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Rick’s Daily Pick: Sabrent USB 3.0 Dual Bay Hard Drive Docking Station

Posted on July 30, 2021

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My “Pick” for the day is this super-handy Sabrent USB 3.0 Dual BayHard Drive Docking Station.

Do you have a spare internal hard drive (or two) that you’d like to connect to your PC as an external USB hard drive?

Well, this handy gadget makes that one of the easiest computer-related tasks you’ll ever perform.

Simply slide one or two hard drives or SSDs into the slots on the docking station and then plug it into an open USB port. You’ll be able to read and write to those drives in seconds!

Whether the drives are 2.5 inch laptop drives, 3.5 inch desktop drives or one of each, they’ll work perfectly with this docking station as long as they are standard SATA drives (if you’re not sure just email me and ask).

And now, the best part…

You can also use this device to “clone” one hard drive or SSD to another drive simply by pushing a button!

Click here to read more about the Sabrent USB 3.0 Dual BayHard Drive Docking Station at Amazon.

Picture of the Day: “The Colors of Iceland”

Posted on July 30, 2021

Today’s “Picture of the Day” features a very colorful scene from the Landmannalaugur region of Iceland. I hope you like it.

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How to add your hand-written signature to a document on your Mac

Posted on July 29, 2021

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Do you ever receive electronic documents that you need to sign and then return to the original sender?

If so, you know what a hassle that can be at times.

The way most people do it is to first print the document and then sign it and scan it back into the computer so they can send it back to the person that sent it to them.

Well, if you have a Mac desktop computer or a MacBook there’s a much easier way. Just follow the steps below: [Read more…]

Q&A: Does the number of cells in a laptop battery really matter all that much?

Posted on July 29, 2021

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Question from Anita.: Hi Rick. The battery in my HP laptop went bad and I need to order a new one.

When I looked up the model number for my laptop on Amazon a thousand choices for replacement batteries came up.

What really confuses me is the number of cells each battery has. Some have 4 cells, some have 6 and others have 9.

Are more cells better? [Read more…]