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Rick’s Daily Tech Tips Update for Sunday, September 17, 2023
Topics covered in this issue…
• How to use Emojis in Windows and macOS
• How to listen to your old (and treasured) vinyl records
• Scam alert: Beware these dangerous fake Lowe’s ads on Facebook
• 6 tips for shopping for ‘healthy’ food items
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Today’s featured tech tip….
How to use Emojis in Windows and macOS
If you use Facebook (or do pretty much anything with your smartphone) you’re surely familiar with emojis, those cute little smiley-face type icons that you can add to status updates and other types of messages to express some type of emotion.
But did you know you can use emojis on your Windows PC or Mac as well?
Well, you can, and it’s very easy to do…
If you’re using a Windows PC simply press the Windows+. key combination (that’s the Windows key and the “period” key) and a little window will pop up containing a list of the emojis you can add to your writing. Just click on the emoji you want to use to insert it at the current cursor position.
If you’re using a Mac just press the Control+Command+Spacebar key combination to open the list of emojis that are available to you.
The latest from Rick’s Daily Tips Tech Blog…
• How to listen to your old (and treasured) vinyl records
Yep, 45s and LPs are still a thing.
• Scam alert: Beware these dangerous fake Lowe’s ads on Facebook
It’s that time of year again.
• Click here to see today’s ‘Picture of the Day’.
Every morning I post a new photo that I find inspiring, intriguing, or just plain beautiful to look at. Jumpstart your day by checking it out.
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Today’s post from ‘My Daily Smile’…
6 tips for shopping for ‘healthy’ food items
It isn’t easy eating healthy these days. These tips can help.
Tech news that caught my eye…
• This critical security flaw for popular apps is being exploited
• Google won’t repair your broken Pixel Watch screen
• Windows 11’s Photos app adds support for motion photo, background blur, search
• X now lets Premium subscribers hide likes and verify their real IDs
• Windows 11 Snipping Tool gets OCR support to copy text from images
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