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With Xbox Gold, you get the Games with Gold program that gives you three to four free games each month. Plus, Xbox Game Pass is an incredible value for $9.99/month and gives you access to over a hundred premiere games. However, you still need to download those huge files. Games you download for Xbox One are enormous. The average size of a game is 35 GB or more. Since the Xbox One is essentially a PC and runs Windows 10, you don’t have to purchase an official Xbox expansion drive....

To begin, let me explain what Adobe Lightroom is, and what it’s not as well as who it is for, and for whom it is not. What can I use Adobe Lightroom for? In a nutshell, Lightroom is an asset management, photo development, and output software tool. What does all that mean? Keeping it simple, Lightroom has five different modules each with a specific intended function: First is the Library module The Library module is where you catalog all your photos and group them into directories and collections for easy file management....

Launched with little fanfare in October 2019, the AirPods Pro is the truly wireless earbuds Apple should have released four years ago. Currently, priced at under $250, the AirPods Pro earbuds are $90 more than the regular model, but the extras are worth the price of admission. Featuring noise cancellation, a customizable fit, sweat and water resistance, and much more, the AirPods Pro earbuds are impressive. Here are the features you’re going to love the best....

In addition to the improved 1920×1200 1080p display with over 2 million pixels, the company says the new tablet will be 30% faster. It has a new 1.8 GHz quad-core processor with 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB of storage. It also includes a micro-SD slot that allows you to expand storage up to 256 GB. The company is touting 10 hours of battery life, too. Another new addition to the OS is a new personalized page called “For You” that can be accessed from the home screen....

Now, it’s important to keep in mind, that, at the time of this writing, the app is new and limited and is only available to users in the Insider Program. It only supports Android devices with the ability to share photos from your phone to PC. But the company is promising several more features are coming. The plan in the works is to allow users to send and receive calls and SMS texts between devices, share web pages and documents between devices, iPhone support, and more....

15 Years of OS X The Steve Jobs biopic, released in 2015, exaggerated his transition from Apple. The film’s interpretation of the NeXT creation was Steve’s long-term strategy to get back into Apple one day. Watching early demos of the NeXT Step operating system and NeXT Cube never suggested this. Instead, Steve saw this as the next evolution of client computing, object-oriented programming, networking, and image manipulation. NeXT never became the next big thing in computing, but parts of it revolutionized the industry....

The iPad Mini Not to be outdone by the Kindle Fire and Google Nexus 7, Apple is attempting to enter into the 7-inch category of tablets. However, it faces quite a few challenges, including a higher price tag. The iPad Mini starts at $330 for the 16GB version and only goes up from there. This brings it close to twice the cost of its Android counterparts after tax. The Mini also doesn’t feature any other new tech, as it is comprised mostly of the same parts found in the old iPad 2....

Who Can Download iOS 10.1? Customers running iPhone 5 or later, iPad 4th generation and later and iPod touch 6th generation and later can install the update. It won’t allow you to begin the install unless you have 50% or more battery life remaining. On my iPhone 6 Plus (yes, I’ve not yet upgraded to an iPhone 7 yet…), the download was a little over 200 megabytes. The download and install took exactly 17 minutes....

Note: Keep in mind this is beta software, so if you install it, expect some bugs. First, make sure you’re running the latest version of OS X Lion — 10.7.3. Messages will not install unless you have the latest version installed. Next download the free Messages Beta. After you’ve downloaded the Messages beta, run through the installer. Messages requires a restart of your Mac to complete the install. After the restart, you’ll find the icon in the dock....

New Apple TV Channels With the addition of the AOL and ABC news channels, you’ll have even more video content for free, but it is ad-supported. Both channels will provide original programs, some live and on-demand news feeds, and live hourly updates. The ABC News channel will offer highlight of ACB New shows like Good Morning America, and Nightline too. But don’t confuse this with WatchABC which was added several months ago – for that you will need a cable subscription....

Come back often to see what develops! Computer Deals Prime Day is a great time to look for deals on computers and accessories. Be careful though, as these deals don’t last for long! Note: Prices and supplies can change at any time.

Exactly one year ago, Microsoft discontinued their product search incentive Bing Cashback. Over the last 9 months or so they’ve been testing the waters with a new way to entice shoppers: Bing Rewards! When I first looked at Bing Rewards back in September, I didn’t bother with a write-up as it required you to install the Bing Toolbar. Sorry, I’m not a fan of adding a tracking device to my browser....

Here at groovyPost we like keeping our data safe. From basic methods of protection, like a password, key, or a hidden directory, to heavy encryption methods and professional solutions to keep our data away from the wrong hands. Today we’ll review an incredibly easy to use encryption software, called BoxCryptor. Note from groovinJackman: This groovyReview has been in our hopper for some time, but I thought I’d push it up in the queue in light of the recent major Dropbox security SNAFU, where accounts were left wide open for as long as four hours due to an authentication bug....

Update: This app is no longer in service and no longer works. To get started, visit the Pinview on Facebook app page (Link Below). Then click the Get Started button. Pinview will request permission to use and view your profile information. Click Go to App. On the next screen the permissions are optional. However, for Pinview to be fully functional, it requires access to these additional permissions. If you’re ok with giving these permissions, Click Allow....

Open Event Viewer in Windows In Windows 7, click the Start Menu and type: event viewer in the search field to open it. For Windows 8, you can open Event Viewer from the Power User Menu from the Desktop. Expand Windows Logs and click on Security. Now, look for event ID 4624; these are successful login events for your computer. Double-clicking on the event will open a popup with detailed information about that activity....

Windows Media Player For watching videos on Windows 10, Microsoft has introduced the modern Movies & TV app. And you may have noticed that the new default music player is Groove Music — although it did retire the Groove Music Pass streaming service in favor of Spotify. Microsoft Groove is the default modern music app to play your local music files and songs stored on OneDrive. But if you’re moving from Windows 7 to 10 and are a long-time user of Windows Media Player (WMP), don’t worry; it’s still available....

The method I’ve found that works best (which I learned from my Mom btw), is using a dryer sheet! STOP! Before you run off and experiment, don’t use a fresh dryer sheet out-of-the-box. Those have too much of the softener and goop on them, and will smear them up. Instead, use a sheet you’ve ran through a load of laundry and use it to clean your glasses! No chemicals are required, and I’ve found it actually does a remarkable job....

Capturing Screenshots from Your Devices Windows There are multiple ways to capture a screenshot natively in Windows or using third-party tools. I use a mix of native functions in Windows and a third-party app. To capture the active screen in Windows, press the Print Screen button on your keyboard. If you just want to capture the active window, press Alt + Print Scrn. If you are using a laptop, you might not be able to use that command, try using Fn + Prt Scn....

Convert Rows to Columns in Excel with Transpose In Excel 2013 select the entire table that you want to convert to either column or row format. Now copy the table by right-clicking it and selecting Copy, or using the Ctrl + C keyboard shortcut. Note that “Cut” won’t work for this particular function. Now either from the right-click menu or the Home tab on the Ribbon, select Paste Special… In the Paste Special box check the Transpose box and then click OK....

AT&T TV NOW While considered one of the major live streaming services, AT&T TV NOW has had a rough going out of the gate. It has been plagued by performance and service issues. Some people have complained of channels not working, major freeze-ups, or complete outages. The company has fixed some of those early issues and now it offers a fairly stable service. I have been using it for several weeks now and here is what I’ve found....