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While there are workarounds and alternatives available, wouldn’t it be nice if moving files between your smartphone and your laptop didn’t feel like an uphill battle? You’ll learn in this article how to set up and use OpenMTP, a free macOS application that aims to take the pain out of transferring files between Apple and Google products. Transferring files with OpenMTP OpenMTP is a free macOS application that makes it possible to transfer multiple files between Android devices and Macs, even if those files are larger than 4GB....

How to Transfer Contacts from Blackberry If you have a Blackberry and you want to transfer all your contacts to your new iPhone, the first thing you should do is to export all your contacts to Outlook, Windows Mail or Exchange in your computer. For Outlook users, you can then go to iTunes and select “Import contacts from Outlook”. For Exchange user, Google Sync is the best way to get things done....

While Facebook is addictive, it can be annoying as well. Some of its feature like the news ticker, chat box etc. can be a great distraction and many important news are buried deep in the feed while junk message and spam keep finding their ways to your stream. Luckily, we don’t have to suffer in silence. Here are several browser extensions that you can use to tweak the behavior and theme of Facebook....

Before we begin … It is very important to know the model number of the NVIDIA graphics card installed on your desktop or laptop. To know about the model number, you need to open a Run dialog box, enter dxdiag and hit Enter. A “DirectX Diagnostic Tool” will open. You need to head over to the “Display 2” tab. Here you will find all the information related to the graphics driver installed on your PC....

Check for 64-bit Processor It is necessary to check whether you have a 64-bit processor, which is the most important requirement for installing a 64-bit system. To do this you have to navigate to the Start menu in Windows 10 (you can also press the “Windows” button on your keyboard) and click Settings. On the next screen navigate to “About.” There you should see the specifications of your software, along with some specifications related to your hardware....

Upload via the Facebook native uploader The quickest way to upload photos without having to install extra apps is via the browsers, within your Facebook account. In your Facebook account, click on the “Photo” link under your profile photo. Click on the Upload Photos button. Create a new album. You can then select and upload your photos. Upload via Desktop Photo Managers F-Spot The default photo manager – F-Spot in Ubuntu also comes with Facebook upload feature....

Either way, there are a lot of no-code data-scraping tools that can help you out, and Data Miner’s Chrome extension is one of the more intuitive options. If you’re lucky, the task you’re trying to do will already be included in the tool’s recipe book, and you won’t even have to go through the point-and-click steps involved in building your own. How does Data Miner work? Data Miner helps you get data off of webpages and into nicely-formatted Excel/CSV files by looking through the text of the pages you’ve loaded....

However, you can actually skip this step. If you just need a basic tablet for reading free ebooks or ebooks from other sites and services, you can still use a Kindle. After all, they are designed specifically for reading. Another benefit is you can easily give a kid a cheaper Kindle, or even an older device, to serve as a low-cost tablet for school or entertainment. Without an account, they’re not making purchases without your permission....

Serious about streaming? You may be interested in acquiring a Stream Deck. Getting Started Wwith AMD Radeon Software’s Record & Stream If you use a laptop that has an AMD graphics card, the standard AMD (Radeon) Software version should be preinstalled. However, this doesn’t include the Record & Stream option, so you’ll need to upgrade to Adrenalin Edition to access that feature. if you have a discrete or integrated AMD graphics card on a desktop computer, you’ll need to download the driver from AMD’s website....

Now, if you are using a Linux distro with Gnome environment, you can easily install the Dropbox client and get it to work with Nautilus. However, if you are using other desktop manager like KDE, Fluxbox, Openbox etc, you will have no luck with the installer. Here’s the fix to get Dropbox to work in non-Gnome environment. Note: This tutorial is based on Kubuntu KDE desktop manager. The steps for other desktop manager are the same, except for the location of the autostart menu....

1. Simple Keyword Search While you can use many operators in the search box, it’s enough to remember just one for all below methods – “site:website name”. For a simple keyword search on any given site, enter the search query as shown here. All the returned search results will only be pages from the specific site. 2. Search within a Date Range Many news sites have deeply buried content which can be very old and you can no longer find them in a simple Google search....

Once you know your way around Google Play, you’ll be able to do things faster and know where to look for the information you need. Some of the features are not in plain sight, so you need to know where to look to take full advantage. How to See App Permissions Before Installing Find an app you like and hit the Install button without knowing what permissions the app is going to ask for....

In this article we help you get the full retro experience with Retropie, everyone’s favourite Raspberry Pi game emulation workstation, with the careful application of the built-in shaders. Embrace the Fuzz It’s true, LCD monitors are way too clean for retro gaming. Early in the history of video gaming, the screens we played on were CRTs (Cathode Ray Tubes), big envelopes of glass with a phosphor screen inside, on which photons were fired and steered by giant magnets....

Note: the instructions here will work for Windows 10 as well as Windows 11. Before You Use WPM, Consider Task Manager WPM is an excellent tool, but for many users, it may be overkill when it comes to how much information it provides. In Windows 11, as well as Windows 10, the Task Manager also has surprisingly good performance summaries for all of the major components of your computer. You’ll also find a shortcut to the Resource Monitor at the bottom of the Task Manager Performance tab....

If you’ve taken the image from your Android device, you can quickly add a watermark by using a third-party app. You don’t have to use complicated software to protect the image you waited so long to take. 1. Using Snapseed You can’t trust Google with everything, but at least you can trust them with making high-quality software. Snapseed is one of the best photo editors for Android, and it’s all built in-house by Google....

Let’s take a look at what Hyperwords is capable of doing. Search After you have highlighted the term, a small orb will appear and you just have to hover over the orb to display the menu. The first option is the Search function. From here, you can perform a search in Google, Bing, Yahoo, Images and Videos, and even search on the current page. Reference If search is not your cup of tea, you can also quickly find a reference in Wikipedia, Britannica, Wolfram Alpha or Google Definition....

This is where free software like Instagiffer comes into play. Built entirely to make .gif files, the software might not offer the extreme fine-tuning of Photoshop but should be more than adequate for most uses. Additionally, Imgur recently upped file support to 50MB, so carefully playing with settings could be a thing of the past. Interface Instagiffer’s interface is all business; everything serves a purpose and is on display right from the onset, from the YouTube URL field to the viewing window....

I was recently thrust into this situation when my high school-aged daughter’s photography teacher sent me notes for a future test via a few powerpoint presentations. I wanted to save this to my iPad so that I could help my daughter study. Reading it through the Mail app just seemed so clunky, and I didn’t want to have to save this email for the entire school year. I needed to find an app that would allow me to save these powerpoints within my iPad....

But I just got back from a busy weekend away and have my share of work to get caught up on. I knew a good productivity app could help me keep everything straightened out and keep me on track for getting it all done. I decided to bite the bullet and spend the $39.99 for the iPad version to see if it’s all worth it. Here’s my verdict. One of the best parts of OmniFocus is that they do almost everything they possibly can to help you get started and answer all your questions....

Despite having launched more than a decade ago, ITV Hub has never really been regarded as one of the strongest streaming services. The app is difficult to use at the best of times and its quality falls behind that offered by rivalling streaming apps, which is why we were excited to hear that ITV had a replacement in the works. However, will ITVX be enough of an upgrade to get drama-lovers and binge-watchers on board?...