With TeamViewer for Android or iOS, remote desktop connections to Windows, Mac or Linux are a snap. It’s free for non-commercial use and easy to set up — no fussing with firewall rules, ports or IP addresses required. TeamViewer is one of the remote-access programs most favored by our readers. While there are other ways to access desktops from the palm of your hand, none are quite as easy to set up....
Taking apart the occasional piece of old hardware can be fun and educational at the same time, but should you be worried that the hardware in question may contain hazardous materials? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a worried 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 Taran Rampersad (Flickr)....
Reports of the PC’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. We’ve all heard that everyone’s just buying tablets and throwing out their keyboards and mice. But if you live in the real world, you see people using PCs every day. The statistics show that PCs are still selling in large numbers and are used much more than tablets. But we don’t need statistics to see this — we all know that huge amounts of people still use and need PCs....
What Is an HFR Movie? HFR stands for “high frame rate,” and it describes movies shot and displayed at a higher frame rate than the traditional 24 frames per second (fps). HFR movies are typically shot at a frame rate of 48fps or higher, with some experiments even reaching up to 120fps. RELATED: Why You Want a 120Hz TV, Even If You’re Not a Gamer The goal of HFR movies is to provide a more immersive and realistic viewing experience by reducing motion blur and increasing the perceived smoothness of the image....
The vast majority of the time we all print on white media: white paper, white cardstock, and other neutral white surfaces. But what about printing white? Can modern printers print white and if not, why not? Read on as we explore color theory, printer design choices, and why white is the foundation of the printing process. 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....
Vim is an advanced text editor for Linux and Unix operating systems. Recently rated the #1 worldwide Linux editor, Vim is open-source and free. This article will show you how to create a great .vimrc profile. What Is Vim? First, if you are new to Vim: welcome! You have just started the great journey of learning one of the world’s best and most convenient editors. Bram Moolenaar created Vim, the much-loved Linux terminal-based editor, in 1991....
If you have a computer that the RAM has possibly gone bad on, are there any operating systems that will function on the computer, at least to help you test and diagnose the hardware? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post taps into a lively discussion on the subject to satisfy 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....
“Due to a recent legal ruling we’re making some changes to how you set up your devices, and the Speaker Group functionality will work moving forward,” said Google in a blog post. You’ll no longer be able to set the volume on multiple linked Google Home speakers at the same time, so you’ll need to set the volume on each speaker individually. If you use your speakers individually, this shouldn’t be an issue for you....
Windows 10 is designed for PCs with unlimited Internet connections, and it normally uses as much of your download and upload bandwidth as it wants without asking. Setting a connection as metered puts you back in control, and it’s essential on some types of connections. You’ll always want to do this on connections with data caps, mobile hotspots, satellite Internet connections, dial-up connections, and anything else. It gives you more control over your connection and prevents Windows from gobbling bandwidth....
Noise-isolating headphones are great, but if you have a favorite pair of earbuds that you just can’t part with, you can turn them into noise-isolating earbuds of sorts that block out outside noise without spending a bunch of money. RELATED: How Do Noise Reducing Headphones Work? Most cheap earbuds that advertise noise-isolating capabilities don’t do a very good job at actually blocking out outside noise. And even if they did, they still might have terrible audio quality....
Any location in OS X has options to change its view. The best part is you can set each location to its own particular view based on a location’s contents or your personal preferences. Wherever you are in Finder, you can right-click and choose “Show View Options.” It doesn’t matter if you click on a blank spot in a folder, or on its contents, you will still be able to access the View Options....
Windows 10 lets you link an Android or iPhone to your PC and use the Continue on PC feature. If you’d rather now allow phones to be linked, you can disable the feature with a Group Policy setting (if you have Windows Pro) or a quick Registry hack (no matter what version of Windows you have). Note: The phone linking feature we’re talking about here is the one that debuted in the Fall Creators Update in 2017, and that’s built into Windows 10....
To set Bing’s daily photos as your Android device’s background, download the official Bing Wallpapers app from the Google Play Store. RELATED: Microsoft’s New Bing Wallpapers App Will Beautify Your Android Phone Once installed and opened, the Bing Wallpapers app’s home page presents you with the search engine’s daily image (and some information about the photo when selected), a gallery of additional backgrounds, and solid-color wallpapers. You can scroll through these options or use the search bar to find something specific....
Apple now makes it easy to install iOS betas using over-the-air updates. While simple to install, iOS Public Betas can be buggy as well. Fortunately, you can leave the iOS Public Beta at any time. How iOS and iPadOS Public Beta Program Works Apple’s iOS/iPadOS Public Beta program works using a profile on your iPhone or iPad. Once the profile is installed, you can request the beta version of the OS from the Software Update section....
If you keep a lot of Google Chrome windows open to organize your tabs, you can go one step further and name each window. Chrome’s built-in naming feature makes it easy to remember which window is for what in the taskbar or overview screen. The windows naming feature was introduced in Chrome 90 and is available for Chrome on Windows 10, Mac, and Linux. It’s easy to use and can save you from opening the wrong window....
If you share your Ubuntu machine with other people, you probably have multiple users set up, thinking that the other users log into their own accounts and only have access to their own home directories. However, by default, any user can access any home directory. RELATED: How Do Linux File Permissions Work? When you add a new user in Ubuntu, the adduser utility creates a new home directory for the new account....
Everybody that has ever used a computer has seen the clock in the Taskbar, but did you realize that you can customize what is displayed? So instead of hovering your mouse to see the day of the week, you can make it be there by default. You could also use this trick to do something silly like put your name into the taskbar clock, or leave a funny prank message for your friends, but today we’re just going to show you how to use it in a more useful way....
Windows includes Shutdown.exe, a simple utility for remotely shutting down or restarting Windows computers on your local network. To use Shutdown.exe, you must first configure the PCs you want to shut down or restart remotely. Once you’ve configured the PCs, you can use a graphical user interface or command to restart the PCs from another Windows system. You can even remotely shut down or restart the PCs from a Linux system....
We were testing out some freeware download sites to prove our assertion that all download sites are pushing bundled crapware (and yes, they are) when we ran across a truly terrible piece of malware called BoBrowser which replaces Chrome with a lookalike that is chock full of adware. RELATED: Here’s What Happens When You Install the Top 10 Download.com Apps Luckily it’s not all that difficult to remove, but their uninstaller doesn’t work very well so you’re going to have to do some extra cleanup....
For dispatching self-destructing texts, Instagram offers a feature called “Vanish Mode” on its messaging service. An identical feature can be found in Facebook Messenger. Any text or media you send in Vanish Mode is automatically wiped as soon as the recipient sees it. To access Vanish Mode, first, make sure you have the latest version of the Instagram app on your Android smartphone or iPhone. Next, open the Instagram app on your phone and swipe in from the left edge of the screen (or tap the text bubble button at the top right) to view a list of your direct messages....
