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Crypt is a function of rclone that encrypts your files while they’re being uploaded and also decrypts them when being downloaded. This means the actual files that are stored in the cloud are encrypted and scrambled. It allows you to utilize your cloud provider as a storage service without the need to trust that they are not looking at what you’re uploading. Crypt is also simple and transparent to set up, therefore making it easily doable for someone without any technical expertise in cryptography to create their own encrypted remote....

There are actually two ways to extract the icon of an app on your Mac. The first method takes help of the content manager to provide you with the icon, and the second one uses the Preview app that you must be familiar with if you have been using a Mac for quite some time. Here’s how you can use both of these ways. Extracting an App Icon Using Content Manager Using this way only requires you to open Finder and do some clicking to get the job done....

Phone memory leaks are rather harmless if the source is the app itself: sometimes, the app developer fails to fix coding errors. In such cases, you can simply remove the app but in other leak scenarios, the phone’s ability to handle memory requests is the main issue. For this, we will consider three separate apps and share a list of methods to ensure you stay on top of the problem....

1. Update USB 3.0 Drivers via Windows Update If your USB 3.0 ports are not working, it’s possible that their associated drivers have become corrupted or are missing. Fortunately, updating your Windows system with the latest drivers might help reinstall them. 2. Install USB 3.0 Drivers Using Device Manager 3. Manually Install USB 3.0 Before you install the drivers manually, you should first find the serial number and the model number of your PC....

Before we dive in, a quick note. At the moment, there are six ways to get Apple Music for free (for a limited time). However, the majority of these methods apply only to new subscribers. If you’re a newbie to Apple Music, here’s everything you want to know. 1. Best Buy Promo (6 Months of Free Apple Music) By far, the best way to get free Apple Music in 2022 is via Best Buy....

Thankfully, there are other options out there and one of them is Microsoft’s new and shiny Outlook.com service. Read on to find out how to use Outlook.com to host your email for your domain. The first thing that you need to do is sign up for a live.com account. Once that is done, head over to domains.live.com and click on the “Get Started” link under Custom Domains. Enter your domain name in the text box, select the radio button that says “Set up Outlook....

You can also get native Ubuntu notification bubble for news alerts from your favourite news site or access Google Docs from dash itself. While using the Web App feature, you can use “Alt + Tab” to switch between these webapps/sites similar to what you use for regular Ubuntu apps. Initially, this feature will support only Firefox and Chromium but we can definitely expect it for other popular web browser soon....

Here is the method: In your theme folder, open the functions.php file with a text editor. Insert the following lines to the end of the file, before the “?>” tag Remember to change the “insert_ad_code_here” string to the actual ad code. Also, if there is any instance of single quote (‘) in your ad code, you have to add a \ before it. For example, if your ad code is something like: You have to make them all into one line and insert a \ before the single quote: Explanation of the function What we are doing with this function is to take the content for each post and break it up into each paragraph....

Porteus is a Linux distro that is optimized to run on CD, USB flash drive, hard drive, or other bootable storage media. Porteus is based on Slackware and is designed to be portable and lightning fast. It comes with a 32 and 64 bit version and you can select the desktop manager (RazorQT, KDE, Mate, XFCE, LXDE) of your liking. Getting started Porteus comes with two editions: Desktop and Kiosk editions....

The legality of ripping DVDs can be murky in some countries. The purpose of this article is to inform you how to make archival copies of DVDs that you legally own, but be sure to check the laws in your area before continuing. Do note that Handbrake is also available for Windows and macOS. Install Handbrake Everything here relies on Handbrake, but there’s another piece you’ll need too. The VLC developers created a library, libdvdcss, for decoding copyright-protected DVDs for playback....

Here’s how you can install KDE in Ubuntu Natty. 1. Open your Synaptic Package Manager. 2. Search for the KDE package. There are three options for you: kde-plasma-desktop: the KDE plasma desktop and a minimal set of applications kde-standard: the KDE plasma desktop and a minimal set of applications kde-full: the full suite of KDE (not recommended. If you want the full suite, you might as well install Kubuntu)...

This is more or less the equivalent of installing games on your Xbox when you are away. The criteria for this is to ensure your devices are connected to a Microsoft account. Then you can install apps on the store remotely on your Windows 10. Installing apps remotely on Windows 10 The first step is to visit the Windows App Store on your browser and to sign in. This does not have to be a browser on Windows OS....

Progressive Web Apps A Progressive Web App (PWA) is a web application that offers its users an experience like the one they use on their phones. Some basics about PWAs are: These apps will work for every internet user no matter which browser they choose as their primary one. They are responsive, meaning no matter what device you are on, the PWA will fit correctly on the screen. Because they resemble their native app, you interact with them the same way you would on your phone....

Why integrate Google apps into Windows 8? Google has become part of our lives now online. For many of us, we would be lost without access to Google Search, Gmail, Maps and more. By integrating these apps into Windows 8, we can have instant access to everything we do with our Google accounts without having to open the browser. While it may cut down on only a few steps, it will make our lives in Windows 8 more efficient....

Setup Calendar in Thunderbird Out of the many calendar add-ons in Thunderbird, Lightning is the best. It adds a full feature calendar system to Thunderbird and it integrates so well that you don’t even see the differences. Open Thunderbird. Go to “Tool -> Add-ons”. Search for Lightning. Install Lightning. Restart your Thunderbird. You should see a new “Events and Tasks” option in the menu bar. Go to “Events and Tasks -> Calendar” and the calendar will show up in a new tab....

Pro and Cons of using Google+ Comments The good thing about Google+ Comments is that people have to login to their Google account before they can comment. Real name and photo will be displayed instead of some bogus name and image. You will also see lesser spam on your blog. On the other hand, you might see fewer comments as it is unlikely that all your readers have joined Google+. Also, people might not be willing to have their name and face appear in the comments....

Keeping the Laptop Working In Windows, click on the notifications tray near the lower-right corner of the screen. At the bottom of the section is a list of options, one of which is “All Settings” and is represented by a gear icon. Tap on this option. A new window will open revealing the Settings page for your Windows 10 program. This is the part of Windows 10 which controls the look and functioning of your laptop’s various programs....

How to Connect Your Android Device to Windows The process of linking your Windows PC with your Android is pretty easy. You’ll first need to download a companion app on your phone and then link the PC from there. For the purpose of this tutorial we’re using a Windows 11 PC. 1. Download the Link to Windows App To get started with the linking process, go to your Android device and open the Google Play Store app....

This software makes it so anyone with a server can host and distribute their own storage and effectively have their own cloud! In this guide we’ll go over everything you need to know to make your own personal cloud storage solution – from going over the hardware required, getting the operating system in order, and even setting up syncing clients. Let’s get started! Note: Nextcloud is a fork of Owncloud which is another self-hosted Dropbox clone....

What Is I/O Priority? I/O is short for input/output. There are many types of I/O devices, but in this case it’s about storage devices. Each process that wants to read or write data to such a device is assigned a scheduling class and priority number (or “nice” value). This applies on Linux to filesystems such as ext4. Other filesystems, such as ZFS, may implement slightly different methods for scheduling read/write operations on disk....