How to easily move iPhone photos to your Chromebook
Is it a challenge to move photos from your iPhone to your Chromebook? Not at all: There are two easy ways to make it happen and one of them can even free up storage space your iPhone.
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Chrome OS 89 to restore open windows in Virtual Desks on Chromebooks
Virtual Desks on Chromebooks are about to get a big improvement. With Chrome OS 89, you’ll have the option of restoring your previously open windows in the workspaces they were in. Here’s how it works and what it looks like.
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How to view apps or browser tabs side-by-side on a Chromebook
New to Chrome OS? You may not realize that you can view two windows, tabs or apps side by side, just like you can with other operating systems. Here’s how to do it on your Chromebook.
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How to customize the Linux Terminal on a Chromebook
A good, customized Linux terminal is super useful but finding the Settings in Chrome OS to make it your own isn’t easy to find. Here’s where to look and how to customize the Linux Terminal app on your Chromebook.
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Need more Virtual Desks on your Chromebook? You might have 8 or 16 in the future.
I figure most Chromebook users are happy with up to four virtual desks to boost productivity. Google figures I might be wrong. Code is in the works to add eight, or potentially sixteen virtual workspaces to Chromebooks.
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Chrome OS 87 Stable Channel arrives on Chromebooks: What you need to know
The Stable Channel for Chrome OS 87 is now rolling out to Chromebooks, bringing new native and experimental features. An improved photo editor, hand-drawn wallpapers and the experimental Read Later are just some of them. Here’s what you need to know.
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How to screen capture a full webpage on a Chromebook
Need to capture an entire web page or site on your Chromebook? You could screencap it section by section but that’s not one continuous image. To get one, these two keyboard shortcuts and one command is all it takes.
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Moar data privacy: Chromebooks may get on-device grammar check
Keeping your data private on a Chromebook is a tough task due to so much reliance on Google and other web services. But a new Chrome OS on-device grammar check could help a little. And maybe it paves the way for more data privacy on Chromebooks.
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How to use the top-row keys as function keys on a Chromebook
Using Linux apps that would be easier to navigate with traditional Function keys? Here’s a setting tucked away to enable using the top-row of a Chromebook keyboard as F1, F2, etc…
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HP brings Windows to Chromebooks and Chromeboxes for the enterprise
Windows 10 support on Chromebooks was announced in June and now HP is bringing it to the enterprise. Using Parallels Desktop and Chrome Enterprise, business workers can run Windows apps on or offline with a Chromebook.
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How my Chromebook is getting me through Computer Science college classes
I’ve been using a Chromebook for my college Computer Science classes since 2018. Even though we’re online this semester, the Chromebook gets the job done.
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