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Unfortunately, this is a feature that is currently absent in Mac OS X, even though there is the similar autohide feature. For Mac users who are not familiar with intellihide, here’s a brief explanation of both. Autohide vs Intellihide I’m sure you’re familiar with the autohide feature for the Mac dock. This simply hides your dock out of the way until you move your mouse to the dock’s location. So if you have your dock on the bottom of the screen, whenever you move your mouse down to the bottom the dock will pop up and then disappear as soon as you move your mouse away again....

1. Arrange your apps into folders Organizing your applications into folders can reduce the clutter on your home screen. By grouping related apps together, you can also make it easier to access the application you need. For example, you might create a folder for all your social media apps and a folder for all your productivity applications. Alternatively, you can create a “Most Frequently Used” folder. To create a folder:...

Note: all the examples used in the article are tested on Ubuntu 14.04. Atop As per its man page, the command line tool atop is an interactive monitor to view the load on a Linux system. It shows how your system’s hardware resources, including cpu, memory, disk, and network are occupied, all from a performance point of view. Not only this, but it also shows which processes are responsible for the indicated load....

Github developer calebabutler has filled that gap. Their nrubik project has given the world an option for its need of digital, colorized 3x3x3 puzzles. In this article we will briefly discuss the installation and gameplay mechanics of this rethink of the classic cubed mindbender. Installation The first step in installation is to grab the source code from calebabutler’s git repository: From the directory in which you run this command, git will build an “nrubik” folder with the necessary source code....

Experiencing battery drain instead? Try our tips to solve the battery drain issue. 1. Disable Wake Timers A built-in functionality in Windows, these timers can be set to wake your PC up from sleep so that the system can perform an update or maintenance tasks. These scheduled tasks are usually performed at odd hours when your system is likely to be idle or in sleep mode. If you suspect wake timers are the reason your PC is randomly waking up from sleep, disable them....

However, most people don’t like (or even hate) to do a reinstallation because it means that they have to reformat the hard drive and probably lost some of their precious data. The fact is, you don’t really have to reformat your hard drive to reinstall the OS. Even after the reinstallation, your data will still be intact. Here’s how you can do it: Note: 1. Reinstallation of Windows 7 will wipe the system folder, Program Files and My Document folders....

Note: If you are not aware of LibreOffice, read more about it here. Remove all instances of OpenOffice. Open a terminal and type: Install LibreOffice via PPA Note: The version listed in the PPA is still RC4, but it is exactly the same as the final version. Those who are using Gnome can install the Gnome package for better backend integration To enable PDF import capability: To enable English spellcheck capability Enjoy!...

There are some other modifications that you’ll need to make first, though, in order to use Magisk on your device, mainly installing the TWRP custom recovery. That’s simple enough using Google’s ADB and Fastboot tools, and it provides you with a lot of additional functionality, like the ability to flash custom ROMs easily. Note: you will have to unlock the bootloader of your phone before you can root it. The instructions for unlocking the bootloader is different for each phone, so we won’t cover that in this tutorial....

Getting E17 In the terminal, open the /etc/apt/sources.list file with the following command: Add the following repo to the end of the file. Save and close the file. Type the following commands to install E17: That will do the base install with all needed dependencies. There’s a little bit more you might like to add though, like various modules to enhance the E17 user experience. I’d recommend emodule-bling, emodule-net, and emodule-cpu....

To get started, download the add-on Save to Google Drive from the Firefox Add-on web page. After installation, you should get an icon on the top right corner of the browser and a smaller one on the add-on bar located on the bottom. If you don’t see this, press “Ctrl+/” or go to “Menu -> Options” and click on “Add-on Bar”. If you’re already on the web page where a link to a file is located, then you can go ahead and click on any of the Save to Google Drive icons....

In order to make sure the APKs you are about to install are safe, it would be wise to scan them first to make sure they don’t contain anything harmful. Fortunately, there are tools that let you do that, and we’ve gathered some of them for you here. Why It’s Recommended to Scan APK Files Sideloading apps works well, but there are some disadvantages. For one, sideloading is not allowed on Android devices by default....

In this post, we’ll breakdown the steps so you can automate the process. Step 1: Create Form First, create your Google Form. For this post, we’ll use a very simple form. Step 2: Set notification Go to the spreadsheet where all the responses are stored. Simply click on “View Responses.” Once you’re in the spreadsheet, click on “Tools” and choose “notification rules” on the drop-down. Remember this notification is going to be sent to your email and not to the user who’s signing up....

Though Windows 10 provides several options to customize your desktop background, you cannot use a web page. However, if you do want to set a webpage as your desktop background, here is how to proceed. Set a Web Page as Wallpaper in Windows 10 To set a web page as a wallpaper in Windows 10 we are going to use a free and lightweight software called WallpaperWebPage. Download the software, extract the contents and execute the file “setup....

Create a Discord account We begin by visiting www.discord.com to create an account. Select the Login button on the top right of the site, and just below the login section, you’ll find a “Register” link. Click this, then add in your email address, a username and password. You’ll also need to add your date of birth. Once the account is live, you’ll be prompted to make a new server. Make a server A “server” is simply an online space that will be connected to specific individuals, and in the case of this one, you will be the owner....

Setting up a Network Connection Start by plugging the USB modem into the computer’s USB port. The computer should detect the USB device and show a “New Mobile Broadband Connection” notification. Click on the network (WiFi) icon on the system tray. A dropdown menu that has “Edit Connections” among the menu items will show up. Click on the “Edit Connections” option. This opens a window showing you all the existing connections you have on the machine....

Setup Overview It’s important to note that there are four pieces involved in a running game of DAoC: Server: The game server (in this case, Dawn of Light) which accepts logins and coordinates all game activity. This includes combat, weather, AI, and virtually all other game actions. Database: All the actual content, from players to equipment to quests, is stored in the database. It’s very important to realize the difference between the server software (Dawn of Light) and the database it reads from....

Here’s how. For this to work, you’ll need to use a local Windows 10 account rather than a Microsoft one linked to your email address. To make sure you’re doing this, click Start, then click your account picture in the Start pane and “Change account settings.” In the new window, click “Sign in with a local account instead” and follow the instructions. Next, from your Windows 10 desktop, press Win + R, then type netplwizin the run box....

Note: if you are soldering parts to your Raspberry Pi, you will need to get the right case to accommodate your add-ons. What Basic Equipment Do You Need for Soldering? Let’s say you have a Raspberry Pi board that needs header pins soldered to it. For this, you will primarily need a soldering iron, solder (the coil), and preferably some flux. Alright, let us look at each of the soldering tools one by one....

It’s hard to figure out what is causing the battery life problems because everyone has their own usage patterns and behavior. However, tweaking your iOS device a bit could actually improve and speed up iOS 9. These are some of the changes that we recommend doing to have a better experience with your iPhone or iPad running iOS 9. Disable Background App Refresh Background App Refresh is a useful feature....

Thread Scheduling Initially, Linux used a simple scheduling algorithm to handle tasks in a circular fashion. Since its creation, Linux has consistently improved its thread scheduling, culminating in a highly advanced and scalable design called the Completely Fair Scheduler. CFS uses virtual run-time to decide which tasks need executing. In addition to this, a red-black, self-balancing tree of scheduled tasks is kept to manage tasks more efficiently than a run queue....