Windows 10 is, today, the most used operating system in the world. Microsoft constantly seeks the balance between an operating system that is easy to use and, at the same time, full of options and functions for the most advanced users. Surely most of us will not have problems when using this operating system, and we will also feel comfortable working with it. But everything always has room for improvement, and with a few tricks, like the ones we are going to see, working with Windows 10 can be a much faster and easier task.
Windows 10 is packed with features and tools for all users. The problem is that many of them are hidden in the system, or Microsoft simply does not give them the publicity they deserve, so they are always in the background, almost forgotten.
Some of these characteristics, the most interesting, are:
Windows clipboard history (and sync)
Since always, when we copied something, this element went to the clipboard. And this was single use. This means that, if we copied another element to it, the previous one disappeared. The new clipboard history feature comes precisely to solve this.
Now Windows can save multiple items to the clipboard without them being overwritten. If we use the paste option, it will directly paste the most recent one, as always. But if we use the Win + V shortcut , instead of pasting an element we can see a drop-down window with all the copied elements, and we can move through it until we find the one we want.
In addition, thanks to OneDrive, we can synchronize this history with the cloud so that other computers or devices can access these elements.
Enable Game Bar performance gadgets
Windows 7 released a type of small programs, known as gadgets, that allowed us to control the performance of the PC directly from the desktop. Today the sidebar and gadgets are out of date and not recommended for use. But Windows 10 has an interesting alternative: the Game Bar .
The game bar, or Game Bar, is a superimposed panel in Windows that we can launch with the Windows + G keyboard shortcut that allows us to access all kinds of elements on the PC. Two of the most interesting gadgets that we can find in this menu are, for example, the performance monitor and the task manager. We can anchor them to the desktop from the thumbtack icon to be able to have these elements always in view.
God mode: all settings at your fingertips
Windows 10 has different configuration panels. On the one hand we have the classic Control Panel, and on the other the Settings menu. But it also hides a secret advanced panel from which we will be able to access all the advanced and secret Windows settings from a single window: God Mode .
We can activate God Mode in Windows to access all the hidden settings and configurations of our computer.
Timeline in Windows 10
Windows Timeline came to Windows several versions ago. This new panel wants to be positioned as an improved alternative to the Alt + Tab panel that allows us to quickly switch between open programs. The timeline can be opened using the Windows + Tab keyboard shortcut , and it will allow us to see all the programs that we have open, and all the files and programs that we have opened in Windows over time. Also, from here
A very simple way to move between applications and, in addition, to be able to share files and activities between computers and devices thanks to OneDrive synchronization.
Share between devices and Windows PCs
Unlike Android and iOS, sharing files between Windows computers was quite a complicated, tedious and time consuming task. Until now. Windows 10 has a “Shared experiences” function that will allow us to share all kinds of files from other close people who are connected within the same local network.
This is a fast way to send and receive files in Windows, as well as allowing us to share other types of data, such as phones and contacts, and even allow us to continue what we are doing on our PC on another device, such as a mobile or tablet.