How To

GOOGLE STORAGE

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https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?shva=1#trash  - empty the trash

https://one.google.com/storage 

https://support.google.com/drive/answer/6374270?hl=en 

March 22, 2020:

Current storage  15.36 GB of 17 GB (90%) used

Google Drive 2.56 GB

Gmail 12.63 GB

Google Photos 0.15 GB

recuva - recover deleted files from media

Record activity occuring on windows screen

• press the Windows logo key + G on your keyboard to open Xbox Game Bar.

• Select Record from now (the circle) to start a clip, 

• then Stop recording (the square) to end it.

Fitbit sync syncing how to

Sunday, January 24

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1. Plug your charging cable into your computer.

2. Plug your Fitbit One tracker into the charging cable, making sure that the gold contacts on your tracker align with the gold contacts in the inside of the charger.

3. Hold down your tracker's button for 10-12 seconds.

4. Remove your tracker from the charging cable and press its button until the screen turns on.

Your tracker should now work normally. If your tracker still doesn't work after a restart, contact Customer Support.

Luxe

• Swipe down from the clock screen to find the Settings app .

• Open the Settings app Restart DeviceRestart.

If your device is unresponsive:

• Connect your device to the charging cable. For instructions, see How do I charge my Fitbit device?

• Press the button located on the flat end of the charger 3 times, pausing for 1 second between presses. Then wait 10 seconds or until the Fitbit logo appears.

SSD Fills up

Run windirstat as administrator and verify that windows.edb is the culprit.

https://pureinfotech.com/fix-large-windows-edb-windows-10/

1. Open Settings on Windows 10.

2. search for WINDOWS SEARCH SETTINGS

3. Scroll down and select Advanced Search Indexer Settings

4. Click the Advanced button.

5. Indexing Options advanced button

6. In the“Troubleshooting” box, click the Rebuild button to delete and rebuild the “Windows.edb” file. (6/2022 - this didn't work)

7. instead, used https://windowsreport.com/windows-edb-file-huge-windows-10/

Update Sqrot on a computer w/o the internet

1) Get the latest executable here (and save to your computer) on a computer w/ internet. Save file to USB. Change version to current.

     https://www.ceder.net/csds2/sqrot_5.53.exe

2) Start your current version of SQROT,

    a) From the main menu, select 'Help | About Square Rotation Program (SQROT)';

    b) Press the 'Open EXE Folder' button.  This opens a file explorer to where the current executable is located. 

    c) Rename file 'sqrot.exe' to 'sqrot_5.50.exe';

    d) Move the latest executable to this folder, and rename to 'sqrot.exe'.

3) Close then restart SQROT, and you should be upgraded.

Tablo RIpper

Install Tablo RIpper 2.4.3 (https://web.archive.org/web/20201023084217/https://github.com/cyclej/TabloRipper/wiki/releases/TabloRipper_2_4_3.zip)

Run Tablo RIpper to "pull" Tablo recording and save as .mp4 file Note Tablo is configured to record HD 720

Run Microsoft ClipChamp to trim and cut video. Output will be big as this program doesn't focus on compressing. Make sure output at 720

Run HandBrake to compress above file (use preset Fast 720p30?)

Levelor Vertical Blinds

Feit Lights don't work after power outage

• Open Feit App

• remove the lights 

  • click pencil edit

  • at bottom push remove device)

• add lights

  •  + at top right

  •  lighting device [not V2] at bottom

  •  EZ Mode [touch Bluetooth at top, dropdown to EZ Mode)

• reconnect with google home

  • In Google Home, go to Settings > Works with Google, check whether Feit Electric is still linked, and try reconnecting it.