Chrome Tips & Tricks

Drag Multiple Tabs at Once

Most people are familiar with the ability to drag and drop Chrome tabs into their own browser windows, or mix and match them between browser windows, but they may not know that it can be done with more than one tab at a time. Just hold down the Shift key and click on all the tabs you wish to move and you can move them as one. If you're on a Mac, hold the Command key.                          

Your Omnibox Is a Calculator

As you may or may not know, Google will calculate basic math in the search bar. However, did you know that you can access a similar math function in your omnibox without ever going to Google.com? Just type in a basic math problem and the correct answer will appear in the suggestions below the omnibox without pressing enter (as you have to do on Google.com).

This handy little trick appears only to work if your default omnibox search is Google—you won't get an answer if your default is, say Yahoo or Bing. It also doesn't appear to work if you are typing into an incognito window, no matter what your default browser. 

Your Omnibox Is a Unit Converter

Your omnibox can also perform Google-like unit conversions without going to Google. As with the calculator, the correct answer will appear in the suggestions below without ever hitting enter. As you type, Chrome will automatically convert your number into a unit that you may or may not want. So, if you type "9 inches," Chrome may automatically suggest conversion rate to centimeters. If you want a different conversion, just type an equals sign with the conversion you do want (e.g. "9 inches = km" or "9 inches = mm" or "9 inches squared = m squared").

Once again, this particular function only appears to work if Google is your default omnibox search engine and it won't work in incognito mode.                        

Zoom In and Zoom Out

On a PC, you can zoom in or out on a page by pressing Control while turn your scroll wheel up or down (or by pressing Control-Plus or Control-Minus). Once you zoom in or out from the default, a magnifying glass icon will appear in the right side of the omnibox. You can click the magnifying glass to manually zoom in or out or hit "Reset to default" to return to the normal 100 percent view. Conversely, you can also click Control-0 to return to the default.

On a Mac, you can zoom in and out by pressing Command-plus or Command-minus. Pressing Command-0 function will still bring you back to default.                        

Drag to Search

Highlighting a word and performing a drag and drop is fundamentally the same as performing a cut and paste, so it stands to reason that you could just highlight a word or phrase and drag it into the omnibox to perform a Web search. Conversely, you can also just right click on highlighted word or phrase and you will prompt a pop-up option to conduct a Google search (on a Mac, Control-click on a highlighted word).                         

Drag a URL to the Bookmarks Bar

If you come across a website you will want continual and easy access to, you can quickly add it to your Bookmarks Bar by highlighting the URL and dragging directly down to the Bar. Boom. You can edit it later if you want to change the name. You can drag a URL in from sources other than Chrome as well.                        

Navigate Up and Down Using Key Commands

You can use the spacebar to scroll down on any webpage, and you can scroll back up by pressing Shift and the spacebar.                        

Open Accidentally Closed Tabs

Have you ever mistakenly closed a tab? We all have. BUT thankfully Chrome is a forgiving browser and makes it possible to get it all back. All you have to do is press Control-Shift-T (Command-Shift-T on a Mac) and Chrome will reopen any recently closed tabs. You can keep hitting it for more closed tabs working your way back through your browsing history.             

Easy Key Command to Delete Browsing History

If you ever want to delete your browsing history, including past URLs, cached images, passwords, and cookies, you can do that all through the clear browsing window in Settings. You can access it quickly by simply pressing Control-Shift-Delete and a "Clear browsing data" window will open. (Press shift-Command-Delete to access this function on a Mac).       

  

A Lot of Information Hidden in That Omnibox

If you didn't know, clicking the little star in the far right side of the omnibox will prompt a bookmark list, which allows you to easily add a site to your list of favorites (I honestly didn't know this until embarrassingly recently).

You may have also noticed on the far left of your omnibar a little icon that resembles a folded piece of paper or lock (to signify a secured site). If you click on it, it will prompt a window with all sorts of information about the site as well as permissions particular to that site, which you can then manipulate.    

  

Drag Links Directly to Your Desktop

There's numerous ways to store and organize links to like to click on later. However, one method you may not be utilizing—or even aware of—is the ability to create a link icon directly on your desktop. All you have to do is highlight a URL from the omnibox and drag and drop it on the desktop. Chrome automatically creates a clickable icon that you can use later, or organize as you would like.               

Infinity Ward changes names of Ghosts playlists as an April Fool’s joke

Infinity Ward has updated the names of the playlists and game modes within Call of Duty: Ghosts as a April Fool’s joke. If you go on to Ghosts now, you can see some of the interesting names that they have decided to put for the modes. The playlists names will change back after tomorrow.

• PEW PEW – Team Deathmatch
• All The Guns – Gun Game
• PCP – Cranked
• Transfer – Blitz
• Set Up Us The Bomb – Search and Rescue
• YOLO – Search and Destroy
• Sickness – Infected
• Tags Or It Didn’t Happen – Kill Confirmed
• Bro, Do u even cap? – Domination
• New Shit – Drop Zone
• Wolfpack of 1 – Free for All
• Tic Tac Fo’ – Team Tactical
• Booms of Plenty – Ground War

Back up with a Batch file

Back up with a batch file:
This batch file has a menu and an Unattended option.

I have created this back up with a menu i created this batch file for my own personal PC, but you may copy, paste and modify it to suit your own needs.

Points to remember when modifying
Use the correct user and drive letters and paths.
Email path directories will vary  from user to user and is also dependent on the email program used.
(For instance my email is  program is microsoft outlook and the data file -PST- is located in Outlook folder in root directory of my C: drive.- not standard but that is where mine is.)

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@echo off
@color F9
title DurbanGeek BACK IT UP 2.0



:MAINMENU
mode con: cols=50 lines=21
CLS
echo.
echo.
echo.    DURBANGEEK ~  IT Solutions  0711035273
echo.    Durbangeek Custom BACK IT UP Utility
echo.     **********Kenny Godfrey***********
echo.
echo.
echo.              A. Back Up Documents
echo.              B. Back Up Pictures
echo.              C. Back Up Email
echo.              D. Back Up Desktop
echo.              E. Back Up *****
echo.              F. Back Up *****
echo.              G. Back Up Google Drive
echo.              H. Back Up Everything (Unattended)
echo.              Q. Quit
:CHOOSEACTION
echo.
set /p userinp=    ^   Make your selection:
set userinp=%userinp:~0,1%
if /i "%userinp%"=="A" goto Documents
if /i "%userinp%"=="B" goto Pictures
if /i "%userinp%"=="C" goto Email
if /i "%userinp%"=="D" goto Desktop
if /i "%userinp%"=="E" goto *****
if /i "%userinp%"=="F" goto *****
if /i "%userinp%"=="G" goto Google Drive
if /i "%userinp%"=="H" goto Everything
if /i "%userinp%"=="Q" goto Quit
echo.Try Again...
GOTO CHOOSEACTION

:Documents
mode con: cols=128 lines=42
title BACK IT UP  2.0
echo ********* Please make sure  all Documents are saved and closed. *********
echo ********* Press a key to continue ********
pause
echo.    Backing up Documents !!!!!!!
xcopy  C:\Users\User\Documents\*.* H:\DGBackup\Documents\ /D/S/H/V/C/F/K/Y
echo.
echo.Documents back up completed :)
echo.
echo ************Press any key to return to the main menu*************
PAUSE 1>nul
GOTO MAINMENU
)
echo ************Press any key to return to the main menu*************

:Pictures
mode con: cols=128 lines=42
title DurbanGeek BACK IT UP  2.0
echo ********* Please make sure  all Pictures are closed. *********
echo ********* Press a key to continue *********
pause
echo.    Backing up Pictures !!!!!!!
xcopy  C:\Users\User\Pictures\*.* H:\DGbackup\Pictures\ /D/S/H/V/C/F/K/Y
echo.
echo. Pictures back up completed :)
echo Press any key to return to the main menu
PAUSE 1>nul
GOTO MAINMENU
)
echo ************Press any key to return to the main menu*************

:Email
mode con: cols=128 lines=42
title DurbanGeek BACK IT UP  2.0
echo ********* Please make sure  Microsoft Outlook is closed *********
echo ********* Press a key to continue *********
pause
echo.    Backing up Email !!!!!!!
xcopy C:\Outlook\*.* H:\DGbackup\Outlook\  /D/S/H/V/C/F/K/Y/Z
echo.
echo.  Email back up completed :)
echo.
echo Press any key to return to the main menu
PAUSE 1>nul
GOTO MAINMENU
)
echo ************Press any key to return to the main menu*************

:Desktop
mode con: cols=128 lines=42
title DurbanGeek BACK IT UP  2.0
echo.    Backing up Desktop !!!!!!!
xcopy  C:\Users\User\Desktop*.* H:\DGbackup\Desktop /D/S/H/V/C/F/K/Y
echo.
echo.  Desktop back up completed :)
echo.
echo.Press any key to return to the main menu
pause > nul
GOTO MAINMENU
)
echo ************Press any key to return to the main menu*************

:Google Drive
mode con: cols=128 lines=42
title DurbanGeek BACK IT UP  2.0
echo.    Backing up Google Drive !!!!!!!
xcopy  "C:\Users\User\Google Drive\*".* "H:\DGbackup\Google Drive\" /D/S/H/V/C/F/K/Y
echo.
echo.  Google Drive back up completed :)
echo.
echo.Press any key to return to the main menu
pause > nul
GOTO MAINMENU
)
echo ************Press any key to return to the main menu*************

:Everything
mode con: cols=128 lines=42
title DurbanGeek BACK IT UP  2.0

echo.     * * * * Backing up Documents !!!!!!! * * * *
xcopy  C:\Users\User\Documents\*.* H:\DGBackup\Documents\ /D/S/H/V/C/F/K/Y
echo.
echo.  Documents back up completed :)
echo.
echo.     * * * * Backing up Pictures !!!!!!! * * * *
xcopy  C:\Users\User\Pictures\*.* H:\DGbackup\Pictures\ /D/S/H/V/C/F/K/Y
echo.
echo.  Pictures back up completed :)
echo.
echo.
echo.    * * * * Backing up Email !!!!!!! * * * *
xcopy C:\Outlook\*.* H:\DGbackup\Outlook\  /D/S/H/V/C/F/K/Y/Z
echo.
echo.  Email back up completed :)
echo.
echo.
echo.     * * * * Backing up Desktop !!!!!!! * * * *
xcopy  C:\Users\User\Desktop*.* H:\DGbackup\Desktop\ /D/S/H/V/C/F/K/Y
echo.
echo.  Desktop back up completed :)
echo.
echo.
echo.     * * * * Backing up Google Drive !!!!!!! * * * *
xcopy  "C:\Users\User\Google Drive\"*.* "H:\DGbackup\Google Drive\" /D/S/H/V/C/F/K/Y
echo.
echo.  Google Drive back up completed :)
echo.
echo.
echo.  Unattended BACK IT UP up was completed :)
echo.Press any key to return to the main menu
pause > nul
GOTO MAINMENU
)
:Quit

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Instructions :
Open a new text docunent.
Paste  text into document
Select file then save as
Change the name to BackUp.bat (remove the .txt)and save to the desktop
The icon should look something like this             >>>>>

Now assuming that you have edited the commands correctly you will now be able to back up a folder or do a complete unattended backup.