Re: What are the names of the cars in your life? - 26 days ago

My 2002 Buick Rendezvous was called "Vrovronitou" (my sister in-law named it).

Happy Birthday to DealMac!!!! - 6 weeks ago

Twenty-four years ago today, the DealMac forums were founded! Yes, that means it was 1997. For those who don't know, the MacResource forums really stemmed from the DealMac forums, as DealMac made a decision to totally restructure their forums, and a ton of the regulars at the forum didn't like it, so MacResource created this forum, which was more along the lines of the original DealMac forum

Re: Resistance bands $6 shipped YOU FOOLS! $6 folks, do it. - 2 months ago

Thanks, pRICE. I'm ordering a set! Doug

Re: When was the last time you ate Spam? - 2 months ago

Same here!!!! It is SO GOOD!!!!!!! (Well, I've never had it in Hawaii, but there's a shop in north Jersey that makes it. I LOVE IT!!!!)

Re: Resistance bands $6 shipped YOU FOOLS! $6 folks, do it. - 2 months ago

pRICE, do you actually have this exact set? I've had my eye on getting some, but almost always, there are reviews (often with somewhat unpleasant pictures) in which the reviewer says the band snapped, and smacked them on the body somewhere. The set you linked doesn't have any reviews, so I'm even more leery of them. I realize any set--particularly at the sub-$20 price range--is likely to be

Re: Well, Sirius sucked me in. - 2 months ago

I've been a subscriber since I bought my new (used) car in 2018. I pay roughly $5/month, and always put a couple weeks worth of reminders on my calendar to call them to get the same deal, and I always have thus far (three renewals, I think). I listen in my car every time I drive, and also stream it on my computer and iPhone and iPad. My favorites are: 70s on 7 80s on 8 The Bridge Yacht

Re: The value of Live Photos is not now, it's later - 2 months ago

Beautiful memories. Not sure how many of you caught wind of the "MyHeritage.com" animated photo thing that kind of went viral this past weekend. You have to create an account, and you're limited to 5 animations before you have to pay, but it will take any faces it finds in a photo (has to be 300x300 or greater resolution), and "animate" them. It can be a bit creepy, and i

DJI introduces FPV (First Person View) drone! - 2 months ago

Looks pretty amazing!

Re: Yacht Rock on The Family Guy - 2 months ago

Duuuuude!!! Yacht Rock Radio on Sirius XM is my #1 favorite! (Really, it is!) I love the mellow, peaceful, "love is the answer, but it almost inevitably leads to heartbreak" music. I am a child of the 70s, so perhaps it was the subliminal soundtrack to my youth, but like the song says, "moonlight.....feels right!"

Re: Tiger Woods injured in rollover car crash, extracted with 'Jaws of Life' - 2 months ago

Since he's recovering from back surgery, my first thought was that either a medication he may be taking for the back surgery recovery, or that in combination with some other substance may have contributed to this.

Re: bandwidth usage - 2 months ago

Clay, it was *50* not 500 GB.

Re: Is there an App or ? that can be seen on Desktop to follow a Stock Price? - 3 months ago

I've never used this, but it looks like it might accomplish what you want.

Re: Help me spend money-what would yo do with $850? - 3 months ago

A DJI Mavic Mini 2 drone. I have the original Mini, and it has been an absolute blast! It's fairly idiot proof, and can take incredibly high quality photos and videos.

Re: Need to Mail small Package from Southern Cal to Las Vegas, best price? - 4 months ago

USPS is taking an absolute eternity to get packages delivered! I'm talking multiple weeks for things that should only take days. So if the arrival date matters, avoid USPS.

Re: PSA: Got two bucks?? Lotteries gone nutz! - 4 months ago

Do *any* states allow buying lottery tickets online? If so, I never knew. I will say that as I passed a scratch off lottery ticket dispenser at the grocery store a couple days ago, I had a passing thought to buy one for a buck to give to my daughter, but I didn't have any cash (as is typically the case). They need to make those machines accept Apple Pay (and credit cards). Maybe they alread

Re: The Reports of My Death (Dazed & Confused) Have Been Greatly Exaggerated - 4 months ago

LOL.....Glad to hear you're still with us BeMUS, and sorry for the D&C at AS. Seeing the reference to "Otto" in the post from AS brought back memories! "Otto @#$%&," right? I feel like that was a decade ago...maybe it was. Those days sort of remind me of the times through which we're living right now!

Re: GE wind turbine - 4 months ago

Amazing stuff!!!

Re: Irish People... Alcohol... What A Combination! - 4 months ago

God, just the thought of drinking like that makes me feel physical pain! I used to love to get wasted.....30 years ago! Now I barely touch any alcohol, so even seeing others drink makes me wince!

Re: How in the world did AAPL nuke all of my calendar data? - 4 months ago

Are you an investor? You keep referring to the stock ticker (AAPL). Sorry about your data issue.

Re: An old friend releases his 30th album and it's pretty darned good. - 4 months ago

Adrienne Barbeau....wasn't she in "Swamp Thing?"

Re: Raise a margarita in memory of our friend Gene L - 4 months ago

Rest in Peace, you Mac lover, you!

Re: The Screenshot app. In the Utilities folder. - 5 months ago

I'm huge fan of screenshots, and the Mac does a great job of providing options for them. One of my favorite features, is the ability to take a screenshot of a selected area of the screen, and then click its preview that appears at lower right, and to then use the "Markup" tools to put arrows or circles/rectangles to highlight specific things. I use this combo a lot in the tech suppo

Re: Probiotics, any forum advocates? - 5 months ago

I brew my own kombucha (after buying it for the better part of a year), and it's said to have probiotic properties. Not sure I could attribute any specific aspect of my healthiness to it, but I like to think that it is doing something good for my "gut health."

Re: 128GB Apple iPad 8th Gen 10.2" Wi-Fi Tablet (Latest Model) $380 - 5 months ago

Thanks, pRICE. I'm in the market for a new iPad, so I may just take advantage of this. Probably don't need 128 GB, but for only $70 more than the 32 GB model, it probably makes sense to get it.

Re: Buy'em Now 2020 tree ornaments - 5 months ago

Those are GREAT!!!! I'm definitely going to buy some!

Re: Happy 15th Birthday to the MacResource forum!!! - 5 months ago

Happy 15th Birthday to the MacResource forum!!! - 5 months ago

Friends, Fifteen years ago today (2005), the MacResource forums came into existence! Thank you, Larry, OWC, and all of the folks who have made this forum a source of fun and learning for so many of us, for so long! Doug

Re: Shameless Promo for our Sponsor -- & This Year's USB Coffee Warmer? - 5 months ago

It's not USB (rather, standard AC outlet), but I got this, and have been really happy with it: HOWEVER, it had an annoying feature, in that every single time you set a mug on the warmer, it would beep to let you know it was "activated." I was using this in the office (a shared office space), so it was a bit annoying and embarassing--everyone would know when I had taken a drink.

Re: Comcast data cap goes nationwide from January - 5 months ago

I find the Comcast "Usage" report meaningless, though, as it only reports the monthly total. I'd like a day by day breakdown, so I can try to figure out what I'm doing/using that might contribute to unusually high numbers. But, of course, that would make it easier for me to not exceed any cap Comcast sets, so why would they allow us to see that. :-(

Re: Another Amazon Device Deal: Smart Plug $5 (order with Alexa) - 5 months ago

Thanks, steve..., for the heads up! I was *just* about to buy 2 Kasa smart plugs for my mom for $15 in total, I think, so this is a bit of a savings, plus, we both get to order via Alexa, which is a first, and my mom will think is neat. It also sounds like these plugs *may* not require an iPhone/iPad to set up, and if they do, her iPad 2 will *hopefully* be able to do the job. The Kasa Smart a