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Posted by Ford James in Tech
There are plenty of quick tech tips we all use to enhance our time with various gadgets and while using the internet, so we want you to share your favourite! From software shortcuts to hardware hacks, anything is eligible here as long as it's straightforward enough for others to easily adapt into their tech habits.
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My room doesn’t have any windows, which means it gets completely dark when I go to sleep at night. Since I don’t like sleeping with the door open and I don’t have a lamp, I decided to turn my computer into a "programmed lamp".
To do this, I open the Command Prompt by pressing Windows + R and then typing cmd.
In the Command Prompt, I type the following code: shutdown -s -t 5400
shutdown -s -t is a command to schedule your computer to shut down after a certain amount of time (in seconds). This time is defined by the number placed after the command, which in my example above is 5400. 5400 seconds equals one and a half hours.
This way, I can fall asleep with the light from my monitor without worrying about leaving my computer on all night.
Practical example of how I do this.
(Not really.)
These days, Windows settings have search bars that help a lot but if you'd just like to have a little settings folder with common, easily-labeled shortcuts for settings, find a place to put a new folder on Windows 10 or 11 and name it the following:
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}You'll end up with a folder and 204 quick access options for Autoplay, Devices, Internet options, and more.
I often take screenshots, but the best way to do it, capturing only the affected window is ALT + PRINT, unlike PRINT which captures the entire screen!
I like to use the usual ctrl + A, ctrl + C and ctrl + V to copy and paste entire blocks from one spot to the other, but the quite universal ctrl + Z do undo actions is a real live-saver. One of my favourite shortcuts that is a bit more niche is the ctrl + shift + N to create a new folder in Windows. It allows to easily create a good structure in personal as well as in work related files.
I'm a bit of a distracted person, so it often happens that I close a browser tab without meaning to. That's why “Ctrl + Shift + T” to reopen that closed window is very useful!!!
I also really like “Windows + Shift + S” to take screenshots and send them somewhere, for example. After I discovered these functions my life changed haha
The ones I use the most are the classics, ''ctrl + c'' which copies texts, ''ctrl + v'' which pastes copied texts and ''ctrl + z'' which reverses actions, because of writing and rewriting college texts. But a good hourly mention is ''Alt + TAB'' when I'm in a game and I want to quickly change screens to see something.
For anyone who frequently types, CTRL, Shift, V is a life saver. Especially from one document to another because certain formats are defaulted on one thing and not on another. Specifically college or masters students like myself know my struggle.
My favorite shortcut is ALT+F9 with Nvidia apps I can record videos while I'm playing a game and it's very convenient to press ALT+Z and then select the recording option this way I just have to press ALT+F9 to start recording and press it again to close the recording, thanks to this shortcut I can record anything from the desktop to a game without having to press a ton of keys.
For work needs I am constantly cutting links or formatted texts and pasting them in different emaisl, chats or shared resources, and I need that only the text is copied, without the formatting of capitals and bold letters, or the associated URL, etc...
While we all know ‘ctrl+v’, we may not all know that ‘ctrl+shift+v’ will paste the unformatted text into all those types of destinations.
One of my favorite tools to utilize is chrome extensions. There are so many quality of life changes you can make with extensions. From shifting audio to left and right channels, to accessibility features, to optimizing websites based on your needs. If there's something you could think to improve, there's probably an extension for it!
A couple months ago i moved to Linux Garuda (Arch based distro) and the ALT + F2 has become my most used tech-hack. Fastly it allows me to search/run applications, games, commands and every bookmarked website in my browsers.
Some hate it, some love it.
There are many shortcuts I use all the time, like "Ctrl+W" to close tabs in a browser, "Ctrl+T" to open a new tab, and "Ctrl+Tab" or "Ctrl+Shift+Tab" to switch between tabs. But "Alt+Tab" to switch between apps and windows? That’s just the top-tier QoA improvement ever made.
As for hardware, the fact that you can clean a RAM stick with an eraser and get decent results is mind-blowing - sometimes, that’s all it takes to get the RAM working again.
It might be basic but nothing beats the good old CTRL + C which lets you copy things and and CTRL + V which lets you paste things. And if you made a mistake, no worries, CTRL + Z will undo whatever you just did! I use these every day.
Those who use chrome or edge there is a quick search shortcut if you have many stacks of tabs open like me, on chrome it is " Ctrl + Shift + A " and on Edge it is " Ctrl + Shift + Tab " . this will make a search bar to show up et Voila !!
Password managers are a godsend! I use Google for convenience but there are others available.
I have to have numerous different passwords for work and then I have a few different email addresses. That's not even mentioning the likes of ebay, paypal etc.
Remembering them all can be a nightmare as I don't have any that are the same, so having them encrypted nicely to my biometrics make life much easier!!
I don't know if I was supposed to be talking about this here, but I can skip YouTube ads without needing illegal applications... just put the iphone or ipad browser in desktop mode and drag the final video and it will skip the ads.
Put to site in desktop mode
When the ad starts, just drag the video to the end of the ad
You can test this now, but it only works on the iPhone.
Legit was when I found out that i could easily move the text cursor on my iPhone when writing texts was a game changer just by holding down space! It gives you soo much more control over editing text!
https://www.tiktok.com/@techwithkt/video/7214214569890303274
Excellent! Just love it.
The magic Alt + Enter, quite a handy shortcut in Windows that any gamer and streamer can find useful. This shortcut switches between fullscreen and windowed modes. Some games cut off sound as you alt-tab in fullscreen mode, which is not convenient if you are streaming and want to check the guide or stream/video record.
It is much faster than looking for these options buried somewhere in the settings menu.
For some reason, I believe that ChatGPT’s voice-to-text processor is more advanced than any other. I’ve used tools that convert voice messages into text, like the one integrated into Telegram. However, I’ve noticed that ChatGPT offers much greater accuracy.
When I’m unable to type, whether because I’m walking, feeling lazy, or for any other reason, I turn to this tool. In fact, that’s exactly what I’m doing right now to generate this text. This is one of the many resources that benefits me nowadays, especially in these times when time is such a valuable asset for me.
The fact that in windows 10 and 11 you simply press Windows button + Shift + S and the screen selection pops up so you can take a screenshot of a specific section of the screen was a total life changer for me haha
If your PC has an Nvidia card and you want to see the performance of your GPU overlayed when playing a game you can hit ALT + R and it will display all the performance specs of your game. E.g. FPS, Temp etc.
I'm the type of person who likes minimalism and efficiency. First we discuss the shortcuts that are most often used, namely ctrl + c & ctrl + v because they are very efficient and help in everything, Second split windows with win + arrow with it making it easier for me to do multitasking, then the last is win + m the function is to minimize all windows I often use it after all my tasks are complete plus my minimalist and clean windows wallpaper so statisfying to see it.
Thank You :)
My favorite shortcut? Easy!! Moving my thumb up and to the sides, from the screen border in my iPhone to activate the app slider. Whoever came up with that, deserves a pizza.
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