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Alfred Chow - Maker of Things<p>Thinking about moving from Gmail to Tuta Mail.</p><p>Any advice, experience, or other suggestions, please?</p><p>Thank you.</p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/TechHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHelp</span></a> <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/MakersHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakersHelp</span></a></p>
ay<p>Those of you have have moved from <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/gmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gmail</span></a> or <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> mail and have used sign on with those services in the past how have you gone and moved?<br><br>Any other moving email tips and tricks ?<br><br>Thanks<br><br><br><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/fastmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fastmail</span></a><br><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/gmail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gmail</span></a><br><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/movingemail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>movingemail</span></a><br><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/email" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>email</span></a><br><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/techhelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhelp</span></a><br><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a></p>
Dawn Tåke 🌙 :sparkletrans:<p>Hey, people who know <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/CloneZilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CloneZilla</span></a> </p><p>I'm trying to boot it for the first time and I'm getting an error, </p><blockquote><p>failed to open \EFI\BOOT\mmx64.efi - not found.</p></blockquote><p>I looked in that folder and sure as shit, there is no mmx54.efi in the folder. Even viewing visible files</p><p>I'm trying to run from the Zip. Should I be using the iso?</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Techhelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Techhelp</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/TourmaLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TourmaLinux</span></a></p>
Mister Dave<p>ok so my decade-old WD single-drive NAS is on its last legs. a dedicated commercial NAS box (e.g. Synology) is not on the table. Connecting some USB drives to an old laptop or raspi *is* a potential option. I could be missing useful options.</p><p><a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/advice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>advice</span></a> <a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/techHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techHelp</span></a> :boost_please: :at_please:</p>
Kalvin :kupi:<p>I'm not sure how to get my links verified or how to get the checkmarks beside my links in my self-hosted GoToSocial app. In Mastodon, I had verified, but I don't know how to do it in GoToSocial.</p><p><a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/gotosocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoToSocial</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/linkverification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linkverification</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/help" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>help</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/techhelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhelp</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/assistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assistance</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/tutorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tutorial</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/howto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>howto</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/verifiedlinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>verifiedlinks</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/techsupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techsupport</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/socialnetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialnetwork</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>support</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/questions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>questions</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/ask" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ask</span></a> <a href="https://gotosocial.kupiapps.my/tags/communitysupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>communitysupport</span></a></p>
elizabeth worm🔅:wormverified:<p><a class="hashtag" href="https://brain.worm.pink/tag/techhelp" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techhelp</a> ive noticed that my web browsers arent using all my available RAM, wasting a lot of the resources i paid for. does anyone know how to fix this?</p>
TeaBat 🫖🦇<p>Has anyone else had issues with Google Messages and the RCS not sending messages. I keep getting a "Message delivers when [contact] is online...." Or I can manually switch to SMS or send via SMS when it fails (despite being set to supposedly switch between the two which it doesn't do)?</p><p>It seems to be only one contact that I know of (my dad). Both of us have <a href="https://opencoaster.net/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> <a href="https://opencoaster.net/tags/motorolaphones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>motorolaphones</span></a> both of which are 2023 Razr+.</p><p><a href="https://opencoaster.net/tags/question" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>question</span></a> <a href="https://opencoaster.net/tags/askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>askfedi</span></a> <a href="https://opencoaster.net/tags/askmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>askmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://opencoaster.net/tags/techhelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhelp</span></a> <a href="https://opencoaster.net/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>google</span></a></p>
thermonuclear small claims<p>Has anyone got experience with Intel Optane memory?</p><p>The hard drive on my HP laptop is a regular SSD with a smaller Intel Optane drive integrated into it. The Optane is where the OS (Windows 10) is installed and is used to quickly retrieve files from the SSD and so forth.</p><p>The Optane drive recently malfunctioned and became unreadable. The SSD portion (where all my files are stored) seems to be intact—at least, it's reading error free when I run a disk check. But with the optane malfunctioning, when I turn on the computer it tells me there is no operating system installed, so I have no way to access the "good" part of the harddrive.</p><p>From what I've read online, the only way to get the computer working again is to switch off Intel Optane and install a new operating system directly onto the SSD. But if I do this, the entire hard drive gets formatted, and I lose all of my files.</p><p>I'm not good with this stuff. Is there any way to recover my files? Unfortunately my backup system failed too and I've lost 6 months of art and academic work 😢</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/inteloptane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inteloptane</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/optane" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>optane</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/HP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HP</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/laptop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>laptop</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/techsupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techsupport</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/techhelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhelp</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/windows10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows10</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intel</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/harddrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harddrive</span></a></p>
Judith<p>I may have resolved the problem.</p><p>Excel.exe was responsible for that message. This was easily spotted in Task Manager.<br>I found that .ods was associated with Excel.<br>The spreadsheets I was working with were .xlsx which was associated with LibreOffice Calc.<br>When I changed the .ods association to LibreOffice Calc the annoying OneDrive message no longer popped up.</p><p>Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions. I've learned a few useful things today, including seeing how much MS bloatware I need to uninstall!</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/TechHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHelp</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/FediHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediHelp</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ITSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ITSupport</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a></p>
Judith<p>How do I stop this b*st*rd message?</p><p>I am using Windows 11. I do not login with a <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> account. I use <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LibreOffice</span></a> but have various leftover bits of Microsoft Office which was installed when I got the computer.</p><p>I have tried to disable Copilot. I have no Microsoft stuff running at start-up apart from Defender.</p><p>I'm getting well p*ssed off with this. 😠 </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/TechHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechHelp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/FediHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediHelp</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ITSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ITSupport</span></a></p>

Am I looking for a unicorn? I remember blogging days and it seemed building a website was easier. I want to make a simple site using a template or some basic widgets and connect it to a domain I own. Without any monthly subscriptions or fancy plans. Just a simple, static site. A Luddite/low tech site that doesn't require knowing how to code #tech #webdesign #askfedi #techhelp

Our TV, a 25+ years old Toshiba, has now got a bad screen.

I think someone here once mentioned not buying a TV, but buying a display screen to avoid all the AI smart TV internet connected stuff that we don't need.

What would we look for to get one?

Only looking for something that is only about 26" to 30" (660mm to 760mm) diagonal in screen size.

Edit: Recommendations would be nice, but not Amazon links, please.

Thank you.

I mouse with a trackball (left handed).
It there a way to reduce the sticktion of the ball without reducing the friction between the ball and my thumb tip?

The problem is that for very fine movements the ball doesn't move smoothly, it moves in little tiny judders making accurate placement of the cursor difficult.
With cleaning and ball polishing it moves a lot better, but I then find that my thumb slides on the ball surface without moving the ball!

I can't seem to find a happy medium where my thumb can grip the ball, but the ball can move smoothly.

The trackball is an Elecom EX6.

Thank you.

#MakersHelp
#TechHelp

Maybe someone can help me troubleshooting this new problem with my PS4 and my Yamaha RX-V4A receiver.

Since today, the TV screen connected to the receiver no longer gets any video signal from the PS4. The receiver still gets the audio signal from the PS4 and plays it from its speakers, and the TV still shows the receiver's option menus on screen.

Any idea where the issue might be located? Receiver hardware fault in processing the image signal coming in before sending it out again?

Technical question.

I have an old Dell Windows 10 all-in-one desktop PC, getting a touch too old to run a few of my programmes without crashing.

We also have a fairly new Asus laptop (Win11) too damaged in the screen to be used as a laptop, but otherwise functional.

We've connected the laptop to the Dell screen with a HDMI cable. That side of things is fine.

But I've had to tell the Dell computer it can never turn off, or it goes to sleep, which switches its screen off. Obviously not ideal.

Is there any setting combo in which I can get the Dell computer to be off/sleeping, but its all-in-one monitor stays on so I can still use it with the Asus?

Hey all, if I #Reformat an old #BLU #Android phone, (I mean old for a smart phone. Circa 2014,) will I still be able to get what updates there are for it? I'm trying to turn it into an MP3 player, but there is something wrong with the storage. It's old enough that you could still integrate an SD card with the internal storage. So I don't know if it's the phone or the SD card that's the issue.

So reformatting might help.

It's a BLU R1 HD, Marshmallow, last security update 2018. /e/, Legacy, nor Graphene list the phone.

Any suggestions?

Thanks~<3

Having a problem with a background video not looping (doesn't loop in Vivaldi/Chromium but does in Firefox).

The same code works with no problem on another website. Both sites use Cloudflare.

The other site has a smaller file (3.7MB) and this new site has a larger file (35.6MB). Is the size of the file causing this problem?

The video loads quickly and runs great... once.

Ideas?

(I'll add a link to the site as a reply -- maybe that will help avoid traffic from crashing the site?)

Hey all,

If I'm using CloneZilla to make a backup of my hard drives, how much space will that take up? 1:1? Is there any compression? How much?

I've got over a TB between my SSDs and I'd prefer not to have to buy a 1.5TB USB stick for the backup. But I will if that's what it takes.

thanks.