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Skyrim Console Commands

Luther Brown — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:02:16 +0000

There are some amazing Skyrim console commands that can be used to boost your character, kill your enemies, or just become Superman in the game. There are hundreds of console commands for Skyrim but we have curated a list of the best Skyrim console command cheats that you can use to make the game even more interesting.

Most Useful Skyrim Cheats

Toggle Immortal Mode: TIM

This command will make your character immortal. It will still take damage but won’t ever die.

Toggle God Mode: tgm

This command will give your character all the abilities. Infinite health, stamina, and boosts, as if it were a god.

Resurrect: Resurrect <#>

This command will resurrect a dead NPC (Non-player character). If you use <1> then the NPC will be brought back to life with all the items. Using no number would bring them back without any items.

Start All Quests: saq (Replaces 8. Toggle Run Mode)

Start all of the quests in game. Fair warning, this might break your game so add a save before entering this command.

Complete All Quests: caqs

This cheat command will complete all the stages of each one of your quests.

Complete Quest: CompleteQuest

This will complete a single quest for you.

Unlock: unlock

You can use this command to unlock any locked door or chest instantly.

Teleport to a Location: coc

This command will instantly teleport you to any location on the map.

Toggle Map Regions: tfow

This command will turn on/off unexplored areas on the map.

Toggle Artificial Intelligence: TAI

This command will turn AI off or on. Characters will no longer react to you if AI is turned off.

Free Camera: tfc (Replaces 3. Kill Target)

Toggle the free camera, this will allow you to move the camera any way you want.

Toggle Combat Artificial Intelligence: TCAI

This combat will make the computer controlled characters unable to attack you. They will be hostile but won’t attack you at all.

Make an NPC mortal/immortal: setessential <#>

This will make an NPC mortal or immortal depending on your choice. Use 0 for mortal or 1 for immortal.

Gender Change: sexchange

You can change the gender of any targeted character by using this command.

Teleport NPC: moveto player

This will instantly teleport any NPC to your location.

Set Player Relationship: player.setrelationshiprank <#>

This will alter the relationship between your character and an NPC.

Move to Target: movetoqt

This command will move you to the specific target of the current quest.

Change Race: SetPlayerRace

This will change the race of your player if you are unhappy with the selection.

Enable Control in Cinematics: enableplayercontrols

You will be able to control your character during cinematic cut scenes as well, which is pretty cool.

Quit: qqq

This will quit the game instantly without any delays.

Source - https://beebom.com/best-skyrim-console-commands/

Best Springpad Alternatives

Luther Brown — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 10:17:01 +0000

First and foremost, there is no app that can look and function exactly like Springpad. However, there are quite a few options that have pretty similar functionalities and offer several handy tools for keeping notes and everything that you capture organized.

While most of these apps (mentioned below) are available for desktop and even web, some of them are designed to be used only on mobile devices. That being said, let’s take a peek at what the best Springpad alternatives are from the list below.

Evernote Though not as intuitive and visually appealing as Springpad, “Evernote” can safely stake the claim to be one of the best Springpad alternatives. What I have always admired in Evernote is the versatility. So, whether you want to make a note using text, audio, video, PDF or web clipping, it can let you do so with the desired flexibility.

Plus, it offers plenty of organizing tools, allowing you to keep your stuff in line with your needs. Thanks to the smart search, you can easily track down your checklists, notes or whatever you have created.
Pricing: Free, in-app purchases available

Install: iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows

OneNote Another note-taking app that is quite similar to Springpad is “Microsoft OneNote”. The app provides a range of features to make it more convenient to create and manage notes. And based on your needs, you can make folders and nested folders to keep your files ideally organized.

Using search functionality, you will be able to quickly access a particular document. To make your task even easier, it also offers more flexible sorting functionality.

Pricing: Free

Install: iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows

Zoho Notebook There are very few note-taking apps that are designed to be as functional as “Zoho Notebook”. More importantly, this app has many notable qualities that make it a worthy rival of Springpad. It comes with a built-in web clipper that works with Chrome, Safari, and Firefox to let you easily capture anything that comes your way while browsing the web.

One of my favorite features of Springpad was that it automatically formatted the content into respective categories. As a result, managing items was pretty straightforward. Guess what? Zoho Notebook also treads pretty much on the same line. It comes with “Smart Cards” which instantly format the content the moment you add.

Pricing: Free

Install: iOS, Android,macOS, Windows, and web app

Quip If you are looking for a capable alternative to Springpad then look no further than Quip. I have been using it to work seamlessly with my team at Beebom for a long time. Hence, I can vouch for the top-notch experience that it delivers. What stands it out from many apps available in the market is the unique integration of chats, docs, slides, and spreadsheets.

Pricing: Free, premium version comes at $10/month/user (billed annually)

Install: Quip (macOS, Windows, Android, iOS, and Web)

Keep It If you are using iPhone/iPad or Mac, “Keep It” is the sort of productivity app that can deliver the best performance to you. Similar to Springpad, it works proficiently as a notebook, scrapbook, and organizer.

It is a top-notch app for saving web links, storing images/documents, and writing notes. Furthermore, it uses iCloud to sync all of your data across the devices so that you can access your files from not only your iOS but also from the macOS device.

Pricing: Free, Offers in-app purchases

Install: iOS and macOS

SOURCE - https://beebom.com/best-springpad-alternatives/

List of the 7 best Spotify Alternative apps to play millions of songs for free

Luther Brown — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 12:35:50 +0000

It is recommended that you have other options when listening to music directly from your mobile or from any device and with total simplicity. Therefore, Spotify alternatives also show excellent characteristics for the reproduction of any genre of music in streaming and completely free.

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Here you all know about the best Spotify alternatives for listening to music online. You can enjoy the best music streaming, along with other features of considerable interest and benefits.

Youtube music

Youtube Music is the best Spotify Alternative, this is the best music streaming option out there which includes so many functions for computers, as well as for Android and iOS mobile phones.

It shows an extremely elegant and simple to use interface that, in addition to everything, integrates perfectly with the Google Home speaker.

Musicall

As a Spotify alternative, this is one of the best to enjoy streaming music completely free of charge, and thus, it offers an extensive catalog based mainly on the music libraries of the YouTube platform.

You can locate any song, album, or artist and obtain absolutely complete and sectioned results. It allows you to listen to music without an Internet connection and through any device of your choice.

Apple music

Apple Music is the most popular service for iOS users to enjoy unlimited streaming that has a monthly subscription plan that can be canceled individually or as a family plan.

This Spotify Alternative allows access to up to 50 million songs and radio stations. For greater coverage, it can be used on Apple Watch and even provides an Android version. Although it is not available for any computer operating system.

Last.fm

This app is the best Spotify alternative, thanks to the fact that it is a kind of social network of musical tastes and also, it manages to reproduce music online with the help of YouTube or it allows you to buy it from iTunes directly.

In short, it is a service that works for free and, for greater advantage, it offers reliable data on the most listened to songs in the world in real-time.

Deezer Music

Deezer Music has a library that adds more than 53 million songs and allows you to listen to music online, communicate privately with the community and receive various recommendations attached to the musical tastes you specify once you register on the platform.

SoundCloud Music

SoundCloud Music is another ideal Spotify alternative to perfectly replace Spotify, we recommend this application where you can directly search for songs of all genres, artists, and other users if you wish.

This Spotify Alternative has been classified as an independent website that is in charge of promoting projects that, until now, are in their first steps and thus, aims to position itself as one of the mainstreaming music apps and, of course, it has succeeded.

SOURCE - https://beebom.com/top-spotify-alternatives/

Necessary Checklist For iMacs

Luther Brown — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:09:37 +0000

The essential Mac apps mentioned in the list are in no particular order. I use all of them on a regular basis and enjoy using them. Some of them are full-fledged Mac apps while others are simple utilities that solve specific problems and make my life easier.

Flume

This app looks good and also brings all the features that the native web client of Instagram lacks. That means you can not only see pictures but also upload them, send direct messages to anyone and can manage multiple accounts.

The best part of this app is that there’s a free version that you can check out before deciding to go for the pro version. The free version is quite liberal with its features but if you want the full Flume experience, you should buy the pro version.

Hazel

You can set rules which can move files, rename files, create a copy of files, delete files, sort files, and a combination of all those things. Thanks to Hazel, my desktop and download folders are never a heap of hot garbage because everything is renamed, categorized, tagged, and moved to a designated folder. If file management is an issue that you have to deal with, you should download and use Hazel.

Unclutter

Unclutter is a less-known Mac utility which is quite helpful. The app adds a handy shelf at the top which can hold files, notes, and clipboard items. You can access the shelf by moving your cursor at the top of the screen. I love this utility as it acts as a temporary holding place for files and text.

IINA Media Player

It supports picture-in-picture mode which is great for watching content while you are working on something else. Other features of the app include playlist support, TouchBar support, system based media control, music mode, mouse and trackpad gesture support, online subtitles, and more.

A unique feature of IINA media player is that it can also act as a client for streaming online content from websites like YouTube thanks to its support of youtube-dl and browser extensions.

NightOwl

Once you install NightOwl, you can create a whitelist of app which you always want to use in light mode even when there is a system-wide dark mode on your Mac. This allows me to get the best of both worlds.

Thanks to NightOwl, my Mac is always running dark mode while apps like Apple Mail and Evernote always remain light. NightOwl also allows users to switch between dark and light mode with a single click of its menu bar icon.

PhotoBulk

You can save presets for editing and only have to pass my images though it to get the required edited images. Every screenshot or image that you see in my articles have been edited and resized using PhotoBulk. All the watermark that you see on our review images have been applied within seconds using PhotoBulk. This is a must-have Mac app for anyone who deals with dozen of images on a daily basis.

HiddenMe

While some of us have the patience and resolve to clear our Mac desktop to keep it clean and organized, most of us just let the files and folders linger around there until the desktop feels like a hot garbage mess. Well, HiddenMe is an app that will allow you to hide all those files and folders and give your Mac a clean look.
The best part is that the app is free to use. There is a pro version, but it’s for unlocking multi-desktop support. So, if you are not using multiple external displays, the free version will serve you just fine.

source - https://beebom.com/essential-mac-apps/

Adobe Alternatives

Luther Brown — Fri, 14 Aug 2020 16:27:53 +0000

Adobe controlling it as a proprietary format until 2008, Adobe Reader has been the go-to PDF Reader on our computers. Other options for adobe are many nowadays.

PDF X-Change Editor - https://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-editor

With the free version, you can not only insert or extract pages, but it also comes with a great little feature called OCR (optical character recognition) that allows you to scan any printed document and save the text as a PDF.
-Feature-packed free version
-Free version supports editing
-Supports Optical Image Recognition (OCR)

STDU Viewer - http://www.stdutility.com/stduviewer.html

The program can also open a whole host of file types, like, DjVu, XPS, JBIG2, FB2, TXT, e-books (ePub and Mobi), comic book archives (CBR and CBZ), TCR, PalmDoc (PDB), AZW and DCX. As for images, STDU Viewer can open BMP, PCX, PNG, WMF, EMF and PSD alongside the two other formats mentioned above.

Modern user interface
Free for non-commercial use
Supports multiple languages

Nitro PDF Viewer - https://www.gonitro.com/pdf-reader

One of its unique features is a split-screen view that allows users to compare two different PDF files side-by-side. The program also comes with drag-and-drop support, allowing users to quickly create new PDF files by simply dragging any document on the Nitro desktop icon.
-The free version of the software is packed with features
-You can create PDF from scratch
-Split-screen view for viewing multiple documents

SlimPDF Reader - https://www.investintech.com/resources/freetools/slimpdfreader/

The program weighs in at just 1.4MB, making it, by far, the smallest actively-developed PDF viewer we know of right now.

Like Sumatra PDF, this one also has a minimalist interface and, works exactly as advertised for the most part. It doesn’t really offer too many bells and whistles, which is of course, understandable given its tiny footprint.
-Small and light-weight (1.4 MB)
-Minimal interface
-Fast to open PDF files

PhantomPDF - https://www.foxitsoftware.com/downloads/

The program can convert multiple different file types to PDF and PDF to a whole host of different files including, MS Word documents. PhantomPDF supports as many as 41 different languages, and while that’s not as many as that of Adobe Acrobat, it’s still more than most of its other competitors.
-Packed with pro features
-Supports OCR
-Supports PDF encryption
-Supports multiple languages

Source - https://beebom.com/adobe-reader-alternatives/