Weird behaviour from the MacBook Air, strange permissions requests from Droplr & Dropbox at bootup, Outlook account kept disassociating its password from the Mail app, OneDrive app wasn't recognising its own login details although it was fine in a web browser.
A litany of utter lunacy.
Bit the bullet & restored to an 8-day-old Time Machine backup.
Eventually, and after a restart to settle things, it's all working fine again & I've recovered 6 GB of free space.
“Entrapment: The terrifying but tragically true tale of Trevor’s trapped testicle” by Bill Kearns.
One thing really troubled Don,
Not Vladimir or Kim Jong-un,
Not the economic crisis,
Nor the terrorists of ISIS,
Climate change or cheap fake tan,
Weinstein or the Ku Klux Klan,
Not even nuclear escalation,
But Alec Baldwin’s impersonation . . .
@phoneboy Horses for courses. A wise tea drinker will have stores of both available.
This is wot done it. A stone, collected on Friday while crossing a ridge of gravel made by a road grader on a narrow dirt road. I had to cross over the ridge to get to the side of the road that was wide enough to travel along.
Mechanic said that in effect I had a stone engine mount when reverse was selected & the engine torque in reverse jammed it in tight, negating the effect of the rubber mounts.
Mechanic just called. Asked if I was sitting down and ready for a price. I said I was. It’s around $850 LESS than I had been led to expect. There was a stone caught up in the gear linkages somehow causing the noise in reverse & at idle. Cost of repair is $55!
@gtwilson I recall helping to replace the clutch in Dad's Toyota Hi-Lux pickup in the early 1980s. It wasn't overly difficult, certainly doable in the back yard. But unlike a front wheel drive car you don't have to dismantle ½ the engine to get at it cos everything's no longer all in a straight line like the old vehicles.
OneDrive app on the MacBook Air doesn't want to let me log in, so I've deleted it & its corresponding synced files in the Home folder. Instead, I have created a single site browser of OneDrive using Epichrome app. This at least gives me access to my content. No such problem with the iMac.
Opened Keychain & deleted the OneDrive Cached file therein, as recommended by MicroSloth, didn't work.
Car made horrible graunching noises when reversing but was OK going forward, apart from the clutch taking up at the bottom end of travel & having over 2 inches of free play before any action. Mechanic says it's a big job to get at the works 7 the flywheel must also come out because it has to be machined. This is needed, she said, because otherwise there's no warranty on the clutch pack.
I should have it back by Wednesday, I was lucky that someone else had a breakdown on the weekend & had to have their car fixed on the spot, rather than waiting for the mechanic's appointment tomorrow. So they cancelled the booking, leave a time-slot free for my car. Amazing because it's a holiday weekend coming up on Monday & folk like to have their vehicles serviced & ready for a trip away.