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Power Users is a Q&A site for questions about the usage of computer software and hardware. We are still a small site and would like to grow, so please consider joining our community. We are looking forward to your questions and answers; they are the building blocks of a repository of knowledge we are building together.

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Q&A How do I make Xbox stop telling me that I have a free game pass on Windows 10?

I have Windows 10 but don't have this problem. That may be because the first thing I did when I got the machine was to go thru all the settings I could find, and shut off anything I didn't want. ...

posted 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Install Quarto extensions globally

Is there a way to install Quarto extensions globally? If I follow the installation instruction from https://quarto.org/docs/extensions/managing.html and e.g. use quarto add quarto-ext/fontawesome...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by samcarter‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Circulate through spaces on macOS 11

One possibility is to use Hammerspoon with the following configuration: hs.hotkey.bind({ "cmd" }, "Right", function() local NextSpace = 1 for k, v in pairs(hs.spaces.allSpaces()[hs.scree...

posted 1y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 1y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Circulate through spaces on macOS 11

Another approach is to use Karabiner-Elements. As a first step, I created to executable shell scripts, which will switch to the previous/next space using the handy tool SpaceInfo Space_prev: #!/...

posted 1y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 1y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Disable automatic tlmgr updates in Quarto

I didn't yet find a clean solution, but as a dirty hack one can edit the quarto.js file and change the line [kLatexAutoInstall]: true, to [kLatexAutoInstall]: false, (this obviously won't s...

posted 1y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 8mo ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Install Quarto extensions globally

This is probably not a lasting solution, but one can manually copy the individual folders of the extensions to <path to your quarto installation>/share/extensions/quarto/ Documents seem t...

posted 1y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 8mo ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Launching hidden application at login under macOS 13 Ventura

Based on the post https://droidwin.com/how-to-hide-an-app-at-launch-on-mac-ventura/ an alternative approach could be to use a launch agent. To do this, create a file vienna.LaunchAtLogin.plist (re...

posted 1y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Launching hidden application at login under macOS 13 Ventura

Another possible approach is to create a helper app which opens an app without opening a window. I used platypus to create a simple app which will execute a shell script. The settings used for th...

posted 1y ago by samcarter‭  ·  edited 1y ago by samcarter‭

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Meta Is the site name "Power User" or "Power Users"?

The site name is Power Users. With due respect to the author of the previous answer and the community, considering the question title, Is the site name "Power User" or "Power Users"? I'm po...

posted 11mo ago by Wicket‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by Wicket‭

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Meta Software Recommendations Category

In the meantime that this is being discussed... the tag [software-recommendations] has collected seven questions. Related What should our take be on software recommendation questions?

posted 11mo ago by Wicket‭

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Meta Office suites category

As of June 2023, it doesn't look to be enough questions about office-suite related apps to warrant having a category: Microsoft Office Considering the basic Microsoft Office Suite package: mic...

posted 11mo ago by Wicket‭  ·  edited 11mo ago by Wicket‭

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Q&A How can software track [1] how many subscribers to subreddits, [2] if subreddit is private, [3] if submissions are restricted?

Master lists like 82 food subreddits and 128 tech subreddits don't indicate each's subscribers. if it's private. Sometimes moderators can make the sub private for several days, to clean i...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭

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Q&A How can I work around or "life hack" Word's failure to 2-column footnotes?

harrymc affirmed I have done some tests on Word 2019, and it seems that the option of "Footnote layout" is now dead and non-functional. [. . .] Your only option is to file a bug-report to Micros...

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Q&A Why can't I add one line of space between text? Why does Word create useless white space in between, when I hit Enter?

Kindly see the GIF below. I need merely one line of space after "Modification of this Contract" and para. 36. Why can't I delete all that useless white blank space at the top of the page, above pa...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A What program can automatically footnote different number of footnotes per line?

Oxford University Press (OUP) publishes the following books, and couldn't have used Microsoft Word to variate the number of footnotes per line, because harrymc affirmed I have done some tests on...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Alexei‭

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Q&A Is it wise to delete C: (containing Program Files) on an old hard drive, to create space to backup more files?

Your 'new' system should be using different drive letters for the old drive. That said - presuming you have backed up the old hard drive (and don't forget your desktop and such, which are typically...

posted 3y ago by Vorgon Spacecadet‭

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Q&A How do I search for, and view, all Web Pages on En.wiktionary.com containing "Sino-Korean word"?

To compile and create a list of all Sino-Korean words from https://en.wiktionary.org, I input site:en.wiktionary.com "sino-korean word" into Google. But the screenshot beneath shows that Goog...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A How do I search for, and view, all Web Pages on En.wiktionary.com containing "Sino-Korean word"?

I don't use Google (for some security reasons). You had searched site:en.wiktionary.com "sino-korean word". But, if you remove the quotation mark than, you will see that it is working well. But,...

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Q&A How do I search for, and view, all Web Pages on En.wiktionary.com containing "Sino-Korean word"?

Wiktionary.com ≠ Wiktionary.org There simply aren't any pages matching your search The pages you list, 준비, 박수, 주방, 감사, 안녕, 실패, 성공, are all on en.wiktionary.org. However, your search is on en.wik...

posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Moshi‭

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Q&A Does changing a port address (number) necessates port forwarding?

In the past I have rented hosting services from SiteGround. I recall that their SSH/SFTP port address was different than 22 so I would assume that maybe data was forwarded from port (address) 22 to...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by dsr‭

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Q&A Should I install Parrot OS in virtualbox?

I am new to Virtual Box. I had installed Parrot OS in VirtualBox. And, I am directly using Parrot OS from ISO. I can do everything well. But, will my data erase when I will turn off Virtual Machine...

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Q&A What 1. free 2. offline software for 3. Windows 10 converts math in PDFs To MathJax?

I need software to convert math in lengthy PDFs to MathJax, in order to copy and paste the MathJax to websites like math.stackexchange.com and math.codidact.com. Recommendations must be unqual...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A How can I plug in both a microphone and speaker to a laptop with a single 3.5 mm jack?

My dad has a Lenovo Y700 laptop with only one 3.5 mm jack (green arrow in pic). He uses this laptop for video calls. He must use the single jack for speakers, because it is impossible to hear peop...

2 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 10mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Meta Is web service problem related question on-topic?

I was visiting some sites recently but, that site is looking inactive but, I can't be sure cause, earlier lots of people were withdrawing lots of money from that site. I had mailed at support. But,...

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Q&A Distinguish like I'm 5 years old — ArtBox, BleedBox, CropBox, MediaBox, TrimBox

I tried 4 different sets of definitions below, but they're still too abstruse! English ISN'T my first language. You don't have to read any thing below this line...I'm just showing all my work like ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by DavidCary‭

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