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How to download all of your Facebook pictures (or a friend’s)

For some people, the only backup they have for their important pictures of family and friends is the fact that they have uploaded them to Facebook.  Not the best backup plan, but better than nothing....

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Why all the fake Facebook images? MONEY

If you spend any time at all on Facebook, you know there are some things that are a regular feature: fake pictures and hoax stories.  Some of these things are the so outlandish, it’s amazing that...

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Learn amazing details about your Facebook account

Facebook is definitely full of a lot of nonsense.  But, it does have value in certain areas.  I am on Facebook every day.  For me, while it’s good to stay in touch with friends and family, it’s also a...

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5 cool Facebook customization tricks

If you use Facebook (and most of you do), you know that Facebook likes to display their pages the way they want.  They don’t really care much what the users think.  How many times have you seen friends...

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Scary privacy video – and why I’m not worried

There’s a video on YouTube that has been getting a lot of attention lately.  A few of my clients have sent me the link to watch it, because it seems to fit right in line with the kinds of topics I...

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How to cancel any social media account

For some people, the novelty of social media has worn thin.  Facebook is constantly wanting more and more of your personal information, because that’s their biggest selling point to advertisers....

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Send and receive Facebook messages on your phone, WITHOUT FB Messenger

It seems like Facebook is always involved with some type of controversy, and it usually involves the violation of the privacy of Facebook users.  Of course, if you don’t like Facebook’s data collection...

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How to stop videos in your Facebook news feed from auto-playing

This past week I was talking to my friend Sue. She uses Facebook sometimes, and she was asking about videos that show up on her Facebook news feed. As you scroll down looking at all the things that get...

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Filter out the garbage in Facebook’s news feed

I like Facebook. It has a lot of good and useful features. But it also has a lot of stuff I don’t want or need. There are a couple of tools I use to filter out all the garbage in Facebook so I don’t...

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How to change your font in a Facebook post

Part of the fun of Facebook is seeing something new, or learning to do something you never knew was possible. Unfortunately, most of what is posted on Facebook is just fake junk that gets repeatedly...

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How to disable the Facebook nostalgia posts

I’ve been really trying to filter out all the stuff that shows up on my Facebook news feed. Facebook does have some positive benefits, but wow – there is so much stuff on there that I don’t care about....

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The personal Facebook messages you didn’t even know you had

If a friend sends you a Facebook message, you see the notification at the top of the Facebook page, click on it and read it. Simple. What if someone sends you a message, and you actually do know that...

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3 little-known things you can do with Facebook

Most of us are on Facebook every day and pretty much do the same things – look at what our friends have posted, maybe post a new status of our own sometimes. But there are some things you can do with...

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How to hide the fact that you’ve viewed a Facebook message

One of the annoyances about chatting with someone in Facebook Messenger on your computer is the fact that they other person knows when you’ve seen their most recent message. So you kind of feel...

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How to follow a Facebook post without commenting on it

I’m on Facebook quite often, and it’s not just to talk about my computer repair business here in Safety Harbor, Florida. I’m in groups with a variety of topics, including ultramarathon running, using...

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What to do when your Facebook friend gets hacked

If you’re on Facebook, you’ve probably seen this happen. You suddenly get a friend request from someone you’ve already been friends with for a long time. What’s the best thing to do in this situation?...

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Finding and destroying Facebook hoaxes

Recently, Facebook has been overrun with all kinds of warnings about hackers and viruses. I’ve gotten numerous direct Facebook messages from friends, alerting me of these problems and encouraging me to...

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How to get rid of sponsored posts (ads) on Facebook

Thanks to a really good ad blocker (Ublock Origin), I see almost no display ads on most websites. It’s wonderful. But if that’s the only ad blocker you use, you’ll still see ads on one popular website...

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How to easily download Facebook videos to your computer

Lots of people are posting videos on Facebook these days. Videos tend to catch a little more attention than a static photo, and a LOT more attention than a simple text post. What if you want to...

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Watch out for this fake Facebook video message

There is yet another virus making the rounds on Facebook, and it’s tricking a lot of users into clicking on it and infecting their computers.     Here’s what the message looks like:   I’ve gotten these...

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