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Remember These 5 apt Clean Up Utilities for Your Next Spring Cleaning
If space is getting tight on your Ubuntu system drive, try these commands to find and automatically remove unnecessary installation files. It only takes a moment, and it recovers valuable hard drive real estate. A Primer on the apt Package Manager There’s more than one way to skin a cat, and there’s more than one way to install software onto…
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My Seven Favorite Cleaning Accounts to Follow on Instagram
We may earn a commission from links on this page. As it stands, it looks like TikTok will be banned from app stores on Jan. 19. And while I’m not an expert in government, I am a savvy social media user who knows people are worried about their followers, followed accounts, and saved videos disappearing. If you get your cleaning…
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You Can Fight (and Avoid) Your Landlord’s Cleaning Fees
If you’re renting, you know that the security deposit is a big deal—the moment you decide to move out, the top priority is getting that money back. While this is usually a pretty straightforward process—you move your stuff out, give the place a solid cleaning, and you get your money back. Unfortunately, things don’t always go so smoothly. There are…
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How to Choose Nontoxic Cleaning Products
Consider an all-purpose cleaner. Despite what product marketing may tell you, a different cleaner isn’t necessary for every surface in your house. An effective all-purpose cleaner will handle almost every job including kitchen counters, floors, toilets, and bathtubs. This will not only reduce the bulk in your cleaning cabinet but also reduce the number of ingredients you’re exposed to. Select…
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How Adopting a Cat Can Change Your Cleaning Habits
Within Frank’s first two months at home with me, I bought and disposed of four litter boxes, each with their own awful, messy litter. I wanted to be a good cat mom, so I kept buying every kind of organic, nonclumping litter I could find online, only to grow tired of stepping on pieces of it all over the apartment…
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This is the one mistake you’re probably making with bleach, according to a cleaning expert
When it comes to daily cleaning chores, bleach is often the trusted, go-to product in most households. From disinfecting toilets and sanitizing items and surfaces, to whitening our laundry, there are so many things you never knew you could clean with bleach. But while bleach seems like an effective, multi-purpose cleaner that can be used to clean everything around the…
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My Favorite Products for Cleaning the Bathroom
We may earn a commission from links on this page. There is a surprising number of products marketed to help you clean your bathroom. You don’t need to spend a small fortune on the latest and greatest, but some products out there are still better than others—and as someone who writes about cleaning for a living, you can imagine I’ve…
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Try the ‘Junebug’ Cleaning Method When You Can’t Focus
You’re likely here for one of two reasons and perhaps both: You saw someone talking about “junebug” cleaning on social media and/or you are tired of not being able to focus on cleaning, so you Googled in desperation. I’m in both camps with you. Even though I know I’m supposed to create a steady cleaning schedule and only tidy up…
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Household Cleaning Tools: How to Clean and When to Replace
You can imagine my surprise when Diana Ciechorska, general manager at Park Slope Cleaning, a commercial and industrial cleaning service in New York and Miami, said kitchen sponges need to be replaced every one to two weeks. “They come into frequent contact with food particles and moisture, which can lead to bacterial buildup.” Mause Ramirez, owner of MCS Cleaning Services…
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Be Careful When Cleaning Your MacBook’s (Mostly Fake) Speaker Grille
Have you ever noticed what looks like dust getting stuck in your MacBook’s speaker grille? Your instinct might be to use a brush to clean it, but that’s actually the opposite of what you should do. That’s because, as outlined in this excellent video by BarTech TV, the two rows of symmetrical dots on either side of the MacBook’s keyboard…
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