Windows wouldn’t let me use the free space on my own drive, so I bypassed its limit
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu15d ago
I almost accepted it when Windows told me that it could only shrink 290GB of the 342GB I had free.
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top 58%These 5 things around your house can run from the power-tool batteries you already own
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura15d ago
Most of my 18V Ryobi packs spend their days on a shelf, fully charged and waiting for a drill I might not touch for weeks.
I changed 5 Android settings and my phone finally felt like mine
MakeUseOfby Varun Krishan15d ago
The first thing I do every time I get a new Android phone is change a few key settings. These improve the user experience and make the transition much smoother.
The Pixel 11's best camera trick never fires if you just press the shutter
MakeUseOfby Christine Persaud15d ago
The Google Pixel 11 series phones continue the company's trend toward cool camera features. You get all the best ones that have been in the latest Pixel devices, like Add Me, Best Take, and Unblur...
Android apps finally feel native on Linux, and I didn’t need an emulator
MakeUseOfby Dipan Saha15d ago
If, for some reason, you need to use Android apps on Linux (in the case of certain Android-exclusive apps or games), you’ll quickly find out that it's not an easy process.
I did everything to hide my browsing from my ISP, and it could still see most of where I went
MakeUseOfby Gavin Phillips15d ago
The big issue with online privacy is that it's constantly evolving, and the big tech companies will always find new ways to get into your data.
Your Windows backup plan has one huge hole
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu15d ago
I felt covered after enabling the backup options Windows 11 offered. But my confidence diminished when I couldn't find a Windows Backup option that gave me a separate, restorable copy of the...
7 Excel tools that are more useful than learning another formula
MakeUseOfby Adaeze Uche15d ago
Anyone who uses Excel is probably looking for something that makes their sheets simpler and easier to manage.
Dumb TVs are scarce, these are your best alternatives
MakeUseOfby Oluwademilade Afolabi15d ago
If you've been trying to find a good old "dumb" TV lately, you've probably noticed they've all but vanished. But that doesn't mean you're out of options.
5 Docker containers you should try self-hosting this weekend to see what your home lab is really doing
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef15d ago
I've built, broken, and rebuilt many labs over the years. But in all my builds, some tools have always made the cut, and one of the more important ones is the monitoring stack.
September’s Windows Insider feature is something we should've had 15 years ago
MakeUseOfby Sara Heritage15d ago
If you have a phone and a laptop (and probably do), your everyday life is constantly split between the two.
Storing power tool batteries in your garage costs you months of lifespan without you knowing it
MakeUseOfby Chris Hachey15d ago
Cordless power tools give you the flexibility to work whatever way you see it. Assuming your tool fits in whatever space you need, the cordless nature is likely one of the most appealing parts of...
Opera's new automatic VPN on public Wi-Fi comes with one major asterisk
MakeUseOfby Sara Heritage15d ago
Opera is introducing a new feature intended to eliminate the need to guess about digital safety by automatically turning on its free, built-in browser VPN whenever you connect to public Wi-Fi.
My phone showed 2GB free until I found 9GB hiding in a folder Android keeps secret
MakeUseOfby Digvijay Kumar15d ago
With barely twenty apps installed and most of my media streaming from the cloud, a 128GB phone should have plenty of room left. Yet mine was somehow down to its last two gigabytes.
I stopped using passwords because I found a safer and simpler alternative
MakeUseOfby Tashreef Shareef15d ago
I haven't used my password in the last few months to sign in to my Google and Microsoft accounts.
Netflix is bringing Narnia back, but it’s starting with the book nobody expects
MakeUseOfby Dan Selcke15d ago
Netflix is no stranger to the fantasy genre. The Witcher is closing in on its fifth and final season, Shadow and Bone lasted a couple of years before Netflix pulled the plug, and The Last Kingdom...
Wi-Fi 7 is great, but I'm still battling these 3 network problems
MakeUseOfby Gavin Phillips15d ago
It took a while, but I finally upgraded my home to Wi-Fi 7, hoping that all of my networking would be taken care of for the foreseeable future.
I stopped letting Claude Code read my whole project, and my usage limit suddenly lasted all day
MakeUseOfby Yasir Mahmood15d ago
Asking Claude Code to read an entire project before the first question feels thorough, and plenty of people start their sessions that way.
These Windows tools have survived since XP because Microsoft still hasn’t built anything better
MakeUseOfby Oluwaseun Bamisile15d ago
My first-ever Windows experience was Windows XP. So, like most people who grew up using it, Windows XP is still my favorite Windows operating system to date.
This Plex plugin made my library perfect
MakeUseOfby Brady Klinger-Meyers15d ago
One of the hardest lessons I learned shortly after I started my Plex server was to never ignore organizing your library.