On 05/11/2022 23:07, FromTheRafters wrote:
> It happens that David Brooks formulated :
>> On 25/10/2022 18:51, David Brooks wrote:
>>> On 25/10/2022 18:37, FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>> David Brooks submitted this idea :
>>>>> On 25/10/2022 07:14, FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>>>> After serious thinking David Brooks wrote :
>>>>>>> On 24/10/2022 16:21, FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>>>>>> David Brooks wrote :
>>>>>>>>> On 23/10/2022 20:55, FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> David Brooks formulated the question :
>>>>>>>>>>> On 23/10/2022 18:31, FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> David Brooks brought next idea :
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 23/10/2022 10:15, FromTheRafters wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> David Brooks formulated the question :
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 22/10/2022 23:30, David Brooks wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 22/10/2022 16:47, Bill W wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Oct 22, 2022, David Brooks wrote
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (in article <ihT4L.1094190$vFVf.113626@fx02.ams1>):
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 22/10/2022 13:53, nospam wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In article<RzR4L.1722523$%q2.83271@fx15.ams1>, David
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Brooks
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <BDB@not.on.your.life>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My understanding is that to show the icon as it did
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> in my iCloud Drive,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Savageduck must have shared it with me from HIS
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> iCloud Drive.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as usual, your understanding is wrong. more
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> accurately, non-existent.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If Savageduck wasn't responsible, who was?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You’re just not paying attention. Nospam already
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> slipped up once and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> revealed that Duck is a secret agent.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sadly, 'nospam' is a well know Usenet Troll who
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> /pretends/ to know facts.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I wonder if he knows that Savageduck, like me, likes
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Labrador dogs.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> FYI, after much experimentation with the help of 'Snit',
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I've managed to
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   determine how to produce an icon like those found in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> my iCloud Drive.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here's screenshot to show you:- https://jmp.sh/Bkj3C10W
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hi folks!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A clear and concise explanation of how things work may be
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> found here:-
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://www.lifewire.com/icloud-share-store-video-1081860
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> My sincere thanks to poster 'Snit' who showed it to me.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sadly, it does NOT explain ho the videos of Savageduck
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> found their way onto my computer. I had simply 'watched
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> them' at the links posted by Savageduck, I did not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> download them.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If they weren't downloaded, then you didn't see them.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> For the benefit of ALL readers, you need to explain! ;-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> If I watch again, by visiting one of Savageduck's links in
>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'rec.photo.digital', no record of it can then be found on
>>>>>>>>>>>>> my computer.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Or, rather, *I* can find no record of it. Where do YOU look
>>>>>>>>>>>>> to find it on YOUR MacBookPro?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> TIA
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I never saw any link to click since I don't do NNTP on my
>>>>>>>>>>>> Macbook. I'm thinking that if I did, it would go to my temp
>>>>>>>>>>>> files rather than my Downloads directory. I'm not sure how
>>>>>>>>>>>> Apple handles share links though.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Just to clarify - are you saying that you don't read
>>>>>>>>>>> newsgroup posts on your MacBookPro?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> What about Google Group posts? Would you click a link therein
>>>>>>>>>>> on your Mac?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I thought of that, but haven't done so yet.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Here's a link to save you searching:-
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/g/rec.photo.digital/c/MFihOePNSPs
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> If you haven't already watched, it's quite fun! ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have watched it before.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I had a notion that you had.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I watched it on my laptop and it hasn't shown up in my iCloud
>>>>>>>> Drive -- yet. I'll check again later.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Do you mean on a device OTHER than your MacBook Pro?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, that is my only Apple device in this context.
>>>>>
>>>>> OK. But you do realise that you can look at www.iCloud.com on ANY
>>>>> computer?
>>>>>
>>>>>>> I suspect that you'll not see it appear on your iCloud Drive. I
>>>>>>> cannot reproduce the finding, no matter what I have tried.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       David
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Still not there. I don't expect it to be, and I certainly don't
>>>>>> expect a 'Shared by anybody...' caption under the icon unless it
>>>>>> was shared.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's just as it should be, I'm sure!
>>>>>
>>>>> Here's a 'test' share for you!
>>>>> https://www.icloud.com/iclouddrive/0b2oNU22S6PTlwi_FHDlaMy3w#Steam_Engine_Trimmed
>>>>
>>>> Seen it before, had the choice of download or sign in, so I
>>>> downloaded. It is in my downloads folder. Still nothing in my iCloud
>>>> Drive. I don't know what would have happened had I been already
>>>> signed in to iCloud.
>>>
>>> Many thanks for helping with the experimenting. :-)
>>>
>>> I wonder if the poster calling itself 'nospam' would explain matters
>>> to YOU. Would you please ask him to explain what he/she thinks could
>>> have caused uninvited links to appear in an iCloud Drive - especially
>>> as neither you nor I can now replicate matters? TIA
>>
>> May I enquire WHY you have apparently lost interest, FTR?
>>
>> Are you ill again?
>
> Always, but there is nothing I can do on my end to replicate your
> scenario. I have no other devices in my Apple World to share stuff with
> to see if it 'lands' anything in my iCloud Drive. What you shared to me,
> shows up as shared -- but nothing else showed up as shared.
>
> My sister bought a new laptop and I am trying to migrate her stuff onto
> it. My major hurdles these days is that everyone expects a telephone
> number to be textable and the recovery tel# they ask for is useless when
> they only text you. Add to that that she has her google recovery email
> address set to a defunct old provider's xxx@ne.rr.com address.
>
> I'm fixing it though.

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