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Question from Michelle: I bought a new MacBook in December 2020 and I’m curious about which type of processor it has in it.
I recently found out that Apple started putting different processors in their machines around that same time and that some programs won’t work with the new processors.
How can I find out whether my MacBook has the older processor or the new one? [Read more…]
Question from Randy: I have a two year old Mac desktop computer that runs great, but I heard Macs run a LOT faster if they have at least 16GB of RAM installed.
I’d love to upgrade mine to 16GB if it currently has less than that in it.
The thing is I have no idea how much RAM is in it right now. How can I find out? [Read more…]
Question from Beverly: I just bought a new PC with Windows 11 and the time in the lower right corner is in military time.
How do I reset it to normal time (i.e. instead of 17:00, have it say 5:00 PM)?
I’ve tried everything but don’t know how to do it.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter
A while back I wrote this blog post explaining how to use Chrome’s native Task Manager to find out which Chrome processes could be causing the browser to operate slower than it should.
That post received a lot of engagement, and several readers contacted me to ask if there is a native Task Manager built in to other browsers as well.
I answered those folks directly, but since I keep getting this same question I thought it might be a good idea to write a similar post to answer it on the blog. [Read more…]
Question from Julia: I have an ASUS Chromebook C204 that I’ve had for a while.
My husband (who is serving overseas and unavailable to help) said I might need to upgrade the RAM because the Chromebook is a lot slower than my Dell XPS 13 laptop. The thing is, he isn’t sure it can be upgraded.
I have two questions: [Read more…]