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How To Set Default Apps For Files & Actions On Mac OS X [Tip]

If you’re new to Mac or have just recently discovered that your Mac runs smoother if you use third-party apps as opposed to the default ones, you might be exploring how to set an app as the default one for its relevant file types. Unfortunately, this isn’t very easy to do. Many rightly go to [...] (more…)

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Change Default Save Location & Format For Screenshots In Mac [Tip]

Do you take a lot of screenshots on Mac and primarily use the built-in screenshot utility to do so? The default utility may not be feature rich, but it gets the job done and lets you capture the entire screen, a window or just an area. The slight problem or inconvenience with it is that [...] (more…)

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Set Default Browser In Windows 8 For Links From 3rd Party/Desktop Apps

If you’ve decided to take Windows 8 for a spin, but aren’t up for using Internet Explorer as your default web browser, then you can download whichever browser you were using in Windows 7, set it as your default browser and all should be right with the world. This isn’t as easy as it sounds, [...] (more…)

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Browser Swap: Set Default Browser For Wi-Fi/2G/3G & Websites [Android]

Previously reviewed Android app, Smart Browser Chooser, provided the users with the option to set a specific default browser while surfing the web under a different internet connection type. Based on more or less the same concept, Browser Swap is a fresh entrant to the Android Market that provides you with the option of specifying a preferred [...] (more…)

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Announcify For Chrome Lets You Listen To Articles On Any Website

Need to read one more article, but already feeling too exhausted? Announcify, a Google Chrome extension, can help you read and relax at the same time. It works by converting written text (on any website) to speech. Unlike other text-to-speech extensions, you don’t need to select any text, as this extension will read out the whole [...] (more…)

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Chrome Speak: Select Text From Any Webpage To Read Out Loud [Chrome]

Ever got tired of reading long articles and need to give your eyes some rest while feeling the need to stay up-to-date at the same time? Chrome Speak can help. This Google Chrome extension has the ability to convert written text to speech. You can hear your lengthy articles read out loud when you don’t [...] (more…)

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Easiest Way To Set Gmail As Default Firefox 3 Mail Client

Does email clients such as Microsoft Window Mail or Microsoft Outlook Express prompt up everytime you click on an email link?. If you are a Firefox 3 user and use Gmail frequently, then you can configure and set Gmail as a default email client. The latest Firefox 3 comes with support of YahooMail as default [...] (more…)

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How To Change The Default Folder Of Windows Explorer

Whenever users launch Windows Explorer, it opens the default folder which is My Documents (in Windows XP or earlier) or Documents (in Windows Vista). If you’re using another folder as the working folder and need to access different folder which saves most of your files more often than My Documents using Windows Explorer, it’s possible [...] (more…)

How To Change Default Picture/Image Viewer In Windows

Have you ever wanted to view a photo on your computer, only to click on it and have an annoying program that you don’t like open it for you? Sometimes programs hijack your extensions, taking over the default viewer status for your pictures. If this situation annoys you, there are simple ways to change the [...] (more…)

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How To Change The Default Location For Installing Applications

Windows uses the System Disk for installing any new applications, That is, if your Windows is installed on the C Drive, the default folder where all the applications you install would automatically show up as C:\Program Files , unless of course you change it manually while installing the application’s locations. If you almost always prefer [...] (more…)