David Nield, Author at Gizmodo

How To Use Extensions to Enhance Your Photos in OS X El Capitan

As with iOS, the Photos app in OS X El Capitan now supports third-party extensions: That means other apps can plug directly into the Photos interface to give you quicker access to more effects and tools. Here’s how to get started with the new feature. First and foremost you need to install an app or…

Gadgets David Nield Oct 5

Snooze Emails Until Just the Right Time With Inbox By Gmail

Don’t forget about Inbox, the Gmail spin-off that tries to manage most of your messages automatically. It may not have the traction of Google’s primary email client just yet, but it’s still getting new features on a regular basis—including the ability to snooze specific emails until a delivery or event date mentioned in the body…

Gadgets David Nield Oct 5

16 Searches You Can Run on Wolfram Alpha That Don’t Work on Google

There are all kinds of different ways to use Wolfram Alpha, and it’s often a better idea to load up the computational knowledge engine rather than your search portal of choice. Here are 16 of the most useful queries that Wolfram Alpha can handle but leave Google stumped. 1. Work out probabilities Enter “24 coin…

Gadgets David Nield Oct 4

Mobile Emergency: What To Do If You Just Lost Your Phone

We’ve come to depend on our smartphones so much that losing one can be a real problem, whether it’s gone missing in a restaurant or been grabbed on the subway. If you want to make sure your phone and its contents are protected, here’s what you need to do next. Most of these pointers rely…

Gadgets David Nield Oct 2

How To Bring Back Anything You Just Typed in Android

Whether a long missive to a long-lost friend or your bank card details, losing a lot of data you’ve just painstakingly typed is not fun. Fortunately, there are tools that can help provide a safety net, including the impressive Type Machine. You are going to have to shell out a few bucks for the app,…

Gadgets David Nield Oct 2

11 Things You Can Do in OS X 10.11 El Capitan That You Couldn’t Do in Yosemite

Apple’s latest OS X 10.11 software is out of beta and available as a free upgrade for your Mac later today. To help you find your way around the latest release from the coders in Cupertino, we’ve compiled a guide to the key features that are new this time around (besides some speed and performance…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 30

There’s an Easy Way To Quickly Disable iOS 9’s Content Blocking in Safari

If you’ve got that new and improved iOS 9, then Safari now includes content blocking capabilities. These blockers are enabled or disabled through the Safari section of Settings, but if you want to temporarily view a site in the way its makers intended then there’s a quick shortcut. Tap and hold on the reload button…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 28

How To Survive a Long Flight With Just Your Smartphone

Even if you get the privilege of a rather clunky entertainment system built into the seat in front of you, having to sit inside a tin can for a stretch of several hours is always going to be a struggle. Thankfully, your most dependable gadget can help the time to quite literally fly by, even…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 25

How To Make Windows 10 Change Color to Match Your Desktop Wallpaper

Now that you’ve installed Windows 10 and mastered the basics of Microsoft’s new operating system, you’re going to want to start digging deeper into some of the customization options available—like automatically changing the system interface colors whenever you pick a new wallpaper image. Windows has a long and proud history of letting you tweak the…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 24

Field Guide Needs You! Send Us Your Nagging Questions About Your Tech

Field Guide’s mission is to help you get more out of your technology, whether that’s tips for your favorite apps, round-ups of the best tools for a particular task or in-depth guides to achieving a particular goal. From stretching out battery life to kid-proofing an iPad, we’ve covered a lot of ground over the last…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 23

Install Glextor for Full Control Over Your Android Apps

Glextor is an Android app manager that gives you full control over the way apps appear on your device: split them into categories and folders, highlight your favorites, find important apps quickly, tailor the app drawer interface and more. There are both free and paid-for versions of the app to choose from. The premium edition…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 23

10 Tricks to Master Apple Mail on iOS

Apple’s mobile email client has been designed with simplicity in mind, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some useful tips and tricks to be found if you look closely enough. A few of the tips we’ve mentioned here only apply to the new iOS 9 software Apple rolled out last week, but some of them…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 22

How To Organize Your Google Hangouts Just Like Email

You probably know Google Hangouts as an app that pops up in the corner of a browser tab or on your smartphone, but it’s possible to archive your messages in Gmail too—from here they can be searched, labelled and starred so you can bring up the most important ones whenever you need to. Conversations only…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 21

How To Get Desktop Notifications for WhatsApp Chats

WhatsApp recently unveiled a web client that now works with apps on both Android and iOS devices (we published a quick setup guide), and that opens up a whole new set of possibilities for the platform, including desktop notifications. With the help of Chrome’s notification system and a free extension you can get WhatsApp alerts…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 18

Turn on “OK Google” in Chrome OS to start talking to your Chromebook

In recent weeks you might’ve heard all about Cortana’s integration with Windows 10, enabling you to run web searches, check your diary and toggle system settings by chatting to your computer. A similar kind of functionality is available on Chrome OS, with more comprehensive features on the way. From the Chrome menu, enable the “OK…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 17

23 Things You Can Do in iOS 9 That You Couldn’t Do in iOS 8

It may have come to your attention that there’s a fresh version of iOS in town. But aside from a font change, what’s different about this new edition of Apple’s mobile OS? To help you navigate around iOS 9, we’ve listed all the tricks that it can do that were beyond the capabilities of iOS…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 17

9 Minimal Word Processor Apps for Distraction-Free Writing

Many of us have some kind of writing to do during the course of the work day, but how do you get down to some serious typing with so many distractions around?

Gadgets David Nield Sep 15

Use Your iPhone’s LED Flash as a Notification Alert

The iPhone has never had an LED notification light like some Android handsets have, but you can use the flash around the back of the phone instead to alert you to new messages and updates. If your iPhone is in quiet mode or sat on its back it gives you a subtle visual cue that…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 15

Hide Sports Scores on Google Now to Avoid Spoilers

If you’re a sports fan then you might well have Google Now set up to ping you with updates about your favorite teams… but what about those times when you’re watching the game later and don’t want to spoil the surprise? The Android app lets you hide score spoilers until you’re ready to see them.…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 14

Use Android’s Dialler App to Search for Nearby Places

If you’ve just upgraded to Android Lollipop you might be slightly overwhelmed by all the new features and options at your disposal: The deeper you dig, the more surprises you discover. Here’s a tip for finding phone numbers and information for local businesses and venues, using the stock Dialler app rather than Google Maps. You…

Gadgets David Nield Sep 10

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How To Use Extensions to Enhance Your Photos in OS X El Capitan

Snooze Emails Until Just the Right Time With Inbox By Gmail

16 Searches You Can Run on Wolfram Alpha That Don’t Work on Google

Mobile Emergency: What To Do If You Just Lost Your Phone

How To Bring Back Anything You Just Typed in Android

11 Things You Can Do in OS X 10.11 El Capitan That You Couldn’t Do in Yosemite

There’s an Easy Way To Quickly Disable iOS 9’s Content Blocking in Safari

How To Survive a Long Flight With Just Your Smartphone

How To Make Windows 10 Change Color to Match Your Desktop Wallpaper

Field Guide Needs You! Send Us Your Nagging Questions About Your Tech

Install Glextor for Full Control Over Your Android Apps

10 Tricks to Master Apple Mail on iOS

How To Organize Your Google Hangouts Just Like Email

How To Get Desktop Notifications for WhatsApp Chats

Turn on “OK Google” in Chrome OS to start talking to your Chromebook

23 Things You Can Do in iOS 9 That You Couldn’t Do in iOS 8

9 Minimal Word Processor Apps for Distraction-Free Writing

Use Your iPhone’s LED Flash as a Notification Alert

Hide Sports Scores on Google Now to Avoid Spoilers

Use Android’s Dialler App to Search for Nearby Places

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