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How Can I Fix My Disappearing Bookmarks Toolbar?
8:00AM Dustin Luck | Dear Lifehacker: I use Firefox and have my bookmarks toolbar on the same “line” as the back/forward buttons and Awesomebar to save space. However, my bookmarks always collapse into a drop-down list. How can I stop this from happening? Signed, Bookmarks Go Bye-bye More »
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4:34PM Angus Kidman | Dear Lifehacker, Something glitched when I was updating my iPhone to 3.01 this morning, so I had to do a full wipe and restore. Urk. All my purchased apps restored, except for my purchased copy of SimpleMind, the excellent mindmapping tool. Bad enough that I’ve lost a bunch of mindmap data – but who do I go to to get the app back? Appstore? Programmer? Anyone have advice or experiences on this issue? Thanks, Phil More »
Ask Lifehacker: Restoring Lost iPhone Apps
4:34PM Angus Kidman | Dear Lifehacker, Something glitched when I was updating my iPhone to 3.01 this morning, so I had to do a full wipe and restore. Urk. All my purchased apps restored, except for my purchased copy of SimpleMind, the excellent mindmapping tool. Bad enough that I’ve lost a bunch of mindmap data – but who do I go to to get the app back? Appstore? Programmer? Anyone have advice or experiences on this issue? Thanks, Phil More »
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How Can I Keep Track Of Gifts I’d Like?
11:30PM Jason Fitzpatrick | Dear Lifehacker, My family and friends are big on giving gifts. Even if you say you don’t need anything, and mean it, you’ll still end up with gifts. What can I do to guide their good-natured giving? More »
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How Do I Find And Delete Files Of A Certain Type?
1:00AM Kevin Purdy | Dear Lifehacker,A program created data files for every song in my collection. No problem, right? Except my music is spread across nested folders on multiple drives. Know a program that bulk-deletes certain file types? Sincerely, ScatteredTunes More »
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How Do I Setup A One-Way File Sync Backup?
4:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Dear Lifehacker, I want to sync just my documents folder with an external drive, but I don’t want documents removed from the backup drive in case I need to restore them. What should I do? Sincerely, NeedsBackup Dear NeedsBackup, You can accomplish this in short order with the freeware version of SyncBack The key to doing a one-way backup is located in the profile setup screen, where you will first choose to backup everything under the directory: More »
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How Do I Attach A File In Gmail From The Windows Context Menu?
6:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Dear Lifehacker, I want to be able to right-click a file in Windows explorer, hit “Send to Gmail”, and automatically attach the file to a new email. Is this possible? Sincerely, Gmailer More »
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How Can I Search Google From Any Application?
4:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Dear Lifehacker, I would like to be able to select some text, and then use a shortcut key to search Google for those keywords, regardless of which application is active. Is this possible? Sincerely, Tired of Copy/Paste More »
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How Do I Email Remember The Milk Tasks To A Specific List?
2:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Dear Lifehacker, I forward emails to Remember the Milk to create followup reminders, but they always end up in the inbox. Is there any way I can put them into a different list? Sincerely, Following Up Dear Following Up, You can do more than just send emails to create a task on a specific list—you can also set the due date, tags, priority, or even make repeat using these instructions from the Remember the Milk help section. Simply forward your email to your specially formatted secret email address found in the RTM settings panel, and then add any one of the following lines to the beginning of the message body to set the task parameters: More »
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How Do I Block Off A Section Of The Screen From Maximised Windows?
6:00AM Lifehacker US Edition | Dear Lifehacker, Is there any way to block windows into a specific area on a screen, so when they maximise they don’t stretch over top of the whole desktop and hide my desktop widgets? Sincerely, Hidden Widgets More »
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