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Windows 10 has been around for almost four years now, and all new PCs and laptops (apart from Chromebooks and Apple products) come pre-loaded with the operating system. Not everyone loves Windows 10 , but you reason for reading this might be because a recent update has brought problems that you want to fix by rolling back. We’ll explain your current options for downgrading Windows 10, and whether or not you can go back to a much older version of Windows such as 7 or 8....

Instagram is a great place to create and share photos with people all around the world, but if you want to save an image and keep it on your device, how can you do so? There are various options, as you’ll see. How to download all of your data from Instagram Sadly, there’s no way to download just one image directly from Instagram, but instead you can request your entire library from the company....

Spotify is one of the biggest streaming services in the world, and not only allows you to listen to millions of tracks on the go, it also lets you download music for offline listening too. This service is available to Spotify premium customers for £9.99 per month, and the app is available on iOS, Android, Mac and PC. Have a look at our guide to the best music streaming services....

Smartphones are about as fast as anyone really needs these days, so now it’s all about other aspects such as battery life. Despite chip makers and software vendors optimising their wares for extended battery life, the simple fact is we use our phones more than we ever did before. Getting a device on which you do it all – play games, watch videos, browse social media, chat with friends, pick up emails, manage appointments, navigate to destinations and more – on increasingly bigger and higher-resolution screens to last all day probably feels like an impossibility....

Want to know who unfollowed you on Twitter? Here, we show you how. Twitter is a brilliant way to communicate with the rest of the world, keeping up to date with the latest news and gossip, and sharing your latest news and gossip if you choose to. As your followers grow on the social network, you’ll find yourself noticing when someone unfollows you, as that big, bold number on your profile decreases....

With the rules and regulations governing drone flying becoming ever tighter, it’s well worth spending time to learn the basics before you take off for real. We’ll explain the jargon as well as exactly how to control a drone. How do I control a drone? Most drones arrive ready to fly, with a remote control that is already paired, or bound, to the drone. Read your manual to find out whether you should turn on the controller or drone first: do it in the wrong order and it might not work at all....

Landlines are so last century. You probably make most of your calls on your smartphone and use messaging services such as WhatsApp to keep in touch with friends and family. Video calling is easy and ‘free’, so you can talk to distant relatives using WhatsApp, Skype or FaceTime. So why do we still pay £20 a month for a landline phone that few of us use and even fewer actually need?...

Facebook is the latest social media platform to introduce polling into its feed. Though users could simply post a Facebook status, tweet or Instagram story asking a question that their followers could reply to, polling is an easier means to discovering what their followers prefer. Twitter and Instagram paved the way with the introduction of polling as a means for users to learn what their followers favoured between any two topics....

If you’re going to be making ice cream regularly, an ice cream maker is a good investment. But even if you don’t want to invest in one, there are times – like now, when it feels as though your house is on fire – when you might want to whip up a chilled dessert yourself, and that’s where we can help. There are a number of ice cream recipes out there, but we’ve found three of the simplest....

Recognise this? That’s the Google Search bar, and on some Android phones it is set to appear at the top of every home screen, taking up room you’d rather give to app shortcuts. Also see: Best custom Android UIs There are a couple of quick and easy ways to remove the Google Search bar, and we’d advise starting with the most obvious: tap and hold the search bar, and see if you can drag it to a remove button at the top of the screen....

Selling photos is something only the professionals do, right? Wrong. These days you don’t need years of experience and thousands of pounds of equipment to make a bit of cash, you just need an eye for a unique photo and an internet connection. Sites such as Picfair aim to make the process of licensing your images simple, and open to anyone. You upload your images to the site, set a licensing price for each one, and wait....

Valve’s Steam Link is billed as a budget-friendly, hassle-free way to bring the best of PC gaming to the living room by streaming your Steam games from your main computer straight to your TV. The Steam Link is designed to be easy to setup, but the included Quick Start Guide is pretty uninformative – it’s basically just a diagram of two different hardware setups, with no real instructions. There are a few different configurations to think about, and a couple problems you might run into along the way, so read on to find out how to set up the Steam Link and how to enable in-home Steam streaming....

If you’re looking to add volume and neaten up hair, this Photoshop hair tutorial by photographer, retouched and educator Tigz Rice will give you all the tips and tricks you need. You’ll learn techniques including how to master the Liquify tool, dodge and burn, cloning using the Darken blending mode and a little touch of Frequency Separation. Tigz has used a male model here, and concentrated more on the beard – but the Photoshop techniques described here will work for both male and female subjects, and for hair on the top of their heads, beards and moustaches and elsewhere (for when you need to give your model a Tom Selleck-esque chest wig)....

The sudden shift to remote working in 2020 has left millions of people relying on a laptop to stay productive from home. This has often involved trading multiple screens in the office for just one, as well as giving up a dedicated keyboard and mouse setup. While the latter two can still be connected to a laptop, the screen real estate you’re missing out on can dramatically affect productivity. However, with a few simple steps you can transform it into a desktop setup of sorts....

In many countries, there are two main ways to buy a phone on contract: unlocked, or locked to a specific network. An unlocked phone means switching networks is as easy as taking out one SIM card, and replacing it with another. However, there are a couple of additional steps if you want to keep the same number . Even if you buy a smartphone on contract in the UK, it will be unlocked....

In our increasingly busy lives, the way we manage our time has never been more important. Writing out a to-do list is one of the most effective ways of prioritising what needs to be done. Previously this was reserved for a pen and paper, but many have switched to a digital app. There’s an abundance of choice out there, but you can’t go wrong with Microsoft’s own ‘To Do’ app. In this article, we’ll show you how to use the service to its full potential....

With the launch of iOS 16, Apple added support for passkeys. That means any iPhone running on the latest software can use them and authenticate the logging process by Touch ID or Face ID. They are then stored in iCloud Keychain and synced across all of your Apple devices. Passkeys are a more secure way of keeping your accounts safe . They’re not exclusive to Apple and Keychain, so you can use passkeys on any account that supports them on other devices too....

Email can get a little out of control at times. If you have accounts with multiple services, such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo and others, it can be a challenge to keep up with all of them, especially if you use their dedicated apps. One way to get on top of things is to use an email app that can bring all of your addresses to one place, with a single inbox becoming home to your multitude of messages....

Before you start Viber is fully optimized for use on Android and Windows 8 tablets as well as iPad devices so you’re not restricted to using it on your phone. Here’s how to use Viber on a tablet. Note : If Viber is activated on your mobile device, it must be the latest version in order to install Viber on your tablet. Make sure you have the latest version installed on your mobile device before attempting to activate on any tablet....

Widgets are finally coming to the Home screen in iOS 14, marking an exciting time in Apple’s history. While widgets have been available in the Today View since iOS 10, users will finally be able to view widgets directly on the Home screen when it’s released later this year (or right now, if you’re brave enough to install the iOS 14 beta ). Whether you’ve taken the plunge and installed the iOS 14 beta or just curious about what you’ll be able to do with widgets later this year, we’ve got you covered....