Laptops quietly monitor their own health, but most people never tap into the tools that can warn of trouble long before a crash or data loss. Built-in hardware diagnostics sit below the operating ...

Is your Chromebook acting up? Jack Wallen introduces you to the ChromeOS Diagnostic tool, with which you can run hardware tests on your Chromebook. Generally speaking, Chromebooks run smoothly for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Use built-in Windows tools like the Troubleshooter to fix common problems on your computer. You can check your memory with the ...

Whether you’re a long-time user or brand new to the Chrome OS platform, you may not be too familiar with the Chromebook diagnostics app. The app was added only just recently to the platform, in ...

If your Mac is having problems, macOS has multiple keyboard combinations that you can hold to recover your system, start in safe mode, run diagnostics, and more. Here's how to use them. Apple's macOS ...

The Pixel 8 and 8 Pro have a new Pixel Troubleshooting app. The system app helps run battery and network diagnostics. It also allows users to contact Pixel support with their diagnostic reports. The ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. Your Mac’s humble Activity Monitor can do much ...