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Question from Vallery: A woman was on a local news show talking about ways to make Facebook easier to use.
One of the things she recommended was to turn on ‘Dark Mode’ because it’s supposed to be easier on the eyes. But she didn’t explain how to do it.
So how do you enable ‘Dark Mode’ on Facebook? [Read more…]
Question from Carol: Hi, Rick. I hope you’re doing well. I need your help with a problem I’m having if you don’t mind.
I had a stroke a little over a year ago and it affected my eyesight. My recovery went well and I’m doing a lot better, but I still don’t see nearly as well as I used to.
One of the biggest problems I have is reading the text on my iPhone. It would help a lot if I could make the letters bigger.
Can you tell me if that’s possible and how to change it if it is? [Read more…]
Question from Gloria: Hi Rick. I hope you can help me find a solution to a problem we’re having with my husband’s iPad.
He recently started using Facebook to keep in touch with the grandkids and some of our other family members.
The problem is he’s completely deaf and he can’t hear the notification alerts when someone sends him a message on the iPad.
Is there any way to have it light up with every new notification?
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]
Question from Paula K.: I let my daughter play some games on my laptop last a couple of nights ago.
When I turned it on yesterday morning the entire background on the screen was completely white with bold, black text.
I asked her what she did to make it change like that and she said she doesn’t know.
I can use it this way but I absolutely hate it because it’s ugly!
Can you tell me how to get the screen back to normal? My laptop has Windows 10.
Rick’s answer: [Read more…]