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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 Make Maple Sugar Candy: 9 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Make Maple Sugar Candy: 9 Steps (with Pictures)

Maple sugar candy is a melt-in-your-mouth snack! This popular recipe is delicious, easy, and requires very few ingredients. Enjoy this delicious snack alone or gift it to your friends or family during the holiday season. Pick some quality maple syrup, get your candy thermometer ready, and start cooking!

4 Ways to Make Ice Cream

4 Ways to Make Ice Cream

Who doesn't love a bowl of thick and creamy ice cream? Instead of buying yourself a bucket of ice cream from the store, you can make your own at home so you can organize all the ingredients and get creative with your flavor choices. You can use custard-based ice cream (using eggs) or the typical Philadelphia dough that doesn't use eggs.

How to Make a Michelada: 13 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Make a Michelada: 13 Steps (with Pictures)

The Michelada is a popular Mexican cocktail or cerveza preparada (prepared beer) that became popular in Mexico in the '40s, when people started mixing beer with hot sauce or salsa. This drink is now gaining popularity on the other side of the world and can be compared to the Bloody Mary.

4 Ways to Make Mint Tea

4 Ways to Make Mint Tea

When the weather is very hot, downing a large glass of cold and refreshing mint tea seems like the right choice! Lazy to go out of the house to buy it at the nearest cafe? Don't worry, making your own mint tea is surprisingly easy! In addition to its delicious taste, it turns out that mint tea is also beneficial for those of you who are experiencing stomach disorders.

How to Coat an Iron Pan (with Pictures)

How to Coat an Iron Pan (with Pictures)

Most traditional frying pans/frying are made of carbon steel (processed iron), and this material must be scented. Aromatic coating (seasoning) is a special process carried out to add aroma to a pan-or other utensil made of steel and make it non-sticky.

4 Ways to Make Japanese Green Tea (Matcha)

4 Ways to Make Japanese Green Tea (Matcha)

Often hear the term “matcha”? In fact, matcha is a Japanese green tea that offers various health benefits as well as represents the elegant Japanese culture of drinking tea. Unlike regular tea, Japanese green tea doesn't need to be brewed, so you'll be consuming whole tea leaves instead of tea extract.

3 Ways to Make Cream From Milk

3 Ways to Make Cream From Milk

Love to make cakes but are always lazy to buy heavy cream because the selling price is too expensive in the market? Why not try making it yourself instead of replacing it with regular milk? Remember, regular milk does not have the same content as cream.

4 Ways to Make Creamy Corn

4 Ways to Make Creamy Corn

Creamy corn sauce is a specialty dish from the southern United States with a variety of different recipes. Most recipes use cream or milk for a creamy texture, but there are also recipes that use bacon. While this isn't a healthy dish, creamed corn is a great addition to fried chicken or roast pork.

3 Ways to Melt Marshmallows

3 Ways to Melt Marshmallows

Sometimes a recipe calls for using melted marshmallows but doesn't tell you how to do it. To that end, this article will show you three methods for melting marshmallows while also telling you which recipes are suitable for each. Ingredients Melted on the Stove 1 bag 453 grams marshmallows 4 tablespoons of water shortening 1 teaspoon vanilla flavoring (optional) 375-500 grams of powdered sugar (optional, for sugar paste) Melted in the Oven 15 large m

How to Make Lasagna (with Pictures)

How to Make Lasagna (with Pictures)

The lasagna taste is very delicious and filling, making it one of the best choices of Italian dishes to serve at the dinner table. You can make many different variations of lasagna, and while it may seem complicated, it's actually quite easy to make.

How to Throw Pizza Dough: 14 Steps

How to Throw Pizza Dough: 14 Steps

The trick is to start by making the right dough - then you can throw the dough. Without proper gluten development, the dough will not be elastic enough and will tear. Once you've got the right batter, you can practice your throwing technique using the steps and video below!

How to Make Delicious Sea Salt Ice Cream: 12 Steps

How to Make Delicious Sea Salt Ice Cream: 12 Steps

Are you a culinary lover? If so, of course you know that lately all kinds of snacks and drinks that contain the word "sea salt" are selling very well in the market! It is undeniable, the special combination of sweet and salty flavors will not be able to stop shaking the tongue of the audience until the last bite.

How to Make Pickled Onions: 11 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Make Pickled Onions: 11 Steps (with Pictures)

Making pickled onions is actually very simple and quick to do. Whether you have a lot of onions and want to preserve them for later use, or just want to make a simple side dish to a previously simple dish, pickled onions go well with a variety of foods.

How to Make Pancakes Without Eggs and Milk: 7 Steps

How to Make Pancakes Without Eggs and Milk: 7 Steps

Can't you eat milk and eggs but still want to eat delicious warm pancakes? Do not worry! The recipe for pancakes without milk and eggs below can be made easily and quickly. Plus, it tastes really good! Ingredients For: 10-12 pancakes (or 3 pancakes if using parentheses):

How to Fry Potatoes with Deep Fryer: 8 Steps

How to Fry Potatoes with Deep Fryer: 8 Steps

French fries, or what Belgians call frieten, are a light but very tasty snack and tend to be quite filling. Most people prefer to eat them in restaurants, or buy frozen potatoes that have been cut into pieces and ready to be fried. In fact, making it yourself in your home kitchen is not that difficult, you know;

4 Ways to Make Chocolate Whipped Cream

4 Ways to Make Chocolate Whipped Cream

Are you ready to go one step further? Of course! Chocolate whipped cream is an excellent filling for tarts, cake garnishes, eclairs fillings, chocolate-covered cookies, ice cream, sundaes, cream pies, and more. It's quick and easy, especially if you use a mixer.

How to Bake a Cake on Your Car Dashboard: 11 Steps

How to Bake a Cake on Your Car Dashboard: 11 Steps

You may crave homemade cookies on a hot day, but you're too lazy to turn on the oven. Take advantage of the hot air and bake cookies on your car dashboard. This article will teach you how to bake cookies on the dashboard of your car or truck.

3 Ways to Cook Cabbage and Potatoes

3 Ways to Cook Cabbage and Potatoes

Many recipes use potatoes and cabbage as the base. Whichever method you use to cook it, you're sure to get a dish that's cheap, filling, and full of nutrition. If you want a quick fix, you can fry chopped cabbage and potato wedges for a crunchy dish.

4 Ways to Make Lettuce

4 Ways to Make Lettuce

For culinary lovers, lettuce is one of the most interesting types of dishes to make, especially because the ingredients used can always be adjusted to the personal tastes of the audience. In addition, the combination of sauce ingredients is very diverse!

How to Make Au Jus: 9 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Make Au Jus: 9 Steps (with Pictures)

In French, au jus means "in its own juice". Generally, the term is used to define a meat sauce that is used as a dip for various meat-based foods, such as beef sandwiches, prime rib steaks, and deep hashed steaks. If you've never made one yourself, why not try it now?