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On my Mac Air: whether I use Chrome, Firefox, or Safari, when I try to log into Brightspeed and get to my home page, as soon as I enter the code it sends me to login, I see my home page for a split second then the screen goes completely white/blank. I've cleared my cache, I've tried using an incognito page, nothing works. I sent Brightspeed a DM on Facebook, they said they created a case number, they then tried to see me other services which I ignored, then then said since they haven't heard back from me they were closing the case. Does anyone else have this issue? I can log in on my phone with no problem but prefer to do it on the bigger laptop screen.

This is why I moved away from Overrcast for a while. I’m back and in the testing program and I like a lot of the new changes. However, if I put a podcast in the queue and a new podcast downloads and puts it over the episode limit and the one in the queue is the oldest, it’s automatically deleted. This keeps happening to me. If it’s in the queue it needs to be immune to automatically deletion.

I've been doing amateur magic for a while, I'm an adult but have hands on the smaller side. I finally purchased an invisible deck, from Murphys Magic. The trick is brilliant in its simplicity, but I just cannot find a technique to make the cards separate. Is there a way to hold the cards and handle them that will let me do this? Thanks.

There has been a shuffle of channels in the last few days in August, and WIAT 42 is no longer the CBS affiliate and will become/has become WIAT 42 CW. It has the syndication rights for Jeopardy, so we are anxious to see it. However, currently, I only see a CW listing for CW21. Will Youtube TV start carrying WIAT 42 CW?

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A little over two months ago I had my first eye done for cataracts/LAL lens implant. A week later I had the second one done. I'm 69 and have had terrible, can't see the E on the eyechart vision since I was around 10. On top of that, I have had some astigmatism in my right eye but TERRIBLE astigmatism in my left eye. For this reason, I chose the LAL option, as I was not confident they could get it perfect in one try. Also, my Medicare Advantage plan gave me a decent cost. I went to a doctor who is one of the best in the Southeast.

I've had one correction in my right eye, to remove all of the astigmatism, and I just last week had my second correction in my left eye, the second astigmatism treatment to get at least most of it. That second astigmatism correction made a huge difference. I said, before the treatment, if this was as good as it got, I'd be delighted. But removal of the rest of the astigmatism made an even bigger improvement. I had the right eye set for distance and the left eye for the rest. I can see distance, I can watch TV and read my laptop and my iPhone without reading glasses, and the big surprise is my near vision. I said I'd be happy with being able to do everything except fine print, and using reading glasses for that. But I can read the tiny light brown on blue numbers that are the date around my wristwatch. My close up vision is superb! Totally unexpected. I do have to hold the watch about 6-8 inches away from my eyes, but who cares?

The only issue at all that I have is that I get occasional "stuff" in my eye, blinking gets rid of it, that apparently is dry eye "stuff. I use recommended eye drops and I really don't notice it unless I'm watching TV in a dark room. Not a big deal.

I still occasionally start to push my glasses up my nose, and I still reach over to my bedside table for my glasses when I wake up. ;)

We will be on a driving trip next week, so I will have around 3 weeks before my next appointment, but unless something odd happens we will be locking them in on that appointment. I could not be happier, this has FAR exceeded my expectations!

We have an LG refrigerator, about 4 years old, that makes very loud noises coming from the craft ice maker (the one in the freezer that makes the round ice.) It occurs as it is trying to eject the ice, I believe. We had this issue a couple of years ago, and a software update fixed it. But it’s back. Does anyone have a fix for this other than replacing the craft ice maker or turning it off? Thanks.

I tried to sharpen my Benchmade Crooked River knife in the past, but I didn't really know what I was doing - I didn't hurt it, in fact, I never really got a good burr. Hand sharpening with good Japanese stones, but I realized I really wasn't skilled enough yet with holding an angle. etc.

I have a new TSprof Kadet Pro on the way, and after I sharpen all the kitchen knives I want to sharpen my Crooked River. I don't know what angle it is at currently; I think I was targeting 15 degrees in the past because that sounded "sharp."

Other than chastising me for my ignorance in the past, what tips would you give me when I go to sharpen this knife? Angle to shoot for, etc. Thanks

I need to basically have two libraries of photos and videos: one for personal/family and one for my consulting work. I also need both of them to be synced to the iCloud so I can access them from my iPhone, iPad, and Mac Air. The only way I know to do this is to move the consulting work photos/videos to a folder in my Files.

The problem I have is that it is much more difficult browsing and managing photos and videos in a Files folder than when they are in the Photos app. Simply browsing them, for example: I don't know of any app that will work with Files photos the way it does with those in the Photos app, especially on the iPhone. Is there one? I know I can just use Finder in gallery mode but that's fairly crude.

Am I doing this the hard way?

I've got about 6500 photos and 1200 videos in my Photos app. I've got the "Optimizing Library" message stuck at 38% and has been stuck for a couple of months. I've done all the standard hard reset, unsync/sync phone,etc and nothing fixes that. I read in this reddit some people fixed this by removing all of the corrupt photos and videos in their library.

Is there an app that will identity corrupt photos and videos in the library? That's a lot to just scroll through.

Thanks.

We have an LG refrigerator, about 4 years old, that makes very loud noises coming from the craft ice maker (the one in the freezer that makes the round ice.) It occurs as it is trying to eject the ice, I believe. We had this issue a couple of years ago, and a software update fixed it. But it’s back. Does anyone have a fix for this other than replacing the craft ice maker or turning it off? Thanks.

I'm giving my Worksharp Precision Adjust Pro to my adult son, who has decided he'd like to get into knife sharpening. To replace it, I ordered a TSprof Kadet Pro while it is on sale, and the LClamps. The Kadet is on backorder so I have some time to order anything else I might need. So - for owners of the Kadet Pro, what are some tips, tricks, and just things I need to know about it as I switch to it from the Workshop Precision Adjust Pro? Thanks!

I'm looking at the Ruixin Pro Omnix and wondering how it compares to the Work Sharp Professional Precision Adjust - the Ruixin looks pretty slick, but I wouldn't need some of the "extra" capabilities (I don't think) like using it for freehand with large stones. Wondering what people here think?

I've seen some discussions that touch on this, I think, but I have a simple need. I want to have family photos in my Photos app on my iPhone that I can easily share on the TV or just let my grandkids scroll through, etc. and another library that is my work photos including photos for the book I'm writing, receipts for consulting, and other photos I don't want to share or be seen (not porn but same concept in terms of keeping them private.) I would use the Hidden photos album if it allowed sub-albums within it, but of course it does not. But that is basically what I need: a Hidden album that syncs on iCloud (for safety and for access on my iPad and Mac) that has sub-albums for organization. Is there anything that allows this in a simple way? Thanks.

This may be a bit long but hopefully useful for those going through this. It's been almost two months since I had my first eye done with LAL after cataract surgery; the second eye was one week later. The doctor and office that did this are very highly regarded, and he does a TON of these as well as other procedures, many state of the art. I chose LAL because my eyes were very bad (and have been since I was around 9 years old) with astigmatism, which is VERY bad in my left eye. I told the doctor my goal was to be able to see distance, to be able to watch TV and work on my laptop and hopefully my phone without having to put reading glasses on, but no problem with reading glasses for up close/fine print as I had to do that with contacts (and had to remove my glasses when I wore them to see fine print.) I chose LAL because I did not trust being able to get this right in one shot, mainly because of how bad my eyes were and the super high astigmatism in my left eye. Since I had worn contacts for a long time with the right eye set for distance and the left eye for closer, that's how they set them.

I was very surprised when both eyes were done and before the first correction. I could not only see the TV and my laptop and phone, but I could read the super fine print on my wristwatch! I was amazed at being able to SEE without glasses or contacts! Things weren't "perfect" but my first correction left my eyes distance where they were but removed all of the astigmatism in my right eye and most in the left eye. The goal being to remove as much as possible of the astigmatism in the left eye next correction.

My next visit was about two weeks after the first correction. They are VERY much about you taking your time and not rushing anything. Technically my vision was 20/20. I told the doctor that I was very happy other than two issues: one, I seemed to have to wipe my eyes a lot when watching TV, especially at night, as it felt like I was having "stuff" that created a little blur. Wiping it or blinking cleared it but I had to do that a lot. Even using the preservative free eye drops. The other was that I noticed when in the car my wife could read license plates at a greater distance than I could. My question was, could I get a little better distance vision without screwing up my intermediate and close vision, i.e. I don't want to lose my ability to read fine print without readers. Dr. said that is doable, but doing the eye exam noticed a little bit of "scar tissue" behind the lens; this is normal and very treatable. The doctor said fixing that may help your distance vision. I was skeptical but I needed to have it fixed so OK. So about a week ago he did the YAG procedure on both eyes. Very quick and easy. And I was surprised to see that I now could see license plates as we were driving at the same distance as my wife!

So - I have two corrections per eye left. I go tomorrow for the second and I think all the dr. will do is remove as much of the astigmatism as possible from the left eye. I don't feel the need to change my distance to near vision. The only issue I have is the little blur that seems to be "stuff" in my eyes and which I really only notice watching TV, especially at night.

One last note: even though I have worn contacts with my right eye as my distance eye and left eye as close eye for decades, the doctor did a test at my last visit and said, you know, you kind of seem to have you left eye as your dominant eye. He said it's not uncommon for people's dominant eye to not be what they think. And at times it does feel like my left eye is competing for my distance vision, such as watching TV, especially since I'm paying a LOT more attention to my vision than I normally would. He said they could easily switch the eyes. My only concern is that I only have two corrections left, and my distance to fine print vision exceeds my expectations. I would hate to switch them, especially with the left eye likely to have a little astigmatism left (they're not sure they can remove 100%) and then only have one correction left to switch them back and risk something not being right with no corrections left.

Bottom line: This has far exceeded my expectations! I still reach for my glasses on my bedside table when I wake up!

I'm relatively new to the Mac world (though I've had an iPhone and iPad for a LONG time.) I'm looking for a simple but effective program to convert photos and videos. For example, when we want to watch a video on our Roku Ultra, it can be picking about the formats it will use in it's media player. On photos, I sometimes need to convert a photo to a different format or resize it.

Is there a consensus "best" app for this? Thanks.

Based on the new rules I cannot post a link to the news article, but Cornell Medicine just posted that they found that among patients in stage 3 using androgen receptor inhibitors who were being monitored, about 25% had cancer progress that was not causing an increase in PSA levels. They are recommending that patients receiving potent androgen receptor inhibitors such as enzalutamide may benefit from periodic imaging in addition to routine PSA monitoring, particularly during the first two years of treatment. They propose that future clinical guidelines should reconsider how PSA increase defines cancer advancement and provide clearer recommendations for imaging frequency.

Posting in case anyone here is undergoing this type of treatment; you may want to discuss this with your doctor. I can't post a link to the article but you can find it if interested by search for Cornell Medicine and the topic name.

I post this because it would be terrible to think everything is going great while being treated with these because your PSA is not moving yet have cancer progressing.

I'm sure this will get downvoted, but after searching this group and online, I'm still not sure I have an answer. And I don't think this can be easily done. But you guys are the pros, so I'll ask here.

There's the "What" and the "How." The What: I really would like to have one app on my iPhone that holds only photos that I can let my grandkids or anyone else look through, and another app for the photos I work with (I do a lot of photo and video editing for people, nothing NSFW but not for sharing.) I would love the second app to also use iCloud for storage so I could access them on my Mac or iPad when needed. I realize I could simply move all of those to the HIdden album, and I would if there was some way to create folders in the Hidden album, but there is not and I need the organization. So - the What I am looking for is a second app on my iPhone that I can move, not copy, photos and videos to that also uses iCloud to store and that is secure. I know that sounds like porn; it's not, fwiw. The How is what I'm looking for.

Thanks,

I've used DOS and then Windows for decades, since I moved from my Apple ][ to a PC. I recently retired and decided to try moving to a Mac Air M3 to go with my iPad Pro and iPhone 16 pro. Love the integration! But I KNOW I must be doing some things the "hard way" as I've never watched/read any "Mac for Windows users" articles. What am I most likely doing the wrong way? Thanks.

I've seen posts on this but the ones my search finds are a couple of years old. I am trying to figure out how to clear the storage space some apps use. For example: I use Videoleap quite a bit. It's showing 9.94 gigs in Documents and Data in the iPhone Storage area. I delete Videoleap, and that storage space is recovered, as you would expect. But if I reinstall it, even though the Delete option said it would remove the data, the 9.94 gigs is taken up again. I tried to delete it, then shut down my iPhone, then restart it. Then reinstall Videoleap. 9.94 gig again. It's like there's no way to clear that. In the Apps section, for Videoleap, there's no "Clear Cache" option. I've looked in the app, there are no projects, etc to delete.

Help! I need that space back. I see that Firefox takes up 4.31 gig on my iPhone, as another example. I know some will say just use a different video editor, but I use it every day and have tried most alternatives and I don't want to give it up for something dumb like this.

Thanks.

I'm 69, had my cataract surgery on my left eye and the right eye a week later. LAL lenses inserted. Very bad eyesight since around 10 years old and VERY severe astigmatism in the left eye. Asked to be able to have good distance vision and be able to read my laptop and maybe phone without reading glasses, fine with them for fine print. After the initial surgery I was surprised to find that I could read the very fine print on my watch, as well as the TV and everything in between. My first adjustment was used to remove much of the astigmatism in the left eye and all in my right eye. I went in for the second treatment yesterday. I told her that I was extremely happy with my intermediate and especially close up vision. It exceeded expectations. Removal of some of the astigmatism in the left eye made the laptop reading much sharper. My only issue was that, while the TV is sharp most of the time, it sometimes feels like I have a little blur that I have to blink away even after using drops, and my wife can see license plates and road signs from a bit further away than I can. And the sharpness and amazing colors weren't quite there now. I asked if it was possible to tune the distance just a touch without compromising the great intermediate to very fine vision? If not, my current vision exceeds my expectations and it is amazing to not need glasses for anything after 50 years of being unable to see anything without them (I still reach for glasses on my bedside table every morning when I wake up.)

She checked my eyes and told me that I had some scarring in the right eye (I think she said only the right eye) which she said is normal in about 60% of patients with this procedure. (BTW this is a superb eye surgery clinic.) It's called YAG laser capsulotomy for posterior capsule opacification ("secondary cataract") After cataract surgery, the thin membrane that holds the implanted lens can become cloudy. It isn't a cataract growing back—the cataract is gone—but the capsule behind the lens becomes hazy. She said it is not unusual and the senior doctor in the clinic (he did the initial surgery) has a routine laser procedure to remove it in minutes. She said it should make things even sharper and could help with some of the distance issues (which are very minor, TBH) and recommended we don't use my second adjustment until after that. I told her I'm in no rush and my vision is already great. The senior doctor is out so I will wait until July 6 for the laser removal of the YAG. I'm excited about seeing what my vision is like after that, because even if I had no other treatments, my vision FAR exceeds my expectations at this point. But I did want to make this post in case some people were not familiar with YAG.