Unlock a BitLocker-Encrypted PC

How to Use a USB Key to Unlock a BitLocker-Encrypted PC

Enable BitLocker encryption, and Windows will automatically unlock your drive each time you start your computer using the TPM built into most modern computers. But you can set up any USB flash drive as a “startup key” that must be present at boot before your computer can decrypt its drive and start Windows.

This effectively adds two-factor authentication to BitLocker encryption. Whenever you start your computer, you’ll need to provide the USB key before it will be decrypted. This would be particularly useful with a small USB drive you carry with you on a keychain.

Step One: Enable BitLocker (If You Haven’t Already)

This, obviously, requires BitLocker drive encryption, which means it only works on Professional and Enterprise editions of Windows. Before you can follow any of the steps below, you’ll need toenable BitLocker encryption on your system drive from the Control Panel.

If you go out of your way to enable BitLocker on a PC without a TPM, you can choose to create a USB startup key as part of the setup process. This will be used instead of the TPM. The below steps are only necessary when enabling BitLocker on computers with TPMs, which most modern computers have.

If you have a Home version of Windows, you won’t be able to use BitLocker. You may have theDevice Encryption feature instead, but this works differently from BitLocker and doesn’t allow you to provide a startup key.

Step Two: Enable the Startup Key in Group Policy Editor

Once you’ve enabled BitLocker, you’ll need to enable the startup key requirement in Windows’ group policy. To open the Group Policy Editor, press Windows+R on your keyboard, type “gpedit.msc” into the Run dialog, and press Enter.

Head to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > BitLocker Drive Encryption > Operating System Drives in the Group Policy window.

Double-click the “Require Additional Authentication at startup” option in the right pane.

Select “Enabled” at the top of the window here. Then, click the box under “Configure TPM Startup Key” and select the “Require Startup Key With TPM” option. Click “OK” to save your changes.

Step Three: Configure a Startup Key for Your Drive

You can now use the manage-bde command to configure a USB drive for your BitLocker-encrypted drive.

First, insert a USB drive into your computer. Note the drive letter of the USB drive–D: in the screenshot below. Windows will save a small .bek file to the drive, and that’s how it will become your startup key.

Next, launch a Command Prompt window as Administrator. On Windows 10 or 8, right-click the Start button and select “Command Prompt (Admin)”. On Windows 7, find the “Command Prompt” shortcut in the Start menu, right-click it, and select “Run as Administrator”

Run the following command. The below command works on your C: drive, so if you want to require a startup key for another drive, enter its drive letter instead of c: . You’ll also need to enter the drive letter of the connected USB drive you want to use as a startup key instead of x: .

manage-bde -protectors -add c: -TPMAndStartupKey x:

The key will be saved to the USB drive as a hidden file with the .bek file extension. You can see it if you show hidden files.

You’ll be asked to insert the USB drive the next time you boot your computer. Be careful with the key–someone that copies the key from your USB drive can use that copy to unlock your BitLocker-encrypted drive.

To double-check whether the TPMAndStartupKey protector was added properly, you can run the following command:

manage-bde -status

(The “Numerical Password” key protector displayed here is your recovery key.)

How to Remove the Startup Key Requirement

If you change your mind and want to stop requiring the startup key later, you can undo this change. First, head back to the Group Policy editor and change the option back to “Allow Startup Key With TPM”. You can’t leave the option set to “Require Startup Key With TPM” or Windows won’t allow you to remove the startup key requirement from the drive.

Next, open a Command Prompt window as Administrator and run the following command (again, replacing c: if you’re using a different drive):

manage-bde -protectors -add c: -TPM

This will replace the “TPMandStartupKey” requirement with a “TPM” requirement, deleting the PIN. Your BitLocker drive will automatically unlock via your computer’s TPM when you boot.

To check that this completed successfully, run the status command again:

manage-bde -status c:

Try rebooting your computer first. If everything works properly and your computer doesn’t require the USB drive to boot, you’re free to format the drive or just delete the BEK file. You can also just leave it on your drive–that file won’t actually do anything anymore.

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If you lose the startup key or delete the .bek file from the drive, you’ll need to provide the BitLocker recovery code for your system drive. You should have saved somewhere safe when you enabled BitLocker for your system drive.

Microsoft Office Ignore URLs

How to Make Microsoft Office’s Spell Check Ignore URLs

If you write documents containing a lot of URLs, it can get annoying when the spell check in Word questions almost every one. You can save yourself a bit of time and frustration by telling Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to ignore URLs in your documents when performing a spell check.

We’ll use Microsoft Word as an example, but the process is the same in each Office program. To ignore URLs when you run a spell check, click the “File” tab.



On the backstage screen, click “Options” in the list of items on the left.



The Word Options dialog box displays. Click “Proofing” in the list of items on the left.



In the “When correcting spelling in Microsoft Office programs” section, check the “Ignore Internet and file addresses” box.

NOTE: A file address is an address to a local file on your computer that starts with “file://”, for example, file:///C:/Users/Lori/Documents/Notes/Sample%20Notes.pdf.



Click “OK”.

Now, Word will ignore anything it recognizes as a website URL or file address when you run a spell check on a document.



Again, the “Ignore Internet and file addresses” option is also available in other Microsoft Office programs that have spell check available, such as Excel and PowerPoint. But turning it on in one Office program does not turn it on in the others, so you must turn it on in each program separately.

You can also exclude certain words from the spell check in Word as well as limit the spell check to only use the main dictionary.

By How to Geek

Todays HaHa

Frustration-Free Android

How to Install the New Systemless Xposed Framework for Frustration-Free Android Customization

Xposed is one of the most powerful tools a rooted Android user has in their arsenal. It brings things to the table that were previously only available on custom ROMs—like custom reboot menus, theme modifications, and so much more. Of course, all that customization comes at a cost: since it modifies the system partition, using Xposed essentially breaks Android’s update system, and renders secure services like Android Pay useless. But not anymore.


Just like with systemless root methods that no longer modify the system partition, there’s a new, unofficial (and experimental) systemless version of Xposed. While still in the early stages, it works exceptionally well, and since it uses the Material Design Xposed installer, it also looks great. The biggest benefit here, however, is the ability to enable and disable Xposed on the fly. There’s a simple toggle in the Installer app that allows users to toggle the app instantly—one reboot later and the action takes place. That means if you know you’re going to be using Android Pay, or want to flash an over-the-air (OTA) update, you can disable Xposed and reboot—boom, it’s like it was never there in the first place. And when you want your Xposed modules back, just re-enable it and reboot. It’s amazing.

Convinced? Here’s how to give it a go on your device.

Before we get started, here’s a list of what you’ll need:

• A systemless-rooted Marshmallow handset with SuperSU 2.76 or higher. This requires you root your phone using the systemless root method, so read up on that if you haven’t done it already. It requires Marshmallow or higher (5.1 on Samsung phones) and the latest version of SuperSU.
• You must have the stock boot image (boot.img). Most people will already have this, unless you’ve specifically flashed something different.
• Completely remove old versions of Xposed. If you’re already using Xposed, you’ll need to completely uninstall it with the Xposed Uninstaller. You may also want to flash the stock system image just for completeness, but that’s not absolutely necessary.

And that’s pretty much that. Once all those things have been met, you’re ready to flash.

Step One: Install the Xposed Installer

First and foremost, we’re going to operate under the assumption that you already have a custom recovery and you’ve already flashed the appropriate version of SuperSU.

The first thing you’ll want to do is jump over to this XDA thread and grab the latest version of the Material Design Xposed Installer. Systemless Xposed requires this—the previous installers will not work.

Once you’ve downloaded it, go ahead and install it on your handset. You’ll have to first make sure “Unknown Sources” is enabled in your phone’s Settings > Security menu, otherwise the installation will be blocked.



You can either download the APK directly to your phone, transfer it from your PC using something like Dropbox, or even move it onto your phone with a USB cable. Once that’s done, run the APK file to install the Xposed Installer app.



Once you’ve installed the Xposed Installer app, move on to step two.

Step Two: Flash the Systemless Xposed Package

After the installation is complete, go ahead and download the latest version of Systemless Xposed from this thread. (Yes, it’s separate from the Xposed Installer, which you installed in the last step.) There are three different files to choose from: Xposed, Xposed Alt, and Xposed Uninstaller. The “regular” version should work on nearly all devices—the “Alt” download is only required for some specific Samsung devices. If you have issues with the regular download, try the Alt.

With the file downloaded, you can go ahead and transfer it to your device using your preferred method—connecting the phone via USB and just copy/pasting the file into the root storage folder should work just fine.

Next, reboot your phone into recovery mode. Doing this is a bit different on every phone–for example, you may have to hold the Power and Volume Down buttons simultaneously, then use the volume keys to boot “Recovery Mode”. Google instructions for your specific model to see how it’s done.

To flash Xposed in TWRP, just tap the “Install” button, then scroll down to the Xposed installer you transferred to your device in the last step.




After selecting the file, just swipe the slider to start the flashing process.



When it’s finished installing, which should literally take a few seconds, just hit the “Reboot system” button. You’re done.

Step Three: Install Your Modules

From there, you can open up the Xposed Installer app on your phone and start installing modules, just like the old version of Xposed. Pretty much all of the modules should work just as they always have, and now you have the ability to completely disable it with the tap of a button. Sounds like a win-win to me.

By How to Geek

Who Will You Serve

Choose Whom You Will Serve

• Clint ArcherTheCripplegate.com

Choose your love & love your choice.

Buyer’s remorse often grips people just after they indulge in an expensive purchase. It’s a cognitive dissonance of the “what if” factor. What if what I bought isn’t as good as what I didn’t buy; what if I can’t afford it and will regret the expense later? Marketing pundits have come up with ways to ease the buyer’s distress. There are two main ways to do this.

The first tactic is to offer a reasonable exchange policy. If you regret your choice and change your mind you can simply return the item or exchange it for a different one. It’s the old “take the puppy home and if you want, just return it in a couple of days” routine.

The other method is a bit more crude, but just as effective: you remove the chance of buyer’s remorse caused by too many choices by limiting the choices. Apple does this. They don’t have 100 different laptops they have the Macbook –Air or –Pro in one color and two sizes. And when a new model hits the rack, the former choices evaporate into oblivion. You get what you get and you don’t get upset. But for this to work, you need a superior product.

In your spiritual life God has made your choice simple: the true, living, loving, all-powerful saving God, or dead idols who can’t save.

Joshua’s parting words to the nation of Israel was a simple case of choose your love, and then love your choice.

Here are three steps we find in Joshua’s famous charge to Israel to make a commitment to God…

1. CONSIDER YOUR CHOICES

Joshua 23: 6 Therefore, be very strong to keep and to do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses… 7 that you may not mix with these nations remaining among you or make mention of the names of their gods or swear by them or serve them or bow down to them, 8 but you shall cling to the Lord your God just as you have done to this day.

Joshua is about to call the nation to make a covenant to stay faithful to one God and so he reminds them of their options. God or non-gods. This is an easy choice.

2. CHOOSE YOUR MASTER

Joshua 24:14 “…Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord, choose this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

This is the statement that Joshua is famous for making. I’ve seen it adorning front doors, embroidered on pillows, and tattooed on the biceps of trendy pastors in Hebrew script.

It is an awesome commitment of breathtaking simplicity. “You do what you do, but I will serve God. I don’t care if my house is the only one in the world making this choice, we will serve the right God, the true God, the living God, come what may.”

And yet many Christians prefer to blend in. Denominations are endorsing the theory of evolution as more acceptable than the biblical account of creation. Some churches are limping between the choice to make an unpopular stand or to cave in to the pressure to accept unbiblical views about gender, marriage, parenting, and sexual behavior.

In 2014 NYTimes.com reported on the reinstatement of Frank Schaefer after he was removed from ministry for officiating at his son’s same-sex wedding. Schaefer was reported as saying: “Today there was a very clear and strong signal from the church, and that message is, ‘Change is on the way,’ … One day we will celebrate the fact that we have moved beyond this horrible chapter in our church’s life.”

By “horrible chapter” he means the time when the church agrees with God’s word, instead of the world’s immorality.

We need to know the truth, proclaim the truth, defend the truth, and even die for the truth. Because the truth matters! Even if we are the only church in the denomination, in the city, or in the world.

You need to commit too, even if yours is the only family in the school, in the suburb, or in the nation that does that.

If you haven’t done so already, you need to choose whom you will serve.

3. COMMIT TO STAY FAITHFUL

Joshua 24:22 Then Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord, to serve him.” And they said, “We are witnesses.” 23 He said, “Then put away the foreign gods that are among you, and incline your heart to the Lord, the God of Israel.”

The Puritan Henry Smyth once said of marriage, “First a man must choose his love, and then he must love his choice.” I suspect he culled that aphorism from Joshua.

Joshua is saying, “You need to choose the God you will love and serve, but then you need to love and serve and sacrifice for your choice. And it’s not easy. This God is a holy God and he is a jealous God. He will not put up with sin nor will he tolerate unfaithfulness.”

The realization of the difficulty of our commitment begets our need for grace. It’s a commitment that we need to keep making every day. But if Jesus is God, then no matter what he says, I’m all in. If he is my Lord and my God, then he gets to decide how I should live, what I believe, and what happens to me.

If you are not up to that kind of commitment, then you are in the wrong religion.

How about you; are you all in?

Have you chosen your love?

Now love your choice
.

Hide Valuables While Traveling

7 Genius Ways to Hide Valuables While Traveling

By Shannon McMahon, 

Nothing ruins a once-in-a-lifetime trip like losing your wallet, phone, or passport—yet many tourist destinations are rife with talented pickpockets. Luckily, you can defend your stuff with everything from secret underwear compartments to shoes with built-in money slots. Here are seven truly genius hacks for hiding valuables while traveling.

Disguise Your Money Belt

Forget about the fanny pack-esque money belts of yesteryear. Leather smuggler's belts like this Duluth Trading Co. option have inner zipper-closure compartments perfect for hiding emergency money and spare keys. This versatile men's option comes in brown and black, and boasts a 19-inch hidden pocket. It costs $70, but there's no telling how much trouble it could save you on your travels.

Stealthy Bra Pouches

For women, a secret bra pouch is the better option. Eagle Creek's Undercover Bra Stash is affordable and easy to hide under clothes. Throw your cards, cash, and keys in the silk pouch and fasten it safely around the center of any bra. It's washable, comes with a lifetime warranty, and can comfortably fit small valuables in its three-by-four-inch interior. It's also a wise investment for just $14.

Stash Cards in a Phone Case

Consolidating your phone and credit cards into one easy-to-hide case will lighten your load and keep your most important cards out of sight. Incipio's Wallet Coverdoubles as a kickstand case for watching videos on the plane, and is on sale (at time of publication) for just $14.99. It also comes in an array of colors and sizes.

Bury Your Beach Items

Beach safes aren't always the most discrete way to hide your wallet and other valuables, but one that you can bury right beneath you will put all your items out of sight. The Beach Vault is meant to be hand-drilled into the sand under your blanket, so even the most observant thieves won't be able to locate any of your personal items. It comes with a beach towel and pillow, and costs about $40.

SlotFlops

If the age-old trick of hiding emergency money in shoes is more your style, stop stashing cash in your smelly socks and get some summer-friendly SlotFlops. These travel flipflops have a built-in pouch big enough for your cards and money, and come in an array of colors for about $25. As an added bonus, you can get a card-sized travel tool that includes a metal wrench, saw, ruler, bottle opener, and sun compass. Just be careful about where you take it—the TSA could confiscate it from your shoe or carry-on, but it's perfect for fishing trips and camping.

KangaROOS

For a sturdier shoe with compartments, try the original sneaker made with an outer money pocket: KangaROOS. The hidden compartment is big enough for some emergency bills and a spare key, and thieves won't notice the tiny outer pouch beneath the ROOS logo. On sale (at time of publication) for $73, these durable walking sneakers will last long enough to prove their worth.

Make a Decoy Wallet

If all else fails, it's smart to have a decoy wallet handy in the event that you get pick-pocketed or held up. Thieves will probably go for any old wallet you pack with old gift cards or the cardboard junk-mail cards banks sometimes mail out. You can throw or hand over a decoy wallet in the event of a mugging, or keep one at the top of your bag in case a pickpocket strikes. To take it one step further, keep your actual valuables in an unassuming maxi-pad wrapper that thieves won't want to swipe.

GoT News

Game of Thrones: HBO confirms season 8 will be last

BY JAMES HIBBERD • @JAMESHIBBERD


(HBO)


HBO has just answered a huge lingering question about Game of Thrones.

EW asked the network’s new programming president Casey Bloys if he plans to go along with showrunners’ David Benioff and Dan Weiss’ oft-stated desire to end their fantasy hit with season 8.

Bloys said yes, that is the current plan – the first time somebody at HBO has confirmed this.

“Yes, they have a very specific plan about the number of seasons they want to do,” Bloys said at the Television Critics Association’s press tour in Beverly Hills on Saturday. “Believe me, as the new [programming executive] coming in, if I could get them to do more. I would take 10 more seasons. But we take their lead on what they think they can do the best version of the show.”

The showrunners have also planned for the eighth season to consist of merely six episodes. On that front, however, Bloys said the exact number of season eight episodes is not yet final.

We then asked if the team is considering a Thrones spin-off to continue the valuable franchise. Thrones is one of TV’s most watched shows with 25 million total viewers this year across all platforms.

“We’ve talked about it,” he said. “It’s something I’m not opposed to, but of course it has to make sense creatively. I’m not sure that [Benioff and Weiss] could really wrap their heads around it when they’re just about to start production [on season 7]. It’s a pretty intense production, they’re about to start production soon. I’m open to it. The guys weren’t opposed to it, but there’s no concrete plans for it at this point.”

Also, with the production delay of season seven – which will debut its seven episodes next summer – the executive confirmed the plan will take Thrones out of the running for the Emmys next year. Thrones received 23 prime-time 2016 Emmy nominations, more than any other show, but requires a heavy amount of winter location shooting for the next season (locations include a production unit filming in Iceland).

Still, Bloys pointed out, “Even if we took Thrones Emmys away this year, we’d still have more than anyone else.”

The executive was also asked about the fate of True Detective, and had this to say.

Sun Inspiration

Morning Inspiration with Pastor Merritt

“All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 )

On July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy, Jr. lost control of the plane he was flying and spiraled into the ground; the crash instantly killed himself, his wife, and his sister-in-law. Investigators later declared the crash was most likely due to pilot error and that Kennedy was flying the plane via Visual Flight Rules (VFR) instead of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR)—if Kennedy had been using the plane's instruments as his guide, and had not relied on his own visual estimation, he may well have landed that plane safely. As a believer, I want to stress to you how critical it is that you daily live life guided by God’s Word.

Every day that you go without reading your Bible, you are flying VFR. Now that’s okay as long as the weather is good and the sky is clear. But the problem comes when you go through clouds of conflict, storms of sorrow, haze of hurt, and the thunder of temptation. If you try to navigate your way through those tough times by your feelings rather than by faith and God’s Word, your plane will crash. Look back at the Scripture passage again. What does it say the Bible ought to be to the life of a believer? It teaches us what is true, it gives us the knowledge of right and wrong, it corrects us, it prepares and equips us.

The fact is, every single decision you make in life, will be made one of two ways: either by what you think and feel, or by what God has said in His Word. If you want to stay on the right course for your life, you must read your instruction book, the Bible, and daily look to it’s truth for answers and guidance. Start today by asking the Lord to open your eyes to His leading and guidance. He has given you His Spirit as a believer, lean into His divine direction. It never fails, never malfunctions and it is the only way to fly.

Thoughts for the Day

Salvation is not a reward you get at the end of the race. Salvation is the gift that puts you into the race. I encourage you, today, if you’re not in the race give your life to Jesus. He’s got the shoes and the uniform waiting for you. If you are in race, run it for the glory of God, keeping your eyes on Jesus who will make you a winner.

 - Pastor Merritt

Time to Redefine

It’s Time to Redefine Failure

It’s Time to Redefine Failure
By Rick Warren

“Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lordis kept safe” (Proverbs 29:25 NIV).

Satan’s favorite tool to diminish your faith is the fear of failure. But you cannot serve God and be constantly worried about what other people think. You have to move forward. Proverbs 29:25 says, “Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lordis kept safe”(NIV).

So how do you get rid of the fear of failure?

One way is to redefine failure. What is failure? Failure is not failing to reach your goal. Failure is not having a goal. Failure is not failing to hit your target. Failure is not having a target. Failure is not falling down. Failure is refusing to get back up. You’re never a failure until you quit. So if you’re attempting something for the glory of God, that’s a good thing. Failure is not trying and not accomplishing anything. Failure is failing to try.

Another way to get rid of the fear of failure is to never compare yourself to anybody else. You’re always going to find somebody who’s doing a better job, and you get discouraged. And, you’re always going to find somebody who’s not doing as good a job as you are, and you become full of pride. Both of them will mess up your life. Discouragement and pride will keep you from serving God’s purpose for your life.

The Bible says in Galatians 6:4, “Each of you must examine your own actions. Then you can be proud of your own accomplishments without comparing yourself to others”(GW).

Did you notice that the Bible says there is a legitimate pride? There’s a good kind of pride and there’s a bad kind of pride. The bad kind of pride is comparing: “I’m better than so and so!” The good kind of pride is, “God, I’m proud of what you’re doing in my family, my business, my life, my walk of faith.” That’s the good kind of pride.

When you get to Heaven, God isn’t going to say, “Why weren’t you more like so and so?” He’s going to say, “Why weren’t you who I made you to be?”

Let go of your fear of failure, because anything you’re attempting for God in faith is a good thing, regardless of the results.

Talk It Over

• How has your fear of what other people think kept you from moving forward in faith?
• In what ways are you using your gifts and abilities to work toward your goals?
• What failures have kept you from pursuing your goals and dreams? What do you think God wants you to learn from those setbacks?

Breaking News - Shooting

3 dead, 1 injured in Mukilteo shooting

By Seattle Times staff

Three people were killed and one injured in a shooting at a Mukilteo home early Saturday. A suspect has been arrested in Lewis County.

Police were called to the house in the 10000 block of Chenault Beach Road just after midnight. They found the three people dead, said Mukilteo Police Officer Myron Travis. The injured person was taken to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Travis said.

At a 4:30 a.m. media briefing at City Hall, Mayor Jennifer Gregerson said the early reports about the injured person’s condition were “hopeful.”

“Our community has suffered a great loss tonight,” she said.

Travis, who also attended the briefing, declined to confirm reports that the people in the home might have been high school or college age. He would not give information on the victims’ identities or the person he said had been arrested overnight in Lewis County, based on a description gained from interviews.

Travis said 15 to 20 people were gathered at the home when the shooting began. He said law-enforcement officials interviewed those who had been at the house and they were reunited with their families afterward at a church.

Travis said, an arrest was made during a traffic stop at milepost 75 on southbound Interstate 5 in Lewis County. Travis did not provide information on whether a weapon had been recovered.

For those affected by the violence, Gregerson said, “We will stand for them and be there for them.”

Enable Offline Browsing

How to Enable Offline Browsing in Chrome

When you visit a webpage in a browser, all the resources, such as images, style sheets, and Javascript files, are downloaded and stored in the browser’s cache. This allows webpages you’ve already visited to load more quickly because the browser doesn’t have to download the resources again.

The cache can also be useful if you know you’re going to be somewhere where the internet connectivity is spotty, or where you won’t have any connection at all. Chrome’s offline mode allows you to use the cache to view webpages you’ve already visited (and were copied to the cache) when you are offline.

Chrome’s built-in offline mode is not easy to find, but we’ll show you where to find it and how to enable and use it.

NOTE: Offline mode is enabled in the chrome://flags features. These are experimental features that may change, break, or disappear at any time and could negatively affect your browsing experience. However, if you follow our instructions, you should have no problem.

To enable the built-in offline mode in Chrome, type chrome://flags/#show-saved-copy  in the address bar and press “Enter”. This will take you directly to the command you’ll be enabling, which makes toggling the setting even easier.



Under “Show Saved Copy Button”, select “Enable: Primary” from the dropdown list. The “Enable: Secondary” option provides the same functionality in a slightly different way. You can use either and we’ll discuss the difference a bit later in this article.



To have your change take effect, click “Relaunch Now”.



Now, when you’re offline and you visit a website, it will be loaded entirely from the saved copy in the cache instead of downloaded from the website’s server. So, if you know you’re going to be without an internet connection, be sure to visit the websites you want offline access to before then, so they are stored in the cache for offline access.

When you visit a website while you’re offline, you may briefly see the following “This site can’t be reached” screen. This screen displays when “Enable: Primary” is selected in the Show Saved Copy Button drop-down list on the chrome://flags page. Notice that the “Show saved copy” button is blue and is displayed to the left of the Reload button.

This screen goes away quickly, but there will be another one (we’ll show you in a bit) that will allow you to access the cached copy of the website you’re trying to visit.



If you selected “Enabled: Secondary” under Show Saved Copy Button, the “Show saved copy” button is gray and on the right. But, it works the same way in either position.



The “This site can’t be reached” screen is replaced with the “There is no Internet connection” screen. To access the cached version of the website you’re trying to visit, click the “Show saved copy” button.



In addition to Chrome for Windows, the offline mode feature is also available in Chrome for Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, and Android, and works the same way as it does in Windows.

Remember that you are viewing old versions of webpages when you access cached copies of them. You can use offline mode to view any website offline, but it’s probably more useful for websites that don’t update that often, so the cached copy is not quite so out-of-date. Besides viewing cached copies of websites while you’re offline, there are also many Chrome apps that you can use offline.

If you visit a website that is not cached, you’ll see the screen above, but the Show saved copy button will not be available. Also, if you clear your cache, you’ll have to visit the websites you want offline access to while you have an internet connection, so those websites are stored in your cache again and available when you do not have an internet connection. Not clearing your cache is also a way to speed up your browsing experience in Chrome.

By How to Geek

Transfer Contacts

How to Transfer Contacts Between Google Accounts

Google provides no way to automatically sync contacts between two different Google accounts. Instead, you’ll have to perform a manual two-step process where you export your contacts from one account to a comma-separated values (CSV) file, then import contacts from that file into your second account. Here’s how to get it done.

Step One: Export Contacts from Your First Google Account

The first step in transferring your contacts is to export them from the account where they reside. Head to the Google Contacts page and sign in to the account with the contacts you want to transfer. Select the contacts you want to transfer or just click the select all button if you want to move everything.

Click the “More” button and then select “Export” from the drop-down menu that appears.

In the Export Contacts window, make sure that the right contacts are selected. You can choose between the contacts you had selected when you started the export, a specific group, or all contacts in the account. Select the “Google CSV format (for importing into a Google account)” option and then click Export.

The CSV file will download to your default download location and will be named “Google Contacts.” Just to avoid confusion, we recommend moving the file to its own folder and renaming it something that makes sense to you.

Step Two: Import Contacts into Your Second Google Account

Now that you’ve got the exported file with your contacts, it’s time to import those contacts into your other Google account. So, head back to the Google Contacts page and sign in with your second account. Click the “More” button and choose the “Import” command from the drop-down menu that appears.

In the Import Contacts window, click the “Choose File” button, and then point it toward the file of exported contacts you created in the previous step.

And finally, click the “Import” button to import the saved contacts into your account.

The imported contacts will show up in your “My Contacts” list and you can also view just the imported contacts in a special group that’s named according to the date you did the importing.

And that’s all you have to do. Hopefully, given the apparent desire in their support forums, Google will at some point add the ability to automatically keep contacts from multiple accounts in sync. In the meantime, it’s pretty quick to just do an occasional export/import.

If you really need to keep your Google accounts in sync, there are a few third-party options out there, but we couldn’t find anything free that worked well. FullContact is the most well-regarded and reliable service, allowing you to keep up to five accounts synced up, including Google, iCloud, Outlook, and Office 365 accounts. It does run $9.99/month, though (or $99.99 for a year), which is a pretty high price to pay if you’re just looking for a little convenience. But depending on how important syncing is to you, the price may be worth it.