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Q&A: Why can’t I see the posts and info of my ‘Followers’ on Facebook?

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Question from Curtis:  I have a quick question for you.

I followed your instructions to see who is following me on Facebook and I saw that I indeed have a bunch of followers.

When I click on their names to look at their profiles I can only see the info on some of them. The other profiles have a message that says:

DO YOU KNOW [XXXXXX]?

To see what he/she shares with friends, send him/her a friend request.

I’m confused. If they’re following me shouldn’t I be able to see the stuff on their profile?

Also, do you recommend that I block those people just in case their profiles are infected with a virus or something?

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Q&A: What’s an easy way to clone a laptop’s hard drive?

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Question from Shelley V.:  Hi Rick. I bought a 1TB solid state drive (SSD) to replace the aging 500GB drive in my laptop.

I read your post about using Clonezilla to clone the contents of the old drive onto the new one, but I know from one of your other posts that I’ll need to buy a SATA to USB adapter too.

That all seems like it would be too complicated for me. Is there a simpler way to do this?

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Q&A: Can I block ‘App Invites’ from just one Facebook friend?

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Question from Gene:  Rick, is there any way to block app invites from just one friend on Facebook while still allowing other people to send them to me?

I read your post explaining how to block ALL app and game requests on Facebook, but I don’t want to do that.

I just want to block the app requests from one specific person. She’s driving me nuts trying to get me to use an app that I really don’t want to use.

I don’t want to block her completely or unfriend her. All I want to do is block her stupid app requests.

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Q&A: Can I save Microsoft 365 files to my computer instead of OneDrive?

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Question from Marge:  I’ve used the desktop version of MS Office for years, but I recently switched to Microsoft 365.

It took me a few days to get used to it but I believe I’m going to like it ok. There’s one thing that I need help with though.

Every time I create a new document in any Microsoft 365 app and tell it to save the file it always saves it to OneDrive.

I don’t feel comfortable using online storage, for several reasons. Is it possible to make Microsoft 365 save my files to my computer’s hard drive instead of to OneDrive?  [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I disable ‘Facebook Live Video’ notifications?

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Question from Pete L.:  Several of my Facebook friends use “Facebook Live Video” to broadcast all kinds of stupid stuff.

Personally, I find the invitations to view their videos to be very irritating.

I’ve watched a few of these videos in the pastout of curiosity and I have no desire to ever watch another one.

How can I completely disable Facebook Live Notifications and prevent them from popping up when I’m using Facebook?

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