Use Safari’s Reader View Safari is the default browser on iPhone. One of the best reasons to stick with Safari over a third-party browser is its Reader View. This mode reformats web pages to make them more digestible. It gets rid of all the distractions on the page and just shows you the content. Some other browsers might offer Reader View, but Google Chrome doesn’t. When you land on a web article or similarly written content in Safari, the address bar will display “Reader View Available” for a few seconds....

If you’re anything like me, you do a lot of stuff with your Android phone. That usually means clutter on the home screens for most users—but it doesn’t have to be that way. Nova Launcher—our favorite home screen launcher for Android—has some powerful and unique gesture features that will have your home screens cleaned up and more powerful than ever with just the swipe of a finger. RELATED: How to Hide Apps from Android’s App Drawer with Nova Launcher...

Solid-state drives aren’t anywhere near as small and fragile as they used to be. You don’t need to worry about wear, and you don’t need to go out of your way to “optimize” them. Windows 7, 8, and 10 automatically do the work for you. SSDs Aren’t as Small or Fragile as They Used to Be There are a lot of guides out there about optimizing your SSD, but we don’t recommend following most of them....

We installed the top 10 apps from Download.com, and you’ll never believe what happened! Well… I guess maybe you might have a good guess. Awful things. Awful things are what happens. Join us for the fun! RELATED: The Freeware Download Sites That Don’t Force Crapware On You Update: Since the original publication of this article in 2015, Download.com has finally started to clean up its act. You can read more about their new, more friendly practices here....

When you add a screenshot to a Microsoft Office document and crop it, you most likely give no further thought to the unused portions, but did you know that they are still there and could pose a security risk if they contain sensitive information? Today’s SuperUser Q&A helps a worried reader retain only those parts of the screenshots needed while permanently getting rid of the rest. Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites....

The ability to automate tracks is one of GarageBand’s more powerful features. Automation allows you to adjust the volume, panning, echo, and other effects at different points in your song. The way GarageBand implements this feature is actually very straightforward and intuitive, and easy to get started with. How to Automate a Track To begin automating a track, click the unlabeled “Automation Button” at the top of the instrument list, which should toggle and turn yellow....

Browsers are packed with settings and options, many of which are hidden. Each browser has a place where you can change advanced settings that aren’t available in its standard options window. Note that changing some of these settings could negatively affect your browser’s performance, stability, or security. Many of these settings are hidden for a reason. Google Chrome Google Chrome’s stable settings are all exposed on its Settings page. However, Chrome has a page where you can change experimental settings and enable experimental features....

With OS X 10.11 El Capitan, Apple has added a considerable amount of new features, but among all the hubbub and hoopla, are smaller items that the company slipped in unannounced. One of these is the ability to change the number of recent items. Let’s show you what we mean. In many instances, OS X will collect recent items such as documents, apps, and servers you’ve connected to. For example, here on the Go menu, we see a list of recently visited folders, 10 items to be exact, which is the default....

People with seasonal allergies are most affected at specific times of the year. Spring is an especially rough time, as this is when plants become active again, releasing a lot of plant matter into the air. Pollen is one of the biggest culprits, and there are a number of ways to monitor pollen levels as well as other air pollutants. RELATED: How to Check Your Local Air Quality Index on Android...

Normally when you don’t get an inbound email message that you were expecting, you’re supposed to check your Spam or Junk Email folder—in the new Facebook “Email” (Messages) system, it’s not quite as obvious how to check that folder. So here’s how. Note: If you don’t have the new Facebook Messages, you can head over here to sign up for an invite. Checking Your Spam / Junk Folder First you’ll want to head to Messages, and then click the “Other” folder....

Clearing your history from time to time shouldn’t be misconstrued as sneaky. It’s actually just a good practice to undertake. Over the course of time, you’re going to visit hundreds or even thousands of websites on your computer or smartphone. Not all these websites will necessarily be ones you’ll visit repeatedly. Some you may visit by accident or out of curiosity. RELATED: How to Clear Your Browsing History in Firefox...

Insteon’s Alexa support is limited, with only certain devices being fully supported. Some may have half-support—for example, I have a few Insteon ceiling fan controllers that Alexa can only control the lights on, not the fan itself. Other devices may have no Alexa support at all. Thankfully, Insteon recently added an Alexa skill that lets you control Insteon scenes with your voice. That way, even if an Insteon device doesn’t work with Alexa, you can stick it in a scene that will....

The sharing system in iOS is one of the more overlooked features and, within that feature, the ability to customize the options of the sharing system is even more overlooked. Read on as we show you how to tweak the sharing system to fit your needs. Why Do I Want To Do This? The share system in iOS allows you to send something from the application you’re currently using to another application....

Apple wants to keep your iPhone and iPad up-to-date. But you may want to go back to an older operating system. This is especially true if you’re trying out a beta version of iOS on your iPhone or iPad. When a new stable version of iOS comes out, it’s usually only possible to downgrade back to the old version for a few days, although there’s a trick you can use....

If you ever reset your Netflix password, you’ll quickly discover that you’ll have a hard time changing it in the Netflix app on the Apple TV 4 due to what seems to be a bug with the app. Here’s how to remedy the situation by simply re-installing the Netflix app on Apple’s set-top box. RELATED: How to Set Up and Configure Your Apple TV When you reset your Netflix password and go to change it on your Apple TV 4, you’ll actually get stuck and there won’t be any way for you to change it in the app....

Internet Explorer is on the way out. Even Microsoft is recommending people avoid it in favor of their new browser, Edge. If you require Internet Explorer for an old website, though, you can secure it against attack with optional features like Enhanced Protected Mode. If you can move away from Internet Explorer to another browser, you definitely should. Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and Mozilla Firefox are all better choices. But a few old websites, especially ones using ActiveX controls, still require IE....

Steam Machines with Valve’s Steam OS automatically boot to Steam’s Big Picture Mode, allowing you to use a controller to launch games and do everything else. If you have a Windows gaming PC plugged into your TV, you can also make it boot directly to Big Picture Mode. You’ll probably want to do this with a Windows gaming PC plugged into your TV so you can just power it on and use your controller without needing a keyboard or mouse....

Why Keep Your home Folder Separate? If you’re setting up a new machine or adding a hard drive to an existing one, you may want to have your home directory on a different drive than the default location. An increasingly popular configuration for modern personal computers is to have a medium-sized Solid State Drive (SSD) holding your operating system and a larger Solid State Hybrid Drive (SSHD) or traditional hard drive (HD) as your the main storage for data....

Windows 10’s All Apps list functions a bit differently than the All Programs list in Windows 7. You can’t just drag-and-drop shortcuts or right-click All Programs and select Explore anymore. Use this trick to add your own custom shortcuts to the menu or remove existing shortcuts. For example, you could clean up the menu by removing unnecessary folders or organize your desktop apps into folders. Organizing and Customizing Existing Shortcuts To modify, organize, or rearrange an existing app shortcut, open the All Apps list, locate the app shortcut, right-click it, and select “Open file location”....

Microsoft made headlines when it stripped support for SafeDisc and SecuROM DRM from Windows 10 Recent security updates to Windows Vista, 7, 8, and 8.1 have also removed support for these DRM schemes from older versions of Windows. Even avoiding Windows 10 won’t allow you to play these games without any hassle, assuming you keep your Windows installation up-to-date. Here’s why Microsoft decided to break things and how to get those old games working again....