u/contain_solitudes

I have two little projects on my backburner:

-my 2024 Lenovo started making some popcorn sound and I refuse to turn it on out of fear it's gonna get fried. I'd like to retrieve my data off the hard drive.

-I have a 2015 Macbook Pro with an old bulging battery. I'd like to get a new one installed.

I'd love recommendations for places that can do good work and not charge highway robbery. Thank you!

I'd like to know from anyone who's used their 2026 in the past few months whether the mold problem has been corrected. Thanks!

Well I finally made the jump from Ventura to Sequoia (I rarely use my imac, so no hate!).

I was shocked at how slow the machine is now, though after googling, clearing the cache helped maybe 60%. I'm wondering what else I can do to speed it up?

Specs:

8GB RAM

3Ghz Intel Core can't remember if it's quad or duo)

1TB memory, with about 400GB remaining.

It's a 21 inch, so it looks like I'd have to take it in to get a RAM upgrade. Would you recommend this?

Any other advice is appreciated.

Hello, I am new to the Chrome OSverse.

I bought it mainly to write during my commute where I don't have internet. Most offline notes apps in the Play Store are clearly for phones given the small size of their screen, which I can't change. When I change it from portrait to landscape, all it does is give me a black background, with no change to the actual notepad.

Does an app meant for a landscape-oriented tablet exist for Chrome OS? I'd rather have one than chance it with Google Docs offline, which can become complicated.

I also prefer something that does not use AI.

Thanks!

I have never had an actual bad coach at SC until last night.

She had told us she could demo one move for us but decided not to, and continued chatting away to her friends, asking if we wanted to see her pirouette, and making jokes before and during class, which is fine! I'm glad you can be yourself as a coach at Solidcore lol.

But one move, when she cued it she said "this is the one I was thinking of demoing before class but didn't...oh well!" I apparently got it backwards because it's the second time I've ever done it, it was killing my knees, and I guess it's part of my ND brain where I do coordinated things backwards until I really really get it.

She saw me doing it wrong a second time, and pushed her mic down, and snapped at me, "No! Jane!" And told me again how to do it right, clearly irritated.

She said goodbye to everyone as they left class. When I waved at her, to say goodbye and also to see if she wanted to chat about the move, she ignored me.

I will not be taking class with her again. I do want to chat with a manager about this, but I am also friends with several coaches at this location. We don't hang out, but we're IG friends and we chat on there sometimes.

I am concerned she may badmouth me to them, and if she has influence, that of course would jeopardize my standing with them. She's a pro coach, and my friends are either at that level or senior coaches.

...just know that coach is a sadist.

I had one (grey?) spring over the amplified load for inner thighs at his instruction on Thursday and I'm still limping. My coach yesterday said she's still hurting from inner thighs last week. GD...

I have never owned a Chromebook before, and this one is used, so have no idea if this is a defect or it's just how they are.

I cannot left or right click.

I went into settings, and saw there is an option to tap instead of click the trackpad. When that is turned on, I'm able to tap for left click with no issues, and right click by tapping and pressing the alt key.

However, I like clicking! Can someone provide any insight? Thanks!

I purchased something from Amazon. It was due to get to the warehouse the day my card is due. I asked Synchrony to push up the due date, but they couldn't, so thety asked me to ask Amazon for an advanced refund and that they will do it.

They of course didn't.

I called and called until it got an early refund a few days after the card was due. I now have a $43 fee.

I have been unsuccessful in the past in getting this fee reversed. Any tips? I don't think even the BBB complaint worked.

I have a complicated history with this guy. We're talking in DMs regularly working it out slowly, but just before when things were really bad, he hid his stories from me.

When I liked his post yesterday, suddenly the pink circle reappeared on his profile, when I saw his profile in the dropdown from the search function in the magnifying glass tab. And then ten mins later it disappeared.

But today on scrolling through his posts from his profile page, the pink circle was there again, and on the magnifying tab again. But when I click it it goes to a black screen.

It's never done that before yesterday. Is this a typical thing?

Comfee is a Midea brand. I tried registering online but it doesn't accept the model number no matter what I put in. I emailed them, but no one opens the email.

Anyone have any tips or success?