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You noticed something called AppleSpell while scrolling through Activity Monitor. Is someone casting an enchantment or curse? No: this is the macOS spell checking tool. This article is part of our ongoing series explaining various processes found in Activity Monitor, like kernel_task, hidd, mdsworker, installd, WindowServer, blued, launchd, backup, opendirectoryd, and many others. Don’t know what those services are? Better start reading! RELATED: What Is This Process and Why Is It Running on My Mac?...

Landscapes are one of the most popular subjects to shoot. Look out any window, and there’s something to photograph. It might not be the most majestic landscape, but there’s probably a photo to be made. RELATED: What Is the Best Camera Lens for Taking Portraits? The good news is that landscapes are one of the most accessible subjects. Unlike portraits or sports, which generally need more specialized (and expensive) gear, you can take landscapes with any camera and lens combination....

If you’re a PC gamer, you’ve probably experienced this situation before: you wait months or years for an exciting new game to jump from major consoles to the PC, only to find out that the ported game is a buggy, broken mess. It’s one of the bigger downsides of using a more powerful, flexible platform—at some point, a developer or publisher is going to ignore all that power and flexibility, and just dump a load of steaming code on Steam and call it a day....

Microsoft still offers both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 10. But, whether you’re installing Windows 10 or Windows 7, you should almost certainly skip the 32-bit version and get the 64-bit version instead. The 64-bit version of Windows is also known as the “x64” version of Windows, while the 32-bit version is also known as the “x86” version. Your PC is Almost Certainly 64-bit 64-bit PCs have been mainstream for a long time....

Windows 8 (and now 10) no longer comes with Windows Media Center by default. To get it, you can upgrade to Windows 8 Pro and purchase the Media Center Pack. And Windows 10 doesn’t have it at all. If you’re using Windows 8 or 10 and don’t want to buy two separate upgrades just to use a program that once came standard with Windows, you can try one of these alternative media center applications for your HTPC....

At WWDC 2019, Apple announced it’s killing iTunes. iTunes will be replaced by separate Music, TV, and Podcasts apps… but only on macOS. Windows users will keep the current iTunes app they know and (often don’t) love. Apple made fun of iTunes’ bloat at WWDC 2019, showing off a video of Calendar and even Safari integrated into iTunes before announcing iTunes would be broken up. On a Mac, it’ll be Apple Music, Podcasts, and Apple TV....

What Does “Game Mode” Do on Windows 10? First introduced in Windows 10’s Creators Update, which was released back in April 2017, “Game Mode” promises to boost the performance of many PC games. Here’s the official description: Microsoft says that Game Mode “helps achieve a more stable frame rate depending on the specific game and system.” Technically, it works by detecting games and giving them priority access to your computer’s resources....

I want to show you a Tweet my coworker Justin Pot sent out. Kind of weird, isn’t it? Except he didn’t actually send it. Scan his Twitter timeline and you’ll never find it. I made it in 30 seconds with Tweeterino. You don’t even need to use a specific tool. With about a minute in Photoshop I can turn Justin into the President of the United States of America....

Twitter has a dark mode on the web and in its apps, where the bright whites are replaced with deep blues. Ostensibly, this makes Twitter easier to use in low-light environments since it’s less harsh on your eyes. Personally, I just think it makes Twitter look really cool. Here’s how to activate it. Twitter’s Smartphone Apps Open Twitter’s app on your smartphone and click on your profile picture in the top left corner to open the menu....

By default, you’re the owner of any file you upload or create on Google Drive. However, if you want to transfer ownership of a file to someone else, it’s an easy process. Here’s how. Before we continue, we should note that once you transfer ownership of a file to someone else, you won’t be able to revoke the changes yourself. In fact, the new owner can even remove you entirely from the file whenever they want....

Changing your name on Roblox is an easy process using your Settings page, but you’ll need to pay 1,000 units of Roblox’s in-game currency, Robux, to do it. Here’s how. First, log in to the Roblox website. On the main Roblox page, click the gear icon in the upper-right corner of the screen and select “Settings.” On your Settings page, click the edit button (which looks like a pencil on a sheet of paper) beside your username....

Apple’s new Live Photos feature on the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus is really cool, but if you don’t want to share them as full Live Photos or just want them as stills, you can easily convert them in just a few steps. Live Photos are being touted as one of those must-have features and we have explained how to get fairly good results with them. That said, Live Photos have a few caveats....

Screen Time tracks how much you use your iPhone or iPad, which apps you use, and even how many times per day you pick your phone or tablet up. You’ll see a “Weekly Report Available” Screen Time notification every week. How to Disable Screen Time Notifications You can disable Screen Time’s notifications like you’d disable any standard app’s notifications on your iPhone or iPad. Head to Settings > Notifications > Screen Time and disable the “Allow Notifications” option at the top of the screen....

Streaming content from your Plex Media Server is great, but sometimes—like when you’re going to be offline or stuck with cruddy internet speeds while traveling—there’s no substitution for having a copy of the media stored on your device instead of in the cloud. Fortunately, it’s easy to grab your media and go. Downloading, Syncing, and the Premium Difference RELATED: How to Enable (and Troubleshoot) Remote Access to Your Plex Media Server...

Microsoft just added a dark mode to Outlook.com, but Google is way ahead of Microsoft. Gmail has had a dark theme for years. Here’s how to enable it—and get a better, more complete dark mode for Gmail, too. How to Enable Gmail’s Official Dark Mode To change your Gmail theme, click the gear menu button at the top right corner of the Gmail website and select the “Themes” option....

macOS is a stable and productive operating system that, assuming you have enough free space and RAM available, should just keep on trucking. This isn’t always the case with third-party apps, which on a Mac are often more likely to stop responding than the operating system itself. Force Quit Hung or Frozen Apps If an app has crashed and is not responding, failed to properly launch, or the icon is bouncing around in the dock with seemingly nothing happening, you can always use Force Quit to end the process....

Portrait mode is arguably the hottest thing smoking on modern smartphones—it’s even become the reason to buy one phone over another at this point. But if you’re overall happy with your current generation phone and just want to get your hands on some of that sweet portrait action, now you can. RELATED: How to Take Better Pictures with Your Phone’s Camera An experienced Google Camera modder took the Camera’s original APK file from the Pixel 2 and modified to bring Portrait Mode—among other features—to the original Pixel and XL, as well as the Nexus 6P and 5X....

The public beta of iOS 11 is now available for iPhones and iPads. Anyone who wants to play with iOS 11’s new features can install it today. However, we recommend backing up your device first so you can easily restore the stable version of iOS 10 afterwards. When to Update to the Beta (And When You Shouldn’t) RELATED: What’s New in iOS 11 for iPhone and iPad, Available Now...

There are several ways to install Windows 10 on your PC, whether you’re upgrading from Windows 7 or 8, installing a new operating system from scratch, or reinstalling a fresh version of Windows 10. There are still ways to get a free Windows 10 upgrade license, too. How to Get a Windows 10 License RELATED: All the Ways You Can Still Upgrade to Windows 10 for Free There are a variety of ways you can get a Windows 10 license for your PC, and many of them are still free....

iOS has had a visual voicemail menu since the beginning, allowing you to browse and listen to voicemails without calling a number. Now, iOS 10 enhances visual voicemail by transcribing them, so you can read your voicemails too. NOTE: Voicemail transcription is available on iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, and iPhone SE with Siri language set to English (United States or Canada). Your carrier also needs to support visual voicemail for voicemail transcription to work....