Hard drives fail all the time. It’s just a fact. That’s why we, at Geek Easy Computers, stress having a recent & reliable backup is so important. But what happens when your hard drive fails and you don’t have a backup? Usually your only option is data recovery, if possible.
At Geek Easy Computers, we see too many clients with failed or failing hard drives with no backup system in place! It’s a tragedy because data recovery is not guaranteed and can be expensive when it does work. Today there is really no excuse for not having some type of regular backup in place. Especially with the availability and ease of use of cloud storage. With this post, we hope to show you why you should be using the cloud.
Everyone has been through it before. You go to charge your smartphone or your tablet, or even your laptop; you plug in your power adapter, and…. nothing happens. So you unplug it and try again. Still nothing. You wiggle the connector to make sure it’s in all the way. Nope. Your device isn’t charging. ARRRGH! WHY?
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You’ve finally got high speed WiFi installed in your home! So you run down to the rec room to watch your favorite Netflix binge show while you work out! But no! The video is stuttering and keeps dropping signal! What’s going on?
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Backing up your data regularly is the easiest way to protect your data from loss. Backing up your data on a MacBook, iMac, or MacBook Pro is even easier as it is built into the operating system. In this post, we will tell you how to do that!
So you’ve heard about this software called Linux, but you don’t know what it is? In this article we hope to take the mystery out of Linux and show why it’s a relevant alternative!
Well it has been an eventful first quarter of 2018, has it not? The latest newsletter edition has travel tips, resolutions, and helpful tidbits! Have you signed up for our monthly newsletter? It’s got great information, packed with helpful tech tips, relevant news, and money saving promotions! Here’s the PDF version of this month’s issue: ge_newsletter042018 If you like what you see, you can sign up for it here: I Want The GE Newsletter!
Smartphones and tablets have gotten more powerful and capable over the last 5 years. Many people rely on them as their primary device to access the Internet or to consume media (stream video, listen to music). But are they really ready to replace a computer? In this article we’ll clarify the differences between computers & mobile devices, and hopefully answer any questions.
We survived Christmas! Are you ready for New Years? I know we are ready for whatever 2018 brings, right? This newsletter edition has travel tips, resolutions, and helpful tidbits! Have you signed up for our monthly newsletter? It’s got great information, packed with helpful tech tips, relevant news, and money saving promotions! Here’s the PDF version of this month’s issue: ge_newsletter122017 If you like what you see, you can sign up for it here: I Want The GE Newsletter!
Welcome to the 2017 edition of our “User Questions, Tech Answers”. In our ongoing mission to help make your technology easier, we like to provide you with tools and knowledge to make your computer interaction more “user friendly.” This edition will showcase some of the most popular questions asked throughout 2017, and also include some new things that we haven’t covered yet.
