I feel your pain, Jessica. Glad you found a work around. And HELL YES on the xkcd.
Lorne: You know what they say about people who need people. Connor: They're the luckiest people in the world. Lorne: You been sneaking peeks at my Streisand collection again, Kiddo? Connor: Just kinda popped out.
'Time Bomb'
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SuziQ - Sep 16, 2015 9:04:20 am PDT #24614 of 25496
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
NoiseDesign - Sep 16, 2015 11:37:21 am PDT #24615 of 25496
Our wings are not tired
That xkcd describes so much of my career.
There are a few software packages out there where the companies behind them call me when they get errors they don't understand because I'm likely to have run into them and found ways around them. It means that even the authors of the software aren't often helpful for me.
tommyrot - Sep 16, 2015 11:40:51 am PDT #24616 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Usually I wait a few days to update to a new iOS (in case there are issues), but I grabbed the update as soon as it was available because I needed to update iOS on my phone before the WatchOS. But then they delayed the release of WatchOS 2 due to a lingering bug.
Bastards!
-t - Sep 16, 2015 11:44:35 am PDT #24617 of 25496
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
They say it was a lingering bug, but it was really just to screw with you.
tommyrot - Sep 16, 2015 11:59:37 am PDT #24618 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I knew it!
tommyrot - Sep 17, 2015 4:42:55 pm PDT #24619 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
1st new thing I noticed in iOS 9--the keyboard is in lower-case unless you are typing a capital letter.
2nd new thing--the display gets much darker in a dark room than it used to.
3rd new thing--sometimes I accidentally call up the multitasking screen.
meara - Sep 17, 2015 4:51:20 pm PDT #24620 of 25496
Why is b.org suddenly small font on my phone? Did I hit something I didn't mean to? Help, fix it!
Dana - Sep 28, 2015 2:21:25 pm PDT #24621 of 25496
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Anyone ever have a problem with Chrome not staying zoomed? It's always remembered my zoom setting on each site, but on my new computer, it resets each time I visit a site.
omnis_audis - Sep 29, 2015 10:05:49 am PDT #24622 of 25496
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
This is a headscratcher. Was wondering if anyone else experienced it, or knows the cause or solution.
I have an Apple extended aluminum keyboard connected to my MacBook Pro. Yesterday, it started doing strange things. Like tabbing into the address bar when in a form in Firefox. And today, it will not allow me to make a capital U when using the LEFT shift key. It will with the RIGHT shift key, or caps lock. However, if I use the RIGHT shift key, the computer starts making the "dummy" noise for a command it can't complete type of thing, until I depress the LEFT shift key again a couple times. All other letters and numbers work with the LEFT shift key, as well as the right.
Bizzare, no?
tommyrot - Sep 29, 2015 10:10:27 am PDT #24623 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
To ask a few obvious questions:
Did you try rebooting?
This is via USB, right? If it's a wireless keyboard, are the batteries good? If USB, is the wire and connector in good shape? Can you try a different USB port on the laptop? And on the keyboard, if it has more than one?
Are any of the keys stuck? I'd try pressing each shift key, command key, option key and control key a few times. And the U key.