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OS X Mountain Lion: Shortcuts for taking pictures of the screen
Pictures of the screen (screenshots) are saved as files on the desktop, but if you prefer to put a screenshot in the Clipboard, hold down the Control key while you press the other keys. You can then paste the picture into a document. Action Shortcut Take a picture of...
Solve display problems in Ubuntu and Linux Mint
Major problems (no graphical display at all) 1. You can try to restore normal graphical display in Ubuntu or Linux Mint as follows: a. In the Grub bootloader menu, boot your computer into recovery mode: Ubuntu: Advanced options for Ubuntu - Ubuntu, with Linux xxxxxxx...
10 THINGS TO DO AFTER INSTALLING UBUNTU 14.04 TRUSTY TAHR TO GET A NEAR PERFECT DESKTOP
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) will be released tomorrow and since many of you will install it as soon as it's released (or maybe you're already using Ubuntu 14.04), here's a list of 10 useful things to do to get a near perfect desktop. While the tweaks...
The Heartbleed Hit List: The Passwords You Need to Change Right Now
An encryption flaw called the Heartbleed bug is already being dubbed one of the biggest security threats the Internet has ever seen. The bug has affected many popular websites and services — ones you might use every day, like Gmail and Facebook — and could have...
Guide: How to format an external drive to work seamlessly with Macs and PCs without third party software.
External drives allow you to quickly moves large files between computers. If you want yours to seamlessly work with both Macs and PCs, your external drive needs to use a filesystem that is supported by both platforms. The problem is that by default Windows uses NFTS,...
Use the exFAT File System and Never Format Your External Drive Again
Using an external drive between Mac and Windows computers can be a hassle, since you constantly have to reformat it to fit which computer you're using it on. Instead of reformatting it all the time, just use the much more platform-independent exFAT and never format...