gave up on getting the phones to sync properly..they keep syncing, then refusing to do so, then going to 'setting up your sync', so I went and put adblock plus on safari and have both phones set up properly now.
still got the unusual edge activity, a ton of entries under disk dropdown on resource monitor, and the odd blue donut flicker next to my mouse arrow.
this unusual activity from edge only started after I reset sync.
though after following ms support(yes..they DO exist! I know right? shocked gasp anyone?) and resetting the browser, the frequency seems to have dropped off(as has the stutter flicker of the blue donut next to the mouse arrow).
edit: still getting the flicker from time to time.
Last edited by xraiderv1; 04-24-2022 at 10:19 AM.
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04-24-2022 10:16 AM