Now, starting with OS X El Capitan, Apple has introduced a new method that lets you skip the trash can while deleting files from within Finder. The method is quite easy as well, not requiring that much effort, as detailed below: Open up a Finder window, and navigate to the specific file(s) that you want to delete. Select the file, and hold down the Option key on your keyboard....

This is a very divisive topic, a heated debate on both sides of the issue. Some people absolutely hate client-side decorations. Others don’t really see what all the hate is about and actually kind of like the new direction Gnome has headed. Everyone has their own opinion. One thing is for certain though: outside of Gnome Shell, client-side decorations on windows can be quite annoying. They just don’t fit into the rest of your desktop environment’s theme....

Unfortunately, this useful feature comes at a price. By having it on, access to folders and the system response is slower. By disabling the thumbnail preview, not only do you protect your privacy (just in case someone is looking over your shoulder), but you also help your computer run a little faster. How to Turn Off Image Preview Thumbnails by Using File Explorer To disable image previews, you’ll obviously need to open the File Explorer....

Since there really isn’t a point in having it running if you’re not going to use it, here’s how you can disable the Dashboard in Mac OS X. Open Terminal and enter the following commands: Finder will restart automatically and there will be no more dashboard. If you ever want to re-enable the Dashboard, enter these commands in Terminal: Again, Finder will restart and the Dashboard will be back as it if never left....

TogetherJS is a free, open source collaboration tool created by Mozilla (the team behind the Firefox browser). The whole collaboration tool is wrapped in a Javascript library and all you need to do is to add the Javascript code to your site to enable real-time collaboration feature for your site. Installation To get started, all you have to do is to add the following line of code to your website theme/template, preferably at the end of the page, before the tag: To allow users to start a collaboration session, simply add a “Start Collaboration” button to your site....

Installation You can find HardInfo in your distribution’s Software Center or Package Manager. On Ubuntu Software Center, its alternate name is “System Profiler and Benchmark.” Install it as usual by clicking on it and then on the “Install” button. Alternatively, you can install it from the terminal: Summary and Operating System Details When you run it for the first time, HardInfo will show up with its “Computer -> Summary” information page preselected....

Using Preview in Mac There are plenty of hidden features in Preview for macOS, and one of them is the ability to sign a document. You can save your signature into the system and reuse it again and again to sign documents. Once you are done, simply save and export the file, and you will have a signed document in hand. Markup in iOS If you are an iOS user, you are in luck....

I came across a solution to ease this burden. Android2Cloud is an Android application similar to Chrome to phone. Android2Cloud is in-fact the opposite of Chrome to phone. It lets you send a link to the page you are looking at on your Android device to your Google Chrome browser. Setting up Google Chrome There are a couple setup steps you will need to do before you can use android2Cloud....

How to Empty Trash in Apple Photos Trash, Bin, or the Recently Deleted folder holds your deleted files for 30 days, after which they get deleted automatically. You can manually remove the files from this folder, as these continue to take up storage on your iPhone until permanently deleted. Alternatively, go to “Settings -> General -> iPhone Storage -> Photos” and tap on “Empty” next to “Recently Deleted Album.” How to Empty Trash in Apple Notes How to Empty Trash in Files How to Empty Trash in Voice Memos How to Empty Trash in Apple Mail How to Offload Apps on iPhone Clearing trash is just one of the methods to free up storage on iPhones....

Luckily, it’s now easier than ever (you used to have to go to Chrome’s developer options) to enable YouTube’s dark mode, and we show you here how to enable it on your desktop browser, Android and iOS. Want to learn more about whether dark mode is really good for your eyes? Read our in-depth feature on dark themes and how they affect your eyes and phone battery. Enable Dark Mode on YouTube on Desktop Click your channel’s icon in the upper-right corner of the YouTube home page....

Export Your RSS Feeds Before signing up for a Feed Rinse account, you should export your feeds from your RSS reader of choice. Doing this first will make things easier once you create your Feed Rinse account. If you’re using Google Reader, you can export your RSS feeds by doing the following: Click on the Gear icon and then click “Reader settings.” Click on the “Import/Export” tab (between Goodies and Send To)....

Here we show you a few ways to find the IP address of a printer on your network. Note: in order to have an IP address, your printer needs to be connected via the network (e.g. Wi-Fi or server) rather than directly to your PC through a USB cable. Find Printer Using Control Panel It’s often the case that the best solutions in Windows 10 lie not in the more recent settings and interfaces that the OS is trying to direct us to, but in the “classic” stuff that’s been demoted very much to the background....

As usual, there are many possibilities and many solutions, and we go through all the major ones for you here. Run the Networking Troubleshooter The quickest fix beyond resetting your router (which is worth mentioning but doesn’t quite deserve its own heading) is to run the Windows 10 troubleshooter for networking. To do this, right-click Start then select Settings (or just press Win + I from the desktop). In the Settings window, click “Update & Security -> Troubleshoot -> Additional troubleshooters -> Internet Connections -> Run the troubleshooter,” then follow the instructions and see if that resolves your issue....

See If Gmail Is Down Though rare, Google apps do sometimes go offline. Before doing anything else, check the current status of Gmail. The Google Workspace Status Dashboard lists all the main Google apps and their current status based on date. If there’s a green light and nothing under the current date, Gmail isn’t down. Update Gmail If you’re dealing with sync issues, messages aren’t loading properly, or the app is freezing, you might be using an outdated version of Gmail....

Once you figure out the cause, you’ll see your CPU or disk usage go back to more normal levels. What Is Windows Audio Device Graph Isolation? It sounds very cryptic, doesn’t it? From the name alone you can derive that it’s something to do with the computer’s audio. Past that, however, it’s hard to tell what exactly this process does. This process is mostly aimed toward developers creating drivers that can interact with the computer’s sound and to add additional effects....

1. Disable the Screensaver Did you set any screensaver on your Windows computer? If you did, it will prevent your PC from going to sleep, so you need to disable it from Settings. 2. Check Power Requests Sometimes an external application or process will prevent your PC from going to sleep by sending out power requests. To find out if this is the case, run some commands from the Command Prompt....

Some of the common problems seen in IE8 include: You have more toolbars that you desire. Some of them are uninstallable. The browser does not go to the website you want it to go. You type a web name, press Enter. It brings you to another site that is full of ads. Your searches doesn’t look normal. You are being redirected to another search provider. The home page changes without our knowledge....

For most people, it’s usually a pretty easy problem to resolve. This is because most problems stem from an issue with services running on the system. In this article we go through a few simple fixes you can try. You don’t necessarily have to try them all. Just start at the top of the list and work your way down. Install Volume Control for PulseAudio PulseAudio is a default sound service for Ubuntu as well as a few others....

If you have noticed recently, when you perform a search in Google, some of the search results have a profile picture (of the author) displayed beneath the link. There are no special privilege for these authors, nor did they pay Google to do it. If you are a blogger or content creator, you can get your picture in the search result as well, for free. Here is how to do it....

Installation & Launching Since Collabtive is a MySQL and PHP-based application, we’ll need to install on a LAMP server. The download of the application contains a “readme” file for installation on a typical web host – you could also add this to an existing Bitnami stack you have as described here in order to test it out first. You’ll need to start the installation by going to “http://localhost:[port]/path/to/collabtive/files/install.php”. The first installation screen asks for a few simple details, including the language you’d like the interface to be in, some information on missing software components (if any), and the credentials for the database you created for Collabtive, as shown below....