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How to Reverse Tether an iPhone or iPad to Your PC or Mac
Standard "tethering" involves connecting your phone, tablet, or other device to your smartphone, sharing your smartphone's mobile data connection with your other devices.
How to Disable the Alerts on Your Wii U's GamePad
Your Wii U's GamePad will automatically turn itself on, play a sound to get your attention, and display advertisements for games you might want to buy.
Easily Create KVM Virtual Machines on Linux With GNOME Boxes
You don't need third-party virtualization tools like VirtualBox and VMware on Linux.
How to Go Digital and Get Your Old Physical Media Onto Your PC
Why manage a collection of audio CDs, DVDs, some videos on VHS tapes, photos, and other documents in physical form? Go digital to get all your stuff on your PC -- and on your other devices.
How to Install Hardware Drivers on Linux
Windows needs manufacturer-provided hardware drivers before your hardware will work.
How to Quickly Search-and-Replace Text on Any Computer
Need to replace a word with another word, or quickly remove bits of text from a document? Just use search-and-replace -- whatever application or browser you're using, you already have an easy find-and-replace tool available to you.
How to Boot a Linux Live USB Drive on Your Mac
Think you can just plug a standard Linux live USB drive into your Mac and boot from it? Think again.
How to Share Your Smartphone's Internet Connection: Hotspots and Tethering Explained
Practically all smartphones can tether, sharing their data connection with your other devices.
How to Restore Files From a Time Machine Backup on Windows
Windows normally can't read Time Machine backups -- in fact, it doesn't even understand the HFS+ file system format Macs require on their Time Machine drives.
How to Stream Videos and Music to the TV In Your Hotel Room
Hotel rooms still have televisions, and you can put them to use when traveling.
How to Convert a Physical Windows or Linux PC to a Virtual Machine
Want to keep an old Windows or Linux installation around without keeping the hardware around? Convert that physical Windows partition to a virtual hard drive, allowing you to boot it in a virtual machine program like VMware, Hyper-V, Parallels, or VirtualBox.
How to Restore Windows 7 Backups on Windows 8.1 or 10
Windows 8 offered support for restoring Windows 7 backups, but Microsoft removed this feature in Windows 8.
Yes, That Extra Storage is Overpriced, But You Should Pay For it Anyway
It's a lesson many of us have learned the hard way.
Why Your Windows PC Isn't Genuine (and Exactly How That Limits You)
"You may be a victim of software counterfeiting.
How to Free Up Space Used By Time Machine's Local Backups on Your Mac
Time Machine doesn't just back up to external drives.
How to Use Programmable NFC Tags With Your Android Phone
Your Android phone's NFC hardware is for more than just transferring content and using mobile payments.
Use Kindle Family Library to Share Purchased eBooks With Family Members
Are you in a relationship with someone who has their own Amazon account? Link your accounts together and share purchased Kindle ebooks, audiobooks, and apps.
How to Fix Conflicting Country Codes and Improve Your Mac's Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi isn't the same in every country.
Here’s How an Attacker Can Bypass Your Two-Factor Authentication
Two-factor authentication systems aren't as foolproof as they seem.