How To Stop Your "Apple, Linux, Mac & Windows OS" From Using So Much Data Or Slowing Down
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AUTHOR’S PREFACE
Most personal computer (PC) users are aggrieved with one of the most common issues which is facing heavy data usage in the internet and slow PC. This has made a lot of people try to solve this problem in the wrong way; either by surfing the internet more on their mobile phones and only using their PCs for only very important tasks or even avoiding using their PC completely.
This looks like a good idea to most people but it is only a cosmetic approach that solves the problem temporarily and does not solve the problem permanently. Ironically, the PC will still consume huge chunks of data while you run those important tasks every time you open and use the PC for temporary tasks. Furthermore, since the problem is not permanently solved, you will always have to frown on the huge data you consume every time you run these tasks temporarily.
Compendiously, apart from your "Apple, Linux, Mac and Windows OS" that is designed to be always-connected, always-up-to-date and data-hungry designed, coupled with some apps running in the background, auto-syncing and auto-updating. There are also some common activities you engage in that sucks data like; sending and receiving emails, downloading and uploading files like pictures, documents or videos, browsing the internet and instant messaging like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, Tik Tok etc. More to above include streaming music/videos on YouTube, Hulu, Netflix and other channels or even playing games that use a lot more data than most people can imagine due to the intense graphics and algorithms that power them. Finally is the social media application like video-chatting and conferencing applications like Zoom, Skype, etc. that you use that also result in huge data consumption to a great deal.
The author has noticed with dismay how a lot of people keep complaining about how their internet data of 2 GB – 6 GB or sometimes even more than that is consumed within a few minutes of leaving their data connection open. Therefore, some settings on your PC must be done in order to stop it from always consuming a lot of data.
If you are facing this problem, then this book is important for you because the book will guide you on how to completely stop you and your computer from wastefully exhausting your limited internet plan.
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Details
- Publication Date
- Nov 28, 2023
- Language
- English
- Category
- Education & Language
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Umar Aliyu
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- Format