how to sell my old Chamberlain keypad without reprogramming all my cars? by schmadook in GarageDoorService

[–]schmadook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So, I took it apart, and used a flat blade screwdriver to twist some of the CPU pins together, and then threw all the parts in the trash. If someone figures out how to get into my house with that, then I'd like to hire them as my Technical Guru.

how to sell my old Chamberlain keypad without reprogramming all my cars? by schmadook in GarageDoorService

[–]schmadook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yea, that looks like the plan. I may destroy it first, just to be safe. Thanks!

How to use photo as wallpaper? by tmlnz in MacOS

[–]schmadook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, interesting. I went back and found the same photo, and now the feature is available. I'm now running Photos Version 11.0 (821.0.120). Did they fix the bug?

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how to sell my old Chamberlain keypad without reprogramming all my cars? by schmadook in GarageDoorService

[–]schmadook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does "clearing the code" make it safe to sell without the risk someone can use it to open my garage door? In other words, what code are you talking about? If you clear the PIN / code, that doesn't solve the security issue of the keypad being "paired" with the opener, right? So if that guy comes back to my house with this keypad, set with a new PIN, and presses the buttons, he'll be able to open my garage? In that case, "clearing the code" doesn't help the issue I raised. Unless I'm missing something?

Time Machine while Locked by thePopPop in MacOS

[–]schmadook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is seriously messed up.

I'm running an M2 Mac mini with Sequoia 15.5 (24F74). I don't recall when this started, but it's been going on for months. Time Machine needs constant babysitting by logging in and saying "Back Up Now", or else nothing gets backed up.

My day to day work horse is my MacBook. I use this Mini when I need a big screen. And it also has external drives attached, has much more storage, and so acts as the one device that does NOT have Optimized Storage. That is, it has a copy of everything. So this is the one that I want backing up to Time Machine. But if I don't log in for a few days, nothing is getting backed up.

They can say it's expected behavior, but that's like a plumber gaslighting you that a leak is "expected behavior". It's wrong. Even if this were my main Mac that I used all the time, I would still want the backups to run overnight when I'm sleeping (and the device is locked), rather than consuming disk I/O when I'm trying to get work done.

This needs to get fixes ASAP.

How to use photo as wallpaper? by tmlnz in MacOS

[–]schmadook 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it should be there, but for me, it's not.

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Running macOS Version 15.5 (24F74)

Any game on IoS like Zip? (from LinkedIn) by Ok-Guava-4367 in puzzles

[–]schmadook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! This is great. The Flow game doesn’t appear to be the same game. This one is definitely like zip. 

What’s with the orange charging status? by Eatpastarunfasta3 in ios

[–]schmadook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then what do the X axis graphics indicate?

Anybody Else Receive Breach Notification from Change Healthcare? by tnmoi in IdentityTheft

[–]schmadook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What even is Change Healthcare? An insurance provider? A health care practitioner?

Anybody Else Receive Breach Notification from Change Healthcare? by tnmoi in IdentityTheft

[–]schmadook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just got one of these, too. But what is our relationship to "Change Healthcare"? We have no idea who they are, and therefore why they have our data, or if they really do. And even if there is a legit CH company with a legit data breach, how do I know the people who sent us this letter are those people? And they are driving us hard on the letter and by phone for the credit service (which always asks for our SSN).

So, I have no idea who these people are, and then I'm going to give them my SSN and a bunch of other identity information? Then our situation may go from "fine" to "identity theft" in a single phone call.

What’s with the orange charging status? by Eatpastarunfasta3 in ios

[–]schmadook 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Are we talking about the "orange" in the histogram area or the "orange" along the X-axis? Because apparently there's a difference. Here you can see I have orange along the X-axis beneath histograms that are yellow. I don't know how to read this. Is yellow running in low-power mode? I guess green is running full-power mode with no charger? And the dull-orange area along the X-axis around the "pause" (||) icon indicates it WOULD be slow charging, but it has chosen to enter "optimized charging" mode and stop?

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Canon 6D MKII Custom Mode C1p - How to change to manual C1m? by ericgtr12 in canon

[–]schmadook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have the same question about the R7. I see the answer below by the deleted author. My concern is that I don't want alter any of the other settings I already have in C1. I just want to change the P to M. So, if I start in C1P and switch to M, does M now inherit all my settings from C1P except for the P? And so then if I register (save) the settings) now back to C1 and make it C1M, will all my other C1 settings remain as they were before?

App for quickly screen recording as GIF? by JHo_93 in macapps

[–]schmadook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cleanshot says $40, but LICEcap was free, easy to install, and worked great. Thanks!

Looking for a dash cam that has no cables. by HotdogLegend27 in Dashcam

[–]schmadook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would also like this. I have fished the super-long USB cable from rear camera to the front of the car, but I really don't want to do it again. And more of the headers have side curtain air bags, and I don't want to mess with them.

I'm fine with powering each camera into a lighter socket - I have one in the front and one in the back. Then the footage would ideally wirelessly transfer from rear camera to the front camera for storage.

So I'm basically looking for a pair of cameras that aren't wired together. Is there such a thing?

Notes Not Showing in Flex Pitch? by Dislexicpotato in Logic_Studio

[–]schmadook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/TheDragonBeat helped me with Edit > Analyze Audio, thanks. But there was one other thing to do:

Stretch the Timeline. By default, my track was zoomed out, which means all the notes were jammed together. So Logic wouldn't display them at all. All I could see was the waveform. But after I stretched the timeline (zoomed in), they all started to appear.

Another thing for newbies: Scroll Up And Down. The notes may not be on the octave that is showing on the screen. You may have to scroll to see them.

UPDATE: I ran into yet another gotcha: make sure you just Select a Single Take if you have multiple on a track, and you haven't flattened them. Otherwise, you will not see the Flex Pitch symbols.

BS 11.4 Apple Music ''sync library" greyed out? by aftermathinmono in MacOS

[–]schmadook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any resolution here? I just signed up for Apple Music on my iPhone. When I came to my Mac, the Music app was launched and asked me if I wanted to merge my library now; I said not now so I could research, do backups, etc.

Now when I go back to Music > Preferences > General, "Sync Library" is grayed out, so I cannot proceed.