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I could never bring myself to fully embrace searching for items via the Start menu or Cortana. Instead, I prefer File Explorer to look for files, no matter where they are located. For the longest time, I wished there was a dark theme for File Explorer that wouldn’t hurt my eyes, especially when meandering aimlessly late at night. Thankfully, Microsoft released a system-wide dark mode that enveloped most native apps, and finally extended the functionality to File Explorer with Windows 10’s October 2018 Update....

Since most of the other email clients are already doing so well, people tend to overlook the in-house app. But then, who said it lacks features? The mail app holds plenty of features and customization options that will make you want to switch over from the other email clients. What’s more, it even lets you configure multiple accounts and can even sense the language you are trying to write in....

According to researchers at Lancaster University, Northwest Universiy of China and the University of Bath, Pattern Locks can be cracked within five attempts and the more complicated the pattern, the easier it is to crack it open. “People tend to use complex patterns for important financial transactions such as online banking and shopping because they believe it is a secure system. However, our findings suggest that using Pattern Lock to protect sensitive information could actually be very risky”, said Dr Zheng Wang, Lecturer at University of Lancaster and co-author of the research paper titled ‘Cracking Android pattern lock in five attempts’....

While moving to a new device, the top priority for almost everyone is backing up and restoring contacts and messages. It should appear when a user signs in to a new device. Android offers multiple ways to backup and export contacts. In this post, I will guide you through the easy ways to do that. Major Android-based phone makers like Samsung and Xiaomi offer native cloud solution to backup data, but I won’t advise you to opt for that....

There’s no obvious way to open PDFs in separate windows. C’mon, Adobe! An ‘Open in New Window’ option won’t hurt you. However, there are a few methods that you can use to get the desired functionality pretty easily — you just need to know how. Drag Out of Window The first method is straightforward to perform, but doesn’t launch your documents in a new window right away. After opening a couple of PDFs, click and drag a PDF tab out of the Acrobat Pro, Standard, or Reader DC window....

1. Use Templates You get two options for creating lists in Microsoft Lists – start from the scratch or use one of the built-in templates. From the Microsoft Lists home, click on New list and choose one of the default templates. Based on your usage or preference, you can select a template like issue tracker, Travel requests, Content schedule, etc. Unlike Notion, there is no way to go through community-made templates in Microsoft Lists....

Pressing a button on your keyboard or moving your mouse should be enough to wake up the computer from sleep mode. Issues could range from faulty hardware to software bugs, as we will explore below. Let’s begin. 1. Mouse or Keyboard Issue These are the two most commonly used input devices in the world. Since we use them to wake our computer from sleep mode, this is where we should begin....

The Touch Bar is a really clever idea and the possibilities are endless. Developers can even use the Touch Bar API to integrate it with their macOS apps. In fact, Apple gave some early previews of what developers have been able to accomplish so far. But rather than have you read everything Touch Bar is capable of, why not see for yourself? Here are the best animated GIFs from Apple’s keynote that showcase tons of new features....

Armed with the famous S Pen, an amazing AMOLED display, and powerful four-system speakers, the Galaxy Tab S3 is surely the multimedia-focused device as it’s touted to be. Just so, you don’t miss out on some of the amazing things that this tab is capable of, we have made a list of some of the cool Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 tips and tricks. 1. Enable Multi-Window Feature The Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 comes packed with t he latest version of Android which gives it the Nougat advantage of switching between two apps easily....

Zoom’s daily active user count rocketed from 10 million to 200 million due to the unfortunate COVID-19 pandemic. While people may be working from home, going through each setting for optimal use of the Zoom app can be time-consuming. Let’s check out some useful video tips to use in Zoom meetings on a Windows PC or Mac. 1. Access Video Settings We will have to tinker around the Zoom video settings several times while working alongside this post....

You might be aware of few of these tricks but I’m sure you will discover some amazing new ones in this list today. So, let’s have a quick roundup of the tips and tricks that make Gboard what it is. 1. Google Translate A fairly new addition, this feature enables translating words and sentences in real time. What’s great about this feature is that it lets you choose both the source language and the target language....

These apps will help you to add everything as a home screen shortcut so that you can have access to your frequently used programs, files, activities and contacts right when you unlock the screen. So let’s have a look at the apps. More Shortcuts More Shortcuts is one of the best apps available on the Play Store to help you in creating home screen shortcuts for almost everything. To start with simple things, the app lets you create shortcuts to content you have stored on your SD Card....

notified about every single birthday right on time . But what’s the certainty that the desktop version of Facebook will be accessible to you all the time? You can however, be sure that your Android smartphone is going to be with you all the time as long as, God forbid, you don’t loose it. Don’t you think that it would be great if your phone could remind you about the birthdays?...

27 billion messages in one day (yes, that’s billion with a ‘b’) so that should remove any doubts you might have about its popularity. WhatsApp has actually become the de facto text messaging tool for many. ‘Whatsapp me’ is the new ‘text me’ it seems. If WhatsApp is how you communicate with others most of the time then it must have become a big repository of your conversations, both important and trivial....

And you can also block access to Screen Time itself with the use of a Screen Time passcode. Pretty useful when handing over your device to someone else. However, things won’t bode well if you forget your passcode. Apple recommends that you restore your iPhone or iPad using an iTunes backup created at a time when you didn’t have a Screen Time passcode in place. This is, of course, next to impossible....

The iPhone’s problem is that it doesn’t let you create VCF files for all your phone contacts. You can create a VCF card for individual contacts but not for all. Transferring all those contacts individually is tedious. So you will require third-party apps to create a VCF file on the iPhone itself. But there is another simple method as well that will help you in transferring contacts from iPhone to Android....

If you are looking for ways of dealing with your web browser clutter, look no further. Wired-Marker and ColorfulTabs are two effective extensions for Firefox which will assist you in organizing your online reading. 1. ColorfulTabs ColorfulTabs provides users with a dead simple approach to organizing open tabs in Firefox. By giving each tab a corresponding color, users can differentiate between tabs quickly and easily. Each tab that is open is given a different color....

Even worse, how many times have you sent a text message and then instantly regretted it because it wasn’t good timing? It’s happened to the best of us but, fortunately, the solution to these problems is here. These two iOS apps can save the day because they allow you schedule texts to send your messages later. There’s also an app can even schedule social media posts like tweets. Unlike your messages, let’s not delay getting into these apps....

a bit of reading on your iPhone , then reading PDF files is definitely part of your routine. Sometimes however, PDFs are formatted with really small text and virtually no line spacing, making them almost unreadable on the iPhone’s screen even when in landscape mode and truly impossible to do so when in portrait mode. Like in the images below. So how to fix this? Well, it turns out there are a couple of simple, but very effective solutions for both Mac and Windows PC users that can help us get a far better experience when reading PDF files on the iPhone....

Reminders app for both iOS and the Mac . This time, we’ll talk about two free task managers for iPhone that stand out from the rest thanks to their unique approaches. Let’s get going. Time Planner From the moment you start Time Planner, the app makes two things obvious: It wants you to manage your tasks in both a) a more stylish and b) a more informed way. Tasks are created in the standard way that have you type the task itself....