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7 Ways to Take Screenshots on Mac OS X

7 Ways to Take Screenshots on Mac OS X

2025-10-04 22:10

If you want to capture a funny chat conversation, show someone an error message on your computer, share instructions on how to complete a task, or even contribute to a wikiHow, screenshots are the ideal solution. With screenshots, you can show others what appears on your computer screen.

How to Use Twitter (with Pictures)

How to Use Twitter (with Pictures)

2025-10-04 22:10

This wikiHow teaches you how to use Twitter, including how to create an account and upload tweets. Step Part 1 of 7: Creating a Twitter Account Step 1. Open Twitter Visit https://www.twitter.com/ through your computer's web browser.

How to Create Icons Using Paint (with Pictures)

How to Create Icons Using Paint (with Pictures)

2025-10-04 22:10

This wikiHow teaches you how to create a Windows icon file using Microsoft Paint and Paint 3D in Windows 10. However, there are some limitations you'll find with the regular version of Microsoft Paint when creating icons. Therefore, you can use Paint 3D to create more complex icons if necessary.

3 Ways to Study for Tests

3 Ways to Study for Tests

2025-06-01 06:06

It's called a test/exam that thrives like weeds, right? You take one exam and there's another exam waiting around the corner. It's time to show those exams who's in charge: you're sure to get a lot of "A" and "B" marks soon.

How to Make the Most of Life as a Teen (with Pictures)

How to Make the Most of Life as a Teen (with Pictures)

2025-06-01 06:06

You may want to make the most of your teenage years. Living seriously in this time can help develop good habits for adulthood. There are several ways to improve life as a teenager. Set goals and desires, pursue success academically and in other areas, cultivate a sense of self-worth and image, and make sure you develop positive relationships.

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How to Quickly Make Italian Spaghetti: 9 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Quickly Make Italian Spaghetti: 9 Steps (with Pictures)

Spaghetti is a delicious dish that can be made with a few simple ingredients. This dish is perfect for a family dinner or a variety of events. This article will teach you a practical way of preparing Italian spaghetti, and serving up delicious pasta dishes in no time.

3 Ways to Make Baked Spaghetti

3 Ways to Make Baked Spaghetti

Grilled spaghetti provides an interesting and delicious variety than the usual way of serving spaghetti. This is a very versatile dish and you can use a lot of leftovers if you like, or you can follow a recipe to get a specific flavor. This article provides standard recipes and an innovator's recipe, the latter of which allows you to mix anything you can get your hands on in the fridge.

How to sterilize bottles and jars for storage

How to sterilize bottles and jars for storage

Fruits, vegetables and meats can be stored for a long time if prepared and stored properly. It is very important to sterilize bottles and jars before storing, so that food is not contaminated with bacteria. See Step 1 for instructions on how to sterilize equipment, according to USDA standards.

4 Ways to Grate Lemon Peel

4 Ways to Grate Lemon Peel

Our ancestors had to struggle to open the lemon peel because they were only helped by a stone knife. Today, there are many kitchen tools that can help with this effortlessly, including a carpenter's tool that chefs have accidentally repurposed, the microplane.

How to Ripe Bananas Faster: 10 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Ripe Bananas Faster: 10 Steps (with Pictures)

Banana farmers exercise careful control over the ripeness of bananas by storing them under certain conditions to extend their shelf life. When you get home, you can rearrange their work with a few tricks that come from their own knowledge. Read this article to find out how to make raw bananas soft and delicious.

10 Easy Ways to Reduce Bitter Taste in Food

10 Easy Ways to Reduce Bitter Taste in Food

Bitter taste is one of the essential tastes in the human sense of taste and most bitter foods are healthy for the body. However, you may dislike bitter tastes or accidentally cook foods that taste too bitter. Don't worry, you're in luck! There are many tricks and strategies to disguise the bitter taste so you can still enjoy the food served.

How to Germinate Green Beans: 12 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Germinate Green Beans: 12 Steps (with Pictures)

Green bean sprouts are often used as an ingredient in stir-fries in Asian dishes, and add a crunchy and healthy flavor to foods. In supermarkets, green bean sprouts are usually labeled "bean sprouts". You don't have to buy ready-made bean sprouts as you can save money by germinating them yourself at home in just two days.

How to Live a Balanced Diet: 12 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Live a Balanced Diet: 12 Steps (with Pictures)

A balanced diet is an eating pattern that allows you to consume all the nutrients your body needs from a variety of foods. Having a balanced diet is very important for health because the tissues and organs of the body need adequate nutrition to function and work effectively.

How to Clean Shrimp: 8 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Clean Shrimp: 8 Steps (with Pictures)

In fact, the process of cleaning and preparing raw and cooked shrimp is not much different. No matter what type of shrimp you have in your kitchen, always check for freshness before cleaning and processing it into various dishes. Step Step 1.

How to Make Dried Fruit (with Pictures)

How to Make Dried Fruit (with Pictures)

Dried fruit is a good source of nutrients and contains vitamins and minerals. Dried fruits are also rich in natural sugars. You can make dried fruit from a variety of fruits, including grapes (sultanas, bush raisins, or common raisins), apples (dried apple slices), apricots, pears, peaches, figs, dates, prunes and banana.

How to Boil Chicken for Dogs: 11 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Boil Chicken for Dogs: 11 Steps (with Pictures)

While unseasoned boiled chicken may sound unsavory, your dog will love this dish. Boiled chicken is rich in protein, vitamins and minerals that dogs need, and is easily digested by dogs with sensitive or sick stomachs. To prepare, you will need 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, water and a medium-sized saucepan.

How to Peel a Pineapple: 12 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Peel a Pineapple: 12 Steps (with Pictures)

Peeling pineapple yourself can make you more satisfied. You'll enjoy a more juicy and flavorful fruit than if you bought canned pineapple, and you'll be able to determine the shape of the cut yourself. Once the bottom and top of the pineapple are removed, slice off the thick skin.

3 Ways to Cook White Rice

3 Ways to Cook White Rice

White rice is a staple that goes well with just about anything: meat, vegetables, soups, and stews. Whether you're cooking it on the stove, in the microwave, or in a rice cooker, you need to measure the rice and water in the right ratio. Let the rice sit for some time after cooking.

3 Ways to Dry Chili

3 Ways to Dry Chili

Dried chili is an ideal form of preservation of abundant crops and the use of leftovers. Dried chili has many uses when done properly. You can use it as is or rehydrate it in water. Either way, dried chilies give you additional options for making the most of this wonderful vegetable.

How to Store Peeled Potatoes: 9 Steps

How to Store Peeled Potatoes: 9 Steps

Who doesn't love potatoes? Although it tastes great, it actually takes a long time to clean, peel, and slice potatoes before they are processed. To save time, try preparing all the ingredients a few hours before cooking, then soaking the peeled potatoes in water.

3 Ways to Overcome Male Baldness

3 Ways to Overcome Male Baldness

Male pattern baldness (also known as androgenic alopecia) is estimated to affect about 50 million people in the United States. It starts with thinning hair that starts from the forehead in an M-shaped pattern. Over time, this hair loss will continue to the top of the head, and the hair on the sides and back of the head often falls out, which eventually leads to baldness.

How to Recognize Radiation Disease (with Pictures)

How to Recognize Radiation Disease (with Pictures)

Radiation sickness is a disease that develops after being exposed to a lot of ionizing radiation in a short period of time. Generally, the symptoms of this disease are predictable, especially with exposure to unexpected and sudden high levels of radiation.

4 Ways to Store Coriander Leaves

4 Ways to Store Coriander Leaves

For those of you who like Thai dishes, of course, cilantro is a spice that is no longer foreign to consumption. Unfortunately, cilantro is very perishable so it must be processed or eaten immediately after purchase. Luckily, though, there are a few tips you can practice to make the freshness of the cilantro last longer, even weeks or months!

3 Ways to Process Gelatin

3 Ways to Process Gelatin

Plain gelatin is made from animal collagen. This ingredient can be used as a mixture of various types of liquids, including beverages, jams, jellies, and food fillings. With powdered gelatin capital or gelatin sheets sold in supermarkets, you can adjust the level of density of the dessert served.

How to Chew Tobacco: 15 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Chew Tobacco: 15 Steps (with Pictures)

In the US, chewing tobacco is a long-time popular habit among Major Leage Baseball players. Today, as smoking is banned in many places, some people are turning to chewing tobacco as an alternative source of nicotine. Although chewing tobacco is highly addictive (causing addiction) and harmful to health, chewing tobacco is still prevalent among some people.