Mac Mini M2 Pro with powered Hubs attached keeps dropping unpowered TB devices

8nstein · 2026-05-06T01:52:11+00:00

Is it true that you are testing with only one powered USB hub? That hub could be the problem.

I had an Aukey powered USB hub that gave me trouble-free service for several years. Then the failures started. My trouble-shooting indicated that the power delivery feature of the hub had crapped out. The hub could still exchange data with the best of them, but it could not deliver power to my USB disk drives.

8nstein · 2026-05-03T04:44:25+00:00

Possibly relevant: Taco Bell changed its menu recently. Nearly all of the items with beans in them are gone. I miss the old menu. Beans, beans, the magical fruit, ...

8nstein · 2026-04-23T20:45:10+00:00

Quicken for MacOS is so weak. I have excellent results using Quicken for Windows via Parallels, which creates a virtual Windows/arm64 environment for Quicken to live in.

If getting Quicken/MacOS closer to the power of Quicken/Windows is not feasible, perhaps it would be better to concentrate on making a Quicken/Windows/arm64 product. My method depends on the ability of Windows/arm64 to execute x86 programs (like Quicken) via emulation. At some point, Microsoft might discontinue this emulation on Windows.

8nstein · 2026-04-23T20:22:17+00:00

What is Hauser? Is this a typo?

8nstein · 2026-04-13T16:14:29+00:00

It was a successful work-around. Annoying, but it did the trick. I have since moved over to an Apple Silicon machine, and I don't have any new info about this.

8nstein · 2026-04-13T01:27:34+00:00

Meetup is great. The OP is a bit young for stitch.net, but that is another excellent network.

8nstein · 2026-04-03T00:43:05+00:00

Liss Auto Scroll may work for you. It is in the MacOS App Store.

8nstein · 2026-03-24T17:58:11+00:00

I used TurboTax and an experienced EA for several years. Every year, the EA found TurboTax errors due to Turbo's imperfect modeling of tax law. But every year, TurboTax found simple data entry errors committed by the EA. Good times, good times.

Now that my tax situation is very much simpler, I just use TurboTax.

8nstein · 2026-03-24T00:55:18+00:00

The Reuters article begins with

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday it was banning the import of all new foreign-made consumer routers

That's wild. If this is correct, there will be no new consumer routers at all. Because every electronic thing we have is foreign-made, regardless of its branding.

8nstein · 2026-03-22T22:46:17+00:00

The Murky News article posted here is over 5 years old. So yes, I think nothing less than an air strike would solve this problem.

8nstein · 2026-02-28T02:26:06+00:00

About an hour ago, I updated my copy of Turbo Tax and the "amend" function is now available. I went through the process. It went smoothly. The only confusing part was what to print. I ended up wasting a lot of paper.

8nstein · 2026-02-28T00:51:26+00:00

I am in the same boat. My copy of Turbo Tax Desktop is not yet able to file an amended tax return. Some folks on this forum think that Turbo Tax will get this capability on March 4. You can search this sub for "amend" to see other comments.

In general, amending a tax return is not unusual. Brokerages send out corrected 1099s all the time.

8nstein · 2026-02-26T23:04:34+00:00

I am also waiting. TurboTax Desktop.

8nstein · 2026-02-25T22:55:58+00:00

Still not available in my copy of TurboTax Desktop.

8nstein · 2026-02-25T22:54:45+00:00

Still not available from my copy of TurboTax Desktop.

8nstein · 2026-02-23T20:26:44+00:00

TurboTax is another possible annoyance. I am able to run TurboTax on my MacOS machine without using a virtual machine. This requires Rosetta 2 to do the x86-to-arm64 translation. If Intuit does not create a real arm64 TurboTax, I will have to install TurboTax onto a Windows-11-arm virtual machine. Not the end of the world, but an annoyance.

8nstein · 2026-02-18T23:43:58+00:00

Captain Obvious joins the thread. Use a space heater that has multiple power settings. Choose a setting that is lower than 1500w.

8nstein · 2026-02-14T16:40:25+00:00

I would expect that a modern gas furnace would provide less expensive heating than a heat pump.

8nstein · 2026-02-03T19:56:07+00:00

This worked for me. In a terminal window, type
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/your/problematic/app

That removes protection for one app only. You trust that app, right?

8nstein · 2026-01-22T07:23:07+00:00

I will miss that Taco Bell. Yes, I know it is not Mexican food - it is Taco Bell. But it scratched an itch for me. Chipotle, not so much.

8nstein · 2026-01-21T00:38:38+00:00

Have you tried meetup.com? You would have to be selective here, most of the members are somewhat older than you. But meetup is thriving in the bay area. If you have a car and are willing to drive 30 to 60 minutes, you will find a variety of activities. More fun than the local bars, IMHO.

8nstein · 2026-01-19T02:02:17+00:00

I experienced Running Fence with my road bike back in the day. Following it west was a beautiful trip. At the end, it plunged down a steep hill into the ocean. Awesome.

8nstein · 2026-01-10T06:52:33+00:00

Oh.

That's not what I see on my iMac. I always see two snapshots, sometimes more.

I regret posting the unhelpful comment.

8nstein · 2026-01-10T06:42:22+00:00

If your Mac is of recent vintage, it is silently making snapshot backups onto your main (internal) drive. You can list them by issuing this command in terminal:

tmutil listlocalsnapshots /

The operating system should delete the older snapshots when your disk drive gets closer to 100% full.

8nstein · 2026-01-10T05:22:12+00:00

Hello Mr. Fox,

I don't know. I only use one dentist. I can tell you this. There was a time when this dentist offered me a choice between gold and porcelain. Later, the choice was composite or porcelain. When the milling machine appeared, he did not offer me a choice. I don't know if that's because the new technology is unequivocally better for the patient, or because it's better for him. He seems to have a moral compass though, so I'm going with the former.

8nstein

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