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Re: Secure erase of iPhone/iPad - 1 year ago

Cool! Thanks for that!

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Secure erase of iPhone/iPad - 1 year ago

Secure erase of iPhone/iPad: I see some content online regarding the topic. I searched the forum here on this topic and found some really old threads, one of which recommended a program called Data Eraser. I am wondering if just a factory reset is sufficient? I have an old iPhone 5s that someone is interested in playing around with (not sure they plan on connecting to carrier). I also h

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Re: Voting 'NO' on Newsom Recall ! ! ! - 1 year ago

My "No Vote" was mailed in awhile back, already received and counted.

by SKYLANE - 'Friendly' Political Ranting

Re: Cleaning bearings on vintage(?) skateboard (and newer rollerblades) - cleaning techniques? - 1 year ago

Ken Sp. Thanks for your insights. I decided to keep the board and the trucks, and replace everything else. Since the wheels are so old, decided to just buy new ones with new bearings to go with them. The Sk8Kings.com had a Bennett Truck Refurb kit that replaces all the soft goods for my old trucks, bought the wheels from them too. I am looking forward to getting that memory put back togeth

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Cleaning bearings on vintage(?) skateboard (and newer rollerblades) - cleaning techniques? - 1 year ago

I have a skateboard that I put together probably in that late 70s: BOARD: Logan Earth Ski Model: World Pro Champion Length: 26.5" TRUCKS: Bennett Pro WHEELS: SIMS Pure Juice Competition (red) Dimensions (approx.): 2" Wide x 2.5" Dia Had a lot of fun with this board in my teenage days, it probably did not see quite as much time as some of my ear

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Re: OK, that hack solves the 2011 MBP GPU problems, but kills the battery - 1 year ago

space-time As you already know, I went the route of popping the resistor off the logic board on my 2011 MBP *. I did use the DosDude1 method of installing Catalina on the machine. Some notes that might be helpful if you decide to go that way are as follows: (1) Regarding brightness control: Not too long ago, an update popped up on my 2011 MBP with an update to DosDude1 software

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Re: Bought some OWC RAM from Bozo just now - 1 year ago

I ordered some stuff from OWC in the wee hours of the 11th this past week, including Dual Drive Docking station with other misc things.. With free shipping, it was sitting here on the 14th, UPS. That was pretty fast...

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Re: Understanding the Chroma settings on the AppleTV 4K - 1 year ago

Found solution: Both my Onkyo AVR and Sony TV had to have HDMI signal format selected to ENHANCED instead of STANDARD. Still studying what the difference is between those two settings, ENHANCED and STANDARD...

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Re: Understanding the Chroma settings on the AppleTV 4K - 1 year ago

For those curious about Chroma, I found this guy’s description and graphics pretty useful in this short video:

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Re: Understanding the Chroma settings on the AppleTV 4K - 1 year ago

Filliam... I do use Onkyo AVR for switching other things: - BD/DVD Player - TiVo Bolt+ - AppleTV 4K - Gaming Device I have considered your thought process though. I was thinking about putting the AppleTV4K on ARC to the Sony TV. Then putting the Onkyo on a different Sony TV Input. Adds some more remote control activity to the mix, will consider that later after I work my way thru

by SKYLANE - Tips and Deals

Understanding the Chroma settings on the AppleTV 4K - 1 year ago

I have these three components that I am slowly learning the specifications of since I added an AppleTV 4K earlier in the year. Finally getting around to the details... Sony Bravia 4K (XBR65X850E) 2017 Onkyo TX-NR676 (AVR 4K compatible) 2017 - Using Infinity Surround Speaker System with a pair of Onkyo Atmos speakers AppleTV 4K (1st variation) - (replacing the previous AppleTV HD ea

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Re: Magic Eraser alternatives or copies? - 1 year ago

For those of you that use those Magic Erasers, what types of surfaces of you using them on. On certain surfaces, can they dull the shine/finish over time?

by SKYLANE - Tips and Deals

Mahjong players here? What rules do you play to? - 1 year ago

I have a nice set of Mahjong tiles, nothing super fancy but they have a good feel to them. Over a decade ago, a friend of mine taught a handful of our friends how to play, we had lots of fun playing that game for quite awhile. Here over a decade later, I pulled that game down to teach some other friends. So, went to the internet to refresh my memory on the rules. OMG! I didn’t realize that

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How do dual USB chargers typically work...? - 1 year ago

I have a shared 3.1 amp dual USB/power receptacle that I installed on the kitchen island (made by legrande, combo with 120v receptacles). Got me wondering how these types of USB dual power adapters work (including the small dual USB adapters that I have for the car "cigarette lighter" adapters). For my legrande adapter mentioned above, what is the design strategy for sharing the 3.1

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Re: Who are we liking for modem/Routers these days? - 1 year ago

Added this NetGear AX1800 router to my setup last month, very happy with it so far: $130

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Re: printer keeps clogging - 1 year ago

Quotedavemchine I have a brother MFC-J5945DW that I use about once a week. Each time I have to run the cycle to unclog the print heads at least twice before it works correctly. I'm on my second set of Brother ink cartridges and they all (each color) have this problem. Is this typical? Should I consider non-Brother cartridges? A year ago I had the same issue with my EPSON XP-820 (happened more t

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Notification about account passwords, popped up on iPad - legitimate? - 1 year ago

My mom sent me a pic of a notification that popped up on her iPad. (She should be on the latest iPadOS update.) The notification has a small purple icon box with s key in it, text to right of icon says PASSWORDS. Under that heading is the following text: Compromised Passwords The passwords for your "adt.com" account and 3 others have appeared in a data leak, putting your accoun

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Re: I fired up my 280c the other day - 1 year ago

TAM = ?

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Re: MR Forum inside jokes, phrases, and jargon - 1 year ago

I am M A V I C !

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Re: Lok(i) be a lady tonight?!....giving y'all heads up 'Loki' debuTTs tomorrow...... - 1 year ago

Just got done watching episode 1... looking forward to the rest of the series!

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Re: What is your online game addiction? Or favorite... - 1 year ago

Zynga Poker

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Re: QUAKE: Just had a good quick shake here at the house, just east of Disneyland in Anaheim, CA - 1 year ago

10:06pm Local Time.. Just had another quick small jolt, QuakeFeed stating about 2.1... I hope it whatever is going on goes back to sleep!

by SKYLANE - Tips and Deals

Re: Trying to figure out accounts for Music / TV and multiple computers... - 1 year ago

Sarcany!!! Thanks!!! Thanks!!! Thanks!!! Under "Restrictions", iTunes was disabled. Once I re-enabled iTunes then Accounts showed up in both TV & MUSIC. Not sure how I disabled iTunes like that on all three computers! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Much appreciated... That was driving me nuts. Now to see if I can get all these computers setup like I h

by SKYLANE - Tips and Deals

Re: Trying to figure out accounts for Music / TV and multiple computers... - 1 year ago

Sarcany, That is what I picked up from googling as well, that the Accounts would be listed by Window. Looking at MUSIC/TV apps on my Big Sur machine right now is the following: (same for the Catalina MacMini): Music, File, Edit, Song, View, Controls, Window, Help TV, File, Edit, Video, View, Controls, Window, Help I must have screwed up a setting somewhere, but cannot figure

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Trying to figure out accounts for Music / TV and multiple computers... - 1 year ago

I have the following devices: 2017 MacBook Air - Big Sur 11.4 2011 MacBook Pro - Catalina 10.15.6 (Dosdude1) 2011 MacMini Server - Catalina 10.15.7 (Dosdude1) I use to be fairly handy back in iTunes days with sharing between computers that are authorized on same Apple ID. I am now just finally getting around to playing around with some of the details of MUSIC and TV apps. Not sure

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Re: QUAKE: Just had a good quick shake here at the house, just east of Disneyland in Anaheim, CA - 1 year ago

Hal EDIT2: That small quake was about 1 mile from me, per QuakeFeed.

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QUAKE: Just had a good quick shake here at the house, just east of Disneyland in Anaheim, CA - 1 year ago

About 5:07pm local, had a good shake that lasted about 5-ish seconds. Anyone else local to here feel it? EDIT (5:14pm): QuakeFeed shows it as 2.6 less than mile from my house. Pretty close to where CA-57 and CA-91 cross. So, other people in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas may not have even felt it. Hope it doesn't lead to anything else...

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Re: Banana Gelato - 1 year ago

Thanks for this! Will give it a try very soon!

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Re: Podcast episode not posting to Apple Podcast - 1 year ago

Thanks Sarcany, I forwarded that link to my friend for him to look over.

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Podcast episode not posting to Apple Podcast - 1 year ago

My friend has been using Anchor as a host for his podcasts since beginning of the year. From Anchor, the podcasts get posted to Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Apple Podcasts (maybe some others too). His most recent podcast posted this past Sunday has not yet shown up on Apple Podcasts - however, has show up on the other sites like Spotify and Google Podcasts. He said previous podcasts typically

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