Daily Archives: September 11, 2023

• How to upgrade your Windows 10 PC to Windows 11

  Posted on September 11, 2023 at 02:45 CDT by Lance Whitney • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 20.37 • 2023-09-11

  WINDOWS 11

  

  By Lance Whitney

  Can you switch your computer from Windows 10 to Windows 11 without any major hiccups? Here’s how the upgrade played out for me.

  I recently decided to move my Windows 10 Lenovo laptop to Windows 11. Lately, for both personal and professional reasons, I’ve been relying more on features that are exclusive to Windows 11 — including Phone Link support for the iPhone, the new Photos app, AI integration, support for Android apps, smarter voice dictation, and screen recording in the Snipping Tool.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.37.0, 2023-09-11).
  This story also appears in our public Newsletter.

  Windows 11 Newsletters, upgrade, Windows 10, Windows 11

• Moving from Evernote to OneNote

  Posted on September 11, 2023 at 02:44 CDT by Mary Branscombe • Comment in the Forums

  ONENOTE

  

  By Mary Branscombe

  Microsoft no longer has a tool to help you move from Evernote to OneNote, but there are two utilities that can make it less painful.

  When OneNote was first introduced back in the days of the original Tablet PC, it wasn’t the only app to help you keep track of your notes. Evernote — originally named for its approach of an endless scrolling piece of digital paper, like a toilet-paper roll or till receipt — launched around the same time.

  In light of the recent layoffs of almost everyone who worked on Evernote after the company was bought by Bending Spoons, that name might now look a little ironic.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.37.0, 2023-09-11).

  OneNote Conversion, Evernote, Newsletters, OneNote

• Essential Office — Fewer bells, fewer whistles

  Posted on September 11, 2023 at 02:43 CDT by Deanna McElveen • Comment in the Forums

  FREEWARE SPOTLIGHT

  

  By Deanna McElveen

  My husband bought me a smart watch a few years ago. I use it the same way I used my old Timex — to tell me the time.

  I work with a lot of customers who purchase expensive office suites, such as Microsoft Office, only to be overwhelmed by the features. I have just as many customers whom I have steered toward free office suites such as LibreOffice. But even these can be daunting if you just want to write a Christmas letter, keep track of your members’ lodge dues, or make a chart of duties for volunteers at a town festival.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.37.0, 2023-09-11).

  Freeware Spotlight Newsletters, Office, Productivity

• The death of a hard drive

  Posted on September 11, 2023 at 02:42 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  ON SECURITY

  

  By Susan Bradley

  I got a call. “Susan? Can you help me with my laptop? It won’t boot up, and it’s making a weird noise.”

  “Sure,” I said to the friend on the other end of the phone call.

  But when my friend brought the laptop and I turned it on, I went from feeling certain I would tame the tech (after all, it’s me) to knowing it wasn’t looking good and that I might not be able to help after all.

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (20.37.0, 2023-09-11).

  On Security Backups, Data recovery, Data Recovery Services, Drive Failures, HDDs, Newsletters, Patch Lady Posts, SSDs