THE HOWCURIO / STORY INDEX

Stay curious.
Useful finds.

Explore everyday tech, useful apps, free resources, and practical ways to make more of your time online.

390 STORIES · PAGE 10 OF 33

EXPLORE TOPICSEveryday tech · 154 Apps & the web · 49 Free digital life · 9 Business documents · 69 PDF workflows · 23 Image workflows · 20 Sharing workflows · 35 Web research · 27 Everyday Tech · 3

Filter this page

Showing 12 of 390 stories

A schematic email copy is marked 1800 pixels and 146,634 bytes; a magnifier reminds the reader to inspect the Gate and 2 PM sign detail.

SOURCE-CHECKED109

Make a photo attachment smaller in Mac Preview

Compare pixel resizing, JPEG quality, actual bytes, and the detail that must survive in your email copy.

Sep 29, 2026Read story

A six-row sharing report resolves to four distinct files and one guest, with a missing link route requiring a separate check.

SOURCE-CHECKED110

Box vs SharePoint sharing reports: find the access a CSV misses

Read Box and SharePoint sharing CSVs without mistaking rows for people or missing links for no access. Download and reproduce a six-row worked audit.

Sep 29, 2026Read story

One root annotation branches to two direct replies, each with its own follow-up, preserving parent relationships in a readable archive.

SOURCE-CHECKED111

Export Hypothesis annotations without losing the reply context

JSON keeps the relationships needed for a readable archive; Hypothesis reimport does not restore replies or original authorship.

Sep 30, 2026Read story

Diagram comparing two conditions: a detected taking locks the screen; a phone that loses internet access while unlocked locks after a short period of offline use. Both features require a screen lock to be set up.

SOURCE-CHECKED112

Prepare Android theft locks before your phone goes missing

Theft Detection Lock responds to a detected taking. Offline Device Lock responds after an unlocked phone is used offline for a short period. Check each control separately.

Oct 21, 2026Read story

Hypothetical schedule: Sunday is the vacation responder’s end date, so the reply window is off on Monday. A separate contacts-only option controls who can receive replies.

SOURCE-CHECKED113

Set a Gmail vacation reply for the right dates and audience

Gmail keeps a vacation reply active through 11:59 PM on its end date. The contacts-only checkbox controls the audience separately.

Oct 20, 2026Read story

Record folders A-101 and A-102 preserve two different approval.txt attachments, with bytes and SHA-256 in the manifest.

SOURCE-CHECKED114

Airtable CSV attachments: save the files before links expire

Save Airtable attachment bytes and check duplicate filenames, missing files and changed contents with the local practice kit.

Oct 1, 2026Read story

Old and new service terms show $1,200 versus $1,500 and may versus must; Appendix A rectangles change width.

TESTED115

Compare two PDF versions without missing changed diagrams

Compare the older and newer PDF revisions, match moved sections by heading, and inspect drawings separately: identical extracted text can hide a changed diagram.

Sep 29, 2026Read story

An intact three-leaf plant has its upper-right leaf taken out of the background mask, while a leftover background pocket is added.

SOURCE-CHECKED116

Remove a photo background in Windows Photos without cutting off the subject

Use the background mask in the right direction, then compare the subject with the original before saving.

Sep 29, 2026Read story

SOURCE-CHECKED117

Dropbox file requests: collect files without accounts

Set up a file request and use a six-item sample to spot missing portraits, old slides and unmatched submissions.

Sep 29, 2026Read story

RIS and BibTeX cards compare the Turing 1937 page range in SP and pages fields, pointing to an imported pages field that needs checking.

SOURCE-CHECKED118

Export Zotero as RIS or BibTeX: inspect the fields before importing

Two real reference files encode the same DOI differently. Inspect their fields before trusting a successful import.

Sep 30, 2026Read story

For a device-bound passkey on an old Windows PC, add a new passkey first, remove the old Microsoft account sign-in method in the account dashboard, and delete the local passkey on the old PC if it is available. A synced passkey is managed through its credential manager.

SOURCE-CHECKED119

Remove an old Windows passkey without losing account access

An old Windows device may hold a passkey locally, while a synced credential manager can make its passkey available on a new device. A Microsoft account may also list the passkey as a sign-in method. Each location has a different management control.

Oct 21, 2026Read story

Diagram comparing two Gmail actions: Unsubscribe on one email might remove only one mailing list; Unsubscribe for a sender in Manage subscriptions removes all active lists related to that sender.

SOURCE-CHECKED120

Unsubscribe in Gmail when one sender has several lists

Unsubscribing from one email might remove only one mailing list. Unsubscribing from a sender in Manage subscriptions removes all active mailing lists related to that sender.

Oct 20, 2026Read story