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Re: How To Easily Change the iOS iTunes Backup Location to an External Hard Drive & Save Tons of Space

hightechdad — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 10:43:33 -0000

Hmm, are you sure you are logged in with administrative rights? Your OS might be too old for the process.

Re: Fixing a Honda Odyssey Automatic Sliding Door

hightechdad — Wed, 21 Aug 2019 13:20:14 -0000

Did you try the process I listed in the article? I no longer have an Odyssey to be able to test with.

Re: No Output Audio Devices Suddenly on your Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air? Try these 7 Fixes

hightechdad — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 13:32:40 -0000

Haha, as a rule of thumb with ANY device (including humans), rebooting is a great cure-all. Laptops, computers, and smartphones definitely need the reboot regularly. And for humans, it's called sleep or napping.

Re: Ring Floodlight Cam Review & Install Tips – An Easy & Smart Security Upgrade

hightechdad — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 13:29:50 -0000

Great that you were able to get the FLC's working with the new routers. Personally, I use the app to control the lights as my switch is hidden away in the garage. Personally, I would just label the switch (I have done that with other "smart" switches in my home) and then forget about it. (I actually put a clear plastic cover over the switches and labeled them - so they can be turned off, but not without some effort).

I haven't had to climb the ladder myself in the past year. Usually, if there is a power outage (manual or by nature), when the power comes back on, it will reconnected eventually with WiFi.

Re: Ring Floodlight Cam Review & Install Tips – An Easy & Smart Security Upgrade

hightechdad — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 16:59:34 -0000

@Jim Beam, Hmm, that's a tricky one. A couple of things come to mind. 1) what type of router do you have? 2) I think that the Ring FLC uses 2.4 GHz only so you need to be sure that is broadcasting 3) You might have a bad WiFi chip in the FLC - doubtful but maybe 4) you could have some wall interference going on - how is WiFi signal strength on your phone right by the Ring? 5) You could maybe test the Ring FLC's WiFi by creating a hotspot from your phone, just to eliminate that 6) reboot the Ring FLC via switching the circuit off at the circuit breaker

I totally get you when it comes to getting up on a ladder, while I do it, I like to avoid it! (I'm not so young myself, haha).

Thanks for the note and kind word! And good luck!

Re: How To Easily Change the iOS iTunes Backup Location to an External Hard Drive & Save Tons of Space

hightechdad — Mon, 24 Jun 2019 11:27:04 -0000

The process should be relatively the same. You should read through all of the steps. You will actively be starting with Step 3, but you will need to create a backup folder in Step 2 on your external hard drive. At the end of Step 1, I listed out the "default" location for iTunes backup so you can use that I believe. Good luck!

Re: DIY: How To Build Removable Cafe Lighting Posts that Attach to a Deck

hightechdad — Sun, 26 May 2019 11:40:12 -0000

Well, I would actually change the post materials to metal and then you would have to change the way you anchor them to the deck. With sunshade sails, you will need to be sure that if it is windy, the posts are sturdy enough. I used wood and those would snap right in half. So metal and a different way to mount.

Re: OneDrive Sync Issues? How To Reset OneDrive for Mac the EASY Way!

hightechdad — Thu, 02 May 2019 14:33:10 -0000

Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm really glad that it worked for you!

Re: OneDrive Sync Issues? How To Reset OneDrive for Mac the EASY Way!

hightechdad — Thu, 02 May 2019 14:32:52 -0000

Fantastic! I'm so happy it worked!

Re: Amplifying Your Mesh Network with AmpliFi HD WiFi Mesh Router – Review

hightechdad — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 13:04:28 -0000

Well, you probably don't want to have multiple routers being DHCP routers and issuing out IP addresses. The ISP's router is probably doing DHCP already. And this is more of a personal preference, as I have multiple routers in my home, I just try to have only one DHCP and it is typically the main router plugged into my modem.

Re: Amplifying Your Mesh Network with AmpliFi HD WiFi Mesh Router – Review

hightechdad — Tue, 23 Apr 2019 12:30:18 -0000

That is pretty much what I did in my dad's house. Using the modem from the ISP with the WiFi disabled. But I also used a power line connection to put the AmpliFi router (in bridge mode) in a more centralized location (yeah, speeds were reduced slightly with power line) and then the two Amplifi satellites plugged downstairs.

One thing to remember, you will NEVER get the ISP speed in whatever setting you have. The only way to get as close as possible is to directly plug a laptop into the modem with Ethernet and have that as the only device running.

Re: How To Easily Change the iOS iTunes Backup Location to an External Hard Drive & Save Tons of Space

hightechdad — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 11:05:39 -0000

So, it sounds to me that you didn't have the symlink named "Backup" on your HD and that is why iTunes says it had never been backed up before and creates a new folder. If the process is done properly (and I realize it's tricky), you move your backup to the external drive, you then create a symlink on your internal drive that is called "Backup", and then iTunes should recognize it. You should be able to see a Backup folder (created by that Symlink process) on your internal HD and if you double-click on it, it should open your copied backup folder on your external drive.

Re: OneDrive Sync Issues? How To Reset OneDrive for Mac the EASY Way!

hightechdad — Fri, 12 Apr 2019 13:54:06 -0000

Thanks for the followup and glad that it worked. And awesome that you shared with Microsoft.

Re: How To Easily Change the iOS iTunes Backup Location to an External Hard Drive & Save Tons of Space

hightechdad — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:30:20 -0000

Hmm, well as I listed in Step 2, you need to close iTunes. I don't know if by having it open, the process gets disrupted or not. But you may have to go through the undo process and try it again. Remember also, the path for the symlink has to be 100% accurate otherwise it won't work. Do you actually see the symlink folder? you should be able to. And, you should be able to double click it and it should open the location on your external hard drive.

Re: How to Remove Little Black Square Paragraph Formatting & Page Break in Microsoft Word

hightechdad — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:26:57 -0000

I'm so happy. Appreciate the comment.

Re: How to Remove Little Black Square Paragraph Formatting & Page Break in Microsoft Word

hightechdad — Mon, 08 Apr 2019 13:25:35 -0000

Glad that it worked! Thanks for the feedback.

Re: OneDrive Sync Issues? How To Reset OneDrive for Mac the EASY Way!

hightechdad — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 12:47:04 -0000

Thanks for the feedback and I'm glad that it worked!

Re: Windows 10 Screensaver Not Working? Try These Fixes!

hightechdad — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 16:19:38 -0000

I'm going to guess, without having tested it yet, that you are probably correct. I wrote this How To article back in 2017 and at the time of publication, there was no easy way to get to it. I'm thinking that in subsequent updates, Microsoft improved the usability of this. Thanks for reporting in!

Re: Shaving Body Hair BELOW the Neck Line, Wait, What?! – Norelco Bodygroom Pro

hightechdad — Tue, 26 Mar 2019 13:08:58 -0000

It is probably related to DNA in some way.
Funny thing is, I no longer use this because my teenaged daughters have stolen it for their legs and love it! Oh well!

Re: How To Easily Change the iOS iTunes Backup Location to an External Hard Drive & Save Tons of Space

hightechdad — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:50:58 -0000

Wait, you said you deleted the back from the external? And I don't quite understand what you mean by "having the backup on your iPhone" - your iPhone is the source for the backups. You backup on iTunes in case you need to restore your iPhone from a backup.
The process I outlined is:
1) Find the backup location on your Mac (internal)
2) Copy the existing backup to an external hard drive
3) Create the symlink to tell iTunes to look in the new (external) location
4) Confirm that iTunes now looks at the (external) location
5) Delete the old backups from your (internal) hard drive to save space.

Re: How To Easily Change the iOS iTunes Backup Location to an External Hard Drive & Save Tons of Space

hightechdad — Tue, 12 Mar 2019 14:04:16 -0000

Hmm, that is strange. Did you reboot? Sometimes the space takes some time to be reclaimed. If iTunes sees your backup on the external drive, that is a good sign.
Did you follow all of the steps I outlined? Are you running as administrator?

Re: OneDrive Sync Issues? How To Reset OneDrive for Mac the EASY Way!

hightechdad — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 09:54:15 -0000

Thanks Danny for the feedback. I'm so glad that it worked for you!

Re: No Output Audio Devices Suddenly on your Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air? Try these 7 Fixes

hightechdad — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 22:30:12 -0000

Great to hear and thanks for letting us know!

Re: No Output Audio Devices Suddenly on your Apple MacBook, MacBook Pro or MacBook Air? Try these 7 Fixes

hightechdad — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 22:29:55 -0000

I believe that is actually the expected behavior by the operating system. You are deleting it the first time because it may be corrupted and then the OS will (hopefully) put a new one back that isn't corrupted. If that isn't working, you may have to try some of the other fixes.

Re: OneDrive Sync Issues? How To Reset OneDrive for Mac the EASY Way!

hightechdad — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 12:33:07 -0000

Great! Glad to hear and thanks for the feedback!