Ten tech tips to help save your family and friends this holidayVisiting home for the holidays? Be an all-star by helping them out with these critical tech tips!
Every time I come home for the holidays, my folks ask me to fix something technology-related in their home. They're very intelligent people and generally good with Macs, but somehow I always end up having to troubleshoot something (last year: resetting their Ecobee3 thermostat to work with HomeKit).
Whether your family members are tech-savvy or not, everyone appreciates a little holiday help now and then. In that spirit, here are ten of my favorite no-brainer tips to pass along this season. (I recommend printing, framing, or otherwise stickying the first five.)
1. Have you tried turning it off and on again?
2. Check your free space
3. Update your software
4. Five Command shortcuts to get you whizzing around like a pro
5. Get a password manager
6. Back up, back up, back up
7. Mac 101: Is Safari hogging up too much memory?
8. iOS 101: Use Siri Spotlight!
9. Manuals and how-to sites are ...
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Ten tech tips to help save your family and friends this holiday
