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With the Anniversary Update for Windows 10, you can finally abandon the 260-character maximum path limit in Windows. You just need to make a minor edit to the Windows Registry or Group Policy. Here’s how to make it happen. RELATED: Why Is Windows Reporting This Folder Is Too Long to Copy? Windows Doesn’t Accept Long Paths by Default Before Windows 95, Windows only allowed file names that were eight characters long, with a three-character file extension — commonly known as an 8....

While Git keeps track of your day to day changes, it also features systems like branches that help you organize. If you’re not careful though, you can end up with problems like commits and changes made to the wrong branch, that can be difficult to solve without the right commands. Moving Changes (If You Haven’t Committed Yet) Git watches over your whole folder, but changes you make to files are not tied to a specific branch until you commit them....

First, launch the WhatsApp app on your Android phone. Next, tap the three-dot menu icon in the top-right corner of the app. Inside the following list of options, select “Settings.” Enter the “Notifications” menu. Scroll down to the “Calls” section and tap “Ringtone.” Select “None” from the list of available sounds. Next, tap “Vibrate” and toggle it to “Off.” Now, whenever you get a WhatsApp voice or video call, your phone won’t buzz or make a sound....

If you ever need to do some private browsing in Google Chrome, it’s easy to quickly open an Incognito window using a keyboard shortcut. In this special mode, your browsing history won’t be stored on your local machine. Here’s how to launch it. First, open Chrome. With any Chrome browser window open, press the following keyboard combination to open a new Incognito window: Windows, Linux, or Chromebook: Press Ctrl+Shift+N Mac: Press Command+Shift+N...

Emoji are playful graphical representations of emotions, things, symbols, or ideas. Sometimes while using Windows 10, you’d like to quickly find the perfect emoji, but there are hundreds to choose from. Here’s how to quickly find the emoji you’re looking for with a text search. First, open the app you’d like to insert the emoji into. Focus on a text input area in any Windows application by clicking on it, and when you see a cursor, press either the Windows+....

Thanks to the built-in Voice Memos app, you can record and share your audio recordings on your iPhone with ease. We’ll show you how to use the app to make your first-ever voice recording. There’s no particular recording limit in the Voice Memos app. As long as your iPhone has enough free storage, you can continue to record your audio. RELATED: How to Record Audio from a Bluetooth Mic on the iPhone or iPad...

Every time you take a Live Photo on your iPhone, your device records a short audio clip as well. For most people this is no problem, but sometimes you might not want others to hear the audio. Luckily, it’s easy to disable the sound on a Live Photo before sharing. Here’s how. First, open the “Photos” app on your iPhone. Navigate to the Live Photo that includes the audio you’d like to remove....

There’s no native way to save voice messages and other audio files in the Instagram app, but there is a built-in screen recorder in every iPhone. Using this and an audio conversion app, we can save these audio files and send them just about anywhere. To get started, open Instagram on your iPhone and tap the “Message” icon near the top-right corner to open your private messages. Find the message you want to open and tap to open it....

Windows doesn’t have an integrated tool like Preview for Mac OS X — it doesn’t even come with a PDF printer. Here’s how to split, merge, reorder, sign, and mark-up PDF files with the least obnoxious software possible. If you have the paid version of Adobe Acrobat on your PC, it can do this — you might have this on a work computer. Be sure to avoid web-based software tools — don’t upload any PDFs with sensitive personal, financial, or business data to web-based PDF tools....

Windows plays a startup sound and other sound effects regularly, and they can get obnoxious. They’re especially annoying on Windows 7, where Windows plays a click sound every time you switch folders in Windows Explorer. You can disable them entirely—or even set custom sound effects, if you prefer. RELATED: How to Disable the Startup Sound on Windows 11 How to Disable All Sound Effects To open the Sound control panel, right-click the speaker icon in your system tray and select “Sounds”....

Adding memory is one of the easier ways to boost your PC’s performance. There are a few things to check before spending your money, though, so let’s talk about them. Choosing Your New RAM As with most things about upgrading your PC, figuring out what you need and then doing some comparison shopping is the hard part. After that, physically installing your new memory is a breeze by comparison. Here are some of the things you’ll need to figure out when making your decision....

Creating a chart in Excel is neither easy nor intuitive for inexperienced users. Luckily, there’s a feature called Quick Analysis that can create charts, tables, and more with just a click. First, we’ll make a chart in order to understand our data better. In this example, this is a table of the types of drinks purchased at a fictional restaurant. To get started, we’ll select the cells we want to group by clicking and dragging....

First, Create Your Memoji As Apple generates the stickers automatically, they are available to use in the Messages app and in the Emoji keyboard as well. This means you can send Memoji stickers in any supported third-party messaging app (like WhatsApp). All you need to begin is a Memoji character. Here’s how to create your own personalized Memoji character using the Messages app on your iPhone. RELATED: How to Create and Use Memoji and Animoji on an iPhone...

How to Use Signal’s Built-in Sticker Packs Signal’s own sticker packs are enough to get you started. Like everything else in Signal, the stickers are also secured using end-to-end encryption. The steps are slightly different based on your device. If you’re using Signal on your iPhone, first, open a conversation, then tap the sticker button from the text box. Here, tap the “+” button from the top-right corner. You’ll now see all the available stickers....

What Signal and Telegram Have in Common Signal and Telegram both advertise themselves as private and secure. Neither is owned by a big tech company. Signal is owned by a non-profit organization, while Telegram is owned by a for-profit company. Both Signal and Telegram are chat apps with all the standard features, from stickers to photo and file transfers to voice and video calls. Signal and Telegram both offer apps for iPhone, iPad, and Android....

RELATED: The 10 Best Movies on Netflix in 2023 American Factory Play Video One of the best documentaries on Netflix, the Oscar-winning American Factory chronicles the attempt by Chinese auto-glass company Fuyao to bring jobs back to a depressed Ohio town. What starts out as an example of mutual benefit between the corporation and the local residents gets bogged down in culture clashes and labor disputes. The filmmakers stand back and observe the complex dynamics at work, never judging either side, only offering a look at the modern global corporate machine in action....

The trick is not to make decisions for your cord cutter. Don’t just buy a random set-top box without knowing if they already have one or which platform they prefer. From there, it’s just figuring out what they might still need. OTA Antenna The first thing every cord cutter needs is an OTA antenna. This simple little product will allow them to watch network TV channels—many of which are in HD—for free....

With smartphone cameras becoming better every day, the gear you use to make videos is becoming less important. Video editing apps used to cost an arm and a leg, but not anymore. Today, there are many free apps out there that you can use to create professional quality videos. Here are the best free video editing apps for Windows. Davinci Resolve: For the Power User Davinci Resolve is a professional grade video editor by Black Magic Design....

Cases come in varying degrees of protection, and an iPad case that’s at home on a construction site isn’t necessarily the best for other scenarios. You need to make sure your case provides enough protection for the situations you’ll use it in, but there’s also no need to go overboard if the iPad will be used by your family. Protecting your iPad from accidental drops isn’t all cases are good for....

The best place to start is to think about where you’re going to put your soundbar. If the soundbar is in a small space, you can get away with spending a little less and getting something on the smaller side. If you are in a bigger space or want something a little more impressive, it is worth spending a few extra bucks on a soundbar or perhaps getting one with a separate subwoofer for added depth....