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Combined two unallocated 2TB partitions into 4TB [SOLVED]

Friday, 2024.04.19 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Recently I started to repurpose a 4TB 2.5″ SATA SSD but ran into an issue utilizing the entire SSD. Specifically, even after deleting the existing partitions I could only allocate ~2TB and ~2TB (as shown on Disk1 below) Eventually, I realized that the issue was the drive had been setup as MBR instead of GPT. Here are the steps to remedy that and create a large contiguous 4TB partition. First the screenshot shows the steps, then the commands are listed

Photoshop keeps moving the wrong layer [SOLVED]

Tuesday, 2024.04.16 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Recently when using Photoshop 2024 to move some small rasterized calendar text with a transparent background, Photoshop kept moving the wrong layer. Specifically the layer behind the object that I wanted to move. I checked that I was on the correct layer (and I was). Finally I realized that “Auto-Select” was checked in the move tool options dialog. After unchecking that, all was well! Short summary: if you are having difficulty getting photoshop to move the correct layer, try checking

Lenovo M14 portable monitor compatibility list

Thursday, 2024.03.21 J.D. H. Leave a comment

NOTE: I recommend using a high quality (and relatively short) USB-C cable for best results. When I initially used a generic USB-C cable I did not have success. These are devices that I have personally tested my M14 monitor with: Devices that do work with the M14 display Samsung S23 Ultra (works well, can be used with Dex or in screen mirroring mode) Dell Latitude 7490 (works well) Devices that do not work with the M14 (as of 3/21/24) Acer

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SOOSPY wifi camera, default username and password

Friday, 2024.03.08 J.D. H. Leave a comment

The default WiFi SSID is the same as what is printed on the QR code sticker. The default IP address is: 192.168.10.1 (connect to its wifi network and DHCP will give you an address like 192.168.10.10 The default username is: admin The default password is: [BLANK] (no password, do not enter password) More details and an old Amazon review: Decent clear picture and reasonably discreet as advertised. The BVCAM software for IOS did work, though can be mildly confusing what they

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Something went wrong… when resetting Samsung phone [SOLVED]

Friday, 2024.03.08 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Summary: make sure you are connected to the internet with a good data connection and that your phone’s date and time are up to date 👍👍 Details: I encountered an unusual issue recently while trying to factory reset my wife’s phone. Specifically, every time I would try to reset it or remove the Samsung account, it gave me an error “Something went wrong…” Finally I realized that my wife’s phone was not showing any internet access over the WIFI connection.

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How do I cancel Great courses trial (or subscription) on Amazon? [ANSWER]

Thursday, 2023.02.23 J.D. H. 2 comments

Amazon makes it very difficult to find the correct page for canceling Amazon Prime Video subscriptions and trials. To save you some time I have bookmarked the correct page and linked to it here. To quickly cancel your trial or subscription, simply click here: Amazon, Manage Channels and follow the prompts. Detailed instructions: login to Amazon* and click the “Cancel Channel” button. If prompted, select “Turn off auto-renew and watch until…” Finally the trial/subscription is CANCELED! 👍👍 *please use a

How to add admin page role on Facebook?! [SOLVED 2023]

Tuesday, 2023.02.14 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Question: J.D. can you help me figure out how to add a new admin to our Facebook business page? We had our manager leave and now I cannot add any new managers/admin. i tried all the help that Facebook lists but there is no page roles in the settings. Help! -Nick Answer: Dear Nick, Facebook (or Meta) has done something really weird with their Page Roles/Management interface and they seem to have not updated their online instructions. Thankfully, I think