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Hi Brian, I am reaching out to you regarding a need for my sister. I am a Windows user. She has/had a Mac IOS x. It died yesterday. She does not edit pictures and does not use any Adobe programs. I am trying to help her purchase a new computer for very basic use/needs. She wants to stay with desktop and Mac. What are your suggestions? Thanks in advance.

I did it! Thank you for "holding my hand" and the step by step instructions. A beer is on the way.

I tried right clicking on the bigger partition and I did get the Delete Volume. I did that. Stuck now at the GPT instruction. That is not showing up.

Hi Brian. The drive arrived today and I tried to follow the instructions you provided in the above link. I got to where I was to Delete Volume. That was grayed out and nothing happened when I clicked on it.

Thank you. I will follow your instructions. It is supposed to arrive by Thursday.

My computer is ASUS 15.6" Republic of Gamers GL552VW Windows 10

Hi Brian. I plan on purchasing this drive to back up my 4TB SSD. This drive will remain off site or in a safe. I read that I will need to format it for Windows. Is that something I can do, or will you guide me through that process? https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1641577-REG/sandisk_professional_sdph91g_012t_nbaad_12tb_g_drive_usb_3_2.html

Appreciate your guidance. Buying you a beer.

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-4TB-Extreme-Portable-SDSSDE61-4T00-G25/dp/B08RX4QKXS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=19SSJ4T6DGN0G&keywords=sandisk+extreme+portable+ssd+4tb&qid=1644971302&s=electronics&sprefix=SanDisk+Extreme+Portable+SSD%2Celectronics%2C70&sr=1-1 Brian, I am so close to purchasing two of these. Good idea? I do travel out of State at least once a week so I am leaning to the SSD rather than the G-Drives.

Brian, your response has been helping me not go crazy. I was looking for SSD. I thought the above G-Drive was that till I sent the link to a friend, as she is looking as well. She said it is not SSD. Okay, I want 4-6TB SSD. I will be purchasing two. I will keep looking for those options. If you have a link to one you love, please share. How do I compensate you for your time?

I am looking at this one. I will purchase two of them if you like this. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1641575-REG/sandisk_professional_sdph91g_004t_nbaad_4tb_g_drive_usb_3_2.html

I can go up in size. Is there a 4TB you recommend?

I have read through a lot of your recommendations for backup storage. Is this still a good one? Is there better ones? Not too concerned about the cost. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B078STRHBX/?coliid=I2B8JPO02UWSG4&colid=IKOJW6U0I11M&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Thank you. The DisplayProfile is now working. I have no idea how or when it became functioning. Happy it works.

I have used the displayProfile for years without a problem. Today, it will not work. I had a recent update by windows. I think that may have caused the issue. However, all the other updates never gave a problem. What do you suggest?

Hi Damien, my prints at home matched the monitor well. I ordered some new test prints and they are great! I did follow your directions. Must have been a bad batch before. I did notify the company and they are willing to reprint. Appreciate the terrific instructions on calibrating!

Good point! I will check that. Currently I am in another state from my physical prints. When I look at them in photo shop they look good. I did check the files at the end of calibration on the screen, again, I thought they were good. I plan to follow your directions anyway.

Thank you! Why or how I did not see this is a mystery! I am beginning to get more photo shoot opportunities, so need to get back to editing. I value your knowledge and help!

I am using the above to calibrate two different monitors and different locations. I was getting great results with prints and the screen. However, the prints I recently received were washed out (poor saturation). I wanted to follow your instructions for the calibration process but could only find the instructions for SpyderXPro. Is there instructions for the SpyderXElite? Thanks for your help!

Yes. It was a mouse issue.

It appears to be a mouse issue. When using the trackpad it works fine. I will test more with it tonight after work. I will run a clean up program. Thank you!

OK, I am hoping that is the issue! I will try it first thing in the morning. Thank you.

No. Sorry! I will try that tomorrow. I meant to go back and do that.

I was just trying to upload photos to the premium member site and I clicked on one photo and it immediately uploaded before I could click on the other two. That is what I mean by "jumpy" It has a mind of its own!

I am noticing that the whole system is very sensitive and "jumpy". I know that is not a very good explanation but i don't know how else to say it. When working in a folder on an EHD, I will click on a file in the folder and it jumps to another folder. Very weird! I use a mouse. I am working on a monitor and not the laptop itself.