Software Hacks

How to Control Kodi Using Your Voice

Kodi is a popular media center for users, and part of its popularity is the customization it offers. You can customize your Kodi installation with new add-ons, themes, and features to make your Kodi experience even better. At the moment, Kodi doesn’t come with any options for voice control built in. If you want to control Kodi using your voice, follow along below. If you’ve not used it before, you can install Kodi on Linux pretty easily. Windows users can set Kodi up on their PC with ease, too. Using Google Assistant with the Yatse App Yatse is one of the most popular third-party remote… Read more

12 Favorite AutoHotKey Scripts You Can Use to Make Life Easier

AutoHotKey is one of the best Windows automation programs that can perform the simplest of actions to the hardest of tasks. AutoHotKey is a free and open-source program which uses its own scripting language to automate any of your daily Windows tasks. Even though the “scripting language” sounds intimidating, it is very easy to use, and you can do all sorts of cool things. Let me share my favorite and most-used AutoHotKey scripts which make my daily tasks a little bit easier, and that may help you. Before starting, it’s being assumed you already know how to install and configure AutoHotKey. Moreover, please note that the… Read more

12 Favorite AutoHotKey Scripts You Can Use to Make Life Easier

AutoHotKey is one of the best Windows automation programs that can perform the simplest of actions to the hardest of tasks. AutoHotKey is a free and open-source program which uses its own scripting language to automate any of your daily Windows tasks. Even though the “scripting language” sounds intimidating, it is very easy to use, and you can do all sorts of cool things. Let me share my favorite and most-used AutoHotKey scripts which make my daily tasks a little bit easier, and that may help you. Before starting, it’s being assumed you already know how to install and configure AutoHotKey. Moreover, please note that the… Read more

How to Record System Audio While Recording Your Screen on Quicktime

The screen recording option in Quicktime is a useful feature for you to record a part of your screen or your entire screen in high quality for whatever purpose. Quicktime also allows you to record your audio through the built-in mic, thus you can record anything ranging from tutorials to simple videos explaining an issue you’re facing on your system. However, in the case you want to record an online video or clip, you’ll find that there’s no option to record your Mac’s audio output by default. You’re stuck recording the voice from your Mac’s built-in mic. To solve this problem, Matt Ingalls (GitHub) has… Read more

How to Install Guest Additions in VirtualBox

VirtualBox is fantastic software, especially for developers, but it doesn’t quite have everything out of the box. You may run into performance problems, and the integration with the underlying operating system (known as the “host” OS) isn’t great. There are some other issues you can run into as well. Fortunately, you can fix this, depending on the virtualized operating system (known as the “guest” OS) you’re running. You can do this by using a series of add-ons known as Guest Additions. Related: How to Import and Export OVA Files in Virtualbox What Are VirtualBox Guest Additions?… Read more