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As you probably know, Windows 10 comes with a bunch of apps pre-installed on your system.
In addition to those pre-installed apps you might have also installed one or more additional apps from the Microsoft Store.
By default, most of those apps run in the background at all times – even the ones you never use!
In most cases having all those apps running in the background serves no useful purpose, but it does have a couple of serious downsides: [Read more…]
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?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
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Have you ever fallen asleep only to be awakened in the middle of the night by a phone call from someone who had no idea how late it was (or who simply didn’t care)?
Or perhaps you’ve signed up for a class and you’d rather not disturb everyone in the room with an endless barrage of notification sounds?
If you have an iPhone you can easily avoid situations like that by enabling a special mode called “Do Not Disturb” Here’s how:
1 – Swipe down from the top-right corner of the screen.
2 – Tap the Focus icon (it looks like a crescent moon).
3 – Tap Do Not Disturb.
To disable “Do Not Disturb”, simply toggle the setting back to Off.
That’s all there is to it. Now you know how to enable and disable your iPhone’s “Do Not Disturb” feature.
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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?
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?