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I have an iMac(OS Yosemite) with Google installed. I have used Apple Mail with Gmail for years. I had to change my Google Password which was no problem but it obviously stopped the Apple Mail/ Gmail operation. Clearly it was necessary to change the Password in the IMAP and SMTP setup using the...

I have a Canon IS 430 Camera which uses a Flash Drive as its storage medium for photographs. How can I transfer the pictures from a Flash drive to a Mobile phone. The Canon camera is about 25 years old and has no communication facilities to enable the direct transfer but once onto a Flash Drive...

I Have a Sharp HT-SBW182 Sound bar. I have fully set it up and all seems to work but the performance does not match what people are reporting. I have it connected to an LG 55" OLED TV which is only 1 year old. The Sound Bar is connected to the TV via the HDMI-ARC. The sound Bar is operating but...

Bought a New Mountfield 827H Sit on Lawn Mower. All worked on demonstration at delivery. Used for about 10 minuted, Stopped to empty Grass Collector, Restarted OK a couple of times, then refused to start with only the Solenoid pulling when trying to restart. Indicated the Battery was low on...

I have bought a 1TB SSD and tried to back up my ageing PC (12 years old but still working well) using Apple Time Machine. The first back up will take a few hours apparently so left it overnight. No Back up was made. Inspecting the SSD I see that Time Machine has successfully registered my iMac...

I have a reasonably sized lawn at around 1000 Sq Mts. Not large enough for a sit on is the advice from a 'DIYnot' posting from 2009, and I must agree with that conclusion and as such I have used petrol self propelled mowers for many years. However advancing years (I am 80) makes the task of...

I have a petrol Driven Pressure washer and have used a Turbo Nozzle for cleaning a Block Paved Drive. It is a large drive and takes hours and hours to clean it. There are lots of attachments on the market which are of the 'Pan' type which professional drive cleaners use. I would have thought...

The instructions for the Roca Flush operation quotes the the flush rates 6/3 lts/min and 4.5/3 lts/min not sure what the 4.5/3 and 6/3 means other than one is big flush and one is small flush selected by the two available buttons on the flush plate. My question is that I assume one press of the...

I am installing a new Double 13A Socket as a Spur from a domestic ring main for powering an OLED TV and a Fire TV Stick. My understanding is that if only One Double Socket is wired from the ring main then a Fused Spur is not necessary, if more than one Socket is on the Spur then a fused Spur is...

My wife has a Kia Picanto, had from new only done 10,000 miles in three years. Had first service at 3,000 miles and second service at 10,000 miles. I check the petrol consumption regularly by Tank fill to Tank Fill and check the mileage, as such I can get an accurate measure of mileage...

IMMIGRATION CRISIS A lot is being spent and lives lost or ruined in attempts to stop the dangerous Channel crossing by inflatable boats full of Illegal Immigrants who claim they are fleeing danger, but in reality they are is no danger settling in France / Belgium etc so the journey to Britain is...

I have a 5 month old Feider FTDT4640ES Lawn Mower. I was happy with the Machine performance but only used it 6 times and it lost power mid cut and stopped. I could not get it restarted using the pull cord or the electric start. Several Back Fires occurred when trying to start it, eventually it...

My house is relatively New, Built 2001 by a National Building Company and wired by professional building contractors. No Electrical modifications have been undertaken and all electrics operate as built. I recently loosened a Double socket live, and noticed one of the earth leads was loose...

I purchased and installed an external Double socket from Screwfix. The back box has two Earth connections. When checking closely these earth connection have NO continuity with the Earth terminals on the sockets. I thought initially that continuity would be established when the sockets were...

I bought a car battery charger a few months ago, the reason being that I am only doing short journeys over the winter and as such not really enough to recharge the battery fully. The type I bought was a relatively cheap domestic Electronic type with various functions. A battery charger means no...

I have read several threads referring to the removal of the silicon sealant from Around the Sink unit, all of which do not help me on what I can do to remove a sink unit from a Granite worktop. The original sink was installed by a professional installer and was placed onto an application of the...

I posted a question about 10 years ago and unfortunately did not get any meaningful replies, so I will try a new posting and hope someone can advise me. I have had some success with Moss killing with Iron Sulphate granules but that was really guess work with respect to concentration and...

After 60 years of DIYing, and getting away with the inevitable 'Cartoon' disaster of drilling into a water pipe, whilst preparing to mount a shelf unit, it happened. NO excuses on my behalf just an admission of riding my luck for a few more times. Recovered from the disaster and all is back up...

I have a TimberPro Chainsaw and the Bar Bolts have either Stripped, or the Securing Nuts Striped or maybe the Bolt Securing grooves have stripped. Whatever the problem is I need to replace the bolts or if the problem is the Nuts being stripped , I need to remove the Nuts. The only way I can...

I have had a Brother HL-1110 printer for a few years, it does all I want in that I get reasonable documentation prints. It is of course a Laser Mono Chrome printer, but recently the printing has started to fade quite badly, being worse at the extremities (L-R)of the printed page. Obviously the...