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The same task feeds three equal panels labelled ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini.

ChatGPT · Sep 27

ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini: how to choose

Match the assistant to your documents, research sources and the output you need to use.

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A custom instructions panel with role, tone, format and guardrail entries, and an arrow showing them applied to three new chats.

ChatGPT · Nov 2

ChatGPT custom instructions: what to write and where to set them

Where to set ChatGPT custom instructions, what to write in them and how they differ from Memory.

A landscape photo with a dashed selection inside a larger dashed expanded canvas, a prompt bar with a Generate button, and a panel of three variations.

Photoshop · Oct 31

How to use Photoshop Generative Fill and Generative Expand

Select, prompt and pick a variation: how Photoshop Generative Fill and Expand work, what they cost and common fixes.

An old /services-old address passes through a 301 redirect to the new /services page, with Wix, Squarespace and Framer listed beside it.

website builder · Oct 29

Website builder 301 redirects: keep old URLs working

Set up 301 redirects in Wix, Squarespace and Framer, then test every old URL before launch.

An options dialog with an unticked Enable Copilot checkbox, beside notes that Word, Excel and PowerPoint switch per app while Outlook follows your account.

Microsoft Copilot · Oct 29

How to turn off Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook

Word, Excel and PowerPoint each have their own Copilot checkbox, and Outlook has a different switch. Here is where.

TECH

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A laptop running a local game beside three preparation checks: save sign-in, finish updates and launch each game once

Steam · Nov 1

Steam Offline Mode: prepare your PC before you disconnect

Set up Steam Offline Mode, test your games and understand why a downloaded title can still need a connection.

Illustration of an Android phone with a locked Private Space and its key limits: apps stop and send no alerts when locked, are hidden from search and recent apps, and their data is not in device backup

Android · Oct 31

Android Private Space: hide apps and understand the limits

Set up Android Private Space, understand locked-app notifications and check backup and privacy limits.

Illustration of a Mac with FileVault turned on and two recovery routes: an Apple Account through iCloud, or a separate recovery key written down and stored away from the Mac

Mac · Oct 31

Mac FileVault recovery key: turn it on safely

Turn on FileVault, choose an iCloud or recovery-key route, and store the recovery details away from the Mac.

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Four random example words forming a passphrase, with a checklist marking long, unpredictable and unique as good and a predictable sentence as poor, and an arrow to a password vault.

Password managers · Nov 2

How to choose a master password for your password manager

Use a passphrase of four or more random words. How to build one, check it and plan for forgetting it.

A bin listing two files marked restore and one marked gone, beside a bar showing a 30-day restore window ending in gone, with OneDrive, Google Drive and iCloud Drive labels.

Cloud storage · Nov 2

Recover deleted files from cloud storage: OneDrive, Drive, iCloud

Check the Recycle bin, Trash or Recently Deleted first. How long each service keeps files and what can't come back.

A phone sends a browser and a chat app through a VPN tunnel to a VPN server, while an excluded banking app connects directly with the device's own IP address

VPN · Nov 2

VPN split tunnelling: choose which apps skip the VPN

Split tunnelling sends chosen apps outside the VPN. How the modes work and the kill switch and DNS catches.

Two browser windows, Site A and Site B, each holding its own cookie jar, separated by a dashed line marked no share

Firefox · Nov 1

Firefox Total Cookie Protection: settings and site fixes

Keep cookie isolation enabled and diagnose broken sign-ins with a narrow, reversible site test.

Three DNS record cards for SPF, DKIM and DMARC connect to an envelope with a tick, showing email authenticated for your domain.

Domains · Oct 30

SPF, DKIM and DMARC explained: protect your domain's email

What SPF, DKIM and DMARC records do, and a safe order to add them to your domain.

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