Every Apple fanboy will tell you that Macs are safe from malware, but it’s just not true. Recently a fake AV program has been targeting and infecting OS X computers in the wild. Here’s a quick look at how it works, how to remove it, and also how to prevent it in the first place. The virus in question is actually a fake antivirus and trojan which goes by a few different names....
Chances are you have at least one “creative” friend who’s a Mac advocate. Ever wondered how Apple got a reputation as the “creative company,” or why artists are so drawn to them? Surely, computers can’t make you creative, can they? Maybe you’re an avid Mac Hater, or maybe you’re an Apple advocate—chances are you’ve heard of this myth and wonder why people all seem to think this way. Take a look through the history of Apple, and see why Macintosh has become so synonymous with desktop publishing, photography, creativity, and design industries....
RAM modules are cheaper than ever before, so why aren’t we running our entire operating system off super speedy RAM banks? Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites. The Question SuperUser reader pkr298 wants to know why we’re not running RAM-based, instead of disk-based, machines. He writes: On the surface his inquiry makes sense, but clearly we’re not awash in RAM-based computer builds; what’s the back story?...
Apple TV+ Is Free for T-Mobile Magenta Subscribers T-Mobile has made this offer available to both new and existing subscribers on Magenta and Magenta MAX plans, so even if you’ve been a T-Mobile customer for the last few years (and rode the wave of the company’s recent data breach), you can still get your year of Apple TV+ and all of the TV shows and movies that come with it....
We might be known for our Windows articles, but in 2010 we sure posted a lot of really in-depth articles covering Linux. Here’s the 20 best articles that we covered this year, covering everything from how to tweak your setup to how to use Linux to fix Windows. Want even more? You should make sure to check out the top 20 How-To Geek Explains topics of 2010, the 50 Windows Registry hacks that make Windows better, or the best 50 Windows articles for 2010....
Tabs allow you to open multiple web pages in a single browser window without cluttering your desktop. Mastering tabbed browsing can speed up your browsing experience and make multiple web pages easier to manage. Tabbed browsing was once the domain of geeks using alternative browsers, but every popular browser now supports tabbed browsing – even mobile browsers on smartphones and tablets. This article is intended for beginners. If you know someone that doesn’t fully understand tabbed browsing and how awesome it is, feel free to send it to them!...
Ever get the desire to control your computer, Star Trek-style? With Windows 7’s Speech Recognition, it’s easier than you might think. Microsoft has been working on its voice command steadily over the years. XP introduced it, Vista smoothed it, and 7 has it polished. It’s strangely not advertised as a feature, even though other voice command and speech recognition programs are hundreds of dollars. It may not be as perfect as some of them, but there’s definitely something amazing about vocally telling your computer to do things and it actually working....
Instructables user HackItBuildIt shares his guide to converting an old laptop into a Windows 8 tablet. You’ll need an old laptop with specs high enough to run Windows 8 and that you’re willing to do a little franken-hacking on–you’ll need to remove the screen, rotate it, add a touch screen panel, and reframe it over the laptop body. When you’re done it won’t exactly be a slender iPad, but it will run Windows 8 with a native touch screen....
Kubernetes object deletions aren’t as straightforward as they seem on the surface. Deleting an object is an involved process that includes conditional checks to determine whether safe removal is possible. This is achieved by API objects called Finalizers. In this article, we’ll look at what Finalizers are, how they’re managed, and challenges they can cause when you want to delete an object. Having a better understanding of the deletion process can help you debug problems where resources don’t seem to terminate in a timely manner....
Point of View POV is an initialism that stands for “Point of View.” It is mainly used to highlight that a video shows or explains something from the creator’s perspective, literally or figuratively. You will often see it added to the titles of videos on sites like YouTube, but it can also be used in memes or as a hashtag. Its use as a hashtag is more common on TikTok and other social media apps....
More than mere technical qualities, most commentators also tie cloud native down to the implementing organization’s working practices and mindset. Cloud native organizations will actively embrace the cloud for their entire stack, viewing it as a distinguishing feature of their offering. This stands in contrast to suppliers which see the cloud merely as a datacentre that runs their services. Varying Definitions As with many common cloud buzzwords, you’ll get different answers on what constitutes cloud native depending on who you ask....
ADD and COPY are two similar Dockerfile instructions which let you add content to your images at build time. Whereas COPY is a straightforward source to destination copy, ADD includes extra functionality for working with archives and remote URLs. COPY COPY is the simpler of the two instructions. It accepts two arguments, a source and destination: The source path will be copied from your Docker host into the container’s filesystem....
Image available as wallpaper here. If you only listen to a single bit of advice from your fellow readers, let that advice be the importance of separate and non-administrative user accounts. Grant writes: AG shares his list of Windows apps and tricks: My wife was on Windows, and I was on Debian, and before they had their own, they knew they could only use my computer, and only logged in as themselves....
CloudFoundry and Kubernetes are two open-source technologies used to run applications in the cloud. Selecting the right platform for your deployments is an important choice to maximize performance, maintainability, and the productivity of your developers. In this article we’ll compare the characteristics of both CloudFoundry and Kubernetes. Whether you’re already using one of the pair, you’re trying to make the choice for your next project, or you’re just curious to learn how they differ, we’ll explore their capabilities and explain their use cases....
Create Manual Playlists Open Windows Media Center and select the Music Library. From within the Music Library, choose playlists from the top menu. Then select Create Playlist. Give your new playlist a name, and select Next. Choose Music Library and select Next. Select “songs” from the top menu, choose the songs for your playlist from your library, and select Next when finished. You can also click Select All to add all songs to your playlist, or clear all to remove them....
How do you store your photos? If you’re just dumping them on an external drive, that’s not a backup. You need to have multiple copies of your photos (or any other data) in at least two different places or you could easily lose them all. This may seem obvious to some people, but we’ve seen many people lose their photos — or need to pay for professional data recovery services — after an external drive holding the single copy of their photos failed....
If you’re one of those who still use that “other” browser (Internet Explorer or IE), you’ll be glad to know that there are ways to extend the functionality of IE just like you can in Firefox or Chrome. There are not as many add-ons for Internet Explorer as there are for Firefox and Chrome, but you can explore the official Internet Explorer Gallery to see if there are any that peek your interest....
Every week we take a moment to dip into the reader mailbag and pull out some tasty tips. This week we’re taking a look at Kindle shortcuts, snappy ways to search in Explorer folders, and easy Android ringtone organization. Kindle Shortcuts for Tasks Big and Small How-To Geek Reader Wendy writes in with the following Kindle-centered tip: Thanks for writing in Wendy! We learned a few shortcuts after browsing the list....
It’s that tips box time of week again; read on to see how you can print games for cheap entertainment, build a pipe-based monitor stand, and enjoy easy timer countdowns on your Android phone. Old School Print and Play Gaming Ken writes in with the following gaming tip: We’re big fans of Board Game Geek around here—it was downright negligent of us to not mention the great print and play games found there....
The patch and diff Commands Imagine you have a text file on your computer. You receive a modified version of that text file from someone else. How do you quickly transfer all of the changes from the modified file to your original file? That’s where patch and diff come into play. patch and diff are found in Linux and other Unix-Like operating systems, such as macOS. The diff command examines two different versions of a file and lists the differences between them....
