A lot of users have external hard drives to backup their computers or add needed storage. Western Digital (WD) makes a model called My Cloud. If you own a My Cloud drive, WD will force you to manually enable local
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Should You Defrag Your Solid State Drive?
By John Simek
We are all interested in increasing the performance of our computers. One method is to speed up the retrieval of data from the computer hard drive. Putting all the segments of a file together on a disk means the read…
Eight Tips for Professional Looking Word Documents
By John Simek
Microsoft Word is the most used word processing software. However, in my experience, the majority of Word users don’t know how to properly use the software. The documents are a mess when it comes to formatting. As an example, smashing…
Should You Use an eero Wi-Fi Extender or an Echo Dot?
By John Simek
Let’s face it. We are very much a mobile society. It seems like darn near everything has wireless capabilities. That means our homes and offices need bigger and better Wi-Fi coverage. Some users have taken advantage of newer technologies like…
Microsoft Office Under Attack Again
By John Simek
It’s a vicious cat and mouse game. Microsoft blocks some activity and the cybercriminals move to another attack method. Dark Reading reported that Microsoft is planning to add a feature to cut back on cybercriminal attacks using ‘add-ins’ (XLL files)…
Latest iOS Update Supports Hardware Keys
By John Simek
You should have a second factor (2FA) configured for access to ALL accounts and services. Using an SMS text message is the most common method for getting that second factor. While text messages for 2FA are better than not having…
No More Windows 10 Sales for Microsoft Download
By John Simek
And so it begins. Microsoft will stop selling Windows 10 Home and Pro for download at the end of January as reported at The Verge. That doesn’t mean you won’t be able to get Windows 10 anymore, you’ll just have…
Apple’s Privacy Policy – Not so Private
By John Simek
Historically, Apple remains silent, especially where controversy is involved. The latest news revolves around Apple’s privacy policy and what actually happens with your data. Last November, Gizmodo reported that Apple collects data about you and your device even when you…
Firefox Update Keeps Ad-blockers Working
By John Simek
At the end of 2020, Google rolled out a platform for extensions in Chrome called Manifest V3. The goal was to make extensions less resource intensive and more secure. The change replaced some APIs and caused problems for ad-blockers such…
Another Password Manager Breach in the News
By John Simek
LastPass has been in the news in the last several months and not in a good way. I lost count of how many breaches LastPass has experienced over the last four years. No matter the number, LastPass users need to…