It’s not necessary that you have a local development environment in order to have a good web site. You could edit files directly on the server or have your editor set up to automatically transfer changes to the server once you change and save them. However, there are lots of benefits of running a local server. You can try out things offline without Internet connection. You can try out things freely and can make mistakes without showing up on the live site....

The DIR command is a powerful Windows Command Prompt function that lists all files and subdirectories contained in a specific directory. The DIR command also offers some switches that unlock some powerful functionality. Let’s take a look. DIR Command Switches You can use the DIR command by itself (just type “dir” at the Command Prompt) to list the files and folders in the current directory. To extend that functionality, you need to use the various switches, or options, associated with the command....

Google has thrown their hat in the router and smarthome ring at once with the introduction of their OnHub router, a router that promises to be the easiest and most hassle free router experience you’ve ever had with super easy setup, automatic security updates, smarthome integration, and more. Does it live up to that promise? What is the Google OnHub? The Google OnHub is Google’s first offering in the home router/home automation hub market (but it should be noted not their first smarthome equipment as they’ve previously purchased Nest and Dropcam)....

OneNote is one of the overlooked gems in recent versions of Microsoft Office. OneNote makes it simple to take notes and keep track of everything with integrated search, and offers more features than its popular competitor Evernote. One way it is better is its high quality optical character recognition (OCR) engine. One of Evernote’s most popular features is that you can search for anything, including text in an image, and you can easily find it....

Boardwalk Empire Play Video Creator Terence Winter worked as a writer on The Sopranos, and Boardwalk Empire has a similar gritty, grounded take on flawed mobsters. It’s also set in New Jersey, focused on organized crime in Atlantic City during Prohibition, when the city was a haven for illegal gambling and alcohol. Steve Buscemi stars as local politician and mob boss Nucky Thompson, whose rule over the city is ruthless but fragile....

When Apple first debuted the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus with their larger screens, they also introduced a feature named Reachability that makes it easier to reach the top of the screen when you’re using the device with one hand. It’s surprising, though, how many people don’t know the feature exists, or think it’s some kind of bug when they encounter it. Here’s how to use it and how to turn it off if you don’t like it....

When you start learning about IP addresses, it may be a bit confusing at first when it comes to knowing what specific addresses represent and why they do so. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post helps a curious reader learn more about IP addresses. 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. Image courtesy of CLUC (Flickr)....

What do you do when your computer only recognizes your hard-drive part of the time? Is it simply a matter of the hard-drive going bad or is it a BIOS setting that needs adjusting? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has some helpful advice for a frustrated reader. 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. Photo courtesy of Asten (Flickr)....

In a world stuffed full of articles and stories, it can be hard to find the stuff that really interests you. As the name implies, Google Discover is one solution to this problem, and you probably already have it. A Brief History of Google Discover Google Discover’s origins go back to 2012 when it was called “Google Now.” The idea of “Google Now” was to give you information throughout the day without your input....

It’s been a long day and you’ve got some time to kill, so you grab your Samsung Galaxy S7 and fire up your favorite game. You’re all set to crush the level that you’ve been stuck on for the last seven weeks—it’s so close you can taste it. Then your bff decides to send a text that interrupts your game, which throws you off your mark. You lose again....

As a person learns more about how mail clients, SMTP servers, and the whole online mail system works, they may be curious as to why an intermediate SMTP server is even needed. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a curious reader’s questions. 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....

You might have heard Apple mention Metal in recent keynote addresses, so we thought we might take a moment to explain what Metal is, and what it will do for graphics rendering on Apple computers. RELATED: What is Direct X 12 and Why is it Important? The best way to describe Metal is to compare it to Microsoft’s DirectX. Like DirectX, Metal is intended to provide games and applications, direct access to your Mac’s GPU, allowing improved rendering, frame rates, and other benefits....

Step One: Choose Your Charity Once you’ve decided on a charity, click Select and any purchases you make will support it. Under Settings, select Change Your Charity. Once again, you can pick from one of the Spotlight charities or search for your own. For Google Chrome, check out Smile Always. For Firefox, check out Smile Redirect. For Safari, check out KeepOnSmiling.

Canva for Video Is Here Canva describes its new video editing tool in a press release as “an end-to-end video creation product that empowers everyone to design and publish professional-quality videos.” What makes Canva so beloved is the awesome templates it offers. You don’t need to have lots of design skills. For video, Canva is offering lots of templates that’ll make putting videos together easy, even if you don’t have much experience....

With the mail message you sent open, in the Actions group click on Other Actions and scroll down to Resend This Message… Click on Send. While your message is open you can also choose to add recipients. At this point you can also add or remove attachments. Using this feature only allows you to resend one message at a time. You will need to open each message separately and follow the previous steps....

You can create a form or quiz easily using both services. The interfaces are comparable with no standout differences. So when it comes down to what one service offers over the other, a certain feature might be the tie-breaker you need to decide between them. Let’s look at how Google Forms and Microsoft Forms differ. Question Types While it might appear at first glance the Google Forms offers more question types, it’s a bit deceiving....

It’s extremely convenient to access a local hard drive (be it an internal drive or an external drive) that’s connected to your Windows computer from within a virtual machine running in Hyper-V. It’s not so convenient to figure out exactly how to accomplish that end though. Read on as we walk you through it. Why Do I Want To Do This? There are dozens of scenarios where you would want to access a physical hard drive from inside your Hyper-V virtual machine ranging from accessing and importing data, dumping data from the virtual machine into the external drive, and importing or exporting disc images....

If you’re an avid Google Drive user, then you likely have plenty of files and folders stored. You might have many files with similar names and perform advanced searches for what you need. This is when adding descriptions can help. Why You Should Use Descriptions in Google Drive You can add descriptions to both files and folders in Google Drive. Use them to describe an image, the contents of a folder, what a video shows, and more....

Adding music to an otherwise text-heavy Google Slides presentation can spice it up. If you want to add music to Google Slides, you’ll need to use a YouTube or Google Drive video, or link to a third-party streaming service instead. Add a YouTube Video You can’t add audio files to Google Slides presentations, but you can add videos. The easiest solution for users who want to add music to their Google Slides presentation is to add a YouTube video....