The new Power User Menu in Windows 8.1 provides quick access to your computer’s shut down, restart, and sleep functions. But what if you’d rather have your PC hibernate? Here’s how to add power-saving hibernation to the Windows 8.1 Power User Menu.
How to Manage Automatic App Updates in iOS 7
Apple’s automatic app updates are a great new feature in iOS 7 that many users, including U.S. Senators, will happily take advantage of. But for those who still want control over their iDevice’s apps, here’s how to manage the auto update feature.
Boost Your Productivity with QuickEdit Mode in the Windows Command Prompt
The Windows Command Prompt is a versatile utility that remains important even with Windows 8. If you find yourself using it often, you may want to enable QuickEdit Mode, which lets you copy and paste commands with quick mouse presses. We show you how to use it, but warn that it may take some getting time to get used to.
How to Find the Color Picker in iWork’s Pages, Numbers, and Keynote
Apple released a completely rewritten iWork suite alongside OS X Mavericks, but many key features were lost in the process. One that we feared was gone was the handy color picker in Pages. Thankfully, it’s still there, but it’s not where you might think. Here’s how to find it.
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How to Use the Activity Monitor Energy Tab in OS X Mavericks
Energy efficiency is a key feature of OS X Mavericks, and Apple has created a new Activity Monitor section to help users keep track of exactly what’s going on with their apps. Here’s how to understand and use this info to maximize your battery life.
How to Manage the Dashboard Space in OS X Mavericks’s Mission Control
Once a major selling point of Mac OS X, the Dashboard has received relatively little attention over the past few years. With OS X Mavericks, however, Apple has given users a bit more control over how the Dashboard Space works in Mission Control.
How to Use Reading View in Internet Explorer 11
Internet Explorer’s Metro View is a fast and beautiful way to browse the Web, but only with pages that are formatted to fit the browser’s wide screen experience. For sites that aren’t, avoid the wasted white space by using the new Reading View to automatically format article text and graphics like a native app.
How to Create a Custom Keyboard Shortcut to Export to PDF in OS X
OS X Mavericks makes creating a PDF easy with a new “Export to PDF” command right in the File menu. But you can speed the process up even more by assigning it a custom keyboard shortcut. Here’s how.
How to Paste Plain Text by Default in Microsoft Word 2013
By default, Microsoft Word helpfully keeps the source formatting of copied information when you paste it into a document, but this is not always what users want. Here’s how to configure Word 2013 to only paste the plain text, and leave the extra styles and formatting at home.
How to Disable App Nap in OS X Mavericks
App Nap is a novel feature of OS X Mavericks that automatically slows down background apps to save energy and extend battery life. But some users may want to control the power to their apps themselves. Here’s how to disable App Nap in OS X Mavericks.