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If you’re tired of having to press Option+Shift+Command+V to paste text on a Mac without bringing a font style from a different document, there’s a way to remap it so Command+V does the trick. Here’s how. How to Remap “Paste And Match Style” to Command+V If you’d like to always paste while matching the style of the document you’re pasting into (which means not carrying over fonts or styles from other documents), then you can assign the “Paste and Match Style” menu item to the Command+V keyboard shortcut....

DNS stands for “Domain Name System,” and it connects web servers to their respective domain names. Your internet provider provides its own DNS server, but you can change which one your devices use. There are plenty of advantages to using a custom DNS server. RELATED: What Is DNS, and Should I Use Another DNS Server? First, swipe down once or twice (depending on your phone) from the top of the screen and tap the gear icon to open the Settings....

Comparing Binary Files Linux is rich in ways to compare and analyze text files. The diff command will compare two files for you, and highlight the differences. It can even provide a few lines on either side of the changes to provide some context around the changed lines. And the colordiff command adds color to make visually parsing the differences even easier. Developers and authors use diff to highlight the differences between different versions of program source code files, or draft texts....

For this exercise you’ll need a copy of Visual Studio 2005 and a broken Vista Gadget, but you can probably adapt it to work with a different tool if you try. Critical Step: Enable Script Debugging Open up Internet Explorer’s Options panel, find the Advanced tab and uncheck the boxes for “Disable script debugging”. After you are done debugging you’ll probably want to turn this off, as it can get quite annoying while browsing....

The purpose of UAC is to inform you when a program makes changes that require administrator permissions. It is a security feature that will block malicious software from making key system changes without your permission. To manage UAC notification settings go to Start \ Getting Started \ Change UAC settings. By default it is set to notify you when programs try to make changes to the computer, which already is a less annoying setting that Vista was....

The cut Command The cut command is a veteran of the Unix world, making its debut in 1982 as part of AT&T System III UNIX. Its purpose in life is to snip out sections of text from files or streams, according to the criteria that you set. Its syntax is as simple as its purpose, but it is this joint simplicity that makes it so useful. In the time-honored UNIX way, by combining cut with other utilities such as grep you can create elegant and powerful solutions to challenging problems....

The entire list of changes is massive, but the one that will make most LibreOffice users happy is better interaction with Office files. Even though you moved to the alternative office software to get away from Microsoft Office, sometimes you’re going to have to deal with people sharing Word, Excel, and other files with you. Having the tool you prefer to use perform better with those files will make everyone happier....

Note: This installation will change a lot of files and install a whole bunch of utilities, so proceed with caution if you aren’t prepared to deal with any problems that might happen. When you launch the setup you’ll eventually get to this screen, where you should check the box for “Create System Restore Point”, along with whichever options you want. After installation and rebooting your computer, you’ll be presented with a desktop that looks very much like OS X....

There’s a small utility named NK2View by the excellent Nirsoft that can help with this problem. You can delete items in the list, import from your address book, and even export auto-completed addresses for later import into Outlook as full contacts. View/Delete AutoComplete Items The utility should automatically detect the location of your *.nk2 folder, but if it doesn’t you’ll find it in the following location: You can select items in the list and use the Delete key to get rid of them....

In a blog post on NordVPN’s site, Carlos Martinez of NordVPN said, “Nord Security, a leader in the digital privacy and security field, and Surfshark, a fast-growing consumer cybersecurity company, joined forces to strengthen their industry positioning.” The two companies have long been rivals in the VPN space, so the two coming together makes them a powerful force in the VPN space. “This merger will mark the beginning of the largest internet security and privacy powerhouse, help both companies to align on a strategic level, better satisfy the needs of our customers, and prepare for future challenges,” said Martinez....

Microsoft’s cloud storage service, OneDrive, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this month. To mark the occasion, the desktop site is adding a new ‘Home’ page to help with organization. OneDrive on the web already has a ‘Recents’ tab that shows all your recent files, but Microsoft is revamping it to become ‘Home,’ replacing ‘My files’ as the default start page for OneDrive. It’s similar to the home page from the mobile Office app, with a row of cards at the top for important documents (usually files you are working on with other people), and your recent files below that....

The AR Cloud or Spatial Web Imagine that the real world had a digital twin. For every physical location on Earth, there’s a corresponding virtual map that’s overlaid on the real world. This map is maintained in the cloud and anyone with a network connection can access that data. This is the AR cloud or “spatial web.” It means that any device with the right hardware and software can see this augmented reality world....

After you have imported your data select all columns and rows; choose A hold down your shift key and go over to the end of your data so everything is highlighted. Now right-click on the highlighted fields and from the sub menu choose Format Cells. In the Format Cells window click the Alignment tab, choose Center from the drop down box under Horizontal and click OK. Now all of the data will align in the center of each cell to make the data more presentable....

Let’s take a look at my Firefox window on a normal day… look how much space the tab buttons are taking. Now look at my browser with the FaviconizeTab extension installed. So much cleaner! The best thing about this extension is that you can configure it to always shrink down certain tabs, based on the URL. You can also choose your preference for how to shrink the tab, or just use the right-click “Faviconize” from the menu....

The problem is caused because the Winamp installer runs in administrator mode, which has access to add global menu items, but running Winamp as a regular user prevents you from modifying the items that are added by the installer. Find Winamp in the start menu, and then right-click the entry and choose Run as administrator. This is the most important step! Open the Winamp preferences from the system tray icon or otherwise, and then browse down to General Preferences \ Jump To File \ Shell Options....

Turning on SSL for Gmail is hardly a secret anymore, but getting the Gmail Notifier to continue to work isn’t quite as well known, so we’re covering both just for completeness. You can also think of this as a reminder to enable SSL if you haven’t already. Thanks to Pratik for the idea for this article. Configure Gmail to Always Use SSL Once you login to your Gmail account, you’ll want to click the Settings link in the upper right-hand corner....

If you are unfamiliar with the Windows Experience Index, just open Control Panel, and type in performance into the search box. You should already see your score, calculated when you installed Vista for the first time. Once you’ve uploaded your score, they will even give you the html so that you can put the score as a badge on your own site: Looks like my computer is really not too bad, I just need a faster processor....

How many times have you tried to schedule a meeting and gotten the time wrong because the other participants are in another time zone? This is a frequent occurrence in our office, but there’s an easy way to add the other time zone to the calendar for a quick reference guide that doesn’t require doing math in your head. Open up your Outlook calendar and then right-click on the time grid on the left hand side, choosing “Change Time Zone”....

After watching the project manager at work scroll painfully through 10,000 messages in her inbox trying to find one from the right sender, it occurred to me that a lot of people don’t realize how easily you can use the keyboard to find a message in a sorted list. Almost any list control in Windows will let you type the first couple of letters in order to focus the selection on the item that matches in the current sorted column....

I was doing some work on my computer with a friend sitting next to me, and her jaw dropped when she saw me navigating through the file open dialog with just the keyboard… so I decided to write up a number of other keyboard methods as well. Note: Expert geeks are excused from today’s lesson, but there’s extra credit for mentioning any methods that I forgot to include. Navigate Up One Directory...