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OneDrive’s integration with Windows 10 is a mixed bag. While it does provide a lot of convenience with seamless file syncing and screenshot capturing capabilities, don’t be surprised if Microsoft’s cloud storage starts nagging you for your attention whenever things don’t go according to plan. Ignoring OneDrive’s incessant prompts or turning them off altogether isn’t recommended either, since certain issues won’t just go away automatically. Which means manual intervention is required to make the app function normally....

While trying to take a backup to iCloud, you need to remember that this primarily requires a stable and consistent connection. Without that in place, you might have an incomplete or no backup. Here are a few things that you need to verify and troubleshoot to ensure the iCloud backup is smooth and doesn’t get stuck. 1. Slower Wi-Fi Speed Even though you have the fastest 5G connection in your area, you’ll struggle to perform iCloud backup on a mobile data connection....

Most users don’t even know about that account, as folks seldom go around looking for it unless something breaks. Even when you are creating new user accounts or switching from one to another account. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t there. Let’s understand everything in more detail and determine how to delete this admin account and why you should consider doing so. Built-In Admin Account in Windows 10 The built-in admin account is called the Administrator....

ZipGenius also has some nice features. It supports popular formats such as ZIP, JAR, RAR, TAR, TAR.GZ, 7Z, OpenOffice.org 1.x Document formats, ISO, NRG, CMI and many more. One important feature is its tabbed interface, using which you can access and switch between different compressed archives. You can create a zipped archive immediately by selecting different number of files, right clicking on them and selecting ZipGenius option. There are various compression options available such as “Add to desktop....

And when you do, the email notification doesn’t contain the form responses. That means you would have to visit your Google Forms dashboard to view the respondent’s answers to your form. Why waste time and internet bandwidth by leaving your inbox to the Google Forms dashboard when you can have the responses appear in the notification mail? There is a Google Forms add-on that lets you achieve that, and everything you need to know about getting it done in this post below....

But what if this is your first iPhone or if you never synced your contacts before and you would like to import them from your SIM card? If this is your case and all the important information from your contacts is only on your SIM card, Apple makes it really easy to import them to your iPhone. All you have to do is follow this steps: Step 1: On your iPhone’s Home screen, tap on Settings and then on Mail, Contacts, Calendar....

Installing Play Store and Google Play Service Step 1: Open up the App Store on your MIUI Android phone and search for Google. A small blueish-purple color icon will pop up with DU written on it. I am not sure what that DU means, but tapping on it will list some Google related apps on your screen. Step 2: Here, tap on the first app that you see and install it to your device....

We’ve already published a tutorial on installing new fonts on Windows. The process is easier and more streamlined on Mac OS X. This guide will tell you exactly that. Here’s how you go about downloading fonts. 1. Download the Font There are a ton of free fonts out there. Sites such as Smashing Magazine have lists upon lists of free fonts that are available for personal or commercial use. Here are a variety of neat font collections to check out:...

More importantly, the keyboard shortcuts help with time-management, especially when you are working with others on a tight deadline. Also, the auto-save feature is the cherry on top. But at the end of the day, these features are typical of any word processing service. What if I told you that Google Docs also makes creating timelines and other such simple drawings a rather simple affair? Yep, you heard us right....

So what can you do? They’re here, they want to listen to Trance and something called EDM while you’re ready with your greatest indie folk songs (one can never have too much of Iron & Wine). You compromise. You play some of their music that’s generic and not borderline insane. And you try to show them some of your music that they won’t hate. But you don’t own every song your friends like, and it’s not 2004 so it’s not like they carry around a pen drive with all their favorite tracks....

Word often gets far less credit than it deserves. While Microsoft has not made it easy to place and move images inside Word, it does offer ways to do so. The only trouble is finding the correct tools for the job. These options are not so obvious and can be hard to see if you don’t know where to look. That is where we come in. I will show you how you can place images in Word without having to curse Microsoft while pulling your hair out or biting your nails off!...

Previously, on Guiding Tech I discussed how you can change the looks of Windows 8 Start Menu and customize it. Today we will take a look at another tool from the same developer which will help you personalize the looks of the new Charm Bar. There is no straightforward way to change the looks and behavior of the Charm Bar but basically, everything in Windows can be personalized using the Registry....

Apple released OS X Mavericks recently. The best part of all? This latest version of OS X is completely free and available right now from the Mac App Store. Now, installing a new OS always seems like a daunting task, but thanks to it being available digitally, the installation of OS X Mavericks can be as simple or as thorough as you want it to be. So, if you plan to upgrade to OS X Mavericks, let’s take a look at a few different steps that you should take care of before doing so....

Wouldn’t it be easier if you could save each Google Form response to different sheets automatically based on the answer? Well, it’s almost 2020, and it would be a bummer if you have to do all the sorting and analyzing manually. Thanks to Google Sheets’ easy formulas and function, it’s a simple task to save all the Forms responses to individual sheets. All you need to do is figure out how would you like to have the responses separated....

Now, do you really have to stay awake till 12 just to do that? You want a way out, right? You want a way to be able to write posts and schedule them to be updated on your profile at a time of your choice. And today we are going to tell you how to do that on Google+. Steps to Schedule Posts on Google+ To be able to schedule posts you will need to install a Chrome extension called Do Share....

You can filter these apps categorically or simply use the search function. While there are apps for finance, property, productivity, banking, health, fitness, and there is no dearth of games, there are also apps with adult content like violence and games with explicit scenes, jokes and images. It is our job, as a parent, to protect the innocence of our kids by restricting their access to these sources. This is why Google has developed some parental control tools right inside the Play Store app to help you decide which apps can be accessed by your kids....

For those of you that do not possess superhuman memory abilities, all of these dates can be a tad bit daunting. Being a member of this Facebook society, you can either write all of these birthdays down in your day planner (good luck) or you can read this guide and let technology do all the work for you. I suggest the latter. This article talks about JibJab, a third-party tool that sends you Facebook birthday alerts....

In this post today, we’ll explore how to set up the Repeater and Access Point mode. Let’s start. What is a Wi-Fi Repeater A Wi-Fi repeater is used to extend the Wi-Fi coverage in a specific area. They work wirelessly by connecting to the existing network, amplifying it and transmitting the signal further. It’s advised to keep the repeater in an area where the Wi-Fi signal is strong. For instance, in a long corridor or a large space, if the signal doesn’t extend beyond a certain point, then you can install repeater to extend the coverage....

Then there are GIF files which carry the best of both the worlds. They are fairly small in size and thus are ideal for online sharing and at the same time, they are motion pictures and looks more of less like a video with lesser details. Now, as I mentioned, they are a sequence of images which moves so fast that they look like a motion picture and at the moment, the internet is full of it....

So, with multiple sign-in, you can log in to more than one account using the same browser session. You can sign in to ten accounts at a time. Switching On Multiple Sign-in Multiple sign-in is supported across a range of Google products like Gmail, Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites, Reader, Voice, and Google Code. But first you have to enable it. Once the multiple sign-in feature is enabled, you can log into another Google account by clicking on your name or email address at the top-right of the page....