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For example, on my elementary OS setup, I can move my mouse to the bottom-right corner of my screen to show all windows so that I can quickly switch between them. I have another hot corner setup at the top-right corner which gives me a view of all my active workspaces. While this is a standard feature on the aforementioned OSes, the concept is foreign in Windows, as there is no built-in way to set hot corners, although you can use keyboard shortcuts to trigger the same actions....

Why Do I Get Cookie Consent Pop-Ups? The intrusive nature of cookies, which track your movements on the Internet, raised privacy concerns. This led to the creation of a few laws and regulations, namely the ePrivacy Directive and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which went into effect in 2018. Here’s a closer look at what happened. Cookies were introduced in the 1990s by Lou Montulli, who pioneered elements like HTTP proxying....

Installation If your Linux distribution doesn’t come with Thunar, it can be easily found in your distribution’s App Store / Software Center. If you prefer the terminal, for distributions based on Debian / Ubuntu, you can install it with the command: The Bulk Rename tool is part of Thunar and cannot be installed separately. Find it and run it from “Main Menu -> Accessories -> Bulk Rename.” File selection Click on the first of its buttons with the “+” sign to select the files you want to modify....

Note: while this tutorial is for Gnome 3, the same trick can be done on other Linux file managers and desktop managers. Start by firing up your favorite file manager to find the file or folder whose icon you aren’t quite fond of. Right-click on the folder and select “Properties.” Although it’s not apparent, the image on the top left is not just a preview of the active icon. It’s also the point where you can change the icon, as it works as a button....

Symptoms of RAM Problems Before doing any of this, you want to know that you’re barking up the right tree, so here are some telltale signs that your RAM might be having issues: PC beeps one or more times as it’s starting PC slows down the longer you keep it onPC keeps crashingProblems accessing filesPC showing less RAM in System Information than you have added How to Check RAM with Windows Memory Diagnostic The quickest but least in-depth method to check your RAM is to use the Windows Memory Diagnostic....

When it comes to compiling and running programs written for Linux on Windows, there is a solution known as Cygwin. The Cygwin project is a collection of the most common tools and compilers (including the bash shell and the GNU compiler chain) for Windows. It also includes a library that provides a compatibility layer so that programs which call Linux specific APIs can be compiled. Cygwin isn’t an emulator or virtual machine, and it doesn’t allow Linux binaries to run on Windows without first being re-compiled....

What are Alexa Blueprints? Alexa Blueprints is a new method for customizing your Alexa experience. Simply put, Blueprints are templates to create skills of your own to be used in your home without coding. It’s as easy as filling in the blanks. When you make a skill, the default setting makes the skill available in only your account. However, you can share the skill with friends and family if you want....

A system image is an exact copy of a drive. By default, a backup system image includes the drives required for Windows to run. In also includes Windows and your files, programs and system settings. In the unlikely case that your hard drive or computer crashes, you can use a system image to restore the contents of your computer. When you restore your computer from a system image, it is a complete restoration, you won’t be able to select individual items to be restored, and all of your programs, system settings, and files will replaced by the contents of system image....

How to Make Custom Snapchat Stickers Creating a sticker out of any object in an image is very easy. Follow the instructions below: Create more custom stickers similarly. How to Access and Add Custom Stickers Tip: if you’re looking for a particular sticker, don’t forget to use the search option at the top. Once added, you can use the custom stickers just like regular stickers. Touch and hold a sticker and drag it to change its position....

Location-Based Reminders in iOS Before starting, make sure Location Services are turned to “On” on your device. To do this, open the Settings app and navigate to “Privacy -> Location Services.” From here, make sure Location Services is turned on: Open the Reminders app on your iPhone / iPad. Type in a reminder that you want to set. When typing in the reminder, you’ll see four icons above the keyboard. Tap on the arrow, which will open the Location menu....

Up until recently, the best browser for using multiple profiles was Google Chrome. They were the first to add the function back in 2016. Other browsers added the feature, but they weren’t as intuitive as Chrome’s profiles feature. Recently, though, the new Microsoft Edge came on the scene with a multiple profiles feature. Because it’s built on Chromium, the feature works similarly to the Chrome versions. So if you like using various profiles but would rather not use Google, you can use Edge....

What is fragmentation? Fragmentation occurs when a file system updates files in little chunks, but these chunks do not form a contiguous whole and are scattered around the disk instead. This is particularly true for FAT and FAT32 filesystems. It was somewhat mitigated in NTFS and almost never happens in Linux (extX). Here is why. In filesystems such as FAT and FAT32, files are written right next to each other on the disk....

While your Mac has the “Do Not Disturb” feature to let you turn off these notifications, it automatically gets turned off after a certain time, and you have to turn it on again in order to disable the notifications. Turning on this feature is an annoyance in itself, and that is why we have figured out a method below that lets you keep the “Do Not Disturb” feature turned on for lifetime so that your notification bar does not ever send you any notifications to annoy you....

There are many reasons why you want to download your photo from Facebook: You want to keep a copy of your tagged photos. You don’t have access to Facebook all the times You never know when Facebook will disappear, and bring along your precious photos with them While there are plenty of applications out there that allow you to download Facebook photos, most of them are not cross-platform compatible and require you to perform an installation....

1. How to Display the Word Count Google Docs lets you check the overall word count of the document. It can also be tracked while typing. You can even track changes made to the document. To use both these features, follow the instructions below: Click on the “Tools” option in the menu bar and select “Word count.” You will be shown the number of pages, words, and characters in a pop-up window....

That’s why Windows Search Enhanced Mode is a must. It more than the classic search feature and gives you more possibilities on finding the file you’re looking for faster. If you don’t have it yet, you should see it soon. What Is Windows Search Enhanced Mode? Wouldn’t it be great if the search feature looked beyond your images, documents, videos, and desktop? The feature that does just that is called Enhanced Windows Search Mode....

If you are a Mac user, play that glorious praise song out loud because macOS Sierra comes with a Picture-in-Picture feature. PiP to the Rescue First started in iOS, the Picture-in-Picture (PiP) support finally arrived in macOS with the release of Sierra. This feature lets a user shrink a compatible video down as a floating window that remains on top of all windows and applications. Now you can watch a video while working on something else....

What Does “The Parameter Is Incorrect” Error Mean? Whenever you connect an external drive to your PC, you should be able to view your files using the File Explorer. For some reason, the external hard drive may get corrupted (temporarily) and display the error message: “Location Drive is not accessible. The parameter is incorrect.” This error means that a user’s request for access to a folder path has failed. According to the error’s definition, the user is unable to access their data on the device or copy/paste and move the files along a folder path....

This post is going to look at how you can solve the “This Accessory May Not Be Supported” error. However, we won’t look at some of the most simple fixes. We’ll explain why next. What You Should Have Already Tried in Order to Fix the “This Accessory May Not Be Supported” Error For the uninitiated, the “This Accessory May Not Be Supported” error appears when you’ve connected a device such as headphones or a smartwatch to your iPhone....

What Does “Your Connection Is Not Private” Mean? When this error message appears, it means that Google Chrome expected the connection to be private; however, for some reason, it wasn’t. This error happens because there’s something wrong with the website’s certificate. By default, websites use the HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) to talk to your computer. This works fine when you’re just browsing the Web normally, but it’s not great for doing secure transactions....