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Barbara Krasnoff

Barbara Krasnoff

Former Reviews Editor

Former Reviews Editor

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    Barbara Krasnoff
    Barbara Krasnoff
    If your Steam Deck has slowed to a crawl, there may be a (relatively) quick microSD card fix.

    The cause of slow download speeds on your Steam Deck might not be due to your internet, but rather to how your microSD card was formatted. Cameron Faulkner explains how to reformat your microSD card so that, just maybe, you can download games at a speedier pace.

    Barbara Krasnoff
    Barbara Krasnoff
    Slack can be like Hansel and Gretel’s forest: easy to get lost in.

    But you don’t need breadcrumbs to find your way around. Here are some strategies for organizing your Slack conversations — especially if you’re lucky enough to have a paid version.

    How to organize your Slack channelsHow to organize your Slack channels
    Barbara Krasnoff
    Barbara Krasnoff
    Barbara Krasnoff
    You don’t have to play guessing games about the status of your iPhone’s battery.

    iOS 16 now lets you monitor the status of your battery, either in the status bar or via a lock screen widget. Of course, that means the next time you suddenly realize you’re totally out of power, you’ll have nobody to blame but yourself...

    Barbara Krasnoff
    Barbara Krasnoff
    A smart home can also be a really scary home.

    The Verge smart home reviewer Jennifer Pattison Tuohy describes how she makes her home into a truly fantastic horror house to impress the local trick-or-treaters, and tells you how you can do it too.

    Barbara Krasnoff
    Barbara Krasnoff
    Your Apple Watch can keep you from getting hopelessly lost.

    If you’re hiking out in the wilderness, or even wandering around in an unfamiliar city, your Apple Watch (Series 6 or later) now has a Backtrack feature that can get you back home safely. But only if you know how to use it.

    Barbara Krasnoff
    Barbara Krasnoff
    You can now save your Chrome tab groups — well, sort of.

    Tab groups can help organize your dozens of Chrome tabs, and you can now save those groups for later use — although it’s awkward. Google seems to be experimenting with the best way to do it; we’ve updated this how-to to reflect some of the latest changes.

    Barbara Krasnoff
    Barbara Krasnoff
    It’s possible to record calls on your iPhone — with some workarounds.

    Because of legal repercussions, Apple doesn’t allow you to directly record a phone call on your iPhone. But there are ways to record a conversation anyway — and one of these methods involves a Google app.

    Barbara Krasnoff
    Barbara Krasnoff
    What was the name of that person in the third row of your class photo?

    Believe me, as time goes by, some of those names are going to fade in your memory — unless you identify them in your photos. Google Photos has an AI feature that puts names on the faces in your photos, but you have to help. Here’s how to identify the people in Google Photos so you can find them later.

    How to add names to your Google PhotosHow to add names to your Google Photos
    Barbara Krasnoff