Justin Pot
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About Justin Pot
Justin Pot is the News Editor for How-To Geek. He lives in Hillsboro, Oregon and runs the Hillsboro Signal, which offers local citizen journalism. Follow Justin on Twitter and Facebook, if you want. You don't have to.
Latest Articles
How to Use Bing's Background of the Day as Your Ubuntu Wallpaper
You're a Linux user, so naturally you're not Microsoft's biggest fan.
How to Make Text and Icons Bigger on Your Mac's Retina Screen
Straining to see stuff on your MacBook's screen? If you've got a high-resolution Retina display (like the MacBook Pro or the 12" MacBook have) it's easy to adjust everything---text, icons, buttons, etc---on the display to be bigger.
Kodi Is Not a Piracy Application
There's a piracy app that lets users find any TV show, movie, or song you can imagine.
How to Add More Touch ID Fingers to Your Mac
Touch ID on the new MacBook Pro makes logging in so much easier: just place your finger on the power button, and you're in.
How to Encrypt Your Mac's Time Machine Backup
You encrypt your Mac's system drive like you should: if your computer is stolen, your data is safe from prying eyes.
How to Adjust Volume and Brightness in One Gesture on the MacBook Pro Touch Bar
At first, I thought the new MacBook Pro touch bar was actively worse than a traditional keyboard for adjusting volume or brightness.
The Best Free Photo Editors for macOS
If you're a Mac-using professional photographer, you're probably already paying $10 a month for Adobe Creative Cloud's Photography plan, which includes Photoshop and Lightroom.
How to Bring Back the Function Keys on a MacBook Pro With a Touch Bar
Apple's been trying to kill the numbered function keys for a long time---the labels F1, F2, and so on have long been pushed to the corner bottom-right corner of keys in favor of function-specific icons.
How to Make Linux and macOS Virtual Machines for Free with Parallels Lite
Parallels is easily the best virtualization software on the Mac, and earlier this year, they quietly added a new app called Parallels Desktop Lite to the Mac App Store---and unlike its cousin, it's free to download.
How to Add Weather Information to the Top Panel in Ubuntu
Modern operating systems offer weather information out-of-the-box.
How to Switch or Launch Apps From the MacBook Pro Touch Bar
Apple put a touch screen on the MacBook Pro, but doesn't offer some way of launching or switching apps from it.
How to Add or Remove Icons From Your MacBook Pro's Touch Bar
Not sure you love the touch bar? Maybe you mostly just don't love what's on it.
How to Use macOS' Spotlight Like a Champ
There are two kinds of Mac users: those who use Spotlight constantly, and those who ignore it.
How to Temporarily Share Your Location with Someone Using Google Maps
You're meeting a friend downtown in a new city, and he asks you where you are.
How to Stop Gmail From Adding Events to Google Calendar
If the receipt for a flight or hotel is sent to your Gmail account, an appointment is automatically added to Google Calendar.
How to Embed Web Videos, Music, Documents, and More in OneNote
OneNote is simple at first glance: it's a place to write notes and maybe clip articles from the web for future refernce.