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Summary Logitech’s MX Mechanical—and its “Mini” sibling—are the maker’s first productivity-oriented mechanical keyboards. This type of gadget usually has replaceable keycaps and switches, so you may be wondering if that’s also the case for them. In case you don’t know, most mechanical keyboards come withremovable keycaps. You canreplace the stock onesby buying sets with new materials, flashy colors, and different fonts, while also ensuring greater durability for your device. Many go even further and featurehot-swappable switches—the part of thekeythat presses onto theboard—with varied levels of resistance, noise, and tactile feedback....

Summary Are Nothing’sCMF Buds 2the best buds you can buy? No—but also, yes. When buds this good can be had at this price, it’s hard to justify spending more. CMF Buds 2 The CMF Buds 2 are solidly built earbuds that deliver excellent sound at a stellar price, with ANC, good mics, and spatial audio included. They may not be the best earbuds, but they offer among the best value you will find on the market....

Sometimes, it isn’t just enough to have a great projector with quality visuals or impressive audio capabilities. For something that you are going to set up in your home, say if you intend to host or entertain, you want something that is also visually striking in its own right. Thanks to an exclusive collaboration between Yaber and Pantone Color Institute, this will be something that you can get your very own hands on soon....

Quick Links Summary Monitors with refresh rates that range from 144Hz, 240Hz, 300Hz, and beyond are mostly aimed at competitive multiplayer gamers who play fast-paced titles. These monitors may not be worth it if you value image quality over raw frame rate. If you’re looking for a new monitor you might be tempted to buy something with the highest refresh rate you may afford. But there are a few things you should consider before going all-out on 240Hz, 360Hz, and beyond....

Summary Before optical discs started their plunge in popularity, CDs were set to be replaced by the DVD-A format. A format that would take use beyond stereo music and push fidelity into the stratosphere—so what happened? What the Heck Is DVD-A? DVD-Audio (DVD-A) was published as an audio disc standard in 1999. Like any DVD, a capacity up to 8.5GB is possible, and on a DVD-A disc almost all of that space is used for audio data....

Summary TheESR MagMousehas a magnetic dock so it can connect to the lid of a laptop (or under a desk) and is easier to carry around. That’s one clever feature, but it also has a built-in charging cable, is lightweight, and costs under $40. It isn’t perfect, but overall it’s a great mouse. ESR MagMouse The MagMouse stays locked in place thanks to a removable magnetic base with pop-up pins that align on contact, so it won’t budge, even when you’re on the move....

Summary Apple’s Family Sharing feature for its family of devices is an amazing way to simplify the Apple ecosystem in your home, and it can save you a lot of money! However, Family Sharing also has its limits, and there are some things you can’t share using this feature. So let’s look at what you can share, and perhaps more importantly—what youcan’t. Apps (With Exceptions) The beating heart of iPhone, iPad, or Mac is the App Store....

Fractal, the Matrix client developed for the GNOME desktop environment, just got updated to version 12 today. It includes several new features and improvements you can try out as you talk to people across decentralized Matrix networks. Version 12 of Fractal replaces version 11.2, and this release makes several improvements to room management. You now have the ability to request invites to a room and to mark entire rooms as unread, for example....

Quick Links Summary Power banks are a nifty accessory for your phone, but these little portable chargers have more to offer than extending your social media sessions. Everything runs on batteries these days, which is why I have more than one power bank. Here’s why you should, too. There are endless tech accessories, many of which you’ll likely regret buying. But when it comes to portable power banks, the more the merrier....

Summary There’s never been a better (or cheaper) time to fill out your physical media collection, and I have a long list of movies that I’d like to own on Blu-ray before my chance to snag them passes by, but I don’t have infinite money, so some need to be prioritized. I Can’t Buy Every Blu-ray, So I Need a System There are hundreds if not thousands of movies I’d like to own as small plastic discs taking up space in my home....

Quick Links Summary On an Apple Silicon Mac, shut down your computer and then press and hold the Power (or Touch ID) button. When your volumes appear, click on the one you want to boot. Then hold Shift and choose “Continue in Safe Mode” to boot your Mac. On an Intel Mac, press and hold Shift while your Mac boots up. Knowing how to boot your Mac into Safe Mode can help fix a myriad of problems with your Mac....

Summary Did you end up with a RAR file that needs extracting, or is a colleague asking for files archived in a RAR format? Though RAR files are rare on Linux, you can do most of the operations such as creating, extracting, and splitting RARs on Linux from your terminal. In this article, we’ll explore how you can create RAR files and extract content from existing ones, and discuss other ways to deal with them....

Summary One of Apple’s most useful additions to the Shortcuts app is the “Get Current App” action, which allows you to perform actions based on which app you currently have open. Using this action, you may make your iPhone’s Action Button do different things in different apps. Using the “Get Current App” Action The “Get Current App” action was added to the Shortcuts app in iOS 18.2. As the name suggests, this action returns the app that is currently in use....