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FIXED!!! I unplugged the power cable to my monitor and plugged it back in. 🥳

oh and also my monitor is now called NV- Failsafe? Strange things

Thank you! Did that, got my driver updated, rebooted, and my display is still gigantic! How can I get things back to a normal size? The display resolution box is grayed out and scale says its at 100%. But dude, my 97 year old granny who lives 70 miles way could see my computer screen...

Are you running any antivirus software or malware scanning software? If so, disable it and try it again. The other thing you can try is right-clicking on the .exe file and select, "Run as Administrator."

Hello! I want to update my drivers and when I click on the NVIDIA GeForce Experience, I'm told to download the app. I do so, open the exe file it downloads and I get told to download the app again. What's happening? My display is currently zoomed in very, very much. I thought I would check with my NVIDIA drivers first, but I can't seem to even do that. Thanks! oh and I can't buy a new computer, so that's out of the question. I'm running Windows 11.

The main issue is, you need A LOT more storage than you think you do! A Mac Computer does not distinguish between an internal or external hard drive; as far as the macOS is concerned, they are all mounted devices. What does this mean? If you go above 80% ON ANY HARD DRIVE, INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL, >>> PERFORMANCE TAKES A HIT!!! <<< Unfortunately, I'm seeing full hard drives everywhere. You NEED like 12TB or 18TB or larger. Stop it with these smaller hard drives!!! As far as getting a bigger internal HD for your Mac...I've got news for you... It's not possible. Surprise!!! When Apple switched over to the Apple Silicon Chips (M1-M4, and soon to be M5,) there is no upgrading after the fact. Why? Because the HD controller chip is built into the CPU Chip itself. The only HD media that works with the Apple Silicon is Apple HDs, and guess who doesn't sell Apple Internal HDs? Apple!! Same thing with RAM, what you buy is what you get. If you want to add more RAM or get a bigger internal HD, you are buying a whole new computer. Think of the new Mac Desktops / Laptops as glorified iPads; if you find that you want more RAM or bigger HD a few years down the line after the initial purchase, you are SOL. Upgrading RAM & HD? That thinking was 20-30 years ago. Now they want you buying new computers sooner, rather than later. Fun Times... This is why I configure my recommendations of WTB as I do, yes...they are expensive, but there is a "Method to my Madness." I'd rather have you fork out more money up-front, and grow into your purchase and have it last as long as possible. When I configure my computers, I have a 7-8 year lifespan in mind. Otherwise, you are buying a new computer every 18-24 months, if Apple had their way. So what do I recommend? Honestly? I'd get a Sandisk 18TB Thunderbolt HD and hook it up to a TB port on your Mac. The Throughput on a TB Drive is like working off an internal HD, even if it's a spinning EHD. Then store your images there. Now, I'm sure you just clicked that link and said out loud, "$693 for a fucking EHD? Are you serious?!?!!!" I'm dead serious. $693 (plus tax) is WAAAAAAAAAYYYY cheaper than forking out $4000-$5000 for a new Mac.

Ok, everything is working, thanks! I guess I've been doing it wrong for a while, but if I were to add all my photos to the internal HD I would quickly be over capacity, so a long time ago I moved them to an external drive and backed them up to time machine and backblaze. So, to do it right, I guess I would need more storage on my Macbook? I have a 1TB hard drive. I'm not sure how to interpret this but here's some info on my internal drive currently:

You must always use pro lab prints for monitor verification.

yeah always have

Hang on, you're not comparing to home prints are you?

I followed the instructions and it's even wose now, too bright somehow and the colour a bit more off, never had this issue before i'm starting to think this is impossible because i think its something to do with the prin ter getting old This time i did V2 instead of V4, and custom photo preset, so adjusted the rgb to 6500k instead of choosing native

Here is a shot of all my EHDs that are hooked up to my Mac: Yours should be similar.

Yes, I would use it more for culling and passing the time but would like it for some quick on site editing. I’ll only be able to let you know how it works if Santa is extra nice to me this year but I do think I may go for one at some point. Thanks!

Thank you so much for the link, now I know what we are dealing with. APFS FORMAT IS FOR SSD DRIVES / Flash-based Media. Mac OS Extended (Journaled) is meant for Spinning / Traditional Drives. How do I know that it's a Traditional / Spinning HD? From the price and specs. a 6TB Flash Based Drive is closer to $800 than $149. Let's begin... Believe it or not, you know the bulk of what we need to do, as you have done it already. I'd remove all external drives as a precaution, or simply right-click and select "Eject." Then head to Application Folder >> Utilities >> Disk Utility. From there, select that WD MyBook 6TB Drive and choose the "Erase Button" at the top. Give the HD a name, and when it asks for a Partition Type, you want Mac OS Extended (Journaled). >> JUST THAT ALL BY ITSELF, NO CASE SENSITIVE, NO ENCRYPTED, none of that stuff!! JUST PLAIN 'OL MAC OS EXTENDED (JOURNALED)!!! << Here is a shot of my 12TB external. Give it a name of your choice, something obvious, like "Time Machine." I'm sure there will be a few warning pop-ups, asking if you really-really want to do this, click Yes/OK/Confirm, whatever. Wait a few seconds and the drive will format. Close out of Disk Utility, and head back to the Mac Desktop. Right click on the WD EHD, and choose "Get Info." It should say Mac OS Extended (Journaled) for the Partition Type. Close the Get Info Box. Hook up all your external hard drives, if you can, and I'd do a restart. This will make sure everything is mounted. Once restarted, we will dork around with Time Machine. Head to the System Settings, Click the Gear Icon on the Dock Bar and select "General," you should see Time Machine on the right. System Settings >> General >> Time Machine. From there we want to add that WD 6TB EHD as your Time Machine Drive. We want to add that WD 6TB EHD to be the drive that's used for "Time Machine," by clicking the "+" sign at the bottom / lower-left corner... ...and selecting the drive we want to use for Time Machine: Then choose "Set Up Disk..." After it's selected to be a "Time Machine" Drive, click Options and be sure to exclude ANY External Hard Drives that have your Data / Images on them. >> Time Machine is really only meant to backup your Internal "Macintosh HD" Drive. << It is not good practice / really-really-really bad, to backup your externals to your Time Machine Drive. That's how you get into trouble; you are backing up your backup files to a Time Machine Drive that is serving as your backup. It's like a closed loop, got it? Meaning it is a recipe for disaster when the time comes to restore things. Plus, it's real easy to fill up a drive configured like that. Just...don't. (This is what started this mess, along with the wrong partition type.) Here is what my Time Machine Options look like, noticed how my externals are excluded, along with the actual Time Machine Drive: If you need to add any external HDs to be Excluded, just click the "+" sign and select the drives. (See a theme here? Apple makes this pretty straightforward.) Then click Done and close out of Time Machine. It should start the initial backup, which might take a few hours, then it's set to backup each hour. That should be it at this point, let me know if there are any problems.

I'd be more concerned with editing on a plane / airport, as the light around the tablet WILL change how you see your colors. Just like a laptop. So for culling and passing the time, sure. For serious editing work...you want to do that at home, in the area that you normally edit in. Give it a shot and report back. I'm curious.

RTX 5070 or 5080, with at least 8GB of dedicated Video RAM, using the NVIDIA Studio Drivers. (The more VRAM the better, like 12GB or 16GB+.) The "Studio Drivers" are meant for programs like Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. The default Drivers are meant for Video Games / General Computing. I have never been a fan of the "60" or "50" of NVIDIA's lineup. (i.e. 3060 / 4050, etc.)

Hi i all the sudden need to buy both a laptop and a desktop. So many choices but seems 4080 isnt popular now as they all seem to be 5060 or 5070 etc. Which one is better? Thank you!

I'd say so.

In a FB group, I came across someone wondering what tablet to use for editing. I didn't think anything would really be acceptable but I did come across the ASUS ProArt and was wondering if it may be acceptable for editing a few photos while on a plane or just away from the main computer for a while. Any thoughts on this thing?

Ok, good news, I've gotten all my files from Backblaze copied to my thunderbolt drive and everything works great with that drive in Bridge. Now I need to reformat my other drive: a WD MyBook 6 TB. I need to erase it and reformat it in APFS format, correct? Then I'll make it my Time Machine backup.

Comparing your screenshots with my instructions, this is where we seem to deviate.

No i used v2 back then, ive compared v2 and v4 on screen and theres no difference, dont know if that translates to print yet