…One thing I had noticed is that my backups were always gigabytes in size. I had the backups set to “hourly” and still gigabytes of data were being backed up each time. How could that be? To find out I had to find out what actually was being backed up. But how?… Continue reading Monkey Tech Tip: A Confusing Message from Apple Time Machine – SOLVED!
…For a switched outlet, you want the bottom (left screw) outlet and the top (right screw) outlet disconnected. The way this is done is by taking say a pair of needle nose pliers, grasping that metal tab, and rocking it back and forth until it snaps off from the friction… Continue reading Monkey Quick Take: Installing a Split (Half-hot) Outlet
…Once again my Whirlpool WHES40 water softener has failed this monkey. All I want is soft hair all over my body, and this Florida super-chlorinated jungle-water isn’t going to allow that… Continue reading Whirlpool WHES40 Replacement – a Snap!
…Speaking of poo flinging, what happened to inline images in your Mac Mail messages?… Continue reading Monkey Quick Take: Bring Back Those Inline Mac Mail Images!
…Other times, it will not display the speed limit sign, which is what happened to me… Continue reading Monkey Quick Take: CX-9 Heads Up Display No Longer Showing Speed Limits
Oh this one was such a pain and the fix was so simple that I had to just publish it … Continue reading Monkey Quick Take: Bicycle Pedal Gear Hard to Switch
…a recent issue with the Apple Music player and especially CarPlay has me throwing poop and screeching… Continue reading Fixing the Disappearing Autoplay Option in Apple CarPlay
“In what is likely a bug that will be fixed in Safari soon, version Version 15.1 (17612.2.9.1.20) of Safari, which is part of the latest Monterey release (as of 11/19/2021) has an irritating little bug with a simple workaround.” Continue reading Monkey Quick Take: Monterey Safari Links Don’t Open in New Tab
“Oh this is a really quick take because the answer is obvious but not so much that I didn’t spend 30 mins trying to fix this issue.” Continue reading Monkey Quick Take : Apple AirPods Pro Issue – Noise Cancellation Won’t Stay On – or – Place AirPods in Both Ears Message
‘The issue relates to MS Update saying there are new version of the MS Office Suite for Mac OS (in my case, Big Sur).’ Continue reading Monkey Quick Take: Microsoft Office Update Failing on my Mac (M1)
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