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How to reset your web browser back to its default settings

Posted on December 24, 2023

Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter

There are tons of ways to customize and tweak most current web browsers to make them behave more to our liking.

And in addition to the changes we make on our own, many downloads and browser add-ons take it upon themselves to make changes to our browsers’ settings without us even knowing about it.

These changes add up over time, and eventually your favorite browser might become extremely slow and unstable due to all the changes.

Throw a browser hijacker or malware into the mix and it can even become unusable. If that happens, what should you do? [Read more…]

Q&A: How do I block all websites from accessing my location?

Posted on October 23, 2023

Rick’s Tech Tips Newsletter

Question from Linda: I hate it when a website I’m visiting pops up a little box asking me to let them know my location.

I always click “Don’t allow” every time I get that message, but I’d really like to stop receiving them in the first place.

Can you tell me what I need to do to stop websites from even asking for my location? [Read more…]

Q&A: How can I enable pop-ups for one specific site in Firefox?

Posted on October 5, 2023

Question from Jamie: For the most part I like how Firefox blocks pop-ups but there’s one site that I really love that opens every link you click in a pop-up window.

Is there any way to allow pop-ups on this one site but keep the pop-up blocker enabled on other sites? [Read more…]

Q&A: Is there any way to restore deleted browser history?

Posted on July 13, 2022

Question from Carol: Rick, I’m really in a bind and I’m hoping you can help me.

My son was messing around in the settings in Firefox and he deleted my browser history, including the cookies that kept me logged into my most important accounts.

As you can probably guess, now I can’t log in to my bank account or pretty much anything else because I’ve forgotten the passwords.

Do you know if there’s a way to “unclear” the browser history in Firefox?

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Q&A: How do you change the default browser on a Mac?

Posted on June 25, 2022

Question from Camilla: I’ve always owned Windows computers but my daughter talked me into trying a MacBook after my years-old Toshiba laptop died a few weeks ago.

I tried using Safari for several days but I just can’t get used it it.

I finally broke down and installed Firefox because I’ve used it for years and I’m just more comfortable with it.

Anyway, the links I click always open in Safari but I want them to open in Firefox instead.

How do I make Firefox the default web browser on my new MacBook?

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