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I have an OWC Envoy Pro for Apple SSDs that worked perfectly until recently everytime I try to put data on the drive (after a few seconds of putting the data on) the drive would "disconnect" and "reconnect." I have tried formatting the drive in NTFS, APFS, FAT, and Mac OS Extended with at least...

I have a vintage Sharp Actius MM10 (Windows XP) from 2003"ish". The hard drive died on this unit and I want to put an SSD in this unit. The only problem is that this laptop (according to research) does not support USB booting (has 1 port) except to a specific CD drive. Since I don't have the...

The PCB was bad (the HD never spun up) on my Seagate St33000651AS. Therefore, I bought a replacement board so I can recover the data on the drive. When I swapped the board, the hard drive powers on, spins up, and starts clicking. Windows 10 makes the "something is connected" sound but the...

I have a bunch of great (yet older) guitar lesson software that only runs on Flash 7. I have kept an old MacBook 1,1 sitting around just to run this software. My question is, can I install an older version of Mac OS X on some sort of VM? While I use Parallels, I am not opposed to using other...

I just got an Apple Watch Series 2 that had a swollen battery that popped the watch face off. I took the battery out and replaced it with a new one. The "green snake" ("charge me please") shows up on the screen and eventually turns off. However, once I turn on the watch, the logo shows up for...

I have a TON of audiobooks that I have collected via thrift stores and I was wondering what the best way to copy all of them over to my hard drive so I can listen to them on my iPhone? If possible, I would like to combine the 5+ CDs of a long audiobook into one file. Is there an app or piece...

By the way. Used is fine. This is not something that I will be using on a regular basis :) Just for a short trip.

I am with ATT and its GSM service. I am looking for a smaller, more pocketable smartphone for an upcoming trip where we have to pack very light. I normally carry a larger 5.5/6 phone that may be a bit large in my pocket for an upcoming trip. However, the two caveats are, it has to have a...

I know that Apple has a walkie talkie app for communications between two apple watches, but is there an app that mimics that style between an apple watch and an iPhone? The Apple watch and iPhone are signed into the same iCloud account. Thanks! :)

I just got a brand new, sealed Creative Intel Developer Kit, Interactive Gesture Camera from a thrift store today. I was just wondering if anyone had more information on this? It seems to be a "Microsoft Kinect" type camera, but I am not 100 percent sure. Also, can this still be used today?

I know that distraction-free laptops are popular these days and I can see how they can be helpful. The only problem is they are super expensive, especially for what they do! My question is, how hard is it to make one using a Raspberry Pi, an older Chromebook using a Linux distro, or an older...

I just got a swim MP3 player that only accepts MP3 or WMA. I was wondering how to download Podcasts in those formats so I can listen to them on this MP3 player?