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How to Upgrade the Razer Blade 14 SSD (Easiest Method)

The relaunch of the new Razer Blade 14 in 2021 meant Razer squeezing the power of the Razer Blade 15 into a much smaller form factor and frankly, that’s all I ever want–just more portable power. The thing is that because of that smaller form factor, there is only one SSD slot. Thankfully, Razer kept that upgradeable even if the RAM is not now. When you buy the Blade 14, there is only one SSD option and while 1TB is a decent amount, for my video editing workflow, it’s not going to cut it. So, since I am going to […]

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How to Free Up iCloud Storage (& Never Worry About It Again)

OK, time for another how to I think. This one is on something you guys all mentioned on my last how-to on deleting the other storage on your iPhone. Essentially, during that video at some point, I asked you to create a backup to iCloud in order for us to reset the phone and not lose everything on it, but some of you mentioned you couldn’t because your iCloud storage was full and so you were in a bit of a catch 22. So in this video, let’s show you how to free up your iCloud storage. Now, I already

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How to Enable the Play Store & Fingerprint Sensor on a Chromebook Using G Suite

If you happen to be using a G Suite account on your Chromebook, you might notice some features are glaringly missing when you first start it up. Namely, we’re missing the Play Store to download Android apps and if your Chromebook has a fingerprint sensor, you’ll notice you were never asked to set it up. Unfortunately, searching around the settings doesn’t help either as none of these options are where every other article on the internet tells you they are (can we tell I’ve gone through all this and am slightly annoyed at this point?). Well, it turns out that

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How to Connect the Pixel Buds to a Computer, iPhone, or Any Android Device

The new Google Pixel Buds make it pretty easy to connect to a Pixel phone. You open the case next to the Pixel with Bluetooth on, open the Bluetooth menu, and it pops up at the very top asking if you want to connect. You make a few taps after that and you’re done. But what if you wanted to connect them to say a computer? Or maybe an iPhone? Or maybe the notification to connect isn’t popping up so how do you manually connect to them? In any of these scenarios, it might not be that apparent how to

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How to Use Your iPad as a Second Monitor (Windows & Mac)

I have another tip and trick video for you guys. This one is for anyone who owns an iPad and who might have thought about getting a second portable monitor for their computer to help them be more productive. Instead of buying that second monitor, you can easily turn the iPad into one instead. And this will work on Mac but also Windows PCs, as well. Use it on a Mac So let’s start with what to do if you have a newer Mac. 1. Make sure you are logged in to the same iCloud account on the Mac and

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How to Use Your Surface Studio as a Monitor

I love the Surface Studio. The design feels futuristic, it’s aspect ratio is great for multitasking, the hinge and pen make it a joy to use for photo editing or just sketching, etc. The issue I have with it though, is that Microsoft should maybe just have made it a monitor you could plug into instead of an all-in-one computer. The reason I say that is because as much as I love the design, the internal components are starting to show their age. Now, in it’s defense, my video editing hardware needs have also increased drastically since it was released

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How to Remove the Recycle Bin from Your Desktop

Maybe it’s just me but I feel like the Recycle Bin you see by default on the desktop of any Windows computer just looks so outdated. It reminds me of a time when the computer was new and trying so hard to mimic an actual office setting squeezed down into a machine–this is your “desktop”, here is a “notepad”, if you need to throw anything away, crumbled it up and toss it into your “recycle bin”. Regardless, of whether you think it looks old school or if you’re just into a more minimalistic design (also me), here is how to

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How to Fix a WearOS Watch Not Staying Connected to a Huawei Phone

I was getting pretty frustrated with my new WearOS watch (the Fossil Watch Gen 5 for those curious) would just keep disconnecting from my Huawei P30 Pro. It connects during the setup process but then after a while, the watch will just say it’s disconnected even if the phone shows that it is absolutely connected via Bluetooth. Turns out this little magic trick has to do with Huawei’s EMUI battery super aggressive battery management. Essentially, one of the reasons the Huawei P30 Pro has some of the best battery life of any phone out there is the fact that EMUI

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How to Fix Your Samsung Galaxy Note10 Not Getting Gmail Notifications

The Samsung Galaxy Note10 Plus I received got an update to put it on final software the day of release–as usually happens when we are given a review device pre-release. But, there was one little quirk that I was told that update would fix, that it never did. No matter what settings I’d selected in the app itself, Gmail would just not show me notifications for new mail. At all. I’d be going about my day thinking I had no new emails (and pretending that was normal and not already a sign something was wrong, of course) and then I’d

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How to Use the 3D Scanner on the Samsung Galaxy Note10 Plus

Now that the Galaxy Note10 Plus has finally gone on sale, I figured I might share a few tips and tricks on my blog for anyone who might have just unwrapped their shiny new Note10 or Note 10 Plus in a short ongoing series. Today, I wanted to start with something that I and other reviewers had to resort to Twitter to figure out how to do: how to use the 3D scanner. Samsung showed off what arguably is the only feature utilizing the time of flight sensor on the Note10 Plus (the fourth “camera” on the back that the

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How to Share Your Location the Right Way (& With Anyone on Any Phone)

Sometimes it’s just so much easier to share your location with someone than trying to tell them to meet you or how close you are, etc. Thing is it’s not that apparent as to the best way to share your location. iPhones have their own way that doesn’t work with Android phones, you should use one that lets you easily revoke or even have the location access expire, and you want one that’s easy to get navigation directions from, etc. So, the way I would recommend to share your location is the way built into Google Maps itself that I

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How to Make a DIY Smart Home Security System (No Monthly Fees!)

We no longer live in a time wherein order to have a security system at home, you have to call the likes of ADT, Brinks, or some other giant security conglomerate to come and install expensive cameras, alarms, etc. and then charge you a ridiculous monthly fee to “monitor” your home for you. Instead, there are a ton of smart home devices that can easily be used to create a smart home security system that will not only do the same thing for less money and no monthly fee, but also have a ton of other benefits that you can

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How to Upgrade the Razer Blade Pro 17 RAM & SSD

The Razer Blade Pro 17, the long-awaited redesign to the Razer Blade Pro lineup, is finally here and in line with all the other Razer Blade laptops we’ve seen lately, there is a welcomed feature: it’s upgradeable. What I mean by that is that you can buy the Razer Blade 17 Pro from Razer in the one RAM and SSD configuration they now only sell their laptops in, and then, should you feel the urge, you can easily upgrade the RAM or upgrade the SSD to increase the performance or storage. Besides the clear benefits of increasing power and storage

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If You Have a Google Home Device at Work, This Setting Should Really Be Turned Off

Every time I walk into my WeWork office, a notification pops up on my phone. It’s from the Google Home app and it tells me that a device on my Wi-Fi is casting Spotify. Funny thing is, I don’t have a Google Home device at my office. Essentially, the office I work in has a ton of different companies all under the same roof (it’s called WeWork, I love it, you can check it out here if you’re curious) and, as it turns out, some of those companies have Google Home speaker devices in their offices playing music. Now, since

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6 Super Easy Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy

There’s a lot of talk about protecting your privacy online lately (big thanks to Facebook for a good portion of that coverage). And even though it’s a buzzy topic right now, it’s not without some merit. There is more and more data being collected on you and me every day, and while advertisers are using most of it, some of it is being collected for more nefarious reasons. Because of this, I figured maybe I’d put together a quick video on how to protect your privacy online whether you’re trying to stop juggernaut companies like Facebook and Google, or hackers,

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