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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 Deal with a Broken Rib: 8 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Deal with a Broken Rib: 8 Steps (with Pictures)

A broken or fractured rib usually results from direct pressure to the chest or upper body, such as in a car accident, falling from a high enough place, or being hit in a sporting competition. However, some diseases, such as osteoporosis and bone cancer, can make the ribs (and other bones) brittle and break easily even if you just cough or do housework.

How to Care for a Teen with ADHD (with Pictures)

How to Care for a Teen with ADHD (with Pictures)

Raising a teenager is difficult, especially if he has Attention Deficit/Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). Adolescents with ADHD have difficulty learning and following instructions. Simple tasks for his friends may seem very difficult. Always remember that he is not really trying to make life difficult.

How to Ignore Pain and Feelings (with Pictures)

How to Ignore Pain and Feelings (with Pictures)

There are times when feelings have to be put aside in order to get through a difficult situation. No one will forget the Olympics race when a gymnast chose to perform after her ankle was twisted as a form of support for the rest of her team.

3 Ways to Treat Foot Pain in Children

3 Ways to Treat Foot Pain in Children

Many children feel pain in their feet as they grow for various reasons. If your child complains of foot pain, he may have growing pain in the heel bone, he may have a health problem with his feet such as flat feet, or he may be wearing shoes that don't fit properly.

3 Ways to Lower ALT Level

3 Ways to Lower ALT Level

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) is an enzyme that is mostly found in the liver, but low levels are also found in the kidneys, heart, muscles, and pancreas. An elevated alt=""Image" level can be indicative of a serious health problem, particularly health problems related to the liver.

How to Stop Internet Addiction (with Pictures)

How to Stop Internet Addiction (with Pictures)

Although not yet officially categorized as a disorder in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), internet addiction has become a common problem that affects many people. Internet addiction can affect the mental and emotional health of addicts, causing feelings of loneliness, anxiety, and depression.

3 Ways to Relieve Blocked Ears

3 Ways to Relieve Blocked Ears

Earwax is a common and natural cause of ear blockage, ear infections, ear disease that often afflicts swimmers, swimmers ear, among many other causes. Here are some steps for the safest way to clean the outer and middle ear, as well as detect problems on the inside of the ear.

How to Calculate Basal Metabolism Rate: 7 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Calculate Basal Metabolism Rate: 7 Steps (with Pictures)

If you're trying to lose, gain, or simply maintain weight, calculating your Basal Metabolic Rate, also known as your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) in English, is a good idea. Basal metabolism is the amount of energy your body uses when it's at full rest – in simple terms, the energy your organs use and sustain your life on a daily basis regardless of any physical activity.

How to Create a Work Plan: 8 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Create a Work Plan: 8 Steps (with Pictures)

A work plan is a set of goals and processes that can help a team and/or person achieve that goal. By reading a work plan, you can better understand the scale of a project. Whether used in the workplace or academia, work plans help you keep projects organized.

How to Cope With Pressure: 13 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Cope With Pressure: 13 Steps (with Pictures)

As the demands on your time, energy and money increase from year to year, you may respond to this situation with anxiety. You may also feel pressured by demands that you always do your best at work, be a good family member or have to be able to meet someone's needs.

How to Give a Subcutaneous Injection (with Pictures)

How to Give a Subcutaneous Injection (with Pictures)

A subcutaneous injection is an injection that is injected into the layer of fat just under the skin (as opposed to an intravenous injection, which is injected directly into the bloodstream). Because drug release into the body system is slower and more gradual by subcutaneous injection than by intravenous injection, subcutaneous injection is often used to inject various vaccines and drugs (for example, in the case of type I diabetes, insulin is often injected by this type of inj

3 Ways to Measure Success

3 Ways to Measure Success

Finding the most accurate measure of success in life is a difficult undertaking. For example, personal, professional and business success are usually measured in different, and often contradictory, ways. You have to look beyond income and happiness and toward metrics like growth, emotional well-being, networking and influence in society.

How to Get Rid of the Strain from Your Neck (with Pictures)

How to Get Rid of the Strain from Your Neck (with Pictures)

The severity of the tendons in the neck is quite diverse, from mild stiffness to severe and sharp pain. Home treatments are usually able to relieve acute mild arthritis, but severe arthritis or chronic neck pain may require medical attention.

3 Ways to Drink Creatine

3 Ways to Drink Creatine

Creatine, or 2-[Carbamimidoyl(methyl)amino] acetic acid, is an amino acid naturally produced by the body to produce energy and make muscles bigger and stronger. Concentrated creatine powder is a popular dietary supplement for people looking to increase their muscle mass.

3 Ways to Be Free

3 Ways to Be Free

Every day is a war. Learning to overcome all those wars is a challenge faced by all of us. If you want to be free and be the most authentic and true version of yourself, you can start taking active steps to live the life you want, the way you want.

3 Ways to Extract Teeth

3 Ways to Extract Teeth

Tooth extraction, or what dentists call tooth extraction is not something that can be done without practice. In most cases, it is best if you leave the tooth out on its own, or schedule an appointment with your dentist. In almost every case, a dentist with a well-trained team and specialized tools will be more competent to extract the problem tooth than to extract it yourself at home.

How to Stop Twitching Eyes: 13 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Stop Twitching Eyes: 13 Steps (with Pictures)

Eyelid twitching or twitching (also known as blepharospasm) can be quite annoying, uncomfortable, or even embarrassing. Twitching can be scary if you are experiencing it for the first time. Twitching of the eyelids occurs when the muscles contract a sign of being conscious (involuntary).

5 Ways to Relieve Pain from Ingrown Toenails

5 Ways to Relieve Pain from Ingrown Toenails

When your toenail is ingrown, the side or corner of the nail bends down and enters the skin of the toe. If this happens, the finger may swell, hurt, develop a rash, and sometimes, ooze pus. This condition, also known as onychocryptosis, usually affects the big toe, although all toes are still at risk for ingrown toenails.

How to Remove a Leech: 13 Steps (with Pictures)

How to Remove a Leech: 13 Steps (with Pictures)

Leeches live in shrubs, grasses and in freshwater areas. Leeches stick to warm-blooded creatures, including humans. When sucking blood, leeches can grow to 10 times their normal size. If you find leeches on your body, don't panic because leeches don't spread disease or cause injury.

How to Go from Introvert to Extrovert: 15 Steps

How to Go from Introvert to Extrovert: 15 Steps

Researchers estimate that 50-74 percent of Americans have an extroverted personality while introverts make up 15-60 percent of the population. The good news is that both personality types have the characteristics of both introverts and extroverts.