Typically, metadata is stored in documents and other files (including videos and images). When you share those files, the other user or third party can access the metadata. Before sharing, it’s a best practice to remove personal information from files on Windows 11. The process is straightforward, but you need to remember to do it before sending files. If you want to know how to remove personal information from files on Windows 11, follow the steps below....

Restart Chromecast with Google TV If you are experiencing strange issues with your Chromecast with Google TV to get started grab your remote (or phone). On the home screen navigate over to your profile icon on the upper right-hand side and select Settings. Next, from the Settings screen scroll down and select System. Now under the system list scroll down to the bottom and select Restart. The next screen will ask you to confirm you want to restart the device....

If you want to reuse a picture inserted into your Google Slides presentation, the best way is to save it directly from your slides. You’ll then be able to access this saved image to use in other documents or presentations. To save an image from Google Slides, follow the steps below. How to Save an Image Using the Download Tool in Google Slides One of the best ways to save an image from a Google Slides presentation is to use the built-in downloading tool for slides....

What really happens when you delete a file? When you delete a file on your computer, the only thing that’s removed is its reference in the master file table. The file still exists on your hard drive; however, Windows doesn’t know where the file is. This is because, as mentioned earlier, you’re only removing the indexes and the links to the data and telling Windows it has permission to overwrite that area of the hard drive....

Backup Kindle Fire Data Connect your Kindle Fire to your computer and open the device folder and transfer your files from it to your hard drive. Reset Kindle Fire to Factory Settings Then click Manage Your Devices under Your Kindle Account on the left of the screen. Under your list of devices, make sure it’s no longer listed – which it shouldn’t be after doing the factory reset. Please clean it up, so it looks nice, package it up and send it off to its new home....

It’s a relatively new but overlooked feature that has been with the consumer Gmail since the summer of 2018. Note that the feature is not yet available for G Suite for businesses at the time of this writing. Here is a look at how to send and receive messages using Confidential mode. How to Use Gmail Confidential Mode Launch Gmail and hit Compose to start a message. Then, click the “Confidential mode” button in the lower-right corner of the compose screen....

Well, if you set up a soundboard app, you can do just that. A soundboard app allows you to set up your own selection of custom sound effects, and trigger them by pressing a button in the soundboard app, or even with a customizable keyboard shortcut. There is a wide range of soundboard apps available to choose from, but all of them run outside of Discord. In order to use them, you’ll need to use a third-party app to route the sound from the soundboard app into Discord....

Share Email Contacts iOS First, tap the Contacts icon on your home screen. The Contacts app opens. Then select the person’s information you want to send. Then tap Share Contact. Tap Email when the Share Contact Using box comes up. The contact’s info will be included as a vCard (VCF) file attachment. VCF files are compatible most email applications, including Outlook. The recipient can tap or double click the file to add the info to their email client....

It may be that you’ve built up a healthy game libraryover the years through Steam sales and epic game releases. If that’s the case, then you might want to share your vast collection with your friends and family. Thankfully, Steam allows you to do this through its Family Sharing system. If you want to know how to share games on Steam using Family Library Sharing, here’s what you’ll need to do....

Here’s a look at how to use the new Wi-Fi sharing feature that’s now included with Android 10. Simple Wi-Fi Sharing with Android 10 So, let’s say you have friends over, everyone wants to cast music or video to the TV. But they all need the Wi-Fi password first to connect. With this ability to share your network credentials via a QR code, you’ll have everyone playing very bad music in no time....

These apps are only as good as the hardware you’re using, however. You may need to adjust your microphone settings for your environment and get it ready to speak with friends, family, and colleagues. To make this easy, Windows 11 includes a built-in tool to help you test your microphone. If you’re unsure how, here’s how to test a microphone on a Windows 11 PC. How to Set Up a Microphone on Windows 11 Before you begin, you’ll need to make sure your mic is working properly on your PC....

Since we last covered this feature in Microsoft Word 2010, significant improvements make Track Changes even more powerful. With the availability of Office Online, users can perform real-time collaboration on a document, which is one of the exciting new features we look at in this article. Enable and Use Track Changes in Word 2016 Step 1: Starting Content You will need to start with some content within the document you are collaborating on....

When you need to file a specific set of files on your computer, finding them in Windows 7 is a lot different from how it was in Windows XP. By now, everyone should be familiar with the new Start Menu and universal search box as it works great and was a big improvement over the Windows XP UI. But, what happened to Windows Search, Search for Files and Folders, and that little happy puppy that used to find our files for us....

Here, I’ll guide you through how to utilize this streaming option, and the different options discord offers to its users when it comes to streaming. How To Stream To start off, you’ll want to join the voice channel you’re wanting to stream to. The options for streaming are slightly different if you have Nitro, but the general idea is still the same. With Nitro, some extra options are available to you....

Note: we’re using the HTC Evo with HTC Sense and Android v2.2. However, this is straightforward to adapt to any Android device. Step 1 – Install Dropbox Go to the Android Market. Alternatively, you can scan the QR Code on the right using your Android device to take you right to the app. Step 2 Click the Magnifying glass on the top right side of your device and Type in Dropbox...

Use Pidgin IM with Google Apps Account On the main Pidgin window, click Accounts and then Manage Accounts. Now, click the Add button, and in the window that appears, select XMPP from the list of protocols. Now, go ahead an fill in the form with the user name from the Google Apps account you want to use, then fill in the domain of the website using that account. Fill in the password (if you want to input it every time you log in, for security purposes, leave Remember password unchecked)....

Not only can you use the Apple TV app on your Roku for Apple’s streaming service, but you can access everything else it has available. This includes your iTunes video library. Just as if you were using it on your iPhone or Apple TV box. Apple TV+ on Roku Devices To get started, install the Apple TV app on your Roku device from the Channel Store. You can either install it from the Roku website or search for “Apple TV” directly on your device to get it....

Hangouts in Outlook While some people enjoy using their email via the web interface via Google, Outlook, or even Yahoo, others prefer using the Microsoft Outlook client. If you’re a constant “Google Apps for Business” user that spends most of his time in Microsoft Outlook, you can start a hangout and have a video call with partners straight from it, without switching windows. This is done with the help of the Hangouts Microsoft Outlook plugin....

Using the My People Feature in Windows 10 Getting started with My People in the Fall Creators Update is straight-forward. Just click the People icon and select Get Started from the menu. The default three apps are People, Skype, and Mail, but if you’ve installed a compatible app from the Store, it will show up here as well. Skype and Mail should already be connected since you’ve probably signed into them previously....

Microsoft Word has a little-known feature called the Spike, but instead of storing pieces of paper, you can store blocks of text. Unlike the Windows clipboard, these blocks of text stay on the Spike until you want to paste them to another location in the current document or into another new or existing Word document. The Windows clipboard only stores one copied item at a time unless you use a third-party tool to expand the clipboard’s capabilities....