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Did you know Facebook keeps a record of every “Like” or other type of “Reaction” you’ve every made on their site?
This record is called your “Likes History” and it lists every single item you’ve “Reacted to” since the day you first opened your account.
Every single post, every photo, every comment, every business page…
Have you recently updated your Mac to macOS Monterey only to have it start freezing up on you? If so, you know how frustrating it is.
Many reasons can lead to this problem, and the purpose of this post is to help you solve the issue.
Here are a few things you can do to avoid freeze-ups without wasting your time: [Read more…]
Did you know Windows 10 has over a dozen apps that run in the background at all times?
Well, it does, and every one of those continuously running apps slows your system down just a bit and makes your laptop’s battery run down a little faster than it has to.
What’s more, you probably aren’t even using most of those apps!
Luckily, it’s very easy to prevent those unneeded apps from running in the background.
Note: The links in this post are affiliate links.
Do you own a newer MacBook or other device that has just a single USB-C type USB port? If so, I have a recommendation for you.
This awesome USB-C Hub Multiport Adapter will add two USB 3.0 ports, two USB 2.0 ports and a plethora of other useful ports to your MacBook or other USB-C device!
Over the years I’ve worked on lots of computers that exhibited all the classic signs of a malware infection.
And as you might expect, many of the owners of those machines insisted that the problem couldn’t possibly be malware because they regularly scan their systems with antivirus programs.
But when I ran my own scans on those systems, I often discovered that they were indeed infected, some of them with dozens of viruses, spyware objects, malicious toolbars and other digital nasties.
How could that be? [Read more…]