Use your spacebar as a scroll wheel: It’s easy. Press your spacebar to scroll down a page and Shift + spacebar to scroll up. You can even use that trick to scroll through this email. Score.
Want insight on how your 2024 will go?
A meme with a bunch of scrambled letters and words is going around social media and it is supposed to give you insight on what to expect in the upcoming year.
Here’s how it works: Relax your eyes and casually scroll through the image until you spot words. The first four that you see will be your mantra for 2024.
I saw Love, Money, Health and Strength. How about you?
Here are 7 mouse shortcuts you'll use again and again
No matter how long you’ve been using computers, there’s still a special feeling when you discover a new shortcut that makes life easier.
The Windows key is a relative newcomer to keyboards, where many standard keys date back to typewriters. Tap or click here for seven Windows key shortcuts you’ll use daily.
10 tech tricks you're not using now but you should
How well do you know the phone in your pocket? How about the computer you’re using or the browser you’re reading this article with? Despite the best efforts, many people don’t know the gadgets and software they use half as well as they should.
Where is that? You know you sent someone a pic but can’t find it. On iPhone, open Messages, tap a convo, then tap the person’s profile photo or group name. Scroll to Photos > See All. On Android, open Messages and tap the search bar at the top.
Calling all tech nerds: In Chrome, you can access experimental or beta features. In the address bar, type chrome://flags and hit Enter. Scroll through and see if any catch your eye.
Mickey and Minnie, take note: Here’s a cool mouse shortcut for your desktop: Hit Shift on your keyboard, then use your mouse wheel. Instead of scrolling up and down, your mouse wheel will scroll left and right.
🔎 Tricky, tricky: Zoom in or out by holding down Ctrl on a PC and spinning your mouse scroll wheel up to zoom in and down to zoom out. Some websites and apps, such as Google Maps, let you zoom in and out simply by scrolling up and down. Beautiful.
Online selling savvy: Whether it’s a baseball card or a used car, there’s an excellent tool to determine its worth: eBay. Don’t waste time scrolling through active listings. Search for an item, then go to Filter and scroll to Sold Items. Tap or check the box to enable this filter. This gives you a better idea of the prices folks are willing to pay.
Boost your Mac: Widgets put reminders, appointments, birthdays, the weather, top headlines, notes and more right on your desktop. Scroll to the bottom of the Notification Center and click Edit Widgets. Click the add button in the corner of any widget, and drag it around to reorder.
More life out of your dying phone: On an iPhone, enable Low Power mode. Open Settings, scroll and tap Battery, then toggle on Low Power Mode. On Android, it’s called Battery Saver. Open Settings, then tap Battery > Battery Saver and turn it on.
How to find out what apps you've purchased
If you own an iPhone or iPad, there’s a good chance you have visited the App Store quite a few times. There is pretty much an app for anything, many of which are free and most of which do not cost all that much. Depending on how long you have owned your phone or tablet, the number of apps you have downloaded could be quite high.