Maintenance
Cleaning, batteries, backups and keeping things working.
1,200 pages
iPhone 16 Pro: How to Back It Up Properly
A backup you have never restored from is a hypothesis, not a backup.
iPhone 16 Pro: How to Check Whether It Is Still Getting Security Updates
A device that has stopped receiving patches is a liability regardless of how well it still works.
iPhone 16 Pro: How to Choose the Right Case or Cover
A case is the cheapest insurance available, and the wrong one causes overheating and blocked charging.
iPhone 16 Pro: How to Clean It Safely
Cleaning consumer electronics is mostly a matter of knowing what not to use. The wrong solvent removes an oleophobic coating permanently.
iPhone 16 Pro: How to Diagnose a Problem Methodically
Changing several things at once is why most troubleshooting takes longer than it should.
iPhone 16 Pro: How to Free Up Storage
Most reclaimed storage comes from caches and offline downloads rather than from the files you can see.
iPhone 16 Pro: How to Improve Everyday Performance
Most perceived slowdown is storage pressure, background activity or thermal limiting rather than the hardware ageing.
iPhone 16 Pro: How to Look After the Battery
Battery longevity is driven by heat and time spent at extremes of charge, not by how often you plug in.
iPhone 16 Pro: How to Prepare It for Sale or Handover
Wiping a device properly is more than deleting your files, and skipping a step can leave it locked to your account and worthless to the buyer.
iPhone 16 Pro: How to Protect Your Data on It
The default settings on a new device are tuned for convenience. A few deliberate changes close most of the practical risk.
iPhone 16 Pro: How to Reduce Its Power Consumption
Most of the power a device uses is accounted for by three things: the display, the radios, and whatever is allowed to wake it.
iPhone 16 Pro: How to Set Up a Second Device Without Duplicating Everything
Running two devices well is a matter of deciding what syncs and what deliberately does not.
iPhone 16 Pro: How to Test It Properly Before the Return Window Closes
Most faults that matter show up in the first fortnight, but only if you deliberately look for them.
iPhone 16 Pro: How to Transfer Everything to a New Device
Direct transfer beats restoring from a backup almost every time, provided you plan an hour for it.
iPhone 16 Pro: How to Update Firmware Without Breaking Things
Updates are the single most effective security measure available, and the least popular. Both facts are worth taking seriously.
Legion Go: How to Back It Up Properly
A backup you have never restored from is a hypothesis, not a backup.
Legion Go: How to Check Whether It Is Still Getting Security Updates
A device that has stopped receiving patches is a liability regardless of how well it still works.
Legion Go: How to Choose the Right Case or Cover
A case is the cheapest insurance available, and the wrong one causes overheating and blocked charging.
Legion Go: How to Clean It Safely
Cleaning consumer electronics is mostly a matter of knowing what not to use. The wrong solvent removes an oleophobic coating permanently.
Legion Go: How to Diagnose a Problem Methodically
Changing several things at once is why most troubleshooting takes longer than it should.
Legion Go: How to Free Up Storage
Most reclaimed storage comes from caches and offline downloads rather than from the files you can see.
Legion Go: How to Improve Everyday Performance
Most perceived slowdown is storage pressure, background activity or thermal limiting rather than the hardware ageing.
Legion Go: How to Look After the Battery
Battery longevity is driven by heat and time spent at extremes of charge, not by how often you plug in.
Legion Go: How to Prepare It for Sale or Handover
Wiping a device properly is more than deleting your files, and skipping a step can leave it locked to your account and worthless to the buyer.
Legion Go: How to Protect Your Data on It
The default settings on a new device are tuned for convenience. A few deliberate changes close most of the practical risk.
Legion Go: How to Reduce Its Power Consumption
Most of the power a device uses is accounted for by three things: the display, the radios, and whatever is allowed to wake it.
Legion Go: How to Set Up a Second Device Without Duplicating Everything
Running two devices well is a matter of deciding what syncs and what deliberately does not.
Legion Go: How to Test It Properly Before the Return Window Closes
Most faults that matter show up in the first fortnight, but only if you deliberately look for them.
Legion Go: How to Transfer Everything to a New Device
Direct transfer beats restoring from a backup almost every time, provided you plan an hour for it.
Legion Go: How to Update Firmware Without Breaking Things
Updates are the single most effective security measure available, and the least popular. Both facts are worth taking seriously.
LG UltraFine 32UN880: How to Back It Up Properly
A backup you have never restored from is a hypothesis, not a backup.
LG UltraFine 32UN880: How to Check Whether It Is Still Getting Security Updates
A device that has stopped receiving patches is a liability regardless of how well it still works.
LG UltraFine 32UN880: How to Choose the Right Case or Cover
A case is the cheapest insurance available, and the wrong one causes overheating and blocked charging.
LG UltraFine 32UN880: How to Clean It Safely
Cleaning consumer electronics is mostly a matter of knowing what not to use. The wrong solvent removes an oleophobic coating permanently.
LG UltraFine 32UN880: How to Diagnose a Problem Methodically
Changing several things at once is why most troubleshooting takes longer than it should.
LG UltraFine 32UN880: How to Free Up Storage
Most reclaimed storage comes from caches and offline downloads rather than from the files you can see.
LG UltraFine 32UN880: How to Improve Everyday Performance
Most perceived slowdown is storage pressure, background activity or thermal limiting rather than the hardware ageing.
LG UltraFine 32UN880: How to Look After the Battery
Battery longevity is driven by heat and time spent at extremes of charge, not by how often you plug in.
LG UltraFine 32UN880: How to Prepare It for Sale or Handover
Wiping a device properly is more than deleting your files, and skipping a step can leave it locked to your account and worthless to the buyer.
LG UltraFine 32UN880: How to Protect Your Data on It
The default settings on a new device are tuned for convenience. A few deliberate changes close most of the practical risk.