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Mano said:
Anybody have any good web browser recommendations for iOS? I use Mercury Web Browser (and Atomic Web Browser before that) and I like it well enough but it has a few quirks that have grown tiresome and can crash at times. I can't stand Safari. I don't mind paying for a fully featured decent one either, but would like to hear some thoughts on them first.
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Chrome is the best mobile web browser. Basically if Google makes some kind of software you should utilize it
 
August_West said:
Chrome can be a battery suck on iPhone.
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Correct, and Google has talked extensively about how the software is currently too large and they are doing things to shrink it. However, it's still easily the best browser.
 
August_West said:
Im going to drop pearls of wisdom to make your lives easier from time to time. Will use this thread to do so.

Here's the first.
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You've got to step up your game if you don't want competition:

 
intlzncster said:
I guess I'll throw one out there for Android users: Clean Master (Boost & AppLock)

It's an all in one optimization app.

1. Usually, I shun these things, but this one has a bunch of particularly nice features bundled in it.
2. It's got a 4.7 score on 33,759,157 votes in the Play score, so you've got a good idea it's legit.
3. It's free.
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In an incredibly rare occurrence, I'm wrong. This app used to be good, but since update, now sucks. It's a recommended uninstall from several intelligent sources. Verdict: Avoid
 
He's one for the hardware expert:

I have the hard drives from three old computers that have been retired. On one, possibly two, is the contents of the 'yard from 1998 to late '99, and possible the various other times were were not with a network. All posts and chat logs.

What the easiest way to access this info? I'd need to use a ten year old laptop, or a new(er) MacBook Pro.
 
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Any would do it. But let me give a disclaimer .
I prefer the ones that carry a separate power supply in addition to the usb connector, especially if the drives are old and important. Strictly getting drive power from USB port can be dodgy .
 
@August_West the bulk of the data in on a 20 year old drive. Can the data be read using a new OS?
 
Yes. Shouldn't be an issue but let me ask. Where were the old drives from? ( what machine brand not important, just PC or Mac and OS)
 
Also @temery if you're nervous about it. ill put this out there. You could just give the drives to me ( I have good equipment at work for this ) I'll put all the data on a thumb drive for you and send back all the drives for safe keeping and the thumb drive ( which I'll provide myself with return shipping at my own expense) no charge for any of this.

It's just easy for me to do with my equipment I'd be happy to do it for you in return for the years you've provided this playpen for us.
 
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August_West said:
Any would do it. But let me give a disclaimer .
I prefer the ones that carry a separate power supply in addition to the usb connector, especially if the drives are old and important. Strictly getting drive power from USB port can be dodgy .
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I've been using one I got off a new egg (ORICO 6619US3-BK SuperSpeed USB 3.0 to SATA Hard Drive Docking Station for 2.5" and 3.5" HDD, SSD [8TB Support]-Newegg.com). I initially bought it to transfer old drives when upgrading computers. But then, I upgraded my work from home laptop (hooked into three screens and turned into a desktop) to a solid state drive and used this to turn the old 1 tb internal drive into external storage. $ for $ you could go to pcpartpicker.com and buy a high capacity internal drive and turn it into external storage for exponentially less money then a WD external. Highly recommend it.
 
NYC_HUSKY22 said:
I've been using one I got off a new egg
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Has its own power source? And does it matter that old one is likely running windows 95?
 
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temery said:
Has its own power source? And does it matter that old one is like running windows 95?
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No window 95 was "Fat" file system. Computers can still read that . Macs and PCs.

External power: drives need to be powered to spin the platters . The cables you and I linked pull power from USB port. Some cables come with separate wall plug to power the drive.
 
temery said:
Has its own power source? And does it matter that old one is like running windows 95?
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If it's that old it might not be a SATA hard drive so you probably need one that does EIDE/IDE so the ORICO one probably wont work. If you're not sure what kind of drive you get you should look at something like this kit out there for $10 that's branded by a bunch of companies.. It's a little messy, but it works with everything.. I've got it.. works for me. Some of these cheap kits are DOA, but if you get it from Amazon shouldn't be much of an issue.

Amazon product ASIN B017Q60EAQ
I have about 20 more old hard drives I need to go through... heh... moving everything to a couple of newer NAS boxes. I'm debating if I should move all my pictures and video off site as well. The wife would hate to lose the stuff (and I would hate to lose the stuff because I'd have to listen to the wife.) Anyone use a good (and cheap) cloud/backup service?
 
Tom, just mho but - stop messing around. It will take you a long time to do this, assuming you get to the point of understanding all the issues! AW offered to handle it - sometimes its better to let the experts do it. I agree with AW as well, you have put in far too much of your time money and energy, so let us help when we can!
 
IMind said:
If it's that old it might not be a SATA hard drive so you probably need one that does EIDE/IDE so the ORICO one probably wont work. If you're not sure what kind of drive you get you should look at something like this kit out there for $10 that's branded by a bunch of companies.. It's a little messy, but it works with everything.. I've got it.. works for me. Some of these cheap kits are DOA, but if you get it from Amazon shouldn't be much of an issue.

Amazon product ASIN B017Q60EAQ
I have about 20 more old hard drives I need to go through... heh... moving everything to a couple of newer NAS boxes. I'm debating if I should move all my pictures and video off site as well. The wife would hate to lose the stuff (and I would hate to lose the stuff because I'd have to listen to the wife.) Anyone use a good (and cheap) cloud/backup service?
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Carbonite still the cheapest out there if you are just interested in maintaining backup.

Dropbox if you want accessibility.
 
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Drumguy said:
Tom, just mho but - stop messing around. It will take you a long time to do this, assuming you get to the point of understanding all the issues! AW offered to handle it - sometimes its better to let the experts do it. I agree with AW as well, you have put in far too much of your time money and energy, so let us help when we can!
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There is a slight chance there are some things on the HD he may not be old enough to see.

(I've got a bunch of stuff from school, including ed plans. [yes, teachers do a lot of work at home]. I'd rather work on it myself)
 
temery said:
There is a slight chance there are some things on the HD he may not be old enough to see.

(I've got a bunch of stuff from school, including ed plans. [yes, teachers do a lot of work at home]. I'd rather work on it myself)
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its fine.

Iminds cable will do the trick
 
temery said:
There is a slight chance there are some things on the HD he may not be old enough to see.

(I've got a bunch of stuff from school, including ed plans. [yes, teachers do a lot of work at home]. I'd rather work on it myself)
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I've used outside services before to recover old files, was assuming aw wouldn't divulge anything, but I get it! (My wife is a teacher)
 
Drumguy said:
I've used outside services before to recover old files, was assuming aw wouldn't divulge anything, but I get it! (My wife is a teacher)
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I wouldnt even look at it. Data trust is the very first baseline in IT. We have the keys to everything but looking at stuff you shouldn't gets you immediately to the unemployment line. Last job I was at before my current one, a young IT guy couldnt keep his nose out of the salary spreadsheet. He told one friend in the tech support department and buy lunchtime everyone knew and he was walked out the door.

Buts its all good..... Tom can absolutely handle this. Just figured Id offer.
 
Id really like to get the 1998 thru April 1999 up for viewing. Thats my goal for the summer. I'll tap AW for help if I can't get it done by August (picked the month for obvious reasons).

EDIT: It's not just recovering the files (i think i have the entire server in one zip file). It's getting the old "Matt Wright's script" to work, along with the chat script.
 
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Not really a tech tip but ... I keep getting a pop up on my iPad saying I need to verify my Apple ID. I'm not sure how a phishing attempt would know my Apple ID, which is correct in the pop up. But to verify my ID I have to enter my password.

Anyone else getting this pop up?
 
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Here's one I can't figure out.

Any reason why for some people tweets don't embed, or fully embed?

My best guess,matter spending hours on the problem, is it's is on the user's end, probably their browser.

With that said, I have the same problem, but it goes away as quick as it appears.
 
Dogbreath2U said:
Any help from anyone would be appreciated. I have gotten a "PUP" called "crossrider" that I have not been able to get removed completely and it keeps coming back. I have followed the steps suggested in the links below, but no lasting success.

MalwareTips.com blogs/adware-crossrider-virus/

PUP.Optional.CrossRider.A - Virus Lists and Removal Steps

Thanks!
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1) it is a little bit of a pain in the butt in what it does (redirects, ads, popups) but it is not a very malicious virus, you are not in any grave danger with that one.

2) I can get rid of it for you but it is kinda of a multilayered process and most likely will require some manual registry key removals. If you are not familiar with the registry (most people arent) I dont recommend touching it.

3) Id be happy to log in and remove it for you, shouldnt take that long. Would just require a teamviewer or gotomy PC session. It would be much easier on both of us than me typing out a decision tree with you in real time.

If you are up for that sometime, let me know. Always happy to help out a friend..
 
August_West said:
1) it is a little bit of a pain in the butt in what it does (redirects, ads, popups) but it is not a very malicious virus, you are not in any grave danger with that one.

2) I can get rid of it for you but it is kinda of a multilayered process and most likely will require some manual registry key removals. If you are not familiar with the registry (most people arent) I dont recommend touching it.

3) Id be happy to log in and remove it for you, shouldnt take that long. Would just require a teamviewer or gotomy PC session. It would be much easier on both of us than me typing out a decision tree with you in real time.

If you are up for that sometime, let me know. Always happy to help out a friend..
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Wow, I wasn't expecting such an offer of help like that. That is really nice of you. Let me start a "conversation" or whatever it is called.
 
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