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If your iPhone has been updated to iOS 14 you’ve probably noticed a little orange or green dot popping up in the top-right corner of the screen at various times.
Well, truth be told, that tiny colored dot could well be the most useful feature ever added to iOS via an update!
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Laptops are great! They give us plenty of computing power, yet they’re easy to carry along with us when we travel.
What’s more, we can use them virtually anywhere that our daily routine takes us!
But when the battery in your laptop will no longer hold a charge, it really limits your options when you need to fire it up and get some work done.
There are many places to buy replacement laptop batteries, but my favorite is Amazon. Why? There are several reasons: [Read more…]
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Did you know you can buy a complete computer system on Amazon for less than $200?
Well, you can, and these are typically well-built business class machines!
You’ll find plenty of refurbished computer systems for sale on Amazon, many of which are indeed selling for between 100 and 200 bucks!
Of course these aren’t the latest technology machines, but they are in working order and well-suited for Internet use and many other everyday tasks such as running an office suite. [Read more…]
When you download a file using your web browser, the file is placed in a special “Downloads” folder where you can retrieve it and do as you wish with it.
If you use two or more different browsers on a regular basis, this can become quite confusing because each browser uses its own ‘downloads” folder.
And unfortunately, those downloads folders are typically located in different places on the hard drive.
I keep four different web browsers open at all times when I’m working because it makes the way I prefer to work easier to manage.
I only have one common downloads folder however (C:\Downloads\), and all of my browsers save their downloads in that one common folder. If you’d like to do the same thing, this post explains how to set it up. [Read more…]
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Question from Eric G.: I read your post about adding USB 3.0 ports to a PC that only has USB 2.0 on it. I’d like to do that but I have a question first.
My Gateway DX4860 desktop computer has two USB 2.0 ports on the front of the case. If I install a USB 3.0 expansion card will it add USB 3.0 to the front of my computer too or just on the back?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]