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How to Clear Your Browsing History in Chrome You can delete some or all of your browsing history if you don’t want a record saved on your computer. Here’s how: How to Clear Only Selected Sites From History in Chrome If you don’t want to clear all your browsing history, you can remove a single site or a selected group of sites from your browsing history. To do this: Types of History and Data You Can Delete You must understand what each browsing or data category includes before clearing it, or you may erase important information....

How to Connect a PS3 Controller to a PC In addition to your DualShock 3 controller and PC, you’ll need a mini-USB cable and the following files: ScpToolkit Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5 Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package Microsoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistributable Package Microsoft DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer Xbox 360 controller driver (only needed for Windows 7) When you’ve assembled everything you need, here’s what to do: How to Use Your PS3 Controller With Your Computer Once installed properly, the DualShock 3 should automatically work with the Steam client and any PC game that supports gamepads....

Add Monitors Using a USB External Display Adapter These are adapters which turn your USB port into one or two external display ports. Use a Thunderbolt Port to Add a Second Monitor If you have a newer laptop, you might not even realize you have a special port on your computer called a Thunderbolt port. These ports are available on both macOS and Windows 10 laptops. This port is usually located near the power adapter port....

How to Change the Default iPhone Browser Search Engine Searching for content in Safari is simple; tap the menu bar at the top of the browser and enter your search terms. By default, all iOS devices use Google for web searches, but you can select a different search engine by following these steps: How to Use Safari AutoFill to Fill Out Forms Faster Similar to a desktop browser, Safari automatically fills in forms by grabbing information from your address book....

Here’s a look at the evolution of the Dock and how to change back and forth between a 2D and 3D appearance using Terminal or the third-party cDock utility. The Evolution of the Dock OS X Cheetah introduced the Dock, creating the Mac desktop’s distinctive look. It was a basic 2D dock with the original Aqua pinstripe interface elements introduced in the first OS X version. The Dock morphed a bit through Puma, Jaguar, Panther, and Tiger, but remained 2D....

Change iTunes Settings to Create MP3s The first step is to make sure the iTunes file conversion feature is set to create MP3 files. It can produce many kinds of files, including AAC, MP3, and Apple Lossless. To enable iTunes to create MP3 files: How to Convert AAC to MP3 Using iTunes To convert an AAC music file to MP3 format in iTunes: How to Get the Best Sound Quality for Converted Files Converting a song from AAC to MP3 (or vice versa) can result in a loss of sound quality for the converted file....

Convert an HEIC File Using CopyTrans HEIC for Windows HEIC, also known as HEIF files, is a useful format, but sometimes, you need JPG files. CopyTrans HEIC for Windows is a software plugin for Windows 10, Windows 8, and Windows 7. Here’s how to use it. How to Convert HEIC to JPG With HEICtoJPEG Another form of HEIC converter is HEICtoJPEG. It’s a website, so you don’t have to worry about installing new software to convert files....

How to Make a Twitch Overlay With Photoshop Photoshop is one of the best tools for creating a Twitch overlay. Follow these steps to make a basic Twitch layout, and then experiment with adding more features and personality to your broadcast. This tutorial uses Photoshop 2020, but instructions should be similar in other versions. How to Add Your Background Image to OBS Studio Add your custom-made image to OBS Studio the same way as any other media source....

How to Create a Graph in Microsoft 365 for Mac Microsoft Word offers a variety of ways to visualize data. When you know how to make a graph in Word, you can create visual aids by importing data from Microsoft Excel. Follow these steps to create and customize graphs in the version of Word that comes with Microsoft 365 for Mac: How to Create a Graph in Word for Windows To create a graph in Word for Microsoft 365, Word 2019, Word 2016, and Word 2013:...

How to Create a New Outlook.com Email Account With a free Outlook.com account, you can access your email, calendar, tasks, and contacts from anywhere you have an internet connection. When you are ready to open a new email account at Outlook.com: Outlook.com Features An Outlook.com email account offers all the features you expect from an email client. Plus it includes: A focused inbox for your most important emails.Swipe gestures to archive and delete messages....

Use iTunes to Convert MP3s to Audiobooks If you have a series of recordings or ripped tracks from a CD-based audiobook that you want to splice together into an audiobook, iTunes provides the means to do it. Some media players let you use audiobooks’ built-in bookmarking capabilities to follow along with a book that takes hours to finish. Follow these simple steps to learn how iTunes can join multiple audio files together to create an audiobook with chapters: You can find the audiobook iTunes created in the Audiobooks section....

Open Your Access Database First, you’ll need to start Microsoft Access and open the database that will house your new form. In this example, we’ll use a simple database we’ve developed to track running activity. It contains two tables: one that keeps track of the routes a person normally runs and another that tracks each run. We’ll create a new form that allows the entry of new runs and modification of existing runs....

How to Permanently Delete a Cash App Account Removing the Cash App mobile app from your phone or another device won’t actually delete your Cash App account; it will still exist until you shut down your entire account from Cash App itself. Before you do this, however, you need to be sure you’ve transferred all funds out of your account. In short, the steps are: The sections below provide step-by-step instructions for each of these actions....

How to Remove Delivery Optimization Files Take the following steps to remove optimization files: Once the process completes, all your disk space is returned to you. Disabling Delivery Optimization If you want no part of this Delivery Optimization malarkey, you can also disable it altogether. What Are Delivery Optimization Files? When it issues upgrades to Windows 10, Microsoft publishes the files containing the updates to its servers. As many Windows installations are set to update automatically, the result is millions of requests to download the update files....

How to Permanently Delete Your Facebook Account in the iPhone App Once you’ve disconnected your apps and downloaded any data you want to save, you can then permanently delete your Facebook account using the Facebook app for iPhone. (Scroll down for more information about this.) How to Permanently Delete Your Facebook Account Using Safari on an iPhone You don’t have to use the Facebook app on your iPhone to delete your Facebook account....

How to Delete iPhone Backup on Mac and Windows Using iTunes It’s simple enough to delete your old iPhone backups manually, provided you know where to look. Here’s what to do. How to Delete iPhone Backups Manually If you don’t want to use iTunes, it’s still possible to delete your old iPhone backups by finding it manually on your computer. Here’s where to look. How to Delete Backups on Mac Running macOS Catalina macOS Catalina no longer uses iTunes, meaning the process is slightly different....

How to Turn Off JavaScript in Firefox Disabling JavaScript in Firefox should take only a few minutes, even if you’re unfamiliar with using Firefox’s settings. Before you begin, make sure you’ve updated Firefox to the latest version. Why Disable JavaScript in Firefox? You might need to turn off JavaScript for performance reasons or as part of a troubleshooting guide. JavaScript can pose a security risk, so disabling it decreases your risks of downloading malware....

WebRTC may expose a device’s local and public internet addresses, even if you obscure your device’s location with a virtual private network (VPN). This is referred to as a WebRTC leak since it leaks private information. Once an advertiser or website host knows the public internet address of a device, they can identify the region, city, and internet service provider linked to that address. If you don’t need WebRTC, disable or restrict it in your browser....

Use Google Images to Reverse Image Search on a Mobile Browser The mobile version of Google Images is great if you want to search using keywords, but you can also look up a photo’s URL. Use Google Chrome to Reverse Image Search on iPhone or Android While the mobile version of Chrome isn’t quite as feature-rich as its desktop counterpart, it’s still capable of more than a few neat tricks, including performing image searches directly from a web page....

While most people probably know the basics of sending and receiving messages with the service, Facebook Messenger has a number of hidden features that many users don’t even realize are available to them. You’ve probably heard friends refer to them as “hidden messages on Facebook” but, in reality, many of them involve more than just a simple message. These features range from secret chats to hidden games. Let’s see what the features are, how they work, and how you can best take advantage of them....