How to shoot great fireworks photos with any camera

<div class="imageContainer580xX" style="width:320px;height:auto;clear:both;margin:auto;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px"><img class="galleryImage imgId100045099 " itemprop="image" src="http://zapt1.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/07/photographfireworks_primary-100045099-gallery.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 320px; max-width: 100%;"></div> <div class="department" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden"><a class="topCatLink" href="http://www.techhive.com/category/phones" style="color:rgb(215,114,39);float:left;font-family:ff-enzo-web,sans-serif;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:5px"><span style="line-height:1.7em;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif">Independence Day is also unofficially known as barbecue-and-fireworks day—and while I can't help you grill a better burger, you've come to the right place if you're looking for some quick tips on taking better photos of your local pyrotechnics display. Believe it or not, it's pretty easy to capture dramatic and vivid fireworks in a photo.</span><br> </a></div><span itemprop="articleBody description text" style><a class="zoom cboxElement" href="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/fireworks1-100044852-orig.jpg" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)"><img alt="" border="0" height="388" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/fireworks1-100044852-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="580"></a>These fireworks were captured in manual mode with an 8-second exposure at f/8.<h2 style="font-family:ff-enzo-web,sans-serif;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0.25em"> Fireworks with a point-and-shoot</h2><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">If you have a point-and-shoot or compact digital camera with a variety of scene modes, you're in luck—taking photos of fireworks should be fairly straightforward. Set the camera to Fireworks mode (you might need to refer to your user guide to see how to change scene modes), and your camera will use a slower shutter speed to help you capture light trails. That's the only camera setting you need to mess with.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Since you're shooting with a slower shutter speed, keeping the camera steady is essential to prevent shake and blur. If possible, mount the camera on a tripod—even a lightweight one will do. No tripod handy? Steady the camera by leaning it on a wall, a chair, the hood of your car, or some other rigid surface. You might even want to carry beanbags to stabilize the camera, or use a gadget like <a href="http://thepod.ca/" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">The Pod</a>, which is essentially a small beanbag with a tripod mounting screw built in.</p> <a class="zoom cboxElement" href="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/fireworks2-100044851-orig.jpg" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)"><img alt="" border="0" height="390" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/fireworks2-100044851-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="580"></a>Don't let bad weather put a damper on your shooting. You can get good photos even in cloudy, drizzly conditions.<p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> If your camera lacks a variety of scene modes, you can probably still get some good photos. Set your camera to Landscape mode, which sets the focus at infinity, and cover the lens with your hand at the very moment you press the shutter release so that the lack of light will encourage the camera to take a longer exposure.</p> <h2 style="font-family:ff-enzo-web,sans-serif;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0.25em">Using a Digital SLR</h2><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">If you have an advanced compact camera or a digital SLR, you can use manual exposure controls to get a little more creative. Skip Fireworks mode and switch to Manual, where you can dial in the aperture and the shutter speed separately.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Here's how to crack the code of manual exposure settings: When you're shooting light sources at night, the aperture largely controls the brightness of the lights, while the shutter speed determines how long the light trails appear in the photo. Start with f/8 and 2 seconds, and review your shots in the LCD display. If you want brighter fireworks, open the aperture by making the f number smaller. If the overall photo looks overexposed, make the f-number bigger. You can get great fireworks with a wide range of settings; don't be afraid to make the shutter speed much slower, as well.</p> <a class="zoom cboxElement" href="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/fireworks3-100044853-orig.jpg" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)"><img alt="" border="0" height="329" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/fireworks3-100044853-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="580"></a>Rather than simply capturing fireworks in the sky, frame the shot to include some of the landscape as well.<h2 style="font-family:ff-enzo-web,sans-serif;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0.25em"> Capturing fireworks with a smartphone</h2><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Now for the inevitable question: Can you get nice photos of fireworks with a smartphone? Unfortunately, smartphones simply aren't equipped for the rigors of taking fireworks photos. One limitation is their inherently wide-angle lens; another is their inability to control the aperture or shutter speed.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">However, with an app like <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/top-camera-hdr-slow-shutter/id463430049?mt=8" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">Top Camera</a>, which includes the ability to force your phone to use a slightly slower shutter mode, you can try to capture some fireworks. In doing that, remember to stabilize your phone, since holding it in your hand will inevitably give you blurry results.</p> <h2 style="font-family:ff-enzo-web,sans-serif;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0.25em">Other tips</h2><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Once you get the hang of shooting fireworks, try setting the shutter speed to the Bulb setting, if you have one. Bulb leaves the shutter open for as long as you depress the shutter release, and it's a great way to make sure that you capture exactly what you see in the sky —you control when the exposure starts and stops. Be careful not to leave the shutter open too long, though, or you can get an overexposed mess. You can always review your last shot in the LCD display, though, to see how you're doing.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">If you have control over your camera's focus, set it at infinity and leave it there. The fireworks will likely be far enough away that the camera will focus at infinity anyway, and manually making the camera focus at infinity will save you time and frustration. Fireworks and Landscape modes do this for you automatically; with an SLR, you'll need to remember to dial the focus to infinity on your own.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Also, leave the camera's ISO at the lowest setting—probably about 100—so that you can minimize noise, which will be worse than usual because of the long exposure times. Likewise, if your camera offers a noise-reduction feature, it's a good idea to turn it on.</p> </span>

How to shoot great fireworks photos with any camera

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How to shoot great fireworks photos with any camera

<div class="imageContainer580xX" style="width:320px;height:auto;clear:both;margin:auto;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px"><img class="galleryImage imgId100045099 " itemprop="image" src="http://zapt1.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/07/photographfireworks_primary-100045099-gallery.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 320px; max-width: 100%;"></div> <div class="department" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden"><a class="topCatLink" href="http://www.techhive.com/category/phones" style="color:rgb(215,114,39);float:left;font-family:ff-enzo-web,sans-serif;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:5px"><span style="line-height:1.7em;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif">Independence Day is also unofficially known as barbecue-and-fireworks day—and while I can't help you grill a better burger, you've come to the right place if you're looking for some quick tips on taking better photos of your local pyrotechnics display. Believe it or not, it's pretty easy to capture dramatic and vivid fireworks in a photo.</span><br> </a></div><span itemprop="articleBody description text" style><a class="zoom cboxElement" href="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/fireworks1-100044852-orig.jpg" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)"><img alt="" border="0" height="388" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/fireworks1-100044852-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="580"></a>These fireworks were captured in manual mode with an 8-second exposure at f/8.<h2 style="font-family:ff-enzo-web,sans-serif;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0.25em"> Fireworks with a point-and-shoot</h2><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">If you have a point-and-shoot or compact digital camera with a variety of scene modes, you're in luck—taking photos of fireworks should be fairly straightforward. Set the camera to Fireworks mode (you might need to refer to your user guide to see how to change scene modes), and your camera will use a slower shutter speed to help you capture light trails. That's the only camera setting you need to mess with.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Since you're shooting with a slower shutter speed, keeping the camera steady is essential to prevent shake and blur. If possible, mount the camera on a tripod—even a lightweight one will do. No tripod handy? Steady the camera by leaning it on a wall, a chair, the hood of your car, or some other rigid surface. You might even want to carry beanbags to stabilize the camera, or use a gadget like <a href="http://thepod.ca/" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">The Pod</a>, which is essentially a small beanbag with a tripod mounting screw built in.</p> <a class="zoom cboxElement" href="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/fireworks2-100044851-orig.jpg" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)"><img alt="" border="0" height="390" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/fireworks2-100044851-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="580"></a>Don't let bad weather put a damper on your shooting. You can get good photos even in cloudy, drizzly conditions.<p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> If your camera lacks a variety of scene modes, you can probably still get some good photos. Set your camera to Landscape mode, which sets the focus at infinity, and cover the lens with your hand at the very moment you press the shutter release so that the lack of light will encourage the camera to take a longer exposure.</p> <h2 style="font-family:ff-enzo-web,sans-serif;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0.25em">Using a Digital SLR</h2><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">If you have an advanced compact camera or a digital SLR, you can use manual exposure controls to get a little more creative. Skip Fireworks mode and switch to Manual, where you can dial in the aperture and the shutter speed separately.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Here's how to crack the code of manual exposure settings: When you're shooting light sources at night, the aperture largely controls the brightness of the lights, while the shutter speed determines how long the light trails appear in the photo. Start with f/8 and 2 seconds, and review your shots in the LCD display. If you want brighter fireworks, open the aperture by making the f number smaller. If the overall photo looks overexposed, make the f-number bigger. You can get great fireworks with a wide range of settings; don't be afraid to make the shutter speed much slower, as well.</p> <a class="zoom cboxElement" href="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/fireworks3-100044853-orig.jpg" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)"><img alt="" border="0" height="329" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/fireworks3-100044853-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="580"></a>Rather than simply capturing fireworks in the sky, frame the shot to include some of the landscape as well.<h2 style="font-family:ff-enzo-web,sans-serif;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0.25em"> Capturing fireworks with a smartphone</h2><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Now for the inevitable question: Can you get nice photos of fireworks with a smartphone? Unfortunately, smartphones simply aren't equipped for the rigors of taking fireworks photos. One limitation is their inherently wide-angle lens; another is their inability to control the aperture or shutter speed.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">However, with an app like <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/top-camera-hdr-slow-shutter/id463430049?mt=8" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">Top Camera</a>, which includes the ability to force your phone to use a slightly slower shutter mode, you can try to capture some fireworks. In doing that, remember to stabilize your phone, since holding it in your hand will inevitably give you blurry results.</p> <h2 style="font-family:ff-enzo-web,sans-serif;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0.25em">Other tips</h2><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Once you get the hang of shooting fireworks, try setting the shutter speed to the Bulb setting, if you have one. Bulb leaves the shutter open for as long as you depress the shutter release, and it's a great way to make sure that you capture exactly what you see in the sky —you control when the exposure starts and stops. Be careful not to leave the shutter open too long, though, or you can get an overexposed mess. You can always review your last shot in the LCD display, though, to see how you're doing.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">If you have control over your camera's focus, set it at infinity and leave it there. The fireworks will likely be far enough away that the camera will focus at infinity anyway, and manually making the camera focus at infinity will save you time and frustration. Fireworks and Landscape modes do this for you automatically; with an SLR, you'll need to remember to dial the focus to infinity on your own.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Also, leave the camera's ISO at the lowest setting—probably about 100—so that you can minimize noise, which will be worse than usual because of the long exposure times. Likewise, if your camera offers a noise-reduction feature, it's a good idea to turn it on.</p> </span>

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How to fix a broken favicon

<div class="department" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:21px"><a class="topCatLink" href="http://www.pcworld.com/category/browsers" style="color:rgb(172,31,43);float:left;font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:5px"><br> </a></div><span itemprop="articleBody description text" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:21px"><img alt="facebook logo" border="0" height="200" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/05/facebook-logo-square-100038201-orig.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="200"><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> A couple days ago, I fired up my Web browser to discover that my Facebook<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">"favicon"</a>(the little icon that appears on the favorites toolbar right below the address bar) had changed.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">In place of that familiar little blue "f," I was looking at some grayish approximation of a sailboat sail. I'm not sure how it happened or why, but fortunately all my other favicons looked fine.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Needless to say, I wanted to restore the Facebook icon to normal. But how? I tried right-clicking the icon in search of some related setting, finding <em style>Edit</em> the only likely choice. Nope, nothing helpful there.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Then I took to the Web, searching for articles on fixing broken favicons in Google Chrome, but found surprisingly little info on the subject. Apparently I could wipe the entire favicons database and then restart Chrome, but that seemed a little extreme—and I'd have to revisit every bookmarked site to get its favicon to reload.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">This seemed like such a tiny problem, and yet there didn't seem to be a fix. Crazy!</p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Then my palm instinctively went to my forehead as I figured out the obvious solution. (Be honest: Did you already guess it by now?) I deleted the favicon, went back to Facebook, then created a new one (by dragging the icon from the left edge of the address bar to favorites toolbar). Presto: fixed.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Yes, I am rightly embarrassed for overlooking such a simple answer. Sometimes we in the tech biz get so wrapped up in nitty-gritty troubleshooting, we forget the software equivalent of, "Make sure it's plugged in." Or, in this case, "Unplug it, then plug it back in."</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Anyway, enjoy your Independence Day (if you celebrate it), and I'll see you back here on Monday with more <em style>ah-mazing</em> problem-solving tricks.</p></span>

How to fix a broken favicon

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How to fix a broken favicon

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How to manage Gmail labels (and use them as folders)

<div class="imageContainer580xX" style="width:320px;height:auto;clear:both;margin:auto;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px"><img class="largeImage imgId100035877 " itemprop="image" src="http://zapt2.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/05/gmail_logo-100035877-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 320px; max-width: 100%;"></div> <div class="department" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden"><a class="topCatLink" href="http://www.techhive.com/category/social-media" style="color:rgb(215,114,39);float:left;font-family:ff-enzo-web,sans-serif;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:5px"><br> </a></div><span itemprop="articleBody description text" style><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Gmail labels behave very much like folders in other digital environments. You can store messages and conversations in them to organize your mail. And they're hierarchical--you can put one label inside another. For instance, I keep an Answer Line label, and inside that I have labels for newly-arrived reader questions, questions I've put aside for possible use in the blog, and reader comments.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Google doesn't called them <em style>folders</em>because you can attach multiple labels to a single message. Imagine you're dealing with paper instead of electronic messages. You can put a sheet of paper into a folder, then pull it out and put it in another folder, but you can't keep it in both folders at the same time. Yet you can stick two or four or 18 labels onto that sheet of paper. Add the kind of search capabilities you don't get with paper, and you can see the advantages..</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">You've got three ways to assign a label to a message:</p><ol style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 40px"><li style="line-height:1.45em"><a class="zoom cboxElement" href="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/06/0701-label-100042778-orig.jpg" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)"><img alt="" border="0" height="110" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/06/0701-label-100042778-small.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="140"></a>Click for full sizeIf you select or open a message, you'll see a label icon near the top of the Gmail window. To assign a label to a message, click that icon, select one or more labels from the pull-down, then click<em style>Apply </em>at the bottom of the menu.</li> <li style="line-height:1.45em">You can also <em style>move </em>a message to another label--which feels like pulling it out of one folder and putting it in another. That's why you move a message by clicking the folder icon to the immediate left of the label icon.</li> <li style="line-height:1.45em">You can also move a message by dragging it to a label in the left column.</li></ol><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">To create a new label, click either of the two icons discussed above, and select <em style>Create new.</em></p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Gmail offers two ways to make other changes to labels, such as renaming them, deleting them, and so on:</p><ol style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 40px"><li style="line-height:1.45em"> Click either of the discussed icons discussed above. The last item on the pull-down menu will be <em style>Manage labels.</em> This brings you to a full-page label-editing environment.</li><li style="line-height:1.45em"><img alt="" border="0" height="281" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/06/0701-edit-label-100042779-orig.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="324">Point to a label in the left column, but don't click. A down arrow icon will appear to the right. Click it for a menu of editing options.</li> </ol></span>

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How to manage Gmail labels (and use them as folders)

<div class="imageContainer580xX" style="width:320px;height:auto;clear:both;margin:auto;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px"><img class="largeImage imgId100035877 " itemprop="image" src="http://zapt2.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/05/gmail_logo-100035877-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 320px; max-width: 100%;"></div> <div class="department" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden"><a class="topCatLink" href="http://www.techhive.com/category/social-media" style="color:rgb(215,114,39);float:left;font-family:ff-enzo-web,sans-serif;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:5px"><br> </a></div><span itemprop="articleBody description text" style><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Gmail labels behave very much like folders in other digital environments. You can store messages and conversations in them to organize your mail. And they're hierarchical--you can put one label inside another. For instance, I keep an Answer Line label, and inside that I have labels for newly-arrived reader questions, questions I've put aside for possible use in the blog, and reader comments.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Google doesn't called them <em style>folders</em>because you can attach multiple labels to a single message. Imagine you're dealing with paper instead of electronic messages. You can put a sheet of paper into a folder, then pull it out and put it in another folder, but you can't keep it in both folders at the same time. Yet you can stick two or four or 18 labels onto that sheet of paper. Add the kind of search capabilities you don't get with paper, and you can see the advantages..</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">You've got three ways to assign a label to a message:</p><ol style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 40px"><li style="line-height:1.45em"><a class="zoom cboxElement" href="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/06/0701-label-100042778-orig.jpg" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)"><img alt="" border="0" height="110" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/06/0701-label-100042778-small.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="140"></a>Click for full sizeIf you select or open a message, you'll see a label icon near the top of the Gmail window. To assign a label to a message, click that icon, select one or more labels from the pull-down, then click<em style>Apply </em>at the bottom of the menu.</li> <li style="line-height:1.45em">You can also <em style>move </em>a message to another label--which feels like pulling it out of one folder and putting it in another. That's why you move a message by clicking the folder icon to the immediate left of the label icon.</li> <li style="line-height:1.45em">You can also move a message by dragging it to a label in the left column.</li></ol><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">To create a new label, click either of the two icons discussed above, and select <em style>Create new.</em></p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Gmail offers two ways to make other changes to labels, such as renaming them, deleting them, and so on:</p><ol style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 40px"><li style="line-height:1.45em"> Click either of the discussed icons discussed above. The last item on the pull-down menu will be <em style>Manage labels.</em> This brings you to a full-page label-editing environment.</li><li style="line-height:1.45em"><img alt="" border="0" height="281" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/06/0701-edit-label-100042779-orig.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="324">Point to a label in the left column, but don't click. A down arrow icon will appear to the right. Click it for a menu of editing options.</li> </ol></span>

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How to overclock your new Haswell CPU like a pro

<div class="imageContainer580xX" style="width:320px;height:auto;clear:both;margin:auto;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px"><img class="galleryImage imgId100046827 " itemprop="image" src="http://zapt1.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/07/overclockhaswell2_primary-100046827-gallery.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 320px; max-width: 100%;"></div> <div class="department" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden"><a class="topCatLink" href="http://www.pcworld.com/category/components-processors" style="color:rgb(172,31,43);float:left;font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:5px"><span style="line-height:1.7em;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Speed freaks, take note: If you shelled out for an unlocked version of Intel's new Haswell processor and haven't overclocked your PC yet, you're missing out on some serious—and free—performance improvements.</span><br> </a></div><span itemprop="articleBody description text" style><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Last month I spent $1000 to build the<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2040319/build-the-ultimate-intel-haswell-pc-for-under-1000.html" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">ultimate Haswell PC</a>, a speedy machine powered by a Core i7-4770K, a fast solid-state drive, 8GB of RAM, and a discrete graphics card.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Since gaming performance wasn't the primary goal, I spent the majority of my budget on a premium processor and solid-state storage drive. A speedy CPU-SSD combo gives you the smoothest overall computing experience, especially with a streamlined operating system like Windows 8.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">But I had an even better reason for buying a premium Haswell processor: overclocking.</p><a class="zoom cboxElement" href="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/foundation-100046736-orig.jpg" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)"><img alt="" border="0" height="447" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/foundation-100046736-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="580"></a>The foundation of my Haswell PC is an Intel Core i7-4770K processor, a Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H motherboard, Kingston HyperX RAM, and a Sapphire Radeon HD 7790 DualX graphics card.<p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> Sure, I could have saved a few bucks building the new Haswell-powered rig by opting for a cheaper CPU, perhaps using the extra scratch to slap in a more powerful GPU, but I thought that springing for the top-of-the-line Core i7-4770K was ideal for a couple of reasons. Not only is the Core i7-4770K the <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2040495/intel-releases-faster-more-efficient-core-cpus-in-renewed-bid-for-mobile-market.html" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">fastest quad-core processor</a> Intel has released to date, but its "K" designation means the chip is unlocked, which allows for easier and more flexible overclocking. I didn't do any overclocking for the original article I wrote, because budget constraints forced me to stick with stock cooling, but that didn't stop me from upgrading the rig after the fact to see just what it could do with a bit of tweaking.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">I'm happy to report that the overclocking process was simple, safe, and rewarding. You can easily net a 15 to 25 percent improvement in PC performance tests by overclocking your Haswell CPU with the following process.</p> <h2 style="font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0.25em">It's getting hot in here</h2><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">First, a quick bit of background about the danger of overclocking: If you follow the desktop processor scene, you may remember reading about the thermal issues that cropped up while overclocking Intel's third-generation Ivy Bridge processors. Eager enthusiasts immediately started overclocking the chips and found that the processors seemed to run significantly hotter than the previous generation's Sandy Bridge-based products under certain overclocked conditions.</p> <a class="zoom cboxElement" href="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/haswell-100046737-orig.jpg" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)"><img alt="" border="0" height="423" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/haswell-100046737-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="580"></a>Intel's Haswell-based 4th Generation Core processors require potent cooling to keep temperatures manageable while overclocking.<p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> Two things were to blame for making Ivy Bridge chips hot under the collar: First, the 22nm tri-gate transistors used to manufacture the chips were more densely packed into a smaller area with Ivy Bridge, which in turn increased the chips' thermal density. Second, Intel replaced the flux-less solder used to bond the integrated heat spreader (or IHS) to the die on Sandy Bridge processors with a lower-performing, paste-like thermal interface material. The combination of increased heat density and a crappier TIM caused overclocked Ivy Bridge chips to heat up pretty quickly. The chips were still highly overclockable, but you had to take extra precautions because their temperatures would more quickly and more dramatically spike under load.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Unfortunately, Haswell chips suffer from the same thermal issues. The chips are manufactured using a similar 22nm tri-gate process, and the same thermal paste is used under their heat spreaders. As such, you need to be aggressive about keeping your Haswell CPU cool while overclocking to maintain stability and ensure peak performance.</p> <h2 style="font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0.25em">The cooling conundrum</h2><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Overclocking an unlocked Haswell CPU is technically possible with any cooler, but the more significant the overclock, the more powerful the CPU's cooler must be. This is true of any processor, but since this is your brand-new CPU we're talking about, I have to warn you again to please, please use a high-quality cooler. The <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2023752/the-biggest-baddest-most-utterly-ridonkulous-pc-coolers-of-all-time.html" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">bigger and badder</a>, the better.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">If you really want to push the limits of your Haswell-based processor—using voltages above 1.25V or so, and clock speeds approaching 5GHz—I strongly recommend <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2028293/liquid-cooling-vs-traditional-cooling-what-you-need-to-know.html" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">water</a> or more-exotic cooling methods. A high-end air cooler, however, will still allow for plenty of fun. As part of my overclocking experiment, I enlisted the help of a gargantuan air cooler from Noctua, the NH-U14S, which dwarfs Intel's stock cooler.</p> <a class="zoom cboxElement" href="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/cooler-100046738-orig.jpg" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)"><img alt="" border="0" height="674" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/cooler-100046738-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="580"></a>Noctua's NH-U14S cooler is bigger than your average case fan, but it ensures that your new CPU will remain icy cool under overclocking pressure.<p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> The Noctua NH-U14S is <em style>big—</em>roughly 6 by 4 inches, weighing just shy of 3 pounds with a single 140mm cooling fan installed. The heat-sink assembly is made up of a copper base and multiple copper heat pipes, linked to a large, dense array of aluminum cooling fins. All of the joints on the heat sink are soldered, and the entire thing is nickel-plated and polished to a mirror-like finish. With its increased mass and large surface area, the Noctua NH-U14S can dissipate much more heat than the paltry stock Intel cooler, which will ultimately result in lower operating temperatures and potentially higher overclock speeds.</p> <h2 style="font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0.25em">Haswell Overclocking 101</h2><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">The process of overclocking your new Haswell CPU is pretty similar to overclocking older Intel processors. With Haswell though, if you plan to overclock, you must have a CPU with the "K" designator—like the Core i7-4770K we used. Non-K-SKUs have very limited overclocking potential due to hardware locks (boo!) that Intel has built in to this processor generation.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">There are two ways to overclock your CPU: by increasing its multiplier or by increasing its base clock (BCKL) frequency. For example, the Core i7-4770K's base 3.5GHz clock speed is achieved with a multiplier of 35 and a BCLK of 100MHz: 35 x 100MHz = 3500MHz, or 3.5GHz.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">The Core i7-4770K's 3.9GHz max clock is achieved with a multiplier of 39 and the same 100MHz BCLK. Increase either the multiplier or the BCLK, and the processor's clock speed will ultimately increase as well. Because K-SKUs are unlocked, you can freely change the multipliers and set the BCLK to different ratios, or straps, of 100MHz, 125MHz, 167MHz, and 250MHz. You can then tweak the actual BCLK in small increments as well, as long as you're using an overclocker-friendly motherboard like my Gigabyte Z87-UD3H.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Sadly, Intel's Haswell chips, like their predecessors, offer limited BCLK adjustments. You can alter the BCLK by only a few MHz over or under the specific strap to fine-tune the processor's frequency. BCLK adjustments larger than 4MHz or 5MHz are very uncommon.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">I should also mention that you can also modify multipliers for the memory and uncore speeds—even the iGPU frequency—if you want to tweak other aspects of performance. For now, I'll be focusing solely on CPU performance.</p> </span>

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How to overclock your new Haswell CPU like a pro

<div class="imageContainer580xX" style="width:320px;height:auto;clear:both;margin:auto;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:19px"><img class="galleryImage imgId100046827 " itemprop="image" src="http://zapt1.staticworld.net/images/article/2013/07/overclockhaswell2_primary-100046827-gallery.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 320px; max-width: 100%;"></div> <div class="department" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden"><a class="topCatLink" href="http://www.pcworld.com/category/components-processors" style="color:rgb(172,31,43);float:left;font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:5px"><span style="line-height:1.7em;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:15px">Speed freaks, take note: If you shelled out for an unlocked version of Intel's new Haswell processor and haven't overclocked your PC yet, you're missing out on some serious—and free—performance improvements.</span><br> </a></div><span itemprop="articleBody description text" style><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Last month I spent $1000 to build the<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2040319/build-the-ultimate-intel-haswell-pc-for-under-1000.html" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">ultimate Haswell PC</a>, a speedy machine powered by a Core i7-4770K, a fast solid-state drive, 8GB of RAM, and a discrete graphics card.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Since gaming performance wasn't the primary goal, I spent the majority of my budget on a premium processor and solid-state storage drive. A speedy CPU-SSD combo gives you the smoothest overall computing experience, especially with a streamlined operating system like Windows 8.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">But I had an even better reason for buying a premium Haswell processor: overclocking.</p><a class="zoom cboxElement" href="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/foundation-100046736-orig.jpg" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)"><img alt="" border="0" height="447" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/foundation-100046736-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="580"></a>The foundation of my Haswell PC is an Intel Core i7-4770K processor, a Gigabyte Z87X-UD3H motherboard, Kingston HyperX RAM, and a Sapphire Radeon HD 7790 DualX graphics card.<p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> Sure, I could have saved a few bucks building the new Haswell-powered rig by opting for a cheaper CPU, perhaps using the extra scratch to slap in a more powerful GPU, but I thought that springing for the top-of-the-line Core i7-4770K was ideal for a couple of reasons. Not only is the Core i7-4770K the <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2040495/intel-releases-faster-more-efficient-core-cpus-in-renewed-bid-for-mobile-market.html" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">fastest quad-core processor</a> Intel has released to date, but its "K" designation means the chip is unlocked, which allows for easier and more flexible overclocking. I didn't do any overclocking for the original article I wrote, because budget constraints forced me to stick with stock cooling, but that didn't stop me from upgrading the rig after the fact to see just what it could do with a bit of tweaking.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">I'm happy to report that the overclocking process was simple, safe, and rewarding. You can easily net a 15 to 25 percent improvement in PC performance tests by overclocking your Haswell CPU with the following process.</p> <h2 style="font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0.25em">It's getting hot in here</h2><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">First, a quick bit of background about the danger of overclocking: If you follow the desktop processor scene, you may remember reading about the thermal issues that cropped up while overclocking Intel's third-generation Ivy Bridge processors. Eager enthusiasts immediately started overclocking the chips and found that the processors seemed to run significantly hotter than the previous generation's Sandy Bridge-based products under certain overclocked conditions.</p> <a class="zoom cboxElement" href="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/haswell-100046737-orig.jpg" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)"><img alt="" border="0" height="423" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/haswell-100046737-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="580"></a>Intel's Haswell-based 4th Generation Core processors require potent cooling to keep temperatures manageable while overclocking.<p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> Two things were to blame for making Ivy Bridge chips hot under the collar: First, the 22nm tri-gate transistors used to manufacture the chips were more densely packed into a smaller area with Ivy Bridge, which in turn increased the chips' thermal density. Second, Intel replaced the flux-less solder used to bond the integrated heat spreader (or IHS) to the die on Sandy Bridge processors with a lower-performing, paste-like thermal interface material. The combination of increased heat density and a crappier TIM caused overclocked Ivy Bridge chips to heat up pretty quickly. The chips were still highly overclockable, but you had to take extra precautions because their temperatures would more quickly and more dramatically spike under load.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Unfortunately, Haswell chips suffer from the same thermal issues. The chips are manufactured using a similar 22nm tri-gate process, and the same thermal paste is used under their heat spreaders. As such, you need to be aggressive about keeping your Haswell CPU cool while overclocking to maintain stability and ensure peak performance.</p> <h2 style="font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0.25em">The cooling conundrum</h2><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Overclocking an unlocked Haswell CPU is technically possible with any cooler, but the more significant the overclock, the more powerful the CPU's cooler must be. This is true of any processor, but since this is your brand-new CPU we're talking about, I have to warn you again to please, please use a high-quality cooler. The <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2023752/the-biggest-baddest-most-utterly-ridonkulous-pc-coolers-of-all-time.html" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">bigger and badder</a>, the better.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">If you really want to push the limits of your Haswell-based processor—using voltages above 1.25V or so, and clock speeds approaching 5GHz—I strongly recommend <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2028293/liquid-cooling-vs-traditional-cooling-what-you-need-to-know.html" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">water</a> or more-exotic cooling methods. A high-end air cooler, however, will still allow for plenty of fun. As part of my overclocking experiment, I enlisted the help of a gargantuan air cooler from Noctua, the NH-U14S, which dwarfs Intel's stock cooler.</p> <a class="zoom cboxElement" href="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/cooler-100046738-orig.jpg" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)"><img alt="" border="0" height="674" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/cooler-100046738-large.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="580"></a>Noctua's NH-U14S cooler is bigger than your average case fan, but it ensures that your new CPU will remain icy cool under overclocking pressure.<p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> The Noctua NH-U14S is <em style>big—</em>roughly 6 by 4 inches, weighing just shy of 3 pounds with a single 140mm cooling fan installed. The heat-sink assembly is made up of a copper base and multiple copper heat pipes, linked to a large, dense array of aluminum cooling fins. All of the joints on the heat sink are soldered, and the entire thing is nickel-plated and polished to a mirror-like finish. With its increased mass and large surface area, the Noctua NH-U14S can dissipate much more heat than the paltry stock Intel cooler, which will ultimately result in lower operating temperatures and potentially higher overclock speeds.</p> <h2 style="font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;margin-top:1em;margin-bottom:0.25em">Haswell Overclocking 101</h2><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">The process of overclocking your new Haswell CPU is pretty similar to overclocking older Intel processors. With Haswell though, if you plan to overclock, you must have a CPU with the "K" designator—like the Core i7-4770K we used. Non-K-SKUs have very limited overclocking potential due to hardware locks (boo!) that Intel has built in to this processor generation.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">There are two ways to overclock your CPU: by increasing its multiplier or by increasing its base clock (BCKL) frequency. For example, the Core i7-4770K's base 3.5GHz clock speed is achieved with a multiplier of 35 and a BCLK of 100MHz: 35 x 100MHz = 3500MHz, or 3.5GHz.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">The Core i7-4770K's 3.9GHz max clock is achieved with a multiplier of 39 and the same 100MHz BCLK. Increase either the multiplier or the BCLK, and the processor's clock speed will ultimately increase as well. Because K-SKUs are unlocked, you can freely change the multipliers and set the BCLK to different ratios, or straps, of 100MHz, 125MHz, 167MHz, and 250MHz. You can then tweak the actual BCLK in small increments as well, as long as you're using an overclocker-friendly motherboard like my Gigabyte Z87-UD3H.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Sadly, Intel's Haswell chips, like their predecessors, offer limited BCLK adjustments. You can alter the BCLK by only a few MHz over or under the specific strap to fine-tune the processor's frequency. BCLK adjustments larger than 4MHz or 5MHz are very uncommon.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">I should also mention that you can also modify multipliers for the memory and uncore speeds—even the iGPU frequency—if you want to tweak other aspects of performance. For now, I'll be focusing solely on CPU performance.</p> </span>

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In Android, move a photo to another folder

<div class="department" style="margin:0px 0px 10px;overflow:hidden;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:21px"><a class="topCatLink" href="http://www.pcworld.com/category/android-phone" style="color:rgb(172,31,43);float:left;font-family:facitweb,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:700;text-transform:uppercase;margin-right:5px"><em style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.45em">Once he's snapped a photo with his Android phone, Bob wants to move it to another folder.</em><br> </a></div><span itemprop="articleBody description text" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;line-height:21px"><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">This isn't really a photo issue; it's a file management issue. And so you need a file management app. I recommend the<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.metago.astro&hl=en" style="color:rgb(37,167,215)">ASTRO File Manager</a>. The Pro version costs $4, but the basic, free app is sufficient for this job (and much more).</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">After you've installed ASTRO from the Play Store, go ahead and launch it. Tap the <em style>Camera </em>folder. If you don't see a Camera folder, tap the <em style>DCIM </em>folder; you'll find the <em style>Camera </em>folder inside<em style>.</em></p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">The Camera folder contains all of the photos you've taken but have not yet deleted or moved elsewhere. Each photo will be visible as a thumbnail. Tap and hold the photo you want to move. If it's your most recent snapshot, it will be at the bottom.</p> <img alt="" border="0" height="533" src="http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/07/0718-move-100045187-medium.jpg" style="box-sizing: border-box; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: auto; height: auto; max-width: 100%; float: left;" width="300"><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> An orange outline will appear around the thumbnail, indicating that you've selected it. Two additional menus will pop-up.</p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">If you want to select an additional photo, tap it. If you want to select all of them, tap and hold any one of them.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Tap <em style>Move </em>on the bottom menu. Two buttons will appear: CANCEL and PASTE. For now, ignore them.</p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">Navigate ASTRO to the target folder. You can swipe left to right for the Android version of My Computer, listing all of the storage devices available. Tap the one you want and find and tap your desired folder.</p> <p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em">If you want to create a new folder, tap the menu icon in the upper-right corner and select <em style>New Folder.</em></p><p style="line-height:1.7em;margin:0px 0px 0.7em"> When you're in the right folder, tap<em style>PASTE.</em></p></span>

In Android, move a photo to another folder

Once he's snapped a photo with his Android phone, Bob wants to move it to another folder. This isn't really a photo issue; it'...

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