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Re: Time Machine

 

I thought that the Time Machine backup disk was supposed to be at least twice the size of the drive being backed up. I get that your's is twice the size of the files you have, but I'm not sure that's really enough. If I had to take a wild guess (as opposed to knowing), I'd say that there could be problems because Time Machine is trying to keep track of files in case the backup gets interrupted, and this plus the overhead of backing up your computer is too much for the size of the backup drive.

Since it sounds like you attach and detach the thumb drive, instead of having a dedicated backup drive which is always available (say, over wireless), if I were you, I'd grab a copy of Carbon Copy Cloner at <>. It can make snapshots and all that other stuff, and is very fast.

Bill

On Apr 25, 2025, at 11:11, Harry Jacobson-Beyer via groups.io <hejb44@...> wrote:

I have a 1 TB thumb drive which I use for Time Machine on my M2 Mac book pro (the computer has a 2TB ssd drive and there is more than 1.5TB available).

The thumb drive worked fine Time Machine backups for over a year but since February it doesn¡¯t complete the backup and ejects the disk (not physically) and I get a message that essentially says the disk was ejected improperly. If I remove the drive and reinsert it and start Time Machine backup again, the same thing happens.

There are about 300GB available on the thumb drive. Isn¡¯t Time Machine supposed to delete the oldest backup when space is needed for the latest backup?

Is the thumb drive at fault or is Time Machine not functioning properly?

Should I reformat the Thumb drive and start over? Or should I replace the thumb drive? Or using disk utility run first aid?

If I replace the drive should I get an ssd drive or a mechanical drive. Is a 1tb drive sufficient for Time Machine on my computer?

Lots of questions. Hope someone has answers.

TIA

Harry






Time Machine

 

I have a 1 TB thumb drive which I use for Time Machine on my M2 Mac book pro (the computer has a 2TB ssd drive and there is more than 1.5TB available).

The thumb drive worked fine Time Machine backups for over a year but since February it doesn¡¯t complete the backup and ejects the disk (not physically) and I get a message that essentially says the disk was ejected improperly. If I remove the drive and reinsert it and start Time Machine backup again, the same thing happens.

There are about 300GB available on the thumb drive. Isn¡¯t Time Machine supposed to delete the oldest backup when space is needed for the latest backup?

Is the thumb drive at fault or is Time Machine not functioning properly?

Should I reformat the Thumb drive and start over? Or should I replace the thumb drive? Or using disk utility run first aid?

If I replace the drive should I get an ssd drive or a mechanical drive. Is a 1tb drive sufficient for Time Machine on my computer?

Lots of questions. Hope someone has answers.

TIA

Harry


Excel Help

 

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This isn¡¯t a direct Mac question, but can be as Excel for me is on a Mac.

I¡¯m going to send chicken tracks, meaning nothing, most of the time.

Johnathan programmed two tables for me several years ago, I¡¯m taking the important items from each table into an Excel Spreadsheet.? It¡¯s tedious but it works.

I need help programming just a couple cells, I¡¯ve tried everything, combination after combination so it¡¯s going to take a real expert, at least I think.

First, just to show? what I do each day, for both the 10 Year Treasury Note and the 30 Year Treasury Bond.? You can see the screen is split between the 30 year on top, the 10 year on the bottom.

Next it¡¯s the center of the spreadsheet I need help with cell calculations.? The color scheme is important, once you see the area needing help, the BLUE cell with black print is the TOTAL that I¡¯ve calculated, the YELLOW cell with red print is the DIFFERENCE.

Here is the first challenge. ?

1.? If both are positive the calculation is not hard, if both are negative, the same. The problem is when one is positive and the other is negative.

2.? The second challenge is getting the real difference to be either a positive or negative ANSWER. ?

If the BLUE total is larger than the YELLOW difference then the result should read a NEGATIVE number.? If the YELLOW change is larger than the total BLUE then the result should result in a POSTIVE number.? My samples will show what I¡¯m saying.

I¡¯m sorry this is laborious, I have to give a detailed explanation. ?

Is all this worth it?? I hope so.? My methods of market analysis doesn¡¯t use the standard dozens of studies, you know most of them.? I have never wanted to approach it that way, often it takes a lengthly period of time before the studies align to give an answer.

I want an answer, day by day.? Period.? One decision.? One time.? Done for the day.

Does it work, I¡¯m batting a high percentage but if I can get this final calculation it will greatly improve my odds.

So, I hope what i place below is understandable.?

Again, the data from Jonathan¡¯s two FileMaker tables are where these numbers come from, one day I hope to stop my search and begin to learn Filemaker, that will make all this much easier.

The first is the entire spreadsheet.? To view remove to your desktop, it¡¯s wide.

Entire Spreadsheet.png

Next is just the center of the spreadsheet.? This one shows the numbers for both instruments, 10 year and 30 year. ?






?Now I¡¯ll center on the cells I need the calculations. I¡¯ll only show the 30 year, the top instrument, no need cluttering this more than it already is.

First is the left side of the 30 year. ? The bottom line says YELLOW Time Chg, the 7,745 is larger than the BLUE 1601 next to it, so the answer is going to be a positive number.? The purple is one of the many calculations Excel has given me with my erroneous rules for the cell.? Also note, the POSITIVE 6144 is the difference between the 7745 and the 1601. Since they are both positive numbers the answer is an easy one.




Just numbers on left of 30.png

Below are the number on the right side for the 30 year.? In this case the BLUE Total is a larger number -21079 then the Yellow change 1,951.? So the resulting output is the -19,128, not the purple number, in this case the BLUE number is a negative number so the resulting -19,128.

Just numbers on right of 30.png


This may be quite confusing, and the easiest may be for someone to direct me to an Excel expert, online if you know of one.

Thanks a bunch, I always appreciate this group.

John


Re: This is a hoot.

 

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I¡¯ve talked to that guy! ? Funny Harry.?

John


On Apr 17, 2025, at 12:21?AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer via groups.io <hejb44@...> wrote:

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Re: PDF to ePub Converter

 

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On Apr 16, 2025, at 9:30?PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer via groups.io <hejb44@...> wrote:

John wants to convert PDF to ePub not the other way around.

This is from the?:

Calibre supports the conversion of many input formats to many output formats. It can convert every input format in the following list, to every output format.

Input Formats: AZW, AZW3, AZW4, CBZ, CBR, CB7, CBC, CHM, DJVU, DOCX, EPUB, FB2, FBZ, HTML, HTMLZ, KEPUB, LIT, LRF, MOBI, ODT, PDF, PRC, PDB, PML, RB, RTF, SNB, TCR, TXT, TXTZ

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Re: PDF to ePub Converter

 

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Thanks to both of you, I found Cloud Convert to work perfectly and no cost.

Several of the others wouldn¡¯t get the job done or charge a $45.00 a month fee after 7 days.

I¡¯m now using it on an iPad as an ePub file. ?I love it with this format as the highlighted items I can export to an email, leaving the dross to remain in the document.

John




On Apr 16, 2025, at 9:30 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer via <hejb44@...> wrote:

Lee,

John wants to convert PDF to ePub not the other way around.

On Apr 16, 2025, at 9:23?PM, Lee Larson via <leelarson@...> wrote:

On Apr 15, 2025, at 10:56?PM, John Robinson via <profilecovenant@...> wrote:

I have some PDF files I want to make into ePub, what do you recommend as a good & safe converter? ?


I¡¯ve used Calibre for a long time. It converts nearly any ebook format to any other format. It ain¡¯t pretty, but it works well.

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This is a hoot.

 

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Re: PDF to ePub Converter

 

Lee,

John wants to convert PDF to ePub not the other way around.

On Apr 16, 2025, at 9:23?PM, Lee Larson via groups.io <leelarson@...> wrote:

On Apr 15, 2025, at 10:56?PM, John Robinson via groups.io <profilecovenant@...> wrote:

I have some PDF files I want to make into ePub, what do you recommend as a good & safe converter?

I¡¯ve used Calibre for a long time. It converts nearly any ebook format to any other format. It ain¡¯t pretty, but it works well.

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Re: PDF to ePub Converter

 

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Thank you bunches Lee.?

John

On Apr 16, 2025, at 9:24?PM, Lee Larson via groups.io <leelarson@...> wrote:

?On Apr 15, 2025, at 10:56?PM, John Robinson via groups.io <profilecovenant@...> wrote:

I have some PDF files I want to make into ePub, what do you recommend as a good & safe converter? ?

I¡¯ve used??for a long time. It converts nearly any ebook format to any other format. It ain¡¯t pretty, but it works well.

L^2


Re: PDF to ePub Converter

 

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On Apr 15, 2025, at 10:56?PM, John Robinson via groups.io <profilecovenant@...> wrote:

I have some PDF files I want to make into ePub, what do you recommend as a good & safe converter? ?

I¡¯ve used??for a long time. It converts nearly any ebook format to any other format. It ain¡¯t pretty, but it works well.

L^2


Re: PDF to ePub Converter

 

Thanks so much Harry.

John

On Apr 16, 2025, at 4:00?PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer via groups.io <hejb44@...> wrote:

?John

I just did a search in Safari ¡°How do I convert a pdf to ePub? And got several hits.

I looked at this:

I think I did it a few years ago but I don¡¯t remember what program I used for the conversion.

Harry

On Apr 15, 2025, at 10:56?PM, John Robinson via groups.io <profilecovenant@...> wrote:


I have some PDF files I want to make into ePub, what do you recommend as a good & safe converter?

Many thanks.

John









Re: PDF to ePub Converter

 

John

I just did a search in Safari ¡°How do I convert a pdf to ePub? And got several hits.

I looked at this:

I think I did it a few years ago but I don¡¯t remember what program I used for the conversion.

Harry

On Apr 15, 2025, at 10:56?PM, John Robinson via groups.io <profilecovenant@...> wrote:


I have some PDF files I want to make into ePub, what do you recommend as a good & safe converter?

Many thanks.

John





PDF to ePub Converter

 

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I have some PDF files I want to make into ePub, what do you recommend as a good & safe converter?

Many thanks.

John


PDF to ePub Converter

 

I have some PDF files I want to make into ePub, what do you recommend as a good & safe converter?

Many thanks.

John


USA TODAY E-Edition Article still more on Tariffs on electronics

 

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Lutnick says tariffs on smartphones are ¡®coming soon¡¯



Harry


The Courier-Journal E-Edition Article - more on electronics and tariffs on China

 

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Trump says chips from China will face security investigation



Harry


Re: The Courier-Journal E-Edition Article - Tariffs on electronics from China exempt

 

A very hard time for the US, pain for most everyone but this global economy has put our country in a precarious position, the items we must have to survive are controlled by our enemies. On top of that China holds trillions of our bonds & they could throw us into total chaos if they were willing to take the hit & dump our assets. Lastly for decades we have sent our wealth overseas, to the tune of 30-50 billion a month. Buffett said that is a way to destroy our country, just think about all this. If it doesn¡¯t change we will be defeated without a single shot fired.

John

On Apr 14, 2025, at 8:53?AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer via groups.io <hejb44@...> wrote:

?Follow the link below to view the article.

Several tech products exempt from new tariffs



Harry





The Courier-Journal E-Edition Article - Tariffs on electronics from China exempt

 

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Several tech products exempt from new tariffs



Harry


The Courier-Journal E-Edition Article re: Apple shipping iPhones from India

 

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Apple airlifts 600 tons of iPhones from India ¡®to beat¡¯ U.S. tariffs



Harry


Re: The Courier-Journal E-Edition Article - $2300 iPhone?

 

Going to really hurt!

John

On Apr 4, 2025, at 9:08?AM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer via groups.io <hejb44@...> wrote:

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$2,300 iPhone? Trump¡¯s sweeping duties could make that happen



Harry