1. Conditional Widgets As its name implies, Conditional Widgets is a plugin that allows you to define a conditional rule for each and every widget. After you have downloaded and activated it, go to your Widgets page and add the widgets you want as per normal. What is different now is that within each widget, there is an option for you to configure when the widget should appear in the blog (refer to the screenshot below)....

How Do Instant Pages Work? Instant Pages builds upon the functionality of Google Instant shaving between 2 to 5 seconds off a search query by using an algorithm of about 200 factors combined with the Google search history to determine which link a user is most likely to click on. It begins contacting the server to load that page in the background as soon as the search results appear. Check out this quick video to give you a better idea just how much faster Instant Pages are!...

What SwitchMe can do SwitchMe creates as many different logins as your device has space for. Depending on how many applications you have installed on your Android tablet, you may only have room for one or two extra profiles. Each user profile will have a separate password to login just like you would have a laptop. When you have several different profiles, you’ll want to have a profile picture as it will help you differentiate between different user accounts....

Add Words to Dictionary There are two ways to add words to the Windows 10 dictionary. The first method makes use of the built-in Windows 10 spell-checking capabilities. The second method lets you directly add the words of your choice to the dictionary file(s) located within the system. Both methods are shown here. Follow the one that suits your needs. If there is a spelling mistake in the words you type, Windows will show a red squiggly line under that specific word....

However, there will be times when you want to apply certain policies, like drive restrictions, to non-administrators only. In those situations, you can create a custom snap-in. Follow the instructions below. Note: Apply Group Policies to Non-Administrators Only Since the regular group policy editor doesn’t allow us to apply policies to only non-administrators, we need to create our own local group policy snap-in using MMC (Microsoft Management Console). To start, press Win + R, type “mmc” and click on the “OK” button to open the Microsoft Management Console....

The one thing to remember is if you’re trying to download all your photos, be patient. If you have thousands of photos stored in Google Photos, it could take hours to download everything. Back Up Google Photos Using Your Browser If you’re only trying to download a small set of photos or just a few albums, the easiest method is using your browser. Using this method, you can only select up to 500 photos at a time....

Now if you’d like to replace this color with something more suited to your taste, that can be easily done for OS X’s System Preferences. This can be done from the General section of System Preferences from where you can change your Mac’s highlight color as well as manage a few other appearance settings. Personally, I prefer the default blue color,as it usually works effectively in most cases, but you may also find a pleasant change, so be sure to try selecting several of these colors and see how they work for you....

While the website that serves you with the checksum may have their own tools to generate checksums, what would you as a general user do to check the checksum of a file on your machine? While we have already covered checking the checksum on Linux and Windows, here is a method for the users who use an Apple Mac. Mac users can use the built-in Terminal app to check a file’s checksum which means no third-party app download is required....

Check Activation Status through System Window One of the easiest ways to check the Windows 10 activation status is to look at the System window. To do that, follow the steps below: Press the keyboard shortcut Win + X and select the “Settings” option. Alternatively, you can also search for “Settings” in the Start menu. On the left pane of the Settings window, find the “Activation” section. At the top, under the Windows section, it shows details of whether your Windows 10 copy is activated....

However, each time you hit the “Print” button Windows saves that as a print job. Thus, hitting the “print” button five times causes Windows to saves that as five print separate print jobs. When the hardware problem is finally fixed, users notice that their printer starts going on a printing frenzy—printing stuff that they don’t even need. Fortunately, it is possible to fix this problem. This article shows you two quick ways to clear printer jobs from the queue....

Compressing a File on Android The process of making a compressed folder is pretty easy actually. Install and open ZArchiver, then follow the steps below. Create an Archive New Folder Compression If you’re creating a new folder from the “Create” menu, you’ll need to move or copy the files you want to be compressed. Follow the steps listed below: Extract Files on Android The decompress process is just as simple when you want to extract files on Android....

Here are several options to help you achieve audio-to-text conversion in quick and easy steps. 1. Office 365/Word Microsoft Word has some handy built-in functions for transcribing audio files. Instead of holding a speaker up to your PC microphone and playing it that way, Word can directly transcribe straight from your audio files. Of course, you need an Office 365 or Office subscription for this to work (though there are some workarounds to get Office working for free, even if temporarily)....

Even if you’re a Keynote diehard, you might run into situations when you’re stuck with a PowerPoint file. You can tell these by the .ppt or .pptx format. Fortunately converting them to the Keynote format is a straightforward process. Import a PowerPoint presentation into Keynote To get started, open up your PowerPoint presentation in Keynote. Apple’s software supports both the newer .pptx format and the older .ppt extension. Unless you’re exceedingly lucky, you’ll probably see a few warnings....

If you are experimenting with a lot of apps and settings or if you think you’d benefit from daily restore points, all you have to do is create a new trigger in the Task Scheduler so that Windows creates a new restore point every time you start your computer. The downside of this method is that it is very easy to create a bunch of unnecessary duplicated system restore points if you shut down and restart your computer multiple times a day....

Why Not Pop Art? To make art really pop, you have to go old school. The 1960s is not so much old school as prehistoric school, but if you want to take your art out of the digital box and have it look more analogue, you have to learn to do things the way they did in the old days. Screen prints, like those done by Andy Warhol, were made from photographs with a layer of colours printed first, then an overprint of black....

Getting the Windows 10 ISO file To download the Windows 10 ISO file, you just have to visit this Microsoft site on your Mac. Select “Windows 10” from the drop-down menu, and then select the language. Lastly, select the “64-bit download” link to download the 64-bit ISO file. The following instructions require you to have a USB drive of minimum 8GB. All the data in the USB drive will be wiped....

Did you know, however, you can make Gmail for Android notify you with different sounds for each account? Or that you can set custom notifications for each label? Here’s how to customize your Gmail notifications in Android. Changing the Notification Sound If you’re a little tired of your default notification noise, you can change it very easily. Open the Gmail app and press the three bars at the top-left. Then, scroll down to “Settings” and tap it....

So, if you are like me and don’t like the default arrow icon, here is how you can either customize or remove it entirely if you wish. Note: though I’m showing this in Windows 7, the steps are similar for Windows 8.1 and 10. Change Arrow Icon Size on the Shortcut Though it may not look pretty, you can certainly change the size of the shortcut arrow icon using the Registry editor....

Here’s what happen: Let’s assume that your Firefox browser is opened with plenty of tabs, but it is not currently your active application (you might be doing some work in Ms. Office). When you hover your mouse above the Firefox icon in the taskbar, it will show a preview of all the opened tabs. This is good and fine as I can now pick the tab that I want to go to....

Pocket is a convenient tool to have, but not everyone is a fan of the built-in feature. In fact, several users complained when Mozilla initially added Pocket to Firefox 38 back in 2015. Their main objection was that Mozilla had integrated a non-essential, closed-source tool into an otherwise open-source web browser. Before Firefox 38, Pocket was available as a third-party add-on. So, if you didn’t like it, you could completely remove it from the browser at your leisure....