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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Topics covered in this issue…
• How (and why) to configure ‘Sleeping Tabs’ in Microsoft Edge
• 7 effective ways to stop your MacBook from overheating
• 3 reasons to install Linux on an ‘Internet-Only’ PC
• It’s never too late to start making up for lost time
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Today’s Quick 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 Settings and more icon in the top-right corner of the Edge window (it looks like three horizontal dots), then select Settings from the menu that pops up.
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…
• 7 effective ways to stop your MacBook from overheating
If your MacBook is overheating you really need to put a stop to it before it causes premature component failure. This post explains how.
• 3 reasons to install Linux on an ‘Internet-Only’ PC
Do you have a laptop or desktop PC that you only use to access the Internet? If so, this post explains why you might want to install Linux on it.
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Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
It’s never too late to start making up for lost time
This post explains why you’re never to old to make important course corrections in your life.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• Facebook will shut down its podcast service on June 3rd
• Webb telescope’s new dazzling photos prove it has perfect vision
• Amazon Kindles finally (sort of) support the ebooks everyone else sells
• Windows 11 update will see the Start Menu decluttered at last (but only for some)
• Apple has made nearly $100 billion so far this year
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