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Q&A: How do I cancel my ProtonMail account?

Posted on April 11, 2021

Question from Marla: I’ve had a ProtonMail account for over a year and I’ve been happy with it all that time, but now not so much.

A very serious issue has arisen and I hope you can help me close my account.

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Q&A: How do you erase an external hard drive with a Mac?

Posted on March 24, 2021

Question from Alan: I bought a new 4TB external hard drive to hold my photos.

I bought the new drive because the 1TB drive I’ve been using to store my photos is full and I have a lot more pictures to scan and store.

My plan is to give the 1TB drive to my niece so she can use it with her iMac, but I want to completely erase everything from the drive before I give it to her.

That way she can start fresh with a blank drive.

Can you tell me how to completely erase this drive with my MacBook?

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Q&A: What’s the cheapest 2TB SSD I can buy?

Posted on March 23, 2021

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Question from Marshall P.: I really want to buy a 2TB SSD to go in my Dell desktop computer that I use to run my landscaping business.

Can you help me find the cheapest 2TB SSD that I can buy that’s not a piece of junk?

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Q&A: Can I use my laptop even though it smells like something’s burning?

Posted on March 22, 2021

Question from Brenda F.: Hi Rick. I have a question about my Toshiba laptop.

I bought it about 8 months ago and everything was fine until last night.

All of a sudden I started smelling a strong burning smell coming from the bottom of the computer.

Do you think I can safely ignore the smell and keep using the laptop without causing any damage to it?

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