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Monday, 1 June 2020

3D Printed Covid19 Visor Bracket Time Lapse 7 Hours In 45 Seconds

Here is hoping you are all well during the Covid19 lockdown, there is an international shortage of PPE "Personal Protective Equipment" so I've been using my time and money to 3D Print Visors for Emergency Workers. Malcolm aka @fixed1t

Sunday, 13 October 2019

Slow Mac Speed Up - Desktop Cleaning

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If You Have A Messy Desktop You Will Be Wasting Vital Hours Per Week Slowly Starting UP And Shutting Down Your Machine. We All Know Its Never More Apparent Or Frustrating Than When You Are In A Hurry To Do Something.  It May Be Before You Go Out, Buying Concert Tickets Online, Bidding On eBay Or Needing To Pay A Bill By A Time Deadline.  If You Have A Messy Desktop Your Wasting Not Only Space But Time. Watch The Entire Video, These 10 minutes Will Save You Weeks Or More Time Over A Year, And All For Ten Minutes, Its A Bargain.



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Speeding Up My Annoyingly Slow Mac Start-Up And Shutdown - Tutorial



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We Don't Just Show The Fix, We Investigate The Problem, Take You Through An Analysis Process, To Help You Understand Why The Solution Works, So You Can Pass It On To Others.



Malcolm aka #fixed1t @fixed1t



Saturday, 24 August 2019

DANGER Adobe BIG BROTHER Will Take Over Your Computer Screen

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Adobe Has Become Big Brother - no seriously, tonight I couldn't use my machine, in the middle of a video editing session this happened.



It Is Currently Scouring Your Machines for Adobe Software (but it could be collecting more)



If It Finds Adobe Software, It No Longer Feels Is Legitimate - Your Screen Is Locked



If Use Adobe - You Must Watch This Video



They May Be About To Ruin Your Day.



Thursday, 7 March 2019

Unlocking Cloud Locked iPhone Or iPad With Forgotten Passkey

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I Loaned Apple iPhone 5 To A Friend They Returned It I Put It In A Draw Then When I Needed It In An Emergency I Discovered Some Time Later They'd Set A Passkey On The iPhone 5  And Forgotten It



This was me Unbricking My Cloud Locked iPhone 5



Malcolm aka @fixed1t



Thursday, 1 November 2018

iMovie Final Cut Pro Missing Clips ? In Movies Import Bug

iMovie Final Cut Pro Missing Clips ? In Movies Import Bug

Hi, I had a comment from a viewer of my video:


" if your new to editing you probably forgot to even import it from a hard drive so just plug in your hard drive move it to desktop than continue to drop it on iMovie category with date it will reload all your work if you had a black screen hope i helped!"

Its a kind comment but sadly it misses the point, and ooh if the solution was so simple there wouldn't be hundreds of thousands of people pulling there hair out trying to find a solution, before finding mine, that works. A number of the comments lean towards inexperienced user error, but I've been using iMovie and others for over 5 years, and this still occasionally happens to me.

To make sure this isn't some fluke, here are the steps I found that reproduce the problem, and If your an experienced iMovie and FCP user I'd be interested to know if you can replicate the problem by following these guidelines. Be aware you do this of your own free will and I accept no responsibility for the Movie you create not working, and not being uploadable to Youtube.

The Experiment If You Wish to Partake In It Is As Follows

Experiment to create an import broken iMovie or FCP video that won't upload to learn how to fix the problem if it should happen at a crucial time in the future.


  • Create three a 60 second video's of anything on you iPad or iPhone.
  • Start iMovie or final cut pro, create a dummy video or movie event.
  • Name it and set it up.
  • Connect you iPhone or iPad to the Mac.
  • Select import, your iPhone or iPad and select the videos you create.
  • As as they all start importing after the first video has imported, disconnect the phone. 
  • Drag all three videos into the time line, you should still see them and play the movie.
  • Now quit iMovie or FCP
  • Now open iMovie or FCP and select the movie event you just created
  • Your movie arrives with damaged and missing content. 
You would imagine that you could easily solve this problem by just re-connecting your iPhone or iPad and re-importing the videos, so:
  • Go to import and try importing them again! 
Can You?

My experience is that you can't as iMovie or FCP thinks they are already imported.  

It goes without saying that you can't upload this broken video, but there is no easy fix.

This may be no big deal for a short video, but for large video's and a desperate schedule its a disaster.

If you reached this point and the movie isn't broken, please message me and let me know as I'm interested how you didn't get your video trashed.

If your video is broken as described, go to the top of the page and use the fix to fix it. Once you done this once, as if it were a tutorial, you'll be better informed if it happens again.

Thanks in advance for taking part, and please share this with other Mac video creators, and editors that you know.

Thanks

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Monday, 5 March 2018

Unlocking a locked iPhone With Broken Touchscreen Using Apple Keyboard #f...

How to unlock a locked iPhone With Broken Touchscreen With Apple Keyboard

Due To Lack Of Disk Space From Making YouTube Videos!

I hadn't been able to back off my 64gb iPhone 5s

In trying to change the battery on an eBay purchased working 5s I discovered problems and damage inside and when I put it back together the touchscreen stopped working.  Despite having set up fingerprint control so I could get access without typing in the passkey word I discovered that this is de-ativated when the iPhone is restarted, So therefore I am locked out.

Here is what I did when I had the passcode but no working Touchscreen To Enter It At The Prompt - Besides PANIC

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In the video I used a standard cable but it was a bit limiting for other use I find this cable works better and is a full power and sync cable of good quality.




If you don't have a cable Apple Keyboard but want one this is an excellent keyboard with all the keys in the right places and with the correct Apple legends:



If you don't have a suitable Powered USB Hub this one is a good choice, its high powered USB3 and has excellent reviews.



I cannot guarantee the above items will work for you, but they are all good quality items which should theoretically do the job.

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Thursday, 11 January 2018

#iPhone Stuck SIM Removal Without Taking It Apart #fixed1tAPPLEIOStips

#iPhone Stuck SIM Removal Without Taking It Apart

Removing jammed SIM card tray simply and easily

So You Have A New iPhone

But Your SIM is Stuck and Jammed In The Old iPhone

Here Is How I Removed My Stuck SIM

Without Opening And Damaging The IPhone 5s

This Should Work On Most Phones

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