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Scan Barcodes, Save Money with your Android Phone

March 27, 2023 / Dave Taylor / Android Help / No Comments
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I’m a bargain shopper and saw someone at the local thrift store scanning barcodes to ascertain if books were a good deal or not. Nice! How can I scan barcodes and get pricing info with my Android phone?

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Guide to Making Phone Calls from your Mac System

March 25, 2023 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / No Comments
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If you’ve set up FaceTime correctly and have your phone and Mac on the same iCloud account, you can easily make phone calls right from your iMac or MacBook. Here’s how…

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Tips and Tricks for Using Google Maps “Street View”

March 24, 2023 / Dave Taylor / Google, Chrome & Gmail Help / No Comments
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Hey Dave! I’m heading to Boulder, Colorado with my girlfriend and would like to check out a few famous spots in town. Highest on her list is the Mork and Mindy house from the old TV series. Can we preview what it looks like today?

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Unpair and Delete Your Phone from an INFINITI Nav System

March 23, 2023 / Dave Taylor / Auto Tech Help / No Comments
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Borrowed or rented an Infiniti vehicle, paired your smartphone via Bluetooth, and need to delete it before you return the car? Smart. Here’s how…

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How Do I Change Display Sleep on a Linux System?

March 22, 2023 / Dave Taylor / Linux Help / No Comments
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Now that I’m using Ubuntu on my old PC, it’s working really well but if I stop working for even a minute or two, the display goes blank and I have to log in again. Great if I was in an insecure environment, but I’m working at home, so how do I turn all this off?

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Best Way to Change Default Apps in Windows 11?

March 21, 2023 / Dave Taylor / Windows PC Help / No Comments
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Every time I double-click on a Web URL in a document, it opens in Microsoft Edge. But I’d prefer that they open in Chrome. Same with PDFs; can’t I just have them open up in Adobe Acrobat on my Windows PC?

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How Can I Have an iPhone Light Flash on Phone Calls?

March 20, 2023 / Dave Taylor / Apple iPad Help, iPhone & iOS Help / No Comments
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My dad never answers his phone but doesn’t want to have it ring; he says the vibration is enough. I noticed another person at his retirement home has the light flash when there’s an incoming call. Ideal! How can I set up his older iPhone to do that?

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Guide to Setting Up Gmail for Offline Use (Just In Case)

March 18, 2023 / Dave Taylor / Google, Chrome & Gmail Help / No Comments
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We have pretty awful Internet service here in rural Iowa which is really frustrating because I use Gmail and half the time it just says “offline”. Isn’t there some way to set up Gmail so I can have some limited capabilities when my system’s offline, like responding to already received messages? How do I set that up?

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Can I Fill Out & Sign PDFs on my Chromebook?

March 17, 2023 / Dave Taylor / ChromeOS Help / No Comments
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I’m used to working on a Windows system but am currently using a Chromebook from Acer running ChromeOS v110. Is there any way to download, fill in, sign, and email PDF documents to colleagues without having to switch away from the Acer itself?

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How Can I Get Pinch to Zoom Working on my MacBook Air?

March 16, 2023 / Dave Taylor / Mac & MacOS Help / No Comments
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I could swear that pinching to zoom used to work on my MacBook Air, but now it does nothing at all. Is this a setting? How can I enable pinch to zoom on my MacBook? Running MacOS 13.

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