Articles tagged "Tech tips"

The 11 most powerful Gmail add-ons and extensions

Billions of people use Gmail every month, and it's not hard to see why. Email is the core of many workflows, and Gmail is a really great inbox. It's familiar, sure, but it's also powerful, with features like automatic filters.

How to force your Mac to stay awake

Your Mac goes to sleep after a few idle minutes, which is a good thing—your battery wouldn't last very long otherwise. Every once in a while, though, that's not what you want.

How to remove typos you accidentally added to spell check

I make a lot of mistaeks. We all do. Sometimes, while trying to fix my mistakes, I make another mistake. Like this: Clicking that option added my typo to my computer's dictionary, meaning spell check will no longer point it out for me.

Free Dropbox accounts only sync to three devices—here's what to do

Do you use a free Dropbox account? As of March 2019, you can only connect Dropbox with three devices.

How to create a PDF

PDF files are the best way to ensure they look the same on your computer and any other device. They're digital paper. And today, it's as easy to make a PDF as it is to print your file on paper.

8 Google Calendar features you should start using now

Calendar apps just need to manage appointments and notify us when they're about to start. That's just about it.

How to create effective document templates

Every week brings new projects, emails, documents, and task lists. How much of that is completely different from the work you've done before? Odds are, not much. Many of our day-to-day tasks are variations on something we've done hundreds of times before.

12 emoji we use every day that Slack doesn't come with for some reason

Zapier has been a remote-only company since the beginning, and clear communication is the only way to make that work. How we use emoji is a big part of that—reacji in particular. 

Stop paying for software you can build yourself

Apple's "There's an app for that" campaign dates back to 2009, meaning it's 12 years old as I write this. The idea that you should find a specific app for every specific use case is deeply ingrained at this point. 

How to figure out which junk you can remove from URLs

Have you noticed how long URLs are lately? Me too. I get a little tired of copying a URL and seeing a bunch of nonsense. What's going on? And can you delete any of that stuff?