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Fix Google Drive Error:fa45 and Invalid Root_Local_IDS Set On El Capitan 10.11.5

One day, both of my laptops running El Capitan 10.11.4 and 10.11.5 failed to sync with Google Drive. “An unknown issue occurred and Google Drive needs to quit. Error: Invalid root_local_ids set” and Error:fa45. After searching on the Internet, I found a way to get it back. It seems the newer version 1.30 and multiple

El Capitan 10.11.5 Combo Update

Every time Apple has OS X update, there are 2 ways to do it, from the Apps store or from combo update DMG. I like to do the combo update, so I downloaded from the Apple Website and installed it. Since my Haswell HP X360 has patched ALC282 HDA and IOUSBFamilyHost.kext, I backed these 2

Extract Yosemite 10.10.5 and El Capitan 10.11.5 InstallESD.dmg Using 7Z

Someone brought up an error on extracting payload on Yosemite and El Capitan with 7Z in Windows. Yes, since Yosemite and El Capitan, we can’t extract the essential.pkg to get the Kernels using 7z in Windows. You have to get the Kernels from the Mac OS X using Pacifist. So, for those who don’t have

Remove and Replace HP Envy 4-1115DX 14″ Digitizer Glass Screen

My daughter shattered her HP Envy 4-1115dx digitizer glass screen. For people who didn’t know how to order the screen, touchscreen laptops have 2 parts, the front face is the touch panel, digitizer and the one behind it is the LCD display. The digitizer is the glass part that broke or cracked. Make sure you

How To Create an ISO image with files and folders on Mac OS X

Sometimes I want to create an iso image so I can use with Windows OS and burn to a DVD if I need to on Mac OS X El Capitan 10.11.4. I documented this so I can use it later. 1. Use diskutility to create a blank image of 4.6GB = 4600MB (most DVD is