The Modern UI apps bought along quite some change in Windows 8, and figuring out how to print a PDF file requires getting your robe and wizard hat. Here is how to do it. And your quick tip of the day… if you don’t want to read further, you can always use the CTRL + P keyboard combination to print the current page or document in any application that supports printing....
Have you ever had extra spaces appear in your Google Sheets data? Whether this happens after importing a file, mistakenly pressing the Space bar, or pasting data, unnecessary spaces in your text can turn into a problem. If you use formulas or data validation in your sheet, extra spaces in the text can cause those things to either not work or not work correctly. Google Sheets gives you two quick ways to remove leading, repeated, and trailing spaces in your data, and we’ll show you how to use both....
Dynamic and Static IP Addresses Everything on your network home network, whether it’s using a wired connection or Wi-Fi, has an IP address. IP stands for Internet Protocol. An IP address is a sequence of four numbers separated by three dots. Each IP address that is unique within that network. IP addresses act as numeric labels. Your router uses these labels to send data between the correct devices. Usually, your router assigns IP addresses....
Philo advertises a free seven-day trial. If you sign up for the live and on-demand TV service with a phone number, you get unlimited access for 48 hours. After that, you have to provide your credit card information to unlock the five remaining days of your trial. If you use an email address to subscribe, you have to provide your credit card information to get started. Sign Up for Philo with Your Phone Number On the Philo website, you’ll be asked to type your phone number to sign up for the service....
Time Machine’s Initial Backup Takes a While If you’re backing your Mac up for the first time or using a brand new drive, Time Machine needs to back up everything on your drive. Apple’s backup tool takes a comparative approach to backing up data, where only new or modified data is copied each time you plug in your backup drive. So if you have 100GB of data to backup initially and you only make around 500MB of changes or additions a week later, Time Machine will only need to copy 500MB of data the next time you plug it in....
Pinhole photography is a fun and old fashioned way to capture images; read on as we bring the technique into the 21st century and show you how to use your modern DSLR as a pinhole camera. Why Do I Want Do This? Pinhole photography is fun. The results are unique (and often surprising), they’re rich with character, and the whole process of manipulating the pinhole camera is very interactive. Traditionally, however, you need to jump through a lot of hoops to enjoy film-based pinhole photography ranging from proper film handling to camera selection and often developing the film yourself....
Pairing Your New AirPods If your AirPods are brand-new, you can pair them easily by following the steps below: Wake your iPhone, so it’s unlocked and the Home screen is displayed. Open the AirPods case with your AirPods inside and hold it near your iPhone until the pop-up message appears. Follow the on-screen pairing instructions to complete the setup. Your AirPods are synced to your Apple ID, which means you won’t need to complete this pairing process again....
If you’ve changed your mind and you’d like to start receiving emails from a blocked user, it’s easy to unblock someone on Gmail. We’ll show you how to do that on your desktop and mobile phone. RELATED: How to Unblock Someone on Instagram Unblock an Email Address in Gmail’s Desktop Version To remove people from your block list on your desktop, first, launch a web browser on your computer and open Gmail....
Microsoft has been called late to the party for not offering Microsoft Office for the iPad, other tablets, and smartphones. The truth is, Microsoft does make quite a few different versions of Office for mobile devices, although they aren’t full versions of Office. There are several different versions of Microsoft Office for different versions of Windows, and then you have Office Mobile, Office 365, and Office Online. Each has different features and even different payment structures....
Filling sequential data in Google Sheets is easy using the fill feature. But if you want to increase or decrease the numbers in your series or fill all cells in an array, consider the SEQUENCE function. While the SEQUENCE function can perform much the same way as the fill feature, it’s the optional arguments that make it most useful. Want to fill both columns and rows in a range? Want to start at 525 and decrease each number by 18?...
Smart thermostats are known for their energy efficiency, but if you want to get an in-depth look at how much money they’ve saved you on your bills, the Ecobee lets you take a peek at all sorts of usage information. RELATED: How to Install and Set Up the Ecobee Smart Thermostat The Nest Thermostat allows you to view its usage history as well, but it’s not nearly as in depth as the Ecobee’s usage history reports....
For the most part, all of us are used to having a unique public IP address, but what do you do when that is actually not the case? What exactly is going on? With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post helps a confused reader solve an IP address mystery. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....
We have all heard the advice about power cycling an electronic device in order to clear up problems, but is power cycling better than simply unplugging and plugging the device back in? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a curious reader’s question. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. Photo courtesy of Ben Daines (Flickr)....
LG’s latest UltraGear OLED gaming monitor, with model number 27GR95QE, has an OLED display with a QHD (2560×1440) resolution and, more importantly, a 240Hz refresh rate. This is definitely not the first time we see this refresh rate on a gaming monitor — we’ve seen even higher ones, in fact. But this is the first time that it’s done with an OLED panel, meaning that in addition to that amazing refresh rate, you also get inky blacks and all the amazing qualities and advantages from OLED....
Ever since the first person wrote out 5318008 on a calculator, nerds have been hiding secret numbers inside of your PC, and using them to negotiate secret handshakes between applications and files. Today we take a quick look at some of the more entertaining examples. What are Magic Numbers? Most programming languages use a 32-bit integer type to represent certain types of data behind the scenes — internally the number is stored in RAM or used by the CPU as 32 ones and zeros, but in the source code it would be written out in either regular decimal format, or as hexadecimal format, which uses the numbers 0 through 9 and the letters A through F....
You’d think that with the vast amount of information on the Internet, learning a new language would be easy. But the availability of all that information is part of the problem. We’ve scoured the depths of the Internet to compile this list of the best websites for learning a new language. Duolingo: Best for Most People Duolingo is one of the most popular websites to learn a new language for free....
Snazzy Labs owner Quinn Nelson posted on Twitter showing some issues with how the new MacBook Pro works with some applications. Basically, some Status bar icons, such as Apple’s battery indicator, can get hidden by the notch when menu bar items are extended. Using iStat Menus, Nelson showed how almost the entirety of the information from the app can be hidden under the notch, thus rendering the app basically useless....
If you open up Task Manager or Process Explorer on your system, you will see many services running. But how much of an impact can a service have on your system, especially if it is ‘corrupted’ by malware? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a curious reader’s questions. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....
Samsung Galaxy smartphones typically have great cameras. Pro Mode lets you move beyond the simple “point and shoot” features by unlocking advanced adjustments like ISO and aperture settings, and letting you tweak just about every aspect of the photography experience. Here’s how to access and use it. How to Access Pro Mode If you’re interested in checking out Pro Mode for yourself (or just following along), it’s pretty easy to get to....
If you are still new to the whole networking thing, then it can be a bit overwhelming when you first start learning about the different kinds of addresses involved and how they work together. Today’s SuperUser Q&A post seeks to clear up the confusion for a curious reader. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....
