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The easiest way to do it is to right-click the app's icon on the Dock, then click the "Quit" button. The Santa hat should be gone now. If it isn't, check whether the "Allow automatic icon changes" ...

Your Mac can do a lot, and there’s plenty of functionality you might not even know about. Here, we’ve picked eight of the ...

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Mozilla Firefox was once a top browser choice for many users, challenging Internet Explorer's dominance back in 2009 when it gained a market share of over 30%. However, it has since fallen under the ...

Folks who purchase Brave VPN and have the WireGuard service installed (ex: system level install) will also have a system tray icon that loads up when they launch Brave. They can interact with this ...

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Molly McArdle is Food & Wine's Updates Editor. She has written and edited stories about food, wine, culture, place, and technology for more than 15 years. Her work has appeared in Travel + Leisure, GQ ...

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