Damien Oh started writing tech articles since 2007 and has over 10 years of experience in the tech industry. He is proficient in Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iOS, and worked as a part time WordPress Developer. He is currently the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Make Tech Easier.
Nautilus in Ubuntu has gotten rid of features to sort files by extension. Here is how you can restore the feature and the ability to sort files by extension.
If you are looking for ways to record your screen as an animated gif in Ubuntu and other Linux distro, Byzanz is a small command line tool that you can use. Check it out here.
Google Chrome comes with a nifty tool that allows you to test how your website render in various mobile device. Here is how you can use the device mode in Chrome.
One of the many changes in Mac Yosemite is the clicking the green button to go full screen instead of maximizing the window. Here’s a quick tip to maxmize the window without going full screen.
The “Always on Top” function is useful for you to keep any window on top of others. Here is how you can set a custom keyboard shortcut for it in Ubuntu.
Are you having difficulty downloading torrents with your current Internet connection? Bitport allows you to download torrents remotely and access them online.
Do you have difficulties locating the folders in Windows Explorer? Here is how you can mount any folder as a virtual drive in Winows for easy and quick access.
Do you have plenty of devices and hate to have different charging cable lying around? This is where a device like HUB IT is useful. Check out its review and giveaway.
LAMP server may be the most common setup, but it may not be the best. This guide shows you how to setup LAMP alternative – Nginx, MariaDB and HHVM on your Linux server.
If you have the needs to install an Internet kiosk in your shop, or home, here is a little hack to easily turn your existing computer into an Internet kiosk.
If you have previously dual-booted your OS X with Ubuntu, and you have upgraded to Yosemite, you will lose the dual boot. Here is the solution to fix the dual-boot issue.
Let ‘s say you have a spreadsheet that is in the wrong row order, how can you easily reverse the row order? This simple trick will help you to do that.
Are you worrying about your privacy when surfing the web? History Eraser can clean up your Chrome browsing history with a single click. Check it out here.
Ubuntu After Install is a useful application that automates the installation of software on your Ubuntu desktop. Here is how you can automate software installation in Ubuntu.
The developers of Github decided to come out with its own text editor – atom. Let’s check out Atom text editor and see how it fares with other text editors.
Rublon is a plugin that implements two factor authentication in WordPress, without you having to do the additional authentication step. Let see how it works.
While there are tons of games that you can play on your PC, nothing beat the old classic snake game, and make it better, play it in the Linux terminal.
Do you want to test the various desktop environments and see which one is the best for you? Look no further than Hybryde Fusion which let you test out 11 DE at once.
If you like to record your terminal session and save it in video format, here are 2 applications that allow you to record your terminal session as video. Work with both Linux and Mac.
Have you ever wanted to convert a media file from one format to another? Format Junkie can easily convert audio/video/image/ISO from one format to another.
Tired of typing your username and password everytime you want to login to a site? Clef is a password replacement app that allows you to login without password.
If you are using Keepass2 password manager, here’s how you can access your password database in Android and get it to auto fill password in Android browser.
If you need an app that allows you to quickly access your favorite apps and doesn’t drain battery and memory resources, Slide Launcher is the one for you.
If you have installed Linux Mint (or the Cinnamon Desktop) and found that the two-finger scrolling on touchpad is not working, here is how you enable it.