Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide To Working Smarter, Faster, Better

This book isn't a computer user manual, and it isn't a productivity system. It's a mashup of both. It's where you learn to practice big-picture productivity methods on your very own computer desktop. Whether you're a Mac or Windows user, know only enough to get by or are the family tech support geek, there are tricks here for you. Whether or not you've been turbocharging your day with the tips from Gina's first Lifehacker book, you'll feast on this buffet of new shortcuts to make technology your ally instead of your adversary.

A dozen ways to upgrade your life: Hack 1: Empty your email inbox Hack 14: Instantly recall all your different passwords Hack 22: Make your to-do list doable Hack 29: Turn tasks into gameplay Hack 45: Search the Web in three keystrokes Hack 55: Securely save web site passwords Hack 56: Become a scheduling black belt Hack 59: Automatically back up your files Hack 75: Remote-control your home computer Hack 86: Supercharge your Firefox downloads Hack 111: Synchronize folders between computers Hack 114: Have your Mac and Windows too

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The second edition of "Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day" follows the best-selling format of the first. Each chapter is dedicated to a specific problem in the digital age and offers step-by-step solutions for various operating systems and reader skill levels. Packed with over 50 new and revised hacks, you'll find out how to deal with the daily onslaught of incoming email, manage multiple computers, get your data on the go, tackle your to-do list faster, and more in this book. The additional and revised hacks involve new product recommendations and better strategies that have come out since the first edition. The second edition also prunes tips from the first edition, based on reader feedback.