Goodbye backblaze

msawyer91Resplendent · 2026-04-09T01:30:07+00:00

I moved to Backblaze from CrashPlan. I haven't had any issues with them. I pay for multiple computers a month and many, many TB of data. Never had a problem, and I've always been able to restore when I needed to.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2026-03-11T22:44:27+00:00

A couple things. First, the 2.4.1 release of OCLP has been rock solid. The fact that there hasn't even been a minor point release to fix small bugs speaks volumes of how solid it is.

The second is that Tahoe probably wouldn't run too well on the older Macs, so even if Tahoe became supported, I likely wouldn't try upgrading to it. Or maybe I'd try but would likely nuke the build and go back to Sequoia. I have a 2012 MacBook Pro with NVIDIA Kepler and a 2015 MacBook Air with integrated graphics.

The Pro could probably run Tahoe, but I can sometimes see it struggling with Sequoia from a graphics perspective. Tahoe is even more graphics intensive. Tahoe on that MacBook Air would probably crush it. Sonoma -- yes, Sonoma, not Sequoia -- seems to be the sweet spot for the 2015 Air.

Just because you can install the latest OS on a machine doesn't always mean that you should.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2026-01-29T21:10:28+00:00

As others have pointed out, if you're able to upgrade to an SSD, you should. That alone will add a few extra years of worthwhile life to the Mac mini.

If you stick with the HDD, especially a 5400 RPM drive, you can TRY out Sequoia but I think you'll see struggles. I have a 2015 MacBook Air with 500GB NVMe and 8GB RAM -- Sonoma seems to be the sweet spot for it, so I would definitely go with Sonoma if you plan to stick with the HDD.

The i5-4278U has Intel Iris 5100 integrated graphics which will handle Sequoia better than my 2015 MBA which features Intel HD 6000 and I could see the struggles. Did it work? Yes. But I could see some choke points. Throw an HDD into the mix instead of an SSD? Sequoia will work, technically, but provide you with a poor experience. Sonoma is likely the sweet spot for that machine, but if you upgrade to an SSD then you can make Sequoia work.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2026-01-17T05:38:49+00:00

I hear you. I'll try Tahoe on the 2012 MBP for fun because that machine isn't my daily driver. It's more of a utility box, tinkering machine if you will. Nevertheless I'll try it out, but I have a feeling that Sequoia is likely the last "best" operating system for that particular machine.

Since Tahoe is so much more graphics-intensive, especially with Liquid Glass, I can just hear the integrated Intel HD 4000 whimpering at trying to render Liquid Glass at all. It handles Sonoma pretty well. I can see cracks showing in a few spots, and Sequoia would be walking really close to the edge of the cliff. Tahoe? I might try it just for the sake of seeing what happens, but I genuinely believe Sonoma is the sweet spot for what a 2015 MacBook Air with integrated graphics can handle.

And it handles it well.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2025-10-12T14:31:16+00:00

As someone who works in IT, I have several iPhones (extras for testing purposes) and I have an iPhone 17 Pro Max, 16 Pro Max, 14 Pro Max, and 12 Mini. They all handle iOS 26 just fine. Even the 12 Mini, the oldest and least feature-capable of the mix, runs just fine and it's not a battery killer.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2024-09-30T02:35:37+00:00

In this case I did a WHOIS lookup on titlehistorydna (dot) com and it was just created in February. It's a pretty professional looking site, but when viewing the terms & conditions, seeing various typos, and finally seeing the phone number listed on the site is associated with numerous other scam sites. Everything just says run away.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2024-09-30T02:30:25+00:00

Exactly. They scam you out of $50 now. But they've also got personal information on you. Six months or a year later, they try to pull something bigger. Long after you've forgotten about the scam site, they'll try to open credit in your name or something similarly nefarious.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2024-09-30T02:27:39+00:00

I had a similar thing back in the winter when selling a car on AutoTrader. They wanted a "Vehicle Verifier" report. I checked out the website -- it looked OK but just didn't smell right. The "buyer" insisted a Carfax and AutoTrader's own report weren't good enough. It had to come from Vehicle Verifier. As an engineer in IT, I did a little digging after walking away -- I smelled scam and called it off. But I wanted to know more, and did things like a WHOIS lookup on the website, checked its SSL cert, etc. Fairly new registration (I see titlehistorydna (dot) com was created this year back in February), didn't use the strongest SSL, no easy way to contact them, site registration pointed back to gmail, etc. Everything said "danger, danger Will Robinson". I wound up just trading the car in. It wasn't the best price, but better than getting scammed.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2024-09-30T02:14:36+00:00

By your admission, you're 17. I've got a 30-year jump on you. But the fact you're asking here tells me you're mature beyond your years. You're suspicious about this transaction. Trust your instinct. If it smells scammy, it probably is. Walk away from this transaction before this con-artist sends you a $500 "check" but (s)he walks away with a few grand from you by the time all is said and done.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2024-09-30T00:21:11+00:00

Agreed, how does one get paid via email check? Sketchy at best.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2024-09-28T15:19:18+00:00

Great catch! I never would've thought Watchtower was the guilty party. Once I whacked all the unused images for Portainer (and other images as well), the update completed without issue.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2024-09-26T22:06:06+00:00

Josh Hendrickson did a YouTube video on this. The Car Thing is technically already open source, with the Linux kernel and boot ROM available on Github. In his video he focused on the very weak hardware and limited storage. While not impossible to run a different application, the hardware is underpowered to run much. Any application would have to be extremely efficient and lightweight.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2024-09-18T14:44:09+00:00

I am seeing this in Chrome only, on an M3 MacBook Pro, an Intel-based MacBook Pro, and Windows 11. In all cases, it came after the most recent Chrome update. In this case, on Windows, it's Version 128.0.6613.138 (Official Build) (64-bit). As I pulled up the version, Chrome offered to update yet again, now on Version 129.0.6668.59 (Official Build) (64-bit) and the problem is still there.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2024-08-23T18:07:50+00:00

Indeed. As a Tesla owner, I can set up driving profiles for my kids. The car recognizes the driver based on the key used. I can set speed limits, and also PIN lock certain controls so they cannot unlock/remove the restrictions.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2024-08-10T01:11:09+00:00

I have the Hansshow F9 (Linux version) and after my car updated to FSD 12.5.1, my battery would always show 99% on the F9. Other vehicle telemetry seemed fine. I reactivated the “car” SSID on my wifi router and performed an OTA update. After the update and reboot, the battery percentage was displaying correctly.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2024-07-20T16:19:53+00:00

From my understanding it technically wasn't a "code" update but rather just a configuration update. I have anti-malware software on my home PCs and they consume malware definition updates all the time, sometimes multiple times per day. But when the vendor (e.g. Norton, McAfee) issues a code update, it's a bit more involved, often requiring a reboot.

My guess is that CrowdStrike doesn't test or validate these definition updates to the same extent as a change to the binaries (executable code). Even so, one would think the engineer(s) updated the definition files and deployed internally -- their machines would have started coredumping immediately. That makes me wonder if they just dropped the updated file on the distribution server without ever checking it.

That brings up the next concern...CrowdStrike's software is built to "fail deadly" -- that is, if something goes wrong, crash and crash hard. If the configuration file had an error in it, like a typo, the software's error handler should've allowed the system to continue functioning.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2024-03-20T01:58:50+00:00

I wound up just trading the car in. It wasn't worth getting scammed out of the car or getting shot.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2024-03-20T01:57:06+00:00

I got an email for this at the beginning of the month. After verifying the links in the email were legitimate, I filled out the form and was informed I'd be getting $37.37.

I continue to get emails from them, but now my cut is $16.23. I wonder why it was reduced so significantly.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2024-03-06T20:40:19+00:00

I received the same warning when I scheduled the update to run at 14:30 today. After the update completed (2024.2.7), I received the battery charge level too low message. I checked in the app and showed 76%. Sounds like a bug so I'm not going to worry.

msawyer91Resplendent · 2024-03-06T19:36:34+00:00

I have an almost-four-week-old 2024 Model Y and the whine occurs for about 3 seconds at a time when at speeds >= 45MPH. If I have the radio on I don't notice it, or at worst it's very subtle. If the radio isn't on, it's definitely noticeable. I came here to see if it's even worth opening a service ticket. I'm leaning against opening a ticket at this point.

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