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Restart built-in FaceTime camera on iMac during a Zoom meeting

Posted on July 26, 2020July 26, 2020 by Ellen

The Facetime camera on my 2013 iMac has a habit of turning off abruptly during Zoom meetings. Not only does the video go black, but Zoom and all other video-using apps no longer see the

How to remove VIPs from Mac Mail

Posted on August 24, 2018September 30, 2018 by Ellen

The more email you get, the more time the Mac Mail VIPs list will save you. Besides restricting notifications to the VIPs list, you can quickly check the VIPs folder in Mail, rather than wading

Old Apple Magic Mouse is discoverable, but not pairing

Posted on August 24, 2018September 9, 2018 by Ellen

I have a couple of old battery-powered Magic Mice, which both sometimes suffer from the same problem: they get disconnected, then when I attempt to re-pair the affected mouse, the Mac tells me: “Couldn’t connect

Google sheets recipe: if a cell has a positive value, use it, else use the value from another column

Posted on August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 by Ellen

In the Google sheet shown, there are two columns for Orders and Adjusted orders. Only some of entries have adjusted values, but when they exist, they take precedence. Here is the conditional formula that selects

Release Windows File Share Locks

Posted on August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 by Ellen

Files that are locked because they are open in another application are a frequent problem when I work on network shares. Windows will stop you from overwriting a folder because one file inside is theoretically

When Adobe Creative Cloud Doesn’t Display an App Tab: Can’t Download Any Apps.

Posted on August 20, 2018August 22, 2018 by Ellen

After installing and licensing the Adobe Creative Cloud app, sometimes the Apps tab is missing, so no apps can be downloaded. The Fix: Locate the configuration file “ServiceConfig.xml.” Change the AppsPanel setting to true. On

How to fix WordPress Gutenberg blank content blocks

Posted on August 20, 2018August 31, 2018 by Ellen

I was looking forward to the new Gutenberg editing interface in WordPress, but experienced a bit of a shock when I installed the plugin. All the existing WordPress posts were now completely blank in the

What to do when Eclipse won’t start

Posted on December 3, 2016August 19, 2018 by Ellen

After I installed Eclipse on a new iMac, I used it for several days and everything seemed OK. Then, suddenly, it stopped launching. No bouncing icon in the dock, no splash screen, just no response

Unclutter your Mac desktop by saving screenshots to a dedicated folder

Posted on September 20, 2016August 19, 2018 by ellen

I shoot a lot of screenshots – sometimes hundreds in a day. If you are a screenshot addict like me, you know how quickly they can fill up your entire desktop several layers deep. Unfortunately

How to fix a Mac Launchpad icon stuck on screen

Posted on September 19, 2016August 20, 2018 by Ellen

Mac’s Launchpad has a bug where when you try to click an application icon, instead of opening the app, it moves as if you were dragging it, not clicking it, then remains on the Desktop