Casting is a method of projecting or sending content wirelessly to a different screen such as your television or second monitor. Once you set up your Google Chromecast device , you can play any content from your mobile device or desktop on your TV or remote monitor, with the device becoming a remote control. It saves you the painful hassles of hooking up your PC to your TV using an HDMI cable, which largely depends on the length of the…
If you want to know how to make a background transparent in Photoshop, you’ll need to follow a few different steps. Thankfully, the whole process is straightforward once you get to grips with the right tools. We’ll guide you through everything you need to know, from removing a background from an image, to saving it with a transparent background. For this tutorial, we’ll be using Adobe Photoshop CC, but you’ll be able to follow these steps with most versions of…
VirtualBox is one of the best (and free!) virtual machine applications out there, but it’s even more useful if your virtual computer can integrate more tightly with the host computer. While you can network the host and guest computer together pretty easily, most people probably just want a simple way to share folders between the host and guest OS in VirtualBox. The good news is that this is quite easy to do! Clearing Up The Terminology It’s important that we…
Which website builder is best for your needs: Squarespace or WordPress? There is no one right answer. It depends totally on what is most important to you for your site, your level of technical expertise, and the features and functionality you want to include. This article will outline the features and benefits of using Squarespace vs WordPress . The WordPress we will be discussing is the self-hosted platform WordPress.org . An Overview of Squarespace Vs WP WordPress is an open-source…
In another article, we explained computer ports and what they’re used for . Other than that, what can we do with port information? Since all traffic in and out of the computer goes through ports, we can check on them to see what they’re doing. Maybe the port isn’t listening for traffic? Maybe something is using a port that shouldn’t be? We’re going to use the Windows command netstat to see our listening ports and PID (Process ID). We’re also…
Unlike older versions of Windows, Windows 10 is remarkably stable. Long gone are the old Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) errors, but that doesn’t mean they’re gone for good. Windows will still throw a BSOD error your way when it detects problems, such as a Windows stop code memory management error. This kind of error is very specific, and despite the complex-sounding name, BSOD errors like these can be easy to troubleshoot and resolve—in most cases. The Windows stop code…
If you want to copy text from a PDF file to add to a Word document, paste a formula onto an Excel spreadsheet, or insert into PowerPoint slides for a presentation, it can be as easy as using the Copy and Paste function. However, that may not necessarily work for all PDF files owing to security and other permissions, but there are other ways you can fulfill the same task. How to Copy Text From a PDF Before you can…
Are you having problems logging into Facebook? Whether you forgot your login details, or your Facebook account was hacked, there’s no reason to panic. There are a few different ways to recover a Facebook account when you can’t log in. If you believe your account has been hacked, you should probably go over the main Facebook privacy tips and make sure it doesn’t happen again. But if for some reason you just can’t remember your login details, the simple recovery…
When it comes to plug-and-play analytics tracking for your website, Google Analytics is the go-to solution. All it takes is a few minutes of setup and copying and pasting a few lines of code and you’re done—a wealth of analytics data will begin being tracked by Google, for free. However, Google Analytics is not perfect. While it does offer valuable insights on the in-depth details of the users who visit your website, there are alternatives to Google Analytics that rarely…
The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is the initial low-level code that allows your PC to start up correctly when it’s first powered up. Some PC users will be familiar with the instruction to press a key during bootup to access BIOS, but Windows 10 allows for an easier method to enter the BIOS menu. This is especially true if your PC is using the newer, UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) menu as a BIOS replacement. Rather than pressing the keyboard…