Computer tips

[Magical Realist]

Quick way to get rid of those annoying pop-up ads on your computer that I discovered last night. Go to your browser page (Chrome for me) click on Settings and then Advanced and then Reset Settings. Works like a charm.

Any other tips?

[C C]

Should a handful not be aware of it yet, the last major Win10 update added multi-copy storage to the clipboard that you can activate/access by clicking the Windows + V buttons.

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[C C]

The browser extension Copyfish enables you to quote text appearing on various kinds of image files (usually not necessary for PDFs, as the reader provides a tool). Helpful if there's two or more long paragraphs which you'd otherwise have to manually transcribe. It's available in the common addon stores below.

For Chrome (and Vivaldi)
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detai...ebbj?hl=en

For Firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox...-software/

For Opera
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/d...-software/

It's rumored that you'll be able to install Chrome extensions on Edge after the latter is rebuilt with the Blink engine, perhaps similar to Vivaldi's ability to do that.

NOTE: Back in the summer of 2017, the Chrome version of Copyfish was hacked to display another party's adware. That's long since been remedied: https://a9t9.com/blog/chrome-extension-adware/

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[Magical Realist]

"Find your Wi-Fi password In Windows, go to the "Network and Sharing Center." Right click on the Wi-Fi network connection icon > Wireless Properties. Click on Show Characters box to show your Wi-Fi password.

In macOS all passwords are stored in the Keychain app. Use Spotlight to find "Keychain Access." Open the app and find your Wi-Fi network name in the list of saved credentials. Double click it and then click the box to show your password (it will require your OS level password)."--- https://www.techspot.com/guides/676-best...er-tricks/