As an example, if you were to save a Word document using the Save As dialog, it would end up in your My Documents folder by default. But what if you would prefer that the files get saved somewhere else? Like one of your Dropbox folders, for instance? Changing Default Save Location: Method 1 You can simply click the “Includes 3 locations” in the Open/Save dialog to make your way into the quick properties window....

Programming in Bash can be fun at times. Knowing how to separate your if’s from your else-if’s or elif’s as they are called in Bash, can be fun too. Find out how get your Bash conditionals right. Bash Conditionals: if, then, else, elif In as good as all coding languages, there are conditionals – conditional statements which allow one to test for a variety of situations. In most programming languages, a basic if statement would allow one to test the status or value of a given programming variable....

FoxyTunes in Action Once you have installed the extension and restarted Firefox you will see the FoxyTunes Toolbar located in the “Status Bar”. The default media app is Windows Media Player but can be easily changed. Here are the buttons/items available with the default settings: Search, FoxyTunes Main Menu, Show Player, Select Player, Previous Track, Play, Next Track, Mute On/Off, Volume, Play File, Twitty Tunes, Foxy Tunes Search/Explore, Open FoxyTunes Planet, & Toggle Visibility/Drag and drop to move....

Creating Your New Collage Wallpaper Once you browse to the website it is very easy to get started by clicking on “Click here to start!”. Once you have clicked through you will need to choose a template for your collage. You can see all of the available choices here… We chose the four “photo” option… As soon as you click on a template you will be directed to the next window....

Note: CacheViewer is a front-end app for easily accessing and searching the memory cache. Before Viewing the cache in Firefox using “about:cache” provides some information about the contents but may not be the most efficient method available for some people. CacheViewer in Action Once you have installed the extension there are three easy ways to access your new cache viewer. The first is using the “CacheViewer Command” available in the “Tools Menu” and the second is using the keyboard shortcut “Ctrl + Shift + C”....

Monit is a server monitoring program that can check the processes running on your system to ensure that they’re always online and operating within reasonable CPU and memory limits. It also comes with a web interface to monitor your system. What Does Monit Do? Essentially, Monit will check in on a given process every two minutes (by default) to see how it’s doing. It keeps a log of resource usage, and can take action if an error occurs....

Migrating databases is something every system administrator will have to do at some point. Luckily, MongoDB provides built in commands for creating and restoring from backups, making migration to a new server easier. Using mongodump to Create a Backup mongodump is a simple command that will create a backup file of a database and its collections that you can restore from. This will require some downtime while the backup is done and the new server is brought up....

To set up this environment, we are going to use MailEnable Standard which is a fully functional SMTP and POP mail server. We will configure select domains to “route” all messages so that they are sent and received locally. This allows you to test/demonstrate the full email cycle entirely on the local machine. Preparing Your Environment Prior to setting up the self contained MailEnable installation, a few changes will have to be made on your system....

Most cloud providers will rent virtual servers rather than actual hardware. If you want to do the same thing on your own servers, either to run different operating systems or manage multiple environments, you can do so entirely from your terminal. If you’re planning on only using virtual machines, you might be interested in a hypervisor. A hypervisor replaces your host OS, and is custom built for managing multiple virtual machines....

It happens to the best of us: we take a quick pic, hoping to blog it or print it. And despite good intentions, it never comes out straight! Here’s a quick fix in any version of Photoshop to straighten and correct perspective of those frustrating photographs. *Edit: Added a second method that might be less frustrating for many users. Check out both methods to see which one suits you better....

If you’ve ever run into a scenario where you have a huge tar backup file but you only need to extract a single file, you’re reading the right article today. Why bother extracting the whole thing just to grab that one file? Instead, you just need to know the syntax for extracting a single file out of that archive. And here is that syntax: So, for example, if you want to extract xmlrpc....

For software companies following an agile development process, releasing software every day is an intensive process. Jenkins is a tool that can speed up your workflow by automating many of the repetitive tasks, such building, testing, and releasing. What Is Jenkins? Jenkins was originally built to serve a single purpose—to automate the building and testing of nightly software builds. New commits must be integrated into the master branch regularly (often referred to as “continuous integration”), which often involves heavy testing to ensure everything runs smoothly....

The philosophy behind Ubuntu is that software should be free and accessible to all. Whether MP3 and other file formats are free is unclear in many countries, so Ubuntu does not include software to read these file formats by default. Fortunately, it does include a package that installs the most commonly used file formats all at once, including a Flash plugin for Firefox. Note: These instructions are for Ubuntu 10....

Every computer user in the world sooner or later will modify a text string – either manually or automatically. Be introduced to the sed stream editor, which enables you to make bulk text modifications to strings and files. Regular Expressions At The Command Line The sed stream editor, a tool available by default on many Linux distributions, enables you to parse and transform text in an easy and straightforward manner, whether such text is inside files, or just plain strings at the command line....

While Dash buttons may have been discontinued, their design lives on with AWS’s IoT Buttons. Instead of ordering junk food, these can be set up to trigger AWS Lambda functions, allowing you to script your own functionality with NodeJS and Python. What Does the IoT Enterprise Button Do? What’s even better is that the button has three modes—single-click, double-click, and long-press—which is passed to the Lambda function and can trigger different actions based on the press type....

For Apple Watch Series 6 and Later Apple redesigned the Compass app for watchOS 9. The company added new compass views and two new features, Waypoints and Backtrack. Apple initially showed these features off on the top-end Apple Watch Ultra, but you can also put them to use on the more basic models. To access the full suite of features, you’ll need an Apple Watch Series 6, Apple Watch SE (first and second-generation), or an Apple Watch Ultra running watchOS 9....

Linux has no built in way to handle JSON properly, yet many APIs will return JSON output. Here’s how to parse and use JSON data inside your shell scripts with a simple utility. Parsing JSON With jq jq is a utility that can handle everything you may want to do with JSON. It’s super simple to install; simply download the binary and move it to your a folder on your PATH, usually /usr/local/bin/....

Note: Requires Adobe AIR (download link at bottom of article). toDoo in Action Once you have installed toDoo everything is rather straightforward for getting started. The first time that you start toDoo there will be a temporary “fill-in” for the “Subject & Details Areas”. Simply highlight over the temporary text and add your information. Notice that if desired you can easily set a custom date and time for your tasks right below the “Details Area”....

Take your online safety to a whole new level with ESET Internet Security. The world-renowned cybersecurity company prides itself on anticipating new threats and ensuring protection for their customers to promote a positive digital future around the globe. For a limited time, you can get the same internet protection relied on by the Google Play Store for 20% off, making this an extremely cost-effective investment at only $39.99 for an annual subscription....

There are new power management options that you can set up in Windows 7 compared to XP. You might want to change plans to save battery power on your laptop, or reduce energy consumption on a desktop at home or the office. Here we will look at how to manage and tweak the power plans, and how to create custom plans as well. Power Settings To access power plan options, type power settings into the search bar in the Start Menu and hit Enter....