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Q&A: Should I install an SSD in my PC as a second drive?

Posted on June 18, 2021

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Question from Eric S.: I’m seriously considering taking your advice about installing an SSD in my Lenovo desktop PC just to install my programs on.

I mostly just use Photoshop and Lightroom along with a couple of web browsers.

I’m not really interested in making the SSD the boot drive by installing Windows on it because I don’t feel confident in my ability to get it done correctly.

My question: Is it worth adding an SSD as a second drive just for running programs? And if so, how much storage capacity do you think it should have? Would 500GB be enough?

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Q&A: What does the term ‘Internet of Things’ mean?

Posted on June 18, 2021

Question from Beverly: Hi Rick. I hope you can clear something up for me.

I consider myself to be fairly tech savvy for my age but I have no idea what people mean when they use the term “Internet of Things”, or “IoT”.

It seems like I see that term in a news article or on some website just about every day. Can you explain to me what it means?

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Q&A: Why does my Chromebook not have a ‘Delete’ key?

Posted on June 18, 2021

Question from Eugene: I just bought a new Chromebook and to my amazement there is no ‘Delete’ key on the key board.

What’s up with that?

Rick’s answer: Eugene, there are several things to love about a Chromebook (#ad), but there are a few things that make me want to scratch my head as well.

And you have just discovered one of them.

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Q&A: I lost my phone. Can I remotely sign out of Gmail using a different device?

Posted on June 17, 2021

Question from Carrie: I went to Costco this morning and when I got home my phone wasn’t in my purse.

I checked both my car and my apartment from one end to other and it just isn’t here.

Then I called Costco to see if anyone had found it and turned it in at the Service Desk, but they hadn’t.

I didn’t go anywhere else, just to Costco so that has to be where I lost it.

I’m not too concerned about the phone itself. It’s an older Straight Talk phone that I was planning to replace soon anyway.

The thing that worries me is my Gmail was open (I keep it that way, stupid me). I have a lot of sensitive info and photos in my emails that I really don’t want anyone else to see.

Is there a way to use my computer to remotely sign out of Gmail on the lost phone?

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