Jumat, 21 Juli 2017

Why Is the Dialogue So Quiet on My HDTV?

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How to Install the Beyond Skyrim: Bruma Mod

It’s been over five years since The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim landed in gamers’ eager hands, and we don’t seem any closer to a true sequel than we were back then (no, The Elder Scrolls Online doesn’t count). Bethesda is content to port the old game to every new platform possible, but the modding community is picking up the slack, adding tons of new, professional-level content to the original version of the RPG.

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How to Sync Your Desktop PC with Google Drive (and Google Photos)

Google has been doing its part to make sure everyone has a backup of important data, and it recently released a new tool for Windows and Mac users to take that redundancy to the next level. Appropriately named Backup and Sync, it’s a quick and effective tool to store your important files in the cloud.

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How to Get Notified When a Certain Account Tweets

Twitter has managed to take the idea of following someone 24/7 and somehow keep it from being creepy. If regular following isn't enough for you though, you can get the Twitter app on your smartphone to send you push notifications when specific accounts Tweet.

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Why Is the Dialogue So Quiet on My HDTV?

We’ve all been there: the characters on screen are talking and it’s way too quiet so you crank up the volume only to be blasted by a loud explosion two seconds later. Why is the dialogue so quiet and what can you do to fix it? Read on as we show you how to tame wild swings in TV audio output.

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How to Install Applications On a Mac: Everything You Need to Know

If you’re switching to macOS from Windows, you might be confused about installing software. Sure, there’s the Mac App Store, but not everything is in there.

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How to Find Public Wi-Fi Using the Facebook App on Your Phone

Everyone needs to find a Wi-Fi hotspot every once in a while. Almost everyone has Facebook. If you have the Facebook on your phone, you can use it to find local businesses that offer public Wi-Fi. Here’s how to use this tool.

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How to Format USB Drives Larger Than 32GB With FAT32 on Windows

For whatever reason, the option to format USB drives larger than 32GB with the FAT32 file system isn’t present in the regular Windows format tool. Here’s how to get around that.

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How to Use Logitech Flow for Mice and Keyboards Across Multiple Computers

Logitech’s newest mice and keyboards have an interesting additional feature called Flow. Flow lets you use a mouse and keyboard across multiple PCs, very much like Synergy or Mouse Without Borders, but with a much simpler setup process.

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What to Do If Clicks Don’t Register in Android Apps on a Chromebook

Android apps on Chromebooks have some great benefits: they expand the device’s capabilities, have an overall small footprint, and they work very well on limited hardware. That said, they’re still in beta, and sometimes things don’t work as they should.

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How to Add a Link to Your Snapchat Snaps

With Instagram's new Story feature proving popular, Snapchat is having to compete hard. They've recently added a whole host of new features, if only, it seems, to make Instagram's developers waste time copying them. One of these new features it the ability to share links through your Snaps. Here's how to use it.

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What Is “Windows Modules Installer Worker” and Why Is It Running on My PC?

If you hear your computer’s fans spin up and feel it getting hotter for no apparent reason, check the Task Manager and you might see “Windows Modules Installer Worker” using a lot of CPU and disk resources. This process, also known as TiWorker.exe, is a part of the Windows operating system.

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