|
🆒Tell Me More
- Storage Sense works silently in the background to free up space on your system drive.
- It can be customized to delete files from specific locations, like the Downloads folder.
- The feature integrates with OneDrive to manage locally available cloud content.
- You can schedule Storage Sense to run at regular intervals.
- It’s available on Windows 10 and later versions.
⏩Quick Tips
-
🛠 Enable Storage Sense: Go to Start > Settings > System > Storage and toggle Storage Sense to "On."
-
🗑️ Customize Cleanup: Choose what files Storage Sense should delete by adjusting settings under "Configure Storage Sense."
-
📅 Schedule Cleanup: Set Storage Sense to run daily, weekly, or monthly in the settings menu.
-
🌐 Manage Cloud Content: Use Storage Sense to make unused OneDrive files online-only.
-
🔍 Check Disk Space: Monitor your drive space by navigating to Start > Settings > System > Storage.
✅ More Must-Read Tech Tips.
👀 How Do I Use Windows PowerToys?
Have you ever felt that your Windows 11 experience could be more efficient?
Are you looking to boost your productivity with tools designed by power users for power users?
Struggling with cluttered desktops and inefficient workflows?
Here's a Cool Tip for the tech-savvy. Use PowerToys for Windows 11.
PowerToys for Windows 11 is a collection of utilities designed to enable power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.
These utilities offer a variety of features such as advanced window management, key remapping, bulk file renaming, and more, allowing users to customize their system to better suit their workflow.
PowerToys is available for both x64 and ARM64 system architectures and can be installed via the Microsoft Store or directly from GitHub.
In the fast-paced digital world, efficiency isn’t just a luxury; it’s a necessity.
PowerToys for Windows 11 isn’t just a toolset; it’s a game-changer for the way we interact with our PCs.
Here's how to do it.
-
Navigate to the Microsoft Store to download and install PowerToys.
-
Access the PowerToys settings through the system tray to customize each utility.
-
Explore utilities like FancyZones for advanced window management, PowerRename for bulk file renaming, and Keyboard Manager for key remapping.
PowerToys offers a suite of utilities that can significantly enhance your Windows 11 experience.
Here are some popular PowerToys utilities for Windows 11.
-
Always On Top: This feature allows you to keep any window at the top. To activate it, simply select the desired window and press Ctrl + Windows key + T.
- Keep your most important application, like your email client or calendar, in view at all times, ensuring you never miss an important notification while multitasking.
-
Awake: With Awake, you can prevent your PC or monitor from going to sleep and ignore PC sleep settings.
- Ensure long-running tasks, such as large file downloads or video renders, are not interrupted by preventing your PC from going into sleep mode.
-
Peek: With Peek, you can preview any file simply by using Ctrl + Space shortcut.
- Quickly preview files without opening them fully, saving time when searching for specific documents or images.
-
PowerRename: With this feature, you can rename multiple files easily. Simply select the files, right-click them, and choose the PowerRename option from the menu.
- Rename batches of files in one go, such as organizing photos from an event or reformatting document names for a project, saving time and maintaining consistency.
Each of these utilities has its own set of features and customization options that can significantly enhance your productivity on Windows 11.
However, it requires a learning curve and may not be necessary for casual users.
PowerToys is an essential toolkit for anyone looking to optimize their Windows 11 experience.
By following our guide, you can unlock new levels of efficiency and productivity.
Discover more HERE.
🤔 Have You Ever Wondered How to Autocorrect in Windows?
Are you tired of constantly correcting your typos and misspelled words?
Do you want to save time and increase your productivity?
Look no further than Windows 11 autocorrect!
With just a few simple steps, you can set up autocorrect and text suggestions to help you type faster and more accurately.
Or conversely, turn it off!
Here's how to do it:
- Open the Settings app (or press Windows + I on the keyboard)
- From the left navigation column, select Time & language.
- From there, on the right, click on Typing.
- Turn on the toggles that say Autocorrect misspelled words and Highlight misspelled words.
That's it!
Find more HERE.
🙋♂️ Here's How To Change Your Windows Desktop Icon Size.
Are your Windows desktop icons too small?
Maybe they are too big?
Here's a Cool Tip to make them just right: Use Your Mouse.
Here's how to do it.
-
Click your desktop background.
-
Hold the CTRL key on your keyboard and scroll your mouse wheel up or down,
- Keep scrolling the mouse wheel to increase or decrease the size of your icons until the icons are the size you want.
Find more HERE.
❓Did you share this newsletter with three friends yet?
⌨️Today's Cool Keyboard Shortcuts
-
🖱️ Windows Key + E: Open File Explorer to check storage.
-
🔍 Alt + Enter: View file properties.
✍️Today's Haiku
Files fade away fast,
Storage Sense clears the clutter,
Space breathes once again.
🔎 Do you have a Cool Tip or tech question? Email us at onecooltip.com@gmail.com
😜 Tech Joke of the Day 😅
My Recycle Bin and I broke up.
Turns out it just kept bringing up old trash.
| 
