It’s been a while since the last time I came up with some good laptop tips, so when a Hassle-Free PC reader named Shawn wrote in with his problem I thought I’d better get back to notebooks. Here’s ...

Restart your computer first to fix a locked keyboard; it often solves many problems quickly. Check and clean your keyboard's connections to ensure they are not causing it to lock. Try turning off ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

As we learned last week, it’s fairly easy to fix a noisy overheated laptop: Open an underside panel, (carefully) blow out the dust, then enjoy the praise your wife lavishes on you for fixing her ...

Responding to customer complaints, Apple makes changes to the butterfly switch keyboard in its laptops -- including new 2019 MacBook Pro models. Shara Tibken Former managing editor Shara Tibken was a ...

Since Apple introduced its butterfly keyboard design in 2015, the problems with it have been very well documented—and they’re problems that I’ve experienced as well, with a 2018 MacBook Pro (the one ...