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Question from Amber: I really hope you can help me.
I started dating one of my Facebook friends a while back but then I got mad at him and blocked on Messenger.
We ran into each other a few days ago and ended up agreeing to go out again.
The thing is I don’t know how to unblock him on Messenger. Can you tell me how to do it? [Read more…]
Question from Gary: I’m getting ready to turn over a bunch of files to another party and I don’t want him to know exactly when these particular files were created.
Don’t worry, there’s nothing illegal or immoral going on here, we’re just doing a business deal and I don’t want the files’ creation dates to become an issue.
Is there any way to change a file’s creation date with a Windows computer? [Read more…]
Question from Donna: My iPhone’s storage is almost full because of all the pictures and videos that are on it.
I want to copy all the existing photos and videos from the phone to my HP Envy 13 (2019) Windows laptop and then delete them from the iPhone to make room for new ones.
I know I could upload them to iCloud and then download them onto my computer, but I don’t trust cloud storage and I never use it. I have iCloud syncing disabled and I’d really prefer to keep it that way.
Can you tell me how to transfer the photos and videos from the iPhone to my laptop without using iCloud? [Read more…]
Question from William: I have a detached garage that has a 120 volt electrical outlet that’s accessible from the outside.
On cold nights (which we have lots of here in Wisconsin) my jerk of a neighbor likes to plug his diesel truck’s block heater into that outlet with a long extension cord.
I’ve told him to stop doing this on three different occasions because I don’t like him running up my electric bill.
He’ll stop, but then a few days later he goes right back to doing it.
I’m thinking about temporarily connecting 240 volts to that outlet (which would be very easy to do in the garage’s breaker panel) to destroy his truck’s block heater and teach him a lesson. Do you think that would work? [Read more…]
Question from Barbara: I bought a new computer with Windows 11 on it and after using it for a while I’ve decided that I despise the Photos app.
Can you recommend a good replacement for it?
Free would be great but I don’t mind paying if I have to in order to get a good one. [Read more…]