Tag: storage

👊 Fixing the cord mess is easy with the right gear.

• Wiring across the floor can be a tripping hazard. This floor cord-management kit is 24% off and hides everything nicely.
• An under-the-desk cable tray is perfect for tables, desks without storage compartments and even bookcases.
• These cable ties (14% off) aren’t just ugly pieces of plastic! Use ‘em over and over again.
• A cable concealer hides cords along the wall, across the floor or attached to furniture.
• Some outdoor equipment comes with excessively long power cords. Roll them up in an easy-to-use storage wheel (29% off).

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🦄 Two’s company, but three’s a cloud: Duplicate photos eat up so much storage on our phones. They might be exact duplicates or pics so similar, they might as well be. There are built-in ways to clear them out on your iPhone and Android.

These are solid, practical picks:

• A fireproof storage box (10% off) is a wise investment if you have lots of hard-copy photos.
• This fireproof, waterproof organizer is the right way to store important docs like your passport and birth certificate.
• Show off your favorite 4-by-6-inch pics in a beautiful hardcover photo book (25% off).
• USB flash drives are good backups for digital pictures and documents. Just don’t misplace them, please.
• This smart digital photo frame (50% off) lets you share photos with anyone from anywhere right through the app.

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• Shower curtain liners get nasty. Stop it with all the cleaning spray and replace yours (11% off).
• Turn any pair of lace-up shoes into slip-ons with elastic laces that come in lots of colors.
• Ah, organized cords and cables for only $7.
• These are sweet: QR code labels (29% off) for your storage boxes. Scan to know what’s inside — Christmas decorations, winter coats, old paperwork …
• Ow, my achin’ back! A hanging footrest makes sitting on a plane or at a desk all day easier on your feet, back and legs.

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I always get bit by the organization bug toward the end of summer. You, too? Let’s do this.

• Clear bins for the fridge are a game-changer.
• A genius holder for all your Tupperware lids.
• Stop knocking over the shampoo! Nice shelves that stick better than the suction cup kind.
• A water bottle rack that can hold wine, too.
• Useful, stackable storage racks that can go anywhere.

You never know what you have … till you clean your house.

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📱 Android app fix: Is an app crashing or behaving weirdly? Try clearing its cache. Go to Settings > Apps and select the app you want. Now tap Storage & cache or Storage and tap Clear cache. Don’t hit Clear data — that’ll delete your app settings and login details and reset the app to the default install. 

♻️ Manage the recycling: It’s up to you how long files stick around in your PC’s Recycle Bin before being wiped forever. Click System > Storage > Storage Sense to choose to delete them after one day, 60 days or never.

👓 What’s a Spacetop? It’s a new kind of laptop that uses AR glasses for the screen. Think the Apple Vision Pro, but way less “Robocop”-feeling. The $1,700 Spacetop G1 has a 100-inch virtual screen, a Qualcomm processor (typically used in cellphones), an accompanying keyboard and 128GB of storage. See it in action on my site!