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For the Chrome* users..... with Google pushing out the latest update that disables uBlock Origin, what alternatives are folks using? 🤔 Are folks just re-enabling the extension for now (while they can) or switching over to alternatives? * For a number of reasons Chrome will remain my...

I've wanted a small tablet for that bigger than a phone, smaller than an iPad Pro space. Something that could fit into any camera bag. Something that could hold albums of finished work and, MAYBE, quick review and very light editing in the field. I thought an iPad Mini would fill the role as I'm...

I was cleaning out the closet in my office, trying to free up some space and found an old Lenovo ideapad 110 in there. I remember this machine. I picked it up years ago for my wife to use as a web surfing machine. Even with the smallest footprint version of windows , with all the optimizations...

My 2019 Intel MBP with 512gb of internal storage is getting a little frail. It won't run the Topaz photo AI that I just bought on sale. I'm going to replace it with an M4 (Thunderbolt 5) with a 1TB drive and looking to add a fast external for photo editing. I haven't put much research in it but...

Its as easy and I have found, difficult as the headline implies. I have been a windows user since I got my first laptop, a TI with B/W screen and 40 Mb of internal storage and dabbled with a bit of tinkering on and off over the years and an android user since that came around. Doing...

My old AIO PC is getting long in the tooth. Granted, it has never been very fast, just adequate. That leaves me salivating at buying back into Apple with one of the new M4 Macs. My limiting factor is price, <$2000. I want to get the best bank for the buck. For me that looks like a base M4 Mac...

Just got back home with it. Unboxing now. Box fresh!! Will keep you informed on how it performs once I get it setup, Lightroom installed and my catalog moved over!!

I know this is going to sound like a weird question but bare with me. My current desktop monitors are running at 1080p. My macbook Air has 2560x1664. I've noticed that when processing images on the mac, that the higher resolution and pixel density seems to "hide" or "obscure" noise more as...

Before this update my old i1 Display Pro worked well. After the update to this version my 2019 Intel 27" 5K iMac was getting a red tint. Trying to find information about it was not easy. I came across this video (which is very good overall) and he provides a display matching chart. It defaults...

OK, my experience with Apple goes to the watch, iPad and iPhone...but i have never, but for a brief foray into using a Mac for running a media display at church, used a macbook. I've always been a Windows or Linux user. My wife is flirting with giving up her aging Surface Pro for something...

Looks like my 2019 iMac has one more shot at it. It will likely be the last time. Time to replace my machine this time next year. I won't get all the Apple Intelligence which I'm fine with. My 2029 MacBook Air M1 will. We'll see. Scroll down for supported devices...

So, I've done a system wide transition to FireFox. Had been using Brave, but with the change in Chrome via Manifest 3, which effectively eliminates add blockers and a whole source of other useful tools, I figured it was time to deviate from any Chrome based browser. Brave also has it's issues...

Pretty much as the title says, I'm almost a year into using a Mac Mini M1 and my first time using Mac OS. I've had many issues with Mac OS: *My external HDD and dock keeps disconnecting and Time Machine fails to backup (the setup worked fine on my Windows laptop) *Not enough USB external ports...

Hi good folks, could you give me some advice on ny next laptop... So today another letter from my keyboard loosened and I had to "tack-it" in place. It is a hero of the thinkpad variety (x270) bought refurbished a few years ago. It have lived a hard life with several cracks and dents. But with...

Hi all. I'm using a 2020 MacBook Air 8 gig M1 chip. I've recently bought a new camera and still use iPhotos (please be kind) for enhancement. I would like to upgrade to a newer (but still used) MacBook Air or MacBook Pro with the necessary inerds to use a new, but still easy photo editor (not...

So, I've got this Dell XPS 13 9333 that I've had for literally a decade. It's got Windows 10 home on it that I've been niggling about switching to Linux. I've really not had a reason, other than it was getting a bit sluggish. Well, this morning I got a wild hair to turn on the Group Editor...

My beautifully built 2001 IBM laptop still works, perfectly; but extremely slowly (54 Mbps network chip). It certainly will not run anything like modern software. It is more than well past its prime! I was thinking of getting a refurbished Dell laptop. Something along these lines. ***** Dell...

So, I'm getting resettled after the move and thought I would do a calibration on my monitors. I've got two fairly old HP Pavillion 23cw IPS monitors and an ASUS VS228. One of the HP's is permanently connected to my Win10 box which has an NVidia Quadro P1000 display card. The other monitor is...

this looks like a monitor I am thinking about this is it a good specs: Large-format QHD LED monitor with 31.5" screen for your viewing pleasure IPS panel ensures an excellent viewing experience with lifelike yet brilliant and accurate colors QHD (2560 x 1440) screen resolution delivers...

My web sites have now been moved to much more modern servers by my hosting provider, Vodien. Along with the usual cockups, and increased fees, of course. I have just completed the required update of my image album software and database. This required a complete rebuild of the database, among...

Only had a Mac for a year and still have Windows PC for work, and the wife has hers for her work too. I have a Crucial X8 SSD, formatted as ExFat (as I use Windows too). Was working all OK, and then it was not. Tried various Mac repair type work, but to no avail. Plugged it into Windows PC and...

I'm back to considering picking up a cheap MacBook for testing. Costco has the 13.3" MacBook Air (M1 / 8GB / 256GB) on sale for $749. I believe it's the 2020 model. Thoughts on it versus going bigger with the 15" versions? Are the keyboards on both the 13" & 15" physically the same size or...

I just bought a refurbished Go device (first generation). And I'm trying to decide what photo management software to load on it. I don't intend to do any editing with it, (maybe minor touch-up for Granny and Uncle Joe) I want it primarily for photo management and upload to OneDrive when I...

Hai der, I stumbled across OnlyOffice recently looking for something else. My newest version of MS Office is 2010 and last time I needed to install it (I've got a three seat pack), the gyrations that Satya and friends had me go through to activate were interesting at best. All the online...

Hello, as I am doing research and saving up money to buy a PC I have made a small-ish spreadsheet with the main specs and prices (as of 01. June.2022, sorry I will not update the prices so it won't be valid by next month). I thought someone might find it useful if they are in similar shoes as...

I have a limited budget and am just a hobbyist, so need to keep costs pretty well contained. I have an M1 MBA, but want to move to a Mini. I've got about $1K to spend. I can get a refurb M1 mini with 1TB SDD and 16GB RAM or I can get a new M2 mini with 500GB SDD and 16GB RAM My MBA 500GB...

I watched this last week, ordered a VGA cable, and the difference is profound. After recalibration, my prints are now very much closer to what I see on the screen. They were always much darker than the screen

I recently got a new iPad 9 gen as an upgrade from 5 gen. 2 main reasons: almost maxed out memory and old battery; try using pencil for PP. I’d like to add a blue tooth key board and case, and choose a suitable pencil. I love using my current bluetooth kb, it makes my tablet into a micro...

What real editing software is available for the Chrome OS? I use Photoshop on my desktop and laptop, but I haven't yet found a version for Chrome that is "real". There is a Photoshop Express, but it appears to only do generic edits - like you would expect from a phone image editor. Is there...

Hello, the last PC I build myself was 8 years ago before I move to UK (with the said PC), it was ok-ish at the time but an Intel Core i7 3770K did not age very well and 4 years ago I got a laptop instead (because I move so much) which was faster (i7 9750H). But now my laptop is showing it's age...

Recently replaced my Dell XPS13 with a Right to Repair Framework laptop. 13" 3:2 screen, Intel i7- 1280P, 64 GB RAM, 4TB SSD. It was $1700 less than an equivalent Macbook Pro 14 and in 2-3 years I can upgrade the motherboard/CPU, RAM, SSD, battery, screen, etc. Been using it for about a...

Shopping for a portable monitor to pair with my Framework laptop when on the road. Anyone using a portable monitor? Do you like it? What are the plusses and minuses. Feedback appreciated...john

Hello. I would kindly request anyone who has an Apple product with M1 8GB RAM (iMac 2021, Mac Mini, MacBook Air 2020) and access to Adobe Lightroom to test RAM usage for editing 42 MP files. I can provide the RAW files if needed, I just need to know if the device can handle extensive editing...

First off, I use Apple computers, so any suggestions for a Windows box is unnecessary. At the moment I use a late 2014 iMac 27 inch with 32 gb RAM, mainly for photo processing (Photoshop, DXO Photolab, NeoFinder, ...). This machine is showing its age mainly due to evolving software that needs...

My PC is now over a decade old. Nothing is compatible with it these days. Even the RAM chips are worth a fortune, as nothing compatible is made now. Same goes for a more modern graphics card. My existing big internal HDDs will all go into the new box, which has 6x SATA3 headers, as well as...

I recently read an article that these are superior to portable hard drives. I currently back up to exterior hard disc drives ... Just wanting opinions please. Thanks

A piece worthy of your attention if you're a Mac user. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/07/some-macs-are-getting-fewer-updates-than-they-used-to-heres-why-its-a-problem/

Choosing a new camera and the associated sensor type now raises the question for me how quickly newcomers can get to grips with the operating system if they have never had anything to do with Apple products?

In recent years, the pictures people post to web communities have been getting bigger. Which in my opinion is generally a good thing, as I prefer to see larger images in general. But... most of the web hosting software being used for these sites does not make any attempt to adjust size to the...

Every PC I use get these programs installed for my ease of usage: Notepad++ Universal editor, handles all file formats and gives you file format formatting. (XML files get their format, Python files get their format...) (One thing I really like is that I can create a new file and write stuff in...

I have been thinking about picking up a base 14-inch MacBook Pro for several months. But then Costco had a sale on what I call the "base upgrade" model on Apple's website. That is to say, the version with the 10-core CPU and 16-core GPU (two steps up from the stock base model), 16GB of RAM and...

I have an in-laws quarters(free standing house separated by a 10 foot wide walkway) that I'd like to add internet to. 1. CAT6 from where the modem is now(front house). Approx. 150 feet. 2. Wireless repeaters. Nanobeams. Etc. ? 3. Get the provider to add another separate modem. Thanks!

Figured I'd start a new thread instead of polluting the 'replace a desktop with a laptop' thread any further. :) So how does everybody feel about newer laptops that only have USB-C ports? My newest toy is a Dell XPS 9510 and my first reaction was that I liked being able to use USB-C for...

Which hardware devices do you recommend for "creators"? Preferred manufacturers? Mobile equipment? I'm waiting for hybrid mobile processors from Intel (12th generation). It seems that AMD laptops get "hot" at heavy loads such as video editing.

Well, now... I'm pretty sure Microsoft is just trying to rub it in at this point. 😒 Besides the fact that this is with a Dell XPS that still has years of life left in it (the i7-6700HQ more than meets the Win11 specs) , I already have the PC Heath Check app installed. You'd think that if...

Trying my luck with this one here as well as on the Mu43 forum, where the tread has gone unanswered. I am not very tech savy and I really dont know which questions to ask, but I do have a general idea about what I would like such a set-up to do. "Pondering stuff as I am somewhat inclined to...

My 6 year old Samsung S32D 850T desktop monitor has excellent color rendition, even illumination and works perfectly most of the time. This issue that happens usually once a day, occasionally a couple of times in a day. The monitor goes black for about 2 seconds, then comes back just as...

It's time to upgrade my Synology DS411slim to something a bit more... beefier. My main issue with it is that I'm trying to setup a sync job from an Amazon S3 bucket to the local SAN and the DS411 can't seem to do it. The Synology Cloud Sync app has a file limit which doesn't even come close to...

Anyone go from a big, reasonably powerful desktop to just a reasonably powerful laptop? (With a docking station for times when I want my current dual screens).

After corresponding with C1 about if/when they will provide an update for C1 20 to allow use on my new MacBook Pro, I received a reply that they will not be doing that and that I should update to C1 21 if I want to continue using C1. It does not work on the M1 computers, freezing at the closing...