How to Save a URL to Your Desktop on Windows and Mac
Save a URL to your desktop by dragging the padlock from the address bar, or install the site as an app in Chrome, Edge, or Safari. Windows, Mac, Gmail.
Computers and software are where most of my own troubleshooting hours go, so these articles are written the way I fix things: from the vendor’s documentation, step by step, with the exact menu path. BIOS and boot problems, Windows and macOS settings, printers that vanish from the network, what an error or a spec means, whether a machine can run a program. Where it makes sense, I add the section I always wish existed: what to do if it still doesn’t work.
Save a URL to your desktop by dragging the padlock from the address bar, or install the site as an app in Chrome, Edge, or Safari. Windows, Mac, Gmail.
Can I view my Blink cameras on my computer? Not with an official app, but BlueStacks, Phone Link, an Echo Show, or the Sync Module’s USB drive all work.