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	Comments for John Large &#8211; Technology, Hardware,Web Development, Digital Privacy &amp; Ethics	</title>
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	<description>I&#039;m a Computer science academic, working towards a PhD. I&#039;m researching digital privacy &#38; ethics. I also run a busy e-commerce business.</description>
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		Comment on iPod 5th Generation SSD Upgrade with iFlash and Sandisk SD cards by Paul		</title>
		<link>https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/ipod-5th-generation-upgrade-ssd-iflash-sandisk-sd-cards/#comment-37294</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:48:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thank you for this post, I found it incredibly useful! I have a 5th gen iPod video and have swapped out the battery and hard drive for a dual micro sd board. I now have 400gb of space; wonderful!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for this post, I found it incredibly useful! I have a 5th gen iPod video and have swapped out the battery and hard drive for a dual micro sd board. I now have 400gb of space; wonderful!</p>
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		Comment on Blocking aggressive Chinese crawlers/scrapers/bots by michal		</title>
		<link>https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/blocking-aggressive-chinese-crawlers-scrapers-bots/#comment-24400</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[michal]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 11:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks. This solution is faster than plugins like 7G firewall which costs longer to process a htaccess file.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks. This solution is faster than plugins like 7G firewall which costs longer to process a htaccess file.</p>
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		Comment on Blocking aggressive Chinese crawlers/scrapers/bots by Ylva		</title>
		<link>https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/blocking-aggressive-chinese-crawlers-scrapers-bots/#comment-21968</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ylva]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 04:24:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thank you very much for this solution.
It worked well (client&#039;s website was under attack).

Regards Ylva]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you very much for this solution.<br />
It worked well (client&#8217;s website was under attack).</p>
<p>Regards Ylva</p>
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		Comment on About Me by John		</title>
		<link>https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/about/#comment-17827</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2023 09:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hi John,

Here fighting the bots. Is this still the best way to do it from the .htaccess ?

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^aipbot [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Anarchie [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ASPSeek [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^attach [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^autoemailspider [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BlackWidow [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bot\ mailto:craftbot@yahoo.com [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ChinaClaw [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Custo [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DISCo [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Download\ Demon [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^eCatch [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EirGrabber [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailSiphon [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailWolf [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Express\ WebPictures [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ExtractorPro [NC,OR]

RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^curl/ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HTMLParser [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Jakarta\ Commons [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Java [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^libcurl [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^LWP::Simple [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^lwp-request [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Microsoft\ Data\ Access [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Microsoft\ URL\ Control [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MS\ Web\ Services\ Client\ Protocol [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PECL::HTTP [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^POE-Component-Client-HTTP [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PycURL [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Snoopy [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^VB\ Project [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WWW::Mechanize [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} RPT-HTTPClient [NC]
RewriteRule .* Server not responding [R,L]

Regards,
John]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi John,</p>
<p>Here fighting the bots. Is this still the best way to do it from the .htaccess ?</p>
<p>RewriteEngine On<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^aipbot [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Anarchie [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ASPSeek [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^attach [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^autoemailspider [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^BlackWidow [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Bot\ mailto:craftbot@yahoo.com [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ChinaClaw [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Custo [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^DISCo [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Download\ Demon [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^eCatch [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EirGrabber [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailSiphon [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^EmailWolf [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Express\ WebPictures [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^ExtractorPro [NC,OR]</p>
<p>RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Zeus [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^curl/ [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^HTMLParser [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Jakarta\ Commons [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Java [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^libcurl [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^LWP::Simple [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^lwp-request [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Microsoft\ Data\ Access [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Microsoft\ URL\ Control [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^MS\ Web\ Services\ Client\ Protocol [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PECL::HTTP [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^POE-Component-Client-HTTP [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^PycURL [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Snoopy [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^VB\ Project [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^WWW::Mechanize [NC,OR]<br />
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} RPT-HTTPClient [NC]<br />
RewriteRule .* Server not responding [R,L]</p>
<p>Regards,<br />
John</p>
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		Comment on Blocking aggressive Chinese crawlers/scrapers/bots by franck		</title>
		<link>https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/blocking-aggressive-chinese-crawlers-scrapers-bots/#comment-17772</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[franck]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2023 07:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[En 2023 il continue a nous faire chier... 

Avez-vous une nouvelle solution, j&#039;ai resté les solutions plus haut mais rien ne fonctionne...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>En 2023 il continue a nous faire chier&#8230; </p>
<p>Avez-vous une nouvelle solution, j&#8217;ai resté les solutions plus haut mais rien ne fonctionne&#8230;</p>
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		Comment on AMPArtwork Agent 100% CPU Usage in Mac OS Catalina – *Fixed by Nate		</title>
		<link>https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/ampartwork-agent-100-cpu-usage-in-mac-os-catalina-fixed/#comment-17668</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nate]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/?p=2323#comment-17668</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[John, thanks for the writeup and doing the legwork.  Add me to the list of those dealing with this issue.  I just recently moved from Catalina to Ventura and consistently have AMPLibraryAgent using just shy of 100% CPU.  One question before I head down the nuclear route – All of my music is store locally with embedded artwork (in most but not all files – I&#039;m working on that).  I&#039;d like to maintain my imported dates from the original library as I have a number of automatic playlists that reference that date.  

What I was thinking is follow your process through step 8 and then quit out of Music, and replace the Music folder with my backed up copy.  Thoughts on this?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John, thanks for the writeup and doing the legwork.  Add me to the list of those dealing with this issue.  I just recently moved from Catalina to Ventura and consistently have AMPLibraryAgent using just shy of 100% CPU.  One question before I head down the nuclear route – All of my music is store locally with embedded artwork (in most but not all files – I&#8217;m working on that).  I&#8217;d like to maintain my imported dates from the original library as I have a number of automatic playlists that reference that date.  </p>
<p>What I was thinking is follow your process through step 8 and then quit out of Music, and replace the Music folder with my backed up copy.  Thoughts on this?</p>
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		Comment on Blocking aggressive Chinese crawlers/scrapers/bots by Jae		</title>
		<link>https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/blocking-aggressive-chinese-crawlers-scrapers-bots/#comment-17523</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jae]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 09:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/?p=2232#comment-17523</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Hi John,
Great thread, thank you. We have had the same issue recently with bot traffic and resorted to using CF. So no additional load was placed on our server. 
We are currently trying out the following User Agent rule in CF:
(http.user_agent contains &quot;Mb2345Browser&#124;LieBaoFast&#124;zh-CN&#124;MicroMessenger&#124;zh_CN&#124;Kinza&#124;Datanyze&#124;serpstatbot&#124;spaziodati&#124;OPPO\\sA33&#124;AspiegelBot&#124;aspiegel&#124;PetalBot&quot;)
Hope it works.
Thanks again.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi John,<br />
Great thread, thank you. We have had the same issue recently with bot traffic and resorted to using CF. So no additional load was placed on our server.<br />
We are currently trying out the following User Agent rule in CF:<br />
(http.user_agent contains &#8220;Mb2345Browser|LieBaoFast|zh-CN|MicroMessenger|zh_CN|Kinza|Datanyze|serpstatbot|spaziodati|OPPO\\sA33|AspiegelBot|aspiegel|PetalBot&#8221;)<br />
Hope it works.<br />
Thanks again.</p>
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		Comment on iPod 5th Generation SSD Upgrade with iFlash and Sandisk SD cards by Nic		</title>
		<link>https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/ipod-5th-generation-upgrade-ssd-iflash-sandisk-sd-cards/#comment-14279</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nic]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2021 21:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[iPod 5th gen can’t be used as a portable solution for your large movies library 

I have 5.0 gen iPod, originally 30GB but iFlashed to 256gb with a single sd card. I only have around 8000 songs, including about 400 in lossless ALAC, and typically 30 or so podcasts on it. This leave around  200gb unused that I had planned to fill me my 250 ripped DVD movie files (converted to ~1GB “iPod or iPhone” format by iTunes). However, I found that transferring more than around 30 movies causes the iPod’s content to not show up - the iPod appears to be empty of all content even though iTunes says all the songs and movies are on it (and the iPod’s ‘About’ screen says most of the 256gb is used up).  I replicated this issue every time I exceed 30 or so movies, on both MacOS Mojave and Catalina. I also get the issue if I turn on disk mode and use the iPod as a USB drive for the movies instead of syncing them via iTunes.

Thought I’d share just in case anyone else was thinking of using their old iPod od as a portable movie store.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>iPod 5th gen can’t be used as a portable solution for your large movies library </p>
<p>I have 5.0 gen iPod, originally 30GB but iFlashed to 256gb with a single sd card. I only have around 8000 songs, including about 400 in lossless ALAC, and typically 30 or so podcasts on it. This leave around  200gb unused that I had planned to fill me my 250 ripped DVD movie files (converted to ~1GB “iPod or iPhone” format by iTunes). However, I found that transferring more than around 30 movies causes the iPod’s content to not show up &#8211; the iPod appears to be empty of all content even though iTunes says all the songs and movies are on it (and the iPod’s ‘About’ screen says most of the 256gb is used up).  I replicated this issue every time I exceed 30 or so movies, on both MacOS Mojave and Catalina. I also get the issue if I turn on disk mode and use the iPod as a USB drive for the movies instead of syncing them via iTunes.</p>
<p>Thought I’d share just in case anyone else was thinking of using their old iPod od as a portable movie store.</p>
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		Comment on Problems posting comments on blogger from iOS iPad safari and chrome by ideviceservice		</title>
		<link>https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/problems-posting-comments-on-blogger-from-ios-ipad-safari-and-chrome/#comment-14270</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ideviceservice]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2021 11:47:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks for sharing wonderful iPhone &#038; iPad apps :) I am definitely use one by one and make my blogging journey successful.
&lt;a href=&quot;https://idevice.co.in/mac&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow ugc&quot;&gt;Mac Repair Hyderabad&lt;/a&gt;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for sharing wonderful iPhone &amp; iPad apps 🙂 I am definitely use one by one and make my blogging journey successful.<br />
<a href="https://idevice.co.in/mac" rel="nofollow ugc">Mac Repair Hyderabad</a></p>
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		Comment on iPod 5th Generation SSD Upgrade with iFlash and Sandisk SD cards by Matthew Westlake		</title>
		<link>https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/ipod-5th-generation-upgrade-ssd-iflash-sandisk-sd-cards/#comment-14169</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Westlake]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Sep 2021 21:45:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[High John I bought an iflash solo sd card board and a 256gb SD card but I keep getting the dead ipod logo and I have replaced the upgraded 3000 mah battery twice now is there something wrong with the hard drive cable I still have the original one installed what are your thoughts thanks?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>High John I bought an iflash solo sd card board and a 256gb SD card but I keep getting the dead ipod logo and I have replaced the upgraded 3000 mah battery twice now is there something wrong with the hard drive cable I still have the original one installed what are your thoughts thanks?</p>
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		Comment on iPod 5th Generation SSD Upgrade with iFlash and Sandisk SD cards by John Large		</title>
		<link>https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/ipod-5th-generation-upgrade-ssd-iflash-sandisk-sd-cards/#comment-13859</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Large]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2021 16:21:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/ipod-5th-generation-upgrade-ssd-iflash-sandisk-sd-cards/#comment-13827&quot;&gt;Al Rogers&lt;/a&gt;.

It will definitely be trial &amp; error. I switched to two 64GB cards because I wanted a much more curated music collection for on the go. Definitely give it a go if you need so much space, if not, buy enough space for your needs.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/ipod-5th-generation-upgrade-ssd-iflash-sandisk-sd-cards/#comment-13827">Al Rogers</a>.</p>
<p>It will definitely be trial &#038; error. I switched to two 64GB cards because I wanted a much more curated music collection for on the go. Definitely give it a go if you need so much space, if not, buy enough space for your needs.</p>
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		Comment on iPod 5th Generation SSD Upgrade with iFlash and Sandisk SD cards by Al Rogers		</title>
		<link>https://www.johnlarge.co.uk/ipod-5th-generation-upgrade-ssd-iflash-sandisk-sd-cards/#comment-13827</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Al Rogers]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2021 20:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[John; I’m starting my first mod on my 5th gen, 30gb iPod. I have the parts ordered which includes a quad sd card holder. I want to use a 512 sd card micro, is this possible or will it be trial and error.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John; I’m starting my first mod on my 5th gen, 30gb iPod. I have the parts ordered which includes a quad sd card holder. I want to use a 512 sd card micro, is this possible or will it be trial and error.</p>
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