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If you’re a Netflix subscriber, you might have noticed that when you reach the end of an episode of a television show the next episode in the series begins playing automatically. Whether or not this happens for you will depend on your Netflix settings.
Some people love this “Post-Play” feature, but others hate it. If you fall into the latter camp, it’s easy to disable Post-Play to prevent the next episode in a series from playing until you want it to. Here’s how: [Read more…]
Question from Ariel P.: Rick, I have used PhotoShop Elements 10 for a long time, and although I really like the Editor I absolutely loathe the Organizer!
My problem is every once in a while I’ll accidentally click the wrong link on the Welcome screen and load the Organizer when I didn’t mean to. When that happens I have to exit the Organizer and start Elements again from scratch. And it’s really irritating!
Is there any way to delete the Organizer portion of PhotoShop Elements from my computer and leave only the Editor installed? If there is, I can’t figure it out.
Thanks for helping me with this. If it makes a difference my PC is running Windows 7/64 bit.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Chromebooks are wonderful in their simplicity. Just turn one on and you can start surfing the web or working with your favorite web-based applications in less than a minute.
As Google likes to say about the Chromebook, “It just works!” Well…except when it doesn’t. [Read more…]
Night Mode is absolutely awesome if you use your mobile device at night. Night Mode inverts the colors on the screen, making the device emit a lot less light – which in turn results in a lot less strain on the eyes.
While Night Node is built into a handful of popular apps, it isn’t a standard feature on all iOS devices that works regardless of what you happen to be doing with the device at any given time.
But that’s ok, because we can easily “create” a virtual Night Mode on any iOS device that can be toggled on and off as needed with a single button! Here’s how: [Read more…]
Do the colors in your photos look different on your computer monitor than they appeared on your camera’s LCD display? Or do your printed photos look different than they looked on the screen?
If so, you probably need to calibrate the colors on your monitor. Actually, it’s a good idea to do this every few months even if you don’t notice a problem.
The steps outlined below explain how to calibrate your monitor’s colors. [Read more…]