To the right of the “To” field in a New Message window in Gmail, click the “CC BCC” button (or, on mobile, the down arrow). CC and BCC fields will appear below the “To” field. Enter the recipients you want in each field as necessary. After composing your email, hit “Send. ” Like all other email providers, Gmail supports CC and BCC fields so you can send additional copies of your emails....
Your iPhone or iPad normally uses the DNS servers provided by whatever Wi-Fi network you use. But you can set a custom DNS server and use Google Public DNS, OpenDNS, or any other DNS server you prefer. RELATED: What Is DNS, and Should I Use Another DNS Server? Each Wi-FI network you connect to has its own separate DNS server setting. If you want to use your custom DNS server on several different Wi-Fi networks, you’ll have to change this setting once for each Wi-Fi network....
USB-C Chargers (for Laptops That Charge Over USB-C) Many modern laptops come with USB-C Power Delivery for charging. For example, Apple’s newer MacBook computers charge via a USB-C cable. This is becoming common on new PC laptops, too—especially thin-and-light models. If your laptop can charge via USB-C PD, you can plug in a portable charger that supports USB-C and charge from it. But you can’t use just any battery: You’ll want a battery that offers enough charging speed (watts) to charge your laptop and enough capacity (mAh) to fill it up....
You don’t need third-party utilities like VeraCrypt to create a secure, encrypted container for your sensitive files on your Mac. You can create an encrypted disk image using the built-in Disk Utility. To be fair, you can also create an encrypted container using the built-in BitLocker feature on Windows, but that requires you have a Professional or Enterprise edition. The Mac trick we’re talking about here works on any Mac....
I’ll admit it, I haven’t been using Windows for a while. So when I got a new Windows 10 PC and started using it, one of my first questions was “What is this annoying People icon and how do I remove it?” That’s what we’re going to disable today. What Is the People Icon, Anyway? The People icon lets you pin some contacts to your Taskbar so you can quickly chat with them via Skype or send them an email....
Access to Android apps is one of the best things to happen to Chrome OS, but finding files stored by Android can be a huge pain. They don’t show up in the Chrome OS file manager by default, but a new flag changes that. Currently, you can see certain files stored by Android in the Chrome OS file manager—like images, for example. But these still show up separately from other images, and it honestly just feel like a mess of files scattered all around....
The Windows 10’s April 2018 Update is now available, but it may be a few months before every PC gets it. If you don’t want to wait, you can download the April 2018 Update from Microsoft right now. A Warning About Upgrading Early It can be annoying waiting months for a big Windows 10 update to reach your PC, but there’s a reason for the delay. Microsoft normally ensures the update works on your PC’s hardware and won’t cause any problems before offering it to you via Windows Update....
Try Video Conferencing Tool’s Built-in Option Depending on which video conferencing tool you’re using, you may be able to enable a setting that blocks certain notifications. Zoom, for example, lets you block system notifications while you’re sharing your screen. You’ll find this option at Settings > Share Screen > Silence system notifications when sharing desktop. The problem is that it doesn’t always block all notifications—Slack DMs and Skype messages being among those notifications that still get shown while sharing your screen in Zoom....
While some smarthome hubs like Wink and SmartThings can be used for home security, Abode makes a smarthome system that’s specifically made for home security, making it the better choice if that’s a big focus for you. Here’s how to install and set up the Abode starter kit. What Is Abode? Not to be easily misread as the company who brought you Photoshop (Adobe), Abode makes easy-to-install home security systems with devices and sensors that you’d find with other popular smarthome hub platforms....
You generally don’t need to install hardware drivers on Linux. It’ll automatically detect the hardware in your computer and set it up for you — that’s the goal. But printers can be a different story. Here’s a fun fact: Printing on Linux is handled via CUPS (the “Common Unix Printing System.”) Apple owns CUPS and employs the main developer — CUPS also handles printing on Mac OS X. Use the Foomatic Database RELATED: How to Install Hardware Drivers on Linux...
Windows 10’s Fall Creators Update gives you more control of Windows Update’s downloads and uploads. You can now set a download bandwidth limit, ensuring Windows Update won’t hog your Internet connection with its background downloads. The Settings app also gives you more control of Windows Update’s background uploads and keeps track of how much data Windows Update has downloaded and uploaded. This setting also applies to app updates from the Store and updates for other Microsoft products, not just Windows updates....
Battery health is a big deal—perhaps now more than ever, with the whole iPhone slowdown debacle. While that in itself doesn’t necessarily have any bearing on Android phones, keeping your device’s battery health in mind is never a bad idea. The thing is, there isn’t an easy or built-in way to check your battery health on Android. It’s a clear omission on Google’s part, but fortunately one that you can fill with a third-party app....
There are few things more annoying in life than making a phone call from your iPhone, and then realizing that it’s actually connected to your Bluetooth speaker—which don’t have a microphone. Shouting “Can you hear me now?” at the phone is never a good look. Thankfully, on iOS, you can use Control Center to quickly change the device to which your iPhone is connected. Swipe up from the bottom of the screen to bring up the Control Center....
Android users have been rooting their phones since the beginning of the operating system, but in recent years it has gotten much more complicated. More recently, a new method for handling root management has emerged, and it’s called Magisk. What Is Magisk? Traditionally, rooting an Android phone has gone something like this: unlock the bootloader (or find an exploit), flash a custom recovery, install SuperSU. And for years that worked very well....
While audio streaming is nowhere near as hungry as video streaming, you can still burn through your data cap pretty quickly if you listen to a lot of music. And if you happen to be roaming at the time, you can easily rack up a several hundred dollar phone bill just by listening to a playlist or two on Spotify. Obviously, Spotify is aware of this, so they’ve made it possible for Premium subscribers to save music for offline listening....
Facebook’s Safety Check feature lets you check in during an emergency to confirm you’re safe. If you have friends or family in an area that you haven’t heard from, though, you may want to ask them directly. Here’s how to ask someone to check in with the Safety Check feature. Safety Check is designed to work automatically and consolidate all those “Are you okay?” messages. Ideally, people in an affected area (like during a hurricane) should get a notification they can respond to....
How Environment Variables Work When you launch a terminal window and the shell inside it, a collection of variables is referenced to ensure the shell is configured correctly. These variables also ensure that any information to which the terminal window and shell might need to refer is available. Collectively, these variables hold settings that define the environment you find inside your terminal window, right down to the look of the command prompt....
By default, VirtualBox creates dynamic disks that grow over time as you add data. However, if you delete data from the virtual machine later, you’ll notice that the disk doesn’t automatically shrink. But you can manually shrink a dynamic disk using a hidden command. RELATED: Beginner Geek: How to Create and Use Virtual Machines Remember that this will only shrink the disk if it’s grown in size and you’ve since removed data....
The Files app, added in iOS 11, supports zip files. You can open them, see their contents, and extract files without any third-party apps. You’ll still need an app from the App Store if you want to create zip files. When you download a zip file in Safari, your iPhone or iPad will offer to open it in the Files app. Tap “Open in Files” to do so. You can also save zip files to the Files app from other applications....
Smart plugs are great little devices that can turn ordinary appliances into smart products, letting you control them from your phone or with your voice over Alexa or Google Assistant. But unfortunately, many smart plugs take up the space of two outlets. RELATED: Not All Appliances Work with Smart Outlets. Here’s How to Know Granted, a lot of newer smart plugs are better about this, since the design has improved to only take up one receptacle rather than hog the majority of the outlet space....
