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Question from Maurine: I bought a 2TB external USB hard drive to store my large collection of old family pictures on.
When I plugged the new drive into my computer I noticed that it has several files on it already.
One is a file with info about the warranty. Another is a user guide. I’m not sure what the other two files are.
My question is can I delete all these files or do I need to keep them?
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Question from Eugene: I just bought a new Chromebook and to my amazement there is no ‘Delete’ key on the keyboard.
What’s up with that? I’ve been using computers for years and I’ve never see a keyboard without some type of Delete key before. [Read more…]
With almost over million active users, Netflix is one of the most popular streaming video services in the world.
And as you might imagine, that makes them and their customers extremely popular targets for hackers and scammers.
Netflix users have been receiving phishing emails for years, but the one that’s making the rounds right now is extremely dangerous, and far too many Netflix customers are falling for it.
The scam works like this: [Read more…]
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A while back I wrote a post explaining why it’s a good idea to install an inexpensive dash cam in your vehicle, and it generated a lot of interest.
A few days later one of my Facebook friends messaged me to ask if there is a way to protect yourself by capturing video when you aren’t in your vehicle because she frequently has to interact with people who get easily upset.
Luckily, the answer is yes. [Read more…]
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Question from Leslie: Hi, Rick. I hope you won’t mind answering a question for me.
I recently bought a new MacBook Pro and I absolutely love it except for one small problem.
I love the beautiful look of the screen but I sometimes have trouble finding the mouse cursor on it when there’s a lot of stuff being displayed all at once.
Can you tell me how to increase the size of the mouse pointer on my MacBook Pro so it’ll be easier to find? [Read more…]