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I’m running the latest version of macOS Sequoia and using Microsoft 365 (Excel). I often have multiple workbooks open, but I can’t find a keyboard shortcut that lets me switch between them. [more inside]
posted by cacofonie at 9:36 AM - 7 answers

While trying to extract two pages from a password-protected PDF on a Mac, using the Preview app, I tried the "Take Photo" option by control-clicking on a thumbnail and following the directions, only to have it insert a goofy and useless photo into the password-protected PDF. How do I rectify this and what purpose does this command serve? [more inside]
posted by Roy Batty at 10:25 AM - 3 answers

Youtube's algorithm has become convinced that I want to see lots and lots of videos about autism, live sermons from small town churches and stuff about running D&D games. I'm not autistic, I'm agnostic leaning atheistic and I dabbled with D&D as a teen and never went back. I don't want to delete my entire Youtube watch history (it's useful to me for various reasons,) so how do I convince Youtube to stop bombarding me with this stuff? [more inside]
posted by Ursula Hitler at 2:26 AM - 15 answers

I quite like the list app in slack, and I use the Project tracker template. However, I would rather have this as a standalone app rather than part of slack (mostly for offline use). Can you recommend a dedicated (but simple) app for Mac? [more inside]
posted by dhruva at 10:21 AM - 5 answers

I'm increasingly usinging geo-tagging on when I take site images with my phone. Amazingly Windows has this capability but the only way I've found so that Windows Explorer will show it is via a Registry Edit [superuser link] which makes me very cautious as I don't use RegEdit on the daily so [more inside]
posted by unearthed at 12:42 AM - 8 answers

Does anyone know of a text generator (whether word processor, generative ai, or whatever) that uses a particular shade of dark blue as the default text color? Specifically, it is the color with the hex code #1c294a. [more inside]
posted by umbú at 9:36 AM - 7 answers

I have the need to occasionally record conversations on my iPhone which can sometimes be up to an hour. I have tried using Voice Memo, but it randomly pauses and cuts out unexpectedly and no amount of fiddling with the settings seems to stop it from doing so. I basically need a reliable app where I can hit 'record' and let it run, even with a locked screen and even if there are messages popping up on screen from other apps. I am willing to pay for an app which can do this. [more inside]
posted by frumiousb at 3:34 AM - 3 answers

Sometimes it will be 11 months with nothing and then five snapshots on the same day.
posted by Lemkin at 5:33 PM - 4 answers

Bottom line up front: can I let a Macbook Air battery discharge WHILE it's plugged into the Studio Display? [more inside]
posted by ctmf at 5:23 PM - 8 answers

My dilemma is, well, here is example... [more inside]
posted by Czjewel at 10:27 AM - 9 answers

So Skype is being shut down. I use its ability to make international calls to landlines on a regular basis, and would like to keep using that feature. What app that I could use on an iPad would you recommend? All I need to do is make phone calls to landline numbers here and there in the world.
posted by Kattullus at 3:54 AM - 4 answers

So, OK, I've had it with Roku. Over the past few years, their user interface has become unusable, filled with advertisements and lots of other garbage. But now they've gone too far. They are now injecting video ads you cannot skip upon entry to the home screen. [more inside]
posted by Rivvo at 7:35 PM - 15 answers

I have an Asus Tuf Gaming laptop, which I bought within the past year and a half, as far as I remember. It's been decent aside from having low memory, which I've always meant to remedy. Unfortunately, my wifi and bluetooth are now acting up... [more inside]
posted by Alensin at 6:17 PM - 7 answers

Can you recommend a win11 mini PC for basic email/web browsing under $200? [more inside]
posted by roaring beast at 1:29 PM - 15 answers

A group in my small, red-state US city have started a nonviolent, pro-democracy organization. In just about a month we've grown from 0 to over 600 members without signs of slowing down. Most of us have never done this before and are still figuring out how to make it work. Currently we have little infrastructure for organizing effort around members' very creative ideas. We need project management. What kind of resources or options can I bring to our leadership? [more inside]
posted by Sorites' pair of ducks at 8:22 PM - 14 answers

Is there a Words With Friends-style ios/android app out there that is devoid of gimmicky clickbait cruft/animations/in-game currency? I just want to play Scrabble with my friends. I will pay to remove ads. No, I do not want to login with Facebook.
posted by RisforKickin at 3:02 PM - 5 answers

What would it take for my long-distance friends and I to set up a fax system for us to send hand-written letters to each other? [more inside]
posted by loonietrillium at 10:39 AM - 15 answers

I have a tech-averse father who has never owned a computer or a smartphone. However, he loves to play around on mine when I visit. Since he can tie into his neighbor's wireless (a close friend who would approve), I was thinking of giving him an old phone so that he can surf the internet, take photos, and finally get an email address. [more inside]
posted by Don_K at 7:16 AM - 13 answers

When I restart, even when checking "reopen/keep all windows", it comes back zippy—I'm restarting with the same apps and windows being open as when it was slowed to a crawl. But then it always gets slower and slower over time until it's barely usable. [more inside]
posted by zeek321 at 11:23 AM - 12 answers

I have an Excel workbook that has five sheets. Most of the sheets have formulas and charts that reference other sheets in the same workbook. For reasons, I want to copy two of the sheets into a new workbook. But when I do this, Excel "helpfully" updates the formulas to refer back to the original workbook. I want them to refer to the same-named sheet in the same workbook in which they reside. Is this possible? [more inside]
posted by Winnie the Proust at 1:17 PM - 6 answers