Unable to use selfie stick with Android phone? Settings to check.

Trying your new selfie stick with your Android Phone but it doesn't work with your phone? Just in case, if you are not able to use selfie stick with Android phone, here are a few settings you should check on your phone's camera app. I am blogging this post because someone posted on my previous blog post that he is not able to use selfie stick on his Android Redmi Phone. So, here are the settings to check and if it still does not work, an alternative app to try.

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How to add audio tracks to YouTube Videos and backgound music issue.

If you have been editing background music of your videos uploaded on YouTube using YouTube's audio edit tool, you may have observed that YouTube does not preserve the original audio even if you do "favor original audio". So the background audio that is added entirely overshadows the original audio.

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Best of e-mail clients alternative to Outlook: eM Client: setup Yahoo or Gmail or others email accounts with eM Client

Looking for a good email client? There are plenty of choices out there, but before you decide, choose a good one. Of course, you might want to try a few and check out their features and move on to the next if you got time to experiment. The best use of e-mail clients is access to previous(already synced) emails offline. You don�t need to go online every time to check previous emails. Most of us who use emails have used Outlook I suppose. It is �the-must-have� email client in corporate offices. But for home use, if you don't like to use Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird is also a good email client replacement for Microsoft Outlook. If you are interested in Thunderbird, find previous posts here.

eM Client: Probably one of the best email client out there.

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How to partition a hard disk or delete disk partitions on Windows using Device Manager's Disk Management?

When we buy laptop or desktop computers, usually the computer comes with a single disk partition that is accessible from "My Computer" that is usually labelled "C". Yes, there could be some hidden partitions on the hard disk such as the "Recovery Partition" and some manufacturer specific partitions for system recovery and tools etc. A user would normally like to have at least two partitions on the computer to manage personal files separate from the Windows partition. So, if your computer came with a single accessible partition, how to create more partitions?

What is hard disk partitioning?
Hard disk partitioning as the name indicates is the process of dividing a hard disk into partitions or logical disks on the same physical hard disk and treat each partition as a separate disk. That's right! Each of the partitions on the hard drive is treated by the computer as if they were different physical disk with it's own label.

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How to print file names of all or select list of files in a folder to a list?

Suppose we have a lot of files in a folder and we want to get the names of the files in the folder, then we can easily get the names by using a simple DOS Command. If there are only a few, you could just type it or may be do "rename" and copy the file name. But if there are many files, the latter process is going to be a tedious task.

To get the file names of all files in folder or file names of just a select few types, do the following.

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How To Resolve WordPress Unable to Send Messages/Mails from Contact Form? (There was an error trying to send your message).

Just recently, I received a complaint for a WordPress website I helped built, that it was no longer sending messages from the website's contact form. The owner of the website incidentally was curious why messages had stopped coming to them, and they did test it out and confirmed there was an error displayed on the WordPress website when trying to send a message using the WordPress Contact Form. So, I also tested and confirmed the error, which says:

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MIUI 8 - How to disable promoted apps on folders on Xiaomi MI phones?

If you have upgraded your Xiaomi phone to MIUI 8, you might have noticed the "Promoted Apps" showing related apps below open folders. I find this quite irritating and so would you, I suppose. I do not understand why Xiaomi would include this feature anyway. It's like any other free Android app with promoted ads bundled in. Anyway, I suppose many users would be willing to remove this.

Follow this short video how to disable or remove the promoted apps from Xiaomi / Mi Phones:




Note that the "Promoted Apps" appear on each folder.

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