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My “Pick” for today is this super-handy MaxRenard USB 3.0 to SATA/IDE Hard Drive / SSD Adapter.
This little gem will let you connect virtually any hard drive or 2.5″ SATA SSD to your computer as an external USB drive.
This is a great tool for retrieving the files from a drive that was removed from an older or non-working computer.
Click here to check out the MaxRenard USB 3.0 to SATA/IDE Hard Drive / SSD Adapter at Amazon.
Today’s POTD features a late-evening view of Chania Lighthouse, a historic structure located at the entrance of the Port of Chania on the Greek island of Crete. I hope you like it.
Have lots of treasured photos of your own that you’d love to display in your home but you have limited wall space? A digital picture frame (#ad) is an excellent solution. Check them out!
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January’s winner will receive a fantastic Ecoflow DELTA 2 Portable 1024Wh Power Station.
This will keep your computer or CPAP machine plus a few other small essential devices powered up for hours during extended power outages.
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The drawing for this month’s prize will be held on January 31 and the winner will be notified by email. The winner will be selected at random.
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Question from Ellen: I hope you can help me Rick, and I thank you in advance for trying.
I travel frequently and give video presentations as part of my work, and an issue has arisen. My old laptop can’t run Windows 11 so I had to buy a new one.
The new laptop doesn’t have a VGA connector which is what my projector uses. Do you know of any way that I can use this projector with my new laptop?
Reaching the right audience on Instagram has become a practical challenge for content creators. Publishing frequently no longer guarantees visibility. The platform prioritizes relevance, interaction quality, and consistency, which makes audience growth more complex than before.
Consequently, more and more creators are leveraging online services that help them identify who sees their content and additionally, also identify how their profiles are discovering new audiences. Some services provide automated solutions while others focus on analytics or planning. By comparing individual tools side by side will better help clarify what each tool offers individually.
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You probably know by now that I’m constantly driving home the importance of creating regular backups of your computer’s hard drive or SSD.
But truth be told, how you store your backup drive is just as important as creating backups in the first place because a backup that ends up getting destroyed in a fire or some other disaster cannot be used to recover your files onto a new computer. [Read more…]