Quick Tips
Quick Tip: Cloud Backup Services I Recommend
Tired of losing important files? Learn how to set up easy, reliable backups with cloud services, external drives, and tips to avoid common mistakes. Stay protected!
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Quick Tip: You Can Now Customize The Chrome Toolbar (where the extensions live, usually)
Google Chrome has made it easier to customize the toolbar to organize your favorite features the way you like. With just a few clicks, you can add shortcuts to the tools you use the most, keeping them handy. Here’s how to do it.
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Quick Tip: How To Display Desktop Icons in Windows 11
In this blog post, I’m going to talk about how to display icons, like This PC, Documents, Network, Recycle Bin, and Control Panel on your Windows 11 desktop.
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Quick Tip: How To Adjust the Size of What’s on Your Screen in Windows 10
In this blog post, I will cover how to increase or decrease the size of the content on your screen. I’m not talking about screen resolution here, although that’s an option. Rather, we’ll look at the size of text and whatnot.
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Quick Tip: How To Change Download Settings in Firefox
In this Quick Tip, I will talk about and walk you through how to access and change the download settings in Firefox. Usually, you’ll probably want to choose the “Downloads” folder, which is the default option, but I still like to be given the choice each time, and I don’t want files downloading without my permission.
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Quick Tip: How To Display Desktop Icons in Windows 10 (This PC, etc.)
In this blog post, I’m going to talk about how to display icons, like This PC, Documents, Network, Recycle Bin, and Control Panel in Windows 10 and Windows 11. They are much easier and more convenient to access than trying to navigate through the Start Menu built into Windows.
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Quick Tip: How To Change Default Programs in Windows 10
In this Quick Tip, I will cover how to change your default program settings in Windows 10.
Suppose you have left the settings in Windows 10 on your computer mostly the same since you bought it or installed Windows 10. In that case, you have, without a doubt, quickly encountered moments where you want to open a file or open a web page in a specific program. Still, Windows insists on opening a program you may not want to use, such as Microsoft Edge, when you want to use Firefox.
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Quick Tip: How To Get Rid of Annoying Cookie Banners
Cookie banners are everywhere, and let’s be honest—they’re more of a nuisance than a solution. But let’s not kid ourselves: these banners don’t fix real privacy or security issues.
Cookies are essential for websites to function, and most sites handle them responsibly. If you’re tired of the clutter, an ad blocker can take care of most of these banners. Here’s how you can do it.
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Quick Tip: How To Change Your Windows 11 PIN Into A Secure Password
In this blog post, I will cover changing your Windows 11 PIN to a proper, secure password. By default, out of the box, so to speak, it requires that you create at least a 4-digit PIN. I strongly suggest immediately changing that to a secure password to reduce your computer’s likelihood of being compromised. Here’s how to do that.
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Quick Tip: How To Turn On Dark Mode in Windows 10
Tired of bright screens? Learn how to enable dark mode in Windows 10 in just a few clicks! While not every app respects the choice, it’s a great start to ease eye strain.
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Quick Tip: File and Folder Thumbnail Cache Images in Windows
If you’ve ever used a cleanup tool or dug around in your system to free up space, you might have encountered something called a “thumbnail cache” or “thumbnail images.”
At first glance, these can seem like junk files taking up space for no reason. But before you hit delete, let’s talk about why they’re not as disposable as they seem.
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Quick Tip: Clear Storage Space on Your iPhone by Uninstalling and Reinstalling Them To Get Rid of their “Documents and Data”
In this Quick Tip, I’ll cover one of the best ways to tidy up your iPhone in terms of storage space, and it’s something that might not occur to people right away because it’s not often talked about.
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Quick Tip: Disable Those “Sign In With Google” Pop Ups
Fed up with those “Sign in with Google” pop-ups?
We can use UBlock Origin to eliminate them when we do NOT want to sign into a website with Google. A uBlock Origin “one-liner” is all it takes never to see one of those again.
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Quick Tip: How To Disable The News and Interests Widget From Opening on Hover
In Quick Tip, I’ll be talking about how to disable the “open on hover” feature on the News And Interest widget in Windows 10 and why you want to do this.
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Quick Tip: How to Disable The “Let’s Finish Setting up Your Device” Screens on Windows 11
In this Quick Tip, I’ll show you how to disable the annoying upsell screen that occasionally appears when you turn on your computer. It’s the one that says, “Let’s finish setting up your device.”
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Quick Tip: Activate a Window Simply by Moving Your Mouse Cursor Over it (instead of needing to click it)
In this Quick Tip, I will show you how to “activate” any Window or app to use it instead of first needing to click it and use it. This is particularly useful to login details on a web page. You start typing or even copying and pasting, only to realize it didn’t work because that app wasn’t selected.
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Quick Tip: Hide Clutter in Windows 11 Desktop Search
The search box on the taskbar and the pop-up search both have “highlights” that recommend all kinds of distractions, including shopping content, games, and more. Here’s how to turn that off.
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Quick Tip: Get Rid of Notification Ads and Full-Screen Upsells in Windows 11
Windows will occasionally send you notification pop-ups with “tips and suggestions.” These tips can include messages pushing the Microsoft Rewards program and other things.
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Quick Tip: Here’s How To Keep Your YouTube Subscriptions Private
In this Quick Tip, I will describe how to stop your YouTube subscriptions from being public. You might not even realize they have been.
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Quick Tip: Turn Off Suggested Notifications (ads) in Windows 11
Suggested (Microsoft ads) notifications appear by default in Windows 11, even on the Lock (login) screen. These may not appear if you’re not signed in with a Microsoft account. Here’s how to turn them off.
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