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H: How to change the name of a recipient
GMail has recently rolled out a new method of composing a message: the composition appears as a popup stable at the bottom of the screen, and one can look at other mail for reference, say, while composing the mail. Other things have changed about the composition process also.
One (to me unwelcome) change is as follows. Suppose GMail recognizes the name-and-address John Doe <doe@example.com> from past e-mail I've sent, or from my address book. Suppose now I wish to compose an e-mail message to Mary Doe <doe@example.com>. Using the old composition method, this is easy: I edit the "to:" line. Using the new one, any attempt to use doe@example.com as a recipient will result in its getting labeled John Doe <doe@example.com>.
I know of two solutions for this on a case-by-case basis:
Use Mary Doe <doe+@example.com> or any other equivalent but not identical address.
Add doe@example.com as a contact (if he isn't already) and remove John Doe from the contact information.
Neither appeals to me, and I'm looking for any further possible solutions, either on a case-by-case basis (is there something to press while editing the "to:" line that will make my edits there stick?) or, preferably, as a preference I can set.
AI: Double-click the person tag that appears after you've entered the email address. You'll then be able to edit the name as you want.
Mousing over the tag shows the person card:
Double-click the card:
After editing: |
H: How to remove the name of a recipient
GMail has recently rolled out a new method of composing a message: the composition appears as a popup stable at the bottom of the screen, and one can look at other mail for reference, say, while composing the mail. Other things have changed about the composition process also.
One (to me unwelcome) change is as follows. Suppose GMail recognizes the name-and-address John Doe <doe@example.com> from past e-mail I've sent, or from my address book. Suppose now I wish to compose an e-mail message to doe@example.com with no name. Using the old composition method, this is easy: I edit the "to:" line. Using the new one, any attempt to use doe@example.com alone as a recipient will result in its getting labeled John Doe <doe@example.com>.
I know of two solutions for this on a case-by-case basis:
Use doe+@example.com or any other equivalent but not identical address.
Add doe@example.com as a contact (if it isn't already) and remove John Doe from the contact information.
Neither appeals to me, and I'm looking for any further possible solutions, either on a case-by-case basis (is there something to press while editing the "to:" line that will make my edits there stick?) or, preferably, as a preference I can set.
AI: Found another two options based on my answer to your first question:
type " " <e@ma.il> and hit tab/hit enter/click in another field
type and choose the email normally, then double click on the email+name block that Gmail creates and replace the name between the " " with a single space.
The first version worked for me 9/10 times, I'm not sure what I did differently during the 1/10. The second version worked for me every time.
When it worked Gmail created a new block that simply said (e@ma.il) and in the sent folder it showed the to-field as e@ma.il. |
H: Google Spreadsheets formula question: do not include cell in a formula if blank
I am a music teacher and I use the following formula to calculate my students performance grades:
=100-SUM(F3-5)*-7
How can I change the formula so it only calculates a grade if there is data in the cell?
Additionally I use this formula to calculate the average of my students daily participation/conduct and performance grade:
=100*SUM(G3:H3)/200
Same basic question as above, how can I change the formula so it only runs if there is data in H3 and if there is not the solution equals G3?
AI: Use the IF function, for reference check the following
Google spreadsheets function list
so for the students performance grades, you could use the following
=IF(F3<>"", 100-SUM(F3-5)*-7, "")
and for the students daily participation/conduct and performance grade
=IF(H3<>"", 100*SUM(G3:H3)/200, G3) |
H: Display Google Sheets in mobile mode in desktop browser
When viewing a Google Sheets in a mobile browser you have handy filter buttons at the top.
How do I display the mobile version of the page in a desktop (preferably Firefox) browser?
I seek to display only Google Sheets that way while displaying non-mobile versions of other websites at the same time. So changing the UA globally won't work.
I found a solution through some URL tweaking: changing the document link URL from docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=... to docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=... displays the spreadsheet with the desired filter buttons. The "list view" mode can also be toggled from the view menu in spreadsheets when logged in.
AI: Visit a site like http://whatsmyua.com using your mobile browser and note your User Agent string.
Use a FF add-on such as User Agent Switcher to modify your UA to exactly match that of your mobile browser.
Try opening the page and see if you get the mobile version. |
H: How do I write an HTML character without the browser converting it on Google Sites?
Specifically I'm trying to write "̅" with the quotation marks to indicate the character. I want the code to appear not the character.
I'm looking for alternative answers than to use > or < or <pre>.
AI: In HTML, the characters < and > are special (so are quotation marks in certain places). If you want these characters to appear, you'll need to encode them (as < and > respectively). The ampersand is used for encoding, and it follows that the ampersand is also a special character. If you want an actual ampersand to appear, you need to encode that too, as &. Specifically, if you want the string ̅ to appear, you should encode it as &#773;. |
H: How to apply formula to WHOLE column and automatically add this formula to new created rows in this column?
I need some kind of "autoincrement field" in my spreadsheet. I've added =ROW() formula to first column. But as I'm adding new rows - I have to apply this formula to new created rows as well. Is there any ways to do it automatically?
AI: Use the following formula for that:
=ARRAYFORMULA(ROW(A:A))
I strongly advise you to use hard coded Id's. If for some reason the sheet gets re-arranged, then the Id's will follow with that re-arrangement. An ARRAYFORMULA will stick to its plan and present the range as ever. |
H: facebook view deleted post from wall
On Facebook I'm friends with a normal account (I think) that posts messages sent to it. I was reading a post of it that showed up on my news feed but when I went to like it I got a message saying this post was deleted. Is there anyway at all I can view this post, even if it's saved in my browser cache?
AI: No, it is not possible to view this deleted post. Even if you have it in your cache, it would have already been overridden the next time you visit the same page (and you did, since you saw the message about the post being deleted).
There might be some luck if Facebook emails you regarding posts by your friends, as they may contain the message within the email so that you can see it even if it is removed from Facebook itself. |
H: How to count entries based on timestamp
I'm trying to count how many entries with a particular timestamp or range are in my table and although it’s pretty simple, I cannot find the proper way to do that.
Example data:
A
------------------
9/12/2011 11:08:40
4/23/2012 8:09:22
4/23/2012 8:11:55
What I want to calculate is how many entries were made in 2011 and how many in 2012.
I tried to make some string checks with countif, like countif(A:A, "*/2011*"), but it does’t work.
I also tried to use the YEAR() function this way: countif(A:A, year(A)="2012"), but it returns 0.
What am I doing wrong?
AI: Try:
=COUNTIF(ARRAYFORMULA(YEAR(B:B));2011)
or
=COUNT(FILTER(B:B;YEAR(B:B)=2012))
or
=INDEX(QUERY(B:B;"SELECT COUNT(B) WHERE YEAR(B)=2012");2;1)
If you use the QUERY formula without the INDEX, then a header will appear as well. |
H: Add following people's links
Is it possible to create a rule with if-this-then-that for a user that I follow with Delicious so I can add his links to my Pocket?
The user isn't mine.
AI: After some research, here's what I did, maybe there's a better way.
With IFTTT, create a this rule for a RSS feed and add this feed from Delicious:
http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/rss/{user}
Then, that rule may be whatever you like, mine was Pocket. |
H: Reference data from another 'spreadsheet' in Google Docs/Drive
Is there a way i can reference data from another Google Spreadsheet in Google Docs/Drive?
e.g., spreadsheet-A, sheet 1, column A is a dynamic reference of spreadsheet-B, sheet 1, column E
I'm not talking about copying and pasting the data, but referencing its values, in the same way that you could if you were using =E:E if they were in the same spreadsheet.
AI: You can import data from another spreadsheet using the importrange() function:
=importrange(spreadsheet-key, range)
spreadsheet-key is part of the url of the spreadsheet that contains the data you want to import. It looks like "0AsaQpHJE_LShdFhSRWZBWWMxem1pZGxhWG1XZzlic0E". range defines the cells you want to import.
In your example, you would look for the spreadsheet-key in the URL of spreadsheet B, and then in spreadsheet A, cell A1, you would put:
=importrange("key-of-spreadsheet-b", "E:E")
Don't forget to surround the key and range with quotation marks. |
H: Google Spreadsheet Sort Two Columns
So I've found the following answer in regards to auto-sorting by one column, which works great
How can I make some data on a Google Spreadsheet auto-sorting?
However, my use case requires the sorting of two columns. One column is whole numbers, while the second column are dates. I would like to sort the whole numbers column first, then within each number sort the date.
Any suggestions?
AI: Starting with the following line of code:
var range = sheet.getRange("A1:B10");
The sort can be performed in different ways:
range.sort([1,2]);
range.sort([{column: 1, ascending: true}, {column: 2, ascending: true}]);
Both ways are identical as the sort type is by default ascending, but the second option allows for different sort order when TRUE is changed to FALSE.
See reference: range.sort |
H: How can I read all answers on Quora without having to register?
Quora only shows its first answer on a question's page, the rest gets blurred out.
It then asks the user to register to read all the answers. I really do not like such bullying tactics and I hence will never register.
Yet before I blacklist Quora entirely from my Google searches, I wonder if there was a way to read all the answers without having to register.
AI: Add the get parameter
?share=1
at the end of the question's URL, and all the answers will show. You have to set it only once per browser session.
I have built a Chrome extension to automate on pre-load. (It's also open source.) |
H: How to prevent my friends from seeing my friends’ list on Facebook
I am wondering, is there a way that enables me to customize how my friends in my friend list see each other on Facebook?
There are some cases that make this feature so useful and necessary, for example:
You add a new girl as a friend and don't want for her to see your other girl friends in your friends’ list.
You add your current manger and don't want for her/him to your ex manager in your friends’ list.
AI: Yes there is a way.
Click the Friends tab on your timeline.
On the top right corner of Friends page you'll see two buttons: Find Friends and Edit (a pencil like button). Click on the Edit button and click Edit privacy.
The first option allows you to set who sees your friend list; set this to Only me and click Close.
Your friend list is only visible to you now. Note! Mutual friends will be visible to anybody in your friend list... meaning if your current manager is also a friend of your ex-manager, he/she will see the other in your friend list. Hope this helps. |
H: Host HTML file with direct download link
Is there a host where you can upload an HTML file without needing an account and then there is a direct download link?
I would need this for my HTML class, so that students can upload a file and then use tools like these SEO Tests. They all just work with a link.
If there is an SEO Test tool (Meta Tags, H1, etc.) that works like the W3C validator, where you can upload a file, that would work too.
AI: You can try GitHub's Gist. You can post your HTML files anonymously and get back the raw source code (not parsed) when you visit it. |
H: Conditional formatting color gradient
A few friends and myself have created a Google Spreadsheet where we are keeping track of virtual item sales. One column has costs, one column has income one has profit, and a fourth has a running total of funds.
I'd like to be able to make the column with profit to be very green for very large numbers, so they are visible while glancing over the document.
I know how to do this in Excel, but I can't find a way to do it in Google Spreadsheet.
AI: Use the conditional format option in the menu format:
Make sure to select the complete column, when applying the conditional format.
See screenshot from the example file I prepared:
Example file: Conditional Formatting. Try to add some numbers yourself add see the result. Be sure to check the settings under Format> Conditional formatting... in the menu. |
H: Outlook.com only syncs new email, not migrated email from Google apps account
Given Google's recent anti consumer/startup policies (no activesync on new iOS devices,no new Google apps free tier) we have migrated our custom domain email from Google Apps (essentially gmail) to Live (domains.live.com, essentially outlook.com)
We enabled pop3 on the gmail end and added the gmail as "another send and receive" email with the corresponding pop3 settings with destination as the "inbox" folder at the outlook.com end . Older emails are now appearing at the outlook.com end but something peculiar is happening; none of these pop3 migrated emails, now in the inbox, appear on any active sync devices (eg iPhone5).
Do I need to configure something more at the outlook.com (really a custom domain) to make sure every email in the new inbox (and other folders) also shows up in the newly configured active sync device?
AI: The issue was the iPhone defaults to "sync last 3 days" in the settings. And because the migration started from "oldest" to "newest", some of the newer email that would have fallen in that time windows didn't exist (migrating took 2 full days) |
H: Merging document from other account to my google drive
I want to add a document to my google drive(from some other person) that won't be edited by me.
I always want to have the latest revision of that document on my drive. Since its a big technical document I won't notice small changes.
How do I do this?
AI: You can get the person to share the relevant file with you so that you will always get the latest version. He/She can grant you read-only access to the file, and you can also know that the file has been changed the next time you want to open it when you see the file name in bold. |
H: How do I get an overview of recent activity for a GitHub repository?
For many GitHub repositories, there is a lot of activity going on per day. It would be nice to have an overview of all recent activity going on in the GitHub repository. Is there such a feature available?
AI: GitHub's Pulse feature allows you to find an overview of all recent activity in a repository (here's their post announcing the feature). This would include:
New/Closed Pull requests and Issues
Number of authors who made commits during the period specified
Number of commits made
Number of files changed
Number of lines added and removed
List of top contributors to the repository
It is possible to select the desired amount of time you wish to see. Available options are 24 hours before, 3 days before, 1 week before (default) and 1 month before. You can access it using the left-most heartbeat icon of any repository. It is also possible to see statistics up to 1 year before by manipulating the URL and changing the time factor to "yearly" (i.e. if you are in the month view, change "monthly" to "yearly"). |
H: Iterated variable (i) for argument on range in Google Scripts API
for (i=0; i<numItems; i++) {
var cell = sheet.getRange(12,i);
cell.setFormula(i);
}
This simple formula should go to every place on the column 12 where there is data, and replace it with the number which i is, correct? The argument it is giving me is The coordinates or dimensions of the range are invalid.
How on earth am I supposed to use the i for the argument in range?
AI: There are some inaccuracies in your code. I will try to guide you through the code.
Your code alone will not work, but you probably know that
first declare the active sheet (or spreadsheet)
var sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
determine the last row in the sheet
var row = sh.getLastRow();
get the range and get the values
var aData = sh.getRange(1, 2, row, 1).getValues();
The getRange(row, col) will range a particular cell and not a range. After having set the getRange(), you need to get the content by adding the getValues(). The setFormula() is specifically meant for adding a formula, like "=MAX(A:A)".
Here's the ittaration, how I would perform it:
first, you need to hold the "new" data in an array
var aNew = new Array();
set up the itteration
for (i=0; i<aData.length; i++) {
set up an IF statement
if(aData[i][0] != "") {
add "new" data into array via the push method
aNew.push([i+1]);
Finally add the newly gathered data to the active sheet. This is done via the setValues() command.
sh.getRange(1, 1, aNew.length, 1).setValues(aNew);
The complete code and example file: itteration code
function myFunction() {
var sh = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet();
var row = sh.getLastRow();
var aData = sh.getRange(1, 2, row, 1).getValues();
var aNew = new Array();
for (i=0; i<aData.length; i++) {
if(aData[i][0] != "") {
aNew.push([i+1]);
}
}
sh.getRange(1, 1, aNew.length, 1).setValues(aNew);
} |
H: How do I setup a Gmail vacation responder for an imported account?
I have multiple accounts imported into Gmail with labels set up and skipping the inbox.
I was wondering if it's possible to use the Automatic Vacation Responder for one of those imported accounts (e.g., work email, not personal email) rather than the main personal Gmail account (from which I imported the other email accounts).
Is it? If so, how?
AI: Most email systems have the vacation response feature, just log into the original email account and set it up. Just remember to turn it off when you return. |
H: Problem QUERY function in Google Spreadsheets formula
I tried this formula:
=concatenate(query('Scheda Intervento'!C2:K14;"select SUM (K) where (F>= date '2013-01-01' and F <= date '2013-01-31' and C = '" & A2 &"')";0))
The result is right but it gives me:
sum
35 €
but I want to have
35 €
AI: Use the following formula:
=INDEX(query('Scheda Intervento'!C2:K13;"select sum (K)
where (F >= date '2013-01-01' and F <= date '2013-01-31'
and C = '" & A2 &"')");2;1)
After that you can perform the CONCAT handling. |
H: Does Facebook still have a place for favourite quotes and music and if yes how do you edit them?
In the past Facebook had a place where one can specify their favorite music, films, quotes etc. Do they still have this? If yes how can I edit it?
AI: Yes, it is called your about tab, or just "about" on your Facebook timeline. If you are logged in, go to your own timeline, press about and edit what sections to show and what to show in either section by pressing the pen icon. |
H: Stop content from making cell two lines
In Excel if you have a long piece of text like a URL in a cell you can stop the cell from becoming a double-line cell and messing up the rest of your layout. It does this by just clipping the information that's in the cell.
Is there a way you can set this in Google Sheets?
AI: Deactivate line breaks in the toolbar: |
H: How to remove automatic negative indent from Google Documents?
When I write a paragraph in Google Documents, they get a very distinctive negative indent on the first line. I don't want that. I want my paragraphs to have no indent at all.
How do I get that?
Here is a screenshot showing the automatic negative indent:
AI: This was tough to find.
First, make sure you have "Show ruler" checked under the View menu.
Then, in the ruler at the top of your document, I bet you see something like this:
The little blue rectangle has the tooltip "First line indent" while the little blue triangle says "Left indent". In other words, the first line of your paragraph lines up with the rectangle, while the rest lines up with the triangle. To remove this you need to line them up, like so:
Each paragraph appears to have its own setting, so you'll probably have to select all (or most) of your text and make the change to apply it more universally.
I'm guessing that you inadvertently moved this when first creating the document.
More information on the Page setup support page. |
H: How to enable google apps users to edit theirs profile and share it with Google Apps Directory
At our company we use Google Apps. We want to list all accounts as a contacts and allow people to edit theirs contact profile, so others can use theirs updated profiles.
Google provides Google Apps Directory. But users can't edit it.
How to allow users to share theirs profile in some common directory?
AI: You cannot do it directly. Only via API within Google services.
However, there are tools. The tool we have used is FlashPanel. You can get it in the Google Apps Marketplace.
Right now it is completely free. It is my understanding they are planning to make a free and paid version. |
H: Is there a way to know what Gmail filters apply to a given email?
I have so many filters that I don't know which ones are making some emails skip the inbox. Is there a way to know the filters that match a given email?
AI: The workaround I use to do this is to apply labels to filtered messages.
From Gmail >> Settings >> Filters you can edit the behavior of existing filters (or new ones) to include "Apply label", once you check that box you can assign an existing label to the filter or create a new one.
This way you can see what filters apply to a given email both inline when messages are listed (e.g. in the inbox) or from inside the email itself. |
H: Where can I find a discarded email draft in Gmail?
I just pressed the discard button on a long email draft I was editing. Where can I find it now? I tried to search in the bin folder, but it's not there...
AI: As soon as you've (accidentally) hit the discard button you have the option to undo discard in the alert that appears at the top of the page. Click that! Or hit z (undo last action) if you have keyboard shortcuts enabled.
However, as soon as you start to navigate around Gmail this alert disappears and your draft is gone for good it seems. (The keyboard shortcut z no longer works either.) |
H: What happens to my comments, likes, and chat, when I delete my Facebook profile?
I assume that my posts are deleted when I delete my Facebook account, but what about the "like"s that I gave to other posts? Is the "likes" count on that post/page reduced?
Or the comments I made on other posts? Are they deleted?
And what happens to the conversations I had in chat?
Do they still appear to the people I chatted with?
AI: Account deactivation
If you deactivate your account, all your comments, likes, shares, post and everything associated with your profile disappears like it never existed. But your message conversation will still be visible on your friend's inbox just there won't be your profile picture and link to it.
If you reactivate the account in future all your likes, comments etc. will reappear.
Account deletion
If you choose to permanently delete your Facebook profile, the same thing happens plus all your data from facebook servers will be erased permanently, so there's no way you can regain access to your account as well as the data associated with it.
If you want you can download all your data from Facebook before deleting the account. Goto your account settings https://www.facebook.com/settings and click on the link that says "Download a copy of your Facebook data" and download the archive. |
H: How to see the list of "used devices" in Facebook "login notification" feature?
It seems that I'm not receiving SMS notification messages when I try to log in from a new device.
Where can I see the list of "used devices"? I want to reset the list so as to receive a notification.
AI: It's just a little bit further down the same page. It's labeled "Recognized Devices". It will show you a list of all of the devices/browsers that you have authorized to log in without notification.
Account Settings | Security |
H: Facebook not letting me add phone number, says it's invalid
I am trying to add my work phone number to Facebook. It asks me to enter a phone number after I log in but it keeps saying that the number I've entered is invalid.
I'm using an IP phone but the area code is in Canada (which I selected).
AI: Is this a VOIP provider phone number? Some services reject those numbers. Craigslist will not accept Google voice numbers (VOIP). |
H: Watch history in YouTube
You know that YouTube allows us to see our watch history.
My watch history is about 5000 videos, so I can't keep scrolling to reach the first videos that I viewed.
Are there any better ways to view the watch history?
AI: Short answer: No.
Long answer: Not possible, unless you load the page and keep pressing the "End" button on your keyboard until you reach the first video. |
H: With setting up company email with Gmail, how do I administer the team account?
About a month ago I set up the company email with Gmail for business.
I set up two accounts: one for myself which I am able to log into, and one for a teammate which I am not able to log into :)
How do I log into the admin console so I can administer my teammate's email?
I mean, what is the URL?
The company is problemio.
AI: You can access the Google Apps admin login at http://google.com/a/yourdomain.com where you'd replace yourdomain.com with whatever domain you set up with Google. |
H: Send forwarded domain email to Gmail folder
I have a couple of email addresses from name@example.com that I'm forwarding to a personal Gmail account.
However, I need to save disk space and move my email messages to Gmail. Is it possible to send name@example.com email messages automatically to a label inside of my Gmail personal account instead of just lying there in the main inbox?
This way I would be able to delete my domain emails and some disk space on my hosting and I would have all the emails sent automatically to a label on Gmail.
Am I thinking correctly? I sometimes get a bit confused with this.
AI: You want to use labels for this. Gmail doesn't have folders, it has labels.
You can automatically assign a label to an incoming email via filters. The filter can even archive the email, so that it retains it, but doesn't include the inbox label. Archiving is just the removal of the inbox label.
You can also have gmail retrieve email from a third party account. That function can also attach a label and auto archive.
A cool feature of labels is that a message can have multiple labels, thus allowing you to avoid the problem of trying to store a message in two folders. You can also have the list of labels in the sidebar, making it easy to jump to a label. |
H: How do you reply to a seller on Amazon?
I sent a seller a message, they replied asking me something, I wanted to reply.
But I see no link to do so in the email, and I cannot see where to on Amazon's site
Where is the option?
AI: You can't directly email the seller because Amazon wants messages stored on their system for arbitration or dispute resolution.
So, you have to contact your seller through Amazon.
Go to "your account" > "your orders". There should be a button that says "Contact Seller".
Another way is to click on the "order details" or order number. Then find and click on the seller's name. It should be a hyperlink that opens to web form.
Lastly, you can go to the seller's storefront. Then on their "about" page, there is a "Contact the seller" link under "Further Information" on the bottom right. |
H: Format date ingredient in IFTTT channel
I'm trying to create a recipe similar to this one where I record all of my Foursquare check-ins on a particular day to a single note for that day in Evernote.
Unfortunately, the {{CheckinDate}} ingredient uses time as well as date (Example: April 29, 2013 at 12:01PM). What I need is just the date (April 29, 2013).
So, I can have a separate note for every check-in (by using the date), or have all Foursquare check-ins written to a single note (until it fills up and creates a new note). Neither of which is what I want.
Is there a way to get all Foursquare check-ins on a particularly calendar date to be in one Evernote note?
I thought about using my Foursquare RSS feed the but {{EntryPublished}} ingredient is formatted the same way (with the time).
AI: I contacted IFTTT support and they told me that this is currently not possible (within IFTTT) but that they'll take it as feedback for future enhancements.
So, the answer would appear to be "you can't".
I'd love to see some ideas for alternatives using a third-party solution. |
H: Summing a column, filtered based on another column in Google Spreadsheet
I have the following data in a Google Spreadsheet:
+------+---------+
| Time | Include |
+------+---------+
| 0:30 | No |
| 1:00 | Yes |
| 0:30 | Yes |
| 0:30 | No |
| 0:30 | Yes |
+------+---------+
I would like to add up the time where the column to the right is "Yes".
I am using the following to add up all time (3:00):
=SUM(A1:A5)
and I've tried the following to add up the time (2:00) where the adjacent column is Yes, but Google reports "#ERROR!":
=SUM(FILTER(A1:A5;B1:B5="Yes"))
AI: Just realised FILTER should be comma separated:
=SUM(FILTER(A1:A5,B1:B5="Yes")) |
H: How can I read spam mail safely in Gmail?
Is there a way to see the spam mail contents in Gmail safely?
AI: Use an alternate browser than your regular one
Open a private browsing tab or window - all browsers have them (Chrome calls it "Incognito window", for example)
Browse to your spam folder and view messages - do not confirm the "show images" option!
Close private tab - nothing got saved to your machine |
H: Merging two Google accounts
I currently have two "general" Google accounts. I set up the first several years ago to use stuff like Calendar, Contacts and also Analytics. I didn't want to use it for e-mail, as I already have an e-mail address and I didn't want to migrate everything to Google. So I used just some "random" user name like user87142 for it. Recently, I set up a second account to use it for a project on Google Code, as I wanted to have some meaningful user name there. After a while, I started using this account for other purposes, like signing up on Github, Discourse and also added it as another login option here on Stackexchage.
Well, now I have the problem, that I have two "active" accounts, which gets quite confusing. Sometimes, I have to log in using the other account to check something (for example, Analytics), then I have to go back to the other to sign up for some website. I know you can log in with multiple accounts on Google, but I'd rather have just a single account. And I don't really want to loose my calendars and contacts or have to set up Analytics again.
According to Google's Help pages, it is not possible (yet?) to merge two accounts directly. However, if you search for this topic, there seems to be a tool called 'Google Takeout' for merging two Google+ accounts.
Now my question: is it possible to use that tool for merging two 'normal' Google accounts too? If yes, what are the steps you have to perform, what things could go wrong? If no, is there some other way of 'merging' my accounts?
AI: Actual Answer: No.
Close but slightly off answer:
The closest thing to merging accounts at this time is linking multiple accounts. There is a nice article linked below, but the basic steps are:
Navigate to google.com/accounts and sign in with what you want to be your primary account
Personal Settings -> Multiple Sign-In -> save
At the top where your email address is displayed, select the drop down menu and select Sign in to Other Account
You will be able to switch between them quickly once this is complete.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/25008/access-all-your-google-accounts-at-the-same-time-with-multiple-sign-in/ |
H: Can I Create a Bigger Gmail Group from Several (Smaller) Gmail Groups?
I have three gmail groups A, B and C, each with say ten members.
Now I want create another bigger gmail group, say, BIG containing all the members of A, B, and C.
I tried simply clicking on the plus button and writing the names A, B and C. It did not work.
Please tell me whether it is possible to add a gmail group to another gmail group in some way, or I should not bother?
Do we have only the exhaustive way of individually adding all those thirty plus names to BIG?
AI: You cannot add a Google Contacts group to another group directly. Groups do not nest (kind of like how Gmail labels do not nest if you have not activated nesting in Labs). However, we don't need to add users to BIG one-by-one either. You have a couple options, actually.
The Easy Way
The most direct, and probably easiest for most circumstances, is to batch add users from A to BIG, then from B to BIG, then from C to BIG (etc.). I assume you already have A, B, and C, so now create BIG. Now go to A. Click the "Select All" checkbox to select every contact in Group A. Then, click the Groups menu (the drop-down menu with a three-person icon) and click the open checkbox next to the BIG group. This will add everyone from A to BIG.
Removing contacts from lists can be done on a one-by-one or group-by-group basis (or any combination thereof).
Something More Elaborate
UPDATE: Google no longer permits nested groups. No workaround at this time. My original notes still included here for reference purposes, and in the hopes that we find a workaround. Made my answer a wiki to facilitate other solutions!
"Hang on!" you say. (I don't know, what do you usually say? It's a one-sided conversation right now, I get to put words in your mouth. Here come some more:) "This easy way works for simple lists, but what if things get complicated? What if Jane Test is leaving Group B. Normally, this would mean that I remove her from BIG also. But I have lots of contacts and groups; Maybe Jane should still be in BIG because she is a member of Group C also. Or, what if I forget about this issue and don't check Jane's contact card for other groups when editing it, and then take her out of BIG mistakenly?"
Now I think you're being picky, but there is a solution for this too. Instead of using Google Contacts for these more complex contact/group and group/group relationships, create some private Google Groups for A, B, C, and BIG. Unlike Contacts groups, Groups groups (is that a thing?) can include other Groups groups. (See: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=167100) Look, we're just going to call those "Groups" now. You can email everyone in a Google Group by setting their member preferences (for that Group) to receive all posts by email, and then by emailing a post to the group. Every member of the group gets the email.
That way, if Jane is in Groups B and C; and Groups A, B, and C are "members" of Group BIG; then when you remove Jane from Group B she will retain her membership in Group BIG in virtue of her membership in Group C. So, you don't have to check and you are less likely to mistakenly remove Jane from BIG. |
H: Autofill the 'Average' function
I have a column of data. Each cell in the column represents a new day. So the 1st cell is for the 1st day and the Nth cell is for the Nth day. I want to add a 2nd column where the Nth cell in that column displays the average of the first N cells in the 1st column. I want to enter this formula once and then drag it down to the bottom of the column so that the entire column is 'filled' with the proper formula.
Currently, when I specify the average function like AVERAGE(A1:A5), dragging that formula increases both the starting and the ending cell indices in the new filled formulas. For example, two cells down from the cell above I might have AVERAGE(A3:A7) when what I want is AVERAGE(A1:A7).
Example:
Col1 __ Col2
7 __ __ 7
8 __ __ 7.5
7 __ __ 7.333
9 __ __ 7.75
AI: Use the following notation:
=AVERAGE(A$1:A5)
Copying this formula, will yield:
=AVERAGE(A$1:A7)
Absolute references explained:
$A$1; Both the column and row reference are fixed.
$A1; Only the column reference is fixed.
A$1; Only the row reference is fixed.
Reference: Absolute reference |
H: Is it possible to add the same sublabel to different parent labels?
I have different people who email me about the same subject, e.g, WBR and AIB both email me about HP201. However, so far as I can see Google only allows the sub-label HP201 to be attached to one parent. Aside from making HP201 a parent itself is it possible to make it a sub label of WBR and AIB?
AI: No. A label can only have one parent (or no parent).
You could probably make two different "HP201" labels to put under their respective parents.
Really, though, you have a use-case for not having "HP201" as a sub-label. It should be a label unto itself. That way you can easily find all of the "HP201" conversations, "WBR" conversations, and "AIB" conversations. A quick search (label:HP201 label:WBR) will easily find the conversations with both labels. |
H: What are DuckDuckGo goodies?
I just discovered these cool looking 'goodies' on DuckDuckGo, but I have no idea how to use them, or what they are. Can someone enlighten me?
AI: When going to the Goodies and selecting the "programming" option, the following can be seen:
If you edit the field where "6GB/700KB/s in min" is mentioned and change it to "15GB/600KB/s in hour", then the following can bee seen:
So then if you type that in the main DDG search field, you get this: |
H: How to view the parent folder of a Google Document?
Often I have the direct link to a Google Document (mine or an organizational shared one) and want to find documents that are stored within the same folder. To do so, I would need to determine the folder the document is in.
Is there a way to do that?
AI: A document can potentially be in multiple folders, but you can get a list of them through the UI.
Click the folder icon next to the document title. If the document is in a single folder, you get a view into that single folder showing the folder name with an icon to open the folder in a new tab, other documents in the folder, and options to move the current document:
If the document is in more than one folder, you get a list of the folders it is in with hyperlinks to each. |
H: Facebook `find friend box` visibility
The box is sometimes visible for a friend, as snapshot #1 & #2, and sometimes not visible for another friend, as snapshot #3. I don't know why.
Why is that?
"Search your friend" box is visible
Not visible for some facebook friends
AI: This means your friend in snapshot #3 has prevented you from seeing his/her friend list.
Maybe it is set to Only Me |
H: In Google Maps is there a way to set your home location?
When finding bus information on Google Maps, is there an easy way to have it remember my home location so I don't have to type in my address each time?
AI: You can set your home and work locations in My Places. There is more info on the google map help site: Home and Work in Maps |
H: Login to GMail using yourname@domain.com
I've set up a domain and linked the email there with Google using Settings > Account for sending emails (and I ticked treat as alias). As well as connecting by POP3 to get the emails.
However I want to be able to login to this GMail account using yourname@domain.com email address. How do I go about doing this?
AI: Here's Google's support topic regarding additional login email addresses:
To add an alternate email address to your Google Account, just follow
these steps:
Sign in to your account on the Google Accounts homepage.
Click Edit next to 'Email addresses.'
Add your alternate email address in the 'Add an additional email address' field.
Click Save.
Source: http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?answer=86635 |
H: Does it increase the amount of ads if ads were already turned on?
I just recently noticed the YouTube settings option for "Allow advertisements to be displayed alongside my videos" and it looks like the default is "enabled". This is pretty sneaky on Google's part, because they don't tell me ads are on my videos even though they are and I wasn't monetizing at all since I started posting videos.
Now, say I did turn monetization on.
Does this "increase" the frequency of ads that are shown on my videos (not sure if ads are shown every time even with the ads function on)?
I've already subjected my poor viewers to ads without my knowledge, so if it doesn't make any difference maybe I will consider turning monetization on.
AI: No it does not increase the frequency.
The only difference will be that you will be making money of the ads that were on your videos. |
H: How do I submit a copyright infringement notification to the various MSN sites?
I uploaded a video to YouTube which has become moderately viral. Unfortunately part of this experience has involved filing copyright infringement notifications with various video sites all over the internet. Somewhat surprisingly I have had the most difficulty with figuring out how to file notices with the various MSN brands: uk.msn.com br.msn.com ca.msn.com mx.msn.com xin.msn.com in.msn.com etc.
Is there a single form or email address that can be used to file copyright infringement notifications across all of the MSN sites?
AI: Apparently Microsoft considers MSN to be a service. When I read the fine print on the notices of infringement page for Microsoft services MSN is listed:
This form is for reporting copyright or trademark infringements for
any Microsoft service, such as MSN, Hotmail, Windows Live, Windows
Azure, SkyDrive, Zune, Messenger or Xbox. This form is not for
reporting infringements relating to Search or Applications. |
H: Alert for friend’s activity on facebook
Is it possible to receive alert for a particular friend’s activity on Facebook? For instance when he posts/updates on his wall, likes, uploads pics etc.
AI: Yes, it is possible. It is something called "stalking" someone, and Facebook has a feature for that (though not actually created for stalking people).
In Facebook, there is something called the "Close Friends" list on Facebook. If you want to know everything that your friend did, you would add him/her onto this list and even his/her likes will appear on your feed.
Note: Some people don't like the feeling of being "stalked", so use this sparingly.
Source |
H: What does Wikipedia mean when they say some accounts will be renamed due to a technical change?
Wikipedia currently has a notification at the top of every single page saying that some accounts will be renamed due to a technical change when I am logged in. Clicking on Read more doesn't really explain much to me. What is it all about?
AI: Wikipedia is currently trying to rename accounts that are currently not "global". As you know, the English Wikipedia is only one of the many wikis available on the network of wikis owned by the Wikimedia Foundation. Many years ago, they decided to implement something called "Single User Login (SUL)" so that users can just log in on one wiki and be logged in on every single wiki on the network. This is provided that an account is considered "global".
This should not affect many people, as most of our accounts are created after this change was implemented, which means your account may be global as well. You can visit Special:Preferences to check this. If not, you most likely have received a notification about this change personally sent to you, and your account will be renamed automatically so that it can become a global account.
Generally, you don't have to do anything, as this only affects a small number of users only. If you are one of these users, you would have to wait till August 2013 for your account to be automatically renamed before you can request for a proper name change on Meta. In the meantime, your username after this change would be in the form <user>~enwiki (if you have an account on the English Wikipedia. |
H: What tools can I use to check what sort of information is shared about me with websites?
Related to What sort of mechanisms are used by Web applications to track my actions? I would like to know:
What tools, scripts or other applications can be used to identify when my online activity is being monitored or tracked by Web applications or sites?
AI: Do Not Track Me and Disconnect are similar browser extension tools to Ghostery. They will show you trackers on each web page in the browser, and let you block them.
Other useful tools are ad blockers (not that the ads per se are a problem, but the tracking that comes with them is), and JavaScript blockers like NoScript (or JavaScript Blocker in Safari).
You may have to (selectively) disable some of these extensions from time to time to allow certain web sites to function properly.
In addition to HTML cookies, there are also other first-party means of silently collecting information about your visits. Web sites always have access to your IP address (and therefore also your approximate geolocation), port number, host name of your machine if it exists, your User Agent, and other details about your browser. With JavaScript, web sites can easily access your display size, your browser window size and position, browser plug-ins you have installed (which often enable detecting which fonts you have installed), the number of pages in the history of the current tab, possibly the web page that referred you to the current page, and other information about your browser environment. |
H: Special characters in GitHub markdown code blocks
Markdown automatically escapes ampersands and angle brackets within a code block, so how is it possible to use special characters that require escaping for example: λ ?
I know that one solution is to edit the HTML output file, however my markdown is for a GitHub page and I don't have access to the generated file.
I use ReText and it allows me to insert a lambda directly in the editor and the preview shows it as well. GitHub's view only shows a small "image missing" type of box.
AI: Use HTML entities style to insert special characters. For example writing
λ
will produce a λ
See this Wikipedia page for the complete reference. |
H: How messaging actually works in Facebook for freshmen?
A kinda disclaimer: My facebook account got hacked, sends spam messages and so, I had to delete my previous account and recreate another one. My browser has the whole history like, with whom I've chatted, whose pages or profiles I had visited, etc. (which is easy for me)
I tried to give a request to my girl. And, I wanna contact her now. When I tried to message her, it showed something like this - like I want to pay something to prove that I'm not a spammer (which I assume happens to every fresher to facebook)...
But when I used her user ID (the user ID I've cleared above) next to the message box URL, facebook.com/messages/[user-ID], I can actually see the messaging window. I sent her a message (I don't know whether it reaches her or not - assuming she'll see see that tomorrow). It showed me that the conversation started now...
What I wanted to know is a couple of things...
If I got that dirty payment scheme right, why didn't facebook ask me to pay again?
If I get it wrong, what does both mean? or How do they differ? (I mean, one says - Pay 19.41 to send to her inbox, while the other goes just with an Enter key which seems ridiculous..!
AI: Whether you're new to Facebook or not is irrelevant, earlier, all Facebook messages to a person you're not connected & provided the other person has allowed for all to message, were delivered to the 'Other' folder
Off late, Facebook allows you to send a message directly to the Inbox, instead of the other folder for a fee. This isn't a 'check-for-spammer-routine' - it's one way Facebook is trying to monetize.
Sending message via the user's profile delivers to their Other folder, much like how it works when you send a message from your messaging window, provided you haven't paid |
H: Disable View Count on YouTube Video
Is there a way to disable the View Counter for a video I upload to YouTube?
I have read several places that this is possible but either the information is old and YouTube has changed or the information was incorrect. Am I missing something?
AI: I believe this feature was removed in 2011.
Though it does still seem to show up on their docs:http://support.google.com/youtube/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2481140
You may have to use the Content Manager: https://cms.youtube.com |
H: Change Venmo profile pic to newer Facebook profile pic
I set up my Venmo account with Facebook a while ago, and it successfully imported my Facebook profile picture to be my Venmo profile picture. I have since updated my Facebook profile picture, but my Venmo profile picture remains the same. The accounts are still connected.
Is it possible to update my Venmo profile picture automatically from Facebook without having to manually upload the picture?
AI: At this time, Venmo does not update your Venmo profile picture when you update your Facebook profile picture, but you can manually change your profile picture using the link below:
https://venmo.com/account/settings/profile-picture
Don't hesitate to send me an email if you have any other questions regarding your Venmo account. Email me at support@venmo.com or send us a tweet @venmosupport. |
H: How can I hide chat history from my Gmail inbox?
Gmail's new interface for chat history has apparently also had the side effect of showing chat logs as items in my inbox. I don't want this (I can look in the Chats label for those, thank you very much).
Can I prevent chats from appearing in my inbox? Adding the following subject logic to a filter (which is how I used to prevent them from appearing) no longer seems to work, as chat history items no longer appear to have a "subject" field at all:
-"Chat with"
Is there any other way I can prevent chat logs from appearing in my Inbox?
AI: I figured out how to get a filter to keep chat logs from appearing in the inbox. Create a filter with the following logic in the "Has the words" section:
is:chats
Anything matching this filter should "Skip the inbox" as its action. Problem solved! |
H: Google Plus when did I get a notification?
Is there a way to learn the time of a notification?
For example, on Facebook, when someone comments on my status or tags me in some photo I receive an instant notification, and when I open my notification window it says 2 hours ago or a few seconds ago etc.
Is there such a feature on G+ as well ?
AI: Certainly if you're receiving email notifications you'll have a timestamp on the email message.
Some of the notifications (depending on what they are) do have a date/time on them. You may need to go to "View all notifications" to see that (or at least click the notification itself).
I think, though, that this isn't practical in G+. Notifications for the same item get rolled up into one notification record. (For instance, I see a notification on a post of mine telling me that three people have +1'd it and one person has shared it. Obviously they didn't all do it at the same precise moment.) |
H: How to post new Facebook status via email?
A Google search on this topic lead me to some instructions that don't work for me - since all http://www.facebook.com/mobile/ are redirected to Facebook Home site.
How can I do it now?
AI: You can set this up easily on IFTTT.com (If This Then That).
You can use email (with or without hashtags etc.) as a trigger to post a status update to facebook. This recipe, Post to facebook from mail uses email to post a status update. |
H: Twitter "confirm e-mail" message won't disappear
I've just created a Twitter account and on my home page I get a yellow message saying that I must still confirm my e-mail address.
I do have a message in my inbox but when I click the link it just says "already confirmed". The message mentioned earlier still won't go away. When I click the "resend confirmation mail" button, it says that there was an error re-sending.
What can I do to make it go away?
I've logged out and in again, no luck.
AI: Twitter has a page listing things to try if you have trouble confirming your email address. Based on what you've already done, it sounds like you need to:
Wait a few days, then click the 'Resend confirmation' link in the
yellow nag at the top of your Twitter home page again. We send the
emails immediately when you create your account, but it is possible
that your email provider was temporarily blocking emails from us or
delivery was delayed.
If that still doesn't do it, they have a form to contact them for help. |
H: Acceptable posting protocol to Reddit
I'm a NOOB to Reddit and I'd like to start posting links from my website. I've read their FAQ and it seems I'm okay with posting content.
My concern is that I may post some content that has already been posted before and I want to be careful I'm not seen as a spammer - I legitimately want to post good content to get users to click to my website. I also intend to search Reddit to see if the content has already been posted.
What would my best approach be on this without upsetting the community and having a negative impact on my website.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
AI: This will depend on the subreddit. If the subreddit doesn't state its guidelines or policy regarding posting your own content or reposts in its rules (see the subreddit's sidebar) or its subreddit wiki/FAQ, it's best to ask the mods of the subreddit first (through the 'Message the Moderators' link in the sidebar).
The Reddit FAQ has this to say about spam posts:
What constitutes spam?
It's a gray area, but some rules of thumb:
It's not strictly forbidden to submit a link to a site that you own or otherwise benefit from in some way, but you should sort of consider
yourself on thin ice. So please pay careful attention to the rest of
these bullet points.
If you spend more time submitting to reddit than reading it, you're almost certainly a spammer.
If your contribution to reddit consists mostly of submitting links to a site(s) that you own or otherwise benefit from in some way, and
additionally if you do not participate in discussion, or reply to
peoples questions, regardless of how many upvotes your submissions
get, you are a spammer. If over 10% of your submissions are your own
site/content, you're almost certainly a spammer.
If people
historically downvote your links or ones similar to yours, and you
feel the need to keep submitting them anyway, they're probably spam.
If people historically upvote your links or ones like them -- and we're talking about real people here, not sockpuppets or people you
asked to go vote for you -- congratulations! It's almost certainly not
spam. But we're serious about the "not people you asked to go vote for
you" part.
If nobody's submitted a link like yours before, give it a shot. But don't flood the new queue; submit one or two times and see what
happens.
To play it safe, write to the moderators of the community you'd like
to submit to. They'll probably appreciate the advance notice. They
might also set community-specific rules that supersede the ones above.
And that's okay -- that's the whole point of letting people create
their own reddit communities and define what's on topic and what's
spam.
The Reddiquette has this to say about posting your own content:
Feel free to post links to your own content (within reason). But if that's all you ever post, and it always seems to get voted down, take a good hard look in the mirror — you just might be a spammer. A widely used rule of thumb is the 9:1 ratio, i.e. only 1 out of every 10 of your submissions should be your own content. |
H: How do I do a Redo after Undo (Ctrl+Z) in Twitter's tweet compose box?
Normally, Ctrl+Y would "undo the undo" and put me back where I was. But in Twitter's compose tweet dialog box, Ctrl+Y does nothing.
This is on PC, Linux, Chromium browser.
AI: Try Ctrl + Shift + Z. Tested on Linux with Chrome browser. |
H: Create filter to forward mail with modified title or content?
I know how to create a filter to forward mails in Gmail, but I need to modify the title or content of the filtered mail (e.g., append the sender's email address) and then forward it. Is there any way I can do it?
I need this feature because I have a place (program) to deal with these forwarded mails, and the original sender's email address is important to me. With current Gmail filter+forward I have no way to know the original sender's mail address when dealing with these mails.
AI: I'm afraid that's not (currently) possible with Gmail filters.
The available actions on a Gmail filter are:
Skip the Inbox (Archive it)
Mark as read
"Star" it
Apply a label
Forward it to a forwarding address
Delete it
Never send it to Spam
Send a canned response
Always/Never mark it as important
Exclude from SmartLabel categorization
There's nothing there that will actually allow for changing any of the content. You would need to use some third-party tool (if one exists). |
H: Using INDIRECT() in sheet reference range
I have a separate sheet with some data where a user's input will reference the row number of a sheet. I'm trying to reference that sheet by inserting the column letter and taking a number input from a cell to make up the row #.
I've tried:
=Sheet2!INDIRECT("A"&A1)
where A1 in the current sheet holds a value of 2, thus I want it to obtain
=Sheet2!A2
The formula returns #ERROR (error - parse error)
How (if possible) can I reference it in that way?
AI: Figured it out... took me a while...
INDIRECT() has to wrap the entire reference. In order to achieve what I needed, the formula looked like this:
=INDIRECT("Sheet2!A"&A1) |
H: Who have I blocked on GChat?
Recently I found out I'd accidentally blocked someone on GChat, and now I'd like to know who else I might have blocked?
How do I figure this out? (I have too many contacts to go through them one by one.)
AI: In Gmail Chat, as I'm sure you know, you can block or unblock anyone by typing their names into the chat box, hovering over and selecting or deselecting Block PersonX. However, this requires that you know who it is you're trying to unblock.
The best solution I've found for viewing a list of who you have blocked is this workaround wherein you install and run Google Talk using your Gmail address. From there you can go to Settings >> Blocked. The "Blocked" section will show you a list of everyone you have blocked and you can block or unblock them individually or in bulk. This should sync back with your Gmail chat, but if not you will at lease know which contacts you want to unblock and can do so using the first method I described (also described here in the Google product forum.) |
H: How can I dock Google Hangouts inside the browser window, instead of floating or docked on the Windows system bar?
As of right now, when I run the plugin it is docked at the bottom of my screen on the Windows system bar. I preferred how Talk was docked in gmail. Is there any way to get that behavior back.
NOTE: I do not want to open google plus to do this. I want it either permanently docked in the browser (all tabs) or exclusively in gmail.
AI: I feel dumb. I found the answer about 5 minutes after posting this. Figured I post.
From the gmail chat interface you can expand the menu and click "try the new hangouts" option and your old gchat interface that you loved will be updated with all the new hangouts love.
source: http://www.droid-life.com/2013/05/17/tip-manually-turn-on-hangouts-in-gmail-with-this-trick/ |
H: 15 GB of photos. Should I use Google Drive, G+ Photos or Google Picasa?
I would like to use a Google service. As far I know Google has three photo related services.
I am a little bit confused which service should I use to:
upload all my photos and keep original resolution
share with my family selected set of photos
occasionally make automatic enhancements
I am not asking what is the best photo sharing service. I would like to know what is the difference between Google Picasa and G+ Photos, how they are related to Google Drive.
AI: Picasa Web is "going away" and is being replaced by Google+ Photos. (In fact, if you go to your Google+ photos and to Picasa Web, you'll see that your photos are all in "both" places.) Furthermore, I wouldn't expect to see too many more updates to the Picasa desktop application. Google doesn't want to be making desktop apps anymore.)
Further, since Gmail, Google Drive, and Google+ Photos now all share 15GB of space, it really wouldn't matter where you upload them to, because they'll all be using the same storage.
Therefore, I'd say that you will want to use the tool that's specifically for images: Google+ Photos.
If you currently have 15GB of photos, you'll want to purchase some extra storage. |
H: Create a diagram larger than A4
How can I create a diagram larger than A4 in draw.io?
Is there a specific trick? I've tried menu items. Do I need to register for it?
AI: The background pages are just drawn as you set shapes down on the respective areas. Just drop something outside of the page area, the new background will appear. |
H: How to download a Facebook cover photo in full resolution?
I got tagged in a picture, and would like to download it in full resolution (to print it because it is a nice picture of the whole soccer team).
PROBLEM: The picture has been uploaded as a Cover Photo, so the usual "Download" option does not appear:
What are my options to download the best-possible-resolution of the image?
I can always right-click and use the "Save Image" feature of the browser, but that downloads the low-resolution version of the picture (for big pictures, only a low-resolution version is sent to the browser, see dicussion in the comments here).
AI: The image Download button does not appear if the image is a Cover Photo (in the 'Cover Photos' album). The Download button appears if the image is not a Cover Photo, even if it's uploaded by a non-Facebook friend.
The Chrome extension, DownAlbum or equivalent User/Greasemonkey script for other browsers like Firefox, will allow you to download the full-resolution version of images in the 'Cover Photos' album. |
H: How do I make my Picasa album public?
I wish to make it public so I can have it embedded in my website. But I swear I cannot find how to change it from private to public.
I'm in no way computer literate, but I just cannot find it!
AI: Maybe this link is what you are looking for how to change permissions in Picasa
This link contains instructions on how to do it. link |
H: Customized messages in Google Inactive Account Manager?
Is it possible to send customized message to people when they gain access to my account through the Google Inactive Account manager? If it is not possible, is their anywhere I can go to suggest this feature to Google?
AI: Yes. You can set up the message content when you set the rules for regarding your account as inactive. |
H: Facebook: how to share a single photo from an album without "linking" the whole album?
Each and every time you hit Share on a picture, the link Facebook creates will open not just the picture in the lightbox, but the whole album of the picture.
How to prevent that to be able to share only the picture?
AI: Open the pic in either in the same tab (Inline) or in another tab...
In case you have opened it in the same tab (the pic opening in a frame above the previous page)
click on Options at bottom
click on Get Link
In case you have opened it in a new tab
Click on Get Link which you will find on right- bottom of the picture
ALSO: In case you don't even want the person recieving the link to read the comments, do this:
Open the pic in full
Right click on the pic and then Copy Image URL .
This link should look something like https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/263265_377992872319381_1411429080_n.jpg
sharing this link would mean sharing the pic only, and nothing else |
H: Why can't I see my own tweets under "discover"
I thought Twitter was a platform designed to focus on topics where users can easily participate in using hashtags.
I placed a hashtag in my first couple of tweets, and when I click it to show the list, I cannot find my tweet in there, even if I switch from top to all tweets.
Is there some kind of requirement to see it, like a minimum amount of followers? I've checked that tweet privacy is unchecked under account settings. I've gone through the faq as well but I can't find anything of use.
AI: Your tweets with hashtags thus far have all also contained links. They aren't showing up due to the omission/filtering out of tweets containing links/urls from Twitter discussions or in Twitter's search. Though this is not an 'official' rule, it seems to be a well documented problem (See Search not returning tweets with a URL)
Twitter's FAQ suggests that this is part of an attempt to combat spam and increase relevance Why are the tweets I'm looking for not in Twitter Search?
Our search service is not meant to be an exhaustive archive of public
tweets and not all tweets are indexed or returned. Some results are
refined to better combat spam and increase relevance. |
H: What does the phone by itself mean?
You have the green circle which means they are online by computer. Then you have the phone with the number next to it saying how long they've been away.
If the phone is by itself does that mean that the person is currently on Facebook with their mobile device?
AI: So if the phone is by itself does that mean that the person is currently on Facebook with their mobile device?
Yes, that's pretty much what it means |
H: Save APK files from Google Play on desktop/laptop
I used to browse Google Play apps through my laptop regularly. Is there any way that I can store the Android applications (.apk files) into my laptop? In other words, download the .apk file straight to my PC.
I wish to backup my .apk files for my personal testing with my Android simulator.
AI: Real APK Leecher works...so should apk-downloader
(but downloading .apk is not recommended...you might instead want to save it to apk through device)
EDIT: steps for Real Apk Leecher
use this app to know your device id
Download Real Apk Leecher and enter details it asks for (it asks for your google account password, so rather create a new account for this purpose exclusively)
start earching and downloading apps
note: though it enlists even the paid apps, it can download only free apps...and you need Java Runtime to run the app...worked about 6 months ago....should still work perfectly... |
H: Dropbox like sync service without real-time sync
I use Dropbox for syncing between computers and as cloud backup, but I a lot of my work is software and graphics based with either large files or hundreds of small files being updated very often.
Besides turning Dropbox on and off manually, is there a sync service (hopefully free) which has an option of syncing intervals like 'hourly sync' or 'at the end of day'?
AI: I just discovered Wuala which allows both 'backup' (interval based) and sync (continuous). It offers 5GB free and encrypts files before sending which is perfect for my needs.
Leaving this question open in case there are better options! |
H: Mail sent to a similar Gmail address
I have an account firstinitialsecondtinitiallastname@gmail.com. My problem is people occasionally send mail (some is work related and may have private information) to firstnamelastname@gmail.com. I have sent messages to the latter address to see if I get an answer, but no response. I tried setting up a "new" account with this address, but get a message saying it is not available.
My questions are:
How do I know if someone is receiving these emails?
How do I find out if this is a currently used address? (If not, can I retrieve these messages or setup an account with this address?)
How do I prevent my coworkers from repeatedly sending emails to the wrong, but similar, address? (Threats of physical violence haven’t worked.)
AI: Let break out your questions into a series of steps:
Step 1. How do I know if the account 'FNLN@gmail.com' has been taken?
This is the easy part - Send it an email. If you get back an error message giving you a link to this page (https://support.google.com/mail/answer/6596), then no one has taken that email address. Since your question states you've already tried this, and that you cannot claim the address in the normal fashion, we can assume the address has been claimed.
Step 2. How do I take control of the account if it is inactive?
This is the more involved part. Google tracks every account ever created in two ways. The first is an active record of your login, password, personal information, and all the content you have saved in your account. The second tracking method is a simple list of all the account names to verify there are no duplicates. When you create a new account, it bounces the requested name off the 'taken' list first and either accepts it (if the address is unique) or rejects it (if it is not).
Accounts on the 'active' list will eventually expire and be deleted if there is no activity for nine months. This prevents their servers from being overwhelmed by phantom data.
The 'taken' list, unfortunately, lasts forever. This permanence prevents you from creating an account, forgetting about it or letting it expire, and then someone else claiming the account and sending emails under your identity. It also means that after nine months, even the original owner cannot reclaim the account because all of the access data was deleted when the 'active' record was purged.
Step 3: Since I can't take control of the account, how do I know if it is active?
Go to Google account recovery (https://www.google.com/accounts/recovery?hl=en) and tell it you have forgotten your password. If the system takes you to a link allowing you to reset the password, then it is likely an active account. If not, is likely inactive and, for all intents, dead. Apparently there is short grace period between when an account is locked down and when it is deleted (https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1212172?hl=en&ref_topic=1669055), but either way makes little difference to your question.
If you think the other account is not only active but the other person is impersonating you, you have legal options. The first step of which is to contact Google directly and see if you can get the account shut down.
Step 4: How do I get my co-workers to stop sending email to the wrong account?
If you figure this one out, please let me know. |
H: Fix broken PDF Link in Google Scholar
Does anyone know how to update or fix a PDF link in Google Scholar once it has become broken?
I have co-authored some papers, but when I got a job at a new school the old one shut down my old institutional website. I now keep my papers on a Google Site, but they don't seem to be getting re-indexed on Scholar (maybe because it is not a .edu site).
Does anyone know a fix for this?
AI: You can submit a website with academic articles to Google Scholar (see Inclusion - Scholar Help).
They specify:
We accept journal papers, conference papers, technical reports,
dissertations, pre-prints, post-prints, and abstracts.
If your new institution hosts your papers as part of your CV or something to that effect, however, you might have an easier time of getting the record updated (see Google scholar missing paper issue clarified) since Google Scholar points out that they do not correct individual entries:
We're not currently able to perform manual correction on individual
entries in our database since the indexing is done automatically by
robots. |
H: GoDaddy -> Google Apps for Business
I'm an IT specialist for a small company in Indianapolis, and we want to switch our email, calendar, and cloud storage (though not hosting or DNS registration YET - one step at a time) to Google Apps for Business.
The question is, how? We're a company in full stride, and can't take three weeks off to transfer all the services. How do I/is there a way to simply transfer the email at least from GoDaddy to Google Apps? Is there a way to make sure incoming emails never touch GoDaddy's glacial servers (that's what I'd most like to make sure of)?
AI: You need to set MX records on your server to do that.
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=33353&topic=1611273&ctx=topic |
H: What is the difference between show on timeline and allow on timeline in facebook?
I notice some posts on my Facebook Timeline have options for "Show on Timeline" and "Allow on Timeline" but I couldn't find what is the difference between them.
The post that has these options was posted from the Run Keeper app. It might be only for app generated post, but I'm not sure.
AI: Show on Timeline forces the Activity to be shown on the timeline
Allow on Timeline just enables posting of that activity to timeline, it still may or may not end up on your timeline...the power to whether show or not resides with Facebook's feed algorithms
you can always watch over https://facebook.com/{your username}/allactivity to toggle show/allow and also look over what the information apps are logging onto facebook |
H: Is it possible to set an exact document size in Google Docs?
I am specifically using Google Drawings. I cannot find any options or ways to do this.
AI: I don't see any direct way to do this but here's a suggestion for a hack that might work. Create an image that matches the output resolution you need; even simple image editors like ms paint will allow you to do this. Import this image to your drawing and align it with the top left corner of the drawing. Then click on the background and drag on the handle that shows up on the bottom right hand corner. After adjusting the size of the page to match the imported image, simply delete the image from the drawing.
If you're creating a drawing for print, include the dpi setting that will be used on the printer. For example, if you'll be making a print on an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper at 300dpi, create an image that is (8.5 x 300)px x (11 x 300)px.
This can quickly become troublesome if you need output at multiple resolutions. |
H: Change the privacy of a post by a friend on my Timeline
Is there a way to change the privacy of a single post by my friend on my timeline?
Also hiding from timeline is not an option
AI: Is there a way to change the privacy of a single post by my friend on my timeline?
No, you can only change the privacy of your post. Friends' post privacy settings can be changed by them. |
H: Handling variables with data from another sheet on google drive calc
I have a Google Drive Calc File,
Google says in their web help how to reference data from another sheet, but what happens if what I need is to make the reference depending on my fields on the new sheet?
Ok, let me explain further... Let's say I have a sheet named 'My Data' and a Sheet named 'My List'. And on 'My List' I have a column where I'll place a number (let's say column A)
On Column A value: 15
On Column B value: 'My Data'
On column C of the same sheet instead of
='My Data'!B15
I want to have something like
='My Data'!B@ColumnA
Where @ColumnA is the number on column A. If it's possible, I have interest of doing this:
=@ColumnB!B@ColumnA
Is it possible?
AI: You use INDIRECT().
=INDIRECT(B1 & "!" & A1)
I'm assuming that the values are in row 1 and that the value in Row B is surrounded by single quotes. Otherwise, you'll have to put them in.
=INDIRECT("'" & B1 & "'!" & A1)
The & concatenates the values. You could use the function CONCATENATE() instead.
[I put spaces for readability, but they're not needed.] |
H: A high score list: filtering out non-personal bests
I have data in two columns, sorted by the second column. As follows:
A, 1
D, 2
B, 4
A, 6
B, 7
...
I need to filter it so that the first column is unique. I.e. the value in the first column only exists once in the result.
A, 1
D, 2
B, 4
I am keeping track of scores and would like to create a "top 10" list of all of the data. I can sort the data but I have no idea how (if it is possible) to filter out everything but the personal best result from each participant.
AI: For the first column, in column D for example, use the following formula:
=UNIQUE(A1:A5)
and the second column, in column E for example:
=ARRAYFORMULA(IFERROR(VLOOKUP(D:D;A:B;{2}*SIGN(ROW(A:A));0),"")) |
H: Creating multiple instances of a cell value in Google Spreadsheet
I have a Google Spreadsheet with the following data:
A B
-----------------------------
1 | Number of responses | Value
2 | 1 1
3 | 3 2
4 | 0 3
Based on this data, I'd like to calculate the median response. The median in this case is obviously 2, since the responses are (1, 2, 2, 2). But how to do this calculation in Google Spreadsheets, preferably in an elegant way?
The best I've come up with is to write a custom function (Tools -> Script Editor):
/**
* Returns an array with the specified number of instances with the given
* instanceValue.
*/
function multipleInstances(numberOfInstances, instanceValue) {
if (numberOfInstances == 0) {
return;
}
var instances = [];
for(var i = 0; i < numberOfInstances; i++) {
instances.push(instanceValue);
}
return instances;
}
Then I've invoked the function to calculate the median:
=MEDIAN(multipleInstances(A2, B2), multipleInstances(A3, B3), multipleInstances(A4, B4))
This works, but is a bit cumbersome. Is there a more elegant way of saying "give me N instances of the value in this cell"?
AI: The following little script will calculate the median at the same time.
Code
function myMedian(instances, values) {
var ins = [], half;
for(var i = 0, iLen = instances.length; i < iLen; i++) {
for(var k = 0, kLen = instances[i]; k < kLen; k++) {
ins.push(Number(values[i]));
}
}
// reference: https://gist.github.com/caseyjustus/1166258
half = Math.floor(ins.sort( function(a,b) {return a - b;} ).length / 2);
return ins.length % 2 ? ins[half] : (ins[half - 1] + ins[half]) / 2;
}
Screenshot
Example
See example file I prepared: Median calculation |
H: Development Team: Web app to log activities
Can anyone recommend a good web app (that we can host ourselves), to help my team track their daily activities?
I've been using Tracks, personally, and found it to be great to keep on top of work-in-progress and see where my time is going but I need this on a team level.
I'd like to be to see what activities the team are working on, where time is being spent/lost and where the time sinks are.
Ideally this would be open source/free if possible.
AI: Apart from the answers there, I would like to add the following:
Trac is an open source, web-based project management and bug-tracking tool. Trac allows hyperlinking information between a computer bug database, revision control and wiki content. It also serves as a web interface to a version control system like Subversion, Git, Mercurial, Bazaar and Darcs.
Project HQ is a collaborative open source project management tool, similar to Basecamp and activeCollab. Project HQ is built on open source technologies like Python, Pylons and SQLAlchemy and is fully database independent. Project HQ uses a structured workflow to assist you in managing your projects.
Opengoo is a complete online solution focused on improving productivity, collaboration, communication and management of your teams. OpenGoo main features include document management, contact management, e-mail, project management, and time management. Text documents and presentations can be created and edited online. Files can be uploaded, organized and shared, independent of file formats.
ClockingIT is a free Project Management solution, which helps your team stay focused and on top of things.
KForge is an open-source (GPL) system for managing software and knowledge projects. It re-uses existing best-of-breed tools such as a versioned storage (subversion), a tracker (trac), and wiki (trac or moinmoin), integrating them with the system’s own facilities (projects, users, permissions etc). KForge also provides a complete web interface for project administration as well a fully-developed plugin system so that new services and features can be easily added.
The above are all open-source solutions. |
H: Can you change the Gravatar associated with your email without a WordPress account?
I would like to change the Gravatar associated with one email address of mine (which shows up in Source Tree next to my commits).
When I go to gravatar.com to do that, I'm faced with this:
Do I really need a WordPress.com account? Or is there some workaround? Obviously I don't want to create an account just to change the frigging picture.
AI: Well, before, you would have had to sign up with a Gravatar account. There's really no difference. They've simply unified their user credentials.
So, yes, you need to create a WordPress.com account. Don't worry, that doesn't mean that you'll have a WordPress blog. You can just use it for your Gravatar. |
H: How can I know in which websites I have created accounts using my Gmail ID?
For sign up in any website like Facebook, Pinterest we need to give our email ID. I have been using my Gmail ID almost in every case but after three, four years I have forgotten some sites in which I had created accounts.
AI: Go to your account, click on Dashboard under Account in the left pane.
Find Authorize Account Access and click on the link. Sign in again and you should get a list of all sites accessing your information through your google account. |
H: Google search for "my ip" shows incorrect IPv6 address instead of correct IPv4 address
Google says my IP address is something like this (I've changed it just in case there is anything personally identifiable in it).
Your public IP address is 2602:306:78c5:6a40:421e:6813:d55:ce7f
The above number (similar to the one Google gives me) translates to this integer:
50521109793518520187427681667365850751
(see http://www.webdnstools.com/dnstools/ipcalc for the best IP calculator I've found.)
My actual IP address, found at http://www.whatismyip.com, is something like this (again I've changed it a bit):
108.88.1009.77
Which is this integer:
1817734477
The Google IPv6 address isn't even in the IPv4 range. And why would Google say that is my address while WhatIsMyIP shows the seemingly correct IP?
AI: Those addresses are both allocated to AT&T. Your ISP provides both IPv4 and IPv6 service, and you're using IPv6 to reach Google.
Both answers are "correct".
If you search for "my ip" on http://ipv4.google.com/, it should display your IPv4 address instead. |
H: Google Search Operator: Does "-nofollow" exclude websites where links are nofollow?
I've seen someone using search operator -nofollow to find websites where links are dofollow and he claimed that this query can exclude websites whose HTML source code contains nofollow.
Well, personally I've tried a couple of times with -nofollow but still can find nofollow websites.
I can't help but wonder, does it work for real?
According to this support page:
Add a dash (-) before a word or site to exclude all results that include that word.
In other words, does "results" include HTML source code?
AI: No, that search operator would not work as nofollow is used as a link relationship. Search operators don't check against markup but only visible content at the front end - the same search functionality that the search engine uses...
No idea why this was migrated from webmasters stack exchange. It belongs there... Not at web applications. |
H: How to make the 'All pages' as the Main Page in Mediawiki?
I have set up a media wiki on our dev server for our developers to use. I hope to see it as a repository of random nuggets of information and research that various people have done.
The Main page of Media Wiki isn't really that useful, as the default front page. Is it possible to make the 'All pages' special page as the default page of the wiki?
What I mean by that is that whenever visits the wiki, without specifying a specific page, they should see the 'All pages' special page instead of the 'Main Page' .
AI: You can transclude Special:AllPages: {{Special:AllPages}}. On my tiny testing wiki, that displays a table with all pages on the wiki. |
H: How can I search for Gmail messages on a particular date?
I'm searching for a message on or about a particular date and rather than scrolling through my emails to go back about a year, I'd like to know a search method to only find emails from a particular date or date range. How can I do this with Gmail?
AI: You can use the before and after keywords in your search, for example:
after:2012/4/26 before:2012/5/3
To search for emails between April 26, 2012 and May 3, 2012. |
H: is it possible to have reports about downloads by dropbox?
i upload my learning packages on Dropbox. and put their links on my shop ...
10 people simultaneously download files easy and with no problem
i want to have automatic reports send me as attachment to me by email every month. or every scheduled time.
i want to have reports about downloads that brokes
i want to have histogram about statistics.
is it possible to send links for my customer by filling request form and then email (for example links generated randomly and works one time only. for one day.)
is there these features in Dropbox?
is there any other service for this goal?
please edit my question if ask some question that not related. please help me to decide and choose best.
AI: I dont think this is possibly in Dropbox although it is on the wishlist for Dropbox (https://www.dropbox.com/votebox/14/analytics-statistics-for-public-files)
So yes you would need another service for this goal.
There are thousands of different possibilities. Just a cheap one: install WordPress and install one of the "download" plugins: that will give you statistics on how many people downloaded a certain item (e.g. http://wordpress.org/plugins/download-manager/) |
H: Show only important posts/updates on Google+
Before Google+ changed recently, I remember there was a way to change the frequency of updates showing in my stream from those in my circles. I can no longer find that setting.
Is there a way I can reduce the number of updates from certain profiles, short of no longer following them?
AI: You can still adjust the volume of posts from people in your circles, and adjust how much of each you see.
From your home stream, select one of the circles shown on the top, or use the "More" item to pick a different circle:
Once you've selected a circle, you can click on the gear icon that will be in a box towards the right.
From here, you can check the box to say if you want it in the Home stream at all and, if you do, how much (roughly) you want to see. You can also use the Bell icon next to the gear to indicate if you want to receive notifications for posts in the circle. |
H: Add more fix points to a Data Flow Diagram using Draw.io
I'm trying to replicate a Data Flow Diagram using Draw.io.
I'm using the oval basic shape but there are not enough fix points.
Is it possible to add more?
AI: You can add fixed points by changing the style, as per this example. |
H: Can I create/view custom maps on the new Google Maps?
In the old Google Maps, I would sometimes create a custom map that contained several locations related to a particular topic or trip. In the new Google Maps, I can't see a way to create these maps, or to view my old maps. Is this possible, or has the custom maps feature been removed from Google Maps?
AI: According to The New Google Maps, Now Available (May 17, 2013)
"My Places" is not part of the new Google Maps interface. Click the
"options" icon in the black navigation bar, select "My Places" and
you'll go back to the old interface. It's a trick that lets you
temporarily switch to the old interface. You can also click "classic
maps".
However you can still access your "My Places" by going directly to Google Maps - My Places which will contain all of your old maps (which are still editable).
You can also use Google Maps Engine Lite to create and view custom Google Maps. |
H: How can I use RSS for Moodle posts
I want to have an RSS feed for Moodle to know posts from teacher.
Is it possible / How can I do this?
AI: According to Moodle docs
Activities that produce RSS feeds
Blog
Database
Forum
Glossary
Subscribing to RSS feeds
To subscribe to an RSS feed from Moodle, go to the activity, click on
the orange 'RSS' button and copy the address from your browser bar to
your RSS reader software.
Note: Moodle 2.2 had a bug resulting in the RSS button not being
displayed. This bug is resolved and fixed, see MDL-30202 for details. |
H: Total of column if adjacent cell is true while subtracting from another column
I have data like in the following table:
+---+-----+-----+
| A | B | C |
+---+-----+-----+
| 0 | 5 | 30 |
| 1 | 0 | 30 |
| 0 | 15 | 40 |
| 1 | 0 | 40 |
| 1 | 10 | 50 |
+---+-----+-----+
Column A is a flag (true = 1, false = 0) so we only add up rows with flag==1
Column B is a "tax" to remove from the amount in Column C
So basically here, the total would be 110:
(we don't count row 1)
30-0
(we don't count row 3)
40-0
50-10
How do I do it in Google Spreadsheet?
AI: If you add the following formula in C7 with sum written in B7, then the total will be calculated the way you want:
=SUM(ARRAYFORMULA(IF(A2:A6=1;C2:C6-B2:B6,0))) |
H: Can Gmail favicons be customized by domain?
I have several different Gmail accounts with different domains (my school, my employer, etc.). Is there a way to have each show a different favicon so I can know which browser tab is for which? Chrome is my preferred browser, but Firefox is also good.
AI: Through another source, I found these Chrome extensions to change the favicon:
I hate your favicon
Tab Edit |
H: Timesheet calculations
I have a timesheet that I use to log my time.
It works fine if I log in and log out.
It works at the end of the day but doesn't work in all configurations. For example, I want it to work if I only arrive then leave at the end of the day but also show total of hours for the day if I am logging back in after a break.
My example shows the configurations that don't work.
EDIT: Updated Example sheet so anyone can use it. What I do is hide all but the current week. Then go to the HTML view and copy+paste that to my payroll person.
AI: If you use this formula, then all circumstances will be taken into account:
=ARRAYFORMULA(
IF(J2:J6<>"",J2:J6-C2:C6,
IF(H2:H6<>"",H2:H6-C2:C6,
IF(F2:F6<>"",F2:F6-C2:C6,
IF(D2:D6<>"",D2:D6-C2:C6))))
-ARRAYFORMULA(
IF(E2:E6<>"",E2:E6-D2:D6)+
IF(I2:I6<>"",I2:I6-H2:H6)+
IF(G2:G6<>"",G2:G6-F2:F6)))
See your own file for the result. |
H: Where are the DNS settings for my Google domain?
I purchased a domain through Google but I can't find the DNS settings page anymore. It used to be available from the control panel but not anymore. How do I access the DNS settings?
AI: Login to your account.
On Tab Domain Settings, there's a sub section called "Domains"
There, you click on "Advanced Domain settings", which will take you to your domain services(ex: godaddy) console.
I am not sure if you could change the DNS settings right from your Google Apps console. I never saw that option. As far as I remember, this option was available at the GoDaddy's console page. |
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