Tech Tips, Tricks and Tutorials
Question from Lois: Hi Rick. I need your help.
I just noticed that people can see my birthdate when they look at my profile on Facebook.
I really don’t want strangers (or even Facebook) knowing when my birth date is. I don’t even want my friends to know when it is.
Can you tall me how to completely remove my birth date from Facebook?
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Question from Robin G.: Hi Rick. I have a question that I hope you can answer for me.
I’m subscribed to several YouTube channels, and when I’m watching any of the videos posted on one of them a big ugly message always pops up telling me to visit the channel’s website.
I already visit that website pretty often and I don’t need these reminders popping up all the time.
Is there any way to prevent them from popping up on the YouTube videos that I’m watching? They are really annoying!
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Question from Marge L.: I’ve recently begun dabbling in photography and I have a question for you.
Is there a way to rename all the files in a certain folder to a common base name?
My camera always names the pictures with the same base filename but just changes the numbers on the end. That makes it hard to know what the pictures in a folder are of without looking at the pictures.
It would be great if I could have the filenames actually represent what the pictures are of.
For example, if I take pictures at a birthday party for someone named Jane Doe the filenames could be renamed to something like this:
JaneDoeBirthday0001.jpg
JaneDoeBirthday0002.jpg
JaneDoeBirthday0003.jpg
etc…
Is there an easy way to do that in Windows 10 without having to change all the filenames individually, one by one?
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Question from Roger T.: Hi Rick. I’d love to have your advice on a good online photo editor.
I have Photoshop Elements on my desktop computer at work, and I use it a lot. I also need to have some way of editing a photo every now and then on my laptop.
The thing is I just can’t justify paying $100 for another copy of Elements. Is there a good free online photo editor that you feel comfortable recommending?
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Question from Stephanie: I need some advice Rick. I’ve done quite a bit of research on video cables and I’m still confused.
I’m getting ready to order a new computer and monitor from Amazon. I’ve already selected the computer and monitor, but now I have to decide on a video cable.
I have the option of using either DVI or HDMI, but I don’t know which I should choose. Do you have a suggestion?
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