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While it’s fun to run multiple apps, letting several of them to oepn automatically when you start your Mac isn’t ideal. This slows down the performance of your Mac and also ends up consuming a good chunk of the available RAM. Thankfully, you can stop apps from opening on startup on your Mac, just like how you can disable apps at startup on Windows 11. Why Apps Run at Startup When you turn on your MacBook from the ‘Shut down’ state, a few applications launch and start running in the background automatically....

You can create a pattern containing a base prefix in the first half of the password and something related to the app or service in the second half. But someday you might even forget that. And with news of NSA tracking, SSL bug, Heartbleed bug and all, it feels like I end up changing passwords every month or so. How to manage this? And more importantly, sync this between your PC and your connected mobile devices safely and without much friction....

Now, while changing phones within the same ecosystem. Both iPhone and Android users can use iCloud or Google Drive to backup and restore WhatsApp contents. But if you are moving from iPhone to Android, things become a little more complicated as there is no direct way to transfer the data. The Google Drive integration is also limited to Android and there is no official announcement if the feature will ever be added to iOS....

Unlike other operating systems (e.g. Windows) with straightforward network reset methods, things are different with macOS. This guide will walk you through the solutions and highlight different ways to troubleshoot Wi-Fi connectivity problems on a Mac by resetting its network settings. Note: You should only reset Wi-Fi settings on Mac when other (basic but effective) troubleshooting methods prove abortive. In simpler words, resetting Mac’s network settings should be your last resort to fix connectivity issues....

What’s worse is that if you update these apps accidently, they get reinstalled as free (lite) versions. I had been facing this problem quite a lot lately and finally came across a fix few days ago. While exploring Titanium Backup, the Swiss Army Knife for Android apps, I stumbled upon the option of forcefully unlinking an app from the Play Store. So let’s see how it’s done. Note: The trick only works for a rooted Android phone....

Well, today I am going to talk about some awesome apps that will give your larynx some rest in such situations and at the same time make you look cooler. I am going to talk about a few apps using which you can turn your Android phone into a mic and make yourself heard from the speakers you have. First of all, we will have a look at how to get that done for Bluetooth speakers and then check out for the ones that use aux cables....

Flipping an image means rotating it 180 degrees either horizontally or vertically. The final image is the mirror image of the original picture. Things slightly differ for flipping an image, layer, or selection in GIMP. If you have wanted to use the flip tool in GIMP, you will find everything about it in this post. Here is a guide on how to flip an image in GIMP. There are two methods to do it....

So, let’s see how we can solve the issue at hand. There’s no trick using which one can configure more than one Facebook account in the official Facebook app, but there are two third-party apps, one each for Android and iPhone, using which you can configure multiple Facebook accounts and easily switch between them without signing out from one. Why Not Watch the Video? Here’s a cool video that talks about the new apps for both, Android and iOS using which one can use dual Facebook accounts on Android and iOS....

While Apple tries to bridge the gap between macOS and iOS, the new app is a welcome change. We will show you how to use the Clock app and its different features on your Mac. Clock App Requirements To enjoy the new Clock app, your Mac needs to run at least macOS Ventura or higher. If you’re yet to install the update, grab it from the System Preferences menu. Here’s how you can check for the macOS update....

Since there is lot of data we have a tough time in scanning through the rows and columns in order to segregate all options. This continued until I explored the Filter tool that MS Excel offers. And believe me, since then things have got a lot easier. This is exactly what we are going to talk about today. Using the Filter tool makes it really easy to analyze and calculate stuff....

Overall ‘lite’ versions of apps are gaining popularity in app stores. In recent times, I’ve moved from the sluggish Facebook Messenger app to the lighter Messenger Lite app. I also gave a shot to the Skype Lite app over the regular Skype app. Hence, I was curious to check the relatively new LinkedIn Lite app as well. Let’s see what the key differences are between LinkedIn and LinkedIn Lite....

When we talk about transparency, the media industry is heavily guarded and no one really knows what goes on behind the screen. We all are a part of this industry because we are the ultimate consumer. But, did we ever stop to think that is there a way by which we can be a bigger part of this industry, than by just being the person sitting in front of the screen, seeing what we are shown?...

Mouse Without Borders is a free app available at Microsoft Garage that often offers experimental apps and tools. This app allows you to use a single mouse and keyboard across multiple screens and different systems. However, Mouse Without Borders was not working as advertised. Here are some possible solutions including the one that eventually worked for me. Mouse Without Borders works from Windows 7 to 10. It is seamless even if you have different Windows OS versions installed on separate computers....

In late October 2018, Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 made a debut in the mid-range processor series as a successor to the Snapdragon 670. Qualcomm claims that the Snapdragon 675 focuses on three essential areas — Artificial Intelligence, photography, and gaming. Also, it packs the 4th generation Kryo cores. On paper, the chip could go toe-to-toe with Snapdragon 660, which was the first mid-range SoC to include a few features initially limited to the flagship Snapdragon 800 series....

reduce the size of these photos and videos. People have different reasons, for some the upload time matters while others look for ways to reduce the bandwidth usage . We already know how to shrink the photos and today we will see how we can compress the recorded videos. There are many tools available that claim to do the task but we will be using Windows’ in-house video editing tool because it’s easy and free....

Let me be clear. Reeder 4 is first and foremost an RSS reader app, while Feedly is primarily an RSS service that also offers an app and other functions for a better experience. The main objective remains the same for both the apps – a clean, clutter-free reading experience without information overload. In this post, we are going to compare Reeder 4 and Feedly. The comparison will cover cross-platform availability, user interface, reading experience, features, price, and more....

Quality Issues It Scratches! Oh No, it Scratches! The YouTube video that perhaps started the questioning on quality issues on the Note 7 was directed more towards Gorilla Glass 5. We’ve already spoken about how Corning had tried to make it more shatter-proof, but it seems that scratching wasn’t as good as previous generations of Gorilla Glass. We’ve heard from Corning on their side of the story too, but since the Galaxy Note 7 was the first device to be shipped with the new glass, it started a snowball effect which hasn’t yet ceased....

There are many apps on the Play Store that love to store big files on the internal SD card. Take Asphalt or even Temple Run for example. These apps take up the internal SD card space with save data files and give no option to move them to the external SD card. Even if you try to move these files manually to the external SD card, the app will not identify them and will give you missing file errors....

This is the next post in the series of printer related posts that I intend to put up while testing the review unit that folks at HP sent me. As I mentioned in my previous article, while I will be using the HP printer to demonstrate the steps they should be more or less the same in any other printer and hence readers among you who need help with the instructions for a printer of different brand are welcome to read on too....

Not only that, now we have multiple apps that use Wi-Fi direct technology to transfer files. These apps come with added functionalities like group sharing, built-in music players, FTP support etc. Two apps – SHAREit and Zapya are quite popular when it comes to file transfer. We decided to pit them against each other and see which one offers better features. Excited? Me too! Let’s get started then. App Size The Zapya app weighs around 8-10MB depending on the device....