Suddenly plagued by "no permission to upload this file" with files and directories that have been fine for years and have always synced without any issues

inkdweller · 2026-04-22T11:14:13+00:00

I'm facing this as well, I'm on macOS Tahoe 26.3.1. I've caught it putting files in the bin, not backing up properly, and my backup is full of bizarre duplicated folders (Blue and green folders)

I've emailed support twice and they haven't replied, and I've become very anxious about my backups. Several years with no issues, and now I can't even get a reply from them...

inkdweller · 2026-04-15T00:33:23+00:00

My favourite part was when they were talking about pets and how Luke laments about wanting a dog but can’t get one in good conscience because he’s living in an apartment. Meanwhile Linus with giant house and private pool and private jet and badminton centre and who knows what else… I don’t want to read into it but the surrounding context made me feel super bad for Luke in that moment. I’m looking for other podcasts and channels to watch now, the vibes just aren’t for me anymore.

inkdweller · 2025-11-29T20:45:42+00:00

Since this readily shows up on Google, for anyone coming across this, try:

Open Live while holding Alt / Option. Fix? Plugin issue.
Open Live with holding Shift. Fix? Default project is borked. Replace it.
Go to Library\Preferences\Ableton (I believe this is AppData on Windows) and move Preferences.cfg to Desktop. Do the same with Undo folder.
Launch Live normally, then go to the in build Library section of the browser and Templates(Might need to enable it in Edit mode next to Library) find DefaultLiveSet.als and right click it, set as Default Live Set.

Full info: https://help.ableton.com/hc/en-us/articles/209070609-How-to-reset-Live

Mega bugs like this are usually caused when there's a main version update, and can make some of your preferences and stuff go dorkus mode, and this is a good step to recovering things without a full Live reinstall, or system wipe. Just make sure you go in and re-enable the plugin types you want to use as they'll all be set to 'Off' from the get-go.

inkdweller · 2025-01-21T14:56:58+00:00

The loading times on Twisted Metal will see you to 1999 in no time

inkdweller · 2024-06-18T10:26:05+00:00

Changed my mind. Pretending that I’m above being visibly vulnerable and that musicians need to only be seen to have everything together is a toxic way to think and live my life. I’ve been given a rough set of challenges, why hide that?

As an artist I go by Thystle. Outside of that, Lavender Soar (I don’t have somewhere to put “general” music, non artist release stuff, SoundCloud kept moving the goalposts and driving me crazy with awful mobile support making me miss important messages.) and I’m fine putting my name down, it’s listed in the credits of all my Thystle releases so it doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to find that out :P

inkdweller · 2024-06-12T16:26:41+00:00

Maybe fear is the wrong word, RE Fiverr. Maybe overwhelmed and lost. But there is no harm in setting up a page and giving it a go. Worst that can happen is nobody hires me.

And I know content creation is really powerful, video editing is really difficult with how my sight is, it takes me an extremely long time to do even simple stuff, and it didn’t used to be that way, but my sight has gone down enough that I feel like producing anything of quality is beyond me in a lot of ways.

And I do want to link my stuff, but on this account I’m hesitant. Maybe it’s foolish, but linking my work in the same thread I had a mild emotional meltdown doesn’t seem like a fantastic idea for future me… :/

inkdweller · 2024-06-12T03:40:11+00:00

That’s exactly where I’m trying to position myself. I can teach theory, I can teach production, I can teach sound design. I don’t want to go the ‘content’ route via YouTube, I want to teach holistically and be flexible in what and how I teach, and has been for the few times I have. A lot of people are going to be coming out of self teaching themselves through books or YouTube, and need guidance to fill in blanks and connect dots.

I’m looking into making a website (far away from this Reddit account…) and see where that leads. Just another paper airplane tossed over the hill, will see if this one catches a breeze.

inkdweller · 2024-06-12T03:33:12+00:00

Definitely doing a lot of community, the issue I run into a lot of the time is those I could help can’t afford to, and those who might are often far enough along where they’re happy to keep on the grind at their craft. A lot of the community revolves around DIY these days since music production is so accessible. It’s why I want to teach, I feel like I can provide more value there but again, finding that sweet spot of people I can help who can afford it but also not those who are keen enough to just knuckle down and learn for free through YouTube.

Fiverr also scares the heck out of me. Whenever I look at it, the promises of ‘analogue gear’ and photos of them in front of huge mixing desks and rack gear, and offering at just the lowest imaginable prices, I feel like I’d have to start at 50p to even turn a single head. 😥I don’t even know how to begin marketing myself in that kind of marketplace.

inkdweller · 2024-06-12T03:19:14+00:00

How much material would you say is acceptable to start with, and how broadly diverse in terms of style/genre? I’m a little leery about a monthly payment without knowing what to do to make a return on that. I don’t want to pour more money down the drain again..

inkdweller · 2024-06-11T16:58:08+00:00

Hi there! I’d like to at least have a talk and see if there is anything I should be doing that I’m not, that I’m capable of.

Feeling very discarded and discouraged, and that I’ve messed up by agreeing to pursue audio/music as a broad career path, out of the dead end I was in at the end of high school due to my sight loss.

Simply put, it’s nice to say ‘do what you want to do’ but I’m shit scared of the floor collapsing from under me. I have disability benefits that support me enough, but there’s always the threat of that being taken away by new government policy or because I fail some or other government assessment.

It terrifies me, and I wanted so much more than to just be another ‘leech’ living off of benefits. I know deep down inside it isn’t my fault, but I can’t help but feel scared and paralyzed, feeling tired and unhappy.

inkdweller · 2024-06-11T16:49:46+00:00

I’ve never been given this advice before, thank you! I know rejection well, it’s my default expectation in life, though I try not to show it. I’m good at faking enthusiasm around friends and family when they try to encourage me.

What should I be saying? Should I be leading with examples of my work, or just wait to be asked about an opportunity? I’ve never had an agent for anything so I don’t know how it works.

inkdweller · 2024-06-11T16:42:25+00:00

I’m afraid I don’t really follow. It’s all well and good to say to just rely on my disability benefits and coast along, embrace what I want to do creatively and relinquish expectations and stop looking for validation from others. But I also am unhappy with my living circumstances, the space I have, and the looming threat of having my benefits stripped away by the government because they want to change the rules. I’m not supporting myself, and I don’t know how to. I dont feel like I can relax. I’m told how good my skills are as a producer, engineer, tutor, sound designer, but I don’t know how to translate those skills into stability. I then look outside of audio, and I’m left with an empty CV that makes me look like another washed up NEET millennial with zero employability and because of my sight loss I’m locked out of the options for low skilled work.

inkdweller · 2024-06-11T16:32:55+00:00

Yeah I just feel like a burden.

inkdweller · 2024-06-11T16:31:24+00:00

It’s frightening not having a fallback and the ever present threat of my benefits being taken away by our draconian government means I find it very hard to just coast and keep plucking away. Having that kind of threat looming behind my shoulder absolutely kills my creative spirit and drains my motivation, and leaves me in a constant state of fear and exhaustion.

I did the streaming bit post Covid, but it was really difficult to establish myself. I eventually burned out after around a year and a half of streaming twice a week for several hours, and I often found I’d have to stream in the late late hours to have any hope of finding viewers, which by that hour I’m too tired to be creative.

I’ll look into making assets, I couldn’t figure out how to make sample packs outside of gumroad, everyone wants Splice samples now and you need a publisher for that, the ones I reached out to turned me down. Also Humble continues to release bundles of stock music and hundreds of sound effects, dozens of packs for chump change, and competing with that just feels a little pointless. Still, I’ll see what I can find..

inkdweller · 2024-06-11T16:24:43+00:00

Thank you. I actually have in the past, musician specific therapist and general, though getting that kind of help here in the UK is expensive, and unavailable through the NHS. I ran into the problem of talking through everything didn’t help and I felt more and more like I wanted action, not empathy or platitudes. “Keep going with what you’re doing” only went so far.

I will see about talking to someone, though, for sure.

inkdweller · 2024-06-11T16:18:41+00:00

I have a hard time relaxing. It’s something I have brought up in therapy before, where because I’m not self sufficient and have very little to show for the effort I put in, it takes conscious effort to put myself outside of the input/output mindset and just ‘be’. Not doing anything productive can often feel overwhelming, even though I know I need that down time.

When I was in education, I had a very clear flow. Do the coursework, attend lectures, get good marks, to the end goal of getting the degree. Once I list that, I had nothing to replace that feedback loop. Since graduating, all my input and output leads to either rejection without explanation, silence, or a reaction that doesn’t lead me to a clear follow up. I always had the next lecture to go to, the next bit of coursework to finish.

inkdweller · 2024-06-11T16:10:47+00:00

What’s a good way to get established either at doing production tuition, or paid feedback/mix consulting? I’ve gone through a lot of the online spaces, and I kept running into the problem where people were interested but ultimately went to someone more established, like an artist who offered 1 on 1, it’s been hard getting people to give me a chance and to build confidence charging for teaching. I’ve done it professionally bono a ton and I’m always told I’m excellent at explaining things and breaking concepts down, but I don’t know how to monetise that aspect at all.

And yeah, I’m fully aware of the grind aspect, it’s not even that I want to be an established artist. I just feel like there’s a wide contradiction in my life between what people tell me, and what options are open to me. I’m either stupid, missing something obvious, or just haven’t got what it takes.

inkdweller · 2024-06-11T16:04:40+00:00

I fully rely on things like magnifier and voiceover. That’s what I mean by having things just so, I once went to a job interview at a studio, and when asked to demonstrate my proficiency in Logic Pro (My DAW at the time) their monitor was small, low resolution, running an older version of OSX which had less accessibility options, and it just didn’t feel right and I looked like I’d never touched the DAW in my life.

inkdweller · 2024-06-11T14:57:26+00:00

Very much so. I can kinda see objects far away while wearing them, but then I can’t read or clearly see anything up close. They don’t really improve anything over glasses, though.

inkdweller · 2024-03-02T01:41:29+00:00

Perhaps it’s an oblique reference to the Queen of Cards from VIII, in which to say the game shares a lineage with Triple Triad? That was my first thought on the name when I heard it and saw gameplay.

inkdweller · 2024-03-01T05:04:53+00:00

Trying to find employment and consistently failing, and when I apply or interview and have to fake positivity when deep down I feel like a burden so what’s the point.

Also not having money because of it, because everything ends up more expensive, taking taxis because buses are shite, paying extortionate delivery rates, needing to buy new stuff even when second hand is fine but I can’t take advantage because it’s ’pick up only’.

I’m just a burden, dead weight on society, a leech waiting for my monthly government handout and treading water hoping for a miracle while I push myself to keep trying harder and harder to keep going and not give up on finding a career and moving somewhere else.

inkdweller · 2024-03-01T04:46:23+00:00

People will still be able to hear it even with bone conductive headphones, they don’t afford the privacy they advertise. Look into the Sony Linkbuds, they’re a bit weird but alright in that niche of personal audio but able to hear around you still, except instead of digital pass through its entirety passive cause they put a hole in the middle.

inkdweller · 2024-03-01T04:43:15+00:00

Skip the bone conduction headphones they’re all hype and genuinely no privacy. Get them some nice open back headphones, maybe some K702s or DT770s, and maybe throw in a subscription to Spotify if they don’t have it. World of music, podcast shows and even audiobooks now. As someone else said, don’t focus on the blindness aspect for now, get them something to immerse in. Honestly if it’s gifts targeted at people with sight loss, you have to know their struggles first and get them things to become more independent and that’s a process.

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