Sometimes the best advice is precisely the simplest, we know that. We also know that everyone gets happy when he meets a new cool trick to solve simple things. And we also know that no matter how well we know an application or a program, there is almost always some shortcut that we never learned. The same goes for hardware: we can use devices every day unaware of its useful quirks that usually they are at hand.
Today we spend a lot of time using the technology around usespecially if one works from home. But there’s a good chance you’re unknowingly doing things «the hard way,» when you could be taking shortcuts for free.
These are some of technology tips, tricks and shortcuts that will change your life:
Connect a USB the right way «first time»
They say it’s one of the most ridiculous things in the world because it happens to all of us, is always wrong the first time that we connect the USB. And while connecting a USB cable the right way feels like a no-brainer, it is not.
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Then, Why do we get it wrong on the first try so often?
Here is the secret: grab any USB cable lying around your house. See that symbol on the side? It’s not just about branding or decoration. That symbol will point up if you’re connecting horizontally and if you’re connecting a cable vertically, the USB symbol will be facing you. Now you know.
Reopen a closed browser tab
Happens all the time. You have a dozen tabs open in the browser and you accidentally close the wrong one.
You can open your browser history and reopen the tab from there, that’s right, but it takes timeso the easiest thing is to do it by pressing three keys:
press Ctrl + Shift + T on your PC or Command + Shift + T on your Mac to automatically reopen the tab you just closed.
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Share a YouTube video in a precise second
Let’s say you want to show something that happened at 10:03 in a video that’s 20:00 minutes long to send to someone, but you want to save the person from having to watch the entire video. Well, it can be done.
If you see something in a YouTube video that you want to share at a particular point, you can get a link that takes people who see it directly to that moment.
Open the video and pause it at the moment you want to share. Click the button Share below the video. Search one checkbox below the link. It will automatically display the time currently has the video stopped.
You can stick to this time that appears or choose another. Copy the link and share it on your favorite social networks or email it to a friend. When someone opens the link, the YouTube video will automatically jump to the point you chose.
Use your voice in Google Docs
We use the text dictation option on the phone to dictate messages or even emails, but did you know you can do the same on Google Docs? It’s free and works surprisingly well. And you can save time on writing long articles, or annotations, or homework.
How to do it?
Open a new document in Google Docsthen enable voice dictation in the menu Tools. Then she starts dictating. Voice typing also recognizes commands like ‘comma’, ‘period’ and ‘new paragraph’.
Download movies on Disney Plus to watch offline
Every streaming service has a different policy for downloading video content and watching it offline. Netflix was a big hurdle until 2016. But Disney Plus enabled this option immediately.
How to download the movie on Disney Plus?
The download icon is located on the bottom of the menu. With the Disney Plus app, you can also download as many titles as you can fit on your hard drive.
Crop a screenshot
Screenshots are a common practice, but it often captures more than you need. Revealing too much of your screen in a single image can be threatening your security. Instead, you can take a screenshot with precise cropping, so include only what you want.
In a Macpress Command + Shift + 5 and a rectangle will appear, which you can manipulate as much as you want.
In Windows 10go to Start, enter the search bar and type Snipping Tool. This will give you a similar box that you can drag to any shape on your screen.
Search WhatsApp chats
Messages accumulate over time, regardless of the platform you use. Sometimes we need to find something specific, funny, or work, and we need to do it as fast as possible.
WhatsApp may be the most downloaded app of the decade, but many users are unaware that you can search your messages.
For versions of iOS, there is a search bar; for Androidthere’s a icon of search. Either way, find words unique to a specific conversation in order to narrow down the exact message you’re looking for.