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Reviews of Motorola Edge 50 Ultra phone, price, technical specifications, design, screen, software, hardware, battery life and charging, and other specifications of this phone.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra review

The Motorola Edge 50 continues to grow today with new additions to the lineup. After launching the Edge 50 Pro earlier this month, the OEM is now introducing the Edge 50 Ultra and Edge 50 Fusion. As expected, the Ultra is at the top of the range, while the Fusion is the most affordable of the three.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review

We will take a closer look at the Edge 50 Ultra and its flagship features. After all, this is Motorola’s top-of-the-line smartphone for 2024, and it offers a ton of premium features, including AI capabilities and a Pantone-calibrated display and cameras for more accurate and vivid color reproduction.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra specifications at a glance:

  • Body:  161.1 x 72.4 x 8.6mm, 197g; Victus gorilla glass front, acetate back (wood based) or silicon polymer back (vegan leather), aluminum frame; IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 minutes).
  • Display:  6.70 inch OLED, 1B color, 144Hz, HDR10+, resolution 1220x2712px, aspect ratio 20.01:9, 444ppi.
  • Chipset:  Qualcomm SM8635 Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (4nm): Octa-core (1×3.0 GHz Cortex-X4 & 4×2.8 GHz Cortex-A720 & 3×2.0 GHz Cortex-A520); Adreno 735.
  • Memory:  512 GB RAM 12 GB, 1 TB 16 GB RAM; UFS 4.0.
  • Operating System/Software:  Android 14.
  • Rear camera:  Wide (main)  : 50 MP, 1/1.3-inch f/1.6, 2.4 µm, multi-directional PDAF, laser autofocus, OIS;  Telephoto  : 64 MP, f/2.4, 1.4 µm, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom;  Ultra wide angle  : 50 MP, f/2.0, 1.28 µm, 122 degrees, AF.
  • Front camera:  50 MP, f/1.9, 1.28 µm, AF.
  • Videography:  Rear camera  : 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60, 10-bit HDR10+, gyro-EIS.  Front camera  : 4K@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps.
  • Battery:  4500 mAh; 125W wired, 50W wireless, 10W reverse wireless.
  • Connectivity:  5G; two SIM cards; Wi-Fi 7; BT 5.4; NFC, UWB, USB-C 3.1 Gen 2 with DP 1.4 support.
  • Other specifications:  fingerprint reader (under the display, optical); stereo speakers; Ready to support 6.

AI functions are possible thanks to the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chipset, which sits between last year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and this year’s Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. while maintaining a relatively low price. Motorola seems to be looking for a more affordable flagship segment.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review

But despite the small agreement in the chipset department, Motorola does not make cameras, displays and chargers. The 6.7-inch OLED panel packs all the punch, runs at up to 144Hz and can charge up to 125W (wireless is 50W). The camera hardware looks good on paper. We’ve got a 50MP main sensor assisted by a 50MP ultra-wide unit and a 64MP 3x telephoto camera with a reliable f/2.4 aperture. Even the selfie unit is 50MP with autofocus, which is rare even in the ultra-premium segment.

Designing

The overall design language of the Edge 50 Ultra follows the Edge 50 family, and since the screen is the same as the Edge 50 Pro, the two phones feel the same in the hand. The Ultra comes in two variants – with a vegetable leather or wooden back. The latter is a bold approach, but will likely appeal to some.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review

Available colors include Forest Gray and Peach Fuzz (both vegetable leather options) and Nordic Wood (pictured below).

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review

Of course, the wooden back is not pure wood. Motorola has used a special coating for the surface that preserves the wood-like texture while protecting it from water and oil, so it doesn’t change color or lose its appearance. Either way, the imitation is pretty good – almost like real wood.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review

The Edge 50 Ultra and the Edge 50 Pro look so similar that it would be hard to tell them apart if they both had plant-based leather. Camera hardware ditches the Edge 50 Ultra, as the telephoto uses a periscope lens and the round LED flash is replaced by a smaller, vertical flash.

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The front and back panels are still rounded, which helps with grip, and to be honest, the wooden back is easier to hold. It also brings back a distant memory of Motorola’s Moto X in 2013 with its bamboo and wooden back.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review

The side frame is still aluminum, while the front glass is Gorilla Glass Victus. And for a 6.7-inch device with this many cameras, the weight gain at 197 grams is pretty impressive. Leather and wood are lighter than glass, so that could be an explanation.

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As expected from a high-end smartphone like the Edge 50 Ultra, the device has IP68 ingress protection.

Hardware

The Edge 50 Ultra and Pro have very similar hardware for the most part, but as we mentioned earlier, the Edge 50 Ultra has a more powerful Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 chip that delivers flagship-level performance and features. One notable limitation is the chipset’s inability to record 8K videos. 4K is capped.

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The curved OLED panel is a small step above the competition in terms of refresh rate, as the Edge 50 Ultra’s 6.7-inch display supports a 144Hz refresh rate. It remains to be seen whether Motorola has been able to make the best use of the display’s capabilities.

In addition to the 144Hz refresh rate, the panel also has support for HDR10+, 10-bit color depth, and DC dimming for those who might be sensitive to regular PWM dimming. It can also push up to a maximum brightness of 2,500 nits, but we suspect this will be achievable in small patches during HDR video playback.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review

For a complete multimedia experience, Motorola has put more effort into the speakers as well. They are tuned by Dolby Atmos and support Dolby Head Tracking.

A fairly average 4,500 mAh battery keeps the lights on, but capacity isn’t everything. We’ll see if Motorola’s hardware and software tweaks can compensate for the smaller-than-usual battery pack. It is good that Edge 50 Ultra is equipped with 125W wired charging and 50W wireless charging.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review

The Motorola Edge 50 Ultra also has two significant hardware advantages over some of its competitors. It supports ultra-wideband connectivity (a feature only seen on a handful of Android smartphones) and USB 3.1 gen 2 with DisplayPort 1.4 compatibility. It works well with Motorola’s Ready For desktop environment.

Of course, the Edge 50 Ultra runs on the latest Android 14 with Motorola’s own features. Motorola offers productive AI capabilities for wallpaper customization purposes, but other than that, AI is almost non-existent in Motorola’s current software.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on reviewHowever, the OEM insists on implementing system-wide AI algorithms that work in the background. AI-based algorithms are supposed to optimize performance, battery life, and search.

Camera

Undoubtedly, one of the main features of Edge 50 Ultra is its camera. Motorola hosted a special press event in Morocco where we had a chance to try out the pre-production Motorola Edge 50 Ultra unit along with the rest of the Edge 50 lineup. The camera samples here were all taken over the course of a day at locations and events organized by Motorola.

  • Wide (primary)  : 50 MP, 1/1.3-inch f/1.6, 2.4 µm, multi-directional PDAF, laser autofocus, OIS; 2160p@60fps
  • Telephoto camera  : 64 MP, f/2.4, 1.4 μm, PDAF, OIS, 3x optical zoom; 2160p@30fps
  • Ultra-wide angle: 50 MP, f/2.0, 1.28 µm, 122 degrees, AF. 2160p@30fps
  • Front camera:  50 MP, f/1.9, 1.28 µm, AF. 2160@30fps

When it comes to camera hardware, the Ultra stands out in the Edge 50 family with a total of four powerful cameras. The main camera uses a large 50-megapixel 1/1.3-inch sensor with a wide f/1.6 aperture and stabilized optics.

Daylight Main Camera Samples - f/1.6, ISO 100, 1/1228s - Motorola Edge 50 Ultra Hands-on Review Daylight Main Camera Samples - f/1.6, ISO 100, 1/264s - Motorola Edge 50 Ultra Hands-on Review Daylight Main Camera Samples - f/1.6, ISO 101, 1/1697s - Motorola Edge 50 Ultra Hands-on Review
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Examples of original Daylight cameras
Main camera samples in low light - f/1.6, ISO 6075, 1/17s - Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review Low-light main camera samples - f/1.6, ISO 4600, 1/33s - Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review Main camera samples in low light - f/1.6, ISO 3100, 1/50s - Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review
Low-light main camera samples - f/1.6, ISO 3725, 1/33s - Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review Low-light main camera samples - f/1.6, ISO 20800, 1/10s - Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review Main camera samples in low light - f/1.6, ISO 4250, 1/33s - Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review
Examples of the main camera in low light

The 64-megapixel telephoto camera has a 3x optical zoom and f/2.4 aperture.

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Examples of telephoto cameras during the day
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Examples of cameras with 6x zoom
Low-light telephoto camera samples - f/2.4, ISO 10074, 1/14s - Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review Low-light telephoto camera samples - f/2.4, ISO 11620, 1/14s - Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review
Examples of telephoto cameras in low light

And the secondary secondary camera is a 50-megapixel ultra-wide unit with a wide 122-degree FoV, f/2.0 aperture, and autofocus support for macro shots.

Daylight Ultrawide Camera Examples - f/2.0, ISO 100, 1/442s - Motorola Edge 50 Ultra Hands-on Review Daylight Ultra Wide Camera Examples - f/2.0, ISO 100, 1/319s - Motorola Edge 50 Ultra Hands-on Review
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Examples of ultra wide daylight cameras
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Close-ups: Main camera • Ultra-wide camera
Low-light ultra-wide camera sample - f/2.0, ISO 19200, 1/10s - Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review
An example of a low-light ultra-wide camera

The selfie camera is impressive, at least on paper, with a 50-megapixel resolution, f/1.9 wide aperture, and autofocus support. It’s 2024 and we hardly ever see phones with AF-equipped selfie cameras, so kudos to Motorola for adding this feature.

Selfie - f/1.9, ISO 141, 1/200s - Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review Selfie - f/1.9, ISO 181, 1/200s - Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on review
Selfie photos

But not only the hardware of the camera itself, its software features and optimization as well. Although AI isn’t the main focus on the software side, Motorola benefits greatly from AI-based camera optimizations.

Related article:  Motorola Edge 50 Pro phone review, technical specifications

Let’s start with the action shot. The camera software automatically increases and adjusts the shutter speed in low-light environments to minimize motion blur. We did a brief test of the feature and found that in some cases, the shutter speed went from 1/50 to 1/200, while at the same time, the ISO doubled from 3100 to 6200. This is without any significant increase in noise thanks to the AI-based noise reduction algorithm. Here is a short example.

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Examples of action shots

Adaptive stabilization works in video mode and dynamically adjusts the level of stabilization based on your hand movement and scenario.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on reviewAutofocus tracking is another video-based feature that improves the sharpness of footage from subjects moving quickly through the frame. This one will be available with the next update.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on reviewIt’s worth noting that Motorola offers a choice between natural and auto-enhanced shooting modes, with the former being the default mode. Auto-enhancement mode apparently takes longer to capture images, but we didn’t notice a slowdown when using it. . Also, this isn’t exactly a Motorola exclusive. This is actually the Auto Enhance feature that we all know from the Google Photos app. Motorola decided to integrate this feature into the camera app for convenience, but the system only saves “enhanced” photos, not “normal” photos.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on reviewIt’s a bit early to comment on the camera quality as we took samples with the pre-production unit. But before we get a production-ready phone, let’s take a look at some videos taken with all the cameras.

Summary

As always, it’s a little early to say whether the Motorola Edge 50 Ultra is a good buy or not, but it’s certainly a promising one. The phone has all the features of a true flagship phone, while the price starts at €999, which is considered affordable in today’s flagship segment. Over time, the price will come down and the phone will become a more attractive option.

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra hands-on reviewIn any case, despite the promising hardware, the full review will reveal whether the 4,500 mAh battery is enough for reliable endurance, and it will be interesting to see how the new camera system stacks up against the competition. The Moto Edge 50 Ultra is expected to hit the market by the end of May, and a lot can change between now and then.

Source: GSMARENA.COM

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How to recognize the name of the font from its picture?

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Have you ever come across a font that looks great for your next project but can’t figure out what type it is?

How to recognize the name of the font from its picture?

For people who always deal with graphic images, photos or advertising banners, knowing how to recognize text fonts from photos is a useful and practical trick. Sometimes you are looking for a font that can attract the attention of viewers for an advertising banner or a special ad, and you prefer to use a font that you have seen before on a certain photo, so that your image looks just as attractive and spectacular; but you don’t know. How to find that particular font type.

If a particular font has caught your eye recently, you will see in this article that you can easily find the fonts on the images and use them for your purposes. If you need a specific font for personal use or if you need to identify it at the request of a customer, you will need the following methods.

Before starting, keep in mind that the software, websites and solutions that we introduce in this article do not have the ability to recognize Persian fonts and can only be used to recognize English fonts and so on.

Table of contents
  • Font recognition from photos online
  • FontSquirrel
  • Fontspring
  • MyFonts
  • The best artificial intelligence tool to find fonts from photos
  • Recognizing the text font from the photo on the computer and laptop
  • The best font recognition programs for photos
  • WhatTheFont
  • Find my Font
  • Is it possible to find the Persian font from the photo?

Font recognition from photos online

Online font detection sites are the best way to find a font from a photo, and almost all of them work the same way. To use these sites, it is enough to enter one of these sites using your phone and upload your photo so that it recognizes the font used in the image in a short time. In the following, we introduce some of the best online sites for recognizing fonts from photos:

FontSquirrel

Fontsquirrel website

FontSquirrel is one of the best online font recognition sites that, in addition to font recognition, allows you to download different fonts and chat with other people in the FontTalk section.

Working with the FontSquirrel website is easier than you might think. You just need to enter the site, upload the desired photo, and give the site a few seconds to display the photo font and other similar fonts for you. To upload a photo on this site, you can drag and drop the photo or tap on the Upload option and select the photo from your image gallery.

After uploading the photo on the FontSquirrel site, you will be asked to specify the part of the text that you want the font program to recognize, and finally, click on the Matcherate it button to provide you with the fonts that match the image.

The great thing about FontSquirrel is that it also allows you to purchase the provided fonts, and if you’re lucky, you might be able to download some of them for free.

Fontspring

Fontspring site

Fontspring works just like other free online font recognition tools; But with 900,000 different fonts, it can increase your chances of finding the font you’re looking for.

By entering the macerator section of this site, you will see a page similar to the image above. Tap on Upload Image and upload the image you have in mind. In the next step, if necessary, you can crop the photo or change its direction. Finally, select the text on the photo and click on Matcherate. After a few seconds, all matching fonts will appear.

MyFonts

My Font website

If the previous sites failed to help you find the font you want, you can visit MyFonts. This site offers many professional fonts for different projects and currently provides users with access to more than 230,000 fonts.

The great thing about the MyFonts website is that once you upload a photo, it automatically identifies the text on the photo; So you will spend less time compared to other tools. Tap on the highlighted text and then tap the Identify option. Finally, if you find the desired font, you can buy or download it directly from the site.

The best artificial intelligence tool to find fonts from photos

These days, when the fever of artificial intelligence is hot everywhere in the world, the use of artificial intelligence to recognize fonts from photos is one of the most important concerns of many people in the world. If you are one of these people, we recommend that you visit the WhatFontIs website. This website has two web versions, free and pro, and using artificial intelligence and 840,000 commercial and free fonts, it displays more than 60 types of similar fonts for every image you upload.

Whatfonts site

Try to have the photo you upload as high quality as possible; Because sometimes the low quality of the photo makes WhatFontIs unable to identify the corresponding font. Also, after uploading the image, the website tries to separate the letters automatically; However, if you want to identify broken fonts, you need to separate each letter with an advanced image editor.

Recognizing the text font from the photo on the computer and laptop

In addition to the online tools that you are not limited to using on your phone and computer, there is a lesser-known feature in Photoshop that can recognize fonts from photos for you. To use this font recognition tool, open the desired image in Adobe Photoshop and then select the text on the photo with the Rectangular marquee tool. Finally, click on Type in the toolbar and press Match Font.

Match Font tool

Photoshop will show you similar and alternative fonts that match the text in the selected image. If after trying different methods, you have not managed to find the font you want, this tool can help you to some extent.

The best font recognition programs for photos

A number of programs also allow you to recognize the font on your phone; Thus, even if you do not have access to the Internet, you will always have font recognition software with you to use when necessary. In the following, you will get to know some of the best programs for finding fonts from photos:

WhatTheFont

What The Font program environment

If you don’t want to use online tools, WhatTheFont will do the font recognition process for you. After specifying the font that you want WhatTheFont to recognize, this program will provide you with a list of similar fonts and you can find the option you want.

WhatTheFont is a popular app for designers, crafters, and typography enthusiasts to get ideas and inspiration for their projects. This program has a smooth and simple user interface and helps you identify fonts in an instant.

In addition to software, WhatTheFont has a free web version that you can use to recognize fonts from photos without occupying your phone’s memory.

Download WhatTheFont app for Android
Download WhatTheFont app for iPhone

Find my Font

Find My Font program environment

If you are looking for a program to recognize Latin fonts, Find My Font is a very good choice for you. This program is an ideal software for graphic designers, web designers, and all creative people who don’t want to waste time looking for fonts. You can take a photo of a particular font through the app’s camera or upload an image from your phone’s gallery and let the app find the font in just a few seconds.

Find My Font includes more than 150,000 different fonts; But besides the good features it offers, it is not possible to download fonts from it and you can only use it to identify fonts. Among other features of this program, we can mention the possibility of rotating images and identifying disconnected letters.

It should be noted that the desktop version of Find My Font, which is available for Windows and Mac operating systems, also has the ability to identify non-Latin fonts. This software detects fonts in a short time and in addition to finding the font from the photo, it also displays similar fonts.

Download the Find my Font program for Android
Download Find my Font program for iPhone

Is it possible to find the Persian font from the photo?

Most of the sites that we have introduced in this article are active in the field of selling and providing different fonts, and in addition to this work, they also provide users with an online tool for recognizing text fonts from photos.

Unfortunately, most Iranian sites do not have a font recognition tool from the photo and are only considered as a reference for buying all kinds of Iranian fonts; fortunately, the Font Yab website provides its users with the option of finding a font from a photo. If you are looking for a Persian font finder from a photo, be sure to visit this site.

The need to find a font from a photo is something that most of us have probably experienced at least once. Do you have experience using any of the methods introduced in this article? Do you think the best way to recognize a font from a photo is to use websites or programs designed for this purpose?

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How to reduce the use of chrome RAM?

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If you are tired of the high RAM consumption of Chrome, you can use some tricks to give your system RAM a breath of fresh air.

How to reduce the use of Chrome

Chrome browser has always been considered one of the most popular browsers and the main RAM killer of computers since its release until now. It doesn’t matter if the RAM capacity of your system is 4 GB or even 32 GB and more; In any case, by opening Chrome, you will dedicate most of the RAM capacity to Chrome.

Although Google has always been trying to optimize the use of Chrome and periodically improves the stability and consumption of hardware resources of this browser with frequent updates, RAM consumption is still one of the biggest problems for users when using Chrome.

This issue becomes more pronounced when you connect your Google account to Chrome to sync information, extensions, and history, and at this time you will see that at least half of the RAM capacity is easily allocated to this browser.

In general, it is inevitable that a large part of the system resources will be used to use this browser, but with solutions, this effect can be greatly reduced, especially in the case of RAM consumption.

Table of contents
  • Enable Memory Saver in Chrome
  • Prevent tabs from being disabled for a specific site in Chrome
  • Close unused and high-use tabs
  • Remove or disable unused plugins
  • Disable Preload Pages
  • Close Chrome completely and disable background activities

Enable Memory Saver in Chrome

Nearly two years ago, Google introduced the Memory Saver feature to reduce Chrome’s RAM consumption. This feature intelligently disables tabs, add-ons, and other processes that remain unused for a while and do not refer to them, deletes their data from the RAM, and has a significant impact on the RAM consumption of this browser. To enable this feature:

  • Enter Settings from the three-dot option at the top of the screen.
Chrome settings
  • Search for a Memory saver in the search bar above.
  • By activating the RAM saver, three levels, Moderate, Balanced, and Maximum, will be displayed, and by choosing each, you can determine the period of time for the tabs to be disabled. By selecting Balanced, the tabs will be disabled after a normal amount of time of inactivity. If you select Moderate, the tabs will be disabled for a longer time, and with Maximum, they will be disabled for a very short time after leaving.
Chrome RAM reduction settings

If your RAM fills up quickly and slows down the system, use the Maximum option; However, closing unused tabs is a more logical solution.

If your RAM is not affected much by Chrome, we recommend leaving the setting on Balanced so that when the tab returns and activates, less time is spent on reloading the page and refreshing the cache, thus reducing the processing load.

Prevent tabs from being disabled for a specific site in Chrome

If you have opened an important site that has certain information or is involved in a process that is lost if the tab is disabled, you can prevent it from being disabled by adding the address of this site to the list of exceptions and keeping it open all the time.

  • In Chrome settings, from the top search bar, search for inactive.
Chrome RAM reduction settings
  • Click on the Add option in the Always keep these sites active section.
  • You can choose your desired site from the open tabs or enter the desired website address manually from the Add Sites section.
Chrome RAM reduction settings

Close unused and high-use tabs

Perhaps Chrome is always accused of high RAM consumption, but the user himself can also be guilty in this case; Therefore, it is better to manage your open tabs and if you are one of those people like me who thinks you should keep tabs open to refer to them every hour or day, you will never see the empty half of the device’s RAM.

For more convenient RAM management, Chrome allows you to see the RAM consumption of each tab by hovering the mouse over the tabs, and thus you can make an easier decision by closing the tabs that are consuming the most RAM.

If you don’t see the RAM usage information by hovering over each tab:

  • Open Settings and enter Appearance from the left bar.
  • Activate the Show tab memory usage option from the Tab hover preview card section.
View the RAM consumption of the Chrome tab

Remove or disable unused plugins

Chrome is not just a browser and provides a platform for running various applications and extensions so that as a multi-purpose software, various tools and facilities can be used. This browser has a lot of codes and many complications, part of this complexity is due to the existence of many features and facilities, and most importantly, the infrastructure of the ChromeOS operating system is based on Chromium.

Chrome extensions are so wide and diverse, and among them, there are useful tools that there is rarely a situation where the user of this browser does not install an extension; But sometimes the number of installed add-ons becomes so large that the user loses track of the number and does not notice the increase of add-ons that may have been used only once.

Therefore, if you are one of the people who have many extensions in Chrome, it is better to fix this section and help increase the speed of Chrome and thus reduce its RAM consumption. For this:

  • First, through Chrome’s Task Manager, check which extensions occupy the most RAM; To do this, press Shift+Esc.
  • Click the Memory footprint tab a few times until an upside-down triangle icon appears next to it.
  • Tabs, processes, and add-ons will be shown in order of RAM consumption, and in this way, you can identify the most consuming add-ons.
  • Click on the three dots option from the top menu and click on manage extensions from the Extensions section.
Chrome extension settings
  • On the add-ons page, turn off frequently used or underused items or remove them completely from Chrome by clicking Remove.
Chrome RAM reduction settings

Disable Preload Pages

Chrome has a feature that preloads some sites and pages before the user requests to speed up the page-loading process when the user wants to enter a site.

This feature will be useful for people who have weak internet and it even reduces the processing load of the processor to a great extent, but it will lead to an increase in RAM consumption another way to prevent this is to turn off the mentioned feature:

  • In the Chrome settings, search for Preload from the top toolbar and turn off the Preload Pages option.
Chrome page loading settings
  • You can also balance the level of preloading pages by Chrome and enable Standard Preloading instead of Extended Preloading.

Read more: How to increase the speed of Google Chrome on Android

Close Chrome completely and disable background activities

Sometimes, by closing the Chrome window, the processes of this browser do not stop completely and Chrome remains open in the background so that it can be opened faster in the next execution of Chrome. Of course, some extensions and applications that do not deal with tabs and operate independently of Chrome can lead to Chrome’s activity in the background and, as a result, increase RAM consumption.

If you don’t want this app to keep running in the background when you’re not using Chrome:

  • Open the settings and enter System from the left menu.
  • Turn off the Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed option.
Settings to run Chrome in the background

In this article, we explained the most important tricks to reduce Chrome consumption; However, with some initiatives, it is possible to reduce Chrome’s RAM consumption even more. If you know or have tried a specific method or trick that has been fruitful and effective for you, share it with us in the comments section.

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How to hide a file or directory in Linux?
By following a few simple steps, you can hide your favorite files and directories in Linux.

How to hide a file or directory in Linux?

Most of us have files on our computer or laptop that we don’t want other people to see. If your system uses a Mac or Windows operating system, you can use various tools to hide different files and folders or even encrypt your favorite files to better protect your privacy. In this article, we will talk about how to hide a file or directory in Linux.

In Linux computers and laptops, like Windows and Mac, you can hide your favorite files and directories from the view of others both through the terminal of the operating system and by using some tools that are very easy to use. In the following, we will introduce some efficient methods to hide files and directories in Linux.

Hide files and directories through the terminal

The easiest way to hide various files and directories in Linux is to use the Linux terminal or the Linux graphical environment (GUI).

  • Open a Linux terminal window by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T.
  • In the terminal, type the following command:
 $ ls $ mv sync.ffs_db .sync.ffs_db $ ls

Note: instead of sync.ffs_db, you must enter the name of the file you want and then type the file name again with a dot (.) at the beginning.

Hide file and directory through terminal

To hide the file through the graphical environment (GUI) of Linux, proceed as follows:

  • First, right-click on the desired file and click on the Rename option.
Hiding the file and directory through the Linux graphical environment, the first step
  • Put a dot (.) at the beginning of the file name.
Hiding the file and directory through the Linux graphical environment, the second step
  • Open and close the file once to apply the changes and hide the file.

Hide files in an image

Although hiding the file and directory in Linux by changing the file name seems to be a simple and fast method, but equally, it becomes easy for people who are a little familiar with the Linux environment to access this file. Therefore, we suggest that you go for a better method.

Data encryption or steganography is a method of hiding information in a normal image file, which, like the first method, has almost simple steps, but unlike it, it really hides the files you want from anyone’s view, and you can even hide them after hiding them. Delete the original file in the image irretrievably. In the following, we will teach the steps to hide the file and directory in an image file using the Linux terminal.

  • Open the Linux terminal and create a new folder (directory) using the following command.
mkdir newdir

Note: instead of newdir, enter your desired name for the new directory.

  • Copy or move the image file (PNG or JPG) you want to use to hide your desired file into the new folder you created.

Important note: sometimes, depending on the size of the files or the number of files you want to hide in an image, you may need to use a large image so that you have enough space to store the files inside the image.

If you want to hide multiple files, it is better to compress them into one zip file. To compress files in Linux, you must first create a new folder.

  • To create a new folder inside the folder you have already created, enter the following command in the Linux terminal:
mkdir /tmp/newdir

Note: instead of tmp, you must type the name of the folder you created in the previous step and enter your desired name for the new folder instead of newdir.

In this tutorial, we created a main folder named Images, which contains an image named MainImage.png and a subfolder named FileToHide. This subfolder contains all the files we want to hide.

  • To compress your files into a zip file, run the following command in the Linux terminal:
/zip -r secret.zip FilesToHide

Note: The r- code in the above command includes all the subfolders in the specified folder in the compressed file. In this command, instead of secret.zip, replace the desired name; You should also enter the name of the folder where you have saved all the files you want to hide instead of FileToHide.

Hiding the file in the image using the terminal step one

To hide the zipped file in your desired image, run the following command in the Linux terminal:

 cat MainImage.png secret.zip > secret.png

Note: In this command, MainImage.png is our main image file and secret.zip is the name of the zip file that contains all the files we want to hide. In fact, we redirected these two files to a new image file called secret.png. Be careful that the names of MainImage and secret (in both files with PNG and zip extensions) should be replaced with the names you want.

  • After running this command, if you want to see a list of all the files in the folder, use the ls command. In this directory, you will see the file name of the new image you created.
Hide the file in the image using the terminal, step two
  • To access files hidden in an image file, use the following command to extract the zip file from within the image:
unzip secret.png

Note: replace secret.png with the name you chose for the image file containing the secret files .

  • When you run the ls command , the root folder containing the files you zipped will be displayed.
Hide the file in the image using the third step terminal
  • In this case, if you want to see the original files, enter the following command in the terminal:
cd FilesTOhide

Delete the original file after hiding it in the image

Sometimes you may want to delete the original version of the file after hiding the sample files you want in an image file. You can use the shred command to do this. This command replaces the file value with a specific value when the file is deleted. For example, we can set the file value to zero when deleting a file.

  • For this purpose, after opening the Linux window, run the following command:
shred -z –remove HideThisFile.txt ThisFileIsPrivate.txt

By default, these files are overwritten three times (meaning rewriting new information, without the ability to recover previous information). This amount is usually enough, but if you want to overwrite the file more often, you only need to enter the command as follows and replace N with the number of times you want the files to be overwritten.

iterations=N- shred -z –remove HideThisFile.txt ThisFileIsPrivate.txt

In this command, the z-code replaces the value of the file with the value zero. Also, the remove- code removes files; Of course, this is done through the shred command itself, but without entering remove- in the shred command, the file removal operation will not be done completely.

Hide the file in the image using the terminal Step 4

What method do you use to hide your files in Linux? We will be happy if you share your experiences in this field with us and other Zomit users.

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