Rick's Daily Tips

How to disable Predictive Text on your iPhone

Posted on October 14, 2023

Your iPhone’s keyboard has a feature called Predictive Text that analyzes your words as you are typing and tries to predict what you are going to type next.

When you first get a new iPhone it doesn’t do all that great at predicting what you’re planning to type.

However, over time, it can become surprisingly accurate with its predictions as it learns the way you “think” and type.

Most folks seem to love the Predictive Text feature and consider it to be a huge time saver, but every now and then I’ll receive a request for instructions for turning it off.

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Q&A: Which version of Linux should I replace Windows with?

Posted on October 14, 2023

Question from Ed: I have a Lenovo laptop that came with Windows 8.1 preinstalled.

The hard drive died and I have to replace it and my co-worker recommended that I install Linux on it.

The thing is, there are so many Linux versions to choose from that trying to pick one is about to make my head explode.

Which version of Linux do you recommend for a system that was running Windows 8.1 previously? [Read more…]

Why you should never keep emails that contain passwords

Posted on October 13, 2023

Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter

If you’re like most Internet users, your email inbox probably contains several old messages that contain the usernames and passwords for some of your online accounts.

As you probably know, many services send new subscribers/customers a welcome email containing the username and password they’ll need to enter in order to log into the account. [Read more…]

How (and why) to enable Clipboard History in Windows 11

Posted on October 13, 2023

Soon after Windows 10 was released Microsoft made a very useful upgrade to the Clipboard via a new tool called Clipboard History.

In days of old the Windows Clipboard was limited to storing just one item at a time: the last item you either ‘copied’ or ‘cut’.

That was a pretty severe limitation since whatever was currently stored in the Clipboard was wiped out and overwritten the next time you copied or cut another item.

Clipboard History changed that by allowing the Clipboard to store up to the last 25 items that you either copied or cut. You can then choose among them when you needed to ‘paste’ something that’s stored there. [Read more…]

How to clear a stuck print job in Windows

Posted on October 12, 2023

Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter

For the most part, the Windows operating system has improved greatly over the years, generally getting better and more reliable with each major update.

But unfortunately a couple of major frustrations still plague Windows users to this day.

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