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With offline maps and traffic data, Windows 10 Maps is the perfect companion for mapping out long journeys. To help you get from point A to B, you can save your favorite locations to quickly bring up directions. Here’s how. The Maps app in Windows 10 is pre-installed, ready for you to use. To open it, click on the Start button and search for “Maps,” find and click the Maps icon in your Windows Start menu tiles, or look for “Maps” in your installed programs list....

Update: Modern versions of Office no longer need this extension. Saving files as a PDF or XPS is a function that’s built-in. Save Office 2007 Documents as PDF or XPS 1. Download and install the free PDF Add-In: 2007 Microsoft Office Add-in: Microsoft Save as PDF or XPS 2. Click the Office Button in Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc. Hover mouse over Save As, Click PDF or XPS Fill out the PDF or XPS options, and you’re done....

Instagram, as well as being a fun social network, is now a pretty decent editing app. You’re no longer just slapping over-the-top filters on low resolution images; now you can actually make considered edits. Instagram only posts photos with a max resolution of 1080x1080px, though. The photos most smartphones take are much higher quality than that. If you want the original photo resolution with your Instagram edits applied, you need to save them elsewhere....

Windows 10’s May 2019 Update finally adds the ability to search all your PC’s files directly from your Start menu. However, this feature is disabled by default. Here’s how to enable it for quicker, easier file searches. Here’s the problem: By default, when you search your Start menu, Windows will only search your libraries and desktop. Libraries include folders like your Documents, Pictures, Music, and Videos. If you have files elsewhere, the Start menu won’t find them....

Setting Up UFW UFW is installed by default in Ubuntu, but if it’s not you can install it from apt: If you’re running another distro, you’ll have to use that distro’s package manager, but UFW is widely available. You can check the status of the firewall with: Which should say “Inactive” if you haven’t configured it before. A good place to start with any firewall is by closing all incoming traffic and allowing outgoing traffic....

Whether you need to check what files were recently opened on your computer for backup reasons or if you want to see what someone else was opening on your computer, the OSFV tool comes in handy. Today we will discuss what the tool is and how you can use it to see what files were recently opened in Windows. What is Open Save Files View? Open Save Files View, which we will refer to as OSFV from now on, is another great Nirsoft utility program....

The Mac App Store is in the midst of a revival, with Apple focusing on both it and the apps within it much more since the release of macOS Mojave in 2018. Want to use it more? Here’s how to find all your apps. It’s easy to forget that the Mac App Store has been around for a good while now, as few people took advantage of it for a couple of reasons....

To delete a sticker sent on messenger, first open the conversation in which the sticker was sent. Next, tap and hold the sticker you want to delete until it starts shaking. Then, tap the “X” that appears in the top-left corner of the sticker. If you’re using an Android phone, you can disable stickers by going to your phone’s settings. Tap on “Applications,” then “Messages.” From there, you can disable the sticker feature....

Microsoft decided to pin the Microsoft Store icon directly to the Taskbar in Windows 10, because they really really really want you to use it. But we don’t want to. So here’s how to unpin the Windows Store from the Taskbar. (It’s easy). When you first switch to Windows 10, it becomes very obvious how desperate Microsoft is to get you to use the Windows App Store, also called the Microsoft Store—they are even willing to stick ads everywhere in the operating system....

There are three ways to make a watermark clear in Photoshop:Use the Background layer’s Clear Mask button to remove any background color from the image.Use the Dodge and Burn tools to darken or lighten the edges of the watermark.Use the Layer Styles tool to change the opacity, brightness, and color of the watermark. There are a few ways to get rid of watermarks quickly. One way is to use a digital removal tool....

There is no way to replay missions in Spider-Man, but you can always revisit old areas to find new items and challenges. Yes, you can replay side missions in Spider-Man Miles Morales. To replay a side mission, go to the pause menu and select “missions.” You can then choose to replay any of the side missions that you have completed. Yes, there is a way to replay missions in Spider Man ps4....

To reply to a specific message on Instagram for Android, you can either tap on the “Reply” button at the bottom of the message or swipe left on the message and then tap on the “Reply” button. Instagram doesn’t let users reply to specific messages because it wants all of the communication within the app to be public. This way, everyone who follows you can see your conversations with other users....

There are many ways to identify a bot on Instagram, but the easiest way is to look for accounts that have a large number of followers and no photos. These accounts may be bots or they may be spam accounts, so it’s important to use other methods in addition to this one to determine if an account is a bot. The best way to stop spam bots on Instagram is to report them....

Go to Settings and tap on iCloud. Tap on Find My iPhone and turn off the feature. Go to Settings and tap on General. Scroll down and tap on Reset. Tap on Erase All Content and Settings. How to Unlock Lost Mode iPhone without Passcode or Apple ID Check out How To Add Non Iphone Users To Imessage? Yes, it is possible to unlock a stolen iPhone. If the phone has been reported as stolen to Apple, then the company will blacklist the device and it will be unable to be used on any cellular network....

To get a list of all the apps on your iPhone, open the App Store and go to the Updates tab. At the bottom of the screen, you’ll see a list of all the apps on your phone, sorted by how recently they were updated. The iPhone has a limited amount of memory, so Apple only allows users to see a certain number of apps on their home screen at one time....

Printers are notorious for failing frequently. A quick restart of the printer or computer usually fixes most intermittent issues, but occasionally it’s best to reset your printing settings and reinstall the printer completely. Consider this a final troubleshooting step; it’s best to try other options first. You can read our guide for troubleshooting printing problems on macOS for some other potential solutions. Reset the Printing System Search for “Printers” in Spotlight, or open up the “Printers & Scanners” settings from System Preferences....

To send a specific message on Instagram, open the app and go to the direct messages (DM) section. Tap the new message icon at the top right, type in the name of the person you want to message, and hit send. To reply to a specific message on Instagram for Android, open the message and tap the “Reply” button. Type your response and tap “Send. You can reply to a specific message in a group chat on Instagram by tapping on the message and then typing your reply....

If you get a tbh, it’s polite to respond with a thank you. You can also reply with a compliment or another type of message. TBH stands for “to be honest.” It’s a way to give an honest opinion or feedback about something without having to use words. People usually use TBH in response to a question like “What do you think of my new hair color?” or “Do you like this outfit?...

Need a file from an old Windows backup on your Mac? Macs can read Windows drives, but Time Machine won’t help you recover files from a Windows backup. You have to extract files from the backup manually, and it’ll take a bit of work. We’ll cover three different types of Windows backups here: File History backups created with Windows 10 or 8, Windows Backups created with Windows 7, and System Image Backups created with either....

Microsoft removed this feature to comply with all those murky legal battles they’ve had, and their alternate suggestion is to create a standard shortcut to iexplore.exe on the Desktop, but it’s not the same thing. We’ve got a registry hack to bring it back. This guest article was written by Ramesh from the WinHelpOnline blog, where he’s got loads of really geeky registry hacks. Bring Back the Internet Explorer Namespace Icon in Windows 7 the Easy Way...