@matigo He offered a 5-month extension to the free 1 month trial of 1Password membership. No use to me, since I already own the various forms of 1Password that I need, so I'll not need to rent them at $2.99 per month.
// @JeremyCherfas
@hazardwarning I still have the handsfree kit for a Nokia 2110. I bought a cheap Philips PR747 to use with it because apart from the Nokia name & squared-off corners, they were identical: the Philips was a clone of the 2110. Such phones are no good here. The three network providers have or are scheduled to shut down the 2G spectrum by September.
// @matigo
Received an email from Apple asking me to confirm that I wanted to reset the password of one of my Apple IDs.
I hadn't made any such request so I went thru the "iforgot" process and reset to to something quite different.
I've been short-changing myself when doing coffee with the capsule espresso machine: been using an excessively large cup, almost twice the capacity recommended. So I've doubled the number of capsules used per brew - much more betterer.
Two backups were just run together, one a SuperDuper! clone, the other a Time Machine backup. The former was via USB 2.0 & the latter over FireWire 800. I do a fiddle with Terminal to take Time Machine from a background operation & make it a high-priority one instead.
The Time Machine backup of 7.5 GB finished 5 minutes before the 6 GB clone, despite the clone having started a minute before the Time Machine drive was connected.
This MB Pro can only have USB 3.0 when a dock or an adaptor is attached via Thunderbolt & the T/bolt connection is currently used for the 20-inch monitor.
@sumudu Lost wifi internet, had to restore it so I could continue my Kindle experience.
Why am I suddenly unable to reply to another user when I could a few minutes ago?
That was weird: most of my home wi-fi went down: it was fed by a recalcitrant FTTN broadband network over Ethernet. The 2.4 GHz & 5 GHz networks generated by the modem/router were not working at all, yet the connected VOiP phones were OK as was the other wifi network provided by my AirPort Express that connects to the router via Ethernet.
A manual restart of the router restored full service.
@matigo For exising customers only. Number portability can take up to 48 hours to process. Once done, you are an existing customer. Online recharge deal ends 5pm on Friday.