
How do I exclude folders from Mac Spotlight indexing?
I’m a big fan of the Spotlight search service on Mac OS X except it’s also indexing my cloud storage folders. That’s dumb. I want to exclude Dropbox and Google Drive. How is that done?

I’m a big fan of the Spotlight search service on Mac OS X except it’s also indexing my cloud storage folders. That’s dumb. I want to exclude Dropbox and Google Drive. How is that done?

You’ve heard it before, you can’t get good bass from a small speaker so if you want something portable, you have to be ready to make sacrifices in the sound quality. Turns out that’s not always true, as I find out when I review the Divoom Voombox Party: Want to learn more about this powerful, albeit somewhat heavy speaker? Check

I have an unusual file organization system on my Win7 laptop and am wondering how I can ensure that the Windows 7 search system is indexing all of my folders?

I have heard that there are lots of lectures and related available through iTunes University (iTunesU). Nice. I’m a history buff. How can I find good lectures to download onto my iPhone?

I love emoticons and emoji and use them all the time. I was thrilled to read that Apple’s latest iOS and Mac OS X updates now include various racial and ethnic variations on common emoji. Finally. But, how do I use them on my old iPhone 5, or am I shut out?

I love Pinterest but only use it on my PC. Can you show me how to pin photos from my iPhone 6 Plus too?

My professor puts videos of her lectures on YouTube but I’d like to view them when I’m offline. How can I save or download those videos from YouTube?

My computer’s getting slower and slower and I suspect that it’s because lots of random programs and utilities are being started up when I boot my computer. How do I see what’s being launched when I start up my Win8 laptop?

With a Microsoft Band on my wrist and my credit card primed for the upcoming Apple Watch, I was intrigued to try out the stylish Cogito Connected Watch. Like many other watches [see my review of the Martian Notifier], the Cogito is really a notification device than anything else, as highlighted by it being called the “Connected Watch”. Spend a day with this on your wrist, however, and you’ll realize that it’s of incredibly limited value: every time you get any sort of notification, an icon pops up and you’ll end up pulling out your phone to see what it is anyway.

I set up a four digit PIN on my Windows 8 tablet to make it quick and easy for me to log in without my more complicated Microsoft Live password. But now the PIN isn’t working. How do I get in?