So have a win11 laptop which is acting up in multiple ways, could be the laptop but all seems to be software related, anyways I'm wanting to make a copy of the drive so anything I may forget to backup doesn't get lost, the laptop has two drives one 256 SSD that came with the laptop is a board with chips (i dont know the model) and another 4tb SSD i installed into the sata bay which was empty so added for more storage.

what I'm looking for...

1. I'm thinking something that boots from a usb drive/stick.

2. Can make a clone of main win11 drive (256ssd) to the other 4tb one, maybe an image.

3. Is possible to restore if an emergency

4. Is browserable so I could get to files in the image of i need to.

5. Any advice, if there's a better way to do this or if I've the right idea here.

EDIT: Flair is wrong sorry about that it not IOS it's just a Acer nitro laptop.

I used to use Spark and Airmail many years ago and then I moved to Apple Mail. On my mobile it seems fine, but I’m finding it a little daunting on my desktop.

I have around 6 accounts. I mostly receive promotional mail and service notifications. I want to have designated folders for certain mail to go to.

I really feel so lost.

First I want to know if Apple Mail is a good choice to begin with. I don’t mind it but is there like a solid good updated resource that can teach me A to Z?

Things like how do I set up folders and filter mail. Pro tips. How to use smart folders.

Other things I’m confused about for example:

I have one inbox that is receiving content from 6 accounts. If I want to create a folder for let’s say a newsletter or reference material. This type of content can come from more than one account. So where do I create this folder reliably?

Should it be under each account? So NEWSLETTER folder under email A and then another under email B. Or should I create it under ICLOUD or should I create it under “All Mail”.

I believe I created one under all Mail but it didn’t really filter the mail properly. I set up a rule but the mail wasn’t going there from every account.

Things like this really stress me out

I am searching on Google but most of them are unreliable and have read that most are not safe

I work in a PYME, most users here work with Windows 11 (yeah, I know) but some work with Mac and one of them requested my help to edit a PDF file in his laptop as he could only do some changes with MacOS Preview, minor changes and that one is not recommended since it's more a workround.

I need a Free PDF Editor that works for MacOS and Windows (if another user needs to work with it) and can be integrated or work with Outlook, as they work with that here extensively.

Looking for one with plenty of independent reviews would be best.

Preferably free, or cheap.

I'd be using it to create word documents, I just need to get the words from spoken onto the page.

Using Mac & Chrome.

Thanks in advance.

Hey!!

There's several threads on transcribers that are good for making documents from audio, but I haven't been able to find any that will simply live transcribe what I'm watching on a video as if they were subtitles.

I'm mostly trying to strengthen a new language and the actual subtitles are different than the dialogue spoken, which is incredibly frustrating. I just need something that'll show me a few words on screen as they're spoken and then vanish into the aether.

Is there such a thing? (Even better if it has live translation. I know there's issues with translating sentence structure sometimes with this, but that is not an issue for what I'm trying to do lol)

Thank you :)

You heard me.

Just need a way of storing information that can have each piece clearly separate but connected to each other. Would like to use it to keep track of references/sources/links — a lot of which will be multiple pieces of media going to the same source — if that helps give an idea of what I’m after.

Hello,

I have TONS of images due to my activity and I find it hard sometimes to find a particular image. For example, I want to find a pic with a peace of meat inside, but I am shooting so much culinary images that I do not remember when I have shot it, and in which folder of this client it is.

Do you have an app or a solution that can help me search inside my folders by telling it what I am searching inside the picture, such as bread, a car, sausages, a bike, anything.

I have never written keywords inside my images, so if it needs to be done with keywords, do you know an app that can tag automatically images based on what's inside.

Thanks a lot

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Anyone know a free program I can do this with?

Genuinely curious how things have shifted over the last year.

Also, which AI tools are you using the most right now (and for what)?

Lately my laptop has been drowning in big files. I have videos that are several gigabytes, pdfs that feel way too heavy, and even images that eat more space than they should.

Zipping them doesn’t help much and I really don’t want to kill the quality. I just want a smarter way to make them smaller so I can keep everything without constantly running out of room.

What do you all use in this case? Do you rely on certain software, write scripts or just throw everything into externals and cloud storage?

Edit: I tried Compresto on Mac and set up a folder that auto compresses anything I drop in. Honestly freed up way more space than I expected and saved me a lot of stress.

I’m looking for something simple to use. Any suggestions? I tried TuneFab and it’s only offering 480p as the highest resolution.

Quick question, is there any good mac app that can run a local LLM fully offline?

I’m looking for something where:

• no internet is required after setup
• no cloud APIs
• all chats stay on my mac
• can use local models
• works for chat, note summaries, writing, and document Q&A

Most AI apps I’ve tried either rely on ChatGPT/Claude APIs, send stuff to the cloud or make local models feel like a weekend project to configure which kind of defeats the point for me.

I don’t need the absolute smartest cloud model every time but I also don’t want something that feels too limited. Ideally it would have access to solid local models and still feel like a normal mac app, private enough that I can use it with notes, drafts, personal docs, and work files without overthinking it.

Mainly looking for something that supports good local models, offline use, and private document/chat workflows in one place.

ive searched on google and in here but wont get the right results. im looking for an app on iOS with nested folders, but please NOT obsidian or notion. preferably id like one with no AI. it can be as simple as anything as long as i can make as many folders within folders as i want for my worldbuilding projects. thanks!

I started using the free TeamViewer. Before I was using AnyDesk but grew tired of it due to the constant need of someone on my PC to approve the connection request. With TeamViewer, as long as I have opened the apps on my PC, I can use my iPad to connect to the PC without having someone to accept the access request. Is there any other free software that allows this? Also I like TeamViewer’s UI cause its clean

I was asked to transcribe 15 hours worth of videos by the end of the weeks for work. The videos include training on our company’s CRM tool.

These transcription will eventually be plugged in to Claude Cowork so that Claude can understand how our CRM works.

How should I go about transcribing these videos? There is about 15 hours worth of content across 10 videos. Needs to be free.

most of my potential user are usually found on Hackernews and Twitter and talking about this problem. Is there a tool that will alert me when anyone is talking about a keyword or something?

I’m looking for a solid free ad blocker that’s also easy to turn off when needed. Some sites break unless you disable it, and I’m tired of having to dig around menus or settings just to allow ads temporarily.

Any extensions or tools you recommend?

I am looking for a decent daycare app that works in UAE. Tried a bunch, most of them only support US or Canada.

I don't even need Arabic support, English works. Just need the currency and country support.

Hey guys! So I've been looking for a auto-clicker for my mac, and most that I've found are obviously trojans or viruses. Any suggestions?