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Spytfyre 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿I will be officially <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/unemployed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unemployed</a> from end of next week <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/remote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#remote</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/hybrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hybrid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/onSite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#onSite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/techSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techSupport</a> (1/2/3 line, I'm not fussy) is my bag Anybody know if anything please DM me <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/getfedihired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#getfedihired</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/boostsWelcome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#boostsWelcome</a>

DeadTOmUser: I sent in a ticket last week about not being able to get into my email.Me: I responded to it. I was about to close it since I hadn't heard back.User: I can't get into my email to read the message.Me: You can log into the same site you made the ticket on, to see the status-- nevermind. What happens when you try to get into your email?User: I get some sort of error.Me: What does it say?User: I didn't read it. Something about a password.Me: -rubs my temples- <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IT</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechSupport</a>

James CridlandRunning the Mac OS 26 beta (I know, I know), but running out of hard drive space. Turns out the reason is that half of my drive is full of "System Data".Internet searches are not very helpful in terms of how to reclaim this space. I've tried booting into safe mode and back, but wherever these files are isn't visible to anything like DaisyDisk to check further and/or persuade them to go away.Does anyone clever have any thoughts? <a href="https://bne.social/tags/macos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macos</a> <a href="https://bne.social/tags/beta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#beta</a> <a href="https://bne.social/tags/techsupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techsupport</a>

Jérémie Zimmermann🎶💗🧀🫖5946Anyone updated a very standard debian desktop install to Trixie, finding it unable to resolve (yes, it _is_ DNS!).DNS servers manually input in (stupid) default network manager graphical configuration tools (also manually set in stone in /etc/resolv.conf) can be pung... but no resolution happens...<a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/techsupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techsupport</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/itsDNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#itsDNS</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/debian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#debian</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/trixie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trixie</a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/fcksystemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fcksystemd</a> < in advance

Chery (Great Australian Pods)Have a last minute day trip to Goulburn tomorrow. So a very long day today to get enough work done to cover while I'm away. Now have been booked in for a tech support call on Friday afternoon for a very non-tech friend in FNQ. Could be interesting. Life is never dull. Oh and I have virtually no voice again - I'm not sick, just a bit drained of energy, and very very squeaky. So much so that, at times, my voice must only be audible to bats. Hopefully my prodigal voice will return soon.'night all.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/JustADayInTheLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JustADayInTheLife</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Canberra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canberra</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Goulburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Goulburn</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Friendship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Friendship</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechSupport</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Voiceless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Voiceless</a>

Pyrzout :vm:Operation Chakra V: Call Center Scammers and your PII – Source: securityboulevard.com <a href="https://ciso2ciso.com/operation-chakra-v-call-center-scammers-and-your-pii-source-securityboulevard-com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ciso2ciso.com/operation-chakra-v-call-center-scammers-and-your-pii-source-securityboulevard-com/</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/rssfeedpostgeneratorecho" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rssfeedpostgeneratorecho</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/SecurityBloggersNetwork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SecurityBloggersNetwork</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/CyberSecurityNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CyberSecurityNews</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/SecurityBoulevard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SecurityBoulevard</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/OperationChakraV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OperationChakraV</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/CallCenterFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CallCenterFraud</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/techsupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techsupport</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#India</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/CBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CBI</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:Sometimes going full "<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Karen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Karen</a> mode" works wounders.<ul><li>Instead of 3 days I only got one day of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/outage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#outage</a> at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Vodafone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vodafone</a>. </li></ul>Pretty shure I burned through their profit for an entire 24 month contract, but that's THEIR PROBLEM, not mine!<ul><li>Should've just made their shit work and I'd not be calling their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechSupport</a> at all...</li></ul>

Father EnochMom is going crazy because her (<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wireless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wireless</a>) <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mouse</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Keyboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Keyboard</a> suddenly will not work on her <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PC</a>.I replaced the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/batteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#batteries</a> on both, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/unplugged" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#unplugged</a> the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Computer</a>. Nothing. Looking it up on MY pc, I get the ever so helpful advice to "use a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/systemrestore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#systemrestore</a>," or "run <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Windowstroubleshooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windowstroubleshooter</a>."That's great, but HOW am I to do any of those without a working keyboard or mouse?<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechSupport</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PleaseHelp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PleaseHelp</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows11</a> (I think) <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a>

TormodPhoto gear question:I have some faded old photos that I want to restore digitally. My crappy scanner isn’t producing very useful files so I will be setting up a camera on a tripod to photograph them. Problem is, old photos are not always lying flat so I'd like to put them below a glass surface of some kind.Any suggestions on what type of glass / plexi will behave best in this use case? I'm most worried about adding reflections of the camera itself and the light sources.Thanks!<a href="https://beige.party/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/techsupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techsupport</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/phototips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phototips</a>

Tommi 🤯<del>Urgent Android help!</del> SOLVED using <a href="https://social.data.coop/@decibyte" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@decibyte</a>’s advice: I used Pixel 9a spoofing profile in Aurora Store. Thank you all! 🌻I must install <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.eurail.railplanner" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">the Interrail Android app</a> in order to to activate my Interrail ticket, but Aurora Store tells me the app is not available for my device. How can I get it? I could maybe <a href="https://m.apkpure.com/eurail-interrail-rail-planner/org.eurail.railplanner" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">download the APK from Apkpure</a>, but I’d use it as the last resort, since I don’t know how trustworthy it is.I’m using a Fairphone 5 running CalyxOS 6.8.21, and Aurora Store v4.7.2, downloaded from F-Droid all features are enabled in MicroG. Already tried uninstalling and reinstalling Aurora<a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Fairphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fairphone</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Fairphone5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fairphone5</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/deGoogled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deGoogled</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/deGoogledAndroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deGoogledAndroid</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Android</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/MicroG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroG</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/AuroraStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AuroraStore</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/help" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#help</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/techSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#techSupport</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#support</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/mastoaiuto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mastoaiuto</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/aiuto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aiuto</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/Interrail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Interrail</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/eurail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eurail</a> <a href="https://pan.rent/tags/railway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#railway</a>

Jürgen HubertParental <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechSupport</a> is like staring into the Abyss.And the Abyss stares back and whispers: "This will be you, in thirty years!"

Stephen ShanklandWhat network situation leads internet speed-test sites think a T-Mo 5G broadband connection in New Mexico is best tested with a connection to an Illinois server? (And it is — download speeds 7x faster than an Albuquerque server.) <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechSupport</a>

💀⛧ RandomMusickMayhem ⛧💀<a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tech</a> question:Any advice on syncing files between <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows</a> and a <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/WebDAV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebDAV</a> cloud storage? <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/FreeFileSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeFileSync</a> is very unreliable with WebDAV, CloudSync on my NAS also, especially with often modified files. Copying is not an issue, but i need a reliable sync feature. <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechSupport</a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/FileSync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FileSync</a> <a href="https://metalhead.club/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenSource</a>

Jacen SekaiThis may be the worst thing I've ever created<a href="https://mastodon.jacen.moe/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechSupport</a> <a href="https://mastodon.jacen.moe/tags/Networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Networking</a> <a href="https://mastodon.jacen.moe/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a>

nemo™ 🇺🇦👾 When tech support puzzles even the pros, sometimes the answer is in the trash! 🍫🥤 A trainee spotted candy wrappers and solved why the breakroom PC was slow: a lunchtime RPG culprit! 🎮🖥️ Read the full story of detective work & gaming at work 👉 <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/25/on_call/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/25/on_call/</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechSupport</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ITDetective" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ITDetective</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GamingAtWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GamingAtWork</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/newz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#newz</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:My <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114234551915193036" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">reservations</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114862595629371002" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">criticism</a> re: <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Signal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signal</a> are not just valid, but the reality is even worse than I thought:<ul><li>The fact that <a href="https://mastodon.world/@signalapp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@signalapp</a> requires not only their shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Android</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/App" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#App</a>, and a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhoneNumber</a> but literally won't allow people to use their shitty <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Desktop</a>-App unless they have an Android device with a camera pointed at it makes it utterly unuseable for certain users who don't have a fucking <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/camera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#camera</a> in their Android…</li></ul>Seriously, do they expect folks to deal with that shit? <ul><li>It's already worse in terms of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UX</a> than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/telgram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#telgram</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#discord</a> and that too makes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XMPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#XMPP</a>+<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OMEMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OMEMO</a> clients like <a href="https://monocles.social/@monocles" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@monocles</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/monoclesChat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monoclesChat</a> & <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@gajim" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@gajim</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/gajim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gajim</a> easier and faster to onboard <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechIlliterates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechIlliterates</a> onto.</li><li>Whichever asshole decided that a replacement for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SMS</a> should mandate <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PII</a> like a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PhoneNumber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PhoneNumber</a> & not be natively cross-platform should be banned from doing any <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tech</a> in their life. Trying to circumvent this shit and helping folks with it makes me so fucking angry that I'm now explicitly refusing to support it!</li></ul>FIX THAT SHIT, <a href="https://mastodon.world/@Mer__edith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@Mer__edith</a>, and if it means you need to kick some devs in their crouch then consider this a necessary "investment"…<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/sarcasm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sarcasm</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechSupport</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TapesFromTechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TapesFromTechSupport</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittifucation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Enshittifucation</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SignalSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignalSucks</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TelegramSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TelegramSucks</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Messengers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Messengers</a>

Stephen ShanklandOK, techies, what's the best way to migrate a MacOS Time Machine backup to a new drive? I outgrew my old drive (8TB) and want to move the backup history to my new drive (24TB). <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechSupport</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Backup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Backup</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://myside-yourside.net/@StarkRG" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@StarkRG</a> I agree and I do the same.<ul><li>It's just gotten so bad that I know companies are literally willing to pay <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IdiotTax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IdiotTax</a> and trash perfectly fine hardware because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Govware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Govware</a> like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows11</a> can't do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CensorBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CensorBoot</a> and/or 8 GB RAM are not enough if you want to use more than 2 messengers at the time and still have like a ticketing system, wiki, softphone and eMail client open (aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechSupport</a>)…</li></ul>

Pusher of PixelsHate browser Notification requests when visiting a website?Did you know you can stop them from even asking? (I did not haha)Verified on both Chrome and FirefoxSettings->Privacy and Security->Permissions->Notifications there will be a checkbox or radio button to prevent future notification send requests.<a href="https://dmv.community/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechSupport</a>

Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar<a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Schwiemu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Schwiemu</a>'s lawnmower broke, so she's in a right panic.Luckily a few years ago I repaired the historical Yamaha she had sitting in her shed and that is working as backup mower.Now she wants me to fix the other mower. I said ok, no problem, bring it here. She sends me a picture of a broken gearbox. I say ok, that will need some parts, which model is it?"The orange one" 🤦‍♂️Sorry, no remote mower support, pack it in the car :old_man_yells_at: <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Repair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Repair</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/TechSupport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechSupport</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/LawnMower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LawnMower</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Mowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mowing</a>

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