Thoughts and Non Thoughts

I recently upgraded the WiFi adapter on my PC to a Realtek 8812BU. Setting it up was a breeze, it's plug and play (Windows 10). However I experienced intermittent speed.  I use a TP-Link Deco-5 mesh WiFi and was getting quite strong WiFi on my other devices.  I finally noticed (via Settings/WiFi/Hardware Properties) that the adapter sometimes shifts to a 2.4 GHz band and that's when it slows down. The simple fix: manually set it to 802.11ac on Device Manager. Then it stays on the 5 GHz band. Now I'm getting the speed I want!

Noticeable difference on an iPad Air (1st version 2013). Well worth the upgrade. And the upgrade went smoothly too. I also discovered that the iPhone 5 won't upgrade to 10.3. Oh well...I think that would be asking too much. 😀

A quick google will show it's a common issue. I upgraded my desktop to Windows 10. Works great! Except for uploading photos to your blog on Blogger (like this one). When you click on the "insert image" icon, a window pops up that makes you choose whether you'd like to upload from your computer or from a URL link. Unfortunately, this window just freezes whatever you do. You will have to close the Blogger tab.  I use Windows Edge but I read this is the same issue regardless of browser. I found a way to do it, not elegant, but it works. Here are the steps: 1. Upload your photo/s to a photo hosting site. I use Photobucket. 2. Start your post on Blogger. When you want to insert an image, DON"T CLICK ON THE ICON! 3. Instead, go to your photo hosting site (Photobucket) and copy the HTML link to your photo. It's the one that starts with the symbol "<" followed by "a href=" 4. Paste the link into your post. 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 f...

Microsoft updated my desktop to Windows 10 from 8.1 today. So far so good. The update was very smooth, took less than 30 minutes, and all my settings were preserved. The new Edge browser seems seamless. Still navigating the new features, like Cortana, and will observe the following days, but if initial indications hold, then this is one great update for sure. Thanks, Microsoft!

Recently changed my wifi router from a TP-Link to a Linksys E1200. All my mobile devices linked to it immediately with no problem. All desktops on Windows and laptops on Windows and Mac OS had no problems -- except an old Macbook with Mac OS 10.5.8 (Leopard). Browsing was glacial, if not, frozen. Tried changing DNS settings to no avail. Whether Safari or Google Chrome, the web pages won’t load and the browser just hung. Finally found the solution. Under System Preferences > Network, click on the TCP/IP tab. Then set “Configure IPv6” to “Off”. Voila! Now the Mac is surfing!

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Just got one of these... So far smiles on my face...