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2025 List of DisplayPort 1.2 daisy chainable MST monitors

Sunday, 2019.01.06 J.D. H. 34 comments

Here is a current (as of ) list of daisy-chainable DisplayPort LCD monitors: Model number Brand Size, Aspect Ratio, Resolution Price Additional Info B248Y Inexpensive option w/docking capabilities Acer 23.8″, 16×9, 1920×1080 ~$160 USD DisplayPort in and out for daisy chaining, also features docking capabilities via USB-C and RJ-45 Ethernet! VG2249 Recommended 22″ LCD ViewSonic 22″, 16:9, 1920×1080 Check price Easy setup. Excellent choice for small office environments. VG2449 Recommended 24″ 16:9 LCD ViewSonic 24″, 16:9, 1920×1080 Check price Easy

Clone OSX to a new SSD [for upgrade]

Tuesday, 2016.03.01 J.D. H. 2 comments

I have cloned a few hundred PC Windows/Linux drives, but today marked the first time that I cloned a Max OSX drive. On a 2011 era 21.5″ iMac I was cloning from an external Firewire boot SSD to a newly installed SSD. It was a success 🙂 Here are screenshots of the process.

Update Genius greyed out in iTunes [SOLVED]

Tuesday, 2016.01.12 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Genius is one of the few reasons why I like iTunes. Unfortunately, this evening my iTunes installation would not up update Genius. I tried a few suggestions from the web but none of them worked. 🙁 For me, what did work was updating my iTunes installation to the latest version. After the iTunes update, all menu options were available again 🙂 Top Search Terms:genius greyed out (2)genius playlist greyed out (2)why is guinness suggestions greyed out (1)how to update genius itunes (1)genius suggestions on

Best inexpensive bluetooth keyboard for Mac [SOLVED]

Tuesday, 2015.11.10 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Q. I have the iMac 27″ which was a hand-me-down from my parents. It is a nice comptuer but they didn’t have the original keyboard for it anymore so I have just been using a random PC USB keyboard and it is okay buy not great. Any recommendations for a really good but really cheap bluetooth/wireless keyboard for my Mac? Yours, -Tracy (poor college student) A. Hi Tracy! I was in a similar situations recently and I think I know just

Create BIGGER genius playlists in iTunes? [solved]

Monday, 2011.09.26 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Q. Good morning. I have iTunes for my music collection (mp3 & AAC) and really like the Genius feature of iTunes. However, I cannot figure out how to make a Genius playlist with more than 25 songs in it! Is this possible? I don’t really know my way around iTunes very well and I have checked preferences etc. but to no avail. Please help if you can. A. Yes, you CAN make a bigger Genius playlist with 50, 75 or 100

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Better two-finger scrolling for Windows! (like 2011 MacBooks and MacBook Air)

Thursday, 2011.09.22 J.D. H. Leave a comment

On Windows, missing the MacBook’s nice two finger scrolling… After returning a MacBook Air 11.6″ to Apple, I was surprised that I only really missed the very nice two finger scrolling. Some of the other Apple multitouch gestures were nice, but it was the really the smooth two finger scrolling on that nice trackpad that was so VERY handy and I missed the convenience! My Dell laptops have multitouch capable touchpads that support two finger scrolling. Unfortunately by default they

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MacBook Air dropping wifi? [solved]

Wednesday, 2011.08.17 J.D. H. 18 comments

Q. My MBA keeps dropping wifi connections, especially when coming up from sleep… it is weird because it prompts me to reenter my WPA2 password every time it does this but even after entering the password it can’t connect! Can you help? A. I have a MBA that exhibited similar issues, so far the best help has been the latest Lion update (10.7.1) Hopefully this update will help you too and get your MacBook Air working well with wifi! If

Force MacBook Air/Pro keyboard backlight ON [solved]

Tuesday, 2011.08.16 J.D. H. Leave a comment

I was dismayed when my new MacBook’s backlit keyboard turned off without any warning. Apparently Apple feels it knows best when the kb backlight should be on and off. This auto-off behavior was a bit of a bummer to me after many Dell and HP laptops which feature fully user controllable backlit keyboards. Thankfully “Lab Tick” is a small program which lets you take control of the backlight! Highly recommended for anyone with a MacBook Pro or MacBook Air and backlit keyboard…