Category: Tech

I had my first formal typing class in high school, long after I learned to type. There weren’t enough computers for everyone, so some of […]

When I find it difficult to write, when I feel stuck or distracted, or like I’m the biggest impostor in the world , I force […]

When I was choosing the letter for this week’s Tech 911 issue, I was reminded how happy I am to have solar panels in my […]

I am sorry. Last week in Tech 911 , Lifehacker’s tech tips column, I answered a question from Lifehacker editor-in-chief Melissa . She technically reads […]

When the boss says, “I have a problem,” my ears perk up. Lifehacker is fine; we were not blown up by PAM . However, Melissa […]

Welcome back to Lifehacker’s weekly tech tips column, Tech 911 . As always, I want you to send me emails about all the problems you […]

Good news: I’m not sick anymore. The bad news is that my stomach will vomit when they invariably kill my favorite bad guy, Chubby Thanos, […]

Welcome to another installment of Lifehacker’s tech advice column , brought to you by a ton of DayQuil – thanks to whoever gave me the […]

I might as well rename this column to “Wifi Master” given how many of you have asked questions about wireless networks in the past few […]

Between all this talk about Family Sharing for Apple’s new Plus services and the fact that I finally set up a home Netflix account on […]

Like the Michael Myers of those Halloween movies, some things in life are (seemingly) inevitable. Taxes. Politics. Your neighbor’s Wi-Fi networks that are strong enough […]

Confession time. Tech 911 is a bit of a puzzle this week because the wide world of PDFs is confusing at best and generally more […]

The Ultimate Lifehacker Guide to Wi-Fi ): title The Ultimate Lifehacker Guide to Wi-Fi Wireless networking is tricky, but not necessary. Let us help you. […]

The Ultimate Lifehacker Guide to Wi-Fi ): title The Ultimate Lifehacker Guide to Wi-Fi Wireless networking is tricky, but not necessary. Let us help you. […]

The Ultimate Lifehacker Guide to Wi-Fi ): title The Ultimate Lifehacker Guide to Wi-Fi Wireless networking is tricky, but not necessary. Let us help you. […]

It happens to the best of us. You take care of your day by tapping on your smartphone while traveling through your little slice of […]

A few years ago, I finally made the decision to stop buying an optical drive when building a new PC because I can’t remember the […]

In this week’s tech tips column on Lifehacker – keep asking questions guys! – we help the reader who has too many important articles who […]

In this week’s tech tips column on Lifehacker, I’ll tackle the internet’s biggest annoyance. Don’t yell at YouTube influencers or people who are better than […]

Welcome to Lifehacker’s first column of tech tips in 2019! This week’s question from Lifehacker reader Mike is something that many of us have had […]

Since this is Lifehacker’s last column of tech tips before that big Boxing Day next week, it’s only fitting that this week’s question comes from […]

This week’s question for Lifehacker’s tech-advice column comes from Nate . While his query has a bit of a business theme, it still applies to […]

As I wrote earlier , iCloud can be a little confusing. It shouldn’t have been – at least I don’t think Apple planned it this […]

How do I fix what’s broken? Specifically, how do you access your smartphone – to erase all important data from it, presumably before sending it […]

I’m the type of person who hates losing old copies of digital things – photos, messages, emails, videos, etc. Although I doubt I’ll ever walk […]

How many people are still using AOL Mail? I assumed they were all three, but apparently many of you are still clinging to your aol.com […]

Gmail contacts can be a little confusing, especially if you realize that the popular email service automatically dumps everyone you chat with on the Internet […]

It’s time to tackle another tricky issue in this week’s Tech 911 column, which is almost entirely about the questions you email us. Keep them […]

Hey! In this week’s Tech 911 – a column that attempts to answer all your questions by email (send us your questions by email ) […]

We check out a lot of apps on Lifehacker and we’ve recently written some pretty big reviews of must-have apps for Android and iOS . […]

Networking can be a little confusing, especially when what you did (or didn’t do) makes no logical sense. You’ve installed a new cable modem and […]

iOS 12 is out and a lot of people suddenly realize they are spending too much time with their smartphones. Way. Too much. Lot. Time. […]

The catastrophe that occurred many years ago, still does not give rest to the originator of letters Tech 911 this week. She will explain all […]

In this week’s tech support column , I bring up an awkward question: how to take back control of my accounts from a not-so-kind ex. […]

In this week’s Tech 911 – a column that looks at whatever technology issues or questions you have – a Lifehacker reader is confronted with […]

Most of you are probably aware of Tech 911 , a weekly Lifehacker column that provides answers to your most urgent (or dumbest) technical problems. […]

Wave goodbye Back to My Mac. As of macOS Mojave, Apple is officially removing a useful file and screen sharing utility built right into the […]

You drop your phone and the screen breaks. Ugh. You’ve probably cleverly put important data in the cloud, right? – you may still want to […]

Nothing kills typos faster than predictive text. Just consider how often you spend your day rewriting your text messages using your smartphone’s built-in capabilities to […]

In Tech 911 this week – a column in which we offer sensible answers and explanations to your deepest and darkest technical misunderstandings – a […]