Author: geekworker
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Inkscape: “Document Properties” Window Not Showing Up
Inkscape sometimes opens the “Documents Properties” window outside the visible area of the desktop. This is how you get it back.
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Synology Drive Client does not connect on Apple MacOS
Synology Drive Client on MacOS refused to connect. Deleting the appropriate logfiles helped.
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“The iTunes Store is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later” when trying to subscribe to Podcast
Currently (September 2023), Apple’s iTunes store seems to have a bug where it’s impossible to subscribe to new podcasts. However, there is a workaround. Find your desired podcast on the iTunes store. Click the “get” button, on the right side of the episode list, for any episode of the podcast. Switch to your library. The […]
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“Access Denied” Errors with TortoiseSVN on Samba
So for some time now I’ve had issues with TortoiseSVN giving me “Access Denied” errors. This mostly happened when I reorganize files, and it was always annoying because it required a nasty workaround – usually, I would have to kill the SVN cache process and clean up my working copy to break write locks. I […]
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Keyboard and Mouse Microstutters with a Dell Latitude Notebook
I’ve been having a weird microstuttering issue with my Dell notebook, running Windows 10. The symptoms are input from the keyboard or the mouse hanging for about a half second to a second every 1-2 minutes. When this happens, I am unable to move the mouse. Rebooting the system did no good, and I found […]
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Gigabyte OSD_Sidekick: “Please check if your USB cable is connected”
I wanted to find out what firmware my Gigabyte M32Q screen was running, and update it if necessary. The software used to do so is called OSD_Sidekick. Installation was a bit odd – it froze my PC for a few moments. But the installation did finish. However, OSD_Sidekick.exe wouldn’t recognize my M32Q, instead displaying the […]
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MP3 Songs on iPhone greyed out; “This song is not currently available in your country or region” error message
iPhone sync has always been a little wonky, but today I discovered this gem. A few audio tracks showed up on my iPhone but were greyed out; tapping them resulted in an “This song is not currently available in your country or region” error message. What worked for me was to turn off “Sync with […]
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iPhone: Can’t Enter Recovery Mode
I was just trying to factory reset an old iPhone 6S, following these instructions provided by Apple. However, try as I might, the phone would just reboot. Turns out my notebook’s USB port I was using to connect the iPhone 6S for doesn’t provide enough voltage and is thus ignored by the iPhone. I think […]
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Gnucash: “Install Online Price Retrieval for GnuCash” results in “Access is Denied” error
When I tried to install Stock market price retrieval for Gnucash – via the included script – I was presented with an “msxml3.dll: Access is denied” error. At first, I thought this was an UAC problem and reinstalled GnuCash outside the Program Files directory, but this did not help. The solution turned out to be […]