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Which AI tools do you use?
Which AI tools do you use to save money, boost your income or organise your finances? Let us know your success stories (how much did you save? What did you learn?). Does your bank offer any AI tools and if so, are they a help or a hindrance? We'd like to hear of any duds you've tried too. Thank you. ___________________…
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Techie Stuff sticky
🖥 Useful thread from the Forum: * FAQs - Techie Qs & As (Some of the information in the links may be out of date, so please do check the dates of posts first). If there are any other useful Forum threads on this board that you think we should add, let us know 🗣 🖨Other helpful content from MoneySavingExpert.com: * Best free…
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Where to buy
I am looking at Lenovo laptops, what are your thoughts on buying direct from Lenovo or Currys, I know a lot of people hate Currys, I am not keen myself but needs must.
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iPad & detected malware
My mother once again has messaged me to say she's getting a warning on one of her devices & should she click. This one looked a little more convincing than most but I still think it's bogus & I'm wondering how it's come about. Anyway at the top of the screenshot she sent me it says Apple security shieldsurfsafe.com Then…
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Programmes missing on EPG Sony TV with Humax Box
The EPG on my Sony TV with Humax box connected has been perfect for the three years I have had both. Out of the blue the EPG is not showing all programmes. It means that I cannot see some of the programmes and cannot record them. What I don't understand is that it seems to be an intermittent problem because, although never…
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Please help - WiFi set up and fire stick
My router is in a bedroom upstairs. I’m trying to use a firestick in the kitchen downstairs but it keeps buffering. I bought a wifi extender but it is still buffering. Can anyone help me with the best way I can set this up as I’m going mad. I’m not very technical so idiot proof instructions would help me so much. Thanks in…
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Android phone "My Files" mystery
I have a bunch of sound files which I use as references when practicing with my clarinet, and they are stored in "My Files" on my Samsung A14 phone. I open "My Files", go to "Audio Files" and tap one of them to open it. What happens is that I then get a "Welcome! Ringtones for Android TM" page. If I tap on "continue", it…
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App that transcribes speech to written text?
is there such a thing?
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Is Microsoft trying to take over everyone's PC again?
Every so often I start up to find Microsoft wanting to 'set up my computer on both my Windows 10 laptop and Windows 11 PC. These aren't essential updates, but it seems to encourage the use of more Microsoft apps or even replacing other apps with theirs. It's almost impossible to bypass this because it only gives me an…
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Best laptop
Daughter currently has a Macbook Air 2018 but it's on it's last legs, mouse stopped working and battery is about to give up the ghost - can anyone help with suggestions for a replacement? She uses it for college work and watching movies on - not really sure on budget but under £1000 - thanks in advance
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Bad colour on Zoom While using Ventura tablet
Good evening, Watching YouTube on this tablet is fine. However, whenever I joined zoom on this tablet, my background is not good. Sometimes I ask other users to help me check how I appear, they do say it's yellowish etc What can I do to correct that? Thanks
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Saving video from iPhone 13 to PC
I used to be able to view any saved videos on my PC that I took on my iPhone (I just clicked on them, and they rolled). However, recently, if I save a video, I can no longer view it, I get a message saying "HEVC video extension is required to display this file". I can still play previously saved videos, this just occurs on…
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I Phone battery % reading
We keep an old I Phone SE on the side in the kitchen to control the Sonos system. About 2 weeks ago, it started to lose battery quite quickly. I put it down to old aged and wondered what to do.On Friday night it was reading 1%. It asked me if I wanted to use 'low power mode' but I declined and thought I'd leave it to shut…
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Old Macbook for iCloud photos only. Security risk?
I am considering buying an old refurbished Macbook from EBay to use for managing my iCloud photos only. I don't intend using Safari at all. Is this a security risk with the Macbook not receiving security updates anymore? Also do older Macbooks display .heic photo files? As my Chromebook doesn't.
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can HP carts be refilled?
I thought HP and others had made it almost impossible to refill their ink cartridges? But the other day I saw someone in the US doing this on YouTube ...
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Lenovo laptop error message
Hope somebody can help I get this error message everytime I turn it on, Tried pressing F1 ete etc
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How on earth do you (legally) buy/download music these days?
I could hop on YouTube & acquire it that way but I want to do it via proper means. It's been that long since I bought any new music that the 'old ways' seem to no longer exist? I'm not interested in streaming at all so that rules out most of what search results are telling me. And I'm not looking at illegally getting music…
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RJ45 to Thunderbolt question
Hullo. Can anyone pls advise whether this adaptor will work with a 2021 MBP having thunderbolt 4 ports: https://www.amazon.co.uk/UGREEN-Ethernet-Adpater-Thunderbolt-Nintendo/dp/B07M8GSLQB They only say it is compatible with 2020 MBP and earlier, which is presumably an earlier port
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3 Disney Vouchers - How 2 maximise usage
Hello there, my family are upgrading their O2 contracts. We want to stay with O2. Getting three Disney vouchers from O2. What’s the best way to maximise family Disney viewing time with these vouchers. I think the vouchers have to be activated within 30 days of our new O2 contracts. Thanks.
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TEAMS Issue
Hi all I am having an issue with teams.... When I open it, it goes straight to my wifes old university login page. I close that and it opens the "We're ssorry we've run into an issue page"... How do I clear this? So far I've:1. Deleted cookies2. Cleared the cache3. Uninstalled and reinstalled. No joy. any ideas?
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Editing pdf files
I don't often get pdf forms to fill out, so I haven't had much experience with them.It seems that sometimes they can be edited, and sometimes they have to be printed and filled out manually.And sometimes the manual ones can be edited after going through various menus (though I've never understood what has changed). If I…
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iTunes won't accept my ID or username
I have a laptop running Windows 10 and use iTunes. I have been unable to log into iTunes because Apple says either my ID or username is incorrect. Neither is incorrect. If I want to set up a new ID and username it says it's unable to do that at this time. If I want to get help from the forum I need to sign in but it tells…