Question : I am using various AI like ChatGPT, Gemini and CoPilot which is really helpful. But when generating ideas, I prefer to ask the same question to multiple AI at the same time. My preferred tool to do so is 1minAI, but it is web-based, there’s no native app for it yet. Anyway… today the website froze and I had to quit my browser. But when I reopened the 1minAI website, I had to login again and found that the chat that I had open is gone…
Is there any way of getting back to my previous chat ?
Answer : Yes, there is. And it’s rather simple, but maybe not very straightforward to many : – go to the 1minAI website : http://app.1min.ai – login with your username & password (top right) – open the AI service that you were using previously (from any of the menus), so “Multi AI Chat” in this case – when the “Multi AI Chat” (or any other AI service) window is open, click on the search field at the top, with the “select conversation” in it – you will now see a pulldown menu of all previous chats you’ve had with this AI Service – click on the previous chat that you want to reopen – the previous chat will now open and you can recommence where you left off
Question : As Apple is starting to roll out it’s own version of AI, entitled Apple Intelligence, the most important question seems to be :
Is my current Mac, iPad or iPhone able to run Apple Intelligence ?
Answer : Apple has published the specs needed for Apple Intelligence : – OS specs : iOS 18.4, iPadOS 18.4 or macOS 15.3 Sequoia or newer – software specs : Siri needs to be turned ON – CPU specs : A17 Pro, A18 or M1 or newer
translating the CPU specs into device specs :
iPhone : iPhone 16 / 16 Plus (2024) and newer iPhone Pro : iPhone 15 Pro / 15 Pro Max (2023) and newer iPhone SE : iPhone 16e (2025) and newer iPad : -none- !! not even the iPad 11 (2025) !! iPad mini : iPad mini 7th gen. (2024) and newer iPad Air : iPad Air 5th gen. (2022) and newer iPad Pro : iPad Pro 3rd gen. [11″] & 5th gen. [12.9″] (2021) and newer MacBook : -none- !! the latest MacBooks from 2017 were Intel-based !! MacBook Air : MacBook Air M1 (2020) and newer MacBook Pro : MacBook Pro M1 (Late 2020) and newer iMac : iMac M1 (2021) and newer Mac mini : Mac mini M1 (2020) and newer Mac Studio : Mac Studio M1 (2022) and newer Mac Pro : Mac Pro M2 (2023) and newer
At the time of writing (March 2025) Apple Intelligence does come with the current OS versions in beta only… the general release date planned for April 2025 seems to be postponed. If the official general release has only been postponed for certain regions (e.g. the EU) is not clear. According to Apple, the initial release will only include English, Chinese, Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Japanese and Korean. Other languages will follow later on, but Dutch will probably not be one of the first to join.
I have been watching a YouTube video that was so interesting that I would like to have the text transcribed for reviewing later on.
Is there a FREE and easy way to get a text transcript of a YouTube video ?
Answer : Yes, there is. It all depends on the quality of the transcription that you want ot get which type of transcription will suit you best. Previously, the three (‘other’) options listed at the bottom of this post were some of the best around, but things are developing fast in the world of AI, and there now is one FREE option that will probably suit everyone that has an M1 / M2 / M3 / M4 Mac :
Whisper AI – Speech to Text – get it in the Mac AppStore (make sure you get the app that is by Rocket Techology Inc.) : https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/whisper-ai-speech-to-text/id6738070552?l=en-GB&mt=12 – type : macOS native app for video/audio transcription ( for self-recorded, live or downloaded video ) – output : options to export to .txt, .docx or .html file – accuracy : the ‘tiny’ Whisper-model that is preloaded is quite fast and rather accurate (and for more accuracy and or speaker recognition you can download more advanced Whisper-models using the ‘Manage Models’ option) – privacy : high, as it runs entirely offline ( according to the developer ) – speed : made for Apple Silicon Macs, so extremely fast on M1/M2/M3/M4-Macs
Here are three other options :
Tactiq.io – use it online at : https://tactiq.io – type : online video/audio transcription ( for Youtube video ) – the FREE plan can now only be used through the Tactiq Chrome browser extension ( so no longer an option for Safari… ) – output : an auto-generated ( not very accurate ) subtitling .srt document converted into a plain text document – privacy : low, as it runs online – speed : extremely fast, but the output is just the subtitles-file converted into plain text ( so including all the time stamps – if you want to get rid of those, you can do that in ChatGPT or something )
Transcribe.mov – use it online at : https://www.transcribe.mov – type : online video/audio transcription ( for YouTube video ) – output : a rather accurate plain text document – privacy : low, as it runs online – speed : slightly faster that playing the original video : takes 7 minutes to transcribe 15 minutes of video
Aiko – get it in the Mac AppStore : https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aiko/id1672085276&ved=2ahUKEwikv-LT85uLAxUpSf4FHZEZEisQFnoECAwQAQ&usg=AOvVaw1s9T7EI1AzX63HnIjAhNuZ – type : macOS native app for video/audio transcription ( for self-recorded, live or downloaded video ) – output : a rather accurate plain text document – privacy : high, as it runs entirely offline ( according to the developer ) – speed : made for Apple Silicon Macs, so extremely fast on M1/M2/M3/M4-Macs : takes just 1 to 5 minutes to transcribe 15 minutes of video – but very slow on Intel-Macs : takes about 5 hours ( ! ) to transcribe 15 minutes of video ( because Intel-Macs don’t have the neural engine )
So it all depends on your needs what the best solution is… so take your pick !
Question : I am trying to use Microsoft 365 (previously Office 365, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook and OneDrive), and even though everything used to work fine up until recently… today it gave me an error message saying that it need JavaScript to enable me to use the options I am trying to use…
What is wrong and how do I fix this ?
Answer : Microsoft 365 (previously named Office 365) relies on JavaScript for most (if not all) functionality that is web-based, so if you have (accidentally) switched JavaScript OFF, you will need to turn it back on before you can fully use Microsoft 365 again.
The problem probably is that you recently switched OFF JavaScript by accident… so the solution is probably simple : just switch JavaScript back ON.
To switch JavaScript back ON in your Safari browser, do this : – open Safari.app – click Safari in the top menu bar (top left, next to the Apple logo) – in the pulldown menu, click on Settings – in the window that opens, click on the Security icon/tab – then at ‘Web content:’ make sure there is a checkmark for ‘Enable JavaScript’
To switch JavaScript back ON in Google Chrome browser, do this : – open Chrome.app – click the three-dot-button (top right) – then click Settings – click Privacy & Security – then click Site Settings – then click JavaScript then choose one of three options : – allow JavaScript for all sites, by choosing “Sites can use JavaScript” as the default behaviour – allow JavaScript for most sites, by choosing “Sites can use JavaScript” as the default behaviour AND excluding specific websites – allow JavaScript for very few sites, by choosing “Don’t allow sites to use JavaScripts” as the default bahaviour AND excluding specific websites
To switch JavaScript back ON in the Opera browser, do this : – open Opera.app – click Opera in the top menu bar (top left, next to the Apple logo) – in the pulldown menu, click Settings – on the Settings webpage that opens, clcik on ‘Privacy & security’ in the left menu bar – in the list page that opens, click on ‘Site Settings’ (in the Privacy & Security chapter) – in the Site Settings page that opens, click on ‘JavaScript’ (in the Content chapter) – in the JavaScript page that opens, choose “Sites can use JavaScript” – then, if adjustement to the general rule are needed, go to the “Customised behaviours”, where you can exclude or include specific websites to use JavaScript
To switch JavaScript back ON in the Microsoft Edge browser, do this : – open Edge.app – click Edge in the top menu bar (top left, next to the Apple Logo) – in the pulldown menu, click Settings – op the Settings webpage that opens, click on ‘Cookies and Site Permissions’ in the left menu bar – in hte list page that opens, clcik on ‘JavaScript’ (in the All Permissions chapter) – in the JavaScript that opens, set the slider to the right (so it will turn blue) and it will say “Allowed (recommended)” – then, if adjustments to the genaral rule are needed, at “Block” add the sites you want to specifically prevent from using JavaScript and/or at “Allow” add the sites you want to allow specifically to use JavaScript
Note : in the Firefox and DuckDuckGo browsers, JavaScript is enabled by default and there is no user-friendly setting to switch it OFF (or ON).
Question : I am trying to login to the Mastermind startpage to do watch some Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi videos and get some feedback from their Gigi AI-chat-agent, and even though everything used to work fine up until recently… when I try to load the Mastemind startpage at login.mastermind.com I do get the login page and I can fill out both my login-name and my password, but the ‘SIGN IN’-button is keyed out, and no error message is given…
What is wrong and how do I fix this ?
Answer : A lot of webpages use Java Script, especially (but not exclusively) login pages, account pages and online fill-out form pages. The Mastermind login page is one of them.
The problem probably is that you recently switched OFF JavaScript by accident… so the solution is probably simple : just switch JavaScript back ON.
To switch JavaScript back ON in your Safari browser, do this : – open Safari.app – click Safari in the top menu bar (top left, next to the Apple logo) – in the pulldown menu, click on Settings – in the window that opens, click on the Security icon/tab – then at ‘Web content:’ make sure there is a checkmark for ‘Enable JavaScript’
To switch JavaScript back ON in Google Chrome browser, do this : – open Chrome.app – click the three-dot-button (top right) – then click Settings – click Privacy & Security – then click Site Settings – then click JavaScript then choose one of three options : – allow JavaScript for all sites, by choosing “Sites can use JavaScript” as the default behaviour – allow JavaScript for most sites, by choosing “Sites can use JavaScript” as the default behaviour AND excluding specific websites – allow JavaScript for very few sites, by choosing “Don’t allow sites to use JavaScripts” as the default bahaviour AND excluding specific websites
To switch JavaScript back ON in the Opera browser, do this : – open Opera.app – click Opera in the top menu bar (top left, next to the Apple logo) – in the pulldown menu, click Settings – on the Settings webpage that opens, clcik on ‘Privacy & security’ in the left menu bar – in the list page that opens, click on ‘Site Settings’ (in the Privacy & Security chapter) – in the Site Settings page that opens, click on ‘JavaScript’ (in the Content chapter) – in the JavaScript page that opens, choose “Sites can use JavaScript” – then, if adjustement to the general rule are needed, go to the “Customised behaviours”, where you can exclude or include specific websites to use JavaScript
To switch JavaScript back ON in the Microsoft Edge browser, do this : – open Edge.app – click Edge in the top menu bar (top left, next to the Apple Logo) – in the pulldown menu, click Settings – op the Settings webpage that opens, click on ‘Cookies and Site Permissions’ in the left menu bar – in hte list page that opens, clcik on ‘JavaScript’ (in the All Permissions chapter) – in the JavaScript that opens, set the slider to the right (so it will turn blue) and it will say “Allowed (recommended)” – then, if adjustments to the genaral rule are needed, at “Block” add the sites you want to specifically prevent from using JavaScript and/or at “Allow” add the sites you want to allow specifically to use JavaScript
Note : in the Firefox and DuckDuckGo browsers, JavaScript is enabled by default and there is no user-friendly setting to switch it OFF (or ON).
Question : I am trying to login to the 1min.AI startpage do do some AI work, and even though everything used to work fine up until recently… when I try to load the 1min.AI startpage at app.1min.ai I only get a full black (just black, nothing on it) page, but no error message is given…
What is wrong and how do I fix this ?
Answer : A lot of webpages use Java Script, especially (but not exclusively) login pages, account pages and online fill-out form pages. The 1min.AI startpage is one of them.
The problem probably is that you recently switched OFF JavaScript by accident… so the solution is probably simple : just switch JavaScript back ON.
To switch JavaScript back ON in your Safari browser, do this : – open Safari.app – click Safari in the top menu bar (top left, next to the Apple logo) – in the pulldown menu, click on Settings – in the window that opens, click on the Security icon/tab – then at ‘Web content:’ make sure there is a checkmark for ‘Enable JavaScript’
To switch JavaScript back ON in Google Chrome browser, do this : – open Chrome.app – click the three-dot-button (top right) – then click Settings – click Privacy & Security – then click Site Settings – then click JavaScript then choose one of three options : – allow JavaScript for all sites, by choosing “Sites can use JavaScript” as the default behaviour – allow JavaScript for most sites, by choosing “Sites can use JavaScript” as the default behaviour AND excluding specific websites – allow JavaScript for very few sites, by choosing “Don’t allow sites to use JavaScripts” as the default bahaviour AND excluding specific websites
To switch JavaScript back ON in the Opera browser, do this : – open Opera.app – click Opera in the top menu bar (top left, next to the Apple logo) – in the pulldown menu, click Settings – on the Settings webpage that opens, clcik on ‘Privacy & security’ in the left menu bar – in the list page that opens, click on ‘Site Settings’ (in the Privacy & Security chapter) – in the Site Settings page that opens, click on ‘JavaScript’ (in the Content chapter) – in the JavaScript page that opens, choose “Sites can use JavaScript” – then, if adjustement to the general rule are needed, go to the “Customised behaviours”, where you can exclude or include specific websites to use JavaScript
To switch JavaScript back ON in the Microsoft Edge browser, do this : – open Edge.app – click Edge in the top menu bar (top left, next to the Apple Logo) – in the pulldown menu, click Settings – op the Settings webpage that opens, click on ‘Cookies and Site Permissions’ in the left menu bar – in hte list page that opens, clcik on ‘JavaScript’ (in the All Permissions chapter) – in the JavaScript that opens, set the slider to the right (so it will turn blue) and it will say “Allowed (recommended)” – then, if adjustments to the genaral rule are needed, at “Block” add the sites you want to specifically prevent from using JavaScript and/or at “Allow” add the sites you want to allow specifically to use JavaScript
Note : in the Firefox and DuckDuckGo browsers, JavaScript is enabled by default and there is no user-friendly setting to switch it OFF (or ON).
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