Running out of "machines"

I've had a bunch of issues with my hard drive / motherboard / videocard over the past few months and each time I have to reload iTunes, I use up another of the "machines" that I am allowed to upload my library to even though I've just really loaded it onto this one crappy computer 4 times. Any advice as to what I do if it happens again or, better yet, any idea how I can convince iTunes that it's just the same machine again? Am I making sense? I'm sure I'm not saying this very well, btu I would appreciate help from anyone with any insight.

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300161

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I have an iMac '27 (late 2009) running Mountain Lion 10.8.2. The internal disk is 1 TB, and I use an external FW HD LaCie d2 Quadra 1 TB for my TM backups. After 3 years the disk is always full, but old backups were regularly removed. All the possible source of large variable files were excluded long time ago (VM disks, temporary directories, large download files).
TM used to work quite smoothly, but now, since 10 days, the backup fails with the message
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It seems that the "unexpected" problem is related to the fact that Time Machine is trying to backup again a large part of my filesystem, and it determines this fact only after the backup starts (so there is no pre-cleaning): when it happens I can see that the target size of the backup increases over time, while more and more data are written on the disk, until the disk is full.
I'll try to summarize my situations with an itemized list:
The current backup fails because it runs out of space, leaving an .inprogress file behind
The latest backup did not fail: the log report a successful backup (checked with Time Machine Buddy)
Examining the content of the latest backup, the one that did not fails, shows that some system directories, /Applications, /usr, and /bin are missing
So, possibly, the "unexpected" error happens because the system is backing up a lot of stuff (like 60GB), and TM discover this only after it starts writing the files
I've verified with Disk Utility both the TM disk and the internal HD, and they both report no problem.
After some digging around, I was able to make TM work again removing the .inprogress file (using the Pondini instructions), removing (using the "Star Wars" interface) the latest backup, the one with the incomplete content, and removing a few older backups to create some more free space.
The first time I thought it was a transient problem, but it happened again after a few days.
So the real issue is, why the latest successful backup is actually incomplete, with a large number of directories missing, but there is no hint of this in the logs?
I've read that old LaCie HDs might have problems with Mountain Lion, and with its power saving settings. May this be the cause? I did already turn off the power saving setting (put HD to sleep when possible) before the latest failure, but nothing changed.
I've also tried to update the d2 Quadra firmware, as indicated by other messages and on LaCie website, but the update fails and the provided instructions are less than useful (I'll try to contact LaCie on this issue).
My doubt is that this does not seem a power save issue... the failed backups happen while I'm actually using the machine (so no wake up/disk spin issue seems to happen), and the backups starts with no problem: they just finish abruptly with no apparent reason but with a success message.
Does anyone have problems similar to mine (successful but incomplete TM snapshots)? Is the problem triggered by the HD firmware, or there are other possible causes?
I plan to repair the TM one more time, and then keep it turned off to run only manual backups, but I'm aware that there is no guarantee that also a controlled manually started backup is not going to fail in a similar way.
Thanks for any suggestion.
Maurizio

I am not running out of space, but I do have the same problem. Every so often TM does a backup which is about 60 GB bigger than expected.   The extra is always a new backup of /System /Applications /usr etc. - that is the 'system files'.
The key thing is, as you have noticed:
Examining the content of the latest backup, the one that did not fail, shows that some system directories, /Applications, /usr, and /bin are missing
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        <false/>
It seems that TM is treating this as if <true/>.
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I think this must be a bug. I have had this on four occassions since upgrading to Mountain Lion. And it is doing a large one right now - I have caught it in the act!

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Hi,
I'm not able to connect to oracle database running on Windows machine from Linux machine. I'm geting the below mentioned error. I have given below the code I used to connect to database and database propertes.Do I need to use any specific driver?
Please help me.
Thanks,
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Code :
import oracle.jdbc.pool.OracleDataSource;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.util.*;
import java.sql.*;
import java.io.*;
class try2{
public static void main(String args[]) {
try {
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configureDataSource(ods, prop);
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// Sets the auto-commit property for the connection to be false.
conn.setAutoCommit(false);
} catch (SQLException sqlEx){ // Handle SQL Errors
System.out.println("In exception "+sqlEx);
} catch(Exception excep) { // Handle other errors
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ods.setDriverType ("thin");
// Sets the user name
ods.setUser(prop.getProperty("UserName"));
// Sets the password
ods.setPassword(prop.getProperty("Password"));
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# Your Database Connection details
HostName = 10.20.3.19
SID = EDIREAD
Port = 1521
UserName = dbuser
Password = dbuser
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error while trying to connect with odbc datasource
[root@iflexpau2217 EDIReader]# java try2
hi
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In exception java.sql.SQLException: Io exception: The Network Adapter could not establish the connection
Also I tried to connect with weblogic JDBC driver
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import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.sql.Blob;
import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.DriverManager;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.SQLException;
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Link Davis Diagnostic
Step 1
nothing
Step 2
com.google.keystone.daemon
com.adobe.fpsaud
Step 3
com.google.keystone.system.agent
com.displaylink.useragent
com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper
com.spotify.webhelper
com.facebook.videochat.rossmeador.updater
com.adobe.ARM.ad895013aeb33ea6e968d9fdc06c0eb42c7c2a5229d98d64ad002716
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae
com.adobe.AAM.Scheduler-1.0
Step 4
/Library/Components:
/Library/Extensions:
ATTOCelerityFC8.kext
ATTOExpressSASHBA2.kext
ATTOExpressSASRAID2.kext
ArcMSR.kext
CalDigitHDProDrv.kext
HighPointIOP.kext
HighPointRR.kext
PromiseSTEX.kext
SoftRAID.kext
/Library/Frameworks:
.DS_Store
AEProfiling.framework
AERegistration.framework
Adobe AIR.framework
AudioMixEngine.framework
DivX Toolkit.framework
HPDeviceModel.framework
HPPml.framework
HPServicesInterface.framework
HPSmartPrint.framework
HPSmartX.framework
NyxAudioAnalysis.framework
PluginManager.framework
Skype.framework
TSLicense.framework
iLifeFaceRecognition.framework
iLifeKit.framework
iLifePageLayout.framework
iLifeSQLAccess.framework
iLifeSlideshow.framework
iTunesLibrary.framework
/Library/Input Methods:
/Library/InputManagers:
Ecamm
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750.plugin
DRM Plugin.bundle
Default Browser.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
Disabled Plug-Ins
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.webplugin
GarminGpsControl.plugin
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
Quartz Composer.webplugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
flashplayer.xpt
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
npdivx.xpt
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
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/Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.displaylink.useragent.plist
com.google.keystone.agent.plist
/Library/LaunchDaemons:
com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
com.displaylink.usbnivolistener.plist
com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
/Library/PreferencePanes:
DivX.prefPane
Flash Player.prefPane
Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
/Library/QuickLook:
GBQLGenerator.qlgenerator
iBooksAuthor.qlgenerator
iWork.qlgenerator
/Library/QuickTime:
.DS_Store
AppleIntermediateCodec.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component
macam.app
macam.component
/Library/ScriptingAdditions:
/Library/Spotlight:
.DS_Store
GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter
LogicPro.mdimporter
Microsoft Office.mdimporter
iBooksAuthor.mdimporter
iWork.mdimporter
/Library/StartupItems:
HP IO
/etc/mach_init.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:
/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:
Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:
SkypeABDialer.bundle
SkypeABSMS.bundle
Library/Fonts:
Library/Input Methods:
.localized
Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
FacebookVideoCalling.bundle
Picasa.plugin
WebEx.plugin
WebEx64.plugin
Library/Keyboard Layouts:
Library/LaunchAgents:
com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
com.adobe.ARM.ad895013aeb33ea6e968d9fdc06c0eb42c7c2a5229d98d64ad002716.plist
com.facebook.videochat.rossmeador.plist
com.spotify.webhelper.plist
com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist
Library/PreferencePanes:
Library/QuickTime:
Google Camera Adapter 0.component
Google Camera Adapter 1.component
Library/Services:
.localized
Step 5
Nothing
Etresoft Before Launching Mail
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
16 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel Iris - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
AirPlay: Version: 1.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
Startup Items:
HP IO - Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A2093) - Uptime: 0 days 0:6:5
Disk Information:
APPLE SSD SM1024F disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.7 GB (761.42 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[not loaded] com.displaylink.usbnivolistener.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[failed] com.displaylink.useragent.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
[loaded] com.facebook.videochat.[redacted].plist
[loaded] com.spotify.webhelper.plist
[loaded] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist
User Login Items:
None
3rd Party Preference Panes:
DivX
Flash Player
Flip4Mac WMV
Internet Plug-ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin
AmazonMP3DownloaderPlugin101750.plugin
Default Browser.plugin
DirectorShockwave.plugin
DivXBrowserPlugin.plugin
Flash Player.plugin
FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
GarminGpsControl.plugin
Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin
googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin
o1dbrowserplugin.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
RealPlayer Plugin.plugin
Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
CitrixOnlineWebDeploymentPlugin.plugin
Picasa.plugin
WebEx.plugin
WebEx64.plugin
Bad Fonts:
None
Time Machine:
Auto backup: NO
Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
    2% WindowServer
    1% EtreCheck
    0% coreservicesd
    0% Dock
    0% CoreServicesUIAgent
    0% imagent
Top Processes by Memory:
344 MB   mds_stores
213 MB   Safari
115 MB   Dock
82 MB    mdworker
66 MB    mds
33 MB    MacKeeper Helper
33 MB    PluginProcess
33 MB    WindowServer
16 MB    com.apple.dock.extra
16 MB    storeagent
Virtual Memory Statistics:
12.72 GB Free RAM
1.77 GB Active RAM
176 MB   Inactive RAM
1.33 GB Wired RAM
660 MB   Page-ins
0 B      Page-outs
Immediately After Launching Mail
Hardware Information:
MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013)
MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro11,1
1 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7 CPU: 2 cores
16 GB RAM
Video Information:
Intel Iris - VRAM: 1024 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
AirPlay: Version: 1.9
AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
Startup Items:
HP IO - Path: /Library/StartupItems/HP IO
System Software:
OS X 10.9 (13A2093) - Uptime: 0 days 0:8:39
Disk Information:
APPLE SSD SM1024F disk0 : (1 TB)
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 999.7 GB (761.39 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
USB Information:
Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Apple Inc. Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Kernel Extensions:
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
[failed] com.apple.pictd.plist
Launch Daemons:
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
[not loaded] com.displaylink.usbnivolistener.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
Launch Agents:
[not loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[failed] com.displaylink.useragent.plist
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
User Launch Agents:
[loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist
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Have you looked into Activity Monitor utility to see what system resources exist and how they are being allocated to applications, the OS X, and other background functions?
You could boot in SafeBoot (shift key held through startup) and run Disk Utility> repair disk permissions. That can tell you a few things about your hard disk drive, capacities, and it may not hurt to repair disk permissions. Restart normally when done.
Or try & boot from the Install DVD and use the version of Disk Utility in there to attempt to 'repair disk' while the HDD is unmounted. Then choose Startup manager to boot from the HDD and ignore the DVD on a restart.
Is your computer as listed, a PowerPC (pre-intel architecture)
Apple product, with a G4/G5 CPU from before 2006? If so,
a host could move the discussion from this Intel area.
Without more information, a failure of traction results from speculation.
Is your computer still running OS X 10.5.3, or is that 10.5.8+ now?
Good luck & happy computing!
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I have a desktop pc with iTunes. I just purchased a mac air book. Can I sync all of my devices, iPhone, iPod, iPad, to both computers or do I have to pick one. I would like to have iTunes on my mac, but I'm afraid I will run out of hard drive space.

I have a desktop pc with itunes. I just purchased a Mac Air book. Can I sync my devices, iphone, ipod, ipad, to both computers. Or do I have to pick one? I would like to have itunes on my mac, but i am afraid I will run out of hard disk space. Do I need to set up a seperate account on my Mac so I can load some music on it if I plan to keep my devices synced to my PC? Would it be possible to sync only my Iphone to my Mac?

To get that much storage, you need to look to professional online services. Pro-level hosting accounts may offer you that much (well, many will offer as much storage as you are prepared to pay for), or Amazon professional cloud services. You could also store the files on a home machine and pay for a professional hosting service so you could stream them over your own account (assuming your ISP connection and agreement allows for the bandwidth used). You would still need to deal with the issue of finding an app for the iPad that supported avi streaming.

I bought my 15" macbook pro i7 just a year ago and my battery life runs out extremely quick..at fully charged it says I only have 2:27 of usage time. I didn't pay for that-what can I do about it? I do have Apple care. Thanks.

I bought my 15" macbook pro just a year ago and my battery life runs out extremely quickly. This started maybe a month or two ago. Its hard to tell. I only noticed the rapid change recently. Fully charged it says I have 2:27 (2 hours and 27 minutes) of usage time...with about 50% screen and keyboard brightness.
I've checked inside system preferences and its cycle count is 261 and full charging cap is 6316.
I have apple care...is this something i can/need to take up with apple. You'd think if you pay the price for these machines you should get mroe use out of them.
ONLY A YEAR I'VE HAD THIS!
My PC lasted 4 years before the battery showed signs this dramatic of wear.
Any help is appreciated, im new mac owner. thanks.

do you have a mbp with dual video cards? running the system with the higher end card increases the heat and also drains batt power.
i have the 1st gen unibody (2008) with an original removable battery of 311 cycles and 4453 charge. under normal use ill be happy to get 1.5hrs. the mac battery counter thing says i have 3.3hrs though (whatever). compared to me, i think you use your battery more than i do, perhaps its the reason why it degraded so fast in a year?

PowerBook Seems to be Running out of Memory

So, my computer has been slowing down a lot lately. I got it new two years ago, and I'm not sure if it's normal for it to be slowing down this much.
When I change the volume, it takes a couple seconds for the sound and icon to appear, and it also slows down any applications I'm running.
If I try to open two or three programs like Safari or Mail at the same time, it can take up to a minute to load them all whereas it used to do it in around 10 seconds. Safari also has been unexpectedly quitting a lot lately.
I currently have 256 megs of RAM. Do you think I need more? Or is there something easier/cheaper I can do?

How much free disc space do you have? With only 256MB RAM, you probably routinely use a lot of swap space. If your hard drive is getting full, you may be running out of continguous disc space for swap files.
matteo.85 - I've often left my powerbook on and running background tasks (research analyses) for as long as two weeks straight. I used to do the same thing with its predecessor, a 2nd rev. TiBook. Both machines run just fine, and leaving a laptop on for extended periods should not harm it in any way.
What a brody was getting at was the standard "maintenance" scripts (daily, weekly and monthly scripts that clean out log files, backup log contents, and clear out archived logs) normally are set to run in the wee hours of the morning (like 3:00a.m.). If those have not been allowed to run in awhile, the log files (in /private/var/log) may be getting huge and eating up a lot of disc space. MacJanitor, Onyx, and other freeware/shareware apps will clear these out for you if you shut your machine off (or sleep it) at night. Macaroni will reschedule the scripts to a time of your choosing (you can also do that manually yourself, by editing their plist files).

I am receiving a notification that says that I am running out of storage space. I backed up time mating to an external hard drive. Can I delete some files to make room?

I am receiving notifications that I am running out of storage space. I backed up my mac book using an external and time machine. Can I delete some files to make room?
If so,
When I want to restore from my time machine, can I pick and choose, say certain songs, photos or documents?

About TM "Backup Drive is Full"
Alert TM only deletes older files if they have been deleted from the source and when TM needs space on the backup drive for a new incremental backup. Time Machine "thins" it's backups; hourly backups over 24 hours old, except the first of the day; those "daily" backups over 30 days old, except the first of the week. The weeklies are kept as long as there's room.
So, how long a backup file remains depends on how long it was on your Mac before being deleted, assuming you do at least one backup per day. If it was there for at least 24 hours, it will be kept for at least a month. If it was there for at least a week, it will be kept as long as there's room.
Note, that on a Time Capsule the sparsebundle grows in size as needed, but doesn't shrink. Thus, from the user's view of the TC it appears that no space has been freed, although there may be space in the sparsebundle.
Once TM has found it cannot free up enough space for a new backup it reports the disk is full. You can either erase the backup drive and start your backups anew or replace the drive with a larger drive. You can also use the Time Machine application to selectively remove files, but that may be ineffective if you have to free up GBs of space.

I have a power Mac G4 mirror front running 10.4.9. How current of an OS can I run on this machine? I want to put it back into use but need to upgrade the software so that I can run the newest version of Quickbooks amoung other things.

I have a power Mac G4 with a mirror front running 10.4.9. How current of an OS can I run on this machine? I want to put it back into use but need to upgrade the OS so that I can run the newest version of Quickbooks amoung other things.

I think you're out of luck...
System Requirements:
Minimum System Requirements
Mac with an Intel processor
Mac OS X v10.6
1 GB RAM
CD-ROM drive for installation
120 MB of available disk space
Printer: 100% Macintosh-compatible printer, if you plan to print invoices, checks, deposit slips, lists, purchase orders, mailing labels, reports, or graphs
Checks: Use Intuit Checks if you plan to print checks. Canadian Image Ready Cheques are not supported.
Integration/Compatibility Requirements
Export report data requires Numbers '09 (included with iWork from Apple) or Microsoft Excel 2004 or 2008 for Mac.
E-mail requires Apple Mail; Microsoft Entourage 2004 or 2008 for Mac
Back up to MobileMe requires paid MobileMe account available separately from Apple, Inc.
iCal, iChat, and AddressBook are included in Mac OS X. Internet access required for iChat.
Accepting credit and debit cards directly into QuickBooks 2011 for Mac requires Intuit Merchant Service for QuickBooks for Mac (sold separately); subject to application approval and debit card transactions are processed as Signature Debit which does not require entering a PIN code. See http://payments.intuit.com/legal.jsp for details.
Processing payroll, integrated with QuickBooks for Mac, requires paid subscription (sold separately), EIN and Internet access. QuickBooks 2011 for Mac works with Intuit QuickBooks Payroll for Mac.
http://www.amazon.com/Intuit-413615-QuickBooks-2011-for/dp/system-requirements/B 003YJ8WFE/ref=noref?ie=UTF8&n=229534&s=software

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