How to Make a Copyright Symbol on a Windows PC The quickest way to make a copyright symbol is to use the Alt Code. Place the cursor where you’d like to insert the copyright symbol. Press and hold the Alt key and then press “0169” using the numeric keypad. Once you release the Alt key, the copyright symbol will be inserted. Inserting a Copyright Symbol Without a Numeric Keypad If your Windows PC doesn’t have a numeric keypad, you can use the emoji keyboard instead....

Macs automatically go into a low power sleep mode when you leave them idle for several minutes, or when you close your laptop’s lid. Some Macs also support “standby mode”, which is basically the same as hibernate on a Windows PC. Here’s how to configure when your Mac hibernates. By default, Macs manufactured in 2013 or later will enter standby mode after three hours of sleep. Older Macs will enter standby mode after about 70 minutes of sleep....

Docker containers have an interactive mode that lets you attach your terminal’s input and output streams to the container’s process. Pressing Ctrl-C will usually terminate that process, causing the container to stop. Here’s to detach from a session without stopping the container. Detaching Without Stopping Docker supports a keyboard combination to gracefully detach from a container. Press Ctrl-P, followed by Ctrl-Q, to detach from your connection. You’ll be dropped back into your shell but the previously attached process will remain alive, keeping your container running....

If you’ve spent any amount of time exploring the set-top box software scene, you’ve likely heard of Kodi. Formerly called XBMC, Kodi can extend your Fire TV’s functionality with more channels and content. The thing is, it can be a bit more difficult to install than on other platforms. Here’s how to do it. Step One: Get the Fire TV Ready RELATED: Kodi Is Not a Piracy Application Before you can do anything, you’ll need to get the Fire TV ready, which basically involves allowing Apps from Unknown Sources—in a nutshell, this means you can install apps from outside of the Appstore....

AutoCorrect automatically fixes typos, which is convenient—but it thinks swears are typos. Your iPhone or iPad likes changing swear words into similar, incorrect words. If you ducking hate that, here’s how to get the keyboard out of your way. All you have to do is add the curse words (or whatever other words) to your text replacement shortcuts. Any words you have there are treated as real words by the keyboard....

Linksys Smart Wi-Fi is a great way to manage your router from anywhere in the world. No matter where you are, you can make sure your kids aren’t visiting sites they shouldn’t, and that they can’t get online past their bedtimes. Linksys’ new Smart Wi-Fi system is the company’s latest attempt to refresh its aging router configuration dashboard, and make it easier for the average internet user to change all the settings they need through a streamlined interface....

Google’s Chrome web browser is now more widely used than Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Edge combined. If you haven’t switched to Chrome yet, here’s why you might want to–and how to quickly switch over. Why Chrome Beats Internet Explorer and Edge Microsoft’s browsers both have big problems. Internet Explorer is old and outdated–so much so that Microsoft is intent on phasing it out. It doesn’t support the latest browser features, it can be quite slow, and its browser add-on framework is clunky....

Android TV is a nice step up from a simple Chromecast, but up until Marshmallow (Android 6.0), there was no way to customize the app layout on home screens—a serious omission by Google. Now that the newest version of Android TV is available to many of the popular boxes out there, here’s how to get your apps in the order you want. This is probably one of the simplest things you’ll do today, so grab your Android TV remote, kick back on the couch, and let’s get started....

If you’re using Google Sheets for email addresses, maybe for clients, customers, or employees, you’ll want to make sure the data is entered correctly. One way to do this is to validate the format to confirm it’s an email address. We’ll show you two ways to do this in Google Sheets. First, you can use data validation to ensure the cell contains the @ (At) symbol. Second, you can use a function to confirm the email address has both the @ symbol and a valid extension....

Slack is How-To Geek’s go-to method for sharing ideas, collaborating, and just shooting the breeze. That said, during the course of time, messages can quickly become lost, and knowing how to search Slack can make your life substantially easier. We’ve covered some of our favorite power user tips for Slack, but none of those delved into cutting through the crush and clutter of everyday communication. As time goes on, and more of your company’s employees add to the conversation, you’ll find stuff quickly gets lost or forgotten....

Your iPhone can be used as an alarm clock, a stopwatch, and a timer. However, If you have an Apple Watch, you don’t have to take out your phone to use any of these tools. Your watch has built-in apps that perform the same functions. RELATED: How to Use the Alarm, Stopwatch, and Timer in iOS 9 The alarm, stopwatch, and timer apps on the Apple Watch are independent of the same apps on your iPhone....

Every year, Apple comes out with new iPhones and iPads and a new version of iOS. While it’s a good idea to stay current on software, not everyone can afford to buy new hardware every year. If your iPhone or iPad is showing its age, here are a few tricks to squeeze out a bit more performance. You’ve probably heard in the news recently that you can speed up your old phone by restoring it from scratch, or by replacing the battery....

The Apple Watch does a host of things the average wristwatch could only dream of, and one of the most important of these is the ability to start and track workouts. Using the Watch to track your workout is a lot different than what you can do with the Activity Monitor, which is passive and works regardless (unless you turn it off in the Watch app on your iPhone) of whether you’re actually working out....

Notifications are great when you need them, and terrible when you don’t. Here’s how to turn off all notifications temporarily, and configure which apps and websites can show them otherwise. Disable All Notifications Temporarily with Do Not Disturb The Do Not Disturb feature prevents you from seeing notifications or receiving phone calls while it’s active. To turn it on, open up the Notification Center by clicking the icon at top-left, then scroll up to reveal two hidden options....

Sonos is great because you can set up and control speakers from any room in your dwelling. If you like to wake up to or fall asleep to music, then they’re especially well suited to have in your bedroom. RELATED: How to Set Up a New Sonos Speaker Once you get your Sonos players set up and configured on all your devices, then it doesn’t matter where you are or what you’re using, because you can control them with just about any device....

Trello can be a great way to manage projects, communicate with your team, organize ideas, and serve as a sort of “Internet whiteboard” where people can brainstorm together and collaborate in a shared space. After you’ve created a board, you can begin adding the members of the project that will make up the team. To do this click the “Show Menu” tab on the right hand side, seen here....

To do this, update the Instagram app in the App Store (iPhone) or Google Play Store (Android). Next, open the Instagram app and navigate to the profile tab by tapping your profile picture at the bottom right. Tap the hamburger menu at the top right, and then tap “Archive.” Here, you’ll find all the stories you’ve created. The first section simply lists them in chronological order. The middle tab features a calendar view that allows you to find stories based on when you posted them....

Whether you’re letting go of a computer or disposing of a USB drive, it’s a good idea to wipe that drive if there was ever sensitive, unencrypted data on it. This will prevent someone from using deleted-file-recovery tools to recover sensitive data from that drive. You should probably use full-disk-encryption instead of wiping disks afterward like this. This will protect your files, whether you’ve deleted them or not. Standard drive-wiping utilities also won’t work properly with SSDs and might reduce their performance, while encryption is guaranteed to work....

When you’re setting up a personal server for the first time, you may find yourself with quite a few questions about what it is, or is not capable of doing. With that in mind, today’s SuperUser Q&A post has answers for a curious 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. Screenshot courtesy of Casablanca (Wikimedia Commons)....

Open a drive’s properties window, and you’ll see an option to “compress this drive to save disk space” on Windows. But how much disk space will you save, and what’s the catch? This Option Uses NTFS Compression RELATED: How to Use NTFS Compression and When You Might Want To Windows uses the NTFS file system, and NTFS has a built-in compression feature that allows you to compress individual files and folders....