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Q&A: Can you recommend a managed WordPress hosting plan for a high-traffic blog?

Posted on March 13, 2023

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Question from Kendell: Hi, Rick. I’m hoping you can recommend a good web hosting plan for my blog.

I’ve had my blog for almost four years and it’s grown to the point where I’m having trouble keeping up with all the maintenance (updates, backups, etc.).

It seems like I’m spending so much time keeping the blog running that I don’t have time to write my posts anymore.

I’ve heard about the Managed WordPress hosting providers that take care of all the updates and other maintenance tasks for you and I’d really love to move my blog to one of them. [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I delete a lost iPhone’s backup from iCloud?

Posted on March 11, 2023

Question from Claire: I recently lost the iPhone I’d had for several years so I bought a new one to replace it.

That’s not really a bad thing because I’d been looking for an excuse to buy a new one (smile).

The thing is I still have the backup from the old iPhone stored in my iCloud account. How can I get rid of it?

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Q&A: How can I make thumb typing easier on my iPad?

Posted on March 8, 2023

Question from Pauline: I have a question for you Rick.

I’ve been using a 7 inch Android tablet for my Facebooking but the battery recently went bad in it.

Instead of buying another Android tablet I decided to try an iPad. I ended up buying a 10.9 inch model which is a bit larger than what I was used to.

I didn’t know what to expect because I’d never owned anything from Apple before, but I found out that I really love it.

I’m having one problem though. I could hold the 7 inch tablet by its sides and type with my thumbs, but I can’t do that with the larger iPad because the keys are spread out too far.

Do you know if there’s a way to make it easier to type on my new iPad using my thumbs? Maybe by using an app, perhaps? [Read more…]

Q&A: Will I have to overclock my PC again if I reset Windows?

Posted on March 8, 2023

Question from Brandon: A guy I play games with online told me how to overclock my computer to make it run the games faster.

I followed his instructions and did it and everything was great for about 2 days.

Then I must have downloaded a virus or something because my computer has started acting strange. It’s locking up on me and shutting down on its own.

I ran my virus checker but it didn’t find anything so I want to follow your instructions to reset Windows 10 to see it that will fix it.

If I reset Windows will it wipe out the overclocking? I’d hate to have to go through all those BIOS settings again.

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