Your daily dose of practical, easy to follow tech tips!
Question from Michelle: I bought a new MacBook in December 2020 and I’m curious about which type of processor it has in it.
I recently found out that Apple started putting different processors in their machines around that same time and that some programs won’t work with the new processors.
How can I find out whether my MacBook has the older processor or the new one? [Read more…]
Several people have forwarded what appear to be email invoices for Norton products and services they supposedly ordered, but didn’t.
As you can probably guess, each and every one of those emails have turned out to be scams.
Truth be told, this scam has been making the rounds off and on for several years now, and not always with Norton as the company mentioned. [Read more…]
Question from Randy: I have a two year old Mac desktop computer that runs great, but I heard Macs run a LOT faster if they have at least 16GB of RAM installed.
I’d love to upgrade mine to 16GB if it currently has less than that in it.
The thing is I have no idea how much RAM is in it right now. How can I find out? [Read more…]
Question from Beverly: I just bought a new PC with Windows 11 and the time in the lower right corner is in military time.
How do I reset it to normal time (i.e. instead of 17:00, have it say 5:00 PM)?
I’ve tried everything but don’t know how to do it.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
In this post I’m going to explain what Linux is, and more importantly, what it can do for you as the owner of an older PC that’s running a version of Windows that has been abandoned by Microsoft.
As you probably know by now, Microsoft is no longer releasing security updates for many versions of Windows, which means computers that are still running them are wide open to hackers and malware.
But an awesome free operating system called Linux can make using that unsafe computer safe again.