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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Topics covered in this issue…
• How to back up and restore your Chrome bookmarks
• Does your Apple device qualify for a free replacement battery?
• Q&A: Why are new computers slower than really old ones?
• Video: The amazing size and beauty of Victoria Falls
• January’s Tech Tips Giveaway – Win this ViewSonic VX3276-4K-MHD 32 Inch 4K UHD Monitor
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Today’s featured tech tip….
How to back up and restore your Chrome bookmarks
If you use Google’s popular Chrome browser you probably have a long list of bookmarks that facilitate fast one-click access to your favorite websites and online services.
Have you ever considered what might happen if you were to lose those bookmarks to a hard drive crash, a lost or stolen PC, or some other unfortunate incident?
You could always spend an hour or two re-creating those bookmarks from scratch, but if you take a few moments to back up your bookmarks now you’ll be able to quickly restore them if they ever get lost or corrupted.
Backing up your Chrome bookmarks is easy. Just follow these steps:
1 – Connect a USB flash drive to your computer to receive the exported bookmarks.
2 – Open Chrome and click the three vertical dots in the top-right corner of the window.
3 – Select Bookmarks and Lists >Bookmark manager from the menu.
4 – Now click the three vertical dots in the top-right corner of this window, then select Export bookmarks.
5 – Navigate to the USB flash drive you inserted in step 1, then click the Save button.
That’s all there is to it. You should now have a file containing your exported Chrome bookmarks on the USB flash drive. I recommend that you store that drive in a safe place in case you ever need to restore your bookmarks.
If you ever need to restore the bookmarks, simply repeat the steps above and select Import bookmarks when you get to step 4.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• Does your Apple device qualify for a free replacement battery?
This post explains how to find out.
• Q&A: Why are new computers slower than really old ones?
The answer might surprise you.
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
Every morning I post a new photo that I find inspiring, intriguing, or just plain beautiful to look at. Jumpstart your day by checking it out.
Rick’s Daily Pick…
Sabrent USB 3.0 to SATA Dual Bay External Hard Drive Docking Station
Looking for the easiest possible way to connect two bare hard drives or SSDs to a Mac or Windows PC as external drives?
Or perhaps you’re looking for a way to clone the contents of one drive onto another drive with just the touch of a button?
How about both? Well, you need this.
Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Video: The amazing size and beauty of Victoria Falls
Just wow!
Tech news that caught my eye…
• Zoom meetings are about to get weirder
• Meta will share data with researchers studying online well-being
• South Korean company smuggled $11.6 million worth of US-made chips into China
• Next-gen GPU memory will achieve unheard-of speeds
• Dangerous new phishing campaign is targeting Microsoft 365 users
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