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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, May 29, 2022
Topics covered in this issue…
• How to find most any Mac setting in seconds
• Scam alert: Beware this dangerous ‘CVS Gift Card’ email scam
• Q&A: Can I retrieve my Wi-Fi password from my router?
• Why being late simply isn’t an option (for me)
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Today’s quick tech tip….
How to find most any Mac setting in seconds
Yesterday’s “Quick Tip” explained how to quickly find most any Windows setting using the Windows Search tool.
Within minutes of that email hitting recipients’ Inboxes I started receiving messages from folks asking if the same thing can be done on a Mac.
The answer is yes, it certainly can. Just use your Mac’s awesome “Spotlight” search tool. Here’s how:
1 – Launch Spotlight Search by pressing the Command+Space Bar key combination.
2 – Type a word that’s directly associated with the setting you’re wanting to find.
For example, if you want to change a mouse setting, simply type the word mouse into the search box and then select the specific setting you’re looking for from the list of search results.
To access a network related setting, simply search for the word network.
If you need to change a display related setting you’d search for the word display.
And so forth…
Bottom line: Just as with a Windows PC, searching for a specific Mac setting is almost always faster than slogging through the menus to find it, especially if you don’t know where to begin looking.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• Scam alert: Beware this dangerous ‘CVS Gift Card’ email scam
Another dangerous recurring email scam is making the rounds once again. This post explains how to recognize and avoid it.
• Q&A: Can I retrieve my Wi-Fi password from my router?
A reader wants to know if there’s a way to retrieve a forgotten Wi-Fi password from his router. This post has the answer (plus two solutions to his problem).
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Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
Why being late simply isn’t an option (for me)
Lots of folks can never seem to make it anywhere on time, and that’s fine because we are all different. But for me, being late simply isn’t an option. This post explains why.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• Twitter fined $150M for inappropriate use of Two-Factor Authentication details
• Is Elon Musk be planning to partner with schools to provide Internet service via Starlink?
• Microsoft’s vision for the PC’s future: AI-infused ‘NPUs’ and the cloud
• New ‘Apple Account Card’ now available in the Wallet app for iOS 15.5 users
• A 150-megawatt Bitcoin mining facility is coming to West Virginia
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