You Can Literally Make It Rain on Your Mac’s Desktop
There’s a magic to the early days of any tech that’s lost as it becomes more mainstream. The Mac is a great example of that: When it was still struggling…
11 New Windows 11 Features You Need to Know About
Image: Microsoft You’re not dreaming: You can finally use iMessage on your Windows PC—if Microsoft picks you, that is. The feature is currently in early stages of testing for a…
How to Disable Those Annoying ‘Suggestion’ Ads on Your Windows PC
Photo: Lukmanazis (Shutterstock) When you buy a new Windows laptop, it keeps offering ads that are disguised as suggestions. But you already spent the money on the machine—you shouldn’t have…
How to Bring Back the Classic Taskbar on Windows 11
Screenshot: Khamosh Pathak The Windows 11 taskbar gets worse with every release, and the widget popups and expanded Search bar aren’t helping. Here’s an idea, though: What if you nuke…
7 Apps to Get the Best Mac Features on Windows
Screenshot: Flow Launcher The Everything app is great for quickly searching through files, but it’s no Spotlight search. If you’re looking for something like Spotlight (or Alfred), try out the…
Why You Should Upgrade to Windows 11 2022
Image: Microsoft When Windows 11 launched last year, it was a radical update. It quite literally changed the face of the decades-old operating system with a new central taskbar and…
8 Ways You Can Make the Windows 11 Taskbar More Useful
Screenshot: Khamosh Pathak Windows 11 has a separate section that lets you customize how the taskbar behaves. Right-click the taskbar, click the “Taskbar Settings” button, and select the “Taskbar Behaviors”…
7 Frustrating New Features in Windows 11 (and How to Fix Them)
Screenshot: Khamosh Pathak The right-click menu has a legacy of its own. It had not changed in more two decades. And for good reason: it showed a simple list of…
This Free Utility Makes Windows 11 Dark Mode Actually Usable
Photo: A9 STUDIO (Shutterstock) Windows 11 shipped with a “dark mode,” but not a good one. It’s more like a dark theme, missing features you’ve come to expect from other…
How to Test Drive Windows 11 Without Installing Anything
Screenshot: Brendan Hesse You can now demo Windows 11 from your internet browser, thanks to a new webpage created by a resourceful developer known as “Blue Edge.” The webpage lets…