The Terminal is a really powerful utility available on your Mac. It lets you run some commands that achieve various things on your Mac. It helps you create new files, new directories, remove old files, and so on. It contains […]
Mahesh Makvana
Posts by Mahesh Makvana:
Automatically Empty Trash in Mac
Trash is to Mac what Recycle Bin is to Windows. Trash on a Mac is a place where the files you have deleted from your Mac are kept. These files have been removed from your Mac, but they continue to […]
Clear DNS Cache in Android
Sometimes what happens is that you are not able to access a site properly although the site is running fine on the Internet. This is mostly due to the DNS cache that is stored on your device. The cache is […]
Check if Android Device has NFC Support
NFC stands for Near Field Communication that is technology built into modern smartphones that allow you to exchange data while your smartphones are close to each other. Many of the current Android phones come built with an NFC chip that […]
Recover Dismissed Notifications in Android
If you have a number of apps installed on your device, you will always find yourself going through the notifications that these apps have sent you. From a chat notification in the WhatsApp app to a video call notification in […]
Stop Play Store from Adding New App Icons to Home Screen in Android
The Play Store is a hub for all the apps for your Android device as that is where you can download and install new apps on your device. The Play Store app handles all the app downloads and installations for […]
Map Custom Actions to Keys on Android Device
I believe that the buttons on an Android device can do more than the actions they ship with. For example, the volume button on my phone can definitely do more than just letting me control the volume, but for that, […]
How to Add Recycle Bin Equivalent to Android Device
Let’s face it: at one point or another, we all make mistakes. Mistakes are bound to happen by us humans, and we really cannot avoid them. One of the mistakes we do with your phones is that we end up […]
How to Make Free Calls to Canadian and American Numbers in Android
One of the best features of Google Hangouts is that it allows you to make free calls to any Canadian and American numbers. What that means is that you can call and talk for free to any Canadian and American […]
How to Do Private Browsing in Any Browser
Everyone loves privacy, and nobody wants for their browsing history to be seen by the next person using their computer. If you happen to browse sites whose history you would not like to be saved, then what you can do […]
How to Hide and Unhide Tags in Finder Sidebar on Mac
Tags in the Finder app on your Mac allow you to see a set of documents on your machine quickly. You can assign a tag to a number of files on your Mac and when you click on that tag […]
How to Highlight Text in Pages for Mac
Highlighting main points in a document is a magnificent idea to bring people’s attention as highlighted text is what catches our attention first. If you happen to create your documents with the Pages app on a Mac, then you would […]
How to Take Partial Screenshots in Android
Taking screenshots on an Android device is not a big deal as almost all the manufacturers provide a key combo to be pressed to capture the screenshot on the device. What this key combo usually does is take the screenshot […]
How to do Quick Calculations from Quick Settings in Android Nougat
Let’s face it: not everyone is a math genius. It takes really hard efforts to be even good (not great) at maths, and many of us fail to achieve that — including me. I’ve never been good at doing calculations […]
How to Use Night Mode in Android Nougat
The night mode feature in Android Nougat allows you to put your phone into a mode that is easier on eyes in the night time. This means the brightness and the colors of the screen are automatically controlled by the […]
How to Keep Notification Drawer Clean on Android Device
One of the messy things about smartphones is their notifications bar often gets messy. This is due to the number of notifications that various apps installed on your device send to the bar for you to alert you. Disabling the […]
How to Use Split Screen View in Android Nougat
One of the many features that Android Nougat brings with it is the split screen mode. The mode allows you to work with two apps at the same time and this can be really useful if you happen to do […]
How to Enable Cat Easter Egg in Android Nougat
I’ve been a big fan of Easter eggs no matter where they are. I’ve found many on Googles, and I really enjoyed them, and I love them on my Android phone as well — but these are a little hard […]
Change Theme of Gboard Keyboard in Android
Google’s Gboard keyboard for Android brings with it tons of customization options. This is not the stock keyboard that you cannot modify, but rather it is a keyboard that lets you play around with it however you want. You can […]
Get Notified of New Google Doodles in Android
Google creates some of the really nice doodles, and we see them floating around everywhere. From the Google app to the Google website, they happen to be everywhere, and it’s Google who decides where they should be. These Google doodles […]
Add Gboard Keyboard in App Drawer in Android
Gboard is a keyboard for Android devices by Google that comes with a number of options to help you customize your favorite keyboard the way you want. From letting you have a number row appear at the top of the […]
Always Show Number Row in Gboard Keyboard for Android
We all happen to use numbers in our daily life typing, but unfortunately, the keyboards in Android phones do not always show the number panel. That way you need to tap an option or two to be able to see […]
Change Resolution of Android Device Without Root
Many times what happens is that you see really large content on your new Android device and that is because of the resolution values of the device. If the resolution has been set too low, everything will look bigger. Similarly, […]
Turn Photos to Black and White in Android
While there are a number of apps that let you edit photos on your Android device, many of them require you to go through dozens of steps before you can turn a photo to black and white. The task of […]
Save Battery While Still Having Snapchat in Android
Snapchat is known for being a battery hog as it eats up a significant amount of battery on your Android device — even at the times when you are not using it. First off, the app loads various stuff from […]
Find and Uninstall Large Apps from Mac
When you get a new Mac, it is really easy to get it loaded up with tons of applications from the App Store. Since it is a new device, you will have a lot of excitement about it and about […]
Block Ads Without Root Access on Android Devices
While advertisements you see in various apps on your Android device are supposed to help you find the content that is relevant to you, sometimes these ads are completely irrelevant, and the only thing they do is create an annoyance […]
Get Virtual Navigation Bar on Android Device
Some of the Android devices come with a virtual navigation bar that lets you navigate your phones using the on-screen virtual buttons instead of the actual physical buttons attached to the bezel of the device. A virtual navigation bar is […]
How to Fake GPS Location in Android
A significant amount of applications on your Android device use your location data to provide you with the services that they offer in your location. To gather this data, what these apps do is they fetch the data using the […]
How to Enable and Use Reader Mode in Google Chrome for Android
Whether you know or you don’t, there exists a mode in the Chrome browser for Android that allows you to put your favorite websites in reading mode. What that means is that you can now read the articles on your […]