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Forum Thread: Slow Satellite Internet Service

Since switching from Verizon DSL to Dish Network as my ISP, my browsing/download speeds have decreased dramatically, despite my measured download speeds (via testmy.net and speakeasy.net) having increased from 6-7 mb/s to 16-21 mbs (!) since the change. I have made no hardware or software changes here, but web pages now load painfully slowly, images in e-mail messages are delayed, etc. Dish Network responds to my complaints by citing "ping latency" and the distance to the satellite, but my ca...

Forum Thread: How to Make Your 6/6+ Apple Glow

This is a DIY mod that makes your Apple logo light up like a Mac Book. You'll need some mechanical skills for this and technically it will void your warranty unless you can remove it later without making the mod obvious. If you haven't worked on an iPhone 6 before and I would caution you that there are a lot of fragile parts inside of your phone. If you make any mistakes you could end up with a phone that doesn't work so consider hiring a professional if you have any concerns whatsoever.

Forum Thread: How to control devices assigned Image Capture.

Have an iMac with El Capitan and a V600 Epson Flatbed scanner that I use to improve old photo and transfer 35mm slides into Photo using Epson scan but lately I find my device (scanner) listed as devices but I can find no way to disable Image Capture which I dont use because now the scanner will only work on Image Capture or Apple Preferences so the functions I use it for are not usable on those. Occasionally a pop up will ask if I want to sue scanner on twain and if I punch yes it works but i...