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How to reset the YouTube algorithm

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4 clever uses for an old Mac

Stop spending so much money on streaming services

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How important are updates, actually?

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5 clever uses for your old iPhone or iPad

Aged Apple computer and hand insert floppy inside

How to factory reset a Mac

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How to quit social media for good

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Is there any reason to use a screensaver anymore?

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How to securely wipe an old hard drive

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The hidden Mac tool for converting annoying HEIC images

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Hate what Microsoft did with File Explorer? Try this alternative.

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Freetube is the best way to watch YouTube

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Flash carts are the ultimate retro gaming accessory

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Why records are better than CDs in the streaming age

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Why you should buy physical copies of your favorite books

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This iPhone feature will filter out spam and texts from people you don’t know

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How to set up a Little Free Library

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Love history? Explore this interactive collection of old maps.

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Turn your old iPad into a digital picture frame

a sandwich cut into a y shape

Is the Y cut the best way to slice a sandwich?

The composition of the iPhone XR front screen display has been used with several color variations, arranged on the table.

Turn your old iPhone into a dumb phone

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Why you should still buy physical copies of video games

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Why writing by hand is better for remembering things

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Why you shouldn’t throw out those DVDs and Blu-Rays

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6 things you didn’t know had expiration dates

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Wait, are you supposed to shut down your computer?

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Every subscription you can cancel by going to the library

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iPhone’s autocorrect is a nightmare. Here’s how to fix it.

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How to put your phone and laptop into vacation mode

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How to discover weird and cool places near you

How to get the retro WordArt back in Microsoft Word

How to get the retro WordArt back in Microsoft Word

Partially charge your laptop’s battery so you can use it longer

Partially charge your laptop’s battery so you can use it longer

How to use your phone as a webcam

How to use your phone as a webcam

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How to turn handwritten notes into digital text

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How to use your phone as a hotspot without blowing through all your data

The best sports widgets for iPhone and iPad

The best sports widgets for iPhone and iPad

How to access your computer’s files on your iPhone or iPad

How to access your computer’s files on your iPhone or iPad

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How to open a QR code on your computer

Woman binge-watching YouTube videos

How to avoid binge-watching YouTube videos

Person laying on a gray couch in a living room, working on a MacBook

6 ways to customize your Mac’s Menu Bar, and another to make it disappear

An open MacBook on a desktop showing the MacOS desktop and the results from a Siri query

How to text Siri instead of talking to it out loud

Windows desktop showing the Always on Top feature activated and showing a video on top of a browser window.

This Windows feature lets you pin important apps to your screen

An iPhone on a wooden desk showing the menu to use the device as a microphone.

You can easily turn your iPhone into a Mac mic

A woman sitting in front of a Mac desktop computer with her hand on her face, viewed through a window from outside.

Patch a potential privacy risk by deleting your ancient LiveJournal

Two people using Apple Maps while hiking

How to use Apple Maps offline and finally ditch Google

A Macbook sits semi open in the dark

Stop macOS Sonoma from hiding your windows when you click the desktop

People signing karaoke probably using their laptop

Host an epic karaoke night with just a laptop and a mic

A person using Apple Maps in a park.

Switch from Google Maps to Apple Maps without losing your favorite pinned places

An iPhone on a wooden surface with the sign-in page for Mastodon on the screen.

How to see what’s happening on Mastodon without creating an account

A person holding a phone in landscape view, with a YouTube thumbnail on the screen, showing the exaggerated expression known as YouTube face.

The extension that will banish ‘YouTube face’ from your browser

A man wearing a purple sweater in front of a desktop computer with his hand on a computer mouse, looking intensely at the screen.

3 ways to generate a table of contents for virtually any website

A woman with black hair wearing a white shirt and standing in front of a body of water while looking very confused at her phone.

Apple is killing ‘My Photo Stream.’ Should you care?

Person with glasses working on computer in the dark, probably trying to find dark patterns on websites.

‘Dark patterns’ can ruin your online experience. Here’s how to avoid them.

Piles of music CDs

CDs are cool again. Here’s how to rip them.

A customized Google Chrome new tab page that uses Tabliss to change the display from the default into a lush mountainous landscape with a road, and the time of day.

4 ways to customize Google Chrome’s new tab page

A person sitting in a dark room playing video games with a two-monitor computer set up.

4 Discord alternatives for work and play

Person in a suit and tie sitting outside in front of their computer, looking frustrated.

How to get rid of the giant ads blocking your favorite websites

A MacBook sitting next to an iPad used as a second screen.

You should use your iPad as a second screen

Screenshot of MusicBrainz Picard sorting a music album.

Use MusicBrainz Picard to organize your sloppy music collection

A person putting a DVD or Blu-ray disc into a black laptop, potentially to back it up.

You should back up your Blu-rays and DVDs before they break

The Little Snitch Mini interface showing a list of Mac apps that are connecting to the internet, and a map of Earth showing where those internet locations physically are.

How to use Little Snitch Mini to see which Mac apps are connected to the internet

A Black woman with orange, braided hair sitting in front of a silver Surface laptop, possibly using Microsoft PowerToys.

Paste text without ugly formatting, and other ways Microsoft’s PowerToys can help you

By David Nield, Justin Pot

Screenshot of an image showing a cat opened on macOS with overlayed and selected text.

How to copy text from an image on any device

Screenshot of AppCleaner on MacOS deleting apps.

This is how to completely delete apps and any residual data off your Mac

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