While mobile devices like tablets and laptops are great for portable computing, they all suffer from the main drawback of relying on battery power. Batteries in turn lose their capacity and reliability with age and it’s always a good idea to check your battery’s health if your system is having issues. What many don’t know …
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There are several reasons you might want to clone a hard drive. You can create a full backup of any hard drive that can then be copied to a new hard drive for use with a new system. Cloning is also excellent for upgrading your existing hard drive to a higher capacity one without losing …
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We’re all familiar with the window that shows up when you’re saving a file. The window shows the location that the file will be saved to, lets you name it, and lets you specify the type of file being saved. One annoyance of the whole process is that the window is often set to some …
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By default, Windows 10 downloads and installs driver updates for devices automatically. While this is useful for many users who don’t want to manually update or constantly wonder whether their devices are using the latest drivers, for others it can become a major headache. Most people have experienced problems with device drivers at some time …
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With the release of Windows 10, Microsoft has created a great number of new default apps which are integrated into the new OS. These apps come pre-installed and there is no convenient method to remove or uninstall them as you can with other apps. With a bit more digging and a few commands in Windows …
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If your Mac is connected to a network via an ethernet cable but there is no associated WiFi hotspot, you can actually create one using the Internet Sharing feature in Mac OS X. This is incredibly useful for sharing your internet connection with other devices without an ethernet cable. You can also use this technique …
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