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Post by Icctrombone on May 26, 2022 9:21:41 GMT -5
I don't know about the newer ones, but when I had a Macbook Pro a few years ago it was surprisingly easy to unscrew the bottom and pop in a new drive and do a clean install of OSX. Might be worth a try? I’m not tech savvy enough to attempt that. My computer is about 8 years old, too.
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Post by impulse on May 26, 2022 10:01:49 GMT -5
I don't know about the newer ones, but when I had a Macbook Pro a few years ago it was surprisingly easy to unscrew the bottom and pop in a new drive and do a clean install of OSX. Might be worth a try? I’m not tech savvy enough to attempt that. My computer is about 8 years old, too. It's not much more complicated than unscrewing some screws, unplugging the old one, plugging the new one back in, and screwing it back together. As long as you have the OS on a CD, it's pretty simple to reinstall. If you're not comfortable you're not comfortable though.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 26, 2022 10:02:44 GMT -5
It didn’t come with a CD with the OS.
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Post by shaxper on May 26, 2022 10:10:14 GMT -5
At this point I can use my tablets to do all the things I do now. But I can’t figure out how to post pix from imgur using my iPhone or tablet. The easiest way is to get rid of the Imgur app altogether if you have it. It is clunky and not useful for posting your own images. I got rid of the app and just access Imgur through their website in a separate tab, and use the usual copy & paste functions between browser tabs.
Imgur will not let you access their site on a mobile device anymore. You HAVE to use their app
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Post by shaxper on May 26, 2022 10:11:11 GMT -5
It didn’t come with a CD with the OS. Can your computer still read USB devices? You can always install the OS that way.
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Post by tartanphantom on May 26, 2022 10:57:57 GMT -5
The easiest way is to get rid of the Imgur app altogether if you have it. It is clunky and not useful for posting your own images. I got rid of the app and just access Imgur through their website in a separate tab, and use the usual copy & paste functions between browser tabs.
Imgur will not let you access their site on a mobile device anymore. You HAVE to use their app I disagree. In Chrome, and Firefox, you may have to set your browser to "request desktop site" from the browser dropdown menu controls, but it works from there.
Also works in Safari--
All three of these were accessed within the last 15 minutes on my iPad--
Apple Safari
Google Chrome--
and Firefox--
It's really not difficult. If your browser defaults to the mobile version of the page, just make it load the desktop version. If you get the mobile version of the page, it WILL tell you to get the app, but the desktop version will always load.
Also works on my Android phone with both Chrome and Firefox.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 26, 2022 11:11:47 GMT -5
It didn’t come with a CD with the OS. Can your computer still read USB devices? You can always install the OS that way. Even if it did load the OS that way , I was just trying to squeeze out more time for a deadly slow computer.
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Post by Batflunkie on May 26, 2022 12:05:49 GMT -5
I don't know about the newer ones, but when I had a Macbook Pro a few years ago it was surprisingly easy to unscrew the bottom and pop in a new drive and do a clean install of OSX. Might be worth a try? I’m not tech savvy enough to attempt that. My computer is about 8 years old, too. You might just want to upgrade. 8 years is practically ancient as far as technology goes
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Post by impulse on May 26, 2022 12:56:02 GMT -5
On the other hand, a brand new SSD and a clean OS install can do wonders for old hardware if you're not doin any heavy lifting.
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Post by Batflunkie on May 26, 2022 13:00:20 GMT -5
On the other hand, a brand new SSD and a clean OS install can do wonders for old hardware if you're not doin any heavy lifting. Same, my old HP Compaq Presario had Vista and it just got to the point where it constantly kept crashing. I heard from someone about Linux Mint and did a boot-install of that from a spare usb flash drive. Mint is still about is user friendly as Linux gets
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Post by impulse on May 26, 2022 13:06:52 GMT -5
Right on. I had an old... gosh I think 2011 MacBook Pro for work. I got another couple years of good performance out of it with an SSD and clean install. I eventually went back to Windows, but I got that machine to work way longer than it should have.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2022 15:02:17 GMT -5
Is there anything foxes won’t eat?
There is a fox that hangs around this apartment block. I have fed it at times, as have others.
I recently tried an Oregano sausage burger that I’d bought with a Hello Fresh box. After just a couple of bites, I didn’t like it. So I wrapped it up and then put it out at night. Later on, I saw the fox come - and he ate all of it, quite a substantial amount. I hated it, the fox liked it.
Again, is there anything foxes won’t eat? One of my neighbour’s had spare cat food after her cat died. She gave that to the fox - and it ate all of it.
Greedy animals.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2022 15:14:08 GMT -5
There's a bit of construction going on in the nearby mountain range....some high rise apartments going up, so a lot of the wildlife in that area is moving over to nice grassy space with lots of (fruit) trees, like our place. I've had to politely, but firmly tell others NOT to interfere with them ('wildmeat' like iguana, 'possum and deer are delicacies over here but I like to see them free and wild). Some are getting brave, they know I leave food for them and are coming closer ever so often. One of these ran past me today while my back was turned, I felt his warm furry body against my ankle...his family got some chinese-styled fried chicken last night because the little silver bowl was empty when I checked...
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Post by tartanphantom on May 26, 2022 15:39:47 GMT -5
There's a bit of construction going on in the nearby mountain range....some high rise apartments going up, so a lot of the wildlife in that area is moving over to nice grassy space with lots of (fruit) trees, like our place. I've had to politely, but firmly tell others NOT to interfere with them ('wildmeat' like iguana, 'possum and deer are delicacies over here but I like to see them free and wild). Some are getting brave, they know I leave food for them and are coming closer ever so often. One of these ran past me today while my back was turned, I felt his warm furry body against my ankle...his family got some chinese-styled fried chicken last night because the little silver bowl was empty when I checked...
agouti?
As we say in the southern US, "them's good eatin', but kinda stringy..."
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2022 15:42:43 GMT -5
Yep...they come out at night and like to hang around the avocado tree.
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