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Q: Is there an easy way to display iPad Air 2 photos/videos on my Sony smart wide screen TV? The TV is a Bravia 65 inch just a couple of years old.  – Tom A.Shalimar, Florida A: Well, Tom, there are multiple ways to display photos from a pad device to a Smart TV.  Like […]

Q: I encountered hundreds (maybe thousands) of empty folders and used 4dots Empty Folder Cleaner to find and nuke them on a safe drive, external to my PC. It seemed to work fine, but before I repeat the process on my C: drive, I wanted to run the wisdom of such a clean-up by you […]

Q: My computer had a problem where it did not know the correct time nor did it know its correct location. It displayed west coast time and Stanton California as its location. I focused on the incorrect time using, “the google” to find a solution. I was directed to msc services-windows time-properties-startup type. I set […]

Q: I really miss your ppresentationsssss at NWFC. My problem, as you can see, is an errraticc keyyboard. Sometimes iiiit doesnt respond unttttil after severraaal tries, most of the tiiiime it jjjjjust repeats A keystroooooooookkkke several times. Also, my mouse is iiiintermittannntly nonresppponsive. Anyyyy iiideas??????? – Bill F.Freeport, Florida A:  I almost always have “iiideas,” […]

Q: This may not be in your wheelhouse but here goes. I used Fitbit for several years to lose weight. When I went off of it, of course, I gained. I would like to print off my food logs from 8/1/19 thru 3/9/21. I tried to do this but could not understand the downloaded file, […]

Q: I’ve been using PCs since using MSDOS commands, and now for many years Windows. I was interested in MAC but the professional software I needed was only available for PCs. I’m now retired and decided to get my Mac; so I’m learning. I saw your article on backing up an iPhone (Geek Note: I.G.T.M. […]

Q: I am more often than not getting “Wait or Exit Page” popups especially on Amazon and some other sites. It happens on both of my computers which one of which is under a year old. I’ve deleted browser extensions and cookies. Speed test shows 13ms ping and at least 250 mbps. Malware Bytes and […]

Q: For my Internet travels I primarily use the Firefox or Brave browsers, occasionally Chrome, but I almost never open Edge. However, when I want to run a scan with CCleaner Free I get a “These programs need to be closed to be analyzed: Edge Chromium”. I’ll click on the offered “Close and Analyze” and […]

Q: I have a laptop HP Envy x360. It’s about 4 years old, I think. It’s been updated to Windows 11. For some reason, my shortcut icons on the home screen don’t open up as fast as they used to. I used to start up the laptop, and put the cursor on one of the […]

Geek Note: I received a few e-mails in response to I.G.T.M. #837, August 6, 2023. A couple of them were interesting reading in light of the column, so I thought I’d share them with you. • • • Q: In today’s column, you gave instructions on removing a VPN from a Windows computer when the […]