system software
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How to Replace Your Mac’s Screenshot Tool With Something Better
Your Mac’s standard screenshot tool includes the basic features most people need to capture images displayed on their screens, but it could be better. It doesn’t allow you to take scrolling screenshots (where you capture a long screenshot of an entire webpage), and other tools — including the two discussed below — are better at…
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Authorities Claim They Accessed Encrypted Signal Chats to Charge Oath Keepers
While many of the groups that took part in last year’s siege on the U.S. Capitol turned to Facebook and Telegram groups to plan their part in the attack, the Oath Keepers — a far-right org that’s best described as somewhere between a militia and a rag-tag group of wannabe vigilantes — are alleged to…
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Drop a Magnet on This Map and a Fake Window Provides Live Views From Around the World
Travelling the globe remains a challenge as we quickly approach our third year of living with the COVID-19 pandemic. To help stave off cabin fever, Alex Shakespeare built themselves a fake window that simulates a live view from different cities around the world, but how it’s controlled might be the best part.
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Use Mac’s New ‘Quick Notes’ Feature and Never Search for the Notes App Again
macOS Monterey brings one of iPadOS 15’s most interesting features to the Mac: Quick Notes. Apple’s Notes app is already a robust note-taking solution, but it’s now more integrated into the OS. Using the new Quick Notes feature, you can start taking notes from anywhere on the Mac. All it takes is a gesture or…