Storage that you got for free as part of the service will be reduced from 15 GB to 5 GB. All of us here at gP, as well as a lot of other OneDrive users weren’t happy with this decision at all. You can read our commentary about it in our article: Microsoft’s New OneDrive Storage Policy Punishes All Users for a Problem it Created. Luckily, clearer heads prevailed at Microsoft, and as a concession for those users, the OneDrive Team is offering the opportunity to opt-in until January 31st, 2016 to keep it....

Update: This article was originally written for an old version of Skype. For the modern version on Windows 10, you need to launch the app and go to Settings > General and turn on the “On close, keep Skype running” switch. Older Versions of Skype and Windows Another annoyance you might have noticed is that when you right-click the Skype icon and select Close, it doesn’t remove the icon from the taskbar....

Export Safari Web Browser Data and Bookmarks and Import to Windows 10 Your first step is to choose which browser you’ll use once you get to Windows 10. Apple stopped the development of Safari for Windows a few years ago. I personally use Mozilla Firefox because of its speed, performance, and superb syncing. Whichever browser you choose, you should be able to import Safari bookmarks. Method 1: Export as an HTML File To export your Safari bookmarks, open Safari, and click File > Export Bookmarks....

How to Pin your Favorite Sites to the New Tab Screen on Chrome To get started, open chrome to a new blank tab. Google Chrome, by default, will list your most visited websites in order from top-left to bottom-right. Hover your mouse over a thumbnail that belongs to each website to display 2 commonly unknown options: Pin and Remove. If you want Chrome to reflect your Most visited websites literally, you can leave it as is....

However, things can become troublesome when trying to apply number formatting to an existing range of data. You can update the format of a cell, but sometimes it won’t automatically refresh with the new formatting. This stubbornness usually happens when choosing a custom number format. You can update it by double-clicking the cell, making no changes, and then press Enter, but this can be very tedious. This process is particularly troublesome when importing significant amounts of data....

Discord is available on the desktop, Android, iPhone, and iPad, but restarting it isn’t as straightforward as you’d think. The reason is that Discord continues to run in the background even after you’ve closed it. We’ll explain how to restart Discord below, whether you use the desktop or mobile version. How to Restart Discord on Windows 11 When you close the Discord app on Windows, it continues to operate in the background where it’s available from the system tray....

While it isn’t as feature-packed as Microsoft Word, there’s still plenty you can do in a Google Docs document. One feature you might not know how to use, however, is text rotation. If you want to know how to rotate text in Google Docs, it’s still possible (if you know where to look). This guide will show you how. How to Rotate Text in Google Docs Using the Drawing Tool If you’re looking to rotate text in Google Docs (rather than basic, vertical text), then you’re going to need to use the drawing tool....

However, there may come a time when you might need to open File Explorer as an administrator, a level of access that allows you to modify protected files. When you run File Explorer as an administrator in Windows 11, you can search for and access apps you previously couldn’t. To run Windows 11 File Explorer as an administrator, here’s what you’ll need to do. Why Run File Explorer as Administrator?...

Thankfully, it’s easy to cut your videos down to the appropriate size directly on your iPhone using one of the pre-installed apps. Here’s how to shorten a video on your iPhone. How to Shorten a Video on iPhone Using the Photos App If you just want to trim down a video to leave a single shorter continuous section of the original, you can do this directly in the Photos app on your iPhone....

Stream Star Trek: Discovery via CBS All Access This is an obvious marketing ploy by CBS. It’s giving away the first episode to entice fans to purchase the CBS All Access service. To further tease you to do an impulse buy, the second episode goes live the same night on the streaming service following the OTA broadcast. CBS isn’t going to dump the entire 15 seasons at once either. The first eight episodes will run through November 5th and the second half of the season won’t launch until January of next year....

This week Premium channel subscriptions are rolling out to everyone and will work on most modern Roku devices, including boxes, sticks, and Roku-powered smart TVs. They will also be supported via the web-based version of The Roku Channel and the mobile app on iOS. Android support is coming in early February. Here is a look at how to find and subscribe to a premium channel. Subscribe to Premium Channels via The Roku Channel Fire up your Roku device and launch The Roku Channel....

All you need is Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, or Safari, and your Android smartphone (it can be an older one, too, as the app runs on Android 2.2 and up.) You can even use it with an iPad or Kindle by accessing a URL — you can find links and extensions here. Send Text Messages via Gmail Note: This is how to do it using Google Chrome, but the process is similar to other browsers....

For many geeky, professional or casual tech users, the desktop serves as a hub and docking station for their mobile devices. Until recently, the lack of smartphone and/or MP3 player support was one of the largest barriers to full-time adoption of Linux. With the most recent releases of Ubuntu, that is no longer an issue. You can use Ubuntu to sync your iPhone and other iOS devices in Linux, giving you one more compelling reason to kiss iTunes goodbye....

If you’re trying to clean up some text, for example, you might want to consider truncating it. Thankfully, Excel offers a number of functions to help you cut down a text string in Excel. If you’re unsure how to truncate text in Excel, follow our steps below. How to Truncate Text in Excel Using RIGHT, LEFT, or MID Functions The best way to truncate text in excel is to use the RIGHT, LEFT, or MID functions....

There are two new tracking identifiers in the UIDevice class in the new mobile OS: identiferForAdvertising (IDFA) is a cross app publisher identifieridentifierForVendor (IDFV) is a publisher-specific identifier These new identifiers are random and anonymous numbers assigned to your device. When you browse the web in Safari or use an app (basically anything you do on your device) a call is sent out for a targeted ad based on your usage history....

The trouble is, you’re not certain that they’ll notice the important data you’ve collated. All the numbers look the same, after all. Fortunately, it’s simple to emphasize data within your spreadsheet by underlining key words or figures. Google Sheets makes underlining cells or text within cells a breeze. If you’re unsure how, here’s what you’ll need to do to underline in Google Sheets. How to Underline All Text Within a Cell in Google Sheets If you want to underline all of the text within a cell in Google Sheets, it’s quick and easy to do....

As much as we’d love to have completely paperless offices, especially at home, having to scan documents and photos is as inevitable as the tide. If you have a Microsoft Surface with Windows RT, scanning those documents on rare occasions is really a piece of cake. Set Up Printer on Surface RT & Windows 8 The first thing you’ll need to do is make sure your scanner is connected to your Surface RT....

When you use BitLocker to Go on Windows 11, the data on a portable USB drive is scrambled using Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption. A person can only access the drive with the password or recovery code. If you want to use BitLocker to Go on Windows 11, you’ll need to follow the steps below. Note: The BitLocker encryption feature is only available on a Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, or Education PC....

That said, you can use Google Docs offline from time to time. This allows you to work in your document, spreadsheet, or presentation when you lose connection (or need to limit your data usage). Any changes you make will be synced to your online document when your connection is restored. If you want to use Google Docs offline, here’s what you’ll need to do. How to Use Google Docs Offline on a PC or Mac To use Google Docs in offline mode, you’ll need to use Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge on Windows, macOS, or Linux....

If you’ve enabled HTTPS on your Windows Live Hotmail account, then you’ve probably noticed it no longer works with certain desktop programs. Windows Live Mail is one of them, and Microsoft doesn’t offer any solution; they just simply state “it’ll cause errors.” Fortunately, there is a way to still connect to HTTPS enabled Hotmail from your Live Mail desktop client. We’ll show you how in this groovy guide! Step 1 Load up Windows Live mail....