Just because you get a phone call, text message, or an email that tells you about some purchase you don’t remember making, or some unknown activity on your credit or debit card, don’t readily accept this information and call the phone number listed on the message or discuss the issue with message sender if you… Continue reading Anatomy OF A Bank Scam
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Create A RAM Disk For Mint, Ubuntu, and Debian
What is a RAM disk? A RAM disk is a virtual disk drive created using a portion of a computer’s random-access memory (RAM). It emulates a traditional hard drive, allowing users to both store and access data on it similar to a hard drive or a solid-state (SSD) drive. What are the benefits of a… Continue reading Create A RAM Disk For Mint, Ubuntu, and Debian
Run Multiple Computers With A Single Keyboard and a Mouse
You can run multiple computers with a single keyboard and a mouse by using an amazing little app called Synergy.
Improve Your Privacy On The Internet
Editor’s Note: This is the second installment in a series of articles on how to both improve your privacy and lower your digital footprint on the Internet. My last post discusses facial recognition, and my next post will focus on emails. To learn more about facial recognition and how to fool it, click HERE. Disclaimer:… Continue reading Improve Your Privacy On The Internet
Enable Trim After Mac SSD Install
What Is Trim And Why Use It? Before we discuss Trim, let’s find out what a P/E cycle is. Basically, there are two processes involved when something is written to an SSD drive: Writing begins with erasing memory from flash memory cells. These cells are then programmed with the new information. This is called a… Continue reading Enable Trim After Mac SSD Install
How To Bulk Upload Products to WooCommerce
What Is WooCommerce? Along with a WordPress site, and a store-themed-template, WooCommerce does all the heavy lifting in turning your website into an online store. WooCommerce has ways to input product data, sell products, manage your inventory, handle shipments, handle refunds, and much more. Think of WooCommerce as kind of a Swiss Army Knife for… Continue reading How To Bulk Upload Products to WooCommerce
How To Use An Email Alias
What’s An Email Alias? In its simplest form, an email alias is an email address you can use in place of an existing email address. At the end of this post, you will find that an email alias provides you with the freedom to both use and manage your email in ways you may never… Continue reading How To Use An Email Alias
Mid 2010 Mac Mini Hard Drive Install
Be Prepared A few words of warning: This is not a simple install. Do your homework. Watch the Mid 2010 Mac Mini install video below before you start, and use it during the install. Be sure you have the tools needed for the job. Take your time and be patient. Here are the tools you… Continue reading Mid 2010 Mac Mini Hard Drive Install
Enable Trim When Using A Third Party SSD On Your Mac
What Is Trim? The most succinct and clear definition of what Trim is (and does) I have found came from a CNet article written by Dong Ngo (June 20, 2016): “TRIM allows the operating system to actively inform an SSD which blocks of data are no longer in use and can be wiped internally. This… Continue reading Enable Trim When Using A Third Party SSD On Your Mac
Install An SSD Into An Early 2008 iMac
“To be or not to be…” My 10-year-old iMac had slowed considerably. It took a little over a minute and a half just to load and start the OS. I had tried all the usual solutions and maxed out its memory capacity. The iMac was still just plain slow and I quit using it. After… Continue reading Install An SSD Into An Early 2008 iMac