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Question from Reba: Hi, Rick. I’ve been reading your daily tips for years and I hope you can help me fix a problem I caused for myself.
I was typing last night and apparently hit some strange keystrokes. The text size in my Chrome window changed. How can I get it back to normal? [Read more…]
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Have you ever clicked the “Send” button after composing an email and immediately realized that you had sent the message to the wrong person?
Or perhaps you have sent an angry response to an email, only to regret it just as soon as you clicked “Send”?
Things like this happen to most of us at times, and it’s never a good feeling when they do.
Luckily, Gmail has a nifty feature called “Undo Send” that gives you up to 30 seconds to change your mind after clicking the “Send” button. [Read more…]
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Question from Shaina: I have this USB flash drive with several hundred photos on it that I scanned during a recent visit to my grandmother’s house.
These are precious family pictures that will be difficult to replace if something were to happen to them.
I really don’t want to lose these photos and I was wondering how long I can count on the drive retaining them if I lock it up in my little fireproof safe? [Read more…]
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With Facebook privacy so often in the news these days, you’re probably concerned about keeping your own posts, photos and comments at least somewhat private.
To that end, you’ve probably tweaked your account’s privacy settings to make your personal information as private or as accessible to others as you feel comfortable with.
But are you really sure you have everything truly locked down to match your comfort level?
Well, there’s an easy way to find out… [Read more…]
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If you’ve ever tried to capture a screenshot from a YouTube video you know how difficult it can be to find just the right frame to capture.
Unless your timing with the “Pause” button is absolutely perfect it can take quite a while to find a frame that will look great as a screenshot.
Well, I’m about to give you a little tip that will make finding just the right frame almost as easy as finding a grain of sand on a beach.