How to Choose Between iCloud Drive or Local Storage on Your Mac

Summary Wondering whether to keep your files on your Mac’s built-in storage or sync them to iCloud Drive? Your choice affects everything from how quickly you access your files to how much storage space you have available. What’s the Difference? Local storage, simply put, stores everything right on your computer. Whether that’s a traditional hard drive or a speedy SSD, you won’t need an internet connection to access those files. This way, you’re only limited by your Mac’s physical storage capacity....

July 2, 2025 · 6 min · 1086 words · Heather Christensen

How to Fix Microsoft Teams Camera Not Working on Windows

Summary Using Microsoft Teams for video conferencing is the norm for many teams worldwide. However, you can’t be an effective contributor in such an environment if the camera isn’t working in Teams. We’re going to show you how to fix it. Preliminary Fixes to Get the Camera Working Again in Teams To begin troubleshooting the issue, restart your Windows computer. This can resolve any temporary glitch that Windows or Teams is experiencing....

July 2, 2025 · 4 min · 733 words · Daniel Lowery

How to Pair an Amazon Firestick Remote to Your TV Volume

Quick Links Summary To control your TV’s volume using your Fire TV Stick remote, head to Settings > Equipment Control > Manage Equipment > TV > Change TV. Now, select “Change TV,” choose your manufacturer, and follow the on-screen instructions. You’ll then test adjusting the volume and powering your TV on and off to confirm it worked. With your Amazon Fire TV Stick connected to your television, you’re able to use your Firestick remote to turn your TV’s volume up and down....

July 2, 2025 · 3 min · 509 words · Joshua Richard

How to Share a Clipboard with Your iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Summary Did you know you may copy something on your Mac and then paste it on your iPhone or iPad, without installing additional software? It’s one of those features you might not realize you need until you use it, but once you know about it you’ll become utterly dependent on it. How to Enable a Shared Clipboard on Mac, iPhone and iPad Apple refers to this feature as Universal Clipboard and it works with any Mac, iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch that meets Apple’s system requirements for Continuity....

July 2, 2025 · 3 min · 566 words · Tammy Torres

How to Watch the World Cup 2022 Online

Quick Links The 22ndFIFA World Cupkicks off on July 02, 2025, from Qatar, and games will be played through December 18. Here’s how you can stream every World Cup soccer match online in the U.S. Related:The Best Streaming Devices of 2023 Hulu + Live TV Watch on Hulu YouTube TV Related:The Best Live TV Streaming Services of 2023 FuboTV Watch on FuboTV DirecTV Stream Related:The Best Streaming Services of 2023 Sling TV Watch on Sling TV Vidgo Live TV streaming serviceVidgo($59....

July 2, 2025 · 2 min · 308 words · James Smith

I Install These Homebrew Apps on Every Mac

Apple includes a bundle of useful software with every Mac, but this barely scratches the surface of what’s possible with free third-party apps. While installing apps is simple—either by dragging the APP file into your Applications folder or running a simple package installer—Mac package manager Homebrew makes it easier and faster. There are more apps available via Homebrew than you probably think, and the utility makes for a bustling hive of free and open-source software....

July 2, 2025 · 7 min · 1407 words · Tracey Cowan

I Keep Deleting and Reinstalling My Biggest Time-Wasting Apps—and I’ve Never Been More Productive

This week alone, I’ve deleted and reinstalled TikTok on my phone three times. Over the past two weeks? Seven times. And in the last month? Fifteen. It might sound like I’m just hopping on and off the digital app wagon—but strangely enough, I’ve never been more productive. Self-Control Is Hard My on-again, off-again relationship with my favorite apps started because I’ve been preparing for a notoriously difficult exam, and to give myself the best shot at success, I’ve had to overhaul my regular schedule to make every hour count....

July 2, 2025 · 5 min · 873 words · Julian Bradford

I Never Build a PC Without This Often-Overlooked Component

When assembling a PC, everyone always thinks about the big three first—the CPU, the GPU, and the motherboard. After that, people tend to piece together the rest, depending on what they want. However, everyone always overlooks one component: the humble sound card. A World of Missed Sounds Though interacting with the operating system of your PC doesn’t require high-fidelity sound, or any sound at all really, most of our leisure activities do....

July 2, 2025 · 6 min · 1231 words · David Sanchez

LG's New 4K Projector Is Impressively Portable and Stylish

If you need a portable projector that doubles as a showpiece, LG’s got you covered. The newLG CineBeam Qubeweighs just 3.28 pounds and looks like it came from the space age, yet it can project a 120-inch 4K image with HDR10 enhancement. This is a very interesting offering from LG. Portable 4K projectors tend to bea lot bulkierthan they should be, but the CineBeam Qube weighs less than a two-liter soda bottle and is just 5....

July 2, 2025 · 2 min · 404 words · Benjamin Gonzalez

Mobile Gaming Lets Me Get My Gaming Fix as a Busy Parent

Quick Links I grew up with video games, and every now and then, I feel tempted to own a gaming PC or home console. The thing is, as a parent of two young kids, I wouldn’t actually get time to play them—so I’ve fully embraced mobile gaming instead. These Games Are Playable on My Schedule We only have one TV in our house, and that’s in the living room. That means any game I want to play on it would require occupying the central area of the house....

July 2, 2025 · 5 min · 960 words · Kimberly Smith

Netflix Basic With Ads Plan Review: Maybe Too Much of an Overcorrection

Quick Links With the rising costs of streaming services, we’re constantly looking for cheaper options. Netflix aimed to right some of its price increases with a reduced-costBasic with ads plan, but it’s possible the streaming conglomerate was a little too overzealous with how many ads it runs. At first, the trade-off of ads for a lower price sounds reasonable. Then you start to realize that, like most modern programming, there is no natural commercial break in Netflix’s productions....

July 2, 2025 · 7 min · 1441 words · Melissa Lindsey

NotebookLM Now Has Android and iPhone Apps

UPDATE: 2025-06-06 10:59 EST BY CORBIN DAVENPORT iPhone and iPad app Now Live The NotebookLM app isnow live for iPhone and iPad devices, following the release ofthe Android version. The original article about the Android app continues below. Google has finally released an Android app for NotebookLM, its research assistant and notebook powered by Gemini AI. It was previewed earlier in May, can now be downloaded from the Google Play Store....

July 2, 2025 · 3 min · 501 words · Richard Martin

PlayStation 5 Pro Will Start With 50+ Enhanced Games

Over 50 enhanced titles will be optimized for the PlayStation 5 Pro when the console is released, according to Sony. The games are being updated to take advantage of improved graphics hardware. Sony recently listed a few upcoming and existing games that it said would receive free software updates to take advantage of the updated graphical capabilities of itsnew PlayStation 5 Pro console. Today, the company published “a sample of over 50 games boasting PS5 Pro enhancements at launch....

July 2, 2025 · 2 min · 416 words · Marisa Delacruz