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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Topics covered in this issue…
• How to check the health of your Chromebook with the Diagnostics app
• How to delete a Facebook group
• Q&A: How’s my daughter getting on Facebook with her phone shut off?
• Q&A: I’m familiar with ‘Closed Captioning’. Is there such a thing as ‘Open Captioning’?
• Info about my photo / file recovery service
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Today’s Quick Tip….
How to check the health of your Chromebook with the Diagnostics app
Just like every other computer on the planet, Chromebooks can develop hardware issues over time, especially if they receive a lot of use.
Chromebooks running Chrome OS 90 or later have a handy “Diagnostics” app that will check the machine’s battery, CPU and memory to see if there are any issues with those components that need to be resolved (hopefully while the device is still under warranty).
If you’ve had your Chromebook for a while and you’ve never ran the tests included in the Diagnostics app, I recommend that you take a few minutes to do it on a regular basis (every 3 months is my recommended schedule).
Just follow the steps below to open the Diagnostics app and run the various tests:
1 -Open the “Quick Settings” panel by clicking on the Clock display in the lower-right corner of the screen.
2 – Click the Settings icon (it looks like a “gear“).
3 – Click About Chrome OS.
4 – Click Diagnostics.
That’s all there is to launching the Diagnostics app. Now just click on each test in turn to run them.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• How to delete a Facebook group
There is no button or menu option for deleting a Facebook group, but it can easily be done. This post explains how.
• Q&A: How’s my daughter getting on Facebook with her phone shut off?
A reader wants to know how her daughter is managing to access Facebook with both her phone service and their home’s Wi-Fi shut off.
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
Every morning I post a new photo that I find inspiring, intriguing, or just plain beautiful to look at. Jumpstart your day by checking it out.
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Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Q&A: I’m familiar with ‘Closed Captioning’. Is there such a thing as ‘Open Captioning’?
A reader wants to know if “Open Captioning” is a thing. This post has the answer.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• Massive online market for stolen data taken down by global operation
• CNN+ is reportedly drawing fewer than 10,000 viewers a day
• T-Mobile resurrects Google Photos’ unlimited storage (but there’s a catch)
• NordLocker now wants to keep all your business data safe
• PC shipments dip in first quarter following 2 years of solid growth
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