The 3-2-1 Rule-The defacto standard of backup. If the content is King, then data is Queen! If you want to know how you can protect your data in a more secure way, You’re at the right place. Read about the Backup Basics Guide, one way to protect your data. There should be three copies of any data you really care about. If it’s critical data, loss of which would cause you to lose business, financial documents, photos etc. The 3-2-1 broken down to the basics is (
Full disclosure I got an incredible deal on the headphone, but I’m trying to be as unbiased as possible. Sub $100 BT noise cancellers Yes you read that right these are Active Noise-canceling Bluetooth headphones that spoiler alert aren’t garbage, but are in fact are pretty solid. A simple build done right. As per all Anker products, the build on these is pretty stellar for its price range. Decent quality hinges that are half plastic half metal, solid smooth po
As clickbaity as this sounds it’s true. I was having an issue with the menu on one of the websites I am developing. The menu would work in Firefox but not Chrome and it did something completely different in Microsoft Edge. This was only on my computer only, on a few other computers, I tried it worked in Chrome perfectly. After reinstalling Chrome multiple times I looking for the problem elsewhere. It turns out if you toggle “Show animations in Windows to off” it will break
Why I hate one of the most loved messaging platforms, and why I’m still on it. Article updated 1/23/2020 to remove lack of dark mode as a critique. Messages are stored offline. 1. Only one device can be used per account 2. Switching devices is a pain 3. IOS to Android is basically impossible 4. When your phone is dead cant message even with the browser/desktop based app since its linked to phone 5. WhatsApp web sucks so hard with constant disconn
Never see an install dialog on Windows again. Anyone who has used Windows, for any amount of time, knows the pain of installing or updating software. To give you peace of mind, here comes the Chocolatey: The Windows Package Manager that wraps installers, executables, zips, and scripts into compiled packages. Having to go to the manufacturer’s site, download an installer, go through the multiple checkboxes, the possibility of bundleware, and the necessity of doing this
The following Android Backup Guide has been highly requested. I will walk you through the steps to show you how to back up and restore your device without running into any pitfalls along the way. Android Backup Guide (non-root) Google, these days, makes backup pretty simple, however Android does not. While this may seem like an oxymoron, I will explain some of the reasons. A lot of app like games, for instance, don’t properly implement cloud save support via Play Games. Please note: I’m goin
This is how I built a fully static website by using a combination of tools to streamline the process. There are going to be links for more in-depth explanations to each step. Updates- I have been using the same basic technique but I have moved to Laragon which has way better performance than Netlify. Ingredients * Local by flywheel * WordPress * Theme * Wp-to-static plugin * Netlify hosting with GitHub integration First, let me explain why I went this route. I needed to get my phot
I was listening to a review of a DAP recently. The reviewer mentioned that if you hold down the volume up it would skip tracks, and if you held volume down it would go to the previous track. For some reason, this only clicked a few days later, but I had an idea: why don’t I set this up on my phone via Macrodroid? If you don’t know what Macrodroid is, it’s an app that lets you automate things on your device, similar to Tasker or Automate. I made a couple of profiles and they work perfectly. There
The LG V20: you might ask why someone who claims to be a power user is using a 3+ yr old phone. In this review, I will tell you why. 7/27/20 I have moved on. Unfortunately, I haven’t kept this guide up to date for the past few months life has been very hectic. I have recently moved To a Redmi Note 9 Pro as my daily driver, mainly due to the overheating of my V20.I still use my V20’s as my main media consumption device but haven’t put very much time into modding it as of late. I would like to
Windows 10’s update schedule has been rocky to say the least. Update here for current method To be clear this is talking about feature updates, not security updates. With this little trick, you can keep your machine infinitely more stable. Please keep in mind that you need to have a Windows 10 Pro license to do this. (If you would like to upgrade for relatively inexpensive go here ).Go to Settings>Update and Security>Advanced Options>Choose when updates are installed. Change that to Semi-Annu
Continuing with the quick tip series, is your Bluetooth —— not connecting? The first thing you do is turn the Bluetooth on and off on both devices. If that doesn’t work my tip is to find out how to completely reset the Bluetooth device. Usually, that involves holding down two or more buttons for ten seconds. Google your device with Bluetooth reset and you’ll be good to go in no time.
Speed up your image culling workflow with Fast Raw Viewer. Optimize your culling workflow, with the fastest and cheapest culling process. This is a super simple article on how to optimize your culling workflow with Fast Raw Viewer. Ingredients Fast Raw Viewer Programmable Mouse Raw Files Computer Coffee Why Fast Raw Viewer So you guys may know from my previous post that Lightroom is unusable for culling. The other photo editors I have tried, like Capture One, On1 Photo Raw, and Photo Ninj
For some reason, Bluestacks is the number one recommended way to run android on a PC. In my experience, it completely breaks random things on Windows (yes this isn’t highly specific but just take my word for it) . So here is a great alternative way to run Android on PC . You can use the open-source virtual machine software Virtual Box as well as a stock Android image from Prime OS. To set up your Virtual Machine just follow this guide. GLHF Send me your tho
The LG G5 The most hated flagship of 2016 and maybe the most hated phone in general, of that year. I have had this phone for two years now and this has been my experience. The Obligatory Specs: Weight: 159g Dimensions: 149.4 x 73.9 x 7.7 mm OS: Android Marshmallow (upgradable to Android Nougat) Screen size: 5.3-inch Screen Resolution: 1440×2560 CPU: Snapdragon 820 RAM: 4GB Storage: 32GB Battery: 2800mAh Rear camera: 16MP+8MP Front camera: 8MPB Build The build is metal with a thick coati
I’m constantly reading articles on the best ways to speed up Adobe Lightroom. . . forum posts as to why Lightroom is so slow on my computer . .. what should I upgrade to make Lightroom faster etc.? So in this article, I would like to shed some light on this topic. The Reason: Adobe Lightroom is slow. That is a fact. You cannot fix an inefficient and unoptimized underlying codebase by throwing more hardware at it. To prove my point on how much code optimization is a factor, use Lightroom mobil