Rick's Daily Tips

Is your iPhone running out of memory? Here’s a quick tip that can help.

Posted on June 17, 2020

If you’re an iPhone user you probably know that keeping as much of your phone’s memory free as possible will help it run faster and also prevent glitches and freeze-ups.

However, you might not be aware that old iMessages that contain images and other attachments can use up a huge portion of your phone’s available memory.

Luckily, it’s very easy to free up lots of memory space once per month simply by instructing your phone to automatically delete your older iMessages on a monthly basis. All it takes is a simple settings change: [Read more…]

Q&A: Is it possible to hide a hard drive in Windows 10?

Posted on June 17, 2020

Question from Leta W.: I have an external USB hard drive that I use to back up all of my important files. I keep this drive plugged into the back of my PC, and it’s hidden from view.

My question is can I hide that drive from showing up in File Explorer?

My daughter uses this computer too, and I want to make sure she doesn’t wipe out any of my saved files on the external drive. This computer is running Windows 10.

Rick’s answer: [Read more…]

How to add a tile for the ‘Run’ command to the Start Menu in Windows 10

Posted on June 15, 2020

If you have Windows 10 on your computer, you might have noticed that the Start Button and Start Menu are back after taking a short hiatus with Windows 8.

One important thing that’s missing on the Windows 10 Start Menu however is a menu option for opening a “Run” box.

Well, there’s actually a way to open a “Run” box from the Start menu but it’s buried two levels deep in the “Windows System” section, and that makes opening a simple Run box more time-consuming than it should be.

Of course you can always quickly open a Run box by pressing the Windows+R key combination (that’s the way I always do it), but some folks prefer having it right on the Start Menu.

If you’re one of them, you can easily add a “Run” tile to the Start Menu on your Windows 10 PC. Here’s how: [Read more…]

How to enable Two-Factor Authentication on your Square account

Posted on June 15, 2020

Square is a popular credit card processing service that lets thousands of small businesses and merchants accept credit cards without having to buy an expensive card terminal or pay super-exorbitant fees.

And as you might expect, Square customers are frequently targeted by hackers.

Luckily, you can easily protect your own Square account from those hacking attempts by enabling Two-Factor Authentication. [Read more…]