Computers

Skype is a video chat app that lets you make and receive video and audio calls over the internet. You can also use Skype to send text messages, call phone numbers, leave voice messages, record calls, and more. Here’s everything you need to know to download, install, and use Skype. You can use Skype on a computer, a smartphone, or a …

If your computer has been infected by a virus or it’s getting slow, you might want to reinstall Windows. As long as the hardware is intact, you can do a clean install or simply reinstall the OS by using this guide. Here’s how to reinstall Windows 10 on a PC. How to Reinstall Windows from PC Settings Windows 10 allows you …

So, you’re trying to use your Mac, but you can’t get past the login screen because you don’t remember your password. First, you should make sure that the Caps Lock isn’t on, because passwords are case sensitive. Then, you should try using your password hint by clicking on the question mark in the password field. But if you still can’t …

If you’ve received a pop-up message that says you have the “Pornographic Virus,” do not click any links or call any of the phone numbers listed. This is a scam, and it is fairly easy for you to fix yourself. Here’s how to remove the Pornographic Virus Alert from Microsoft, so you don’t end up getting scammed. If you would …

Setting an automatic “out of office” reply for your emails is very helpful when you’re going away on vacation. This vacation responder lets people who email you know that you won’t be able to reply to them immediately. Here’s how to set an out of office reply in Gmail on your computer or using the app on an iPhone or …

Whether you’re watching a movie or editing pictures, you might have noticed that the colors on your screen aren’t quite right. Some monitors are naturally too bright, while others have more saturated colors. Calibrating your screen helps set the colors to match a standard, which makes everything look better. Here’s how to calibrate your Windows 10 monitor to ensure correct light …

Getting pop-ups while browsing the web might be annoying, but sometimes you want to see pop-ups. Some sites require you to enter your information into a pop-up window in order to continue. Or maybe your pop-up blocker is stopping you from seeing a video or something else you want to see. Since most browsers block pop-ups by default, here’s how …

It’s important to regularly back up your Mac to protect all your personal data. Otherwise, you could lose all your family photos, work documents, and more when your hard drive fails or your computer crashes. Thankfully, all Mac computers these days make it easy to back up your files on a separate drive and restore them if anything happens to …

If your Mac freezes or any of your apps stop responding, you can quickly get things back to normal by force-quitting unresponsive programs. When you force quit an application, it closes the application and stops all the associated processes. Here’s how to force quit apps on a Mac from the Apple menu, with keyboard shortcuts, from the Dock, and by …

Updating your Mac is important so you can get Apple’s newest features and security patches. Your Mac will be less likely to get bugs or suffer from crashes, which will also improve your computer’s overall performance. Here’s how to update your Mac, and what to do if your Mac won’t update. Before You Update: Before you update your Mac, you …