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How to Copy More Than One Thing to Your Clipboard at a Time

If you ever need to copy multiple things from one place to another or have a habit of misplacing the link you copied but forgot to paste, you need a clipboard manager.

Windows 10 and 11 come with their own basic clipboard history too. Enable the feature from Settings > System > Clipboard > Clipboard History. Then, use the Windows + V keyboard shortcut to bring up a floating panel where you’ll see a list of text that you have recently copied to the clipboard. You can click on an entry to paste it into the text, and the Pin button to pin that entry to the top.

The Windows clipboard history tool is nice to have. But it’s no clipboard manager 👇.

Ditto is a lightweight, free, and open-source clipboard manager.

1Clipboard is another great option for a free, universal app built on open source tech. It works on both Windows and Mac.

#lifehack #pc

How to Turn Off/On All Sensors on Android Phone With a Tap

While Android offers quick toggles to disable location tracking and cellular connectivity, there’s no direct option to switch off the rest of your phone’s sensors. For example, gyroscope can use to intercept sensitive information like passwords, account names from your 📱. Luckily, Android has a hidden setting that lets you shut off all your phone’s sensors in a single tap.

✅ Go to Settings > About phone > and tap build number 7 times to enable Developer Options.
✅In Settings, go to System > Advanced > and tap on Developer Options.
✅ Scroll down and tap on Quick settings developer tiles.
✅ Now, tap on Sensors off toggle to add the tile on the Quick Settings panel.
✅Now, to on and off sensors, pull down the Quick Settings panel, and tap on the Sensors off tile.

#security #android

Upscayl

Free and Open Source AI Image Upscaler
Upscayl lets you enlarge and enhance low-resolution images using advanced AI algorithms. Enlarge images without losing quality. It's almost like magic! 🎩🪄

Upscayl is a cross-platform application built with the Linux-first philosophy. This means that Linux users receive pre-release builds earlier, but Upscayl itself is available on all major desktop operating systems.

https://upscayl.org/

#lifehack #AI

Open Video Downloader (youtube-dl-gui)

A cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl made in Electron and node.js

Features:

✔️Download from all kind of platforms: YouTube, vimeo, twitter & many more;
✔️Download multiple videos/playlists/channels in one go;
✔️Select the resolution and format you want to download in;
✔️Download private videos (currently only tested on YouTube);
✔️Multithreaded, up to 32 videos can be downloaded synchronously;
✔️Shows how much size the download will use up on your system;
✔️The app automatically keeps ytdl up-to-date

https://jely2002.github.io/youtube-dl-gui/

#app #youtube #video #github

YT Channel Downloader

YT Channel Downloader is an intuitive desktop application built to simplify the process of downloading YouTube media content.

Features:

✔️Fetch Video Listings: Just input a YouTube video, playlist or channel URL and get a list of the videos;
✔️Selective Download: Choose exactly which videos you want to download, or select all at once;
✔️Quality Control: Specify video/audio quality or opt to download only the audio;
✔️Download Marking: Keeps track of downloaded files for easier management;

https://github.com/hyperfield/yt-channel-downloader

#app #youtube #video #github

Extract favorite scenes from YouTube videos

YTCutter is a single tool with multiple purposes. Perhaps you don't want to download a full YouTube video; you might only need a small clip. With it, you can select the portion that you need and just download that.

Copy and paste a YouTube URL and it will immediately start playing. Use the Start field for when you want the clip to begin and the End field for your big finish.

The trimmed clip can be downloaded as a video file (MP4), a GIF file, or as an audio file (MP3).

#service #youtube

Wristkey

Wristkey is an open-source 2FA client for Wear OS (but it works on any Android-based smartwatch!).

Features:

✅ Can be used without pairing your watch to a phone.
✅ Imports (and exports) from Aegis Authenticator, andOTP and Bitwarden using ADB, WiFi or file imports.
✅ Screen locking via PIN, pattern and password.
✅ Local storage encrypted using 256-bit AES-GCM.
✅ WiFi transfers encrypted using XSalsa20-Poly1305 and X25519.
✅ Time and counter mode OTPs, up to SHA512 and 4-8 digits.
✅ Supports round and square devices.

https://github.com/0x4f53/Wristkey

#app #android

Musicat

A sleek desktop music player and tagger for offline music 🪕 With experimental features like map view, GPT analysis, artist toolkit. 

Features:
🎵 supports MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, OGG
🔗 linked library, using original files on disk
👀 auto-watch and re-scan folders
🏷 with metadata tagging support (read and write ID3v2, Vorbis)
🖼 download album art, origin country from Wikipedia
🎤 fetch lyrics for current song
🗺 World Map view - see your library on a map
💿 a neat mini-player
🎸 U2's latest album automatically added to your library
📊 Stats, album timeline
🤖 Dive deeper with ChatGPT or local Ollama model for additional insights.

https://github.com/basharovV/musicat

#app #github #music #mac

Increase your anonymity for free

Ghostery is a completely free plugin for Windows 7-10 operating system. For each of the supported browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Opera, Edge, Safari, Cliqz) a different plugin is installed.

The main purpose of the plugin is not to protect against viruses, but to increase privacy of the Internet. It recognizes and blocks various code (bugs), which monitors user actions and collects information about him.

Despite this, this plugin will be useful for those who are worried about their anonymity and do not want to share their data with third parties, which in particular improves security. It is better to use this plugin in addition to those that protect the user from other threats.

#service

Find and track the IP address of any person

Grabify IP Logger can give you advanced and detailed statistical data and metadata for all clicks on your links. Your IP Logger link can access information about user’s IP address, location tracker (country, city) and so on.

The service works with just 3 simple steps:

✔️ Shorten long link.

✔️ Share the short link with another user.

✔️ Grab IP address after the user clicks on your short link.

Be attantive: you can also be a target of such actions ❗️Be careful opening links!

#service #security

Checking APK files for viruses

There is a small chance to stumble on dangerous applications even in PlayMarket , and if you download from other sources, this risk increases tenfold.

Therefore, you should take care of your security in advance. MetaDefender Cloud will help.

It is a free scanner that runs the file through the databases of 40 anti-viruses simultaneously. All you have to do is attach a file, its hash, its IP address, or a link to a suspicious site - and click "Process".

In just a few seconds the service will scan the entire file and show the results of each antivirus scan and also the metadata and rights of the application ✅.

#security

Swap geolocation in your browser

It's very useful feature that will allow you to keep at least a little more personal privacy.

Location Guard will keep your location private in your browser. You give it access to your location, and it controls what resources end up getting. And what they get is not what you actually have.

This kind of dispersion of your location is available at several different levels on an incremental basis. The extension is available for Chrome, Edge and Firefox.

#security

How to store text messages safely?

We store most of our valuable information in text form, and if fraudsters gain access, the situation will be very unpleasant.

Paranoia Text Encryption protects your notes, cryptocurrency keys, emails, social media posts and any other text from spies, hackers and prying eyes.

The app provides real security because data is encrypted using strong encryption algorithms: Blowfish 448bit, AES 256bit, RC6 256bit, Serpent 256bit, Twofish 256bit, GOST 256bit +.

Simply copy and paste to and from your favorite apps or save to a file for later use. Available on Android, iOS, Windows, Linux.

#security #lifehack #android #windows #linux

GOOGLE ALTERNATIVES WORTH TRYING

The recent focus on online privacy has seen more people seeking Google services alternatives offering the same level of functionality with the added bonus of better privacy. Here you are 👇.

✅ NewPipe is almost the same as YouTube, but without ads and with the ability to download videos for free. Only available on Android.

✅ Organic Maps is a private alternative to Google Maps. It works even without internet. There are no ads, no registration, no notifications, and your personal information is almost never collected.

✅ F-Droid is the best alternative for Google Play. It is an independent open source app store where you will find any app for free.

✅ WebMail is a simple email client with a plain design instead of Gmail. You can't register a new email in it, but you can continue to use your old email.

✅ StartPage is a Google search that doesn't collect any data about you. You can use it to find even blocked sites and visit them without proxies or VPNs.

#security

Stop sites from tracking the links you visit

There is a tracking mechanism that is triggered when a person clicks on various links and hyperlinks. Since you are now aware of it, you may want to protect yourself.

Ping Blocker is a browser extension that prevents sites from tracking the links you visit through hyperlink auditing.

The extension is also available for Edge and Firefox.

#security #github #addon #chrome #firefox #edge

How to copy text from a photo or a document

Sometimes you need some text from an image, don't you? Brandfolder is a text extractor that allow you to extract text from any image.

You may upload an image or document (.pdf) and the tool will pull text from the image. Once extracted, you can copy to your clipboard with one click.

#service

Encrypt your data 

You need to securely protect your data. One of the best tools for it is VeraCrypt. It's simple, easy to install, you just have to come up with a strong password and not store it digitally.

My laptop hard drive has been encrypted for years: I enter a password every time that can neither be recovered nor reset.

VeraCrypt is used by hackers, investigators, journalists and anyone else who deals with important data. So far, not a single intelligence agency in the world has managed to decipher VeraCrypt algorithms.

#security #windows #linux #mac

Save your data from a stolen smartphone

You should be warned in advance that you may have your 📱 stolen and tried to unlock it - it's not uncommon. To save important data from falling into the wrong hands, there is this app and smarthack 👇:

✔️ If you have an iPhone, open the settings and in the section "Face ID and password code" turn on the option "Erase data". After the tenth attempt to enter the wrong password, the 📱 will delete all data.

✔️ Wasted is an app (for Android) which completely locks 🔐 and wipes the device in an emergency situation. For example, if it has not been turned on for several days: this number of days can be adjusted.

#security #privacy

How to protect yourself from phishing sites with Google?

Password Alert is an extension which is activated when a user enters his password on a site with the form accounts.google.com. The plugin from Google developers does not store the password, but creates an imprint of it in the browser's local storage.

So far, the plugin is only available on Google Chrome, but there are alternatives - Chrome, Opera, Firefox. They are suitable for phishing protection with different forms of password filling.

#security

Tips for working with Microsoft
Word

✅ To quickly insert the current date, press SHIFT + ALT + D, and to insert the time, SHIFT + ALT + T.

✅ If you accidentally typed a text with the CAPS LOCK key enabled, then select the text in uppercase and press SHIFT + F3.

✅ To speed up the cursor movement through the text, hold down CTRL and use the arrows.

✅ By holding CTRL, you can select all the parts of the text you are interested in, even if they are not arranged in a row.

✅ The F4 key repeats the last command used.

✅ Place the cursor at the beginning of the text selection and click at the end of the desired text segment with the SHIFT key held down for quick selection.

✅ Press CTRL + ENTER to quickly create a new sheet.

#lifehack #windows