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Getting rid of song auto ratings in iTunes
I use the iTunes ratings quite extensively for organizing my music collection with smart playlists. Of late I started seeing some songs I had never rated in my smart playlists and they show up with...
View ArticleUnderstanding “iPhone is synced with another iTunes Library. Do you want to...
That’s a relief, but they really ought to reword it now that we are exclusively on iOS devices: What it actually does: Erase the iTunes media only, nothing else is erased For example, if you have a...
View ArticleMouse Pointer Disappears in Chrome
I faced this issue when working on my HP Pavilion x2 which has a touchscreen. The mouse pointer disappeared when moved over the Chrome but continued to show up in other applications. It seems to be...
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Changing an iPhone 5s battery for Rs 600
My 2+ year old iPhone 5s battery had been behaving quite erratically in the last few months and it used to switch off with the battery levels in the 40s. I finally bit the bullet and decided to replace...
View ArticleOutlook for Mac 2016 15.x – Repeated password prompts issue
I have been a Microsoft Office user on the Mac for nearly 3 years now at my workplace and for the last 6-8 months, I have been plagued by repeated password prompts on Outlook 2016 for my Work Exchange...
View ArticleMi app store induced Whatsapp obsolescence
TLDR: If you are using a Xiaomi phone like the Mi 4 or redmi series then: Go to the Whatsapp site and download and install the apk (you may need to enable third party app installs in settings) Disable...
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Sharing large videos on Whatsapp from an iPhone
WhatsApp has this frustrating limit of 16 MB or about 1-2 min for videos shared from the camera roll on my iPhone. There seems to be a reasonable workaround through the Google photos app wherein you...
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Getting rid of ads with Pi-hole
I’ve been using Pi-hole running on a Raspberry Pi 3B+ for the past 2 1/2 years, and it has really spoilt me to the extent that I have forgotten what ads on web pages and mobile apps look like (the...
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iOS to Android [P1]: Perks outside the walled garden
I had never used Android as my exclusive daily driver, and my last proper Android phone usage on the Mi 4 was in parallel with my iPhone 5s around 6-7 years ago. A lot has changed in this time, and a...
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Taking Stable Diffusion for a spin on a basic laptop
I’ve been quite intrigued by the recent public releases of Dall-E followed by Stable Diffusion which allow you to generate images from simple text prompts, & had been trying them out on the free...
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Dubai Diaries: The Dubai move and Golden Visa
It’s been exactly 2 years since I joined my regional role in Boehringer Ingelheim in Dubai. I rarely blog about my personal life, but I thought now would be a good time to share some of the...
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Dubai Diaries: Staying active via VR
The second device (the first was of course the gaming laptop that has been doing double duty as a GenAI device) that I purchased in Dubai after relocating in 2022 was the Meta Quest 2 VR headset....
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Fixing newsletter readability on Inoreader
I have been using Inoreader as my main feed reader for quite a while now after having tried feedly for a few years. I even upgraded to their Premium plan for the power user and additional newsletter...
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Disable Windows Hello for Smooth Autofill in Chrome
If you are a regular user of Chrome on Windows like me and have the auto-fill password manager enabled, you may be getting the Windows sign in prompt every time that you try to auto-fill any forms....
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