Re: sear'd into your memory?!....last 'Sears' store in company's home state of Illinois closing...... - Yesterday

They did so many things wrong it was just ridiculous. Friend of mine worked there in corporate for 20 years, she was a manager in their POS system division. She told me it was 20 years old at one point and they were not able to keep it modernized because it would cost so much to do, and it was a terrible security hole and went down constantly, causing tons of lost sales in stores because they

Re: lil help? Need to grab a video from a site... but cant seem to - 4 days ago

FYI, Downie got it.

Re: MacInTouch scaling back - 5 days ago

QuoteDeusxMac Aha, that was on the political side. No wonder I didn't see it. I rarely ever go there, it should have been moved / reported as being on the wrong side it did not deserve to be missed

MacInTouch scaling back - 5 days ago

One of the web pages that was a daily read of mine for many, many years is scaling their posting back. Always sad to see. Mon. Sep. 13, 2021 10:00 EDT MacInTouch reduction Following up on recent notes and a history of challenges and changes, I need to painfully acknowledge with great difficulty that – for a lot of reasons – I can no longer personally or professionally maintain the s

Re: Let the Sun Shine ! Solar Power roof ? Anyone have any recommendations ? - 19 days ago

I do think if I were in your shoes, I'd first look at every other energy consuming aspect of the house and modernize it. Windows #1. Furnace / A/C #2. Appliances #3. Solar sounds great. So does wind. We have both at OWC - and we benefit from both substantially - but the ROI and up front cost are a severe detractor to most. It's expensive being green

Re: Let the Sun Shine ! Solar Power roof ? Anyone have any recommendations ? - 19 days ago

I think the companies you're seeing adding are probably using articulating panels that follow the sun in your area. A large solar farm just went in near our OWC office and the panels all track the sun, Our array(s) are stationary and definitely show less generation as they are fixed position. I'd call your local solar companies and ask for them to show you similar sized arrays they've installe

Re: rebuilding a battery pack - how annoying is it to solder to steel? - 22 days ago

cbelt beat me to it. What I've done a long time ago was to drill holes, wrap copper wire through the items to be soldered, and use that as a really good conductor and a solderable bond to augment the lack of a spot weld. It held, really well. Quotecbelt3 I have done this by drilling a small hole in the bus strip to give a mechanical advantage. But I second the Batteries Plus guys... spot weld

Re: So Long: 'Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies aged 80' - 25 days ago

RIP Charlie, one of the best. This pic that Ringo posted on Twitter. Wow.. Ringo

Re: today's edition of 'name this bird' - 29 days ago

Green Barred Woodpecker.

Re: Apple Diagnostics Tool Info - 4 weeks ago

Grab Coconut Battery and run that. Older OS versions are at the bottom of the page.

Re: New design for Taco Bell outlets - 4 weeks ago

So I guess all we need now are the 3 seashells.

Re: Any robot mower owners here? - 4 weeks ago

Yep. I have a Husqvarna Automower 430X (link) for 2-1/2 years now. Love it. "Snippy" does a fantastic job. You still have to trim, which I do with an electric 40V Ryobi every 2 weeks basically. The automower wont get right to the edge of landscaped beds, trees, etc. - it gets about 2" or so away. Literally being done with yard work in 15-20 minutes is awesome. This is on a 1/2

Re: Remember the mystery bird I was asking about? Here are some photos - 5 weeks ago

That's a juvenile Northern Cardinal. it'll look all pretty once it molts.

Re: Ughhhh... dead MBP, any way to get my data off? - 8 weeks ago

The lifeboat connector which I mentioned, was removed in 2018 with the T2 chip change unfortunately. Good article outlining it for a 2016-2017 here. Been there, done that, and have the tools to do so. How to recover data from a dead A1707 QuoteSarcany QuotePeterB QuoteOmbligo Do you have any friends or family that you can pay to take it to the Apple Store for you? It's summer, some

Re: Ughhhh... dead MBP, any way to get my data off? - 8 weeks ago

You're stuck. Soldered on SSD, and no lifeboat connector Apple removed that in 2017. 2018 = have a live backup. Apple store time - sorry!

Re: Anyone Subscribing to Sirius XM On Your Vehicle? - 8 weeks ago

When the trial end comes, call them. Tell them it's too expensive (which, it is). They will offer a $4.99/month 12 month subscription when you push.

Re: It’s this popular Mac’s 21st.... - 2 months ago

I'm going to have to seek some of this out and see what's going on with the modding community on those then for sure. Mine is probably not as quick as that anymore. It held the title for a while at least ;) Quotep8712 QuoteOWC Jamie Quotep8712 A TAM....one day.... A guy on eBay hacks dual processor cards for the Cube. May not be the fastest on the Block much longer. Who says that's no

Re: It’s this popular Mac’s 21st.... - 2 months ago

We have a Del Webb retirement community about 15 minutes away from the OWC headquarters, and they had an active computer group of retirees there a few years ago and a couple of them have donated their vintage collection to our vintage collection that needs to become a museum at some point here at OWC. One of them that came in about 6 months ago had tons of old 5-1/4 floppies in it, lots and lots

Re: It’s this popular Mac’s 21st.... - 2 months ago

Quotep8712 A TAM....one day.... A guy on eBay hacks dual processor cards for the Cube. May not be the fastest on the Block much longer. Who says that's not the same kind as I have one of the originals of? Hand made heatsink and all.

Re: It’s this popular Mac’s 21st.... - 2 months ago

QuoteBuzz Jamie- any unused 400k floppies in that box?.... == Exactly ONE. But a full pack of labels too.

Re: It’s this popular Mac’s 21st.... - 2 months ago

You are making me feel REAL old. The Cubes have all aged gracefully here Still probably the owner of the fastest Cube ever, prototype dual processor card & a NVidia GeForce3 shoehorned into one of mine.

Re: John McAfee found dead in jail cell - 2 months ago

You've got that right LOL. Wired article from 2012 Quotehal In case you haven't been following... McAfee was batshit crazy

Re: How to clean my rusty tools - 3 months ago

Re: MRF Home DIY: What type of conduit to use on exterior brick? - 3 months ago

Not impressive. Inappropriate for the application, not legal by code for exterior use A home inspector would flag it and it'd need to be replaced when the house is sold. QuoteN-OS X-tasy! Wow - Wiremold surface mount raceway for an exterior application. Pretty impressive.

Re: MRF Home DIY: What type of conduit to use on exterior brick? - 3 months ago

That's not conduit, that is interior use only Wiremold. A homeowner did that, no electrician did. EMT can be used outdoors with waterproof connectors, but rigid conduit would be preferable to be watertight and for ease of use - but you'd need a pipe threader / reamer to make perfect cuts & do it right. I hate seeing PVC outside because it never lays flat and gets wavy over time, and oxidi

Re: Who is placing pre-orders tonight? iPad Pro, Apple TV? - 4 months ago

2 new AppleTVs. Been waiting years for this release - move 4K units around, have some extra non-4K units. And if you've not updated your OS on your current 4K and calibrated your color - do it - holy cow is that awesome, kudos Apple, you nailed that one!

Re: Anybody know much about crypto apps/services? - 5 months ago

PayPal does some as well -just not all types.

Re: Mars Helicopter flight 3:15AM Pacific Mon. - 5 months ago

Too cool, one small step for drones, one giant leap for dronekind! QuoteGGD QuoteOmbligo Success That's it's shadow on the surface from the camera looking down.

Re: NE tunneling varmints - 5 months ago

If you're good at catching snakes, try that no chemicals needed! My grandfather had a mole problem at his farm when I was growing up. I caught a nice 2-1/2' long garter snake, simply went to one of the mole hills, cut it open, in went the snake - and gone went the mole problem!

Re: Samsung 34" Class QHD UltraWide Monitor $279.99 - 6 months ago

No it won't I have a 30" vertical on the left, 2 34" stacked on VESA mounts in the center, and 16" Retina on the right. The 30" still holds up awesome after all these years. Quotesekker QuotepRICE cUBE I am contemplating using this in a vertical configuration next to my 30” Apple Display. Careful, that new monitor will make the ACD look rather dull...