Re: Another senior with problems.
Why are you looking for problems? If there was a volume, fine, but you haven¡¯t mentioned a problem. I prefer to use a holster, rather than a pocket. Less humidity seems to gather less lint. In 20+
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Brent
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Re: Another senior with problems.
These happen in the late evening, when we are mostly watching TV, listening to music, etc. They are incremental backups of user folders only, using CCC, and usually take less, often much less, than ?
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: Another senior with problems.
But what about scheduled tasks such as backups or other things that take a long time to run? I find it best to let those happen while I am sleeping or otherwise away from the computer for several
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Adrian Godfrey
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Re: Another senior with problems.
It is difficult in the extreme to hold that USB microscope steady when taking a high-magnification photo of the gunk in the speaker holes on my iPhone X. Here¡¯s my best shot: it appears there is a
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Bob Gerard
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Re: Another senior with problems.
Back when I ran a lab, I did an automated shutdown at least an hour after I expected anyone to use it, and an automated start 30 minutes prior to morning start times. It that was way back in LC II
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Lowell Ziegler
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Re: Another senior with problems.
I know we don¡¯t need to, but we shut down our Apple notebooks every night. It just seems wrong to leave them on overnight. I know that they use very little energy when in sleep mode, but it¡¯s not
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: Another senior with problems.
That¡¯s a very bad idea indeed. Some years ago, trying to resolved a complicated Mac issue, was bumped up several levers to a senior engineer. His advice: restart your apple devices every two weeks
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Bob Gerard
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Re: Another senior with problems.
Hahaha! How long does he go without restarting? I may go months, but the first thing I do if I have an issue is to restart. Hahaha! Shades of slapping the side of the TV set to fix it. Brent
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Brent
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Re: Cleaning out iPhone ports
Many thanks, Otto! Bob ¡ª¡ª ¡°I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.¡± - Blanche DuBois A Streetcar Named Desire
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Bob Gerard
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Re: Cleaning out iPhone ports
I had never heard of WhiteTack or BlackTack until I tried searching for Blue Tack on Amazon. I was also surprised to see various versions of Blue Tack itself there. I tend to make lists of multiple
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Adrian Godfrey
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Re: Cleaning out iPhone ports
Just the usual: sticking stuff like posters and cards to the wall or fridge (no magnet required!). I¡¯ve only just tried it on the phone for the first time. I had an idea that it *might* work so I
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: Cleaning out iPhone ports
That¡¯s amazing. That¡¯s what I am going to order. Thanks for that additional info, Otto. Much appreciated. Just for fun: what other uses have you found for White Tack? Bob ¡ª¡ª¡ª ¡°They say the
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Bob Gerard
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Re: Cleaning out iPhone ports
I¡¯ve just tried White Tack on my iPhone XS. If you push it against the speaker holes, it goes in and any dirt sticks to it; pull it away and the dirt comes with it, without leaving any behind that I
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: Cleaning out iPhone ports
The White Tack and Blue Tack are indeed available on Amazon; after watching the video for WhiteTack, I wonder if one managed to stick it in that tiny speaker orifice, could you get it back out again??
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Bob Gerard
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Re: Another senior with problems.
Well, problem solved on his computer¡and thanks again for all the input and suggestions from this group. He took a deep breath and starting working through that very long list of troubleshooting
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Bob Gerard
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Re: Cleaning out iPhone ports
I meant to add that I have some Uhu White Tack.
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: Cleaning out iPhone ports
There¡¯s a section on similar products in the Wikipedia article, which is why I included the link. Otto
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: Cleaning out iPhone ports
Surely BluTack must exist outside the UK. But I have not been able to find it in physical shops on the European mainland and in Africa to date. But it does exist on Amazon Germany (another thing to
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Adrian Godfrey
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Re: Another senior with problems.
Ben, correct. One is not a replace for the other, but both will get you to similar destinations. One involve more time and human intervention. Brent
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Brent
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Re: Cleaning out iPhone ports
How about Blu Tack? I don¡¯t know if you have that particular product over there, but there must be something similar. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu_Tack
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Otto Nikolaus
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