Your daily dose of practical, easy to follow tech tips!
Question from Andy: I’ve been using Twitter for several months and I’ve become pretty active on there. I usually post at least a dozen tweets every day.
The problem I have is lots of spammers have started replying to my tweets with spam offers of all types.
Some days there are so many spam replies that it’s hard to wade through them to read the real replies.
Is there any way to block the spammers from replying to my tweets? [Read more…]
Question from Keenan: I got a really nasty message from a someone I was friends with on Facebook.
This message was so bad that I instantly blocked him because I don’t even really know him.
My question is since I blocked him on my laptop do I need to block him on my phone and iPad too? [Read more…]
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Question from Barry: I have a really old (circa mid-1990s) HP Laserjet 5 mono laser printer that I really love.
I haven’t used this printer in many years. I replaced it with a new one the last time it ran out of toner because replacement HP toner cartridges were very expensive back then.
Can you answer a quick question for me? [Read more…]
Question from Betty: Thanks for everything you do to help us, Rick. Your tips are wonderful.
If you don’t mind I’d like to ask a question about my iMac.
I’m always hitting the ‘Caps Lock’ key by accident and typing things in all upper case.
I read this tip that explains how to disable the Caps Lock key on a Windows computer.
Is it possible to disable it on a Mac too? [Read more…]
Question from Marcie: My friend sent me some pictures and I was looking at them on my Windows laptop.
After I closed everything out I saw that one of the pictures I looked at was covering the entire desktop.
I don’t like it because it makes it hard to see the desktop icons. And besides, it’s not the type of picture I want on my screen at all times anyway.
Why is that photo covering my entire desktop? [Read more…]