Step 1 – Icon Size For this one, we will be going for a larger icon – 256 X 256px. You can also try to make yourself a 128 x 128px or a 512 x 512px icon, but a regular icon should do the job. Step 2 – Setting Up Your Guides For this tutorial, we will need to be extremely accurate, so let’s set up a few guides to help us along the way....

By default Firefox 4 is set to never remove items from your Downloads list history. No matter how old or how long the list gets, all of your past downloads will be there unless you manually press the Clear List button. What we’re going to do in this post, is make this list clear itself automatically. Let’s get started! Step 1 In Firefox 4, Type about:config into the address bar and Press Enter....

Automatically Delete Your YouTube Activity To automatically delete your history, you need to head into Google’s Activity controls. Launch your browser and head to the YouTube History page and log in with your Google account. Under the YouTube History section, you will see two boxes. On the left, it shows whether you have YouTube History on or not. If this is your first time here, chances are it’s on. And on the right is the box where you can choose to auto-delete your history....

Improve Kindle Fire HD Battery Life Turn the brightness all the way down Even at the lowest setting, the Kindle Fire HD has a brilliant screen that’s easily viewable under most conditions. This tip is especially useful in low-light situations on airplanes or in the bedroom. I’ve found that anything other than the lowest screen brightness causes eyestrain. Turning down the brightness to the lowest possible setting can lengthen battery life by several hours when using it for reading....

Moving your Google Picasa to a new computer is simple as long as you first copy all your photos and, Picasa is installed under the same user paths as your old system. For example, when I moved over my Picasa install to my new computer, my user profile was located at c:\users\skrause\ on both systems so both my photos and Google database/config files will be located in the same place....

With the right configuration, you can even enjoy Dolby Atmos support through the speakers. Let’s walk you through how to pair a HomePod to Apple TV. Why Should You Pair a HomePod to Apple TV? While you could pair your Apple TV with other detached speakers, such as Bluetooth, there is a distinct advantage to using a HomePod instead. Other speakers may support AirPlay 2 for latency-free audio, but Apple TV will only offer a true home theater sound experience using HomePod speakers....

Rather than use a flag to indicate a follow-up, you can pin an email so that it stays at the top of your message list. This is a good way to keep important emails or those you need for reference at your fingertips. Here’s how it works. Pin Messages in Outlook on Mac To best use the pin feature in Outlook, your inbox or the folder where you want to use pins should be sorted by Date....

We’ve shown you how to plan a hike with Google Maps, so now we’ll walk you through planning your next road trip. With your starting spot and destination, stops along the way, and a handy way to share your travel plans, let’s get to it! Creating Your Map The Google Maps site offers a convenient feature called My Maps. This is what you’ll use to plan your road trip....

Let’s say you’ve got a document that’s hundreds of pages long. There are various comments spread throughout that you’d like to look over on paper. Sadly, when you try printing out your document, the comments don’t display properly. Don’t you wish you could print out the comments themselves? Actually, you can, and it’s super easy to do. Print a List of Comments with Word 2016 One last thing: If you have a bunch of tracked changes on your document and comments, those will be included in your list of markup....

Frustratingly, you can only record audio from your microphone. Any internal audio, such as the sound from a video playing in a browser window, doesn’t get picked up. The good news is that it is possible to record internal audio, but you’ll need to make use of a third-party app. Here’s how to record the screen with internal audio on a Mac. How to Install BlackHole In order to record the screen with internal audio on a Mac, you’ll need to install a free piece of software called BlackHole....

If you accidentally delete an important photo, you might want to know how to get it back. Or worse yet, you broke or reset your phone and deleted the files. Luckily, it is possible to retrieve photos from Android. This guide will show you how to recover deleted photos on Android. How to Recover Deleted Photos on Android One of the easiest ways to restore deleted files is from the trash on your phone....

If you like the look of any of the images, you can download and save them. You can then use the downloaded Spotlight collection images as permanent desktop backgrounds or Lock Screen images. If you want to download Spotlight collection images on a Windows 11 PC, here’s what you’ll need to do. How to Download Spotlight Images on Windows 11 To download Spotlight images on Windows 11, follow these steps:...

Ok fine, #Weinergate was fiction and no one ever actually hacked the perv’s twitter account. That said, if you don’t want to look like a Weiner, simply follow the steps in this groovyPost to add a layer of security between your Twitter account and the bad guys. Reality Check Security is like an Ogre onion. It’s all about layers. In other words, there’s no single thing you can do to make your account 100% secure....

Having a different wallpaper on each monitor can make your desktop more appealing. This setting is hidden, but you can configure a Windows PC to add different backgrounds to each monitor—if you know where to look. If you’re someone who collects wallpapers and likes to change things up from time to time, you’ll appreciate this tip. Here’s how to set different wallpapers on dual monitors on Windows. How to Set Different Wallpapers for Dual Monitors on Windows Once your dual monitor system is set up, you can put a different wallpaper on each one....

On Android the Google Voice app integrates so well that you can switch completely over to your Google Voice number near seamlessly. But what is so great about Google Voice? Why do I care in the first place? Here are a few features that I really enjoy: Free Google Voice text messagesRing multiple phones from one number, including your Gmail.Free 4-person conference callingCall scheduling, after 10pm all of my calls go straight to voicemail!...

Over the years, I’ve accumulated a number of computers, mobile devices and streaming boxes in my household. But I still like to keep my photos, music, movies and documents centralized on my main computer. Thanks to Windows HomeGroup sharing and iTunes Home Sharing, I don’t have to walk all the way up to my office every time I want to access those files. However, I do have to ensure that my main computer is powered on....

Most people around the world are sufficient with their righty’ but occasionally you’ll run into a technology geek that refuses to conform. Do you have any friends who are left-handed? If you do it might be handy to know how to set up the computer for them incase they need to use it. Step 1 Click the Start menu orb and Type mouse into the search box. Next Click the program link titled Change mouse settings....

Let’s Share With Allow editing selected, recipients can change files and add files in a shared folder if they’re signed in with a Microsoft account. Recipients can also forward the link, change the list of people sharing the data or folder, and change permissions for recipients. If you’re sharing a folder, people with edit permissions can copy, move, edit, rename, share, and delete anything in the folder. When this box is unchecked, people can view, copy, or download items without signing in....

The cool feature you might not know about is that you can skip songs with AirPods on an iPhone. However, you can skip songs from an album or created playlist. If you have 3rd generation AirPods or AirPods Pro, the feature works out of the box. For older models of AirPods, there is some configuration required. If you want to know how to skip songs with your AirPods on an iPhone, follow the steps below....

A spreadsheet can instantly find the sum of a column of data, automatically updating that sum when data is changed or new data is added. There are a few different ways you can achieve this in a Google Sheets spreadsheet. If you’re unsure, here’s how to sum a column in Google Sheets. How to Sum a Column Using the Status Bar If you just want to know what the sum of a column is without adding the answer to your spreadsheet, you can use the status bar....