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Tip: value privacy online? Here are the best Chrome extensions that help you stay safe while browsing. What Is Personal Vault? Personal Vault is a protected folder in Microsoft OneDrive that can be accessed only after verifying your identity. The verification method can be a fingerprint, PIN, Face ID, or authentication code sent to you via email or SMS. Thanks to this extra layer of protection, it’s safe to use the Personal Vault to store your important files that contain sensitive or personal information....

Plex is a great tool and has a ton of great features like downloading metadata, resuming playback from multiple devices, on-the-fly encoding and so much more. Here’s how to get it installed and running on Linux. Downloading the server Plex media server needs to be downloaded in package format. The server is available for Ubuntu, Fedora and CentOS officially on the Plex website (and others unofficially). This guide will cover setup on Ubuntu, but the instructions are similar for any Linux distribution....

As good as modern smartphone cameras are, you could probably be taking better photos. Many recent Android phones include manual modes in their cameras, as do third-party camera apps. Taking manual photos gives you better control over exposure, focus, and other factors that can create stunning photos. Getting started Before you can start taking photos, you’ll want to find out if your phone includes a manual camera. Many phones from Samsung, LG, Huawei, and other manufacturers include manual cameras....

To save your document as a .PDF, you can either email it to yourself, or you can send it to iTunes. Click on Share a Print, then choose send to iTunes, followed by PDF. To get it into iBooks, we need to first send it to iTunes. There is no option to immediately send it to iBooks, but it definitely seems like there should be. The PDF document doesn’t even show up in iTunes on your iPad as is....

What you are doing here is downloading the song, listening it, and deleting it so it does not occupy the memory. This is NOT the most efficient and fastest way to have access to your music files stored on the cloud. A better approach would be to use an app that lets you directly stream your music files from the cloud on your Android device. This way, you will not have to download any of your files, they will be streamed to your device instead....

Streamus is a simple way to stream music from your browser. The extension provides audio from YouTube videos; there is no membership required, nor do you need to install any software. To start streaming, download the free extension from the Chrome Webstore. You should immediately spot the Streamus icon on the top-right corner of the browser. Click on this and a drop-down control window should appear. From here you can start searching for songs and adding them into a playlist....

When you open a file from your Dropbox folder in Android, the file will be downloaded to your SD card and you can then view/edit the file with a file manager. However, after you have made changes to the file, the Dropbox app does not automatically sync it back to the server. The only solution is to manually upload the file. This is definitely not a good solution. A good solution to overcome this is to use DropSpace, another app to do the stuff that Dropbox suppose to do, but didn’t....

If you want to improve the search speed, you can simply tag files with relevant keywords. When needed, you can use those tags to do a quick search, not to mention tagging allows you to properly categorize the files without actually renaming or moving them to different folders. This shows how you can tag files in Windows. Mind the Limitations Though tagging files in Windows is relatively easy and helpful, there are a couple of things you should know beforehand....

How to turn your caps lock key into a search key Download SharpKeys from the CodePlex page and install it. Run it after the installation. SharpKeys will welcome you to its program and let you know exactly what it does. Click “Ok” to get started. Click “Add” to begin remapping your caps lock key. From here, scroll down and click on “Special: Caps Lock (00_3A)” in the “Map this key (From key):” column....

What if you could create a free website without limitations, using just your Dropbox account? That’s what Site44 allows you to do. Simply put, it turns your Dropbox into a free Web host so that you can create simple websites and Web pages. Here’s how: Head over to the Site44 website and sign in using your Dropbox account to get started. Click on the “create a new website” button on the next page....

This method isn’t hard to set up, and works as easily as a regular online upgrade does. There is one catch, though. You will need an Internet-connected Ubuntu computer to set everything up and feed packages to the offline one. Get the Apt-Offline Package Start things off on the online Ubuntu machine. You’ll need to install the apt-offline package. Next, you’re going to need another copy of the package for the offline box....

Back up and Test First Before you do anything, make sure you back up your important data first. Luckily, Ubuntu comes with a backup utility built in so you can make use of that. Alternatively, you can just choose to back up the individual files that you know you want to keep. Backup tools like Timeshift are also useful. You even have the choice of creating an image of your installation with Gnome Disk Utility or with software like Clonezilla....

Split screen can come in handy when you are: Watching a YouTube video while trying to take notes. YouTube won’t close on you since you never have to minimize the app. Watching Netflix while checking your email. Copying and pasting an address from a website to Google Maps. TKTK How to Use Split-Screen Mode It’s an effective way of using your Android phone efficiently, but many people aren’t aware of its existence....

Guake practically proves this mindset wrong by bringing the terminal to the 21st century – and your fingertips. With a plethora of parameters and functions that transform “that virtual space where we enter commands” into a multitasking powerhouse. Let’s see why it’s worth it to invest some time to configure Guake, to upgrade how you interact with your computer. Upgrade to a better terminal Since Guake is one of the most popular applications of its kind, you can find it in most distribution repositories....

What Is RTSS? RivaTuner Statistics Server was initially a companion to the RivaTuner open-source GPU overclocking tool designed for Nvidia GPUs, with limited support for ATI/AMD hardware. However, it has now become a standalone tool offering hardware and frame-rate monitoring capabilities, with additional support for frame limiting and video capture. RivaTuner itself has since been assimilated into virtually all major GPU overclocking tools, such as MSI Afterburner, EVGA Precision X, and ASUS GPU Tweak....

The lp command: a basic introduction In Linux, the Common UNIX Printing System (CUPS) is the layer responsible for managing printer and printing options and services, including printers, printing jobs, and queues. The CUPS layer has many options to help you set up and use a printer on your Linux system. The lp or “Line Printer” command is one of the commands within the CUPS layer. The lp command submits a file for printing, while the lpq, or “Line Printer Queue,” command allows you to view the print jobs in the queue....

In the description of the app they discuss it being even better than pen and paper, and I think they’re right. I’ve used other note/drawing apps before, but they just seemed too complicated for what I was trying to do. Not difficult, but just too involved. InkFlow is simple enough, yet has enough options to do what I need it to. Opening up the app for the first time, InkFlow gives you a several-page guide on how to use it....

Dark Mode Arguably the most prominent design update in iOS 13 is the new Dark Mode. Similar to the Dark Mode offered on macOS, this changes the look of the entire operating system from light to dark. You can choose to use Dark Mode all the time, or schedule it to turn on during night / sunset or any custom time. Currently all native Apple apps will support Dark Mode by default in iOS 13, while third-party developers will be offering this mode through an update....

A few decades have passed and most of these companies are continuing to sell their software, but less people are using them. Are they right to stop installing antivirus programs on their computers? And perhaps more importantly: Are AVs still able to protect you from threats as advertised? Application Developers Are More Proactive Now One of the reasons that AV software was necessary in the first place is because no one else was really paying attention to the problem....

Our Opinions All in all, our writers mostly agree. No one seems to use it very regularly. Miguel sees antivirus software as “something that gives a slightly false sense of security.” He explains that “viruses have grown in sophistication and are often not easily removed by standard antivirus software.” As for safeguarding, he replied that he does so “with my own prudence.” Vamsi doesn’t use any antivirus on his Windows PC other than the default one that is provided by Microsoft....