With Firefox 57, scheduled for release in November 14, 2017, Mozilla will end support for legacy extensions, and only support newer WebExtensions. Here’s how to check if your extensions will stop working—and how to keep using them after November, if you need to. Why XUL Extensions Are Going Away All traditional extensions, including XUL extensions, are being discontinued. They were very powerful, but that was both a strength and a weakness....

Microsoft Outlook allows you to create folders so you can group relevant items together. You can make a folder for Mail, Calendar, Contacts, and even Tasks. We’ll show you how to do that on desktop and mobile. RELATED: How to Automatically Sort Emails Into Specific Outlook Folders Create a New Folder in Outlook on Desktop To make a new folder in Outlook on your desktop, first, open the Outlook app on your computer....

When you fire up Android TV, the first thing you see is a list of movies and shows the system thinks you’ll like. It’s often full of the latest flicks or hottest news, but sometimes it could just be things relevant to your interests and the apps you have installed. The thing is, you can actually optimize this row to show suggestions only from the apps you want. RELATED: What Is Android TV, and Which Android TV Box Should I Buy?...

Put your Chromebook into “Developer Mode” and you’ll get full root access, including the ability to modify your Chromebook’s system files. This is often used to install a full Linux system with something like Crouton. Developer Mode has other uses, too. You don’t have to install a massive Linux system side-by-side with Chrome OS. You could just modify a few files or boot your Chromebook from external USB devices....

In simple terms, DPI is short for “Dots Pfer Inch,” and it’s a measurement that determines how far your mouse cursor moves relative to an inch of mouse movement. This means that a DPI of 1600 gives you a cursor movement of 1600 dots or pixels when you move your mouse device for one inch. Determining your ideal DPI can be a bit tricky, but we are here to guide you in your quest....

Is Spotlight being a little wonky on your Mac? Is it constantly indexing your drive, or become corrupted so it can’t search? With just a few quick steps, you can rebuild your Spotlight index and put your search woes to rest. Spotlight is great for finding stuff on your Mac, and once your learn how to use it, can quickly make short work of any search. But there are a lot of things that can make it go wonky....

The Nest Thermostat is one of the most-loved smart thermostats on the market, but are you getting the most out of all its great features? Here are some things you might be missing out on. RELATED: How to Install and Set Up the Nest Thermostat Set Your Own Schedule RELATED: How to Set a Schedule for Your Nest Thermostat You can control your Nest Thermostat manually, and it’ll learn your habits over time so that you won’t need to interface with it as much....

Modern iPhones still ship with 16 GB of storage if you don’t pay extra for more — and you probably should. Higher-end Android phones usually at least offer 32 GB, but 16 GB isn’t uncommon. Buy one of these and you may need to change your habits to stay within the limits. It’s easy to fill up a 16 GB phone by taking photos, recording videos, syncing music, and downloading large apps — especially large games....

How to Forward Cellular Calls to Your Mac First, you’ll need to make sure all your devices are signed into iCloud on the same account or else you won’t be able to share anything between them. You’ll also need to be running iOS 8.1 or later on your phone and macOS Yosemite or later on your Mac. Both of your devices will need to be powered on and connected to the same WiFi....

Whether you’re troubleshooting network issues or just trying to conserve bandwidth, it’s handy to watch your Mac’s network usage over time. With Activity Monitor, Apple makes it easy to keep an eye on network activity at a glance in the Dock. Here’s how to set it up. First, open “Activity Monitor.” If you’re not sure how, you can do it quickly using Spotlight. Press Command+Space or click the “magnifying glass” icon in your menu bar, and a search bar will appear....

In an effort to unify all devices on the same network, Google added a feature to the Google Home app (formerly called “Chromecast”). Now, if someone is playing something on a Chromecast in your home, it’ll show a notification on all the Android devices on your network. That means if your daughter is watching My Little Pony all day, you’ll have to deal with notifications letting you know. This can be useful, but it can also be really annoying....

Like Facebook, Snapchat can quickly use a lot of data. By default, even when you’re on mobile data, Snapchat will automatically download any Snaps you receive or Stories your friends post. All it takes is one friend to go a little heavy with the video Snaps, and you can burn through a hundred megabytes just by opening the app. RELATED: How to Turn On Facebook’s Data Saver Tool Thankfully, Snapchat includes Travel Mode for just this sort of situation....

Microsoft is making Windows 10’s telemetry more transparent with the April 2018 Update. You can now view the exact diagnostic information your Windows PC is sending to Microsoft. You can even delete it from Microsoft’s servers. A new Privacy Dashboard attached to your Microsoft account is now available, too. It provides a single place where you can view much of the information Microsoft knows about you—and delete it. How to View the Diagnostic Data Your PC Is Sending Windows 10 now allows you to view the exact details its diagnostics and telemetry services send to Microsoft, but you’ll need to enable data viewing before you can do this....

You can buy Dash buttons for just $5 each, and you’ll get that money back when you make your first order using the button, so they’re essentially free once you start using them. So you literally have nothing to lose by trying them out. How to Set Up a New Dash Button Once you have the app downloaded and installed, open it up and tap on the menu button in the top-left corner....

RELATED: Not All Appliances Work with Smart Outlets. Here’s How to Know To start the setup process, you first need to download the Kasa app on your iPhone or Android device. This is TP-Link’s official app for its smarthome devices. After installing it, open up the app and tap the “Create Account” link in the bottom left corner of the screen. Type your email address, create a password, and then hit the “Create Account” button....

Using Google Drive, you can share Docs, Sheets, and Slides documents with up to 100 people at the same time with just a link. Here’s how to do it. How to Share Folders, Files, and Documents on Google Drive With Google Drive, you can share files directly using an email address, or you can simply copy the invite link and share it on the web. The process for sharing is the same whether you’re sharing a single document or a folder filled with files....

The Cambridge Analytica fiasco wasn’t really a data breach. Everything collected was allowed by Facebook’s Terms of Service. So, how can you protect yourself against these sort of things? RELATED: How to Quit Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Other Social Networks The real problem here is Facebook’s API and platform. By logging into the Cambridge Analytica quiz app, Facebook users willingly (though probably unwittingly) gave up information about themselves and their Facebook friends....

Your Mac automatically reconnects to Wi-Fi networks you’ve previously connected to. Starting with macOS High Sierra, you can now tell your Mac not to automatically connect to certain Wi-FI networks. Your Mac will remember the Wi-Fi network’s passphrase and other connection details, but won’t connect unless you tell it to. RELATED: How to Manually Add or Remove Wi-Fi Networks from OS X This is useful for Wi-Fi networks you may use occasionally, like Comcast’s xfinitywifi or other public Wi-Fi networks....

In long exposure photography, you take a picture with a slow shutter speed—generally somewhere between five and sixty seconds—so that any movement in the scene gets blurred. It’s a way to show the passage of time in a single image. Let’s look at how to do them right. RELATED: What Is Shutter Speed? Long exposure photography is all about showing movement and time passing in a single photo; it’s one of the ways you can show motion in still images....

Instagram, for the most part, is a pretty lovely social network. People tend to post the good things that are happening in their lives, rather than rants about everything that’s wrong with the world. It keeps things positive. Even still, there are times when you might want to post something and make it so people can’t comment. Maybe you’re announcing something and just don’t want unsolicited opinions. Whatever the case, here’s how to do it....