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Dan Douglas, President, Space Coast PCUG This month I am updating the presentation highlights from the session I gave at the APCUG virtual Technology Conference held back in 2019. I spoke on “Most Common Issues that Need Repair from a PC/Mac Repair Shop Perspective.” Here are some of the highlights: Failing or Failed Hard Disc...Continue reading→

Steve Costello A Quick Way To “Clear Your Web Browsing History And Data” … https://technewsforyou.com/2021/03/01/a-quick-way-to-clear-your-web-browsing-history-and-data/ I can’t believe I did not know this before. This shortcut is easy to use. I will be clearing my browsing history and data more frequently from now on. What Does About:Blank Mean (And Why Does It Matter)? https://www.maketecheasier.com/what-does-aboutblank-mean/ I...Continue reading→

Hugh Macdonald I began as PC Update editor back in September 2019 and with my permanent step into the role, there were a lot of changes in how PC Update was produced and how it could be consumed. From a consumption point of view, it became web based for the first time, with each article...Continue reading→

Hugh Macdonald Every few months in PC Update, reviews of different Linux distributions are featured, and other aspects of the operating system are discussed as well. So you might have found yourself interested in trying it out but been unsure of how to proceed. This interest in trying out Linux might have increased since the...Continue reading→

Dennis Parsons Computer Help Smart phones can be confusing for everyone at times and doubly so when you’re on the other end of a phone call trying to sort out what they’ve done 😉 But that’s another story. For many older users smart phones can be particularly confusing and not easy to use – tap...Continue reading→

At the November 2021 annual general meeting of Melbourne PC User Group the committee of management was up for reelection. Due to the fact that only existing committee members nominated for election, the existing committee was returned unopposed. As PC Update editor, I posed them some questions to get to know them better as people,...Continue reading→

Rob Brown Some small changes have been rolled out to the melbpc.org.au website to improve the user experience for new visitors to the site. The changes are around the top menu which currently looks like this   and Following the changes Member Login and Member Services are combined into one menu item and it will...Continue reading→

Harry Lewis Members with Melb PC email accounts have been provided with access to their new mailboxes hosted by Google Workspace (formerly G Suite). From the introduction of this service up to the end of November 30th 2021 mail has been reaching the new accounts by means of forwarding from our Microsoft (Office) 365 accounts....Continue reading→

Hugh Macdonald Hello and welcome to the November 2021 edition of PC Update. It’s an interesting issue, with our feature articles being on the various types of solid state drives available today and how to understand Interner speeds, which is important as NBN speed tiers increase. From The Conversation, and following on from last month’s...Continue reading→