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Byte Review19 Apr

My Everyday Carry Tech - EDC 2026!

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Wipe a device in the right order before you sell it

Sign out first, erase second. Get that backwards on an iPhone or a MacBook and the buyer gets a locked brick and you get a refund request.

GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The pop-up with a phone number is always a scam

What to change on your parents' computer this weekend, what to say so they'll actually call you, and what to do in order if the money's already gone.

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What should I wear to this?

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GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The router settings that filter every screen in the house

Twenty minutes at the router covers the tablet, the console, the smart TV and the phone that keeps ending up under a pillow.

Names.com — The name is the first thing you sell

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Gadgets5 min read

Which chargers and cables to keep, and which to bin

Tip the drawer onto the table, sort it in twenty minutes, and end up with a set that actually charges everything in the house.

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What was your first ever job?

GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

Buy the memory card before you buy the dash cam

The camera is the easy part. Mounting, power and what happens to the footage are where most people get it wrong.

GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Stop paying more for ink than you paid for the printer

Most home printers are sold at a loss and earn it back on cartridges. Pick the right machine once and that stops happening.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Set up a family password manager in one evening

Two hours at the kitchen table, about forty dollars a year, and your household stops running on one reused password.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideGadgetsDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

What to buy when your kid needs a phone, not a smartphone

Four categories that actually work, the network trap that kills cheap flip phones, and the group-chat problem nobody warns you about.

GuideGadgetsDean Shaw22 Sept 20266 min

The home internet numbers that matter, and the ones that don't

Most households pay for speed they can't use and ignore the two things that actually make the connection feel bad.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideGadgetsDean Shaw22 Sept 20266 min

Three copies of every photo you would grieve losing

Most family photo archives are one dropped phone or one dead drive away from gone. Fixing that takes an afternoon and about an hour a year after that.