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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, August 20, 2023
Topics covered in this issue…
• How to quickly find your car in a huge parking lot
• Q&A: How do I securely wipe an external hard drive with my MacBook?
• Q&A: Why won’t my PC boot from a hard drive from another PC?
• Rescued raccoon becomes part of the family
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Today’s featured tech tip….
How to quickly find your car in a huge parking lot
Have you ever parked your car in a huge parking lot, only to forget where you parked it upon your return?
Yeah, me too. And it’s no fun searching aisle after aisle for your car amidst a sea of other cars, many of which look just like yours from a distance.
Well, here’s a little tip that can make finding your car a breeze, even in the biggest of lots…
Right after you’ve finished parking and exited your car, pull out your phone and send yourself a quick text message containing the approximate location of your vehicle.
Something as simple as “Section C – Row 9” or “Third row on the right side of the main entrance to Macy’s” should work just fine.
Don’t know how to send a text to your own phone? It’s easy…
Just start a new text and enter your own phone number in the “To:” field.
Bonus tip: You can also take a picture of the building from the car’s location before you start walking towards the building. That way you can look at the photo later and “reverse engineer” the image to determine the approximate location of your vehicle.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• Q&A: How do I securely wipe an external hard drive with my MacBook?
It’s easy with the machine’s native Disk Utility tool.
• Q&A: Why won’t my PC boot from a hard drive from another PC?
This post has the answer (and a couple of great solutions).
• 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…
What could possibly be better than an awesome external USB hard drive? An external USB solid state drive (SSD)!
This is one of my favorites.
Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Rescued raccoon becomes part of the family
Check out this little cutie…
Tech news that caught my eye…
• Google Maps will stop showing gas stations to EV owners
• Streaming soars: Summer sees viewership surge for top streaming services
• Cellebrite asks cops to keep its phone hacking tech ‘hush hush’
• Tinder is losing the tool it uses for background checks
• This Android malware avoids detection with a clever trick
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