Tech Tips - From The Simple To The Very Specific

Are you the IT staff of choice for your family, friends, and chance acquaintances?

Well, imagine how much more in demand you’d be if you worked at PCMag! We get asked for all kinds of advice, and we dispense it generously. For this story, we asked our editors, analysts, and producers to share their most cherished tech tips. We wound up with a rich assortment of wise gems, including the best way to use Google Maps on trips, keeping phone notifications at bay, and unearthing Netflix’s secrets. So read and enjoy: There’s sure to be plenty of advice you can use—and answers to questions you haven’t even been asked yet.

CHLOE ALBANESIUS, EXECUTIVE EDITOR, NEWS & FEATURES Schedule emails in Gmail:

I’m a night owl, and I tend to get work done at odd hours. But no one likes getting work emails at 10 p.m. And firing off a request during off-hours means the message can easily get buried overnight. The schedule function in Google’s Gmail solves this problem. In the compose window, click the little arrow next to the Send button and select “Schedule send.” You can opt to send it at 8 a.m. the next day or choose a specific time and date. Scheduled emails live in the left-hand menu on the desktop, so you can edit or delete them before they go out.

Use Slack reminders: