How-To Geek

The terminal is clunky and inefficient without additional customizations. If you're a beginner, you may feel that this is as good as it gets, but it's not. One tool in particular stands out and can improve your experience drastically. I outline several reasons why fzf is my favorite terminal tool.

What's better for a chilly weekend in November than a show that you can binge-watch from the comfort of your home? Netflix has a string of eagerly awaited shows slated to release this month, including the return of some of its most popular titles.

More people are buying dumbphones, and I support this—but having ditched a smartphone for a dumbphone for years, I know firsthand the challenges that may arise. Before swapping out your phone, first consider changing how you use the one you have.

Every year, Apple releases new versions of iOS and macOS, and a ton of new features get added to your iPhone and Mac. It's all too easy to lose track of some of the new features that have been added. You're probably not even using a Safari feature that was added more than a year ago with the release of iOS 18 and macOS Sequoia. If this is the case, however, then you're missing out, as it's one of the most satisfying features Apple has to offer.

I rarely regret my tech buying decisions, but this one power bank purchase was so bad that I can't move on from it. It's not that the product itself is bad. I didn't think clearly enough to understand that what I'm about to buy would only increase my pain instead of serving its purpose.

Amazon's Echo Show 5 is an affordable smart display, but the lock-in with Amazon's own ecosystem makes it far less useful as a smart home device than it could be. Some very clever people have figured out a way to unlock the first-generation Echo Show 5, and using this exploit, it's possible to turn it into a genuinely useful Home Assistant control panel.

Ready to try Linux but confused by the hundreds of distros out there? Wondering which one will actually suit your needs without wasting days testing and tinkering? I've narrowed down your search to three distinct distros that cover the needs of most new Linux users.

Spotify hosts a wide range of personalization features that help listeners customize how they stream and interact with music, podcasts, and audiobooks. A stellar personalization feature that many users enjoy is Spotify's AI DJ.

Syntax Highlighting makes your code look pretty, right? But is it just an aesthetic nicety, or does it have a more functional impact? And are there ways to improve it?

It's common knowledge that you can't just plug your Steam Deck into your PC with a USB cable and transfer files between the two machines. Actually, you can—with the right software. All it takes is installing Decky Loader and changing a few options in the Deck's BIOS.

Anker’s latest SOLIX C1000 Gen 2 portable power station has quite a bit to offer. With increased AC output, faster USB-C charging, and a quicker 0% to 100% charge time, a lot has changed here—but not all the changes on this power station are for the better.

Windows 10 reached end of support on October 14, meaning Microsoft stopped releasing updates for it. Microsoft ending support usually means that, before long, various apps and services will stop supporting the operating system in question as well. So when will Steam stop working on Windows 10?

The benefits of using a VPN to browse securely and privately on your laptop or PC are well known. But if you spend more time using the internet on your phone, shouldn't you have a VPN installed on that too? Here are the reasons why you should, as well as some of the downsides that you need to know about.

Most of us use the Photos app to view, rotate, or crop pictures, not realizing it’s evolved into a tool that offers much more than basic editing. If you think of it as just a simple image viewer, it’s time to take another look—its latest features now rival those offered by third-party photo apps.

If you use the terminal a lot, you can probably understand the frequent pain of typing out long commands. Bash's tab completion is ineffective, file paths are tedious to write, and typos are a persistent annoyance. I have three good reasons why Zsh addresses these and boosts your terminal workflow.

Google Maps has a neat little feature that lets you download entire regions or areas onto your device for offline use. These offline maps work just like normal maps—you can look up locations, ask directions for driving, and use the route navigator. Let me show you how you can set it up in advance for your next trip.

Gboard is the default keyboard on most Android devices and packs several nifty features. However, its deep integration with Google services raises concerns about privacy for many users. If you're in the same boat, you can switch to one of the several open-source keyboards available out there that offer similar functionality to Gboard without compromising your privacy.

While both Google Messages and Apple iMessage are unique in their own ways, I feel that Apple iMessage has a slight edge over Google Messages when it comes to the features they both offer. If Google Messages wants to lead the messaging app race, it needs to steal these seven features from Apple's iMessage.

The best Mac VPNs help you stream geo-blocked content on streaming platforms and secure your connection. In this guide, we help you find the best VPN for Mac based on feature set and performance.

If you're traveling somewhere with patchy mobile network coverage or want to cut your data costs, Google Maps can still guide you. You just need to plan ahead. Here's how to download maps for offline use, what cached maps can do in a pinch, and what it's like to use Google Maps without an internet connection.