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Some people say the safest place to store passwords is in a notebook. After all, a pen and paper can’t be hacked. But in practice, writing down full login details for every website and app you use is

My ageing Windows 10 laptop has something modern machines rarely offer: a built-in DVD drive. I have loads of films and home movies on DVD and I don’t want to lose the ability to play these or rip the

www.snipca.com/56242 What you need: Windows 10 or 11 It’s been eight months since the last major new version of Files, but this huge update justifies the wait. The brilliant file manager has been rede

Q I use Microsoft 365 and have installed Outlook to manage my email and calendar. I’ve searched online but can’t for the life of me work out how to set the Outlook calendar on my computer to sync auto

The great thing about online-storage services like Dropbox is that they ‘just work’. Once you’ve installed the software, they get on with the job for years. Unless you run out of space, that is, at wh

Q Can you please recommend a program that will help me keep track of my books. I’d like a device I can scan the book with and then load it on to a database. Can it work with graphic novels too? Peter