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Camera not working on MacBook Air 2017 running Catalina 10.15.4

Post author By Q+A Expert
Post date April 7, 2020
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I have just had a problem today on a 2 year old MacBook Air (which is otherwise in perfect order), running Catalina 10.15.4. Basically, I couldn’t get the inbuilt camera to switch on (tried Photo Booth and FaceTime). A support technician took me through some steps, the first of which was to create a new […]

Tags but the camera was still not available after rebooting. The support technician is now suggesting that we migrate all my data to a new user ac, I couldn't get the inbuilt camera to switch on (tried Photo Booth and FaceTime). A support technician took me through some steps, I have just had a problem today on a 2 year old MacBook Air (which is otherwise in perfect order), not the computer hardware. The next steps were to go back to my log in and reset SMC and NVRAM - we went through these steps, running Catalina 10.15.4. Basically, the first of which was to create a new Admin User account and log in to that to see if Camera would work - it did work. So the problem is ass, which may take a long time. Just wondering if anyone reading this thread has any other ideas.....thanks in advance

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iMac beachballing for no reason — I suspect it might be faulty hardware. What can I do to work around it?

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Post date April 7, 2020
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The Problem: A couple of weeks ago, the iMac started “beachballing” regularly in normal use There is no discernible pattern to what triggered a beachball. It could be switching between windows, trying to type, using Spotlight, opening or closing an application, or even just whilst idle. Over the next few days, the hangs became so […]

Tags ~16GB free memory remaining Signing out of iCloud Disabling Spotlight indexing Creating a new user account SMC reset NVRAM/PRAM reset D, and rely on the iMac to be able to work from home whilst my country is in lockdown. My local Apple Store is obviously closed. Each Time Machi, AND restoring from a Time Machine backup in one go DOES fix it (at least temporarily). My DriveDx results seem to indicate the HDD is in a ", and use diskutil verifyVolume and repairVolume Repairing Home Folder permissions Checking Console and reviewing system.log and other files, as the beachballs do not seem to correlate with disk I/O, but after enough new sectors have been written to and data shuffled around on the disk, but I can't say that for certain as I don't know enough about this area. So my hunch right now, but to no avail The only thing that finally solved it was wiping the disk and reinstalling everything from a Time Machine backup But about, but wiping the Fusion drive, comprised of a 128GB SSD + 2TB HDD) T2 security chip What I've Already Tried: Checking Activity Monitor during beachballing CPU: load is, I understand the HDD in a Fusion drive is not user-serviceable... So I would assume the next best alternative would be to buy e.g. 2TB Thund, in the absence of any more obvious clues, instead of the Fusion drive? Is this possible? Are there any drawbacks? Any brands you'd recommend? Thanks for reading this lengthy post. A, is that maybe this problem is caused by a failing HDD in the Fusion drive...? That might explain how wiping and reformatting the drive lets t, it starts to slow down after time. That's just a hunch! What Next? Do you have any other suggestions of things to check or try? Are there, it's come back once more I am at my wit's end. I work in IT, meaning I'm unable to work during that time (never mind the time waiting on the SBBOD to disappear). The iMac: 2017 27-inch Retina 5K iMac, opening or closing an application, or even just whilst idle. Over the next few days, reinstalling macOS, so was forced to reinstall (again!) And now, spindumps don't show up — they just result in a Crash Report appearing in Console (see here) Running EtreCheck No major issues found No no, the hangs became so frequent it rendered the iMac effectively unusable I tried literally everything I could think of to fix it (detailed bel, the iMac started "beachballing" regularly in normal use There is no discernible pattern to what triggered a beachball. It could be switching, The Problem: A couple of weeks ago, the same thing began happening again. I still couldn't figure it out, trying to type, using Spotlight, yesterday

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Peripheral I/O and PIO CLI support for normal Android

Post author By Jessica Alba
Post date April 7, 2020
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Question is simple, is it possible to integrate peripherial I/O and PIO CLI tool to normal AOSP project for cellular device? According to my current knowledge Android Things OS is not open sourced, at least not entirely. But there is a little info on the internet. I’ve checked the aosp manifest branches and there are […]

Tags at least not entirely. But there is a little info on the internet. I've checked the aosp manifest branches and there are some present for And, is it possible to integrate peripherial I/O and PIO CLI tool to normal AOSP project for cellular device? According to my current knowledge A, Question is simple

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Windows 98 SE not shutting down VirtualBox

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Post date April 7, 2020
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I am fairly new to using VirtualBox and how it is used. I recently installed Windows 98 SE on it using an ISO file. It has been working fine until I try to shut it down from itself (like pressing the shutdown button in the start menu in Windows 98). When I try to do […]

Tags all to no avail. Some websites say I should install a "fix" but all their links are broken. I currently have given the Windows 98 Machine a, I am fairly new to using VirtualBox and how it is used. I recently installed Windows 98 SE on it using an ISO file. It has been working fine, including disabling fast shutdown/startup, it always freezes on the Microsoft Windows98 "windows is shutting down" screen. I have tried many ways to solve this, so I highly doubt that it is anything to do with too little memory. The only other app I have installed on it other than all the apps that co, which has worked perfectly. Windows has shown no errors when starting up and nothing when using the operating system as usual. Windows Shutt

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system disk almost full after using rclone

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Post date April 7, 2020
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Today I tried out rclone to backup files to a webdav server. I used the crypt option to encrypt the files before uploading. rclone copied about 8GB to the server, and I checked if it really uploaded that much. It generated lots of notices and errors in the terminal because of filenames that were too […]

Tags and I checked if it really uploaded that much. It generated lots of notices and errors in the terminal because of filenames that were too lon, now only 3GB left. ~/Library/Logs size is 155MB. ~/Library/Caches size is 3GB. I'm not sure if it's rclone's crypt function that used up 8GB, or if it's the terminal, or some other log file. How can I free up those 8GB?, Today I tried out rclone to backup files to a webdav server. I used the crypt option to encrypt the files before uploading. rclone copied abo

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Applications show as

I do not know the actual time or date of the change, but I noticed it today. Example: I use Alfred which now shows “Word.app” instead of “Word”. Same goes for Spotlight. EDIT: How do I remove the .app for my applications?

Tags but I noticed it today. Example: I use Alfred which now shows "Word.app" instead of "Word". Same goes for Spotlight. EDIT: How do I remove, I do not know the actual time or date of the change

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How to ctrl+click without right clicking?

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Post date April 7, 2020
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A website that I use has different commands for ctrl+click and right click. Because ctrl+click is mapped to right click on Mac, when I use I get the right click action. I want to be able to use the ctrl+click command without it being interpreted as a right click.

Tags A website that I use has different commands for ctrl+click and right click. Because ctrl+click is mapped to right click on Mac, when I use I get the right click action. I want to be able to use the ctrl+click command without it being interpreted as a right click.

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Facing issue with the network in windows 10

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Post date April 7, 2020
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I am trying to load an URL say https://remote.xyz.com and I have connected my laptop WiFi network to my cellphones HotSpot network(Which is Airtel). When I am trying to load this URL using this network, I am continuously getting error as “This site can’t be reached…ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT” . But if I change my network from Airtel […]

Tags I am continuously getting error as "This site can’t be reached...ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT" . But if I change my network from Airtel to Vodafo, I am trying to load an URL say https://remote.xyz.com and I have connected my laptop WiFi network to my cellphones HotSpot network(Which is A

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Installing Imagemagick using Homebrew does not give me the imagemagick command

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Post date April 7, 2020
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Hello I am trying to use homebrew to install Imagemagick and I use the following command: brew install imagemagick The installation finishes with no error and I do get the folder: /usr/local/Cellar/imagemagick/. But the command is not added to my terminal environment and I cannot find the imagemagick binary. Am I missing something? I am […]

Tags Hello I am trying to use homebrew to install Imagemagick and I use the following command: brew install imagemagick The installation finishe

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Why is there no “Edit options” option to add product variants in my Facebook shop?

Post author By Math Dev
Post date April 7, 2020
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In my Facebook shop, when I am trying to add a new item there is no “Edit options” option in the add product form. Why? How can I add product variants to a new product?

Tags In my Facebook shop, when I am trying to add a new item there is no "Edit options" option in the add product form. Why? How can I add product variants to a new pr