Category: Computing

Microsoft’s latest Patch Tuesday update is a major one: it fixes 57 security vulnerabilities (including seven zero-day vulnerabilities). This is an update I would advise […]

Microsoft has announced that it is retiring the old Microsoft Remote Desktop tool that was available from the Microsoft Store. Instead, the company is advising […]

Now there are several ways to use Windows. In addition to sitting in front of a locally installed copy of Windows running on the hard […]

Study after study shows that people actually can’t multitask, but we try to do it anyway. Why is this? I partly blame our nice big […]

Installing multiple applications at once on Windows can be annoying. You need to find the installation packages, download them, and then run them all one […]

Gina Trapani, founder of the website you’re reading now, popularized the text format for to-do lists back in 2006 (please excuse the weird formatting in […]

There is a lot of talk on the Internet these days about hiding Copilot in Windows and tools that can remove it completely . There’s […]

Microsoft Edge continues to position itself as a smart, productivity-focused alternative to Chrome, free of the bloat that Google’s constant feature expansion can sometimes lead […]

Obsidian is the Winamp of productivity tools. If you’re as old as me, you might remember that the best part of this once ubiquitous music […]

Microsoft is testing a new way to make file sharing easier. In the Windows 11 beta, the company released a temporary shelf that appears when […]

One of the annoying things about using PowerShell on Windows if you’re used to Linux is having to run it as an administrator to make […]

Text replacement tools, also called snippet managers, are one of those productivity tools that everyone needs, even if they don’t know it. They allow you […]

Setting up a new computer is annoying, especially if that computer has Windows installed. Microsoft adds a lot of annoying things to the operating system […]

The MacBook Air is the mainstream portable productivity laptop that people seem to love, which is why many companies are trying to create their own […]

There’s nothing worse than opening a PDF and realizing you can’t use the search function or even highlight text. This usually happens when the PDF […]

CSV, or comma separated values, are files used for a variety of tasks, from managing large data sets to exporting data to move it between […]

One of Apple’s best recent features is iPhone mirroring , which allows you to control your iPhone from your Mac. Scrcpy is a free app […]

Windows 11’s minimum system requirements have been causing controversy ever since Microsoft unveiled a new version of its desktop operating system. The debate boils down […]

My Spotify playlist of favorite songs isn’t exactly pleasant to listen to in random order; there are simply too many genres and moods. Fortunately, there […]

Most video editing programs work by transcoding—essentially downloading a file so it can be taken apart and put back together. This is necessary for advanced […]

Creating a Spotify playlist isn’t that difficult, but it can be tedious, especially if you want to put together a mix of dozens or even […]

The Microsoft Surface Pro 11 is a tablet-laptop hybrid that came out last summer and quickly became one of the best laptops for students even […]

Quick View is one of the best features of macOS: simply press the spacebar while browsing files to instantly view the one you currently have […]

Several sites, including Tumblr and Craigslist, have removed their RSS feeds. Other services, such as TikTok, never offered RSS feeds in the first place. This […]

When you’re focused on a task, it’s easy to lose track of time and forget to attend important meetings (or unimportant ones that your boss […]

The holidays are probably the worst time for a software update that would render Meta Quest headsets unusable, but that’s exactly the situation we’re in […]

Transnomino is a free Mac app that can automate time-consuming manual tasks that you need to know about if you regularly deal with large folders […]

The Windows 11 taskbar occupies a thick line on the screen. Most people don’t mind, but there are good reasons to want it to stop. […]

We’ve now reached version 11 of the Microsoft Surface Pro: the tablet-laptop hybrid first launched in 2013, and since then we’ve seen a lot of […]

It’s understandable if you’re a little burnt out on social media right now. I put off creating a Bluesky account for years, mainly because I […]

Back when Twitter existed, I loved a Mac app called TweetBot. It was a desktop client with a simplified interface, great keyboard shortcuts, and overall […]

Back in June, Microsoft announced a new feature called Recall for Windows , which will let you see your computing history just as easily as […]

Want to delete all your tweets? Cyd , an app for Windows, macOS and Linux, automates this process and even provides an offline archive. Even […]

Every mouse is a little different—some accelerate faster than others, for example—and it can be annoying (and even disorienting) if you use one mouse at […]

There’s something simply tangible about using pen and paper to plan your day, which is why many people prefer a paper planner to a to-do […]

Laptops are some of the most popular discounted items even after Cyber ​​Monday, whether you’re into MacBooks, laptops, Chromebooks, or gaming machines. Sales are available […]

Consoles, games and accessories are among the millions of products that will still be sold on Cyber ​​Monday this year. If you’re interested in the […]

Roku streaming devices and set-top boxes are smart little devices that can display all kinds of streaming content on your TV screen, and if you […]

Laptops are one of the most popular discounted items on Cyber ​​Monday, whether you’re into MacBooks, laptops, Chromebooks, or gaming machines. Sales are available on […]

Consoles, games and accessories are among the millions of items that will be sold on Cyber ​​Monday this year. If you’re interested in the best […]