RAM is important when it comes to how well your computer runs. Chromebooks require less RAM than other computers running Windows 10 or macOS. Still, you might feel like you need more. We’ll show you how to find out how much RAM your Chromebook has. If you happen to know which Chromebook model you have, you can do a quick search for it on Google to find its specifications. However, there’s an even easier way—in fact, there are two....
If you’re the “tech guy” (or girl!) in your family, you know what it’s like to deal with a constant barrage of questions every single time your tech challenged family members get a new gadget. While we can’t really help you simplify everything in their lives, we can tell you how to simplify their LG G5 with LG’s “EasyHome” launcher. Here’s how to enable it. Like so many other things with Android, the first thing you’ll need to do is jump into the Settings menu....
Docker stores downloaded images, running containers, and persistent volume data in a single shared directory root on your system drive. You can customize your configuration to use an external drive, network share, or second internal disc if you need to add storage to your installation. Preparation The main part of this guide applies to Docker Engine for Linux and Docker Desktop on Windows and Mac. You’ll need to find your Docker daemon....
RELATED: How to Stream Every ‘Star Trek’ Movie in 2022 Star Trek Play Video Although it only lasted for three seasons in the 1960s, the original Star Trek has become one of the most influential TV series—and pieces of science fiction in any medium—of all time. Creator Gene Roddenberry’s utopian vision focuses on exploration rather than conflict, as the starship Enterprise seeks out “new life and new civilizations.” Led by William Shatner’s hotheaded Capt....
If your cursor keeps overshooting your target on your Windows 10 desktop, the culprit might be a feature known as mouse acceleration. Disabling it might increase your pointer accuracy, letting you land right on point every time. What Is Mouse Acceleration? Mouse acceleration in Windows 10 is a feature that increases the distance and speed at which your cursor moves across the screen in response to the speed with which you move your physical mouse....
Some iPad models support Scribble, a form of text input that converts handwritten words into text. It’s available in any text field, but now Microsoft is integrating it more visibly into the Office apps on iPad. There’s a new Scribble Pen button in the ‘Draw’ tab in Office apps, which will hide the touch keyboard (if you don’t have a real keyboard connected) and allow you to write over any text area in the document....
Some people swear by storing their batteries in the refrigerator to extend the lifespan of the battery and keep them fresh (apologies for the obvious food-storage joke). But does it actually help? Is there any legitimate reason for putting your batteries in cold storage? You certainly have the right to be puzzled by the topic and then confused by the search results you found; there is a ton of misinformation mixed in with outdated information floating around....
New to the Linux command-line? Confused by all of the other advanced text editors? How-To Geek’s got your back with this tutorial to Nano, a simple text-editor that’s very newbie-friendly. When getting used to the command-line, Linux novices are often put off by other, more advanced text editors such as vim and emacs. While they are excellent programs, they do have a bit of a learning curve. Enter Nano, an easy-to-use text editor that proves itself versatile and simple....
So, if you’re doing a higher-intensity task that has a lot of reading and writing, such as gaming or using editing software, then you want to go for the higher RPM speeds. On the other hand, if you’re using it for storage or day-to-day use, 5,400 RPMs is more than enough and is usually cheaper to boot. Once you know what speeds you want, you then need to think about reliability and how much you’re going to use the hard drive....
If you’re about to attack the walls in your house with a fresh new coat of paint, all the different choices in the paint aisle at your local hardware store can be pretty overwhelming. Here’s what you need to know about the different kinds of paint and when you should use them. RELATED: How to Store Leftover Paint the Right Way Oil-Based vs. Water-Based Paint When it comes down to it, paint is either oil-based or water-based, meaning that the paint’s main ingredient is either water or a type of oil (usually either alkyd or linseed oil)....
SSDs are fast, reliable, and have no mechanical parts – which can break and cause drive failure – making them a logical choice as your primary system drive. If you’re thinking of buying a high-capacity SSD to archive data, however, you may want to reconsider. Currently, the capacity/price sweet spot for a solid state drive (SSD) is 250 GB. You can find blazing fast 250 GB SSDs all over the Internet for around $99....
The terms water-resistant and waterproof get bandied around quite a bit in the gadget market, but that doesn’t mean you chuck your gadgets into the nearest pool with impudence. Water-resistance is most definitely not waterproof by any measure. RELATED: How Water Resistance Ratings Work for Gadgets Last week we dove deep into the nomenclature and standards surrounding the testing and production of water-resistant gadgets. This week we’re back with a lighter overview that’s perfect for people looking for a broad overview of water-resistant gadgets without so many tables and technical specifications....
What Can Phone Link Do? Microsoft Phone Link is part of a two-pronged approach to connecting your Windows 11 or 10 PC to an Android device. “Phone Link” is the Windows app, while “Link to Windows” is the companion Android app. They talk to each other over Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Notifications The feature that most people are probably interested in when it comes to Phone Link is syncing notifications. Once connected, notifications from your Android device will appear on your Windows PC....
The first big update to Windows 10, which should be arriving today via Windows Update, fixes a lot of problems with Windows 10. Microsoft is streamlining activation, restoring colored window title bars, integrating Skype, and improving the Edge browser. But they’ve also added advertisements to the Start menu. This release was referred to as “Threshold 2” in development — Windows 10 itself was “Threshold.” It’ll report itself as version “1511”, as it was released in the eleventh month of 2015....
There are a few smart speakers that focus on audio quality, but the majority are focused more on their virtual assistants and price point. That doesn’t mean they sound bad, necessarily, but some sound better than others. We’ll take a look at both types of smart speakers. RELATED: Which Music Streaming Service Has the Best Audio Quality? Best Sounding High-End Smart Speaker Small, affordable smart speakers are very popular, but there are also smart speakers that focus more on the “speaker” part of the term....
If you are worried about data being recovered after formatting a hard-drive, do you need to go with an option as powerful as DBAN or will something less potent do just as well? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to 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. Photo courtesy of Matt Dunlop (Flickr)....
We’ve all heard it: “have you tried turning it off and back on again?” It’s the first step when troubleshooting any tech problem—it even makes your phone perform better when nothing is wrong. But why? It’s All About the RAM When it comes to solving performance issues (or just making your phone feel faster), it really boils down to one thing: RAM usage. With most modern operating systems, as you use apps, they fill up the RAM....
Geeks often immediately reinstall Windows on their new PCs to get a completely clean system. Thanks to a change in Windows 10, you can get a fresh copy of Windows on any PC without downloading an ISO file and reinstalling Windows. Microsoft is changing the way Refresh and Reset works in Windows 10. Computer manufacturers won’t be able to pollute the recovery image with their own software and modifications. Manufacturer-provided software is stored separately....
Most antivirus programs–or “security suites”, as they call themselves–want you to install their browser extensions. They promise these toolbars will help keep you safe online, but they usually just exist to make the company some money. Worse yet, these extensions are often hideously vulnerable to attack. Many antivirus toolbars are, at best, just rebranded Ask Toolbar extensions. They add a toolbar, change your search engine, and give you a new homepage....
A tab leader in Word produces a row of dots, dashes, or underscores between two sets of text, separated with the Tab key. They are useful for creating tabular lists without using tables, as shown in the above image. For example, maybe you’re including a price list in your document, but you don’t want to use a table. Tab leaders are also used in tables of contents and indexes....
