Assuming that you have already installed the fuse-exfat and exfat-utils packages that are necessary to access exFAT in Linux: Plug in your external hard disk. Open a terminal and type This will list down all the hard disks and partitions in your computer. Record down the id that correspond to the partition in your external hard disk. Next, run the command: Replace “LABEL” with the label for your external hard disk and “/dev/sdXn” with the partition id that you recorded earlier....

1. Turn on FileVault FileVault is a whole-disk encryption system. It wraps all the contents of your disk in an layer of encryption. This means that even if attackers have access to your physical hard drive, they cannot decrypt the data without your password. FileVault is turned on by default in all new Macs. But if you have an older Mac, or you used a Time Machine clone to copy your Mac’s files to your new machine, FileVault might not be turned on....

Office 365 Education/Alumni Microsoft and various educational institutions around the world have had a partnership that stretches back a number of years. This partnership means that students and educators can get the latest version of Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and OneNote for free. The only catch is that you have to have a valid email issued by a participating educational institution. To see if you are eligible, head to Microsoft’s website....

He explained that he types very fast, often without looking at the keyboard. While this does result in some typos here and there, typing the correct sudo password in one go has proved to be very challenging primarily because nothing shows up when you type the password. I have to admit that I don’t even come close to the speed at which he types, so that’s probably the reason I never faced such a problem....

What is Drawers? Drawers is a an application which allows a user to group a bunch of application shortcuts together in one folder and hence free up the space from the main launcher. Drawers, as the name suggests like a table drawer, keeps files (read apps shortcuts) in it. And you can open the drawer to find the file (read launch the app). Install Drawers in Ubuntu: There is a PPA available from the developers to install Drawer in Ubuntu....

Following the introduction of Windows 8 last year, nearly everyone complained of the lack of a Start button. Initially, Microsoft held its nerve, but it eventually relented in the face of users installing various third party Start menu tools. With Windows 8.1, the Redmond tech giant offered a compromise – the desktop Start button that opens the Start screen. The problem now is, this new Start button is pretty ugly....

Alternatively, you can also hide updates using PowerShell in Windows. Unless otherwise noted, the steps below work for both Windows 10 and 11. If you need troubleshooting help for Windows update problems, turn to SetupDiag. Note: none of the commands covered below are case sensitive. Accessing PowerShell in Windows While Windows 10 listed PowerShell in the power users start menu, it’s noticeably absent in the Windows 11 power users start menu....

Here are some of the ways you can improve the sound quality on your Android phone. 1. Optimize and Equalize with Wavelet There are a lot of apps out there that claim to give you granular control over your phone’s sound, and some music player apps have built-in equalizers too, but Wavelet is great because it applies equalization, effects and gain control across your entire device. You can just use one of the several presets in the app to keep things simple....

As a warning, it’s way more efficient to run Ubuntu on a virtual machine using VMWare. If for some reason this doesn’t work for you, dual booting should be your second option. Just a warning: some hardware functionality might never work right under Ubuntu. Macs can be weird under Linux, so only proceed if you possess the patience and technical know-how for troubleshooting. Before you begin, back up your Mac....

What Is CMake? CMake is an open-source application that allows you to build, test, and package software written in C and C++. It uses scripts called CMakeLists to generate build files on both Unix and Windows systems. This differs from GNU make, which is limited in the platforms it runs on, can be complicated to work with on large projects and doesn’t have a GUI. How to Install CMake Installing CMake is easy....

Kali Linux has over 600 installed programs for security testing. It includes the best of them, from Aircrack to John the Ripper. Here’s how you can install Kali Linux on your own PC. Downloading Kali Linux and Creating Installation Media To begin installing Kali Linux, you’ll need to download the latest image file. Kali comes in 32- and 64-bit versions, smaller “light” editions with a reduced size, and Kali Linux for ARM CPUs like the Raspberry Pi....

Aside from forwarding your email to a single Gmail account, you can use browser extensions or manage the settings in Gmail to allow multiple account access without the inconveniences you are currently experiencing. The following methods are mostly meant for accessing several Google accounts for email. Some of the other apps accessed when you are logged into your Google Account may not work. Quick Login for Google Accounts For this first fix, you will need to use Google Chrome (browser)....

If your needs are basic, and you have Word already installed on your Mac, then you do not need to download anything at all. Even if you have never used Word as a web editor in the past, it does have that feature and you can use it to save yourself some hard drive space. This is especially good news if you have an older Mac laptop that is short on space....

Thanks to the April 2018 update Windows 10 now ships with a unique Timeline feature. This feature is like an activity log for all activities you have carried out on your PC. Think of it as a record of everything you’ve done in the past on your computer, stored for your retrieval. It records activities across programs, games and other apps in your Windows machine. Sadly, only Microsoft Edge is currently supported....

Eyestrain According to All About Vision, “Studies show that eye strain and other bothersome visual symptoms occur in 50 to 90 percent of computer workers.” Our eyes experience pain and fatigue when used for long periods of times, hence the name. It may also be accompanied by red eyes and a headache. What’s worse is that it may decrease productivity and increase irritability. Sure, you may have taken the necessary precautions to protect your eyes, such as replacing your old CRT monitor with LCD screens, blinking more often and even going to the eye doctor regularly, but you may have forgotten one tiny yet extremely important thing: adjusting the color temperature of your computer....

There’s an easy way to hide posts from that chatty people while staying connected on Google+, and that’s by muting them. You can’t mute a single person, but you can create a new Google+ Circle and mute that entire Circle. Here’s how: Create a new circle and add those that you want to mute to that circle. To do this, click on “Circles” in the right column and drag the each person to the empty white circle; this will create a new Circle....

Of course, if your drive has low disk space or Windows deems it necessary, it will automatically clear the cache and free up space. Moreover, as new updates arrive, Windows will update the cache accordingly. If you think Delivery Optimization is using a lot of space or not retaining the cache long enough, you can change that behavior using Group Policy Editor or Windows Registry Editor. Here’s how. Change Delivery Optimization Cache Size and Cache Age via Group Policy Editor Open Group Policy Editor by searching for “gpedit....

What Is Email Bombing? According to Wikipedia, email bombing is “a form of net abuse consisting of sending huge volumes of email to an address in an attempt to overflow the mailbox or overwhelm the server where the email address is hosted in a denial-of-service attack.” As you see from the definition, fortunately email bombing is very resource-intensive and as a result it is more difficult to implement than a spam campaign, for example....

There are some exit nodes out there that are being run by cyber-criminals and governments in the hopes of scraping up valuable data generated by those seeking privacy for some reason. Learn how you can protect yourself from malicious Tor exit nodes. What’s going on under the Tor hood? A Tor connection to a non-onion (i.e., normal Internet) site looks like this: The final node is the weakest link in the Tor network since Tor’s encryption is gone and any unencrypted data is now readable by the node....

How to Set up Multipass Multipass is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. For Windows and macOS, you can download the relevant packages and install them like you would any normal application. Just note that for Windows, you will need to have either VirtualBox or Hyper-V installed. Hyper-V is only compatible with Windows 10 Pro and Windows 10 Enterprise. After installation, you will be able to use multipass from the terminal....