Just realised I didn't have a pnut.io app on my new (spare) Android phone. So I downloaded Goober from github and shared it via my Dropshare app, available via Setapp subscription. Dropshare is linked to a folder in OneDrive, so I downloaded OneDrive from the Google Play Store and accesses the .apk file on the phone.
First I had to tell the phone it was OK to install stuff from an unrecognised developer and later to install the app anyway, despite it supposedly being unsuited to the OS version I have.
it works fine.
then I thought, "why didn't I just use the phone to save the download. I followed up the Dale app from the pnut.io website and it side-loaded quite successfully, too. Just to be on the safe side, I also saved the beta.pnut.io web app to the desktop as well.
@phoneboy It was when I returned home I found the HDMI cable which I used to use with the MacBook Air at that venue: it's a cheapish USB-C to HDMI cable of 4 metres length and rated for HDMI 4k@30 Hz.
It was time to upgrade my spare mobile phone, my existing Android device had used up its last OS upgrade. I opted for a Motorola Moto G75 as that model comes with five guaranteed major OS upgrades. It was delivered from Amazon and I had to quote either a one-time 6-digit password or the last two digits of my phone number. Included in the package was a clear silicone case and a set of Moto Buds which normally retail at AU$249, accounting for half the cost of the package.
For my after-marker iPhone case, I'd bought an ESR Halolock universal magnetic ring to enable the case to cling onto a MagSafe-compatible charger. there were two such rings in the pack, so I applied the spare one to the back of the G75's case, enabling use with my various (mostly ESR Halolock-branded) MagSafe chargers.
Speaking of chargers, it has a TurboCharge fast charging feature capable of supplying 33W at 3A and 11.0 volts.
So I took my M4 Mac mini to the Apple User Group meeting only to be almost stymied by old technology. I could not connect it to either the venue's big wall-mounted smart TV or to an Apple TV 3rd gen that was visible on the TV itself.
I tried demonstrating my Soundcore Boom 2 Plus high power Bluetooth speaker but it was not visible in Bluetooth settings even though it had worked at home.
The venue's TV is not new and offers a maximum resolution of 1920 x 1080. i had practised at home on two different HD TVs using different HDMI combinations, all of which worked fine. Those were 4k-capable HDMI cable, 2k cable, USB-C to HDMI and a USB-to-HDMI adapter using either of the two available HDMI cables.
Eventually we got the wifi streaming connection to the TV working but these things were no issue in previous months when using the M3 MacBook Air.
The Boom 2 Plus could connect to the iPhone so I was able to demonstrate the room-filling audio capability of the device via the iPhone Mirroring app. So damned frustrating.
Tomorrow I'm spending a few hours in a pathology collection place/ It'd time for the three-monthly blood glucose resistance test. Take a sample of blood then drink a super-saturated glucose solution and take another blood sample after one hour. Then again an hour later. This is a fasting test so no midnight snacks for me tonight. I plan on fasting from 8pm.
I had my M1 Mac mini and its associated Logitech AudioHub (combination subwoofer 2.1 stereo soundbar/USB 2 hub) listed for sale in a few places but decided to give Facebook marketplace a go for the Mac, having found a use at home for the speaker setup.
It sold 10 hours ago to the first person who expressed interest in it. Quite pleased with that. I chose to demonstrate the Mac in the garage instead of in my home for privacy reasons. I had it connected to a 21-year-old 20-inch Apple Cinema Display that only needed a DVI-to-HDMI adaptor to make it workable.
That was an interesting problem: I have a 2015 FujiXerox colour laser printer connected via USB to the USB port of an Apple AirPort Extreme. This connection gives a faster response to printing jobs than either Ethernet or Wi-Fi connections.
Yesterday I was unable to print wirelessly from either the M3 MacBook Air or the M4 Mac mini despite the two computers being able to start the printer from its dormant state. I found the problem to also be affecting the Canon inkjet printer in the bedroom.
It was a setting in System Settings-->General-->Sharing-->Printer Sharing. After turning Printer Sharing on with the MacBook Air I checked the setting on the M4 mini. It was already on but beside the toggle for that setting there was a an information indicator. Clicking on that revealed that all users on both printers had no access. that setting should have read "Can Print" instead of "No Access."
So I was getting woeful to negligible wi-fi connection speeds from three different routers: my ISP-provided modem router; my Apple Air
port Extreme and my cheap mesh network when trying the MacBook Air in the bedroom. Checked the speed of the Ethernet-connected M4 Mac mini: it was fine. This is connected to an Ethernet switch which in turn is connected to the ISP modem router.
A simple fix. Turn the modem router off and back on again, waith 10-15 minutes for connection to be reestablished and try again. Bingo, all wi-fi networks were back up to their normal speeds.