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I recently received a heads-up from a friend that Xfinity was now offering 1.2Gbps Internet service in my neck of the woods.
I did a little checking around and discovered they are now offering Gigabit+ download speeds in most of the areas they currently service.
If you use a Mac there are probably times when you’d like to view (and use) two different apps at the same time.
That would have been fairly difficult back in the days of small screens, but with today’s wide-screen monitors there’s now plenty of room for showing two apps at once in windows that are large enough to actually be usable.
If your Mac is running macOS Catalina or later (and if it’s a relatively recent model, it should be), you can use a super-handy feature called “Split View” to make that happen. [Read more…]
Question from Danny: I’ve been reading your newsletters for over a year now, and I always learn something I can use from them.
I’ve read in several of your recent posts that Microsoft Defender and the free version of Malwarebytes make a good combination for security on a Windows PC.
When my McAfee came up for renewal I removed it and installed the free Malwarebytes, and so far I’ve been happy with that setup.
One thing I’m not happy about though is all the notifications I’m getting from Windows Security. Every day I get several of them, and most of the ones I get aren’t even important.
How can I limit the notifications I receive from Windows Security to just the ones that are truly needed? [Read more…]
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Question from Aaron: I recently started shopping for a new desktop PC to replace my beloved Gateway that served me well for over a decade until it got destroyed by lightning.
I was looking at HPs and Dells and noticed something that’s a little confusing to me. Maybe you can clear it up.
Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
Have you ever read a Facebook post and wanted to link directly to it for some reason?
Sure, Facebook makes it easy to share a post with your friends, but what if you’d like someone who isn’t on your friends list to see it?