The web is a useful tool for every device (both our phones). However, accessing wrong or misleading content online can distract us from our targets and could corrupt our minds.

Can I block websites on my Mac?

Yes, it is possible and simple to block any website on your Mac computer. We have explained everything about blocking websites on your Mac.

Read and follow the instructions properly to avoid any mistakes.

how to block websites on mac

1. Turn on your Mac and open Screen Time in System Preferences
2. Tap on App Limits
3. Tap the plus sign
4. Check the box next to any app category or select the dropdown arrow to check a specific app
5. Scroll to see all the websites you can block as well and even add your own to the list
6. As you check an app or website, you can input the exact daily limit in the box below or click Custom – Edit to set a variable limit depending on the day

You can likewise utilize specific limits if you’re setting up a computer for your kids. Screen Time will then block websites in Safari, Firefox, Chrome, and any other browser at once. To begin with, you want to prevent anyone but yourself from changing your settings, so go to Options and choose to Use Screen Time Passcode. In the same window, you can also “Share across devices” to have the same settings for all devices of a particular iCloud user.

Then, to use Screen Time as a web and app blocker and a complete self-control app, click Content & Privacy ➙ Turn On. In Web Content, select either Limit Adult Websites or Allowed Websites Only if you know which websites are absolutely needed. Then switch to the Apps tab and uncheck any apps that shouldn’t be used.

As referenced above, Screen Time doesn’t differentiate between browsers, so if you were looking for how to block a website on Chrome or how to block a website on Safari — it’s no different either way.

Conclusion

This article has shown you how you can easily block websites on your Mac computer. This is the method I use, and it’s been working.

Nearly 65% of all Americans are users of broadband connections to access internet services. There are only 4% of Americans are connected via satellite internet. Broadband is a wide term of services that include the use of fixed wireless internet connectivity. In the year 2014, in the rural areas of Canada, the use of fixed wireless internet was major since it was the only way to receive good connectivity.

What Is Satellite Internet

This internet is provided in three main parts: the geostationary satellite that is in orbit around the Earth, the receiving satellite dish and the modem used to connect to the PC. The internet signals are transmitted between these three parts. The satellite bounces the signal onto the internet service provider’s center, which is a private connection to the internet. The use of satellite internet is prevalent in rural areas where there are no other connectivity options.

What Is Fixed Wireless Internet

One form of a broadband-based internet connection makes use of radio signals in place of satellite signals to connect. The signals are not transmitted into space: they are bounced to the ISP’s local tower (Ground Station) and from them to antenna’s which are placed on roofs. These signals then travel from the antenna to the modem and then the router from where they are used by internet-connected devices. The router turns these signals into CAT5 or Wi-Fi connections.

Users can choose from wired or wireless routers, a wired one is directly connected to the computer while a wireless router connects to a modem and numerous devices can connect simultaneously.

A Comparison

Some of the more common comparison points are as below:

Prices

The fixed wireless internet tends to cost anywhere between $60 to $120. The prices depend on the ISP as well as the speed, which has been selected. Different ISP’s have been offered when purchasing fixed wireless internet. There are currently only two satellite-based internet service providers in America: Viasat and HughesNet. The prices for both of them range from a low of US$ 50 to US$ 150. The additional prices that are incurred can begin from $100 to $850 for the satellite dish, $100 for activation, and $15 for monthly rent.

Weather

Satellite internet is more expensive as well as highly prone to interference from weather changes. The signals need to be communicated into space! It is highly disturbing when there is cloudy overcast or stormy weather. High winds, snowfall, rainfall, as well as lightning tend to affect the satellite’s signal receptions. Moisture in the air also tends to weaken the satellite’s signals. The wireless internet’s ground stations are placed on Earth. They are also placed close to locations as well results in the signals having to travel shorter distances as compared to satellite signals. Therefore, these are not impacted by weather conditions. Fixed wireless internet is cheaper and remains un-impacted by the weather.

Latency

The amount of time that is required for a signal to move across with information is called latency. The latency for satellite internet is very high since it has to travel to space and then go to three other stops and has impacts from external factors such as the weather. As opposed to these, fixed wireless signals tend to have barely any form of delay due to the closeness of the ground stations to the house. Users, which have fixed wireless connections, tend to enjoy a faster and better internet connection.

But For example, HughesNet Satellite Internet is one of the very few Satellite connections that work well outside the city and in the outskirts.

Data Caps

The use of data caps is in place to limit the amount of data that is used by the customer. Anything above this usage will be charged additionally. This cap can be in the form of speed caps or usage caps. Most of the ISP’s have different caps on different packages. Usually, the cap with satellite internet for unlimited data plans is around 150 GB after which the customer is not charged extra but the internet connectivity is significantly slowed down. On the other hand, fixed wireless ISP’s do not have any data caps when discussing their unlimited data usage packages. Since there is no limit, there are no charges or slowdown in the net during the service usage.

The main benefits of using fixed wireless internet are that it is cheaper, faster as well as free from any form of data caps while also facing much fewer disturbances. Thus making the final verdict clear. However, do keep your location and usage in check when deciding on one option, in the end, to save yourself from future costs or regrets. Because if you are not in the city, then the only bets option would be to go for satellite internet options.

This feature of Android is now a thing on Windows 11. Yes, Microsoft added this new feature to the newly OS, which is to be rolled out later in this year. The company is aiming to make it sure if it works well with mobile PCs.

For this, there are several additional of the features that we are usually found in Android and iOS devices and Screen on time is one of them. The SoT feature is however available on battery-powered devices, including laptops and tablets, only.

Steps to add Screen on time to your Windows 11:

• Go to the Settings app,

• Click on Power & Battery,

• In the drop down menu, you will see Battery usage, click on it.

That’s all. You will see Windows 11 battery stats in front of you on your Windows screen. You will have three options; including Screen ON, Screen OFF and Standby hours.

A golden leaf and a plug-in icon on the bar graph on various places show when the power saving mode was enabled and when the charger was connected to the PC. On clicking any particular bar, you will get the detail of battery percentage of that hour.

You can also check per-app battery usage, as well, in Windows 11 under the Settings app. It will tell you the battery consumption per app in last 24 hours or 7 days. As well as, it will also show you the battery usage of the apps that are currently in use or the ones that are running on the background.

The battery stats edition in Windows 11 is something that gives it an edge over Windows 10. Earlier, people who want to get such data had to use a command line tool, POWERCFG that generates the battery report.

What do you think about this feature added to the newly Windows 11 OS? Please share your thought on this in the comment section below.

The “Bots” can be referred as tools for the users, especially for admins, that they can add to the server to manage it properly. Some bots are very popular and much needed ones to maintain larger Discord servers. You can refer top.gg or bots.ondicord.xyz website to find some of these bots.

How to add Bots to Discord Server?

Now, we are going to provide the complete guide to add Bots to Discord Server. Read each step and perform the action accordingly so that you find no trouble in doing this. The steps are provided below:

• Go to official websites like top.gg or bots.ondiscord.xyz and search bots for you,

• Pick any bots you wish, click on Add or Invite option next to it to add it to your server. We are showing you how’s MEE6 Bot appear to be in the image below,

• After adding it by clicking Add/Invite button, you will be asked for certain permissions. Give it these authorizations (Steps could vary on Bot to Bot),

• Then, select the server you want to add it to, set it up to give access,

• The access request page might appear multiple times to ensure you authorize it,

• You will be then showing a Captcha test page. Complete it.

Steps to set Roles for Bots

You require access to Manage Channel or Administrator permission for this. Here are the complete steps of doing this:

• Select your choice to add the Bot to your server. Then, go to the Server Settings server drop-down menu,

• In the ROLES option, assign yourself a role such as admin,

• Now, go to your role (admin) > Permissions> Manage channels and activate it. Here, you might be asked for administrator access, if the server does not belong to you,

• Confirm with Save Changes.

Steps to set up Discord Bots for tasks

Different Bots have different setup from the rest. Therefore, you require activate their respective plug-ins so that they work properly.

On successfully adding bots to the server, you will get redirected to a website which is more likely a control panel for Discord bot.

This is the place probably where you can control your bot and set it up so that it can work as it should. You will also require assigning it to some roles as bots are always considered as a member from the server.

Meanwhile, Apple has decided to offer Mac OS X Lion and Mountain Lion for free. Users can download it from the Apple’s support website.

Mac OS X Lion and Mountain Lion OSes were released in 2011 and 2012 respectively. Up till now, those who want to use these OSes had to pay $19.99.

To use the two OSes, users must know that they need Macs launched before 2012. Also, they might require a factory reset as well.

The minimum requirements for OS X Lion include Mac with an Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3/i5/i7 or Xeon processor, 2GB system memory and 7GB available space, and also Apple ID and a compatible Internet service provider for some features.

Those of OS X Mountain Lion are Intel Core 2 Duo, Core i3/i5/i7 or Xeon processor, 2GB system memory, and 7 GB available space. Also, you require an Apple ID and a compatible internet service provider for some services.

So, if you are having the older Mac version, you can now install these applications for free. Check below for the downloading Mac OS X Lion and Mountain Lion guide:

• To download OS X Lion, visit its official page,
• Then, click on blue Download button,

• Then, to download OS X Mountain Lion, visit its support page,
• Finally, click on the blue Download button.

 And you’re done! This is all you have to do. This way, you can download the older OSs versions with an ease. Let’s know if you are still using the old Mac versions.

If you are Android you, you might unlucky. However, you shouldn’t thanks to Google’s designed WearOS powered Smartwatches. These are not bad and work very well on Android and iOS. We are talking about one such Smartwatches, TickWatch E3, which is launched recently, in this article.

TicWatch E3 comes under $200. We are not wrong if we say it is one of the best Smartwatches under the same cost. Various new features packed with this newly designed SmartWatches makes it the best in the WearOS Smartwatches collections.

Talking of its spec, TicWatch E3 includes a Snapdragon Wear 4100 chipset, 1GM RAM and 8GB memory, a 2.5 glass over 1.3 inch AMOLED display of 360  x360 density, a 380 mAh battery, Bluetooth 5.0 and Wi-Fi, GPS, NFC for wireless payments.

The watch includes Gyro, Accelerometer, Heart Rate and SpO2 like sensors in it. Also, there is a mic and a speaker to make and receive calls. It is IP68 certified and so it is withstand with swimming sessions as well.

This watch is the first sub $200 Smartwatch powered by Qualcomm’s wear 4100 and not 4100+. The wear 4100 has Cortex-A53 cores, which have a speed of 1.7 GHz. You may have seen the action of Cortex-A53 cores in SoCs like Snapdragon 625 in the Xiaomi M1 A1 and many other phones.

Mobvoi promises that the TickWatch E3 has one to one and a half days of battery and so you will not face horrible battery life experience like first-gen TicWatch E, which has 512MB and an ancient Mediatek SoC.

Something appreciating about Smartwatches is its ability to receive and drop calls, send and see messages and fitness monitoring feature. Owing Wear OS Smartwatch is a good idea instead of smart watches with custom UI of the manufacturer that are usually very laggy or have not enough features.

Google revealed in Google I/O that they are bumping up the app performance by 305 and battery life by 15% that would definitely make WearOS experience better for users.  If you owe iPhond or can afford Apple Watch, it is worth to get it. However, if this is not in your budget, you should look for WearOS watches. WearOS watches are not bad either.

You can see your Reddit’s username on every comment you make any post you put. If you want, you can change this username anytime. We will provide you guide how this is to be done. Since different ways are possible for creating Reddit accounts so does for changing the usernames as well.

If Reddit Account was made using Email

If you signed up to Reddit account through your email address, you would have got an option to set username of your choice. This username is your permanent username.

In other word, you cannot change your Reddit’s username, if you used your email for signing in. This is something that Reddit does not allow for its user.

Accounts made using Google/ Apple

Reddit allows you change your username when you used Google or Apple account to sign in for it. If you had created your Reddit account via this way, you got a randomized username from Reddit.

The American social news aggregation website offers you change this username within a limited period of 30 days of when the account was initially created.

Below, the complete guide is provided for you how you can change your username on Reddit’s website and app.

Steps to change username on Reddit’s website

• create an account and then sign in to it,
• Click on your profile icon appear on the to-right of the page,

• Select the option saying Change Username,
• You will see a new pop-up window, enter your new username on the blank and finish with clicking on continue button.

Steps to change username on Reddit’s Mobile App

• Create and then Sign in to your account,
• Then, click on profile icon appear top-left of the screen,
• Tab on My Profile,

• Then, click on the blue buttons that says Change Username on the prompt page,

• Enter your desired username on the Change username screen and click on Next button,
• Now, enter the same username again to confirm, and then save it.

Steps to change Display Name for existing account

If you are the users who have their usernames permanently, you can compensate it by changing the Display Names.

Here are the steps to change Display Names on Reddit’s website:

• Go to the User Settings option and then on Profile tab,
• Enter your desired display name here.

This is how you can set Display Names in Reddit’s app:

• Go to My Profile option,
• Click on edit button,
• Enter the desired display name and click on save button.

In this post, we are going to discuss on “How to enable/disable Windows 11 notification sound”. You will be guided with easy steps to do so. Let’s starts the discussion.

‘Windows 11 notification sound’: Microsoft released new operating system ‘Windows 11’ recently that includes new startup sound and notification sound. If you want turned ON notification sound/startup sound in your device, then you get to listen to the new Windows 11 Startup sound. Before released of Windows 11, Microsoft shared a ‘Windows Startup sounds’ – ‘Slo-Fi Remix’ on the YouTube.

These Startup sounds include the sounds from Windows 95, Windows XP and Windows 7 slowed down to 4000% speed. Now, Windows 11 is available with new startup sounds. If you are not aware, Microsoft recently released Windows 11 Insider Preview for Windows Insider and you can access first Windows 11 Insider Preview by join Windows Insider Program and under ‘Dev’ channel you can get this new OS updates.

However, if you don’t want Windows 11 startup sounds and notifications sounds for events and applications, then you can disable Startup sound/notification sounds with our instructions. It is quite simple to enable and disable startup sound using ‘Settings’ App in Windows 11. Let’s go for the steps.

How to disable Startup sound on Windows 11?

Step 1: Open ‘Settings’ App in Windows 11

Step 2: Go to ‘Personalization > Themes > Sounds’

Step 3: In the opened ‘Sound’ window, click on ‘Sounds’ tab and deselect ‘Play Windows Startup Sound’ checkbox to disable Windows 11 Startup sound

Step 4: Finally, click on ‘Apply’ and ‘Ok’ button to save the changes and restart your computer. After restart, please check if Windows 11 startup sound has gone or not.

How to enable Windows 11 Startup sound?

If you want to re-enable startup sound in Windows 11, then you can follow the steps below.

Step 1: Open ‘Settings’ App in Windows 11

Step 2: Go to ‘Personalization > Themes > Sounds’

Step 3: In the opened window, find and select ‘Play Windows Startup Sound’ checkbox to enable Windows 11 startup sound

Step 4: Finally, click on ‘Apply’ and ‘Ok’ to save the changes and restart your computer. After restart, please check if startup sound in Windows 11 has back.

How to disable Windows 11 notification sound?

If notification sounds for the applications installed in your Windows 11 is irritating you by causing notification sounds loop or regular notifications sounds when notifications the apps appear, then you can disable notifications sound in Windows 11 for the apps or entire Windows 11 notifications sounds to resolve.

To turn OFF all notifications sounds in Windows 11:

Step 1: Open ‘Control Panel’ in Windows 11

Step 2: Go to ‘Hardware and Sound’

Step 3: Click on ‘Change System Sounds’ link under ‘Sound’ category

Step 4: Now in the opened window, find and select ‘Notifications’ under ‘Program Events’ section, and then select ‘None’ from ‘Sounds’ dropdown below

Step 5: Finally, click on ‘Apply’ and ‘OK’ to save the changes

Turn ON all notifications sound in Windows 11:

If you want to re-enable all notifications sound in Windows 11, then you need to follow ‘step 1 to step 3’ of above method, and then select ‘Notifications’ from ‘Program Events’ section, and then select a sound from ‘Sounds’ dropdown, finally hit ‘Apply’ and ‘OK’ to save the changes.

Conclusion

I hope this post helped you on How to enable/disable startup sound and notifications sounds in Windows 11 with easy steps. You can read & follow our instructions to do so. That’s all. For any suggestions or queries, please write on comment box below.

In this post, we are going to discuss on “How to download and install Insider Preview build of Windows 11”. You will be guided with easy steps/methods to do so. Let’s starts the discussion.

‘Windows 11 Insider Preview’: If you are not aware, Microsoft already released its latest/new Windows Operating System ‘Windows 11’ with several new features, designs and visuals, and improvements. This new OS update at this moment is not available to download for all. However, Microsoft released first Insider Preview build of Windows 11.

To access this Windows 11 Insider Preview, you need to join Windows Insider program. Windows Insider is open software testing program developed and owned by Microsoft. This program offers you (users who own a valid license of Windows 10 or Windows Server) to register for pre-release builds of the operating system that is previously only accessible for software developers.

Note that Windows Insider program released by Microsoft for the developers, entraps testers and the ‘technically able’ to test new developer features on pre-release software and builds. It is not given publicly released. It means if you are Windows 10 user who purchase valid license of Windows 10, then you will be allowed to download and install Insider Preview build of Windows 11 in your device.

It is quite simple to become Windows Insider by creating and signing-in into Windows Insider program with your same Microsoft Account that you log into Windows with and allowing Microsoft to gather diagnostic data from your computer. Once you are inside the Windows Insider program, you can pick a channel and get first Windows 11 Insider Preview.

First Windows 11 Insider Preview build is available on Dev Channel of Windows Insider Program:

As mentioned, Microsoft launched first Windows 11 Insider Preview for the Windows Insiders. If you join Windows Insider program, then you will be able to access this first Insider Preview build of Windows 11 with version 22000.51 in ‘Dev’ Channel of Insider program. In other words, Windows 11 Insider Preview is available to download from Dev Channel of Windows Insider program.

Windows 11 Insider Preview includes several new features and improvements as Microsoft has promised for Windows 11. This new Insider Preview includes new Start Menu, Centered taskbar, rounded windows, smoothing sound effects. Windows 11 insider preview includes ‘AutoHDR’ gaming features though has been floating around insider build of Windows 10 for littlie, and too while Microsoft Store it up.

How to join Windows Insider program?

It is quite simple to become Windows Insider by just signing-in into Windows Insider program with your Microsoft Account.

Step 1: Open your browser and visit ‘Windows Insider Program home page (Official)’ and click on ‘Sign In’ or ‘Register’ button

Step 2: Enter your Microsoft account login credentials to sign-in into Windows Insider program

Step 3: Accept the terms & conditions and hit ‘Submit’ option.

Step 4: Now, press ‘Windows + I’ keys on keyboard to open ‘Settings’ App in Windows 10.

Step 5: Go to ‘Windows Insider Program’ settings in the main ‘Settings’ App. Enable ‘Optional Diagnostic Data’ to progress here if disabled.

Step 6: Now, you can select any channel from available channels including ‘Dev’, ‘Beta’ or ‘Release’ Preview Channel

This way, you can access to ‘Dev’ channel in Windows Insider program. Now, you need to access Windows 11 Insider Preview and for this, you need to just hit ‘Dev’ channel using ‘step 6’ of above method. However, Microsoft explained that if you want to be the first to get new Windows OS updates and can handle some issues or bugs, then you might want to try ‘Dev’ channel in Windows Insider Program.

Check if your PC/laptop is allowed to run Windows 11

You will be allowed to run Windows 11 on your PC/laptop only when your PC/laptop will be compatible with Windows 11. It means you need to check system requirements for Windows 11 before download and install. It is quite simple to check if your device is compatible with Windows 11 or not, with Microsoft’s PC Health Check App.

PC Health Check App is available to download for Windows 10 device and you can get this tool through Microsoft official page. When you run this tool in your Windows 10 PC, it shows the results either ‘This PC can run Windows 11’ or ‘This PC can’t run Windows 11’. This application helps you to check whether your PC is eligible to run Windows 11 or not. So, you can try this tool.

Microsoft explained about Windows 11 requirements that the device must have TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot feature enabled. It is simple to enable both security features including TPM 2.0 and Secure Boot via BIOS/UEFI mode in your computer but if your device supports these features. To enable Secure Boot and TPM in order to run Windows 11 in your device, you can read ‘How to enable Secure Boot and TPM for Windows 11’ post.

How to download and install Insider Preview build of Windows 11?

Once you have enabled Secure Boot and TPM security features in BIOS/UEFI mode in your computer, then you can try to download and install Windows 11 Insider Preview.

Step 1: Open ‘Settings’ App and go to ‘Windows Insider program’. Make sure Windows Insider is enabled

Step 2: Attempt to sign-in into with your Microsoft Account if not signed-in. Now, go to ‘Dev’ channel

Step 3: Select ‘Insider Preview build of Windows 11’ and then start downloading and installing.

As mentioned, the first Windows 11 Insider Preview may includes some issues or bugs and can cause several other issues in your device. So, the better option to prevent your device from corruption is to install Windows 10 on some virtual PC/machine, then go to ‘Windows Insider program’ and get Windows 11 Insider preview. This way, you can eliminate the risk of corruption your standard system boot. Make sure your PC has large space in your storage device that could help you to create and save data of virtual machine you want to create.

Conclusion

I am sure this post helped you on How to download and install Insider Preview build of Windows 11 in your device with easy steps/methods. Once you have joined Windows Insider Program, you can go to ‘Dev’ channel of Windows Insider program and get Windows 11 insider preview. To fix dual-boot problem, you can try virtual machine/software like VMWare or others. That’s all. For any suggestions or queries, please write on comment box below.

Several alternatives for Discord are Teamspeak, Slack and Telegram. These are more popular among gamers and for those who are looking for professional space.

Discord app is not good for professional environment. People often choose Slack, Zoom or Microsoft teams as the better alternatives of that.

The problems with the gamers are that when the server goes down, all users will be blocked out of the service.

Also, there are latency issues when servers are located for from others. So, you can look for some Discord alternatives by prescribed below for you.

Element (formerly Riot)

This chatting service has various similarities to Discord even to its UI as well. The function like joining or dropping ongoing group calls in a room without a need an invite or distributing it and easy file sharing are some features that it shares with the Discord app.

Element excels in its end-to-end encryption. Also, it can be used in professional environment thanks to its file management tools. It offers users to host their data in their own server and thus provide them better way to take control over them.

You can find Element on every platform. The only thing that it lacks is video quality and encryption key management.

TeamSpeak

This app is historically used by gamers worldwide. It has easy to use interface, but unfortunately, a pretty dated. It offers voice chats and administrative features like Discord. Also, Teamspeak provides users a way to control servers based on their power level. There is also fast file transfer and offline/LAN functionality that makes it better platform for a professional environment.

Talking about its downside, Teamspeak lacks in the video communication department. You can connect to one server at a time. The self-hosted servers have the maximum capacity of 32 members only (while this can be raised to 512 with a non-commercial non-profit license). So, it could be a deal-breaker for you for bigger communities.

Slack

It is better from Discord in terms of professional use. It has very cleanest UI and integrations with over 800 third party tools incluing Trello, GitHub and MailChimp. Additionally, it allows people uploads of up to 1 GB of file sharing.

Slacks also offers the features like chat, voice calls, video calls and fast file sharing over HTTPS (by dragging and dropping). The only downside of this app is the paid tier that can cost a lot. However, it is perfect for an organization or a big team.

Telegram

With the features like bots and channels, Telegram is the best of both worlds. This messaging app allows groups with up to 200, 000 members. At the same time, it is also offering channels to broadcasting to a much larger audience.

Sharing is effortless in Telegram. It allows users to share up to 2 GB of any type of files. Much like Discord, it allows users to create bots for many things like managing huge communities, integrating scripts, automating queries and etc.

Somewhere that the Telegram needs improvement to is to its end-to-end encryption for group chats. At currently, it is only an option feature in private chat.

Steam Chat

It is popular among gamers. PC gamers use it to play games as well as communicate with their friends without any need of any third party software as Steam can do it for them. You do not need of even any client for this service. Just click on Shift+ Tab when playing Steam game and client will show up for you and you can communicate between matches.

It has similar functions to Discord but more administrative options you will find in Steam in terms of control over the server. The Steam app lacks in voice chat quality and discoverability. It offers only limited playing and chatting with just friends, where Discord offers you different servers to chat with people.

Finally, we hope you got what you are looking for. You saw, various alternatives for Discord are possible and every service has its own pros and cons. finding the perfect one is your task, all we just make the clearer for you. Choose the one based on your preferences.