Life Tips

This article was supposed to be published in December of last year, but it happened to coincide with server maintenance, so it hasn’t been released until now. One day, when the author was modifying their Google account information, they accidentally discovered the “Ad Settings” section, which had quite a bit of information. The data comes from various records of Google and YouTube under the login status, as well as the basic information filled out when applying for a Google account....

The clock is a very important thing for computers. It is not just about displaying the time in the status bar (or taskbar). If the clock is not correct (deviates too much from the actual time in the real world), it may cause some strange phenomena on the computer, such as: unable to view web pages (certificate issues), and even cause software crashes if the time difference is too great. Timeout login of various programs is also easy to occur when the time deviation is too large....

Mac has a “Time Machine” that can easily backup the entire computer, and Windows also has a similar function! In simple terms, it will backup the entire computer, disk drive or folder (depending on the settings). The first backup will be a complete backup, so it will take longer. After the first backup, it will only backup the files that have been modified or created since the last backup to save space and time....

When we open the terminal, we will see a string of characters that says “username@hostname”, for example, John@Johns-MacBook. The hostname can theoretically be changed from the “Sharing” section in System Preferences. However, for some reason, it may not work on some computers. After searching for a few days, I finally found the answer: we can change the hostname from the terminal. First, please open the terminal and enter the following command....

The author has an old PC with 1GB of memory and Windows XP, which is suitable for light document use (Windows XP only requires 128MB of memory to operate). It can handle browsing some websites, but some large websites take a long time to load or cannot be used normally. If it is a general article webpage, it can still be managed. The problem is that the author wants to use the Gmail web version to send and receive emails, but it takes nearly a minute to load the standard Gmail webpage when the internet is smooth, and scrolling through emails is a disaster....

As someone who has used PCs since childhood, I only started using a MacBook Pro a few years ago when my family bought one (well, it’s not mine, I just borrow it for a long time 😂). The first laptop I owned was an IBM ThinkPad T43. When I got it, the battery was so old that it was almost useless (it lasted about 3 minutes and 42 seconds from boot to hibernation), so most of the time I removed the battery to reduce the weight, and only installed it when I needed to move between power outlets....

Sometimes, for various reasons, you may not want to use Wi-Fi or a personal hotspot when using the internet, or your computer’s wireless network card may be blocked by surrounding objects, or even a black Apple computer may not have a compatible wireless network card. In these cases, using an Android phone as a network receiver is a good idea. macOS version 10.11 (El Captain) or higher is required, and this article demonstrates using macOS 10....

Because Windows 10 updates often take up a lot of storage space and can often cause some inexplicable problems (such as the built-in search function not working), I discovered an effective way to block updates myself. First, open Start> Settings> Update & Security. Next, enter Windows Update settings and click on [Advanced options]. If there are available updates, it is recommended to update first before proceeding with the next operation....

Last time, I introduced a comparison of free memberships for various streaming platforms. You may have noticed that many platforms have real-time lyrics, but according to my testing, only Spotify Premium users can use them, which is a bit of a shame. Do you want to listen to free music on Spotify, but find it inconvenient to sing without lyrics? This article can help you solve this problem. This article is for iOS/iPadOS users, while Android users can refer to another article instead....

蘿蔔 has been searching for free and easy-to-use streaming music platforms for the past few years, so she has almost used all the common platforms in Taiwan. Therefore, she will introduce each platform to you one by one. First of all, 蘿蔔 is Taiwanese, so some of the platforms introduced in this article may not be available in other countries or regions, and some platforms may have been updated and this article may not have been updated in time....