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How to stop videos from autoplaying in Firefox

Posted on August 6, 2016August 15, 2016by Davinder

Recently I have become frustrated when videos automatically start playing in tabs in Firefox.  This happens as I click links that are opened in new tabs where suddenly I have 3 or 4 video (and audio) streams running concurrently.  Thankfully, there is a way to stop these videos from playing automatically in Firefox. All you […]

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Backups – overview and strategy to backing up

Posted on May 17, 2016May 17, 2016by Davinder

Recently several family members and friends have talked about losing some of their data from either their phone or their computer. It today’s age, we put so much of our lives on these devices such as our contacts, notes, photos, music, videos, documents and so much more. We practically have our entire lives on these […]

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How to remove stickers from my Mac Book lid

Posted on November 6, 2014March 26, 2016by Davinder

I recently wanted to remove the stickers from my Mac Book so I slowly pealed them off and they were gone! However, in it’s replacement was a sticky residue on the Mac Book lid. My usual technique for removing this gunk is to use Isopropyl alcohol, so I grabbed a bottle, poured some on a […]

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How to fix a grayed out folder on the Mac

Posted on August 29, 2014March 26, 2016by Davinder

I have a lot of data and I often find myself copying massive amounts of data from one drive to another. Sometimes during this process, a copy will go bad and will stop. For whatever reason, after I get back to the Finder on my Mac the folder I was attempting to copy is grayed […]

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More preference settings are needed for iMessage

Posted on February 3, 2012March 26, 2016by Davinder

iMessage is by far the best feature added to iOS 5. I use it all the time and every single day. Before iMessage was around I rarely used text messaging because, quite frankly, I didn’t want to pay more for a highly priced text messaging plan. Although iMessage is awesome, I do wish it had […]

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