💡Rename files sequentially in Windows or Mac You actually don't need to download any programs to perform a batch file rename. Instead, you can select all the files you want to change, right-click the first one in the list, select rename (or use F2), and type in the name. This will automatically change all the other files with the same root name with a suffix: (1), (2), and so on.
On Mac, you can do something similar. Select the files, then right click and an option to rename the whole batch as a series will show up.
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On Mac, you can do something similar. Select the files, then right click and an option to rename the whole batch as a series will show up.
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🗞‘TikTok Music’ might soon compete with Spotify and Apple Music
If the filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office is approved, the trademarked phrase would apply to a mobile and tablet app where users can ‘purchase, play, share, download music, songs, albums, lyrics’ and ‘create, recommend, share his/her playlists’. Sounds a lot like what music streaming giants Spotify and Apple Music do, right?Last November, ByteDance submitted a similar application in Australia as reported by Insider. The latest update, on May 13, says the office will assign an attorney to examine it in six months.TikTok Music could have an edge over existing music streaming services by introducing a social element to it.The filing mentions the ability to ‘comment on music, songs, and albums’, a feature that does not exist on Apple Music or Spotify yet.A number of users already use TikTok to discover new music with trends going viral every week.
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If the filing with the US Patent and Trademark Office is approved, the trademarked phrase would apply to a mobile and tablet app where users can ‘purchase, play, share, download music, songs, albums, lyrics’ and ‘create, recommend, share his/her playlists’. Sounds a lot like what music streaming giants Spotify and Apple Music do, right?Last November, ByteDance submitted a similar application in Australia as reported by Insider. The latest update, on May 13, says the office will assign an attorney to examine it in six months.TikTok Music could have an edge over existing music streaming services by introducing a social element to it.The filing mentions the ability to ‘comment on music, songs, and albums’, a feature that does not exist on Apple Music or Spotify yet.A number of users already use TikTok to discover new music with trends going viral every week.
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💡Cloud backup important files If you're working on a critical project, make sure you aren't backing up locally only. Services like Dropbox, Google Drive, or any of the other popular cloud storage solutions will do the legwork for you in the background. Of course, you can also throw the files on a thumb drive or external HDD to be extra safe, but backing up to the cloud can be done seamlessly.
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🗞Winamp is back from the dead
Winamp 5.9 RC1 Build 9999 comes with a comprehensive changelog, beginning with porting to Visual Studio 2019, updated libraries, Windows 11 compatibility, codec updates and much more. DJ Egg posted the following in the Winamp forum: ‘This is the culmination of 4 years' work since the 5.8 release. Two dev teams, and a pandemic induced hiatus period in-between. To the end user, it might not seem like there's a whole heap of changes, but the largest and hardest part was actually migrating the entire project from VS2008 to VS2019 and getting it all to build successfully. The groundwork has now been laid, and now we can concentrate more on features.’Winamp holds a place in many PC user’s hearts. Before the days of streaming services, the MP3 was king. It wasn’t too hard to rip CDs and encode them to MP3.I loved was its support for lossless codecs including APE and FLAC,which weren’t widely supported back in the 2000s. Winamp holds a place in many PC user’s hearts.
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Winamp 5.9 RC1 Build 9999 comes with a comprehensive changelog, beginning with porting to Visual Studio 2019, updated libraries, Windows 11 compatibility, codec updates and much more. DJ Egg posted the following in the Winamp forum: ‘This is the culmination of 4 years' work since the 5.8 release. Two dev teams, and a pandemic induced hiatus period in-between. To the end user, it might not seem like there's a whole heap of changes, but the largest and hardest part was actually migrating the entire project from VS2008 to VS2019 and getting it all to build successfully. The groundwork has now been laid, and now we can concentrate more on features.’Winamp holds a place in many PC user’s hearts. Before the days of streaming services, the MP3 was king. It wasn’t too hard to rip CDs and encode them to MP3.I loved was its support for lossless codecs including APE and FLAC,which weren’t widely supported back in the 2000s. Winamp holds a place in many PC user’s hearts.
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💡Rename a file quickly Right-clicking and selecting rename is not very efficient. Instead press F2 while a file is selected to change its name. To alter the name of another file, type Tab without deselecting the current file. On Macs, hitting Enter will rename (which may sound counter-intuitive to Windows users) while Cmd + O is used to open.
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🗞Apple To Release iPadOS 16 A Month After iOS 16
According to some reports, Apple is planning to delay the release of iPadOS 16, to about a month after the release of iOS 16. Ever since Apple split iOS and iPadOS, historically, updates for both softwares have gone out at the same time. However, if the reports are to be believed, this will change with the upcoming OS. While iOS will release in September as usual,the new iPadOS will roll out a month later, in October. According to Bloomberg who first reported this,the information was provided by “people with knowledge in the matter”who asked not to be identified as the deliberations were still private.The reason for this is apparently the new Stage Manager multitasking system that’s built into iPadOS 16. This is a complete overhaul of the way iPad manages multitasking.It’s taking longer than expected to develop which has resulted in the supposed delay. Stage Manager was criticized by some developers during the beta testing phase of the new OS.
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According to some reports, Apple is planning to delay the release of iPadOS 16, to about a month after the release of iOS 16. Ever since Apple split iOS and iPadOS, historically, updates for both softwares have gone out at the same time. However, if the reports are to be believed, this will change with the upcoming OS. While iOS will release in September as usual,the new iPadOS will roll out a month later, in October. According to Bloomberg who first reported this,the information was provided by “people with knowledge in the matter”who asked not to be identified as the deliberations were still private.The reason for this is apparently the new Stage Manager multitasking system that’s built into iPadOS 16. This is a complete overhaul of the way iPad manages multitasking.It’s taking longer than expected to develop which has resulted in the supposed delay. Stage Manager was criticized by some developers during the beta testing phase of the new OS.
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💡Zoom In, Reset Zoom Use the browser magnifier to adjust a website for more comfortable reading. Ctrl/Cmd + (plus/minus sign) does the trick. To reset to the default zoom level use Ctrl + 0.
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🗞Meta is expanding NFT support on Instagram to 100 countries
announced that Coinbase Wallet and Dapper Wallet are now accepted as a third-party wallet compatible for use.Instagram is also expanding its supported blockchains to include Flow.Instagram’s NFT functionality allows users to connect a digital wallet,share NFTs and automatically tag both a creator and collector for attribution.You can share NFTs in your main Instagram Feed, Stories or in messages. Once you post a digital collectible,it will have a shimmer effect and can display public information,such as a description of the NFT.In order to post a digital collectible on Instagram, you need to connect your digital wallet to Instagram.As of today,Instagram supports connections with third-party wallets including Rainbow,MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet and Dapper Wallet.Supported blockchains include Ethereum, Polygon and Flow.The social network notes that there are no fees associated with posting or sharing a digital collectible on Instagram.
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announced that Coinbase Wallet and Dapper Wallet are now accepted as a third-party wallet compatible for use.Instagram is also expanding its supported blockchains to include Flow.Instagram’s NFT functionality allows users to connect a digital wallet,share NFTs and automatically tag both a creator and collector for attribution.You can share NFTs in your main Instagram Feed, Stories or in messages. Once you post a digital collectible,it will have a shimmer effect and can display public information,such as a description of the NFT.In order to post a digital collectible on Instagram, you need to connect your digital wallet to Instagram.As of today,Instagram supports connections with third-party wallets including Rainbow,MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet and Dapper Wallet.Supported blockchains include Ethereum, Polygon and Flow.The social network notes that there are no fees associated with posting or sharing a digital collectible on Instagram.
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💡Make content editable Bring up the console on Chrome or Firefox (right click, Inspect). On the console enter the command document.designMode = "on" that will let you edit any text on the screen.
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🗞Instagram to soon test ultra-tall photos in line with full-screen reels
According to The Verge, during the weekly Ask Me Anything, CEO Adam Mosseri confirmed that Instagram will begin testing ultra-tall 9:16 photos "in a week or two." "You can have tall videos, but you cannot have tall photos on Instagram. So we thought maybe we should make sure that we treat both equally," Mosseri said.Currently, Instagram tops out around 4:5 when displaying vertical images that have been cropped accordingly. But introducing support for slimmer, taller 9:16 photos will help them fill the entire screen as you scroll through the app's feed.The Verge reports that some photographers have criticised Instagram's TikTok-like redesign for the way it forces all photos to awkwardly display in a 9:16 frame. The new feed also added overlay gradients to the bottom of posts so that text would be easier to read. But that clashed with the original appearance of photographers' work.
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According to The Verge, during the weekly Ask Me Anything, CEO Adam Mosseri confirmed that Instagram will begin testing ultra-tall 9:16 photos "in a week or two." "You can have tall videos, but you cannot have tall photos on Instagram. So we thought maybe we should make sure that we treat both equally," Mosseri said.Currently, Instagram tops out around 4:5 when displaying vertical images that have been cropped accordingly. But introducing support for slimmer, taller 9:16 photos will help them fill the entire screen as you scroll through the app's feed.The Verge reports that some photographers have criticised Instagram's TikTok-like redesign for the way it forces all photos to awkwardly display in a 9:16 frame. The new feed also added overlay gradients to the bottom of posts so that text would be easier to read. But that clashed with the original appearance of photographers' work.
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💡Use the scroll wheel Put your middle mouse button to use by clicking on links to automatically open them in a new tab/window. Also if you use the scroll wheel button on a tab, it will close it.
Copy links quicker Right click the link like usual but tap E on your keyboard to copy the link.
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Copy links quicker Right click the link like usual but tap E on your keyboard to copy the link.
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🗞Meta tests new live-streaming platform called 'Super' for influencers
The new platform allows influencers to host live streams, earn revenue and engage with viewers. It has reportedly paid influencers between $200 and $3,000 to use the platform for 30 minutes, TechCrunch reported citing Business Insider.The platform, which looks to have similar functionality to Twitch, is currently being tested with fewer than 100 creators, including tech influencer Andru Edwards and TikTok star Vienna Skye.The platform currently operates on a tiered system where viewers pay for access to features included in the stream. Viewers can also leave a tip for live streamers.The report indicates that creators pocket 100 per cent of the tips and revenue earned through the tiered system."Super is a small, standalone experiment being built by New Product Experimentation (NPE) and currently testing with a small group of creators," a Meta spokesperson was quoted as saying in an email to TechCrunch.
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The new platform allows influencers to host live streams, earn revenue and engage with viewers. It has reportedly paid influencers between $200 and $3,000 to use the platform for 30 minutes, TechCrunch reported citing Business Insider.The platform, which looks to have similar functionality to Twitch, is currently being tested with fewer than 100 creators, including tech influencer Andru Edwards and TikTok star Vienna Skye.The platform currently operates on a tiered system where viewers pay for access to features included in the stream. Viewers can also leave a tip for live streamers.The report indicates that creators pocket 100 per cent of the tips and revenue earned through the tiered system."Super is a small, standalone experiment being built by New Product Experimentation (NPE) and currently testing with a small group of creators," a Meta spokesperson was quoted as saying in an email to TechCrunch.
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💡Icon-only bookmarks on your toolbar You can delete the name of your bookmarks leaving only the icon so they take up less space on the toolbar. In Chrome: right click the bookmark > edit > delete the name and save.
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