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Thursday, 15 May 2014

Mavericks Disk Utility - Live System Repair Is Not Supported Error

A bug in the Mavericks disk handling is throwing up disk errors which the Apple Utility claims it can't fix. It got me here's how I backed up my data off the disk. If you have Mavericks I'd watch this as it appears its only a matter of time before the message pops up, and you'd be wise to be prepared.







Thanks for watching please share and give it a thumbs-up if its helpful.



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Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Emptying The Cache In Mavericks Safari

Why can't software designers leave the user interface of software alone and concentrate on making it more stable and quicker you ask? Well,  thats because UI is a quick win "Look What I Did, Doesn't It Look Cool" even if it slooowwws things down and makes it problematic.  So after messing up safari, here's how to kill the latest cache from the new secret (NOT) hidden items.







Thanks for looking!! fixed1t

Installing A Long Lead Non 3G Battery In A Nexus 7 3G

Simple fix! Installing A Long Lead Non 3G Battery In A Nexus 7 3G as they are cheaper and less scarce.





Here's the link to my YouTube Video to safely open the Nexus 7 and check and change the battery:


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Thursday, 8 May 2014

Naming Multiple Tracks in iTunes

Naming Multiple Tracks in iTunes: No more track at a time naming do it all at once. Share, like and give it the thumbs up if its useful :-)



Wednesday, 7 May 2014

How To Do A Save As in Apple OS X Mavericks 10.9

Apple removed Save As from the File MENU in Mavericks, and I've come across loads of questions from users asking?

Where do I find Save As in Mavericks 10.9?

Where the F... has Save As gone in Mavericks?

This short video describes how to find it and use it.



I hope you find this a useful as I do.

Please share this and give it a thumbs up if you find this useful.

Thanks fixed1t

Friday, 4 April 2014

How I Fixed My Problem Of iMovie Videos Not Sharing or Uploading With Youtube

I've had a number of increasing problems with iMovie for some time.  It would share some videos to YouTube with no problems, then the next one or more would fail. It would process the videos as created in iMovie but then not upload them.

Thankfully, I have found a repeatable and consistent fix!


Here is the youtube video I've made explaining the issue and how to fix it.


If you find the video helpful please give it a thumbs up and share it.

Please feel free to check out my other videos and blogs.

fixed1t

Thursday, 27 February 2014

How To Get Back Deleted Bookmark Folders In Mac Google Chrome

RED ALERT

IF YOU HAVE COME TO THIS PAGE AS YOU HAVE JUST DELETED A VITAL FOLDER BOOKMARKS FOLDER FROM APPLE MAC X VERSION OF GOOGLE CHROME, DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES QUIT CHROME UNTIL YOU HAVE WATCHED THE VIDEO BELOW.  IF YOU QUIT MAC GOOGLE CHROME IT WILL BACKUP YOUR BOOKMARKS WITH THE MISSING FOLDER AND IT WILL BE GONE FOR EVER.  IF YOU HAVEN'T QUIT CHROME THERE IS STILL A CHANCE TO FIX IT, JUST OPEN ANOTHER TAB TO WORK IN.

IF YOU OPEN SAFARI WHILST CHROME IS OPEN YOU MAY ALSO GET THE SAFARI CHROME ERROR FOR WHICH A FIX IS LISTED ON THIS BLOG.


Whilst not paying attention I accidentally deleted a useful bookmarks folder from my Apple Mac Google Chrome, I wasn't concerned just a quick 15 second mouse click would solve it, or so I thought.

However, if like me you thought you could just go to the edit menu and select UNDO to get it back then alas we are wrong.  As with a lot of todays software, the software engineers seem to have spent so much time on the fancy things whilst removing the basic that actually make sense (sorry old software engineer rant ;-) LOL.

So things were much more complicated, tedious and time consuming.  Is it just me or are others getting fed up with typing in a search to Google etc which returns hundreds or thousands of alleged results only to discover they are sites that list other sites, that list other sites, that may or usually haven't got a solution.

Also, when I think I've found a solution, quite often I discover the solution or video they present is missing some vital steps or actions which the developer must have done to get a solution, thats assuming they did indeed find a solution.  I've had a few moans that my videos are too long winded, that I should edit a lot more, but as a trainer and lecturer I have always believed in showing people how to do things, warts and all.

As describing some of the actions for getting your bookmarks back from Mac Google Chrome, would be confusing or misunderstood I decided to make a new video.

Below is the YouTube video of how I got back my deleted bookmarks folder, step by step so hopefully you can do the same.



Just don't quit Google Chrome until you've backed up the 'bookmarks.bak' file.

If you find this useful please give it the thumbs up and feel free to share it with other Mac Support Sites.

Thanks fixed1t