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How to Back Up Your (Outlook) Email With Windows 10 File History

You should always back up the data on your computer. If you use Outlook to manage your emails, you need to keep that information backed up too. If you don’t, you risk losing your emails, contacts, tasks, and more. Windows 10 comes built-in with a backup utility called File History. We’re going to show you… read more »

Windows Media Player Disappeared? Get It Back!

Microsoft isn’t quite as bad as Google when it comes to trashing much-loved apps, features, and services, but lately the company seems to be moving in that direction. In 2017, we saw the demise of Microsoft Live Essentials and the first hints that Microsoft Paint might be coming to an end. Now, with the release of… read more »

The 3 Best Free OCR Tools to Convert Your Files Back Into Editable Documents

Believe it or not, some people still print documents on physical pieces of paper. Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software takes those printed documents and converts them right back into machine-readable text. We’ve found some of the best free OCR tools and compared them for you here. No OCR program is perfect, so you’ll have to check the… read more »

Always Back Up These Files and Folders in Windows

We’ve written ad infinitum about why you should back up files and what can happen if you don’t. Worst case scenario? You lose all of your apps, data, settings, and files, forcing you to start over from scratch. A major inconvenience — and one that you can avoid so easily. But even if you do… read more »

How to Back Up or Export Your Twitter Lists

Twitter lists are the social network’s most underrated feature, but one of its most useful. You can use lists to follow a carefully curated topic without flooding your home feed, and can easily share those lists with others. But given how much time and effort goes into lovingly creating those lists, you probably want to back… read more »

How to Back Up and Restore Your Mac’s iTunes & Photos Library

Creating regular backups of your media should be an important aspect of basic computing hygiene for everyone. Oddly, for many people, backing up data isn’t something they take seriously until they’re the victim of a failed hard drive. Chances are if you’ve lost all your music, photos, and videos once, you’ll make sure it never… read more »

11 Thrifty Sites to Find Low Prices on “Back to School” Supplies

There are a lot of things that have gone digital over time. But something students will always need physical products for are school supplies. Whether it’s pencils and notebooks or backpacks and book bags, students need them. And what everyone needs is a way to save on those school essentials. These 11 websites will help… read more »

7 Lost Windows Features You Can Bring Back

As Windows grows, Microsoft prunes its list of features. Whenever a major version releases, some old features get replaced by new tools while others simply disappear. If your favorite Windows feature dropped off recently, don’t fear — we’ll show you how to get it back. Here are seven recently-deprecated features you can re-enable or simulate… read more »

How to Back Up Your Hard Drive to Google Drive

Data backup is one of the most important aspects of modern computing. How would you feel if you lost a lifetime of photos, all your treasured videos, every important document you own, and your entire media collection just because your hard drive died? Of course, you might get lucky and be able to salvage some… read more »

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