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Re: what's with reddit - 3 months ago

All that is true, but it's actually much bigger and worse than that. The most dedicated Reddit users, and pretty much all the mods, used programs such as Apollo to access Reddit and all are going to disappear after today. As a result, users have been bulk deleting all the posts they made over the past decade or more, or replacing their posts with a single sentence in protest. Also in protest,

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Re: M1 Monterey clone operation restarts unexpectedly, using CCC - 3 months ago

Submit your logs via CCC's Help Menu and we'll take a look at it. Random restarts are typically hardware-related but there are usually clues in the logs. We're a little short-staffed this week but we'll take a look as soon as we can. Sarah

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Re: Weird color sky in my world (Western Mass) - 3 months ago

Sounds like it's better up north than a little bit south. Yesterday evening, we crossed the bridge over the Connecticut River in Springfield and it was so smoky that some of the buildings were obscured - and Springfield is NOT big. We couldn't see far down the river to the south and all the hills and mountains were obscured to the north. We could taste and smell the smoke, too. Tried to take p

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Re: Best ways to book travel for remote workers? - 9 months ago

We do the same thing for a team of six. There's no way to completely skip the legwork but once you find a location, you can use it over and over so it gets easier every time. I would avoid a co-work space - it's such a waste of $$ for amenities that aren't that useful. Maybe that's just us, but we try to make travel count by getting as much done as possible. Pretty much every standard midprice

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Re: Bee-live It or Not... - 11 months ago

This was in my town!!!!!

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Re: Got a trial Apple TV plus subscription - what is "must see"? - 1 year ago

Ted Lasso Severance (Very unusual but also very interesting!) Acapulco (Comedy, half in Spanish, very charming) For All Mankind (Sci-fi, reimagined world where the space race had greater importance) Coda (movie)

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Re: college parents peoples: did you scour the Internet forums for advice on college tuition? - 1 year ago

We are just beginning working on college finances, but I heard an interview with this author and read the book. I found it really helpful and people that I have talked to have confirmed that the advice is solid.

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Re: Can you bring those Little Backup brick charges on a Plane? - 1 year ago

Yes, you can but you need to carry them on and if they are really big (more than 100 watt hours), you need to check with your airline.

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Re: Scheduling software rec? - 1 year ago

It's been quite a while since I used it two jobs ago, but I had a lot of success with when I was scheduling 20-25 students to staff a front desk. Everyone puts in their preferences, even time off, and it auto-generates a schedule that you can tweak as needed. W2W can handle certain restrictions (like require x number of hours between shifts), so maybe there's something in there for only Monda

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Re: Anyone bought hearing aids at Costco? - 1 year ago

My sister is a doctor of audiology and both my parents have hearing aids. My mom has severe hearing loss and has a cochlear implant plus hearing aids. My dad just has hearing aids and has moderate loss. There are two things to consider when choosing Costco. (1)The quality of the hearing test and fitting and (2) the actual hearing aid. For many people, Costco's level of quality will meet their

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Re: Car floor mats? - 1 year ago

I've had Weathertech Floorliner HPs for the past 4 months or so and I really like them. Not slippery in my estimation, they stay in place, huge improvement over the OEM all weather from Subaru.

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Re: Speaking of laundry- Any recs for those detergent strips or tabs? - 1 year ago

Not quite what you're asking, but I use Nellie's Laundry Soda: and refill it with this: and this: Been using this combo for years and highly recommend! You only need about 1 1/2 teaspoons for a regular-sized load so you don't have to store much at once near the washing machine.

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Re: Because you are my virtual family, I wanted to post my personal loss - 1 year ago

So sorry for your loss.

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Re: Roll call thread - 1 year ago

I'm here.

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Re: anyone with access to consumer reports? i'm kitchen appliance shopping. tanx ;-) - 1 year ago

I would check out the reviews by Yale Appliance. Search their blog for articles about repair rates and in-depth reviews.

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Re: Unsolicited plug for SuperDuper - 1 year ago

The issue with Big Sur and beyond is that Apple has shut third parties out of making bootable system backups by introducing a signed system volume. CCC and SD can *facilitate* a bootable backup, but neither can create it directly, no matter how anyone chooses to spin it. We were able to create a bootable Big Sur backup almost from day 1 (long before SD) because we had heavily experimented with AS

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Re: Any Sonos users subscribe to Apple Music? - 1 year ago

You go into the Sonos app and integrate Apple Music into it (there is an authorization/linking step) and Sonos controls the playback - no other app needed. Of course, you can Airplay if you want to but you don't have to. And if you have any Alexa devices(or I assume Google voice but I haven't tested it personally), you can skip to the next song/control volume/etc. from them.

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Re: Fellow slaves of Feline Overlords - Preferred robotic litter boxes ? - 1 year ago

My brother has had this one for a year and says that it is worth every penny:

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Re: What do you all make of these N95's? - 2 years ago

If she's open to KN95s, these are legit and cheaper:

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Re: Need to vent - 2 years ago

Years ago I was in an accident that was found 50/50 at fault (even though the other driver was driving on the shoulder and hit me as I got into the left turn lane). The other driver sued and was found 100% at fault and I got a check to cover my deductible. I wouldn't worry!

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Re: Fish-eaters: What's your favorite way to prepare fresh Halibut? - 2 years ago

We love it baked with a panko-parmesan topping but I don't think Mike uses a recipe. Basically, it's panko breadcrumbs, butter, freshly grated parmesan, fresh tarragon (or dried), Penzey's roasted garlic, salt and pepper. I found one similar to what we make but they have you make your own breadcrumbs (madness!) and add onion powder and parsley.

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Re: Trying to migrate from Time Machine - 2 years ago

I recommend downloading and using CCC 5 right now. CCC 6 is brand new and we just fixed a bug related to corrupt source data, but haven't pushed out the update yet (still testing it). Since you might have corrupt data on your dying drive, stick with 5.

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Re: We're releasing a new version of CCC tomorrow - CCC 6 - 2 years ago

We'll keep bootable backups happening as long as we can, but it's an Apple decision at this point that we can't work around. Mike just posted a blog article about it Beyond Bootable Backups: Adapting recovery strategies for an evolving platform. Also, CCC 6 is live! If you head on over to our Features page and click on "New in CCC 6" at the top you can get an overview. There are some

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Re: We're releasing a new version of CCC tomorrow - CCC 6 - 2 years ago

space-time, you're a dreamer! Nope, no stacking discounts. jdc, seriously, Quick Update made my in-house network backup go from painful to a breeze. Went from hours to minutes! It doesn't apply to every situation and I'm not the expert to tease out every single dependency but it applies often enough that it's a big deal.

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Re: We're releasing a new version of CCC tomorrow - CCC 6 - 2 years ago

We offer a 50% discount for CCC 5 users and 25% for CCC 4. CCC 4 was released 6 1/2 years ago so that's as far back as our discount program goes. No discount older versions, since they are so old at this point. Do you have one of the newer ones?

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We're releasing a new version of CCC tomorrow - CCC 6 - 2 years ago

And it's totally nerve wracking! We haven't had a major release since 2017 so hopefully people like it. It's been out in beta so if you want to preview it, you can launch CCC, open Preferences and check the box next to "Inform me of beta releases." Next time you check for updates you'll see CCC 6 and there's a 30 day free trial as always. I'd say let me know if you have questions but

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Re: Recommend some oil for rubbing into my wood? - 2 years ago

We keep butter on the counter year-round and have had great luck with a butter bell. No need to put the butter in the fridge and no wood to treat. Periodically we run it through the dishwasher.

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Re: AppleWatch 3 update problem - 2 years ago

While in theory purging everything and rebooting should clear cache, it has never worked for me. I don't store anything on my watch - no photos, no music, only 2 apps, and only 2 (small) watch faces, yet somehow the memory fills up every time and never is released. Only unpairing and re-pairing have worked.

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Re: AppleWatch 3 update problem - 2 years ago

I also have a 3 and this has been happening to me with every update - it's so irritating. I also have nothing stored on my watch but it seems to be unable to clear space. I tried repeatedly restarting my watch - some reported success with this - but it hasn't worked. The only way I've been able to fix it is to unpair and re-pair my watch. After that, the space is magically freed and I can update.

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Re: speaking of masks, anyone know a good source to get the style used by Apple? - 2 years ago

Seconding Be Healthy USA. You can get a 10 pack of 10 different mask styles and figure out which one(s) fits your face best before you commit to a larger quantity. We love the Large Dr. Puri (be sure to choose the adjustable style) and Blue 3D masks for men and Medium Dr. Puri and Large Bluna FaceFit for women/older kids. BOTN and ILWOUL were both ok, just didn't fit our family's faces as well.

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