Your daily dose of practical, easy to follow tech tips!
Countless people send and receive sensitive information via SMS text messages every day.
If you’re one of them you might be surprised to learn that the content of your texts are wide open to anyone who manages to intercept them, and that’s incredibly easy to do.
Truth be told, there are LOTS of folks out there who can, and do intercept SMS text messages, and as the article I linked to above explains, it isn’t limited just to law enforcement. [Read more…]
If you’ve started noticing a lot of unusual and intrusive activity on your Mac, chances are you’ve fallen victim to some type of malware.
One common type, in particular, is spyware which can be incredibly sneaky and difficult to notice. So, unless you have a Mac spyware remover installed on your device, you will have to detect and remove this malicious software yourself.
Here’s everything you need to know… [Read more…]
If you’re a music lover who has an iPhone, iPad or Mac, you most likely have a subscription to Apple Music that you listen to on your Apple device.
But guess what? If you happen to be a Windows user that doesn’t mean you can’t take advantage of everything that Apple Music has to offer.
Truth be told, there are actually a couple of different ways you can listen to Apple Music on your Windows PC (although one way works a lot better than the other). [Read more…]
MacBooks are powerful devices, but their slim chassis can often lead to overheating issues.
There are some ways to mitigate this from a hardware perspective, but there’s also some cleaning up you can do in regards to files and storage as well.
Here are seven things you can do to stop your MacBook from over-heating: [Read more…]
Question from Kenny: Hi, Rick. I have a problem that I need help with.
I use Chrome as my main browser and it tends to load pages that have lots of photos at a snail’s pace.
I know this is a Chrome issue because the same pages load a lot faster in Edge and Firefox.
How can I make Chrome load photo-heavy pages faster than it does now? [Read more…]