This fortnight’s topnewsoftware downloads to help youmake
themost ofyour PC,and they’reall FREE
It’simportanttotakeregularbreakswhenworkingonyour
PC,butit’seasytoforget.Stretchlyalertsyoutotakea 20
secondmicrobreakeverytenminutes,anda fullfiveminute
breakafter 30 minutes,althoughyoucancustomisethisand
skipbreakswhenneeded.It offersseveralideasfortasksto
doduringeachpause.Thelatestreleaseletsyouseta volume
forbreaksounds,andseta timeafterwhichbreakswillpause.
If yourcomputerstartsslowingdownorfreezing,it’s
probablybecausea particularprocessis hoggingresources.
A taskmanagersuchasFiltrationcanhelptoidentifythe
culprit,showingyouwhichprocessis toblameandwhether
it’smakinglotsofread/writeoperationsortransferringlarge
files.Filtrationcanfilteroutitemsthataren’tcurrentlyreading
orwritinganything,andcanexcludeGoogleChromeentirely.
TASKMANAGER
Filtration
bit.ly/filt494
Minrequirements:Windows7/8/10
Filesize:622KB
BREAK-TIMEREMINDER
Stretchly
bit.ly/stretch494
Minrequirements:Windows7/8/10,macOSorLinux
Filesize:90.4MB
NewWindows 10 Appp
GreenshotScreencapture
bit.ly/gshot494
Filesize:4.64MB
Windows 10 comeswithitsown
screenshot-capturetool– Snip&
Sketch– buttherearebetter
third-partytools,suchasGreenshot
(getgreenshot.org). Thisapplication
is anunofficialportofthattooland
letsyouquicklygrabthefullscreen,
a windowora regionofyour
desktop.Youcanthenannotate,
highlightorhidepartsoftheimage,
andsave,print,emailoruploadit to
anysupportedsite.
Best Free Software
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AlterPDF is a collection of free tools that let you convert a PDF to a JPEG (and vice
versa), extract text and images, merge multiple PDF files into one document and
split a single PDF into multiple files. You can also rotate, crop and remove content,
encrypt, decrypt or sign a document, and change a PDF’s metadata. AlterPDF 4
offers new conversion options, an improved PDF engine and a speedier crop-and-
rotate feature.
PDF EDITOR
AlterPDF 4
http://www.alterpdf.net
Min requirements: Windows 7/8/10 File size: 15.7MB