The Windows desktop is iconic. Some of the backgrounds, the green rolling hills featured in Windows XP, have even become a bit of a meme. However, I do one thing very differently: I have completely ...

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It’s been a while since Apple let developers provide alternative icons for their apps, so that users can change them whenever they want. However, except for Apple’s Clock and Calendar apps, the system ...

Then I discovered Fences, and everything changed. It’s a desktop organization tool that makes it ridiculously easy to group ...

Q: I recently bought a new HP desktop computer and a HP laptop both running Windows 11. I use them both for business. I have four businesses that I manage using my computers. I use mostly use Excel ...

You can change nearly any desktop icon on both Mac and PC. To change desktop icons on a Mac, open the "Get Info" menu and paste in the picture you want to use. On a PC you'll need to make a .ICO file, ...