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Barbara Krasnoff

Barbara Krasnoff

Former Reviews Editor

Former Reviews Editor

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    How to trade in your MacBook, macOS desktop, iPhone, or iPadHow to trade in your MacBook, macOS desktop, iPhone, or iPad
    Cameron Faulkner and Barbara Krasnoff
    Barbara Krasnoff
    Barbara Krasnoff
    Remember that app that you hooked up to your Google account five years ago?

    You don’t? Then maybe you should check to see if it still has access to your Gmail or other Google data — along with any other apps and services you may have forgotten about. Here’s how to check to see which apps, services, and extensions have permission to access your Google account, and how to disconnect them.

    Barbara Krasnoff
    Barbara Krasnoff
    Google Docs can take you back in time.

    No, really. If you’ve made some nasty mistakes in your essay or just want to see what has changed since you started your new novel, you can use Google’s version history feature to see all the tweaks that were made over the lifetime of your document — and retrieve an older version if you need to. We explain how.

    Barbara Krasnoff
    Barbara Krasnoff
    What the heck is meant by refresh rate anyway?

    One of the specs that are always mentioned in reviews of phones is the display’s refresh rate. For those who have been secretly pretending to know what it means, here’s a quick rundown of how refresh rates affect your phone, and how to tweak them if you need to.

    Barbara Krasnoff
    Barbara Krasnoff
    Transcriptions are better with speaker labels, but if you’re using Google’s Recorder, sometimes they don’t appear.

    Google’s handy Recorder app will not only record and transcribe conversations, but (if you’ve got a Pixel 6 or later) add speaker labels. If this handy feature is supposed to work on your phone, and doesn’t, we’ve got a fix.

    Barbara Krasnoff
    Barbara Krasnoff
    Even if you haven’t reached the lofty heights of iOS developer, you can still try a developer beta.

    Apple has now made it possible for anyone to play with the developer beta of iOS 17. We tell you how to register for and install the latest version of the mobile OS beta. But at this point, it’s probably a good idea not to install it on your main phone — just in case.

    How to install the iOS 17 developer and public betas

    Umar Shakir, Cameron Faulkner and 1 more