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How to Uninstall OneDrive from Windows 11 Without Losing Files

Mon, 18 May 2026 12:59:10 +0000

Uninstalling OneDrive takes only a minute. Doing it without ending up with an empty Desktop and half your documents missing requires three steps beforehand that almost no one does. There are two culprits: files that are online-only, which act as placeholders on your disk rather than actual files, and folder backup, which moves your Desktop, Documents, and Pictures into OneDrive without clearly telling you.

The correct order is always this: download everything to your disk, stop the folder backup, unlink your account, and only at the very end uninstall the application. If you signed into Windows 11 with a Microsoft account, it is very likely that folder backup is active even if you don’t remember it: the initial setup suggests it, and often turns it on automatically.

Virtualization on Apple Silicon: Windows, Linux and macOS

Fri, 08 May 2026 16:51:36 +0000

On Macs with Apple chips (from M1 to M5), you can only virtualize ARM systems: Windows 11 for ARM, Linux ARM distributions, and macOS itself. x86 systems run only through emulation, which is much slower. The most useful recent update is that VMware Fusion is free for any use, including in a business environment.

With Apple chips, Boot Camp—which launched Windows directly on the hardware—is gone. Virtual machines remain, and they work well today for two reasons: Windows exists as an ARM version, and its translation layer allows most x86 programs to run anyway.

Convert Files on Windows for Free with File Converter

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:39:42 +0000

File Converter adds conversion to your right-click menu in File Explorer: select one or twenty files, right-click, choose the format, and you’re done. It is free, open source (GPL v3 license), and uses the same conversion engines as much more famous programs, starting with FFmpeg.

Compared to online converters, it has two major advantages: your files never leave your computer, and there are no size limits, waiting queues, ads, or watermarks.

Desktop Goose: The Naughty Goose Taking Over Your Desktop

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 19:22:24 +0000

Desktop Goose puts a goose on your desktop: it walks over windows, steals your mouse cursor, leaves muddy footprints, and brings you poorly written notes. It does nothing else, and that’s exactly why people love it so much. To close it when you need to get back to work, hold down Esc for a few seconds.

If you’ve played Untitled Goose Game, the vibe is similar. It was created by independent developer Sam Chiet, who goes by samperson on itch.io, with one stated goal: to be a little bit annoying, but in a polite way. It is available as a “name your own price” download, so it’s free if you leave the contribution at zero, and it’s available for both Windows and macOS.

Voicemeeter Banana Guide: How to Set Up Your Audio

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:18:17 +0000

Voicemeeter Banana is a virtual audio mixer for Windows: it takes the place of your system sound card and lets you decide which sound goes to your headphones, which ends up in your stream, and what others hear in voice chat. It is donationware (you use it for free and pay whatever you want), and the current version is 2.1.3.0.

The interface can be intimidating: dozens of knobs and acronyms like A1, B2, and VBAN. However, the logic follows that of a studio mixer and isn’t complicated: sources enter on the left, buses exit on the right, and each colored button decides where everything goes. Once you understand this, the rest is just configuration.