It might sound odd, but there are times you simply wish to stream audios only — not the whole video stream — to an AirPod connected to another Mac. It happens most often for me when I’m watching YouTubes or Podcasts on the side while I have my AirPods connected to the workstation. I prefer…
This one is a PSA for Apple Music Classical users — a separate app for classical music. Despite Apple’s delayed release of Classical app for PCs, for both Mac and Windows, it is possible to use web UI Apple has built to enjoy near identical experience of what you would get on smartphones or tablets.…
Though I’m not a specialist in UI design, I can certainly add to the fact that having lists inside supposedly sorted list negates the purpose of arranging the items. Why arrange a list into yet another list? I would understand it if File Explorer was set to display icons, but I generally keep it in…
To customize Logitech keyboards, users can opt to use Logitech’s included software,Logi Options+, or third-party alternatives to either enhance the Options+ or completely replace it. The reason why I am writing a how-to on Logitech’s official software has little to do its capabilities; frankly, I would recommend exploring third-party alternatives for any advanced customizations capabilities.…
If your intent with Windows is to develop or write codes, “Open in Windows Terminal” in the context menu may be a nice touch. But for the majority of the average users, including myself who only use Windows as a secondary, having an added option to already well-established UI can simply be disturbing. Instructions Yet…
If you have noticed outage, I must apologize. I was experimenting with what can be or should be done with Google Fonts. Of many things Google offers for free, Google Fonts is the platform caters to creative purposes without extra charge. Many font creators contribute towards the goal, and some of the fonts, such as…
Beginning with Windows 8, if I recall correctly, Microsoft has been trying to make Windows a hybrid OS for both the touchscreen devices (e.g. tablets) and computers with traditional displays (e.g. laptops and desktops). It is only a personal opinion, and quite unfounded one at that, but I don’t believe Windows 8 excelled at either;…
Windows has some handholding tools that would be useful for average users, but unavoidably redundant. One such tool is the post-installation wizard Windows keeps raising attention to with the prompt “Let’s Finish Setting Up Your Device”. Of many things the wizard offers, one of them is to login via Microsoft account. However, as I have…
Coming from macOS environment, one of the immediate changes I want to make to File Explorer on Windows would be the items available on the sidebar, or navigation pane. I don’t store photos on a Windows machine; in fact, I have them stored on a NAS, which is running a flavor of Linux. Gallery on…
If your go-to machine is running Windows, chances are there are some bundled-in features and softwares that aren’t either used or ideal for your work flow. For me, especially as I am running Windows primarily on virtual machines, is web search on taskbar. If I were to search something on the taskbar or file explorer,…
Microsoft has been aggressively pushing online accounts on local machines as far back as Windows 8, if I recall correctly. Beginning with Windows 10, now the operating system constantly demands the user is recommended to login via an online account instead. All of my Windows installations are virtual, and logging into my actual Microsoft account…
After adding some number of accessories to the HomeKit, my HomePod usually returns ‘some accessories were unresponsive’ error, even though the scene is correctly set. Same goes with Macs and iPhones. I can see there is some latency, but it’s nearly impossible to troubleshoot as HomeKit generally does not have troubleshooting guidelines aside from generic…
Normally, iOS and any apps on it that have a password prompt should label it as such. The system recognizes the textbox is reserved for password then offers to fill-in automatically from the password manager of choice. But not all apps have properly labeled its password prompts, let alone iOS’. Anyone who has more than…
With the introduction of iOS-like Control Center on macOS, many Menu Bar icons can now be hidden unless they are absolutely necessary. I have most of the icons hidden unless they are active. But there are times when having a similar level of access the older icons had are simply needed — such as what…
In the recently released Hotfix #30, there is a known issue on Baldur’s Gate 3 where the game starts to have graphical glitches once fast-traveled to a different location. On DirectX 11 mode, the screen simply goes dark except for the UI; on Vulcan, the screen’s color is distorted to pink or purplish hue. It…