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Re: New to the Sony Camera club. Sony camera roll call. - 5 weeks ago

Another member of the a6000 club.

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Link Hijacking from Facebook Posts: Advice Please - 2 months ago

Hi Friends, I often post Facebook links to stories on my Wordpress site. Just within the past few days, I've been getting lots of people stating that when they click the link, they are hijacked to a fake "wheel spin" type game. The links work fine for me and for many others. I'm suspecting malware on the user's phone or browser, but I can't be sure. Any thoughts or insigh

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Re: Photoshop Elements or Affinity Photo??? Coming from CS 5 - 3 months ago

I've been using Photoshop for many years, but stopped upgrading at CS6. I jumped at the chance to get the Affinity Apps for $25 each. What a bargain! It took me a while to get used to Affinity Photo and initially, I found myself going back to Photoshop CS6 often. But, once I got the hang of it, I've not been back in Photoshop for at least six months; and I've got inclination to do so. Af

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Re: RIP: Johnny Crawford - 4 months ago

Sorry to hear. Also a very talented musician: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4APIOhN2UA

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Re: Excel Experts: Locking Cells and Sorting - 6 months ago

QuoteDon C If you put a blank row between the two header rows, Excel will see row 3 as the header and exclude it from the sort.. You can hide row 2 so it LOOKS like only two rows but Excel sees row one and row 3 as separate blocks. Thanks for the suggestion. For some reason, it does not work for me.

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Excel Experts: Locking Cells and Sorting - 6 months ago

Friends, I'm entering contacts in an Excel 2019 spreadsheet. The first two rows are descriptive and I don't wish for them to be sorted when I apply a "sort" to the columns below. I've selected the rows I want protected and then applied the "freeze" button, but when I sort, these two rows are included in the sort. How do I lock selected cells effectively in Excel 2019?

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Time Tracking, Billing, and Invoicing Software Recommendations? - 6 months ago

Hi Friends, I've been using the standalone version of Billings to time-track and invoice my clients. It works wonderfully, but it is only 32-bit, and thus won't run natively under Catalina and beyond. While I'm currently running Mojave, I am thinking of going to Catalina and so I'm looking for a non-subscription alternative to Billings (which has moved to subscription only). Are there an

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Re: CafePress, RedBubble, Zazzle ... anyone use 'em? - 6 months ago

Zazzle, yes.

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Re: Reroute Mac Video to Camera; Add Zoom Filter to Video Clip? - 6 months ago

Thanks, Clay. I've got OBS Studio, and it works!

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Reroute Mac Video to Camera; Add Zoom Filter to Video Clip? - 6 months ago

Friends, I'd like to add a Zoom or Snap Camera filter to a pre-recorded video clip. But, I can't figure out a way to do that, since those apps only seem to work on "live" video coming from the camera. So, is there a way to apply these filters to a video clip? Can Quicktime player output be routed to the internal Mac camera for processing by one of these apps? SR

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Wonky Apple Calendar Search: How to fix? - 6 months ago

Friends, I've been using a shared Google calendar (my work calendar) at home for 10+ years, with Apple Calendar. Recently, the search function essentially stopped working. For example, searching for the name "David" returns a single result, one that has "David" in the text field of the event, not any of the scores of events that have "David" in the event title.

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Re: Apple Store item update message: "we could not complete your purchase" - 8 months ago

Took me a while to figure this out. The problem happens depending on which network I'm on, wired vs. wireless. I generally operate with a direct ethernet connection, but switching to my primary wireless network generally fixes the app update issue you describe. SR

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Re: Using an Older Printer on an M1 MBA - 8 months ago

Terrific suggestion; it worked! Thanks very much, Ombligo. SR

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Using an Older Printer on an M1 MBA - 8 months ago

Hi Friends, Just bought my wife a new M1 MBA for Christmas. We've got a Brother MFC 7360N printer which serves us well, but it doesn't look like Brother has a compatible driver for this printer. We don't need the multifunctions, just straight printing. Is there any way to print from the new MBA to this printer with a "generic" driver? Thanks for any suggestions you may have

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Wonky Time Machine Backup: What to Do? - 8 months ago

Hi Friends, Just now, I got a system notice that Time Machine was unable to back up to the designated disk. This had happened a few weeks back, and I reformatted the disk and started over with a fresh TM backup. Everything seemed to be working fine. This morning, the disk came up as "read only." So, I ran disk utility and all appeared to be okay. But, the status was still "re

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Re: Car Folks: Buying a Used Prius - 8 months ago

Thanks for all of your thoughtful replies. More info: As a musician, I've always driven a hatchback form of vehicle for the utility in loading gear. I love wagons, small vans, and hatches. I'm not quite ready to ditch ICE yet. While I don't often take long trips, I do have range anxiety about going all electric. I don't like spending a ton of money on cars, so the $15k cap is pretty f

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Car Folks: Buying a Used Prius - 8 months ago

Hi Friends, Presently driving a 2008 Mazda5, which I love, but I've had it for 10 years and I'd like to replace it. I've been thinking of looking for a Prius V 2015-2017 below $15k. Never having owned a hybrid, can you please help me with important considerations for this purchase? Thanks in advance, SR

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Re: Photography Folks: Need Lighting Kit Recommendations - 10 months ago

Sorry pc (I was hoping you'd weigh in). Here's more detail: This will be shot indoors. The room has 3 windows and good natural light. I have a medium-pale grey painted wall in place to shoot against if needed. There is electrical access. I'll be shooting three individual people, one at a time. I don't think I'll need to light the background, but I'm uncertain of this. There is a diff

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Photography Folks: Need Lighting Kit Recommendations - 10 months ago

Hi Friends, I've been tasked with shooting my kids' school portraits this year using my Sony A6000. So, I went to Amazon to find lighting/background kits. Looking to spend about $100 or so, maybe a bit more. I came away with more questions than answers: Should I get a 2 or 3 light kit Light boxes or umbrellas Bulb wattage: saw single bulb per stand kits vs. multi bulb per stand kits Wha

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Re: Drum Notation App? - 10 months ago

Thanks very much. I'll check that out. I also found GrooveScribe, an online alternative that does most of what I want: GrooveScribe

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Drum Notation App? - 10 months ago

Hi Friends, Looking for a simple, intuitive drum score writing app. Just want to notate a few bars of various beats. I've got Logic, but that doesn't seem to have the capability I need. I tried iWriteMusic on the iPad, but that was confusing, to say the least. Has anyone found something that they enjoy using? SR

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Re: Download YouTube Videos: Best Way? - 11 months ago

Super helpful, folks. Thanks! SR

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Download YouTube Videos: Best Way? - 11 months ago

Hi Friends, I need to download about twenty or so YouTube videos for a project. What is the easiest way to do this? Thanks, SR

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Re: Best Keynote teacher: Apple Keynote Club - 11 months ago

Cool; thanks! Over the years I've used Keynote occasionally to make video animations. This is very useful info.

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Re: What Happened to Rockford on Prime? - 1 year ago

Too bad, I've been watching Rockford there, as well. One of the best written shows, as I still remember the episodes and characters decades later. Guess I'll have to hook up that free Peacock device that Comcast sent me. SR

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Re: Strange Small Electronics Project: Can You Help? - 1 year ago

Thanks for the very helpful suggestions!

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Strange Small Electronics Project: Can You Help? - 1 year ago

Hi Friends, For a prop, I'm looking to build a small plastic box with a belt clip. Box will have 9v powered LEDs in bezels on the front face and an external on/off switch. Adding some sound (beeps or buzzes) would be great but is not essential. I used to build stuff like this back in electronics class, but I have no idea where to start now. Happy to purchase a pre-made solution if som

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Re: Temporarily Muting System/Application Sounds - 1 year ago

Thanks for your response. No, not coming through GV, these are email and various calendar app reminders mostly. I was hoping to do this on a system wide basis as opposed to app-by-app, since the turning on and off will be frequent.

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Temporarily Muting System/Application Sounds - 1 year ago

Hi Friends, I've begun recording interviews through my iMac using Google Voice into a Rodecaster Pro board via USB. While recording, I'm occasionally hearing various beeps and chimes, notifying me of events. I put notifications on "Do Not Disturb" and turned the "alert" volume all the way down in System Preferences. But still, I'm getting interrupted by sounds from th

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The poor state of Mac email clients - 1 year ago

I rely heavily on email, but the state of Mac email clients is sad. I’d been an Apple Mail user for years. But it was somewhat buggy and unreliable, so I switched to Airmail. Airmail was working well for me, until recently. I like being able to see if an email has been read, and I love the global delayed send feature (delays emails for xx seconds after you press the send button). But now,

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