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Using macOS applications on Chrome OS in the cloud [A]

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Marcel 0 Comments easy to use, efficient, Lightroom, macOS Catalina, Xcode min read

If you own an old MacBook and now consider buying a Chromebook, but can’t do without macOS applications, there are reasonable solutions! I’ll show you how you can do so in this post!

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Easily synchronize your Chrome OS devices with Google Drive: Autosync for Google Drive [A]

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 BlogAdmin 0 Comments Autosync for Google Drive, efficient, external data storage, offline, online, synchronize min read

Since the internal storage of Chrome OS devices is often limited, I’ll show you here how to synchronize your Google Drive with mostly larger external mass storage devices! Autosync for Google Drive is an Android app that lets you access your Google Drive and synchronize your cloud storage with your internal and external storage devices. …

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Chrome OS: a file manager for Linux? [A]

June 25, 2020June 26, 2020 Marcel 0 Comments AppImage, Double Commander, easy to use, efficient, Making a file executable min read

Maybe you wonder if there isn’t something like the File Explorer or the macOS Finder for the Linux of Chrome OS? In other words: a comfortable file manager and, if possible, of course in your native language? No problem! Starting with this post, I describe one of many available representatives …

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Chrome OS: What about Notepad++ (SciTE)? [A]

June 23, 2020June 26, 2020 BlogAdmin 0 Comments Editor, Notepad++, SciTE, syntax highlighting min read

Are you a fan of the successful editor, Notepad++? If you don’t know him: It is OpenSource and available for all common platforms like Windows, macOS, and Linux. But under Chrome OS, the situation is complicated. But there are a few possibilities—more about this in this post.

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Chrome OS: What about Atom? [A]

June 18, 2020June 26, 2020 BlogAdmin 0 Comments Atom, Editor, syntax highlighting min read

Atom is a powerful text editor with syntax highlighting for programming languages and spell checking. It is open-source and available for all platforms like Windows, macOS, and Linux. The Linux version is straightforward to install and stable to use on 64-bit Chrome OS devices.

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Chrome OS: What about LibreOffice? [B]

June 16, 2020June 26, 2020 BlogAdmin 0 Comments cheap, easy to use, free of charge min read

Don’t want to spend money on Microsoft Office and use LibreOffice on your Windows laptop or MacBook instead? Are you now considering buying a cheap Chromebook and wondering if you can still use it on it? No worries. …