Goodreads' most requested feature in years is here, and it's going to change how people rate books
MakeUseOfby Sara Heritage6d ago
The most-requested feature for Goodreads is here! Half and quarter-star ratings are now available.
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top 8%Your Windows Recycle Bin has a size limit, and every drive gets a different one
MakeUseOfby Afam Onyimadu6d ago
I assumed the Recycle Bin was my undo button with no expiration date. This ended up costing me data.
Android Auto can finally play YouTube, but I tried it and there’s a catch
MakeUseOfby Sagar Naresh6d ago
For years, Android Auto users have been looking for ways to watch YouTube videos on their car's dashboard. They have employed various third-party methods to do it, too.
You don't need as many Android apps as you think — I proved it with a factory reset
MakeUseOfby Varun Krishan6d ago
The first thing we instinctively do after getting our hands on a new device is install a bunch of apps.
I stopped leaving Google Maps to research places because Ask Maps does it now
MakeUseOfby Judy Sanhz6d ago
Until earlier this year, finding a place on Google Maps was often just the first step. If I wanted more information about a place, I would leave Maps and go to Gemini or search Google for the...
I stopped chrome from restoring my old tabs, and it made a huge difference
MakeUseOfby Kanika Gogia6d ago
When I opened Chrome, it greeted me with the collection of tabs I’d left open days or weeks earlier.
My old Fire TV Stick felt really slow until I changed these settings
MakeUseOfby Suman Biswas6d ago
The Fire TV Stick is an incredible piece of tech, especially for its size and price. However, it's also probably the slowest and clunkiest streaming device that I've ever used in my media center.
These Android settings helped my phone last longer between charges
MakeUseOfby Kanika Gogia6d ago
I used to treat my phone’s battery as London’s winter weather: something to complain about but not something I could change.
I stopped partitioning my drive and freed up 36GB just by reorganizing
MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan7d ago
AI-driven memory shortages have made SSDs expensive, so managing your storage matters more than ever. For years, partitioning drives was the way to organize, allocating space for specific purposes.
I cleaned out my Google One storage and found 10GB I’d been paying to keep
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah7d ago
Google One storage is one of those things that can easily go out of hand. Emails, WhatsApp backups, photos, Drive files — it all counts toward the same quota, and with most of these things backing...
The real reason your keyboard has F1 through F12
MakeUseOfby Ben Stegner7d ago
Of all the keys on your keyboard, the F1 through F12 keys at the top are likely not your most-used.
Forget Plex's creeping paywall: I moved my whole library to Jellyfin, and nothing broke on the way
MakeUseOfby Jack Mitchell7d ago
Plex was always my go-to media library for a variety of reasons, including its familiar interface, organization, and remote access, which let me watch my movies and shows away from home.
Intel's new CPU tech beats AMD on paper, but the catch makes it a hard sell
MakeUseOfby Shaheer Khan7d ago
For the last decade or so, AMD has quickly gained favor in the PC community, becoming the new no-brainer choice across builds of all scales.
Cartridge printers trap you with the razor-and-blades game — refillable ink breaks it
MakeUseOfby Christine Persaud7d ago
While we haven't quite yet entered a paperless world, our printing needs have changed. Unless you work in a big office that deals with a lot of important paperwork, you probably have less printing...
The most neglected key on your keyboard is becoming a Windows 11 Shortcut
MakeUseOfby Hamed Paydarfar7d ago
Summary - Tilde (~) now opens your user profile in File Explorer, replacing C:\Users\Username. - Type ~\AppData\Local to jump to that hidden folder for app settings and caches.
The one power tool mistake that convinced me to go cordless for good
MakeUseOfby Chris Hachey7d ago
I like to try and do my own yard work as much as possible. There was a good amount of landscaping, shrubs, bushes, trees, and more put in by the previous owners of our house.
One lightweight launcher made my old Fire TV feel newer than Amazon’s update did
MakeUseOfby Pankil Shah7d ago
Fire TV devices are great value for money, but they’re not exactly popular for their speed or ease of use.
Those bars on your Ryobi battery don't mean what you think they do
MakeUseOfby Jonathon Jachura7d ago
Press the button on a Ryobi ONE+ pack, and four green lights feel like a full tank. I've trusted that little display on every pack in my shop, from the compacts that came bundled with tools to the...
I tried iOS 27's biggest CarPlay upgrades, and one of them I’ll use every day
MakeUseOfby Shimul Sood7d ago
I recently bought the iPhone 18 Pro, and since it came with iOS 27 preinstalled, I’ve naturally spent a lot of time poking around and trying everything new.
This Google Photos feature gave me 10GB back for the files I actually need
MakeUseOfby Judy Sanhz7d ago
I love taking pictures and videos, but the downside is that my phone is a little over 84% full, so I need to start deleting some of them ASAP.