The common cold – we get it 2-4 times a year on average and, although not something that kills us, can knock us sideways for a while. Yet, there’s no cure and what exists to help it, well, isn’t brilliant.
(more…)Category: How To
My “How To” guides on various things
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How to fix thee UI-800-3 Netflix error on Fire TV
Netflix on my Fire TV Stick was fine yesterday but today refused to start without a UI-800-3 error.
Clicking on the option for additional information gave me an option to reset Netflix – the equivalent of clearing all the data in Android. You have to sign back in but that works a treat.
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How to fix the xcrun error after an MacOS update
I’ve been running the beta of MacOS Sierra for a while now and, apart from the odd niggle (which I’ve obviously reported), all has been fine. That was until I went to use my Subversion client for the first time…
xcrun: error: invalid active developer path (/Library/Developer/CommandLineTools), missing xcrun at: /Library/Developer/CommandLineTools/usr/bin/xcrunNow, the issue here is that the command line tools are either missing or broken. The same happened after El Capitan, so this appears to be a general issue and one that, sadly, Apple don’t seem to fix.
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How to use Facebook to find your Friend’s Interests
With the option to “like” groups and organisations on Facebook, it’s now become easy to find out who your friends and family have liked.
With a general election looming, for instance, you may be interested in finding out their political allegiances. With this in mind, here are some quick links – click on any and it will list which of your Facebook friends have “liked” them.
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How to upgrade a Mid-2012 Macbook Pro to SSD
It was back in August 2012 that I bought myself a Macbook Pro. It’s still going just as strong today, now with the latest version of OS X (although battery lift is not what it was). It wasn’t a standard build as I opted for a 120GB SSD, instead of the usual mechanical drive. As I wasn’t storing music, videos or photos on it I felt that 120GB of storage would be plenty, and the SSD would add extra resilience.
However, although storage of media is still not something I do on it, I do make extensive use of iMovie. And it positively eats drive storage. Thankfully, since, SSD prices have dropped, so it’s time for a replacement.