PowerShell is now open source, and available for Linux and Mac. You can download official packages from Microsoft for the 64-bit versions of Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, CentOS 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, and Mac OS X 10.11. Download the Packages from Microsoft Visit the PowerShell project’s Releases page on GitHub to find the packages. Download the appropriate one for your operating system: Ubuntu 16. 04: Download the package ending in “16....

By default, Outlook displays the number of unread messages on most Mail folders. That’s handy on the “Inbox” folder, but what if you want to know how many total messages (unread and read) there are in other folders, such as the “Deleted Items” folder or custom folders? It could be helpful to know when you get so many messages in your “Deleted Items” folder that you should empty it, or how many messages are in your custom “Pending Reply” folder waiting for you to take action and send replies....

If you often run processor-intensive apps, it’s good to keep an eye on your Mac’s CPU usage. Luckily, Apple makes it easy to get a quick glance at CPU Usage and CPU History by changing Activity Monitor‘s Dock icon. Here’s how to set it up. RELATED: How to Troubleshoot Your Mac With Activity Monitor First, open “Activity Monitor.” If you don’t know how, Spotlight makes it easy. Click the small “magnifying glass” icon in your menu bar (or press Command+Space)....

All modern operating systems — from smartphones and tablets to desktops and laptops — automatically send your local searches over the Internet and provide web results. But you can disable this, which is especially useful for protecting private searches. For example, let’s say you’re using your operating system’s search feature to find tax documents containing your social security number. Your operating system would normally send your SSN to a remote server if you did that, but you can stop this from happening....

An iPad makes a great “kiosk” device–a tablet restricted to one specific app for your home or small business. You can create a makeshift kiosk using the Guided Access feature, or enable Single App Mode for a true kiosk environment. Both of these tricks also work on an iPhone or iPod Touch, so you can use it to put a smaller device into kiosk mode. Guided Access vs. Single App Mode There are two ways to do this....

We’ve all done it before. You sit down to log into your Windows machine, type in what you think is the password, and bang, you realize you forgot what it was! You scramble to try different combinations of letters and numbers to see what will fit, but nothing works. What do you do now? Thankfully, the process of recovering your password in Windows 10 is much the same as it has been in Windows 8 and above, albeit with a few slight tweaks....

Have you got a list of full names that need to be divided into first and last names in separate columns? It’s easy to do that, thanks to Microsoft Excel’s built-in options. We’ll show you how to perform that separation. How to Split First and Last Names Into Different Columns If your spreadsheet only has the first and last name in a cell but no middle name, use Excel’s Text to Columns method to separate the names....

Grafana is an open-source observability platform for creating dashboards that visualize datasets. You can use it to conveniently monitor server statistics such as CPU consumption, network throughput, and uptime. Grafana can be self-hosted or accessed as a SaaS solution via the official Grafana Cloud instance. In this article, you’ll learn how to set up Grafana Cloud and configure it to show basic metrics from a Linux server. You’ll use the official Grafana Agent to collect the data and send it to Grafana....

Every tech-savvy geek knows how annoying it is to help their less savvy friends, relatives, or kids work their gadgets. Fortunately, Samsung built-in a way to simplify some of the Galaxy S7’s primary apps with “Easy Mode.” Here’s how to enable it. There are actually a couple of different ways to enable Easy Mode, but for the sake of simplicity, we’re just going to discuss the easiest way—after all, it doesn’t much sense to complicate the process of making things simpler....

Not many casual users know about OS X’s Activity Monitor, and fewer still understand how it works and what it can really do. Here’s how to use Activity Monitor to manage your Mac’s memory, fix slow applications, and troubleshoot various other issues. Launch the Activity Monitor app by going to “Applications > Utilities > Activity Monitor,” or just type “Activity Monitor” into Spotlight. The main screen of Activity Monitor is divided into two sections:...

1Password is a great password manager, but it normally requires you install a desktop program. Enable 1PasswordAnywhere and you can access your vault from your web browser on any computer, even a Chromebook or Linux PC. Update: This article is about the legacy version of 1Password. It may still work if you use the older software, but this isn’t necessary with modern versions of 1Password. They sync through 1Password.com and you can access your 1Password database just by signing in on 1Password....

The new iMessage for iOS 10 is jam packed with new features, including special effects for your messages. Let’s look at where to find the special effects and how to apply them. Special Effects for Everyone (On iOS 10 That Is) iOS 10 received many new features and updates, but iMessage certainly got the biggest overhaul. Among the many changes, including the introduction of an app-based ecosystem, was the introduction of special effects for your messages....

Dropbox is the go-to service for cloud storage and file syncing, but it’s also one of the more expensive options out there once you’ve used up the free storage allotment. And you can only use multiple accounts on one machine if you spring for the pricier business package. But there are a few options for getting around this. The Easy Way: Use the Website The simplest way to access two different Dropbox accounts at once is to use the desktop program for your primary account and sign into a secondary account through your browser (through Incognito Mode, if you want to stay signed into your main account)....

AMC+ Mad Men‘s original broadcast home was on the AMC cable network, and you can still catch all 92 episodes on the streaming service AMC+ ($8.99 per month after a seven-day free trial). Witness the evolution of suave but troubled main character Don Draper (Jon Hamm), an advertising genius with a dark past and a penchant for self-destructive behavior, along with an innovative approach to his profession. IMDb TV iTunes All 92 episodes of Mad Men are available for digital purchase ($1....

The GTS 4 Mini puts fitness first with over 120 sports modes and satellite positioning for precision tracking. Whether hiking the local trails or enjoying a more intensive activity, the GTS 4 can accurately track your movements to help you reach your fitness goals. Enjoy limited downtime with a 270 mAh battery that more than doubles the GTS 2’s lifespan. Under typical usage, the battery should last up to 15 days, and up to 8 days under heavy use....

When you get used to a great feature that you use quite often in your favorite browser, it can be rather frustrating when it suddenly ‘disappears’ and is replaced with something that fails to work as well. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a frustrated reader’s question. 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....

Just because you got rid of cable doesn’t mean that you don’t have to go without baseball for the entire season. Here are some ways that you can watch MLB games live without paying for cable. RELATED: How to Get HD TV Channels for Free (Without Paying for Cable) Cutting the cord puts a lot of strain on sports fans in general, since most games are aired on cable networks, with very few airing on channels you can pick up with an antenna for free....

Animated GIFs are everyone’s new favorite way of expressing themselves. They’ve become the moving equivalent of the emoticon, so it can be helpful to know how to create your own. The GIF and its animated cousin have been around for almost 30 years. GIFs, which stands for Graphics Interchange Format, are no longer widely used for still images, but the animated variant has overwhelmingly demonstrated its staying power. What Is an Animated GIF?...

iPhones and iPads don’t have file systems you can access. Instead, each app has its own “library” of files. iTunes File Sharing allows you to copy files to and from these per-app libraries. As of iOS 8.3, it’s no longer possible to use desktop file manager applications to access an app’s files unless that app specifically opts into iTunes File Sharing. You can’t go around this limitation unless you jailbreak....

Tell your file manager to show hidden files and you’ll see quite a few junk files scattered across your folders. Windows creates thumbs.db and desktop.ini files in many folders, and Mac OS X creates .DS_Store files. Most people won’t normally see these files. They’re normally considered hidden files and only appear if you go out of your way to show hidden files. The system creates these files to speed things up and save settings for the future, but you can prevent some of them from being created....