MacBook Neo Tap to Click (how to turn on)

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The MacBook Neo launched recently and at $599, Apple’s cheapest laptop ever is a legitimately impressive machine. I’ll have more to say about the Neo overall soon, but I wanted to quickly share something that tripped me up right out of the box: the trackpad. TL;DR: The MacBook Neo’s trackpad uses a mechanical click instead of the haptic feedback found on other MacBooks. If that bugs you, go to System Settings > Trackpad > Point & Click and toggle on

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TurboTax Rental Income Bug: Why Your Schedule E Amount Keeps Disappearing

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TL;DR: If you’re entering rental income (or other dollar amounts) in TurboTax and the amount vanishes when you click Continue, the fix is to open the supporting detail worksheet FIRST (by clicking in the field and starting to type) not trying to paste an amount into the field! The Problem You’re updating your Schedule E rental income for the current year. You click into the “Other income not on a 1099-MISC or 1099-K” field, paste your amount, and it shows

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MacBook Neo: The $599 Mac That Changes Everything (and What It Can’t Do)

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Disclaimer: I haven’t been paid by Apple or anyone else to write this. A laptop chip just posted a Geekbench 6 single-core score of 3,461 while drawing about 6.6 watts. For context, the LED bulb in your bathroom probably draws more power than that. The chip is Apple’s A18 Pro – the same one from the iPhone 16 Pro – and it just beat every M1 MacBook Air ever made for single core tasks. In a $599 laptop. 🤯 $599.

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WordPress GA4 Setup: Fix Your Analytics After Universal Analytics Shutdown

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If your WordPress Blog Stopped Tracking Visitors When Universal Analytics Died… (How to Fix It in 15 Minutes) If you’ve been running a WordPress blog for a while and you set up Google Analytics back in the Universal Analytics days, there’s a good chance your site has been flying blind since Google shut down UA. If you never installed the GA4 replacement tag, your analytics dashboard has been showing zeroes the entire time. I just discovered this on my own

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How to Upgrade a Windows 10 VM to Windows 11 in VMware (Complete Guide)

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TL;DR: Your old Windows 10 PC or VM (virtual machine) doesn’t meet Windows 11 requirements? It probably needs UEFI firmware, TPM 2.0, and Secure Boot, none of which older PCs and VMs were configured with out of the box. This guide walks through the full in-place conversion for VMware VMs without reinstalling Windows, in about 45 minutes. Many of the concepts (MBR to GPT conversion, UEFI firmware, clearing update policies) apply to physical PCs as well. Microsoft ended Windows 10

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Samsung Galaxy Watch Stuck After Unlock Swipe? [SOLVED]

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Q: My Samsung Galaxy Watch accepts the unlock swipe but then just freezes on the screen and won’t go any further. How do I fix this? A: This is a surprisingly common glitch where the watch acknowledges your input but the software hangs on the transition. The good news: a forced restart fixes it almost every time, and it will not erase any of your data. How to Force Restart a Samsung Galaxy Watch (Watch 4, 5, 6, 7, and

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Should I Scan Both Sides of a 1099-INT?

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Q: When I scan my 1099-INT forms, should I use duplex (two-sided) scanning or just scan the front? A: Go duplex on these. Many banks and financial institutions print additional information on the back of a 1099-INT. This can include account numbers, branch details, additional interest breakdowns, state-specific withholding information, or footnotes that clarify the figures on the front. Not every 1099-INT will have something useful on the back, but enough of them do that duplex scanning should be your

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Do I Need to Scan Both Sides of a 1099-NEC?

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Q: When I scan my 1099-NEC forms for digital filing, should I use duplex (two-sided) scanning to capture the back? A: For most people, single-sided (simplex) scanning is all you need. The front of your 1099-NEC contains everything that matters: payer information, your TIN, and the compensation amounts the IRS cares about. The back is just standard IRS instructions that are identical on every single 1099-NEC printed. There is nothing unique to your return on the back side. Scanning single-sided

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