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Health & fitness

How to Calculate Macros for Fat Loss and Muscle Gain

Turn your daily calories into grams of protein, carbs and fat. Balanced, high-protein, low-carb and keto splits explained with examples and sample meals.

· 3 min read

Students & everyday

How to Calculate Percentages Easily (With Examples)

Simple formulas for X% of a number, what percent one number is of another, percentage change, and adding or removing a percentage. Everyday worked examples.

· 3 min read

Business

How to Calculate VAT and GST: Add or Remove Tax Correctly

The formulas to add VAT or GST to a price and remove it from a gross price, with worked UK, EU, India, Pakistan and UAE examples and the most common mistake.

· 3 min read

Business

How to Calculate Your Break-Even Point (Formula & Examples)

Find how many units you must sell to cover your costs, your break-even revenue and the sales needed for a profit target, with worked examples.

· 3 min read

Students & everyday

How to Calculate Your Exact Age in Years, Months and Days

Work out your exact age from your date of birth, your age on a specific date for forms and exams, and how leap-year birthdays are handled. With examples.

· 3 min read

Health & fitness

How to Calculate Your One Rep Max (1RM) Safely

Estimate your one-rep max from any set of 1–12 reps with the Epley and Brzycki formulas, then use percentages of 1RM to plan strength and muscle training.

· 3 min read

Generators

How to Check DNS Records (A, MX, TXT) and Your IP Address

Look up any domain's DNS records and your own public IP, location and ISP. What A, AAAA, MX, TXT, NS, CNAME, SOA and CAA records mean, plus SPF and DMARC.

· 3 min read

Health & fitness

How to Check If Your Diet Is Healthy (Calories, Fiber, Water)

Paste what you ate today and check calories, fiber, protein, sugar and salt against daily targets, plus how much water to drink. Desi and Western examples.

· 4 min read

Medical

How to Choose a Diet for Your Health Condition

How diets for diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol, kidney disease, PCOS, gout and more differ, and how to safely combine diets for two conditions.

· 4 min read

Video & audio

How to Compress a Video for WhatsApp and Email

Make large videos small enough for WhatsApp, email and upload forms without an app. Pick the right resolution and quality, free, private, no watermark.

· 3 min read

Image

How to Compress an Image to 20 KB, 50 KB or 100 KB

Upload form says your photo is too big? Compress any image to under 20 KB, 50 KB, 100 KB, 200 KB, 500 KB or 1 MB in seconds, keeping the best quality.

· 3 min read

Image

How to Compress Images Without Losing Quality

Shrink JPG, PNG and WebP photos by 70% or more with no visible quality loss. Which settings to use, which format to pick, and the mistakes to avoid.

· 3 min read

Video & audio

How to Convert a Video to GIF (Small, Sharp, Free)

Turn any video clip into a looping GIF in your browser. Learn the best length, frame rate and width for small, sharp GIFs. Free, no upload, no watermark.

· 3 min read

Image

How to Convert HEIC to JPG (iPhone Photos) for Free

Can't open iPhone photos on Windows or upload them to a form? Convert HEIC to JPG in your browser, in batches, with no app and no upload. Step-by-step.

· 3 min read

PDF & Office

How to Convert Images to PDF (JPG, PNG, HEIC) for Free

Turn photos, scans and screenshots into one PDF, in the order you choose, with A4 or Letter pages. Free, no upload, works on phones and computers.

· 3 min read

PDF & Office

How to Convert iPhone Photos (HEIC) to PDF

Put iPhone HEIC photos into one PDF, one photo per page, on Windows, Mac or the phone itself. No app, no upload. Great for receipts, notes and documents.

· 3 min read

PDF & Office

How to Convert PDF to JPG (Single Pages or All Pages)

Save PDF pages as high-quality JPG images: pick the pages, choose 72, 150 or 300 DPI, and download one JPG or a zip. Free, no upload, works on any device.

· 2 min read

PDF & Office

How to Convert PDF to Word (Editable DOCX) for Free

Get editable text back from a PDF: headings, bold, italic and lists are kept in a .docx you can open in Word or Google Docs. Free, private, no upload.

· 3 min read

Image

How to Convert WebP to JPG (and Why You Need To)

Saved an image and got a .webp file you can't open or upload? Convert WebP to JPG in seconds, in batches, without an app or upload. Tips and fixes inside.

· 2 min read

PDF & Office

How to Convert Word to PDF Without Microsoft Word

Turn a .docx file into a PDF in your browser: headings, lists, tables and images kept, real selectable text. Free, private, and works on phones too.

· 3 min read

Text

How to Count Words and Estimate Reading Time Online

Count words, characters, sentences and paragraphs, estimate reading and speaking time, and check limits for X, Instagram, SMS and SEO titles in seconds.

· 3 min read

Generators

How to Create a Favicon for Your Website (ICO, PNG, Apple)

Make a favicon.ico plus Apple touch and Android icons from text, an emoji or your logo, then add them to your site with the right HTML. WordPress tips too.

· 3 min read

Video & audio

How to Crop Video for TikTok, Reels and Shorts (9:16)

Turn landscape or square videos into 9:16 vertical clips for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. Free, in your browser, no upload or watermark.

· 3 min read

Video & audio

How to Edit Videos in Your Browser (No App, No Watermark)

Crop, trim, rotate, speed up, mute and compress videos right in your browser with a free editor. No upload, no watermark, no app to install.

· 3 min read