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As we add more music files to our iTunes libraries, our computers begin to run out of storage space. Eventually, you need to move all that music to a space with greater capacity.

One option is to use online storage, such as Apple iCloud, or Amazon Cloud Drive, but these services charge monthly or annual fees.

A more cost-effective method is to purchase an external hard drive with more storage space and move your music library to it. First, get a USB connectable hard drive, with a lot of storage capacity, for example 1 terabyte (1TB). Once you have the drive connected to your computer, you can move your music to it using three easy steps described in this article from Lifehacker.

A question I commonly hear from users of Microsoft’s PowerPoint software is how to add music to slideshows. This often includes needing to know how to add music to a range of slides, since they may have more than one song to add, or they only want audio for part of the show.

Tech-Recipes has a great how-to article on the subject, with step-by-step instructions and images to help.

Often, while watching movies on a computer, setting the volume so gun shots and explosions aren’t too loud, makes quieter dialog impossible to hear.  The solution to this problem is to compress the audio of the movie, in other words, reduce the difference between the loudest and quietest sounds in the audio track.

Lifehacker has a how-to guide for compressing audio with VLC media player, the free, open source video player for Windows, Mac and Linux. Download VLC here.

Once you’ve installed VLC, read the article for step-by-step instructions on how to set up the audio compression.

Hongkiat compiled a list of keyboard shortcuts for Windows. Print it out and post it somewhere withing sight of your computer, and you have a very handy reference guide.

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/100-keyboard-shortcuts-windows/