available to you. In fact, if you were to take a peek behind the scenes, you'd be surprised by how much space is taken up by random cache files. What is a cache? It's not as technical as it sounds. In the context of computers, a cache is a non-permanent file (or files) that may be needed again in the future, a
The 10,000 Hour Rule Is Wrong: How to Really Master a Skill
How many hours does it take to master a skill? Well, if you read Malcolm Gladwell's bestselling book Outliers, you'll remember that "10,000 hours is the magic number of greatness." This 10-000 Hour Rule is a heavily cited pedagogy in the world of lifelong learning. But I have some good news! It turns out that this is not what the research shows. The 10,000 hour rule is wrong. Put differently: For
The 7 Best Free Mind Map Tools (And How to Best Use Them)
Mind maps are one of the best-known logical organization tools. It’s a graphic representation of the connections between concepts and ideas. The idea starts from a central topic, and we gradually connect it with different branches and label these with notes, symbols, pictures, links, and more. When you create a map, you elaborate on existing knowledge structures and their relationship to new conce
Speed Up Your iPhone by Manually Clearing the RAM
Have you ever found yourself messing around with your iPhone, only to have it start to feel a little sluggish? It feels like everything you want to do takes longer than it should. Launching Twitter should happen in an instant, but it doesn't! Maybe you need to flush your iPhone's RAM. I'm not talking about manually quitting all of the apps running. Rather, I'm talking about a lesser-known techniqu
9 Awesome Gmail Features You Probably Don't Use
Everyone loves Gmail, right? It's one of the best email services, it's completely free, and it works like a dream. But you'll be surprised how little of Gmail's plethora of features you are actually using. Good old Gmail got a few exciting new features recently, but that's only the tip of the iceberg. Several cool things in Gmail have existed for a long time without anyone bothering to use them. L
How to Change the Name of Your Windows 10 Computer
Are you sick of your computer being called "windows-user-pc1" or some other random string of numbers and letters? Would you like to change it to something that flows off the tongue a little better, like "Living Room PC" or "1337 G4ming r1g"? Sure, you can name your PC during the initial Windows 10 setup process, but if you didn't do it there for whatever reason, are you out of luck? Nope, you can
Sitting Up Straight Is Bad: The Right Way to Sit at a Desk
Growing up, we were told to "sit up straight" -- not because it's better for our health, but because it looks more productive. As it turns out, sitting up straight (i.e. 90-degree angle at the pelvis) is actually harmful in the long run. We've known this for a while -- since 2006, actually -- but people keep perpetuating bad facts. Isn't it time to put these myths to an end? Stop sitting up straig
7 False Claims About Windows 10 and the Truths Revealed
Windows 10 has been out for a few months now and is starting to settle down. Despite a somewhat rocky launch, we've seen plenty of reasons to love Windows 10 and we think it's a winning operating system (albeit with room to improve). But so much has changed and so much is different that people are just plain confused. A lot of rumors and myths are going around and it's hard to tell between what's
5 Money-Saving Tips You Must Know Before Buying a New Laptop
Having your laptop die can be a painful experience -- and it's made doubly so by the fact that buying a new one to replace it can be a bank-breaker. But you don't have to go into debt to get one that will suit your needs! Keep these five tips in mind next time you're shopping for a laptop and you could save hundreds of dollars. 1. Don't Pay for Features You Don't Need Laptops come absolutely packe
7 Bad iPhone Habits You Should Break Today
Apple's iPhones are known to have a relatively long lifespan as long as you treat them the right way. While the user experience on iPhones has been relatively the same for a while now, you might be making some common mistakes that can harm your device, impact your privacy, or even affect your well-being. These bad habits could range from not caring for the battery to letting apps track your data.
10 Things That Were Harder Before the iPad
Are you reading this on your iPad? Perhaps this article was fed through a feed reader, or appeared as part of the MakeUseOf email. You might even have been sent it by a friend, who perhaps shared the link on Facebook or Twitter. Since its launch in 2010, the iPad has driven a revolution in personal computing. Google, then Microsoft followed with versions of Android and Windows for touchscreen devi
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