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Question from Debbie: Hello, Rick. You seem to be an expert on all things Amazon so I’d like to ask you a question about it if you don’t mind.
I think I remember adding a gift card to my Amazon account a while back, but I don’t know how to check to see for sure.
Can you tell me what I need to do? [Read more…]
Question from Ryanna: I’m always accidentally hitting the “Microphone” button when I’m typing on my iPhone and I hate it.
I never use Dictation anyway so I’d like to disable it. How do I do that? [Read more…]
Question from Brenda: I have a Facebook question that I hope you can answer for me Rick.
I have many varied interests so I “Like” a wide variety of pages, some of which I’d rather keep to myself and not let some of my Facebook friends know about.
Is there a way to “hide” those pages from my friends but still access them myself as usual? [Read more…]
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Question from Shelley: Hi, Rick. My computer is an older Mac Pro MC560LL/A and it only has USB 2.0 ports. I’d really like to be able to use a USB 3.0 hard drive with this computer.
My question is can I add some USB 3.0 ports to my Mac Pro? [Read more…]
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Question from Oliver: I just replaced my old desktop computer with a brand new Dell laptop with Windows 11.
I like the new computer ok, but I’m having one problem that I hope you can help me solve.
Whenever I’m typing something on my computer I have a hard time seeing the text cursor. Even worse, I also have trouble seeing the mouse pointer.
Sadly, my eyes just aren’t what they used to be. I guess that just goes with the territory when you’re in your 70’s. [Read more…]