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Faulty SD card may be accessible from a different PC

Q. I have a SD memory card full of photos that I can't seem to access on my MacBook Pro. I can see the images when the card is in the camera, but the computer wants to reinitialize the SD card....

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What’s using up my laptop battery?

Q. Is there a way to check how my laptop is utilizing the battery? I know I have something that must be chewing through most of my charge and I want to figure out what it might be.

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Lenovo pre-installing Superfish adware on its notebooks, rendering them...

Do you own a relatively new Lenovo notebook computer? If you are seeing something called “Visual Search results” embedded in search results pages in Chrome or Internet Explorer, then you’ve got what...

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Samsung’s Galaxy S6 gives up storage expansion, replaceable battery

Whenever Samsung Galaxy S smartphone loyalists argue the merits of their preferred hardware over Apple's iPhone, they usually bring up two things. First, they tout that Samsung's devices allow you to...

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PC sales collapse as Windows 10’s release looms

It’s not a great time to be in the business of selling personal computer hardware. Reports on sales for the quarter that ended in June from both the IDC and Gartner research firms contain some very...

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Errors with user profile could indicate hardware issues

Q. When I try to boot up my computer I get the following message: "The User Profile Service failed the logon. User profile cannot be loaded". It just started happening and I cannot access my computer....

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Upgrade time: I’m adding an SSD to my 2012 Mac Mini

It's time to put an SSD into my Mac Mini. I just ordered a 500-gigabyte Samsung 850 EVO SSD, based on a recommendation at The Wirecutter, and the necessary tools from Other World Computing for...

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Update: Giving the new SSD a test drive on the Mac Mini

I'm getting an early taste of what my SSD upgrade for my Mac Mini will be like by installing OS X on the drive in an external USB 3.0 enclosure. Zooooom!!!!

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Here’s your best upgrade for an older computer

In 2015, the best upgrade for a PC or Mac is to swap out the traditional hard disk drive for a solid-state drive, or SSD. Even if you've got a modest amount of RAM, installing a drive that's made out...

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Review: Microsoft Band 2

From their beginnings, I’ve been skeptical of so-called “wearable” devices, and particularly smart watches. They’ve struck me as overpriced accessories to smartphones, and a solution to a...

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A MacBook mystery: Why isn’t this new battery working? [Updated 3x]

I installed a new battery in my wife's mid-2010 MacBook Pro, but the results were not what I expected.

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