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Welcome to the Power Users community on Codidact!

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 Setting zoom level in Safari web apps

This problem seems to have been solved in Safari 18.0 (19619.1.26.111.10)

posted 3mo ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A Native Folder Synchronization on Android

Nothing prevents it, and many services do it. For example, Nextcloud's client can synchronize folders. Some reasons that could be making it less common are: Phones are sometimes thought of a de...

posted 4mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Reddit: How to get around "whoa there, pardner!"

It is possible to view these with an third party archive, like archive.ph. It does take a while for the page to be archived if nobody has done so yet.

posted 4mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Turning a Samsung smart screen into a dumb computer monitor

I can't post a full answer since I never owned this model. But this might be helpful until someone else does. From https://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/87792ead I found that the OS for t...

posted 4mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A Unique identifier for a computing system [closed]

If IP address is a unique identifier of a computing device in a network (LAN and/or WAN) and MAC is a unique identifier for a network card and/or modem, what would be a unique identifier for a comp...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  last activity 3y ago by samcarter‭

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Q&A How to re-justify a text under an image in GIMP

I have a raster logo image with transparent background which I edit with GIMP and which is comprised of two primary elements: A drawing A text under the drawing The text is "justified" under...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user

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Q&A How can you edit the keys on keyboard's Numeric Pad, with Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator?

These steps from UC Davis don't picture or mention the number pad on the far right hand side of computer keyboards. If Microsoft Keyboard Layout Creator can't edit numeric keypads, please recommen...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 3y ago by TextKit‭

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Q&A How can I halt Windows from forthwith switching to Google Chrome, after I click on URLs on Skype?

This answer is to the question as originally asked, not what it was edited to several days after this answer was written. How do I halt this, so that Windows stays focussed on Skype? Don't clic...

posted 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A What's this orange "Work" with briefcase icon in Firefox?

I've used Firefox for approximately 10 years, but I've never seen this before! Please see below. I was working under the premise (very unlikely true, but still) that interacting with that ico...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 3y ago by TextKit‭

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Q&A Alternative to Google Adsense

I'm starting a small site with some online tools. Tried to include Google Adsense but I initially got rejected because the site was still on construction. Yet I've seen in the forums that they are...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by nelson777‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Quasímodo‭

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Q&A Make left-click warp the scrollbar thumb position instead of paging down/up

I found that the GTK theme I use also has a settings.ini file, which sets gtk-primary-button-warps-slider to false. I wouldn't expect it to take precedence over the user specific file, but it does....

posted 3y ago by Quasímodo‭

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Q&A What free, offline software for 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  ·  edited 5mo ago by Michael‭

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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 1y 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,...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Anonymous‭

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Q&A Native Folder Synchronization on Android

What technically (or contractually) prevents cloud storage providers from implementing native support for folder synchronization in their Android apps?

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by AZeed‭  ·  last activity 4mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A In Microsoft Word, how do I systematically add space before the Footnote Superscript?

Undoubtedly, it's too unproductive to add spaces manually before each Footnote SuperScript. I clicked on Manage Styles, but see no option to add such spaces PRODUCTIVELY. Word grayed out "Paragr...

0 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 2y ago by TextKit‭

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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 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by DavidCary‭

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Meta Software Recommendations Category

This(Software Category) is a good idea. In this question @Lundin is requesting for a new category where following topics are included : MS Office a subset of Google's G Suite that includes Docs...

posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 3y ago by deleted user

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Q&A Why does my HTC Desire 610, running Android v4.4.2 and WiFi connected, falsely allege "your phone is up to date" and "no updates available"?

While cleaning my attic, I unerathed an HTC Desire 610 from 2014. I hope to use it as a backup phone. I can't afford to buy a new phone, as COVID unemployed me. As at today, the Latest release is ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Canina‭

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Meta How to handle crossposts

Another one just showed up: How can I record 2 simultaneous Teams meetings, on the same computer, without audio cross interference? In this case, a mod found the duplicate and posted the link in a...

posted 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Is a local Apache a local web server?

Is a local "web" server such as a local Apache installed on Windows with WAMP/XAMPP really a "web server"? (is it a "pseudo web server")? What would be a reasonable term to use to describe not the...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 3y ago by deleted user

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Meta Office suites category

A site for office suites was proposed here: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/277548. This proposal is still in early stages and unlikely to get enough support to emerge as a site of its own in the n...

3 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Wicket‭

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Q&A Anti-Twin's Byte by Byte“ vs. ”Compare images (pixels)"

Kindly see the red rectangle below. How does "Byte by Byte" differ from "Compare images (pixels)"? Which is more accurate? What are the pros and cons of each? Advise me if I got to ask this sepa...

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

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Meta Can we ask hacking related question?

Actually, it's not easy to answer the question. There's lot of Facebook Brute Forcer and lot of hacking tools is available in github. I am answering the question in few steps. Don't ask : You c...

posted 3y ago by deleted user

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Q&A Paid Windows 10 software for trimming videos (e.g. .mp4) from 2-10 GB?

Can you please recommend PAID software for my Windows 10 laptop, to trim videos from 2 to 10 GB? This differs from my previous question where I requested solely FREE software. I've tried Lightwork...

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