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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Friday, January 26, 2024
Topics covered in this issue…
• How (and why) to configure ‘Sleeping Tabs’ in Microsoft Edge
• Give your Google account a quick Security Checkup
• Q&A: Can you exclude a specific website from Google’s search results?
• Check out this wacky variation of “grand theft auto”
• January’s Tech Tips Giveaway – Win this ViewSonic VX3276-4K-MHD 32 Inch 4K UHD Monitor
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Today’s featured tech tip….
How (and why) to configure ‘Sleeping Tabs’ in Microsoft Edge
Microsoft’s Edge browser has a feature called “Sleeping Tabs” that puts still open, but unused tabs to sleep and frees up the memory they are using after a specified period of time of inactivity with those tabs have elapsed.
A sleeping tab is automatically reactivated the next time you click on it to wake it up.
Sleeping tabs are enabled by default but there are a couple of optional settings that you can configure to make that feature work more to your liking.
First, you can change the length of time that Edge will wait before it puts an unused tab to sleep.
And second, you can “whitelist” URLs and domains that you don’t want Edge to ever put to sleep (your web-based email service, for example).
To make these changes you’ll first need to find the relevant section of Edge’s Settings. Here’s how:
1 – Open your Edge browser.
2 – Click the three horizontal dots in the top-right corner of the Edge window, then select Settings from the menu.
3 – In the left-hand pane, click System and performance.
4 – In the right-hand pane, scroll down to the Optimize Performance section.
Now you’re ready to make any changes that you want to make…
If you want to change the length of time Edge will wait before putting unused tabs to sleep, simply click the down arrow in that field and select the new time.
If you want to whitelist a URL or domain to prevent Edge from putting its tab to sleep just click the Add button and paste the URL or domain into the box, then click Add.
And finally, you also have the option of disabling Sleeping Tabs altogether. All you have to do is toggle the “Save resources with sleeping tabs” setting to Off.
That’s all there is to it. Now you know how to configure Edge’s Sleeping Tabs feature to work the way you want it to.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• Give your Google account a quick Security Checkup
Your Google account stores tons of personal and sensitive info about you and other online accounts. It pays to keep it secure.
• Q&A: Can you exclude a specific website from Google’s search results?
The answer is yes. This post explains how.
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
Every morning I post a new photo that I find inspiring, intriguing, or just plain beautiful to look at. Jumpstart your day by checking it out.
Rick’s Daily Pick…
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Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Check out this wacky variation of “grand theft auto”
What on Earth was she thinking?
Tech news that caught my eye…
• Instagram and Facebook will now prevent strangers from messaging minors by default
• 23andMe admits it didn’t detect cyberattacks for months
• Cable companies are replacing ancient cable boxes with these
• MIT researchers have developed a rapid 3D-printing technique that uses liquid metal
• Samsung to launch Petabyte SSD subscription (PBSSD-as-a-service)
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