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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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5 Ways to Deal with a Stalker

5 Ways to Deal with a Stalker

Having a stalker is an uncomfortable or frightening situation, depending on the severity. Stalking often escalates into another form of criminal violence, so if you think you're being stalked, you should take steps to distance yourself from the stalker and protect yourself and your family.

How to Avoid Disliked People (with Pictures)

How to Avoid Disliked People (with Pictures)

You had a conflict with another person and now you want to, or must avoid it. The reasons for your annoyance can range from a minor annoyance to a life-threatening situation. When it comes to dealing with close-range conflicts with someone you don't like, avoiding them can prevent the current situation from worsening and prevent future disputes.

3 Ways to Ignore People You Love

3 Ways to Ignore People You Love

There are times when you need to ignore a loved one, whether it's because he broke up or he's just being annoying. However, ignoring someone is not easy, especially if you love them or live with them. However, you can apply the following tips to avoid it, for example by keeping your distance or doing various tips when you meet him at school or work.

3 Ways to Deal with a Cheating Spouse

3 Ways to Deal with a Cheating Spouse

Dealing with a cheating spouse can possibly be one of the most difficult things you will ever do. There's no right answer when it comes to deciding whether you want to fix it or not. What you can do is communicate with your partner, listen to yourself, and decide if your relationship is worth saving or not.

How to Resist the urge to call your ex: 11 Steps

How to Resist the urge to call your ex: 11 Steps

After a breakup, maybe you still miss your ex and are tempted to contact him, or maybe you hate him so much and feel the urge to vent his frustrations. Whatever the motivation that prompted you to call your ex, contact in the forgetting stage is not a good idea.

How to Confront Someone Who Silences You: 11 Steps

How to Confront Someone Who Silences You: 11 Steps

Are there friends or close relatives who suddenly seem to "silence" you? If so, take the time to analyze the reasons and the big picture behind the behavior. After that, you can confront the person honestly, openly, and of course, calmly.

How to Get Someone to Stop Approaching You: 12 Steps

How to Get Someone to Stop Approaching You: 12 Steps

Getting unwanted and excessive attention can be uncomfortable or even scary. Telling the person that you don't want to reciprocate his approach can be difficult, especially if he's a former friend, coworker or ex-lover. Ways to deal with unwanted attention can vary depending on the intentions of the person pursuing you (such as whether he or she wants a friendship or a romantic relationship) and how intensely you are being pursued.

How to Know Why Someone Treats You Bad

How to Know Why Someone Treats You Bad

Do you feel like you're being treated badly by someone but can't understand why? Does he seem secretly condescending or have negative intentions towards you? Whoever he is and no matter how close your relationship with him is, the wisest step you need to take is to find out the reason behind his ill treatment.

3 Ways to Make Someone Break Up With You

3 Ways to Make Someone Break Up With You

Sometimes relationships can be toxic; or maybe one person or both have given up trying to keep the relationship going; Alternatively, some people simply end a relationship when they realize that they are not compatible with that person. Whatever the reason, ending a relationship can be awkward, and while it can be tempting to behave badly towards your partner to get him to end their relationship with you, it's best to be honest about your feelings so you can separate as friends

How to Change Women's View of You: 13 Steps

How to Change Women's View of You: 13 Steps

Sometimes, we make fatal mistakes in relationships or make sudden decisions without thinking about the consequences. Whether it's to apologize or turn a friendship into a romance, a woman's opinion of you can be hard to change. Understanding women as individuals and how women make decisions can help you change their perspective.

4 Ways to Ignore Someone

4 Ways to Ignore Someone

Ignoring someone can be difficult, especially if you keep running into the person you're trying to avoid, or if the person keeps trying to talk to you and doesn't understand you're avoiding them. But if you really want to avoid someone, you have to look busy, change your habits and stop all contact with that person.

How to Be in a Relationship Without Commitment: 15 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Be in a Relationship Without Commitment: 15 Steps (with Pictures)

Friendships are usually established without long-term commitments or wedding plans. If you want or are in a non-committal relationship, make sure the two of you have discussed this openly. Don't think everything will be okay. State your wishes clearly.

How to Know When to End a Relationship (with Pictures)

How to Know When to End a Relationship (with Pictures)

If you are reading this page, you must have doubts in your relationship. Questioning a lot of questions and finding out who you are is great for any relationship, but how do you know that your discomfort is telling you that it's time to end your relationship with him?

6 Ways to Catch a Cheating Spouse on the Internet

6 Ways to Catch a Cheating Spouse on the Internet

Today's technology can make people connect with each other and hide their activities more easily than ever before. Checking your partner's activity almost always includes surveillance activities, from watching their actions and behavior to monitoring their activities on the internet.

How to Ignore Your Husband (with Pictures)

How to Ignore Your Husband (with Pictures)

In married life, sometimes we need a break mentally. Marriage can be stressful for us, and bad habits and moods sometimes need to be ignored. There are many tactics you can use to ignore your husband if necessary. However, remember that keeping your husband silent for a long time can damage the relationship.

4 Ways to Forget the Girl You Like

4 Ways to Forget the Girl You Like

When you feel lonely, it's natural to miss the girl of your dreams who breaks your heart. Even if it hurts at first, trust that things will get better with time. You can get over it if you can cope with the loss, for example by keeping yourself busy while having fun and spending time with supportive people.

11 Ways to Forget a Guy Who Doesn't Care About You

11 Ways to Forget a Guy Who Doesn't Care About You

What to do if you like someone, but don't get along? How to deal with a lover who responds to your attention in a nonchalant manner? One-sided love is common, but this experience is very painful and hard to forget. Whether it's because your crush doesn't like you or your boyfriend doesn't reciprocate your attention, overcoming a broken heart isn't easy and takes a lot of time.

3 Ways to politely reject someone

3 Ways to politely reject someone

For many people, accepting rejection from the person they like is not as easy as turning the palm of the hand. In fact, expressing your disapproval is not as easy as you think, especially if the person is a close friend of yours. Although rejecting someone is not a pleasant situation, in fact almost everyone will experience it at least once in their life.

How to Show Indifference to Someone: 10 Steps

How to Show Indifference to Someone: 10 Steps

What's a worse situation than being rejected by the person you like? The answer is, being rejected by the person you like, then after that he just teases, plays, or even humiliates you! Remember, you are too precious to be treated that way. Don't let the actions and/or words of the person you like destroy your life.

3 Ways to Check If You're Watched or Not

3 Ways to Check If You're Watched or Not

Have you ever felt watched? If you feel that you are being watched by someone, you are probably very stressed. Who can you trust? With a little awareness, you may be able to determine whether the threat is real or just in your head. Check out Step 1 below to learn how to find and escape your prying eyes, check if your phone is bugged, and protect your emails.