About 75% of travelers agree cleaning before a trip is at the top of the to-do list. Is the No. 1 priority … A.) Doing the dishes, B.) Laundry, C.) Mopping the floors or D.) Emptying the fridge?
B.) Laundry. Of 2,000 travelers, 77% said they take on what is my least favorite task.
Tags: cleaning, fridge, laundry, list, to-do list, travelers, trip, vacation
Running out of storage space or just sick of all the junk? I bet your camera roll is the main culprit. Here are a few tips and tricks for Apple, Android and Windows to organize and remove unwanted duplicates.
Buzz off: WhatsApp is full of scammers, and they can add you to a group with others without your consent unless you change a setting. Open the app, then head to Settings > Privacy > Groups. Choose My Contacts or Nobody.
Quick iPhone cleanup: Duplicate contacts are annoying and Apple knows it. Now there’s an easy way to merge them. Open Contacts, then scroll all the way up. At the top, look for Duplicate Found. Tap View Duplicates > Merge All. Done! Sorry, Android pals — it’s not so easy for you.
Copy that: Google Lens can transcribe words in the real world (think a billboard or sign, menu, handwritten note, book page) to digital. Super useful. To try it, open the Google Lens app, point it at the text in question, then select it with your finger. Bam, now you can copy and paste anywhere.
Is it spam? Reader Ron S. in Gilbert, Arizona, dropped me a note with a reminder about a super-helpful site if you’re worried a link is suspicious. Google analyzes billions of URLs every day and adds spammy ones to a list. Paste a link in here to see if it’s been flagged. Thanks, Ron!
Memorize this: On a PC, hit Alt + Tab. On Mac, it’s Cmd + Tab. Keep hitting Tab while holding down Alt or Cmd to switch between your open applications. It’ll make you feel like a total pro.
It just works better: If you live in a home larger than 2,000 square feet or have a lot of devices, mesh networks are your Wi-Fi’s secret sauce. Instead of a single router struggling to send a signal to every nook and cranny, you’ve got multiple “nodes” working like a tag team.
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Goodnight, moon: Have an Echo? Alexa can help you drift off to sleep. Say something like, “Alexa, play rain sounds” (or whatever your favorite soothing sounds are, whether it’s waves or ambient noise), then say, “Alexa, set a sleep timer for one hour.” That way, the audio will shut off once you’re asleep.
✋ Get with the program: Starting next week, Google will disable access to Chrome browser extensions built using outdated code. If your installed extensions don’t use the latest standard, Manifest V3, you’ll see a pop-up notification in your browser. You can choose to delete or upgrade to the latest version in the Chrome Web Store.
Check your WhatsApp account: Open the chat app, then hit Settings > Linked devices for a list of every device where your account is in use. If you see a device that doesn’t belong to you, someone else has access. Log out of all devices, then change your password ASAP.
