Useful tech bits

For most visitors, a lot of this will be rather arcane and useless. However, I’ll pin to the top any posts that would be more widely useful.

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  • Changing wireless carriers? What to know before you go!
    The process of changing a wireless carrier can be a lot smoother and faster if you come prepared. You can do the most time-consuming parts before you get to the store. More importantly, you can avoid having to go back to complete the process. Continue reading
  • Back up a YouTube channel with JDownloader2
    Overview Did you know if that if YouTube deletes your channel, even if they do it in error and it’s “restored,” the content is gone forever–unless you have a backup? I found that using Google Takeout can be really cumbersome with large channels and the collection of files and data it gives you aren’t in … Continue reading
  • What I think about when I think about updating
    Updating an operating system used to be a lot more exciting than it is now.   Put simply, things would break. And for a time in Apple’s checkered past, it wasn’t as much “if” as it was “what.” Even if there was a change sheltered behind a couple of dots in the version number, there were … Continue reading

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