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Microsoft is changing the way Word documents are saved in Windows. “Now you don’t have to worry about saving your documents,” the official announcement says , stating that new files will be saved to OneDrive as soon as you create them. The new default means Word will work more like Google Docs, in that any…

Multiple monitors are great, but you can’t just plug them in—you have to configure them. This is true with all computers, Macs included. For example: There is nothing more confusing than moving your mouse pointer past the right side of the screen only for it to show up on a monitor that’s to the left…

Almost as old as the computer keyboard is the keyboard shortcut, which can transform several clicks of the mouse into a simple combination of keys. Using these shortcuts can save a lot of time and typing, but they can also make it easy to access tools and functionality that are otherwise buried deep in sub-menus.…

Want to quickly upload a video to Discord but don’t have a paid account? Handbrake just added a new feature to quickly convert short videos to fit under the maximum upload size. Discord limits free users—that is, anyone who doesn’t pay for Nitro or Nitro Basic—to 10 MB uploads for all files. This can make…

You’ve got a video on your iPhone and a computer across the room. Can you quickly show the video on it? If the computer in question is a Mac, yes—just use AirPlay. Windows computers, sadly, don’t have this feature. Unless, that is, you install Air Screen Mirror Receiver . This application turns any Windows computer…

Some applications just naturally go well together. For me, it’s usually whatever app I’m using to read, and whatever app I’m using to take notes. If you’re the kind of person who always has multiple windows open, however, it can be hard to keep these sorts of program sets together. This is where Glue ,…

Some of the best Mac features aren’t the cutting edge ones: They’re things that have existed for decades, but are buried in the settings. Hot Corners is a great example. With Hot Corners, you can assign different actions to each of the four corners of your Mac’s display. For example, I like moving my mouse…

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