If you’re bored and looking for some nostalgic fun, don’t head to the Mac App Store and purchase a new game. Instead, fire up Terminal and locate one of several arcade classics that are hidden right on your Mac in the Emacs text editor.
How to Stay Up to Date and Get the Latest Windows 10 Technical Preview Builds
The Windows 10 Technical Preview gives consumers and businesses unprecedented access to Microsoft’s upcoming operating system and an opportunity to provide valuable feedback before it launches next year. But this access is only valuable if you’re running the latest Windows 10 builds. Here’s how to check for and install the latest Windows 10 Technical Preview builds so that you’ve always got the latest changes to play with.
How to Prioritize Multiple Networks with Interface Service Order in Mac OS X
Your Mac can connect to a variety of network interfaces, but most users only use a single interface at a time. Here’s how to manage your network service priority when you connect to multiple networks simultaneously, such as Ethernet, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.
How to Automatically Connect to a Network Drive at Login in OS X
It’s easy to connect to a network drive in OS X on demand, but if there’s a particular network drive or volume that you use frequently, you may want to have it mount automatically every time you boot your Mac or log in to your user account. Here’s how to do it.
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Group Devices and Drives by File System in Windows 8.1 File Explorer
The File Explorer in Windows 8.1 groups all of a PC’s devices and drives together by default, which isn’t ideal for users with a large number of drives. Here’s how to make managing multiple devices and drives easier by grouping them according to file system.
Go Easy on Your Eyes by Enabling the iBooks Auto-Night Theme in iOS
A bright iPhone or iPad screen can be painful on the eyes, especially while reading in a dark room. With the latest version of iBooks for iOS, however, you can configure the app to automatically switch to the “Night” theme when appropriate, helping to ensure that you won’t end up looking at a glaring white screen in the wee hours of the morning. Here’s how to do it.
How to See iMessage Timestamps in the iOS 8 Messages App
In the iOS 8 Messages app, users can see their iMessage and SMS conversations divided up into relatively large time chunks, which often results in many messages being grouped by the day. But what if you wanted to see the exact time that a specific message was sent? Starting with iOS 7 and continuing with iOS 8, this information is indeed available, but Apple has hidden it by default.
How to Use Private Browsing in iOS 8
Private Browsing in iOS is a useful and important feature, but things have changed quite a bit in iOS 7 and iOS 8. We’ll show you how to enable Private Browsing in Apple’s latest mobile operating system.
How to Disable Drop Shadows in the Windows 10 Technical Preview
Windows 10 is bringing a number of new UI features, but one new feature that may be a bit too much is the overwhelming drop shadow effect. In a world of increasingly flat UI, the Windows 10 drop shadows are inconsistent and distracting. Here’s how to disable them.
Enable the iOS Invert Colors Shortcut and Save Your Eyes from a Bright iPhone Screen
There’s nothing quite as jarring as waking up to check an important email in the middle of the night and being greeted by a bright white iPhone screen. Save your eyes and learn to leverage the iOS Accessibility feature that let you invert your screen’s colors with a simple and easy home button shortcut.