Month: December 2022

Is your Apple Pencil not working properly?

First, make sure the magnetic connection to it is uninterrupted (as in, take off the case, and make sure the Pencil is touching directly to the iPad Pro itself) then go to Bluetooth and see if it auto pairs.

If that doesn’t work, make sure your tip is screwed on correctly.

Hard reset? Press quickly volume up, volume down, and then hold the power button ***UNTIL IT REBOOTS AUTOMATICALLY, AND YOU SEE THE APPLE LOGO***, because it will say “Power Down?” and you just ignore this.

Clean the Apple Pencil thoroughly.

If all this fails, it could be you’ve used and charged it too many times (charge cycles vary from 350-1000 depending on device use) (500-1000 is a normal battery, but still a lot)

If it’s a newer pencil, try the steps above again, no case, reset, bluetooth, magnetic side, cleaning, etc before you go to Apple Store with proof of purchase (order # or receipt printed) to get a replacement.

Bioshock Infinite Fix for PC (Steam, but works with other versions like EA, 2K, etc if you can find the defaultengine.ini file in the game directory)

If you are playing Bioshock Infinite, and you notice that the ground seems like it’s changing as you walk, or signs look almost unreadable regardless of how you play, it’s because your PC doesn’t know how to properly make use of your RAM, and Video RAM.

To Fix the Bioshock Infinite Texture Glitch Issue Blurry Signs:

Open DefaultEngine.ini in notepad.

It can be found in your Steam folder under Steam\steamapps\common\BioShoc­k Infinite\XGame\Config

Edit to the following and save (use CTRL+F to search)

[TextureStreaming] UseTextureFileCache=False

TexturePoolSizeReductionMB=150­0

PoolSize=3000

LowPCTexturePoolSizeMB=256

If you have a high end PC, that has NO problem running on Ultra (2080 or better) then:

UseTextureFileCache=False

TexturePoolSizeReductionMB=2000

PoolSize=4000

LowPCTexturePoolSizeMB=512

And if you have a low end PC, and need to try this trick (might not work unless you turn graphics preset to low or medium)

UseTextureFileCache=False

TexturePoolSizeReductionMB=1000

PoolSize=2000

LowPCTexturePoolSizeMB=256