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If you're using iCloud on a Windows PC and have noticed it running incredibly slow lately, here's a quick tip that might just save you some time and frustration: turn on photo syncing.

Yes, you read that right—even though you're technically asking iCloud to sync more than it was before, this little tweak can actually make things run faster.

It might sound counterintuitive, but it works. I've seen it work for myself and others, and it's one of those quirky tech hacks that really does make a difference.

So if you’re tired of waiting for iCloud to catch up, try this out.

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The Great SharePoint Copying Disaster: A Cautionary Tale

The Great SharePoint Copying Disaster: A Cautionary Tale

Picture this: You’re the friendly neighbourhood IT tech, summoned to help with an innocuous-sounding task. Your mission? To copy some files from an old employee’s backup (already on sharepoint) into a shiny new SharePoint for “current projects.” Easy, right? You’ve got admin access, you’ve got the "CopyTo" feature, and you’ve got confidence.

The Plan"Hey, SharePoint has this neat 'CopyTo' feature," you think. "It'll be a breeze." You’re doing it through the web interface, so no need to worry about whether the files have been downloaded onto the computer, which can sometimes result in… copying the file name but not the actual file as it can only copy what’s physically located on the computer.. Everything’s set up for smooth sailing. What could possibly go wrong?

One Week Later: Enter the HorrorWell, apparently… a lot.

It turns out, SharePoint’s "CopyTo" feature is more like a "Pretend To Copy But Actually Just Copy the Folder Names" feature. That’s right, it copied the folders — but not the contents. Oh, cool. Just a handful of empty folders with no files inside. Thanks, Microsoft.

No sweat. You’ve got admin access! You roll up your sleeves and decide to right-click and manually recopy things. "This’ll be quick," you think, full of determination.

The First Obstacle: No Merging FoldersWait a second. The online version of SharePoint doesn't let you merge folders. Of course it doesn't! That would be far too convenient.

So, your only option is to create a new copy and replace the original folder. Simple, right? Except... what happens when SharePoint decides to mess with the folder names for no good reason?

The Naming DisasterHere’s where the real fun begins. You expect the newly copied folder to be named something helpful, like:

"2024.01.35 Folder name – Copy"

"2024.01.35 Folder name (1)"

Nope. What does SharePoint give you instead?

"2024.011.35 Folder name"

That’s right. Instead of keeping things neat and consistent, and having the copy of the folder next to the original folder, SharePoint decided to rewire the folder name into some bizarre format, like it was playing a game of "let's confuse the user as much as possible." Oh, and the date? Totally messed up so now things are all over the place.

Another folder, another mess:

Original: "2024.03.28 Folder name"

What you get: "2024.031.28 Folder name"

Why? Why would anyone ever think that’s an acceptable outcome? Why would this ever be a thing?

A Tale of Misery and DespairAt this point, you’re starting to wonder if you’ve stumbled into some twisted developer competition to create the most infuriating user experience. “Great job, Microsoft! Really knocking it out of the park!” you mutter under your breath as you try to make sense of the chaos.

And just as you’re about to give up and start physically sorting through folders, a tiny voice in the back of your head says, “Maybe I should find the developer who created this and… have a chat.”

I don’t often wish violence on developers, but let’s just say that whoever is responsible for this feature had better hope I don’t ever find them.

In the end, it’s a tale of tech gone wrong. A reminder that even the simplest tasks can spiral into chaos when software developers forget the golden rule: Make it work like people expect it to, not like some abstract vision of what you think is clever.

Either that or actually test your own products and not leave it to the masses.

Also, if you insist on leaving it to the masses, then you should have a way to get things fixed up since, right now, the goal seems to be to make people go away instead of fixing issues from Microsoft tech support.

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Wake baby to avoid nap time being screwed up, plus you can smell the pee, so nappy change is clearly required.

Change nappy.

Pick baby up for cuddles.

Baby smiles at you.

Look down.

Nappy is full again.

Change baby diaper.

Zip up sleep sack.

Baby opens eyes widely clearly not going back to sleep.

Unzip sleep sack.

Baby diaper is already fairly loaded.

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Change baby diaper.

Zip up sleep sack.

Baby opens eyes widely clearly not going back to sleep.

Unzip sleep sack.

Baby diaper is already fairly loaded.

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its not funny but i do think about it a lot

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while im on the top and also there’s a bunch of new (possibly younger) people here on the wild wild west of tumblr.

y’all do not need to tell strangers on the internet Jack shit. Not your gender, not your sexuality, not your sex, not your nothing. You have a moral responsibility to say “you have made me aware you are much younger then me and I am no longer comfortable with this interaction” and that’s about it.

Like you literally don’t know these people you owe them nothing.

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You're laughing.

I'm trying to feed you with my boob and you're laughing.

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The baby

He escaped his swaddle

Yes

YES

The baby is out

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A big loud thunderstorm rolled overhead this evening after dinner. TH wasn't sure how to react. After making it into a funny game to rumble and stomp our feet after each thunder rumble, we switched it up. Now we're teaching TH to roar back at the storm.

It is the cutest thing.

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So newborns thanks to the influx of hormones from their mother's breast milk will sometimes show signs of those hormones with baby acne and often developing breasts. Sometimes they may even lactate.

I can't help but wonder how people that are really into toxic masculinity and obsessed with body parts, deal the fact that their assigned male at birth son now has breasts and is only one week old.

Mind you newborn testicles are usually huge in proportion to their bodies so maybe that's enough of a distraction.

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it obviously makes sense, but one of my friend’s kids is going into swim class, and all the parents got an email today going, “when little ones are scared, they cling on to instructors. PLEASE trim their nails.” 

i don’t know why that’s so funny to me, but just. the idea of this poor, scratched swim instructor having to make sure to email before each class as a reminder to please declaw the children SENT me. 

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A long time ago I went on a cruise where I knew that one of the educational lecture things I attended as part of entertainment on the boat was bullshit but some of the bullshit has taken a while to be realised.

Basically they would offer these options to attend a workshop or lecture which was supposedly health-related. I walked out thinking that I just been offered to the opportunity to purchase snake oil.

One of the things in question was about cleaning out your insides – to be fair this wasn't actually trying to sell you laxatives.

But they were talking about how is a baby everything you eat got poop straight out - eat 3 times a day poop 3 times a day. And how is adults we may not necessarily poop as often as we eat.

Except newborns need to eat every 3-4 hours, with maybe if you're lucky a 6 hour break for your nighttime feed. They don't poop that often either (especially if breastfed) with my little one pooping about once every three-four days.

So basically while there is still an obsession with poop as a parent (small child gets grumpier the longer they don't poop) there is far less poop so far as a new parent than what I was expecting.

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They're not talking about Hawkeye himself, their talking about a specific type of audience (often but not limited to white, middle age, american, men) audience who will literally reminisce about the good old days, and complain that new shows are all too political these days.

They see absolutely no irony in describing themselves as a MASH fan even though they hold the above view.

i love when the tumblr girlies get into a show middle aged american men like (MASH, columbo, breaking bad, supernatural to all our bewilderment, etc) but do it in a way that would make those dads go into shock requiring medical intervention

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This is the chrome plugin from here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome/?utm_content=addons-manager-reviews-link&utm_medium=firefox-browser&utm_source=firefox-browser

It's not 100% perfect match but it does put the buttons in the same place and it's hosted directly on Mozilla. The lower windows is firefox with the upper window being chrome for comparison.

since the "switch to firefox" posts are increasing in number again and i hate how some of them are phrased:

please, please. before you say things like "oh simply do your work stuff in chrome and use firefox for the rest!" think about how autistic people exist and how much they cannot simply do that. having to have this environment that should have been constant and handy changing back and forth is daunting for someone who needs routine things (like Using Your Computer and Browsing The Internet) to stay consistent. the idea of moving all your bookmarks and autofills and everything is daunting for someone who has executive dysfunction.

what helps: tips on how to make it look and feel the exact same and to move everything automatically. developing an extension/fork to make it look and feel the exact same.

what does not help in the fucking slightest: "oh just do it its easy you wont even notice the change! 😇"