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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, May 12, 2024
Topics covered in this issue…
• How to free up space on your browser’s crowded Bookmarks Bar
• Tips for fixing a slow Internet connection
• Scam alert: No, Facebook is not going to start charging users a fee.
• Why I never put much trust in a ‘first impression’
• May’s Tech Tips Giveaway: TP-Link Deco AXE4900 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Mesh WiFi System
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Monthly Tech Giveaway….
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Congratulations to Gary M. from Warren City, Michigan for winning the Anker 521 300W Portable Power Station in April’s Tech Tips Giveaway.
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Today’s featured tech tip….
How to free up space on your browser’s crowded Bookmarks Bar
Is the Bookmarks Bar in your favorite web browser so full that all of your bookmarks won’t fit onto it?
If so, there’s a very simple way to make more room for more visible bookmarks, potentially eliminating most or all of the overflow items.
Chances are at least some of your bookmarks have distinct, easily identifiable icons.
For example, the icons for Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and lots of other sites have bookmark icons that are so recognizable that you probably don’t need the text in order to identify them.
If you have a ton of bookmarks you can remove the text from some of them and free up a lot of real estate on your Bookmarks Bar.
Here’s how to do it:
1 – Right-click on a bookmark with an easily identifiable icon and click Edit (or Edit Bookmark).
2 – Delete the text in the Name field and click Save.
3 – Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each of the other bookmarks that can easily be identified just by their icons.
That’s all there is to it. If you were able to “shorten” enough of your bookmarks you just might find that they all now fit on the visible part of the Bookmarks Bar.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• Tips for fixing a slow Internet connection
Don’t live your online life in the slow lane.
• Scam alert: No, Facebook is not going to start charging users a fee.
Regular, non-business users have nothing to worry about.
• 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.
Rick’s Daily Pick…
Bluetti AC200P 2000Wh Portable Power Station
Do you hate sitting in the dark with no lights, TV or running fans during power outages?
Do you enjoy camping but prefer taking along a few (electrical) comforts of home?
Well, this little gem will fix both of those problems.
Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Why I never put much trust in a ‘first impression’
Looks, as they say, can be very deceiving.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• Waymo says its robotaxis are now making 50,000 paid trips every week
• Cyberattack forces major US health care network to divert ambulances from hospitals
• Elon Musk: Starlink satellites face pressure from solar storm but remain resilient
• FDA recalls faulty iOS app that injured hundreds of insulin pump users
• Data breaches are getting worse – and many are coming from a familiar source
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