The Biggest Design Mistakes Apple Has Made in the Past Two Years

Did You Know? Although the terms casket and coffin are used interchangeably in vernacular American English, there is a distinct difference–a casket is a rectangular box with square corners and a coffin is more angular (hexagonal) and shaped to the human body (wide at the shoulders and narrow at the feet). Geek Trivia Which Country Has Exotic Trees That Walk As They Grow? Ecuador → Australia → Vietnam → China → Advertisement Full License Giveaway | 2nd Round | Rip DVD to Video Like A Pro A truly exceptional DVD ripper should own these merits: 1) access any kind of DVD without problem; 2) intelligently rip DVD from the main title; 3) finish DVD-to-video conversion in a few minutes; 4) support any video as output; 5) have professionally built presets; 6) flexible video editing features. WinX DVD Ripper Platinum does it all. Download a Full License for Free (time-limited) Want to Change Your Email Preferences? At some point in the past you subscribed to the How-To Geek newsletter, but if you'd like to change the frequency or unsubscribe, you can do so by clicking the button. Change my Subscription (or unsubscribe) Today's How-To Geek Articles By popular request, we're including a quick list of the daily articles at the top of the daily email as well as the regular format near the bottom. How to Easily Change the Case of Text in LibreOffice Writer Full License Giveaway: WinX DVD Ripper Platinum V7.5.17 [Sponsored] How “Trusted Devices” Work on Windows 10 (and Why You No Longer Need to “Trust This PC”) How to Update the Windows Bash Shell to Ubuntu 16.04 The Biggest Design Mistakes Apple Has Made in the Past Two Years Why Does Linux Allow Users to Remove the Root Directory? Should You Buy a Video Doorbell? How to Watch Apple’s Live Stream Events on Windows, Android, and Linux What Is Power Nap in macOS? How to Troubleshoot Bluetooth Problems on Your iPhone or iPad How to Quickly Preview a File in Ubuntu’s File Manager (Like “Quick Look” in macOS) The Best File Archiving Program for Windows PSA: You Can Use Time Machine Even If Your Backup Drive Isn’t Plugged In Geek Comic Today's Tech Term PvE PvE (short for Player Versus Environment, a.k.a. [PvM] Player Versus Monster) refers to video games where players compete/fight against computer controlled challenges and/or enemies. What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. The Video Game Soda Machine Project's Jess Morrissette collects hundreds of screenshots. There are few constants in the history of video gaming. But if one thing links all those role-playing games and first-person shooters, beat-'em-ups and adventure games, it's probably the soda machines. [Slate] The original iPod: A re-review Ever wondered how well an original iPod would hold up ten 15 years later? [ArsTechnica] Most Missions To Mars Don't Survive Getting to the Red Planet is risky business--might we suggest you fly American? [Popular Science] The Martians are coming--and they're human. How settling Mars could create a new human species. [Nautilus] This Guy Has the Fastest Home Internet in the United States What does the guy with the fastest internet in the United States use his jealousy-inducing bandwidth for? Analyzing X-rays… and gaining an advantage in Call of Duty, of course. [Motherboard] How to Easily Change the Case of Text in LibreOffice Writer We've all done it before. We're typing fast and then realize that we had the Caps Lock key on and the case on our text is bACKWARDS. That's easy to change in Microsoft Word, but what if you use the free alternative, LibreOffice Writer? Read This Article → Full License Giveaway: WinX DVD Ripper Platinum V7.5.17 [Sponsored] Streaming is perceived as better now and is overtaking discs according to data such as declining Netflix DVD subscribers. But DVD did reign over the world for years, meaning hundreds of millions or billions of DVDs are still in use, which makes DVD-to-video backup tools a must-have to keep your precious DVD movies safe. So this Halloween giveaway of top-notch WinX DVD Ripper Platinum is just too fantastic to let slip. Read This Article → How “Trusted Devices” Work on Windows 10 (and Why You No Longer Need to “Trust This PC”) Windows 8 asked you to “Trust This PC” after you signed in with a Microsoft account. This message is gone in Windows 10, replaced with a new “Trusted Devices” system that works differently. Read This Article → How to Update the Windows Bash Shell to Ubuntu 16.04 Starting with the Windows 10 Creators Update, which comes out this spring, anyone who installs the Bash environment will get Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial). But, if you’ve previously installed Bash in the Anniversary Update, you’ll be stuck with Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty) until you manually upgrade. Read This Article → The Biggest Design Mistakes Apple Has Made in the Past Two Years Apple has lost its mojo. Their obsessive attention to detail seems to have slipped away. Read This Article → Why Does Linux Allow Users to Remove the Root Directory? Most of the time, none of us willingly performs an action that will literally break our operating systems and force us to reinstall them. But what if such an action could easily occur even by accident on the user’s part? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answer to a confused reader’s question. Read This Article → Should You Buy a Video Doorbell? A video doorbell is really nothing more than a regular doorbell with a built-in video camera. But is the price tag worth it in the end? Here are some things to keep in mind if you’re in the market for a video doorbell, like the Ring or SkyBell HD. Read This Article → How to Watch Apple’s Live Stream Events on Windows, Android, and Linux Apple claims their live streams are only available in Safari on macOS and iOS. But you don’t have to miss the new iPhone launch if you’re using a Windows PC or Android device. Apple doesn’t make it obvious how to do this, but you can watch its live events on any operating system. Read This Article → What Is Power Nap in macOS? Power naps aren’t just something that happens after a heavy lunch or a long morning working in the yard. Macs also employ a feature called Power Nap that keeps your system and apps updated while your Mac is in sleep mode. Read This Article → How to Troubleshoot Bluetooth Problems on Your iPhone or iPad Bluetooth can be a little finicky on its best of days. There are several possible points of failure between your iOS device and whatever accessory you’re connecting to. Here’s how to troubleshoot them. Read This Article → How to Quickly Preview a File in Ubuntu’s File Manager (Like “Quick Look” in macOS) Sometimes, you don’t need to open an image in a photo editor–you just want to make sure which file is which. Instead of opening each file, you can preview each one in Ubuntu's file manager program, Nautilus, without opening them. Read This Article → The Best File Archiving Program for Windows Need to extract an archive or compress some files? Avoid big-name programs like WinZip and WinRAR, which are packed with nags and advertisements. Modern versions of Windows have integrated support for ZIP files, and anything else is best managed with the free, open source 7-Zip. Read This Article → PSA: You Can Use Time Machine Even If Your Backup Drive Isn’t Plugged In Time Machine, macOS's built-in back up utility, is one of the simplest backup programs around. Here’s a tip that a lot of people don’t know, though: even if your Time Machine drive isn't connected to your Mac, it can still protect your files. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Windows 10 Tutorials - 120 of the most popular functions (a $19.95 value) FREE for a limited time You'll learn 120 of the most common features and functions of this hugely popular (and powerful) operating system. The vivid, color, step-by-step screenshots make it easy for you to follow along in this 350 page illustrated guide.Click here to download