Desktop vs Laptop: Which is Right for You? Laptops have become the go-to choice for most people in the market for a new computer. They’re sleek, portable and heavily advertised. But are they the best choice for your needs? Before you buy your next computer, take a look at these considerations – you may discover you’ve been dreaming of a …
How to Stay Safe from Scams and Malware on Facebook
How to Stay Safe from Scams and Malware on Facebook At last count, Facebook has clocked up over 2.7 billion users, which makes the platform more attractive than ever for scammers and hackers. While you may be logging in to share your latest family photos or catch up with friends, the chances of accidentally triggering a scam or malware are …
Computer Broken? Watch Us Fix It – LIVE!
When your computer is playing up or driving you crazy, the absolute last thing you want to do is lug it down to the local repair shop. So many cables. So many connections. And why is it suddenly so heavy? It’s stressful just thinking about it! Fortunately, tech support has come a long way in recent years and you now …
3 New Year’s Tech Resolutions You Should Actually Keep
If your typical New Year’s resolutions lasted about 30 seconds, you’re not alone. Pledges to eat better, start running and learn how to juggle can be rebooted again next year easy enough. This year, we challenge you to think about your tech health with some resolutions you’ll want to keep. 1. No More Junk Mail Whether you checked a box …
Is Your Home Wi-Fi Keeping Up?
Is Your Home Wi-Fi Keeping Up? Wi-Fi has forever changed the way we live, work and play. We can surf the internet on the couch or by the pool, look up a recipe in an instant, and even connect our lights to voice control. It’s no wonder it was accepted with open arms, but is your Wi-Fi as good as …
Get Back to Brand New with a Refreshed Computer
Remember how well your computer ran when you first brought it home? It was booting so fast, files were whizzing around at light speed, and no matter how many tabs you had open, nothing was slowing that baby down. It was spotless, inside and out. Then one day you turned it on and everything was so slow, taking forever to …
New ‘KRACK’ Wi-Fi Security Issue: This Affects All of Us
The invention of Wi-Fi has been a science fiction dream come true. We can use our laptops anywhere in the house, our phones are using home internet instead of sucking down our cellular data, and our gadgets are all communicating. It’s essentially the backbone of the smart tech boom for home and business alike. Most networks are password-protected with an …
What to Do if Your Hard Drive Fails – Sacramento Computer Repair
What to Do if Your Hard Drive Fails If your hard drive is going bad, chances are strange things are happening and you’re a little panicked. It’s where you put your digital memories, your household files and maybe that thesis you’ve been working on for months. As far as you’re concerned, that hard drive IS the computer and failure is …
Critical security flaw found in MacOS High Sierra – The hack word “Root”
“Root”- the hack word to MacOS High Sierra Apple Inc, is a multinational company with an annual income in the billions. They work hard to ensure they offer end of the line products and services that appeal to customers to increase their customer pool and revenue. Their laptop design and software is popular amongst many people who deem it to …
Yoga Bear Computer Repair is now accepting crypto currencies as payment (Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum)
We are pleased to announce that we will now be accepting crypto currencies as payment for our services. Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum will be accepted. Please contact us if you have any questions on how to pay with these crypto currencies. To our knowledge this makes us the first computer repair company in Sacramento to accept digital currency as a …