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How to close all open tabs at once in Safari on iOS 7

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ios7-logoiOS 7 is a great operating system for your Apple device because it has simplified many common tasks and added several very useful new features.

But one task in iOS 7 isn’t simpler at all. If you happen to have several tabs open in Safari at once, it can be a real pain closing all of them one at a time. As you probably know, it requires a LOT of swiping!

But luckily there is a way to easily and quickly close ALL open tabs at the same time. Just use the simple procedure explained below:  [Read more…]

Apple releases critical security patch for Mac laptops and desktops

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osx-mavericksLast Sunday I told you that Apple had just announced a major security flaw in both their iOS and OS X operating systems.

They almost immediately released a patch to fix the flaw in iOS, but they said it would take a little longer for them to make a patch available for OS X.

Well, all of you Mac laptop and desktop users will be glad to know that Apple has finally gotten around to releasing a security patch for OS X as well.  [Read more…]

Q&A: Why is there a Floppy Disk drive showing up in Windows Explorer?

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floppy-disk-driveQuestion from Cynthia T.:  Hi Rick. I have something going on with my computer that’s driving me up the wall.

Starting 3 days ago there’s a Floppy Disk A: drive showing up in Windows Explorer. I haven’t owned a computer with a floppy drive in it in years!

Why is a phantom floppy drive showing up in my drive list? And more importantly, how can I get rid of it? My computer is a Gateway desktop running Windows 7 Pro.

Rick’s answer:   [Read more…]

Q&A: Why is my brand new 64GB USB flash drive only formatting to 2GB?

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kingston-64gb-flash-driveQuestion from Steven D.:  Rick, I recently bought a brand new Kingston 64GB USB flash drive off of eBay, but it will only format to 2GB.

I’ve tried every format option there is but the result is always the same. How can I tell if the drive is bad or if I’m doing something wrong?

Rick’s answer:   [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I display Google Adsense ads only on individual posts using Genesis Simple Hooks?

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adsense-logoQuestion from Harlan F.:  I have a problem Rick, and I’m really hoping you can help me solve it.

I have a WordPress blog that uses the Genesis Framework and the Genesis Simple Hooks plugin to display ads on my blog. I pasted my Adsense code into the genesis_after_content hook in order to have an ad displayed at the end of every post (and page).

It works great, but the problem is it also displays an ad after every post snippet on the home page. As you probably know, this is a big no-no since Google limits us to three Adsense ads per page.

My question is how can I get Simple Hooks to display an Adsense ad at the end of each post without also displaying them on the home page?

Rick’s answer:   [Read more…]

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