Friday, May 30, 2014

How To Reveal The Enclosing Folder From Spotlight Search On MAC

Macintosh keeps the users more engaged with its hidden features all the time. File indexing is one of greatest features on MAC. Whenever the user creates any new volume in HDD / SSD or plugs in any external drive, Macintosh will always be awake to start indexing those partitions. It indexes the files more elegantly and keeps it ready when the user wants. The users can search for the files in the finder window. Spotlight search is an easiest and quickest way to search for the files from MAC.

Spotlight search can be set and enabled in the system preferences. The users can restrict or allow, in what the searching has to be done. Even the categories can be reordered in the way it has to appeared when the searching is done. When the user searches the file, It can be opened by clicking on it. But some users might want to open the enclosing folder instead of opening the file. Here is the way to do so.

Step 1:

Open “Spotlight Search”

Step 2:

Search for the file

Step 3:

Highlight it

Enclosing Folder - MAC

Step 4:

While holding down “Command” key, Click/Enter on the searched item

Enclosing Folder - MAC

Step 5:

The searched item’s enclosing folder will be shown in the finder

How To Create Playlists On iTunes

iTunes provides lots of features to its users. Movies, Music, TV shows and Apps can be downloaded through it. Apple constantly works on it, keeps upgrading the application and addresses lots of issues. In the latest stable version of iTunes, Apple fixed the problem persisted with the podcasts unexpected download and improved stability performances.

iTunes let the users to add the media tracks to it. It will enable the users to watch & listen to those tracks and sync them to any iDevices. When adding lots of tracks to it, Obviously the users might want to have their desired tracks in some sort of playlists. iTunes lets the users to create such playlists. Here is a way to do that.

Step 1:

Open “iTunes”

Step 2:

Go to File â€"> New â€"> Playlist

iTunes Playlists

Click on “+” at the lower left bottom corner of the sidebar to get the pop up menu. Choose “New Playlist”

iTunes Playlists

Step 3:

Give the name for your playlist. The name can be edited by clicking on it later

iTunes Playlists

Step 4:

Now, Go to any album, Choose the tracks you want to and right click on it.

Step 5:

From the pop up menu choose “Add to playlist”, Select the playlist and Click on it. The selected tracks have been added to the playlist

The chosen tracks can dragged and dropped in the desired playlist. It will be the quickest way to add the tracks.

iTunes Playlists

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Jarte: An Excellent Portable Word Processor For Windows

Word Processors have become an essential application for all types of users. Microsoft Word is one of the most used word processing applications in Windows, Mac and in many popular mobile platforms. The only problem in MS Word is its cost. It cannot be affordable for everyone. That’s why we have free alternatives like Google Docs, Open Office, etc. Today I’ve come with one such application called “Jarte”, an excellent portable Word Processing application for PC. Lets have a look at the features and functions of the app below.

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Jarte is a very light weighted word processing application for Windows. It has both portable and normal execution files for installation. You can download the app from its official website using the link below. The interface of the application will look strange when you use it for the first time, but the options are pretty easy to understand. There will be a welcome page on the application which has all the instructions to use the app. It comes with three different layouts called Minimal, Compact and Classic. You can choose the layouts from the “View” option on the menu bar.

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The minimal layout will look similar to the notepad and all the options will be available on the menu bar. The compact layout will show all the options as icons and will give you a lot of space to edit your text. Classic Mode will show the actual interface of the application. Jarte supports .RTF, .DOC and .DOCX formats and you can export the documents in HTML and PDF file formats. The app offers “Tabbed Interface” to quickly switch between different documents without leaving the window. Also, the “Split View Mode” will let you edit multiple documents at the same time.

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Since it needs only a 10MB of memory space for installation, the application will work faster even in a minimal hardware configuration. You can carry the app in your USB Drive or save in your cloud account to use anywhere on the go. This will save a lot of space in your hard drive and the installation is very quick as compared to other word processing applications. If you work on different computers, Jarte will be very helpful to quickly install and edit your documents. Try this app on your PC and share your experience with us in the comments. Thanks for reading, do share this post with your friends.

Download Jarte For Windows

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

How To Add Playlists To Ease The Songs Selection On iPod Shuffle

iPod shuffle is an audio player which apple launched couple of years ago. It evolved with series of generations. The latest generation iPod Shuffle is more compact to hold. The sound quality is also good. The people who want to listen to the audio while doing workouts, iPod Shuffle will be the great pick. It comes in couple of attractive colors with 2GB storage space. The package contains iPod Shuffle, USB Cable, Earphones and Quick start guide.

Apple didn’t place the display in iPod Shuffle. This makes the users to feel little difficulty in searching the tracks. There is an easy option to search from the added tracks. Creating the playlists would do the trick. While adding the tracks to an iPod Shuffle, Create the playlists and add the tracks in the respective playlists. This is one of the finest ways to search the tracks in an iPod Shuffle.

Name the album name as the playlist, If you want to add tracks from one particular album. This will let the users to add more albums and enable them to search among it. Here is a way to search the tracks from the added playlists to an iPod Shuffle.

Step 1:

Open “iTunes”

Step 2:

Drag and Drop the album in the sidebar of iTunes. It will be listed under Playlists. Rename it, If you want to. Add more no of albums, if you want to

iPod Shuffle - Add Playlist

Step 3:

Connect the “iPod Shuffle” and “Sync” it with the new playlists

Step 4:

Unplug and Connect the headphones to it

Step 5:

Turn it on and Press the Voiceover button to read the playlists for you

iPod Shuffle - Add Playlist

Step 6:

Press the play button when the desired playlist is being read. Choose the playlist from the cycle, if you have missed before

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Gmail: How to know if your email has been read or not

There are times when we want to know if the person has read the email we sent them. As most of us know that Whatsapp, popular messaging app’ has the ability to notify us when the other user is online and has read our message (with green double arrow icons ??). MailTrack for chrome does the same but for Gmail.

MailTrack is a small Google Chrome based extension that gives you the ability to find out when your emails were read. Here’s how it works. Install the extension from Google Chrome store for free and sign in to your email account.

MailTrack

After that you’ll need to grant the app permission before it can access your email account. That’s about it. It’s time to test. I have (of-course) more than 2 email accounts at Gmail. I sent an email after installing MailTrack to my other account.

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After it was sent, I tested it by going into my sent mail tab. A new option was added beside every email I’ve sent, the ?? icon. On mouse-over, it showed ‘last mail not opened’, which of-course was right since I didn’t opened it from my other account.

But as soon I signed in my other Gmail account and opened it, the arrows turned green.

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So yes, it definitely works. Remember, emails sent before installing MailTrack won’t give you any statistics. Anything sent afterward will be tracked.

With MailTrack, you can

  • Avoid misunderstandings: check if your e-mails have been received
  • Friends: coordinate better with them
  • Family: make sure your loved ones are well
  • Peace of mind: avoid impatience when waiting for answers
  • Commercial objectives: verify if there is interest in your products
  • Job search: find out if a company reviewed your resume

Download MailTrack from Google Chrome Store

How To Delete Duplicate Tracks From iTunes 11

iTunes is the medium to transfer the media tracks to iDevices. It is the default player for Macintosh operating system. This will organise the media library. When discuss about organising the library there could be possibilities of having the duplicate tracks. This will be more annoying for the users as it will consume more storage space in the computer and iDevices as well.

There is an easy method to find and delete the duplicate tracks from the iTunes library. iTunes allows the users to do this in two ways. Deleting the duplicate tracks is the first option. The second one is, exactly deleting the duplicate tracks. The users might have to understand the difference between these two options to use it more efficiently.

Lets consider the same track is available in 2 albums. This might be the way it has to be. This should not be considered as duplicate tracks. These 2 tracks will be shown as duplicate tracks when using the 1st option whereas it will not when using the 2nd option. The second option will be the exact way of deleting the duplicate tracks. Here is a way to do so.

Step 1:

Open “iTunes”

Step 2:

Click on “View”

Step 3:

Click on “Show Duplicate Items” 

iTunes Duplicate Tracks

For MAC users, Hold “Alt” key and Click on Show Exact Duplicate Items. For Windows users, Press Shift Key and Click on View to see Show Exact Duplicate Items

iTunes Duplicate Tracks

Step 4:

Now, Choose the tracks from list which you want to delete.

5 Best Contacts And Address Book Managing Apps For Android

In the last five years, usage of mobile phones has been tremendously increased and today, even a 10-year old kid has its own Smartphone. So, we have lots of contacts to maintain in our mobile devices. Most of the default contacts application in Smartphones offers a clean and clutter free interface to maintain contacts easily. Especially in Android devices, Google Contacts is a great option to sync and backup all your contacts in a single place. Though we have default apps to maintain contacts, there are some good third party apps available with much more features. Today I’ve come with a list of apps to manage contacts and Address Book on your Android device. The list is as follows.

Contacts+

Contacts+ is more than a contact managing application for Android. It organizes all your most used contacts in the top for quick access and gives a clutter free interface. Also, you can navigate between text messages, contacts and call logs with just a swipe. Another interesting feature in this application is, it automatically connects with Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Google+ and LinkedIn profiles of your contacts. So, you will get notified of their birthdays and it will automatically crawl their profile pictures to the contacts. Watch the video below to understand more about the app.

DW Contacts

DW Contacts is a must have application for all the business people. You can manage contacts, events, locations and much more in a single place. All the basic options like groups, favorites, recent call lists will be available for quick access. Personal notes can be added to call logs for reference. The app will automatically find the duplicate contacts on your device and merge them to avoid repetition. Tapping the menu key on each section will provide more options to customize that particular feature.

DW Contacts

ExDialer

ExDialer is a simple contact managing application for Android. Similar to the other contact applications, you can swipe to navigate between your text messages, contacts and call logs in a single screen. Dark and light themes were available for day and night modes. Also, you can download plugins to find the location of phone numbers, vibrate when a call gets connected or disconnected, etc. The app supports more than 30 languages for quick understanding. ExDialer is a premium application, the app comes with a 7-day trial period.

Ex Dialer

Contacts, Calls, Addresses

Contacts, Calls, Addresses is a new address book application for Android. The app has a default search engine called “Osmanio” to find contact numbers of different organizations across the world with the help of Yellow Pages. The search engine also merges with your contacts list to quickly search and find the numbers. The app supports voice search and dialing option. You can create contact groups based on different categories and send them a group SMS easily. The app will scan for duplicate contacts on your list and merge them automatically.

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Go Contacts

“Go Launcher Ex” is a famous launcher for Android devices. They have many widgets, themes and applications available in the Play Store. Go Contacts is one of their products to manage the contacts easily on your device. All the basic features like merging duplicate contacts, creating contact groups, batch SMS, etc., were available in this app. Go Launcher and its apps are famous for its themes and widgets. Go Contacts also have different dark and light themes to apply for the dial pad. You can take a backup of all your contacts to SD Card or Internal storage right from the application.

Go Contact

If I’ve missed any of your contacts and address book managing application for Android devices, please let me know in the comments. Thanks for reading, do share this post with your friends.

Monday, May 26, 2014

How To Find Out Who Is Using Your WiFi Connection

Security is the primary concern for all the users on the Internet. Especially people who are using WiFi connections, should know about all the necessary security measures. Using strong passwords will not make your connection secured. Still, hackers and intruders can find the vulnerabilities and violate your privacy. On the other way around, limited bandwidth users need to protect their WiFi from neighbors and strangers to avoid the excess usage. There are many apps available to protect your WiFi connection. Today I’ve come with one such application called “Who Is On My WiFi”, which lets you know who are all connected to your WiFi network. Here’s how it works.

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“Who Is On My WiFi” is a free network scanning application for Windows. You can download the app from its official site using the link at the bottom. Once you complete the installation, it will take you to the homepage as shown in the screenshot above. On the home page, all the options will be available at the top right corner. Click “Settings” to set the scan frequency and notifications while the app finds an intruder. You can set an IP range in the Settings and the app will scan your WiFi network every two minutes by default.

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The app also has an option to push notification whenever it finds a new connection. You can add trusted devices to avoid unwanted notifications. Not only with your personal WiFi connection, the app also works with Public WiFi connections. If you have connected to a WiFi network in a Hotel or in an Airport, you can see all the devices connected to that particular network with the help of this application. Whenever you find a new device in your network, you can explore all of its details with the help of this tool for windows.

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The app actually does port scanning to explore the devices connected to your network. So, be careful while scanning secured public networks. It may trigger an alarm in their side. The app works great for personal use and you can easily protect your WiFi connection from the prying eyes. Try this app on your Windows machine and share your experience with us in the comments. Thanks for reading, do share this post with your friends.

Download Who Is On My WiFi for Windows

Feem Lets You Share Files, Music And Chat Messages Across Devices

There is no shortage of apps to transfer files between PC and Mobile devices. We have default applications like “AirDrop” to exchange files within the Mac and iOS platforms. Also, there are few best third party applications are available to connect different PCs and mobile devices for quick data transfer. Previously, I wrote about “Dukto” and “PushBullet” to quickly transfer files between different devices easily. Today I’ve come with a new application called “Feem”, which lets you transfer files between Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and iOS devices. Lets have a look at the features and functions of the app below.

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Feem is a free file transferring application available for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS and Windows Phones. The only limitation in the app is, the devices should be connected to the same network. Instead of using a USB drive, you can transfer large files at ease using this application. Since Feem works with WiFi, you don’t need an Internet connection to transfer the files. All you have to do is, just connect the devices to the same WiFi network. Then you are ready to go. You can download Feem for all the devices using the link at the end of this post.

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The interface and options of the app will be same in all the devices. The first option will show you the devices connected to your network. To start transferring your files, click the second icon and browse the file you need to share. All the downloaded files will be available in the third option. You can see all the uploaded files from that particular device in the fourth option. Profile details and application preferences can be modified in the “Settings” option at the end.

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The free version of Feem is ad supported. You can upgrade to the premium version of the app in Windows for $4 and in Android and iOS for $2. If you have a good router, bulk file transfers can be made in just minutes. Feem also has an option to send Instant messages within the same network. You can chat with your colleague or quickly send the links to your partner using this feature. If you work under different platforms and devices all the day, Feem is a must have application in all your devices. Share your views about the app in the comments. Thanks for reading, do share this post with your friends.

Download Feem for PC and Mobile Devices

Saturday, May 24, 2014

Reveal saved passwords from under asterisks in your Web browser with one click

Sure, a lot of people have one universal password but most of us don’t. For example, I have different passwords for numerous websites (like Gmail, Facebook, Twitter etc.) and there are times when I forget those. Thanks to saved passwords in Google Chrome, I don’t have to type it in every time or anytime for that matter. It becomes a problem when I want to use the same credentials on a different computer.

To solve this matter, I stumbled upon IseePass. It’s an awesome bookmark-let that, with a click on a button, reveals all password on a page. To restore the asterisks, all you need to do is click on it again.

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To get the IseePass bookmark-let, visit ISeePass’ website, scroll down until you see the orange ‘ISeePass’ button and simply drag and drop this button to your browser’s bookmark bar.

There are a lot of other applications that can do the same but for that you have to install them. This one only requires drag and drop action. There’s also a handy trick to reveal saved passwords on Google Chrome.

For that, you need to

  • Visit the page with saved password
  • Right click on the password field and select Inspect Element from the menu that appears.
  • In the window that appears, double click on the part of the text that says type=”password” and change the quoted value to “text” and hit Enter.
  • As soon as you hit the Enter button the field text will change from dots to the actual password text.

Both of these techniques work fine, it depends on which way you want to go. In my honest opinion, I would prefer sticking with IseePass because of less hassle. What about you?

Drag and drop the bookmark-let here â€" IseePass

Friday, May 23, 2014

How To Sort Media Files On iTunes

iTunes is the default media player for MAC users. The music, video and TV shows can be played in this. It contains app store. The app store will have apps for iPhone, iPad and iPod. Nowadays, A lot of people are switched to listening to music through online. It frees them from dumping the files into their mobile phones.

When the users add the media files to it, It will be automatically sorted. It provides the various options to browse the files in Songs, Albums, Artists, Genres and Playlists. It might be little hard for the people who switched from iTunes 10 to iTunes 11 as the viewing options has been revamped. For sure, anyone of the new viewing options would suite the need. After adding the media files, The users might want it to be sorted in the other way around. iTunes lets you do that with variety of pre-defined sorting procedures as per the chosen view. Here is how to do it with the view chosen as Albums.

Step 1:

Open “iTunes”

Step 2:

Go to “View”

Step 3:

Click on “Show View Options”

iTunes Album Sorting

Step 4:

Change “Sort by” and “then” fields according to your need

Step 5:

Click on the “Close” button in the pop up window

iTunes Album Sorting

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Boost your productivity, block time sucking websites with StayFocusd

It happens to everyone, especially people working with computers. We sit down at our desk, willing to finish everything for the day, be more productive than yesterday. All that positive energy goes down when you start checking Facebook, see what’s going on Twitter, play a game of Poker â€"at the end of the day, you realize that you’ve actually wasted all your time and no work has been done.

I stumbled upon a Google Chrome extension called StayFocusd that helps you stay focused on your work by restricting the amount of time you can spend on time-wasting websites. With StayFocusd you can set the maximum number of minutes per day that you will be allowed to browse sites on the Blocked Sites list. For example, to check your Facebook feed, you don’t need more than 10 â€" 20 minutes, probably less. Enter the url in settings and allot the site, Facebook in our case, 20 minutes a day.

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Max time allowed (in settings) is 10 minutes which can be increased or decreased.

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StayFocusd has a lot of options. It gives you the ability to block or allow entire sites, specific subdomains, specific paths, specific pages, even specific in-page content (videos, games, images, forms, etc). You can also set the time at which StayFocusd will reset your allowed time for the day.

One of the best options that I like is ‘The Nuclear Option’. Lets assume, you’ve allotted Facebook 20 minutes per day. You get frustrated and increase the allotted time to use the site. That’s when The Nuclear Option comes in handy.

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Activating this option will block sites for the number of hours you indicate, independent of your Active Days or Active Hours. There is no way to cancel this once you activate it.

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All in all, this is one the best apps that will help you in staying focused.

Download StayFocused

Sunday, May 18, 2014

Clean up your Whiteboard images with Unwhiteboard

Taking notes using your cell phone camera is becoming more and more trendy nowadays. You’ll notice (probably you’re one of them) that at conferences, a class at school or are at meetings, people use their cell phone cameras to take pictures of the presentations. Yes, it’s much faster than actually writing or memorizing all that down hence the pictures.

Those pictures usually turn out blurry, there’s text you can’t properly read. Keeping that factor in mind, we came across an email-based service that helps you clean up those photos. Unwhiteboard is providing free help by turning your whiteboard photos into clean legible pdf documents.

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It’s very simple to use. All you need to do is,

  • Snap photos of your whiteboards
  • Email Whiteboard photos to please@make.unwhiteboard.com
  • Receive a pdf document containing your cleaned up whiteboard slides

That’s it. Once your email has been sent to you, your photos and the generated pdf are automatically deleted.

Check out Unwhiteboard

Saturday, May 17, 2014

How To Quickly Edit PDF Files On Your PC

People who regularly work with documents, mostly prefer PDF format for their usage. It is because of its portability and wide variety of supported devices. Also, no matter which device you open the document, PDF files will show the content in the same alignment. That’s why most people prefer PDF format for all their important documents. The only problem in PDF format is, the content cannot be easily modified like we do in other document formats, but we have many third party applications to do that. Today I’ve come with one such application called “PDF Eraser”, which lets you edit, delete and modify any PDF document by just a drag and drop. Here’s how it works.

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PDF Eraser is a free PDF editing tool for Windows. You can download the app using the link at the end of this post. Once you complete the installation, it will open a window as shown in the screenshot above. Using PDF Eraser, you can edit, delete and add text and images to a PDF file. The top menu bar in the application window will contain all the editing options. To open a PDF file from your PC, click the “Open PDF” option in the menu. All the pages available in that PDF file will be displayed in the right panel. You can choose pages from that and start editing it.

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If you want to remove a particular page from that PDF file, you can use the “Page Cutter” option to do that. The page cutter will be opened as a small separate window as shown in the screenshot above. It will ask you to browse and choose the file from your PC. After choosing the PDF file, it will display all the page number with a preview. Select the one you don’t need and delete it. You can also delete multiple pages right from that window. Next, you have  all the basic options like rotate, move, etc. Another important option in the app is, there will be a small, medium and large size erasers to randomly erase the content of the PDF. You can quickly erase the area you don’t need and add your own text using the “Add Text” option in the menu bar.

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Using PDF Eraser, you can quickly delete any part of the page and add your own image or text easily. This is a must have application for all the windows users. Any change in the PDF documents can be done quickly with the help of this application. Try PDF Eraser on your PC and share your experience with us in the comments. Thanks for reading, do share this post with your friends.

Download PDF Eraser For Windows

Friday, May 16, 2014

How To View All Apps In Single Screen On Windows 8 Start Screen

Windows 8 is the good start to switch from PC to Tablets. It is primarily designed for the tablets, smartphones and other handheld devices. Windows 8 is much improved from the other Microsoft Operating Systems. The users feel more light when they use the operating system. Microsoft has brought lots of new gestures in Windows 8. They made many features are easily accessible. But some of the users feel little discomfort to switch to Windows 8.

It will be a massive challenge for Microsoft to target and enter the mobile market with Windows 8. Microsoft has launched Windows 8.1 couple of months ago. In April ’14, they released the stable version of Windows 8.1 (v6.3.9600.17041). Microsoft has totally revamped the working system of the PCs. The users have to update and adopt themselves to work with the Windows 8. One of the issues that the users will think about is the Windows Start Screen. This start screen will be greatly useful for the handheld devices’ users.

But the PC users situation would be little pathetic when they have lots of apps installed it the computer. All apps cannot viewed on one screen. People have to go through multiple pages to get the desired app to work with. There is an easy solution to solve this issue and make it more useful. Watch below to know how to make it.

Windows 8 Start Screen

Press Control key and Scroll the mouse or Trackpad would do the trick. The same can be achieved which you can do for the same action to happen.

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

How To Change Notifications Sound In WhatsApp On iPhone

WhatsApp has got millions of users addicted using it. Nowadays, people are using this app as the primary messaging service due to it’s portability to retain the users. It’s more handy and works well with low speed internet networks. The app developers have brought audio and video files transferring feature in this application. It’s very useful for the users to share the vocal and video files to their friends without getting charged by the mobile service providers.

It has become more popular in the social media market after the purchase of this app by the social media giant Facebook. This app compresses the files in an efficient way and makes it available to send through the internet. WhatsApp grants the option to send messages to the group of users. It lets the users to have their custom settings for notifications. Many of us would have searched a little to change the notification sound in it. Especially, When they want to put only group messages in silent mode. Here is a way to change the notification sound for Individual / Group messages in WhatsApp on iPhone.

Step 1:

Open “WhatsApp”

Step 2:

Tap on “Settings” which is available down the bottom

Step 3:

Go to “New Message” to change the notification sound from default

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Step 4:

Choose the tone from the list and Tap on “Save”. The same procedure can be carried out to change the notification sound for the Groups

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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Send any files instantly from one device to another with Send Anywhere

Looking for a simple yet effective way to send any file instantly from one device to another? check out Send Anywhere. It’s a unique web service that gives you the ability to transfer files over 3G/4G or your WiFi connection.

It supports any type of files, how large they are and there’s also no limit on the number of files you’re sending. Another thing that caught my attention with Send Anywhere is that the files we’re sending aren’t stored anywhere on the internet, their priority transferring path is p2p, with NO going through server unless the connection isn’t good. That’s when it’ll pass through an optimal node server, still, without storing.

Here’s how it works.

There is no sign-up or log-in required, no need to register for anything. Visit the website and simply add files that you want to send.

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After you’ve selected the files, click on ‘send files’. You’ll instantly receive a random/unique key. If there are devices nearby, click on ‘send key’ and it will start searching. Go to the receiving device or simply give the key to the recipient whom you want to send the file.

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As soon they input the key and click on receive, you’ll see a notification that the file has been transferred. And that’s it. It’s as simple as that.

Features like sending files directly & instantly across networks (local network or via cellular data) and across all platforms & connected devices (Android, IOS, Web) is something you’ll really like. More features are coming soon as well.

Check out Send Anywhere

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Adobe Voice For iPad Lets You Live Narrate On Videos

Applications developed by Adobe are best in its kind. The software giant has released its new application called “Adobe Voice”, earlier this month. The app made its debut in iPad and users can download the app from iTunes for free. Unlike other professional applications from Adobe, the app is designed in a simple way to help all types of users. The interface is very simple and easy to understand. Similar to PowerPoint, you can choose a template, drag and drop images and add music to create your own voice narrated presentation. Here’s how it works.

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If you have Adobe Creative Cloud account, you can sign in using that to save your presentations in the cloud. The welcome page of the app will contain some of the featured stories created using Adobe Voice. Tap the “Create a New Story” option on the top, to start with your own presentation. As a first step, it will ask you to enter a title for your presentation. If you are not sure about the title, you can skip that step and add the title later. In the next step, you need to choose a theme or a template for your presentation. There will be different themes like Explain Something, Promote an idea, Teach a lesson, etc.

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If the themes in the list don’t match your requirements, you can create a custom one using “Make up my own” option at the bottom. After choosing the theme, you will be redirected to the presentation window. In that window, first you have to choose the layout you need. By default, there will be only one page, you can add more pages by tapping on the “+” button at the bottom. Hold the Microphone button below the layout page to start recording your voice. The instructions to record your voice will be given when you start your presentation.

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Adobe voice offers different themes like Swing, Watercolor, Vivid, etc. The selected theme will be applied to all the pages you have created. Inside the presentation area, you can insert an icon, a photo or a text. Based on the layout you choose, you can insert multiple images and text into a single page. Also, you can add music from the app’s library. The music will be categorized as playful, happy, relaxed, etc. After completing the presentation, you can share that to your social accounts right from the application. It will be a new attempt for people who work with presentations regularly. Try this in your iPad and share your experience with us in the comments. Thanks for reading, do share this post with your friends.

Download Adobe Voice For iPad

Saturday, May 10, 2014

TinyTake: A New Screen Capturing Tool For Windows

A simple screen capturing tool has become an essential one for all the PC users. Though we have a screen capturing tool in Windows by default, the features aren’t enough for most of the users. Also, we have many free applications in the Internet with premium quality. So, people who take screenshots frequently, needs a handy screen capturing tool. Previously, I wrote about Nimbus, a chrome extension to take screenshots on your browser. Today I’ve come with a new application called “TinyTake“, which helps you to take screenshots and screencast on your Windows machine. Here’s how it works.

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TinyTake is a free application for Windows, which lets you quickly take screenshots and do basic annotations on the same application. You can download the app using the link at the end of this post. The app needs minimum 4GB of RAM for smooth performance. Once you complete the installation, the app will be available on your system tray. Initially, it doesn’t need any registration to take the screenshots, but to share with other applications, you need to create an account on Mangoapps’s website.  All the actions in the app can be performed through command shortcuts.

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After you take a screenshot, the application will take you to the edit window. There you can do some basic stuffs like crop, adding text, rotate, highlight a specific area, etc. If you have registered for the app in MangoApps, you can share, download and upload the edited image right from the application. Another important option in the application is, you can record videos on your PC. The videos will be recorded in MP4 format and it can be recorded to the maximum of five minutes. The video can either be a screencast or recorded from your web cam.

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The recorded video file can be quickly saved to desktop. If you want to share or upload the video, it can be done right from the application. Customizing options and the instructions to use the app will be available in the application settings. TinyTake is very simple and easy to understand. If you are using the default Snipping Tool to take screenshots and MS Paint to edit it, TinyTake is worth giving a try. Share your views about the app in the comments. Thanks for reading, do share this post with your friends.

Download TinyTake for Windows

Friday, May 9, 2014

How To Do Folder Actions Setup For Folders On MAC

Macintosh is one of the reliable operating systems and provides a lot of features to the users. The MAC users will feel comfort in organising the files and folders and it grants multiple options to work with. Apple wants its customers to stay in comfort zone all the time. They work hard in achieving this and it can be felt while using MAC. It lets the users to work with automation tools to complete the tasks in an efficient way.

Folder Actions Setup is kind of pretty good option to automate the tasks. The users can activate and apply some scripts to automate and get the works done automatically. It sets users to add an alert when someone adds a file to this folder, when it is worked on network. It grants some other useful functions to be done with images and files. Here is how to set it to the folders which you want to.

Step 1:

Highlight the folder which you want to set Folder Actions Setup

Step 2:

Right Click on it and Choose Services â€"> Folder Actions Setup

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Step 3:

Choose a script to attach from the list. Multiple scripts can also be added

Step 4:

Click on “Attach”

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Step 5:

Check “Enable Folder Actions”, If it was not

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Step 6:

Click on + / â€" signs to add / delete a folder action

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Step 7:

Click on + / â€" signs to add / delete a folder action script

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