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One of the most useful features on any Windows PC or Mac is the ability to schedule it to power it on at a set time each day. It’s a quick way to get your day going even while you’re making coffee or lying in bed for a few extra minutes—whatever you prefer to do instead of sitting at your desk, waiting for your…Read...

Bluetooth technology has been allowing our electronic devices to communicate with each other for 20 years now. Yet, Bluetooth connections between devices can still fail, or give you all kinds of issues when you’re trying to set them up. Here are some troubleshooting techniques to try when pairing Bluetooth-enabled…Read more...

I occasionally let my desktop computer chug on a task throughout the night, and it can be jarring when it wakes up for no reason—blasting my room with light from my 34" monitor. Whether you’re confronted by random wakeups, or you enter a room to find out that your computer is on when it shouldn’t be, don’t just shrug…Read more...

We’re tackling a fun issue with geeky hand-me-downs in this week’s Tech 911. I wish I knew someone older than me—a parent, a brother, an awesome neighbor—who had laptops and smartphones and gadgets galore that they could pass my way when they were sick of using them. Read more...

That’s what I get for not touching my Mac in a day or so. Thanks to a tip from Lifehacker reader David (no relation), we can now confirm that Mac users are probably having one heck of a time trying to manage their schedules today. If you synchronize your Google Calendar to your Mac calendar, all of your events might…Read more...