Tech Tips


  • Holiday Tech Tips:

    Traveling over the holidays? Attach an Apple Air Tag or other tracker to your luggage. This way you know when your luggage has arrived or, if it’s lost, you can see where it is! Use Zoom to have a virtual family gathering and maybe sing a Christmas carol or two together for added fun.Also, don’t […]

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    Automatically BackupYour Data:

    Tech tip of the week: This week’s tech tip is geared toward small business owners. However, business or no business, if you have important data then please read on! There is a saying in the tech support world  – “if it isn’t backed up, it may as well not exist.” This is especially true for […]

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  • Update Microsoft Office (and any other program)

    Maybe you are thinking why pay to upgrade when it seems to be working fine? The short answer is it may end up costing you much more if you continue to use an outdated unsupported program. The first step in understanding any risks is understanding Microsoft’s Office Product Life Cycle. When Office gets to be […]

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    Outdated Applications

    Stop using outdated versions of Microsoft Office (or any other program). Maybe you are thinking why pay to upgrade when it seems to be working fine? The short answer is it may end up costing you much more if you continue to use an outdated unsupported program. The first step in understanding any risks is […]

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  • Upside Down Windows

    – This is probably more for fun than anything else. Astound your friends and family this holiday season and pretend you don’t know what happened and see if anyone can guess how to “fix” the issue on your screen!– Literally, turn whatever you are viewing on your screen upside down by simultaneously holding down the […]

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  • Windows 11 Tips!

    Windows 11 is becoming more and more popular and its time we got to some of those technical tips for Microsoft’s newest operating system as well. The new OS has a cleaner look to it than the previous Windows 10 but is still full of surprises that can be unlocked to make your newer Windows […]

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    Sign anything on Your iPhone!

    Ever wish you can sign that document someone sent you using just your iPhone? You can!Here is how to sign, date, and add notes to anything on your iPhone.You can sign, date, and add notes to anything on your iPhone by first taking a screenshot of a document or using an existing photo.Open the screenshot […]

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  • “Window Shade”

    It makes sense that a Windows PC would have a feature called Window Shade. This feature allows you to “pull down the shade” on your screen to shut down your computer. Windows 10 and 11 computers have a cool slide-to-shut down feature, but the capability is hidden until you activate it. This can work on any Windows 10 or […]

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  • The Invisible “Show Desktop Button”

    You don’t have to minimize all of your open windows just to look at the desktop.Instead, you can use a secret tiny button in the bottom-right corner of the taskbar.Look all the way to the bottom right of your screen, beyond the date and time, and past the little notifications box.There, you’ll find a small […]

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  • Feed the need for speed!

    Does your Microsoft Windows turn on within a second or two after pressing the power button? If not, probably the best thing you can do for your laptop or desktop computer is to replace that old mechanical hard drive with a new solid state drive from Refresh Computers. How much faster? A new solid state […]

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