Apple Mac iPod and iPhone: février 2015

samedi 28 février 2015

SurplusMeter Connection Type?

Hi,

I started using SurplusMeter because my internet usage with Bell seems to be much higher than what I think I'm using - so I want to double check.

Today, so far, SurplusMeter indicatesI used 306MB whereas bell shows over 5GB !!! for the day so far

So something is obviously a mile off.

I have four computers connected to a Belkin "N" router, three Macs and one PC.

All connect wirelessly

The router connects to a DSL modem via a short Ethernet cable and the DSL modem of course connects to the phone line.

I had the connection type of SurplusMeter set to "Airport" since all the computers connect via the wireless LAN, but now I'm wondering what SurplusMeter connection type really means.

They have other options for PPP modem, Ethernet port and network card, should I have set that connectivity to PPP modem or the Ethernet port?

The SurplusMeter help info is of no help, all they say is to set the connection type to the connection one has - but what connection are they talking about?

I assumed it was the connection used by the computers but now I'm thinking they probably meant the connection to the net which would probably be ethernet in my case since the DSL modem is a separate unit.

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For Sale iPhone 5C white, 16GB, locked to Rogers, flawless condition w/accessories

I'm selling a recently acquired Apple iPhone 5C 16GB which I no longer need, which is like new: no scratches at all, no dents, flawless. White. No warranty left. Great battery.

Includes complete box, with UNUSED EarPods, UNUSED charging adapter, slightly used lightning cable.

Locked to Rogers.

Will sell to known ehMac members, meet-up in Toronto area, cash only no trades.

$325 obo.

INCLUDES great condition iconic Apple black silicone case.

Pictures to follow.

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Buying a "newer" Mac Pro

Proof, I guess that good things never go out of style and will always be in demand-no matter how finite the supply. I have a Quad Core Mac pro which has served me faithfully these many years ( I think I got it in 2007 as a replacement for one of those Leaky Macs)

anyhew--I know it's not state of the art by any stretch of the imagination, and I'm kinda looking at buying something newer and beefier, say a 12- core Nehalem ( I thought it would be Nikto, oh well)...but they do seem to be in pretty short supply. I can find a guy who might have a few in stock, but he's in MIssisauga Ontario, and I'm here in Alberta. I don't know of any "refurbished" mac pro dealers in Edmonton as such. so, it'd be him or macsales.com. Either way, I'll be paying for the shipping. If anyone knows of someone who sells this kind of thing in Alberta, drop me a line, otherwise,I'll have to line 'em up and fire when ready. Wonder if they take trades?

Interestedly

:cool:

JB

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Buying a "newer" Mac Pro

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vendredi 27 février 2015

Question: Options To Upgrade My 2014 Mac Mini

A year ago now, I bought a brand new Mac Mini and it likely hasn't got 10 hours use on it. Why? Because I find it so incredibly slow compared to using my rMBP. I bought it to serve as a back up in case my rMBP ever failed or was in for repairs for a length of time. I wanted to clone the rMBP to the Mini and have matching computers so to speak.

The mini is 2.5GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5, 8GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM, 500GB Serial ATA Drive @ 5400.

I have read that one can run Yosemite on an external SSD to improve performance and that brings me to several questions.

Could I run the OS on an external SSD and use the resident 500 GB HD as storage and would there be a speed increase?

But if I could, how would one 'clone' the data on my rMBP daily to keep it matching the mini? Seems to me with the OS missing from the resident drive that could complicate things.

Or would I be better off to swap the resident drive with a small SSD and use the resident drive as data storage on an external USB 3 enclosure? If so, is this something I could do myself or is it too complicated?

Again, I see no easy way to clone the rMBP to the mini daily to keep them matching, or could that external HD be a clone of the rMBP including the OS to easily match them without affecting the performance of the Mini?

Or do I just put up with the slow speed and write this whole thing off as a bad idea?

Thanks for any suggestions that might be out there that I am not aware of that could improve my Mini's performance and allow me to essentially run twin machines.

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For Sale Xserve Intel quad core and raid unit!

For sale

My last one.. I'll miss this one!

2008 xserve Intel quad core 2.26? I'll need to check

2gb ram

500gb sata hard drive

New superdrive unit

video card with mini display out

2x pcie fibre channel 2gb cards

2x fibre channel cables

Casing a little scratched.. 1 knob for mounting a little bent. Aesthetic only.

10.6.8 os x server w/ unlimited users

Includes a 14 bay apple serve raid unit

14x 500GB ide drives

2 power supplies and 1 extra

2 raid cache batteries and 2 extra

1 spare raid controller

Raid mounting rails (very costly)

All fully functional. Valued over $14,000 when new!!

Asking 600$ picked up. Raid unit alone is 100 lbs ;)

Xserve Intel Quad Core w/ Xserve RAID 7TB,

Xserve Intel Quad Core w/ Xserve RAID 7TB | serveurs | Ouest de l'île | Kijiji

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For Sale Xserve Intel quad core and raid unit!

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For Sale Lacie 2big quadra

For sale

Lacie 2big quadra

USB 2.0 esata FireWire 400 and 800

Includes 2x250GB sata hard drives

Works fine! Includes power adaptor only and perhaps a USB cable.

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Asking 50$ shipped!

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For Sale elephane raid raid enclosure

For sale

Bought from macsales.

Elephant raid dual 3.5 sata raid enclosure

Other World Computing - (*) Elephant Storage ElephantRAID 2 Bay RAID Enclosure w/ eSATA/FireWire 800,400/USB 2.0 Interfaces customer reviews - product reviews - read top consumer ratings

Comes with original box and accessories.

50$ shipped!

Matches our Mac Pros perfectly. A very solid piece of hardware.

1 year old.

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Some nice bargains at OWC "Garage Sale"

For those who could use any of the goodies they have at their OWC Garage Sale:

Welcome to our 'Garage Sale' listed clearance items - Open Box, Refurb, Limited Supply Deals available first come - first served

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Leonard Nimoy passed away this morning

Leonard Nimoy, dead at 83

Who didn't enjoy his work!

RIP

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jeudi 26 février 2015

Modern Family: Apple Ecosystem Episode

Just finished watching this week's Modern Family episode. It's the one that is centred around Clare's MacBook screen. Haven't laughed like that in a long time. It was one of the best TV episodes I've seen in years.

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Mavericks or Yosemite

I have a bunch of Macs running SL 10.6.8 that I want to move up to a later OS.

Initially I was going to take then straight to Yosemite but based on my own experience, what I have read so far and the fact 10.10.3 is on the horizon, I'm wondering if that would be such a good move.

Would it be better to just move to Mavericks now and to Yosemitelater when it's a bit morestable?

What arethe main featuresI would be missing if I only upgrade to Mavericks at this time?

One feature I'm interested in is distation.

Tried it on ML but it's rather useless only doing a very short section at a time.

Is Yosemite any better than Mavericks for that feature?

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How can I transfer a Kundle book from one Mac to another Mac?

I keep reading that this is possible but then when I follow instructions it does not work.

The latest one was to download the kindle book to the Mac.

Well, I must have done that already because the book I want to transfer shows up in the Kindle download folder (in the Kindle app on the Mac)

Then they claim the kindle book is in the Documents folder in a subfolder with "My Kindles" or some such name except that there is no folder in my documents folder with the name "Kindle"

Also did a search on my Mac for "Kindle" - all that comes up is the application itself.

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For Sale Xeon W3520 2.66 GHz CPU

I will be upgrading the 2.66 GHz CPU in my Mac Pro with a faster chip in the next few days. If anyone is interested in the Xeon W3520 2.66 GHz CPU that is currently in the machine, let me know and we can work out a fair price.

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New Layout

Is anyone else seeing a new layout for ehMac?

Not the most intuitive layout. But I like the cleaner aspect of the posts and threads.

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Stream From Mac to IPhone via 3g for free?

Any idea what / how I can do this? I have iPhone 3 and iMac. All I want is to stream my mp3 from mac to iPhone via network not wifi when away from home. I have tried airplay it and others no luck,...

thanks

Jim

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What would it take for you to switch to Blackberry?

I've been curious about this for quite some time now, and there's finally a poll!

What would it take for you to switch to use a Blackberry as your only mobile device for one year?

http://poll.fm/564kk

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Ancient PowerMac 8500

I'm in the process of clearing out some of my old gear.

The largest item is my old PowerMac 8500, a wonderful= machine at the time, but now is just gathering dust and taking up a lot of room.

I thought I would check with everyone here to see if anyone had any interest in my prize.

Powermac 8500

Processor PowerPC G3

128 MB ram

SCSI

Ethernet

CRT monitor

Also an external hard drive, old Apple external CD drive

plus an external tape drive (no blank tapes - at the moment but I'll look around.

I haven't decided if I want to sell it (cheap) or perhaps exchange for some small Mac related item? Make a suggestion.

I think it would be best to do a direct pickup - shipping might be a problem.

I could meet somewhere local - Newmarket - Orangeville

Anyway, I'm in the process of trying the erase the hard drives, but if no-one is interested I'll just trash them (heavy mallet technique)

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mercredi 25 février 2015

Help me help someone - Snow Leopard issues :)

Hi folks,

I'm giving my 2006 Mac Pro to a buddy for his kids.

I had Snow Leopard on it. I wanted to do a fresh install, but when I tried with the SL disc, it said I needed 10.5

No problem. So in goes the 10.5 disc which came with the machine and it says it can't be installed on that hard drive.

I found some instructions through the all powerful google which said to pop in the SL disc, then use disk utilities to wipe the main HD then re-install.

So wipe it I did. It's the only HD in the system.

Restarted it and I keep getting the message that it can't be installed.

I've tried ejected the disc using the option, left click on mouse and even the terminal drutil eject command (I realize that's not the proper one, but I did use it).

Nothing. I'd like to eject the SL disc and put 10.5 back in to install that.

Total loss for words.

I've even gone into disk utility to eject, but I can't.

I imagine this is solely because the system is using that disc to read.

Is there any other way to eject a CD when the Mac is off?

Cheers,

Keebler

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iCloud Syncing

Is there a way of syncing my contacts to my wife's iCloud account? We each have separate accounts.

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Video Capture performance

I've tried several video capture utilities (Snapz Pro X, Snagit, etc) on my mid-2010 MBP and find that all of final products (.mov, etc) stutter horribly. Is this software or hardware (processor) related?

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getting Faxes on iMac?

So we have a fax machine at work that has died. We do not use it a lot, but every now and then we have a few customers who fax. We have tried to get them to use email with no luck. We can no longer buy supplies for our fax and I do not want to buy a new fax machine for the few orders we get via fax, and all the great cruise ship deals that come through.

How can I get faxes on a 21" iMac? It is the last model before the slim design came out. Do I need specific hardware to run the line into the iMac?

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mardi 24 février 2015

Buying new MBP retina

I'm going to do this. A new MBP to replace my 2005 MB.

Prices at the Apple store are $1400, 1600 and 1900, delivered. They all have 8GB RAM. Storage goes from 128GB to 512GB. For the rest, they're about the same. I will choose 1 of the 2 cheaper ones I think. My budget is $1900 but I want to get new good speakers for it. Currently thinking Harmon Kardon III for about $200.

Will I be better off buying an extra 8GB of RAM for $200 (they sayRAM is now built in so you can't upgrade after purchase - true?) or spending the extra $200 on harddrive (flash-based) storage. After 9 years, my 128GB harddrive is about 55% full and I don't have a lot of data stored elsewhere. I upgraded the RAM to 4GB and it's doing pretty well running 10.6.

How big a factor is processor speed?

Thanks.

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Mr. Jobs would have been 60 today

What a life he had in the short time he was here.

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lundi 23 février 2015

Siri Starts Up For No Reason On iPhone 6

I've not been well since recent surgery and am being 'bugged' by Siri in ridiculous ways. I have my phone set to 'do not disturb from 9:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. and it is plugged in on my bedside table to charge overnight.

Several times now, the wife comes into the bedroom after 9:00 p.m. and will ask, "do you need anything", before she goes to bed as well.

That when Siri suddenly speaks aloud and says, "I looked up 'anything' on the internet and here is what I found."

Why does this happen and how do I stop it? I thought 'do not disturb' was just that??

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Airdrop

I have a late model MBP (2012, proc 2.5 GHz intel Core i5) running Yosemite and a newly acquired Mac Mini (late 2012 model). I am trying to enable Airdrop between the two units. Not sure what i am missing here. Airdrop shows up on both Finder Screens. I checked the Security and Privacy Panel in both machines and found that the Mac Mini Panel for the Firewall is unpopulated, while the Firewall panel on the MBP is populated as follows:

-File Sharing (AFP,SMB)

-Printer Sharing

-Screen Sharing

-iTunes

all of the above have Allow incoming connections, which is what i want. So how do i enable these attributes on the mac Mini. I tried dropping a file onto the MBP Airdrop Screen and nothing happened. Still kind of new to Mac and am eager to learn more. I am slowly weening myself from M$ PC. Although i still like to fool with the hardware side.

Any help with the Airdrop problem is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.:)

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dimanche 22 février 2015

Safari 7.1.2, change colour at the top?

The very top line in my Safari browser (File, Edit etc) has a blue background. Is there a way to change the colours just below there, where the icons, address bar and bookmarks are located? I'd like some contrast between the black text and the background colour of gray. Been looking for a solution but not finding one.

Thanks,

Funkynassau

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For Sale MacBook 13 white mid-09

I haven't had news from anyone inquiring about this macbook, so I post this up for sale.

Macbook white 13"

Core 2 Duo 2.13ghz

4GB Ram

500gb HDD

NVidia GeForce 9400m graphics

SuperDrive

Charger

New replacement battery

OS X Yosemite

300$+shipping by PayPal or EMT

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How can I convert an on-line catalogue to a pdf?

Is there any Mac software available to do that?

By on-line catalogue I mean one that requires Adobe Flash and where pages flip similar to a real paper catalogue

I see lots of google hits to convert a pdf to an on-line catalog but none that go the opposite way.

Some of the on-line catalogues provide a download option that saves a pdf but this one only has a download option to pdf on a page by page basis.

Catalogue is about 80 pages - doing it one page at a time seems rather a waste of time.

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Reliving your youth with modern day purchases

So I recently treated myself to the 20th Anniversary Edition of U2's Achtung Baby on Vinyl:

Reliving my youth by purchasing some overpriced vinyl to play on a stereo system I always wanted when I was young, but couldn't afford.

Wondering if anyone else has made a similar find and made the nostalgic based purchase.

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iTunes random start-up

Hi folks -

Running a 2011 macbook pro 15", OSX 10.8.5 and iTunes v. 12.1

iTunes will randomly open and start playing … anyone else experience this problem? It really interferes!

Thanks in advance for any help.

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any one have maverick 10.9 installer?

I have 10.7, 10.8, 10.10

but I don't have 10.9 and might need it..

I have a cloud drive if any one is willing to upload for me please. :)

thanks

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samedi 21 février 2015

The most recent pic of your car thread!

Even though we are all about Apple products here, don't most of us own a car?

Show us your car, and what you did to your car recently!

I'm starting with the wife's car. Officially clean (last month) since winter started!

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vendredi 20 février 2015

Yosemite not recognizing time machine backup source?

Hi folks,

I'm on Yosemite 10.10.2.

My Time Machine backup is on an external hard drive housed in a JBOD esata case. The HD is recognized when I connect it while I'm in Yosemite.

However, I need to restore the entire OS back a month*, but when I restart and boot into the Time Machine System Restore, it can't see my backup source. Nothing shows up at all.

Any idea? I've tried to google, but anything I find is related to individual files and nothing about a full system restore.

I did confirm within Time Machine that the backup point does exist.

I just need to see it!

Any help or direction would be fantastic.

Thanks,

Keebler

* for anyone wondering why - FCX will not see my ADVC300. I had a problem with a 3rd party H.264 card and we (the company's support team and I), deleted a variety of files to resolve the issue, but something related to Quicktime/FCX has affected it. I did re-install FCX, but it's still not working. I'd like to re-install Quicktime, but it seems QT is only installed with Yosemite. As this is a secondary machine, I don't care if I go back a month. The card won't be an issue either so I'm good to go back.

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Jony Ive: New Yorker profile (very long)

This is very long, but highly readable and detailed.

Jonathan Ive and the Future of Apple

[....]

Toward the end of his life, Jobs told Walter Isaacson, “If I had a spiritual partner at Apple, it’s Jony. Jony and I think up most of the products together and then pull others in and say, ‘Hey, what do you think about this?’ He gets the big picture as well as the most infinitesimal details about each product. And he understands that Apple is a product company. He’s not just a designer. That’s why he works directly for me. He has more operational power than anyone else at Apple except me.” Richard Seymour, the British designer, described the bond between Jobs and Ive as one “between a savant-level aesthete and an incredible craft-capable practitioner.” According to Powell Jobs, “Steve wasn’t someone who sketched stuff. So he never felt that he actually designed everything. But I think that they both felt like things were made possible because of the two of them.”

[....]

(The New Yorker)

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Early-2008 iMac hard drive upgrade fan issue?

Does anyone know if the early-08 iMac hard drive upgrades affect any of the fans?

I have an iMac 24", and do not have the original apple HDD anymore. The HDD fan runs at 1200rpm, while the CPU fan is always full blast.

I am not sure where to start to troubleshoot this. I suppose i get the temps reading from all the sensors? or i am missing any here?

GPU diode temps seems very high.. maybe i should take it apart and redo the thermal paste.

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iMac 2011 SSD Upgrade

Hi, my mother in law is thinking of getting a new iMac, but I told her that an upgrade to her old iMac may get her a couple more years out of it. I know how to do the RAM no problem, but due to the design of the iMac I am not sure if I want to go through the whole process of taking it apart to instal an SSD. Does anyone know a place that I can get a quote from for the install? I called Carbon Computing in Toronto and they won't do it since there are issues with the fans after an update running at full speed. I am fine to install an app like Mac Fan Control to fix that.

We are located in Etobicoke.

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integration between Apps (OmniFocus) and Messages?

I've been using OmniFocus for our Driver Education Program and often am having to switch from OmniFocus to Messages for sending Text Messages. Is there any way to create a clickable link in OmniFocus that would send directly to Messages as a Text Message to the particular student? I'd also need this to work in the iOS environment.

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jeudi 19 février 2015

Help with Yosemite

Hello Everyone:

I really am showing my lack of ability with technology. I just bought a new laptop and its loaded with Yosemite. I've been using lion and my system forever. I've completely forgotten where to go in order to change certain settings. The one I'm having the most trouble with is where to go in order to tap twice at the top of a window to drag it. I think i've looked everywhere. Please help. Its driving me nuts! Thanks in advance to everyone who responds.

Regards,

Ciaochiao

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Happy BDAY Photoshop

Photoshop turned 25 yesterday (or day before). Crazy. They had a live chat yesterday w/ Thomas Knoll - co creator (along w/ his brother).

Anyhow, cheers to an indispensable design s/w.

+ YouTube Video

cheers.

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Evidence of a laptop refresh??

Was just going through the refurb store and noticed an unusually large amount of stock in the 13" MBP section. is Apple getting ready of that 12" rMBA? Getting rid of all discounted 13" rMPBs to make room for the soon to be similarly priced rMBA? I sure hope so.

But i'm struggling w/ specs. I feel like they might max this new one to 8G ram as to make certain it doesn't compete w/ the 13" rMPB.

I still think the non-retina 13" MPB is about to see it's last few months of existence, and will signal the final end to an optical portable.

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For Sale MacBook Pro 15" - 2.54 Quad - Cor i7 - Late 2014

Here's what I have:

MacBook Pro 15" Retina, Mid 2014

2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i7

Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz

16GB 1600MHz memory

512GB PCIe-based flash storage 1

Intel Iris Pro Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 2GB GDDR5 memory

Built-in battery (8 hours)

I bought it last month (Jan 13, 2015) and needed it for a business trip.

Of course, I'm back and don't really use it anymore... I just really needed to do some work on the road for a few weeks.

It's in great condition - I put a Speck Case on it - Black - to keep it from scratches.

It was refurbished so I paid $2300 plus taxes.

of course it's would be $2700 plus taxes if bought new in store.

Nothing wrong with it, I just don't need it. Would rather do local transaction - I'm not mailing it unless you pay up front - no offense but... that's why something local in Ottawa or around would be better.

$2200.00

You can add apple care to it anytime till Jan 2016.

Thanks for looking.

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Apple: Extended Coverage For 2011-2013 MacBook Pros With Video Issues

Apple Offers Extended Coverage For 2011-2013 MacBook Pros With Video Issues

Apple is offering a new repair program that extends coverage for certain MacBook Pro models made between 2011 and 2013 that are exhibiting problems related to video. The program offers either free repairs on affected models, or reimbursement for repairs already paid for by users. The it’s an easy way to check if your MacBook Pro is among those covered by the extension, thanks to Apple’s support tool, and the serial number you can find on your machine’s “About This Mac” dialog box under the ‘’ menu in OS X.

Models that may be affected include the 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pro, as well as the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display, provided they were manufactured during the 2011 to 2013 time span. Symptoms your machine may be exhibiting if it’s affected include video distortion, lack of video or image despite a powered-on computer, or unexpected system restarts. Only in the case of a Mac actually showing these symptoms should you contact Apple to take advantage of the repair program, since otherwise you most likely don’t have a problem.

(Techcrunch)

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Print to PDF / Export to JPEG in one page (from Mail)

I know they are 2 diff formats, but they provide the same result.

I'm trying to see if there is a way to print an entire email, in one page - no matter the length. Print to PDF provides pages, but not one page.

Is there such a plug in?? Figure this request might best in this section.

Thx!

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International Women's Day Event - March 9th 2015 - Toronto

Ladies and gents, just thought I would post this here.

As some of you might know, International Women's Day is coming up March 8th 2015. I had been discussing the idea of doing a tech talk w/ some accomplished ladies in tech with this group i'm a part of - DevTO - for a number of reasons. But essentially, it's come to fruition.

On March 9th, we have some great ladies speaking in Toronto in their work experience in tech: IWD.DevTO.ca

Jen Simmons

Clarissa Peterson

Anita Clarke

There will be a Q&A moderated by Mandy Gilbert, CEO of Creative Niche.

Never thought of mentioning this out here, but for any/all who want to cone along, you're more than welcomed. There's a ticket link on the page. We're still about 3 weeks out and we've sold just over 100 tickets. Very excited.

Thanks for reading.

Cheers.

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mercredi 18 février 2015

What is my MacBook Pro worth?

Just trying to add more post to my name to be able to post something in the Classifieds

But this is what I would like to sell:

MacBook Pro 15" Retina, Mid 2014

2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i7

Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz

16GB 1600MHz memory

512GB PCIe-based flash storage 1

Intel Iris Pro Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M with 2GB GDDR5 memory

Built-in battery (8 hours)

I bought it last month (Jan 13, 2015) and needed it for a business trip.

Of course, I'm back and don't really use it anymore... I just really needed to do some work on the road for a few weeks.

It's in great condition - I put a Speck Case on it - Black - to keep it from scratches.

It was refurbished so I paid $2300 plus taxes.

of course it's would be $2700 plus taxes if bought new in store.

Nothing wrong with it, I just don't need it. Would rather do something local - I'm not mailing it unless you pay up front - no offense but... that's why something local in Ottawa or around would be better. $2200.00

You can add apple care to it anytime till Jan 2016.

Thanks for looking.

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OSX Yosemite About This Mac screen?

Just noticed this today when i was about to take a screenshot of my mid-09. So i looked over at my 2011 and notice the same thing..

Isn't it supposed to say Macbook Pro or Yosemite in place of 135122? Anybody else have the same issue?

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mardi 17 février 2015

MacBook Air power supply

The power supply for my 13" MacBook Air has quit and I cannot pickup a new for a couple days, it is a 45watt unit.

I have an 85watt unit from my MacBook Pro could I use that temporarily without causing problems?

Thanks

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SONOs Music station

Question. for those who have sonos..

when I add the library to the sonos, it sees the library but is saying denied when I attempt to play it...

any thoughts?

appreciate your help.

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Why can't I post in the Classified section

I've been a long time member and I still can't post an ad.

I have a MacBook Pro 15" I purchased from Apple in January and I want to sell it.

But I can't create a poste in that section - no problem in here... Can somebody help me sell it?

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Haroon Mahmood - Need Suggestions for data transfer

Hi,

I am Haroon Mahmood. I am the new member of the Ecmac.ca. I brought I-phone 4s. I just want to know, how to transfer the data of my previous phone which is saved in memory card to my new I-phone 4s. Please let me know the procedure of data transfer from memory card to I-phone 4 s.

Thanks

Haroon Mahmood

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lundi 16 février 2015

Apple should be forced to bring iMessage to BlackBerry, CEO claims

I read this weeks ago and just kept the window open to remind myself to post this.

Quote:

Unfortunately, not all content and applications providers have embraced openness and neutrality. Unlike BlackBerry, which allows iPhone users to download and use our BBM service, Apple does not allow BlackBerry or Android users to download Apple's iMessage messaging service. - John Chen, RIM CEO

Wild.

This is the same company that sued KIK when they introduced a cross platform messenger that could be used by BB owners.

And KIK only came about when the the intern begged RIM to take BBM cross platform, and they refused. SO he started KIK,

You can hear bits of the story below in the 1st few minutes. The rest of the video is interesting as well in fact.

Now, although this is a different upper brass, the idea that RIM should force Apple to do anything is farcical. But the biggest joke is still BB demanding they make iMessage available to others.

#smh

RIM will be an amazing case study for yrs to come. It was sad watching it unravel though....

H!

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old Maxtor 80 GB firewire external

I have this old external drive. It's missing a firewire cable and as it hasn't been used in a long time and is no longer needed, I'm wondering if I should try to sell it for a very modest price or take it apart and put it in a USB enclosure. Could that even be done? I don't know. I'd appreciate any opinions from this talented group. Thanks.

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dimanche 15 février 2015

"IF" formula help needed for Numbers

Hi,

I need conditional formula help in Numbers. I am completely lost and would appreciate help here please. I am listening to PMI podcasts of different durations to earn PDUs. I am tracking the title and duration of each podcast. I need to enter the date I listened to each podcast, and add up all the durations I have listed to in one cell.

Column D is of type Duration (Hours and Minutes) of each podcast title, Column E is predominantly of type Date (that I listened to the podcast), except for the top cell which is of type Duration (Hours and Minutes). This top cell needs to hold the sum of the durations of all the podcasts I have listened to.

Basically what i want to achieve is this:

When I listen to a podcast, I shall enter the date in the appropriate cell in Column E. The moment I enter the date (meaning, if that cell is not blank), the top cell in that column should add the duration of that particular podcast to the existing value in that cell.

Is this even possible in Numbers? Have I described my issue clearly or have I made a mess of explaining?

Thanks and cheers

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WD Black2 now Mac compatible

... so it seems. The WD Black2 was a great drive on paper. They've updated firmware + added some instructions for the install - as complicated a they seem.

Still in the $230+ range.

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Problem with Pages

Have been using Pages for some time. Reasonable program for the most part.

I tried to use files stored in an older version of Pages, specifically files

stored on my hard drive from December 2012 in the Pages format. The new Pages

5.5.2 (2120) will not recognize these files and advise met

o load the new version of Pages, which i have done.

In theory one would expect the newer version of Pages (loaded when I upgraded to Ysoemeite)

to recognize the older version of Pages.And when I was completed using the file, save

the file under the newer Pages format.

Doesn't work. Even if Pages is open on the desktop and I attempt to open a previously saved Pages file, the program tells me to download the new version of Pages.

Am I missing something, perhaps in the program itself?

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MacBook Pro (non-retina) upgrade

I'm about to inherit and 13" non-retina MacBook Pro, I was looking for someone smaller than my 17" that was making things too challenging to carry.

Friend gave me his old 13". Just needed to remove files, so I bought him a 3TB external.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to max it out and use it for the next 6 months @ least. I'm going to install a SSD for sure, and max out the ram (16G).

Anyone w/ experience w/ this unit know of anything I should look out for?? Or will this be the classic HD install, and boot? I'm considering taking out the optical for a 2nd HD. Is the kit sold anywhere in Toronto?

Is there anyway I can install Mavs?? I don't think the Apple does anything but 10.10 correct?? Although, i might not be against 10.10 since there's a great dev feature i could use - but i'd have to move my iPhone to iOS 8 too.... anyhow, just looking for some wisdom. Pretty excited. Haven't own a SSD powered lap yet.

Thx

H!

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Happy Family Day Weekend - for those who are enjoying it.

To everyone one in Canada that is enjoying this Family Day weekend.

It is not amazing how the temps drop to -43c with windchill? LOL

So far we have done - indoor skating, many birthday parties ...

hoping to squeeze in the Auto Show - since they offer a zone for kids only, seems thats the only way I get time with my wife LOL

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Photoshop alternative - free for limited time by Affinity

http://ift.tt/1lXJXKA

there is a link there you fill out and they will send it to you for free..

i did it..

amazing tool.

I am glad to see that Adobe is getting a run for their money.. Pixelmatr and now Affinity are developing great tools to compete with the over priced versions of Photoshop and Illustrator..

:)

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samedi 14 février 2015

For Sale Quad G5, 4GB RAM, 1TB HD

Up for grabs is my PowerMac G5:

Quad 2.5GHz

4GB RAM (4 x 1GB modules; 4 banks still empty)

1TB HD (in the top bay; one HD bay empty)

Fresh install of 10.5.x

No wi-fi, but I have used it successfully with USB wifi adapters (believe it was an Asus)

I ran this until mid last year when I purchased a replacement Mac Mini, and kept it until I was sure I could safely erase it. The machine only has OS X on it - nothing else. In a previous life it was my Photoshop workhorse, so it is quite capable of running Photoshop (I was running CS2) with dual displays on DVI (a 24" and 19") without issue.

Asking price, $200. Would prefer pickup in the Toronto High Park area, but can meet with folks in the GTA, schedule permitting.

Will consider shipping at buyers expense, and this includes buyer footing the bill for a box big enough (sadly I don't have anything big or sturdy enough to hold a tower of this size).

Some generic info online:

Power Macintosh G5 "Quad Core" (2.5) Specs (Late 2005, M9592LL/A, PowerMac11,2, A1117/A1177*, 2023) @ EveryMac.com

Power Mac G5 (Late 2005) - Technical Specifications

Thanks,

-10d

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For Sale iPad mini 2 Retina 32Gb WiFi $300

For sale:

iPad mini with Retina display

Silver, Wi-Fi, 32GB

Retina display

7.9-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit Multi-Touch display with IPS technology

2048-by-1536 resolution at 326 pixels per inch (ppi)

Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating

A7 chip with 64-bit architecture and M7 motion coprocessor

Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n); dual channel (2.4GHz and 5GHz) and MIMO

Bluetooth 4.0 technology

FaceTime HD Camera

1.2MP photos

720p HD video

Video Recording

1080p HD video recording

Video stabilization

Face detection

3x video zoom

iSight Camera

5MP photos

Autofocus

Connectors and Input/Output

Dual microphones

3.5-mm stereo headphone minijack

Lightning connector

Built-in speakers

Built-in 23.8-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery

Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi‑Fi, watching video, or listening to music

Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system

Lightning

Sensors

Three-axis gyro

Accelerometer

Ambient light sensor

In the Box

iPad mini with Retina display

Lightning to USB Cable

USB Power Adapter

Asking for $300

Located in GTA, shipping extra

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For Sale iPad (4th gen) Retina 64Gb WiFi Cellular $400

For sale:

iPad (4th generation) with Retina Display

▪ Black

▪ Wi-Fi + Cellular

▪ 64GB

Display

▪ Retina display

▪ 9.7-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit Multi-Touch display*with IPS technology

▪ 2048-by-1536 resolution at 264 pixels per inch

Chip

Dual-core A6X with quad-core graphics

Cameras, Photos, and Video Recording

FaceTime HD Camera

▪ 1.2MP photos

▪ 720p HD video

iSight Camera

▪ 5MP photos

▪ 1080p HD video recording

▪ Video stabilization

Sensors

▪ Three-axis gyro

▪ Accelerometer

▪ Ambient light sensor

In the Box

▪ iPad with Retina display

▪ Power Support Anti-glare Film installed

▪ Lightning to USB Cable and USB Power Adapter not included

Asking for $400

Located in GTA

Shipping extra

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For Sale Apple Airport Extreme 802.11n router

Excellent condition complete with power chords, installation manual and software CD and packaging. Reason for selling, bought the new 802.11 ac version.

My location is Delta BC. Will mail for delivery outside Greater Vancouver or if you wish for within the Lower Mainland at your expense.

Asking $50 ... will negotiate. Paypal is good for me. Reply here or send a PM.

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Just in Yosemite: can't scroll

HI

I have an Imac mid-2007 2 Ghz Intel core 2 Duo with 2 gig of RAM. I very recently installed Yosemite. This morning, the screen will not scroll down. Any fix?

Thanks

Bob

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vendredi 13 février 2015

Web Design Software for MAC

So the questions is : What would be a stupid easy - brain dead simple replacement for iWEB

it still works but it is getting long in teeth for what I want to do.

[ i am far from a web designer or coder ]

I redid my website in weebly - not releasing what free meant. LOL [ can't download it off their site. - stupid me. ]

I tried Rapid Weaver and I just sat there staring at the screen for 10 mins and gave up..

Moved on to SandVox - it managed to 'steal' my site i designed off weebly but locked out all except 3 pages and stripped the design out of it.

I did find something called freeway express - but it is like iWeb but stripped down.

I am Looking for something stupid simple like iWeb without having to learn too much more.

thanks for any advise.

I do own dreamweaver cs6 - can I use that to steal the site off weebly?

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Creating Yosemite installer on USB Flash Drive

I downloaded Yosemite last night on a Mac running Mountain Lion.

Took two hours on an internet connection with Bell - not too bad.

Wanted to make a USB installer since I have anout 14 Macs to upgrade, most from 10.6.8 and I sure don't want to use 5+ Gigs of bandwidth and 2+ hours every time.

So I followed the instructions - moved the Install Yosemite application out of the application folder into the documents folder so that it would not get deleted when the Yosemite installation complets.

Ran the Yosemite install on the Mini - that all worked fine.

Then moved the Yosemite install app back to the application folder to run the terminal command to install it on an 8GB USB drive properly formated and named.

No go - got a message that it can't find the file.

Turns out when I checked that the Yosemite install file in the application folder is now an alias.

Anyone know what happened?

II suppose I have to download the Yosemite installer again

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jeudi 12 février 2015

Website auto-login not working

Hello,

This has been going on for a while now (probably since upgrading to Yosemite, actually), and I can't figure out quite what the issue is. When I visit websites that have a member/user login (including EhMac) I have to manually enter my username and password each time - even though I click on "remember me", if appropriate, or use Keychain to remember passwords. I use Safari as my browser, but checked Firefox, which has the same issue.

I've checked Keychain, and the passwords are all there; in Safaris's preferences, AutoFill is enabled.

Any ideas what might be going on?

Thanks,

Mike McHugh

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What is it?

Can anyone identify this flower/plant? Found about 12 Kms East of BC border at about 4000 feet elevation.

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Ad links are back

Copy of a post to the SPAM thread.

I see the ad-links are back. This only shows if you are not logged in.

We fought this battle before. Hopefully this is just a toggle that was thrown during a software update and the admins will kill this very objectionable "feature"

Quote:

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That target link is indeed active and does link to a Target Website. Notice lots of others as well.

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Garage Band: Record internal audio without picking up external sound

Using Garage Band, on my MacPro Laptop, what do I need to do to record internal audio, without also recording external sounds at the same time?

Thanks

:rolleyes:

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Reading home-made HTML on an iPad?

I'd like to write some HTML code then have my iPad mini open the file with a browser like Safari ... without having Internet access.

Is that possible?

For example, I'd like to stick this (which I wrote a while ago) on my iPad and have it available wherever I go, without Internet:

Conversion Calculators

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HVAC - Heating question..

To all the pros and I guess home owners other there..

what uses more energy?

Heating your home 21c all day and night or

Have a program to turn off your home heat from 9 AM to 6 PM then off again 11PM TO 730AM [ off by means of temp set to 17c ]

I have been beating my head in the wall for days now..

any one have any insight ?

thanks

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For Sale Macbook mid-07 Core2 2.16ghz, 3gb ram, 250gb

Selling my mid-07 macbook white

Core2Duo 2.16ghz

3GB Ram

250gb HDD

Very good battery still shows 100% on CoconutBattery

Currently running Lion

Comes with original charger and IR remote

Good condition with a few cracks and missing screws.

Asking 250$ shipped GTA or Quebec

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Need Help and Advice About Buying A Car From Auto House Ltd

I am not sure if this is the perfect forum to ask this question but I hope that I will get one of two helpful answers as this forum has large number of members from Canada. My daughter has just started going to college and I am looking to buy a second hand car for her so she can travel without any problem. Since I am very busy these days with my business so I don't have lots of time to visit different car dealers and find a car for my daughter. So I am trying to get help from the internet and I have a dealer "Auto House Ltd" that is not far away from our home and have few good options within our range. But I am not sure whether they are a reliable car dealer or just a scam. So I am looking to get some reviews from some of their past clients who has experience dealing with them. Please spare a minute or two and share your experience dealing with Auto House Ltd and make my task of getting a car for my daughter easier for me.

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mercredi 11 février 2015

RIP Bob Simons

Wow I grew up watching him.

CBS News correspondent Bob Simon, 1941-2015 - CBS News

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For Sale Apple Xserve Raid 500GB Hard Drives

Hi guys,

I've got a bunch of original Apple Xserve RAID hard drives for sale.

No trays/sleds.

IDE interface

500GB

Apple firmware drives.

Qty 14 available

Asking 200$ shipped across Canada.. under 15$ a piece.. these go for about 20-30$US a piece on eBay.

Also, a Xserve RAID Cache batteries (2) still functional. Asking 40$ shipped for both.

And.. a xserve raid cabinet rails (pricey, impossible to find!) Asking 100$ shipped.

Pm me.

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For Sale BNIB-----Airport Time Capsule

I won this Apple Time Capsule at a work Raffle

it is new still wrapped in Packaging.

I was tempted to keep it but

I already have a Synology NAS.

I have a car so meeting up in GTA

is not an issue.

$300 OBO

--------- Model # -----------------

ME177AM/A

802.11ac 2TB

--------------- Storage ------------------------

2TB

--------------- Wireless -------------------------

IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac3

Six-element beamforming antenna array

Simultaneous dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz

Radio output power: 32.5 dBm maximum (varies by country)

Channels 1-11, 36-116, 132-140 and 149-165 approved for use in the United States and Canada

Channels 1-13, 36-64 and 100-140 approved for use in Europe and Japan

Channels 1-13, 36-64 and 149-165 approved for use in Australia, Hong Kong and New Zealand

------------ Compatibility --------------------------

Interoperable with 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n and 802.11ac-enabled Mac computers, iOS devices, Apple TV, Windows-based PCs and other Wi-Fi devices

NAT, DHCP, PPPoE, VPN Passthrough (IPSec, PPTP and L2TP), DNS Proxy, IPv6 (6to4 and manual tunnels)

---------------- Interface --------------------------------------------

Simultaneous dual-band 802.11ac wireless

Gigabit Ethernet WAN port for connecting a DSL modem, cable modem or Ethernet network

USB 2 port for connecting a USB printer or hard drive5

Three Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports for connecting a computer, Ethernet hub or networked printer

Built-in power supply

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For Sale PowerMac G5 2.0 Dual Processor

HD: 320 Internal, currently wiped with no OS, will install 10.5 and run updates for buyer.

RAM: 4 slots filled 512 MB, 4 empty

Model Name: Power Mac G5

Model Identifier: PowerMac7,2

Processor Name: PowerPC 970 (2.2)

Processor Speed: 2 GHz

Number Of CPUs: 2

L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB

Memory: 2 GB

Bus Speed: 1 GHz

Boot ROM Version: 5.0.7f0

The best thing is that it has both ADC and DVI out on the video card, I've been running it with a nice 24" cinema display (that I'm keeping!)

$120 or best offer - Pickup North York / Woodbridge

(Steeles & Weston)

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any one drive a VW 2014 or 2015? Bluetooth question

Okay its been a few months, my new VW 2014 wolfsburg.. strange thing happens - when my iPhone connects to the VW system - my iPhone becomes a boat anchor - it will only ring.. nothing else 'notifies/chimes' - i miss texts and emails...until I park the car and turn off the car.

my 2013 benz b250 - works fine, no funny quarks. connects to the system and I receive all texts, emails and phone call chimes through the system.

Please share your bluetooth experiences, thanks :)

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For Sale original airport express

For sale

Oldie but goodie.

Airport express original

20$+ shipping!

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Raising audio levels

I have a 50 sec .mov video where the sound levels are too low for a 20sec duration. How can I increase the sound levels for just that segment?

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Filling out questionnaire... What does this statement mean?

Hey there. I'm filling out a questionnaire. A bunch of statements that I have to agree or disagree with.

One of them has the statement:

"I usually accept what happens philosophically"

Agree or Disagree.

I'm not quite sure what the statement means though? Can anyone help me out? Does it mean, when something happens to me... do I get philosophical about it? What does that exactly mean? Can't quite wrap my head around this one. :o

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mardi 10 février 2015

For Sale mac stuff

Looking to get rid of some things...

Mac mini Core 2 duo / Mac mini G4? external power supply $20 plus shipping

Macbook Pro 60 watt charger $45 plus shipping

Dvd drive from mac mini core 2 duo $10 bucks

Combo drive from mac mini G4 $10 bucks

some 72 pin memory ( 2 - 8 meg, and some 2 megs?) not sure! make an offer

IDE 20 gb laptop drive from G4...not sure if it works...will try and test it out.. again make an offer..

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iPhone Videos

I made 5 iPhone 6 videos and I am trying to download them onto my wife's iPad Mini. Unfortunately I get a notice saying that it cannot be done. The same with some otters videos that my kids sent me. They are all on my iPhone 6 but not the iPad.

Any suggestions as to why and is there a way to do it?

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TV Commercials We Love To Hate

So many to choose from that are so bad they are not only offensive, but downright demeaning to our intelligence.

Today's pick, the Volkswagen spot where that guy in a horse barn picks a VW out of a stable and the announcer tells the car, "easy" as one would talk to a horse. Dumbest damn thing I ever did see. One thing is does do is to convince me never to buy a VW, not that I would anyway. ;)

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Just noticed the existence of a mid-09 Macbook

I just noticed the existence of a mid-09 macbook, using DDR2 RAM and nVidia 9400M graphics.

Anybody own one of those?

MacBook "Core 2 Duo" 2.13 13" (White-09) Specs (Mid-2009, MC240LL/A, MacBook5,2, A1181, 2330) @ EveryMac.com

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lundi 9 février 2015

Apple TV (3rd Generation) Wifi died on reboot?

Has anyone ever experienced anything like the title says?

Here's the scoop (kind of long, but i think i've covered everything).

Went away for a week. Before i went away i went through my normal shutdown of most Electronics in the house. Turned off Laptops, iMac, removed laptop batteries (overkill i know, but had my Macbook Battery die once because the wife left it unplugged on battery while we were away.... i digress), power bar for the entertainment unit, printer off etc....

Come home after a lovely trip and over the next two days start powering everything up including my entertainment centre in the basement (Need basement setup for Walking Dead premier last night!!). TV, Soundbar, Xbox 360 and Apple TV. All into a surge protector power bar that i had powered off and then unplugged. Plugged it back in, flipped on the switch and then started to power everything up. It all came up fine.... or so i thought...

For some reason the Apple TV says it's not on the network (normally wireless). Okay fine, I go into settings and try to rejoin my network. it won't see ANY wifi networks. Weird.

I reboot it.. No dice

Apple TV upstairs works no problem. (same process with power bar and shutdown) Do a quick Apple TV shuffle (Upstairs <--> Downstairs) same condition when moved upstairs. No dice.

Try reset of Apple TV settings, no dice.

Can't restore, no network to talk to Apple Servers.

Get out the old 50' Ethernet Cable, string it across the house, connect it and it works no problem getting on the network.

Do a factory restore while on Ethernet, works no problem.

Setup the Apple TV again. So far so good.

Unplug Ethernet, no Wifi Networks. ^&*@$%% :)

After the restore I also did a Software update too just to make sure somehow there wasn't something missing and of course it says Up to date.

Now understanding that my Airport Network isn't advertised, i normally see three of my Neighbours networks (which i see on the other Apple TV and other devices all over the house). This is why i am thinking somehow the Wifi adapter has just pooched. I always see some networks, now nothing but the "Other" so of course try to manually enter my SSID and now it's just "Scanning" and circle spinning indefinitely.

I plug in Ethernet and its back in business no problem connecting to the network.

I even went as far as rebooting my router like the Apple instructions say to do (again knowing this won't fix anything since i can't see my Neighbours networks like i normally can, so it's not an issue with my wifi).

Anyone ever seen anything like this? The Wifi on a 3rd gen just die on reboot?....

Of course it's out of Warrantee.. I think this may have even been a refurb i picked up, but that was a couple years ago.

Apple TV

Model A1427

Software Version 7.0.3(6917)

Religion

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Thanks Coke!

Coca-Cola reduces sugar, introduces smaller cans in Canada

Quote:

Coca-cola canada announced today it will be reducing the sweetness of its main coke product in an effort to reduce the calorie intake of canadian diets.

The concentration of syrup added to the canadian recipe will be decreased to the same level of sweetness found in coke products elsewhere in the world. This will cut calories by approximately eight per cent.

Thanks Coke. It was till carrying the old calorie label but I bought a small 414cc bottle of what has to be the new stuff almost a week ago. Those who remember the original New Coke debacle will be surprised to learn that compared to this swill, the New Coke of the 1990s was absolutely bursting with flavour.

That little bottle is still almost half full. I take just a tiny sip every day to remind myself to save my money. In the meantime sun brewed iced tea should solve the caffeine cravings and a lot more flavour to boot.

I am sure that Coke will compensate for those smaller containers and the loss of customers with a big price hike.

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Black screen

in the last couple of months my 17" iMac running Snow Leopard would have a Black screen roll down telling me I must turn off my computer and then use the power button to restart it. Have I got a problem in the making:confused:

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dimanche 8 février 2015

Kindle for Mac

I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012), 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5, running Yosemite Version 10.10.1; i downloaded and installed the Kindle App several months ago. I believe it was working at that time. I am now unable to open the app from the applications folder of from Launchpad. I deleted the app and downloaded again to no avail, still having negative results when trying to open. Any ideas out there?

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Thunderbolt doc for Mac Pro?

Hi folks,

I just ordered a Mac Pro 6.1 and looking for recommendations on hubs or solutions for the following:

a few esata connections - possibly a total of 4 although I'm actively looking at trimming down those requirements. ie. new Tbolt enclosures

1 x FW800 port needed

I see Apple has the Kanex esata adapter, but that's 1 connection only.

TIA

Keebler

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2nd Generation iPad

Hey guys, looking at grabbing an iPad and a coworker is selling his iPad 2nd generation. How do these older iPads run on the current OS? Anyone with one feedback would be appreciated.

Main concerns

Speed

New OS updates

storage loss with all the OS updates

battery life

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intel iris pro graphics: opinions?

Hello All:

I'm finally preparing to purchase a new mbp. It's been a very difficult task however, since apple appears to have 'recently added' an entirely new selection of refurb machines. Aside from price, which I'd like to keep closer to $1500 than $2000, I'm wondering if you folks would care to weigh in on the difference between the intel iris pro graphics vs NVIDIA. And if you've got a bit of time, kindly take a look at the current group of "Refurbished" 15" mbp. I'm not as interested in the 2012 models as I am with the 2013 and 2014 models. CPU speeds are also confusing me. There are quite a few 'experts' in the forum. I'd truly like to hear what you have to say.

Thanks for your opinion. I'm hoping it'll help me decide.

Regards,

Ciaochiao

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samedi 7 février 2015

Apple TV Newbie

Just setup Apple TV and am currently playing TV shows purchased and dowloaded from my ipad in my ITunes account. I was wondering if there is alot of data usage when playing these purchased TV shows on my home internet service I have 95GB available per month. Is it correct to say that if they were purchased and stored on my ITunes account then are played via Apple TV they are not being streamed live? Not sure either way, need to be enlightened on this. Thanks for any info.

Paul

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Are some secrets necessary?

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Wanted To Buy Mac mini 2010/2011/2012

Looking for a well cared for Mac mini model from 2010, 2011 or 2012 or a more recent 2014 model with a small capacity SSD hard drive and a minimum of 8GB of ram.

If you have anything that you might be suitable, please contact me with specs and asking price.

Cheers

Ants

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2007 MacBook Pro nvidia issue

Since this is a known issue, i have the opportunity to get one for 100$. Should I even attempt to fix it or my efforts are worthless?

My friend did reflow a 2006 ATI graphics and is working well now. It's so tempting so I can give that to my parents.

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Iphone 5C touch screen problem

Hello all, I've recently purchased an iPhone 5C that had a non functioning touch screen, I thought that a simple screen change would fix it, but no luck.

I've tried a reset, hard reset, restore but I get nothing. I understand that could have received a faulty screen but I'm wondering if the digitizer connector on the main board could be at fault.

I was curious if anyone has come across this before and if anyone had any suggestions.

Thanks.

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vendredi 6 février 2015

For Sale FS: Powermac G4 dual 800mhz Quicksilver

Powermac G4 - Quicksilver Dual Processor 800mhz PPC G4, 2MB L3 cache, 133mhz bus

OSX 10.4.11

1.5GB SDRAM

20GB IDE HD

NVidia GeForce2 MX Twinview 64MB AGP

1000baseT Gigabit Ethernet

2x DVD-R/CD-RW SuperDrive

Zip Drive

Also included:

SIIG SC-SA4M12 4-Channel SATA I (1.5GBps) PCI Card

-install up to 4 SATA drives (need molex>Sata power adapters & SATA cables)

-bootable!

-no drivers needed

Buffalo Wifi-G PCI Card

-uses native Apple Airport chipset

-no drivers needed

Needs monitor, keyboard and mouse.

$50 Downtown Toronto pickup. (Dupont/Spadina)

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Repair iPhone 5C sticking sleep button?

Can anyone recommend a comptent place to get an iPhone 5C with a sticking sleep button repaired in the Vancouver area? Specifically New Westminster area.

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Calculator app with voice input??

I see that there are calculator apps with audio response but what I'm looking for is a calculator for my iPhone where you can speak your input into the calc and have it do its thing. Any such thing?

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A possible blank generic Desktop icons fix

I was a bit surprised to suddenly find most of my desktop icons, especially Safari's, were blank generic icons. Using Mavericks 10.9.5.

A restart didn't work and a Google search suggested all kinds of "fixes" from using utilities, deleting certain files or folders, and all kinds of Terminal suggestions. I wasn't too impressed or saw many, if any, "it worked" comments so I thought I'd try my own simpler method.

I shutdown and rebooted, and ran Disk Utility to Repair and Verify (while I was there) my drive, then shutdown and rebooted again — and all the icons were displaying as they should.

Anyway, just a suggestion in case it happens to work for and help someone else, and it may just work again for them. Nice and simple. ;)

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New Apple Photo app coming out soon?

I may haven't had my head in the Apple space as much lately. This one caught me by surprise. New Apple "Photos" app coming out soon to replace iPhoto. .

Video looks pretty good. I'll be happy about speed improvement. I'm not so big on my photos going to the cloud right away.

Looks ok to me, but nothing to get super excited about. I've been really used to iPhoto and find it a pretty good app. I know some people hate it though.

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Bulk email help

I want to create a bulk email folder so I can send out a mass email to all my customers. What is the easiest/quickest way to do that without going to each email one at a time?

Isn't there an app that can grab every incoming email address and put it in a folder?

Thanks

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jeudi 5 février 2015

Mac Pro 2013 ram

hello,

I am about to purchase a new Mac Pro with the 3x4gb ram option, but would like to replace it with 2x16gb of ram, which I cannot obtain from Apple as an initial config. Is anyone interested in buying the 3 - 4gb ram modules (1866MHz DDR3 ECC SDRAM DIMM) at a discounted negotiable price? I would boot and test the Mac Pro with the original ram modules, and then install the new ram immediately, so the 4gb modules would be essentially unused. I would provide all receipts as proof.

If not here, I would appreciate suggestions on where I can go to sell such ram.

thx

v

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Carbon Computing Kitchener closed

Just out of interest... Place where many of you know I used to work, Carbon Computing in Kitchener, closed it's doors permanently at the end of December. Before they closed, there was just 2 people working in the store.

They had moved locations a few years back from the very busy King and Victoria (Location now being turned into a huge condo development), to right beside city hall, with barely no parking. Last time I went to visit, the hours had been reduced from 10-6, Monday to Friday... (Closed Saturdays!! :eek: )

Kind of sad, but the inevitable decline of independent dealers.

I just bought a new iMac from the Apple refurb store (Those of you who remember previous discussions on that with me will get a chuckle). Other stuff, I just buy from the Apple Store.

Pretty hard for a small business to compete, unless specializing in a specific higher-end niche(s).

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Another company leaving Canada... Redbox

Another company is leaving Canada.

Redbox is leaving Canada this month . The last day to rent movies from them is February 13th.

Not sure if it was available all over Canada, but I noticed about 5 of these kiosks around Kitchener at gas stations, grocery stores, and other areas. You could use the kiosk and computer display to rent a DVD for $1.50 a day and Blurays for $2 a day.

They were running quite a few promotions to get a free DVD on Thursdays and emailing promo codes to get a few movies.

I used it a few times... but... I'm just using Netflix, iTunes and other streaming services more and more. I just can't be bothered to get in the car and drive to a location. (Goodbye blockbuster)

It looks like the service is still running strong in the US.

Yet another company leaving Canada.

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Yet another reason why I don't watch MSM News

NBC’s Brian Williams recants Iraq story after soldiers protest

Quote:

NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams admitted Wednesday he was not aboard a helicopter hit and forced down by RPG fire during the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a false claim that has been repeated by the network for [12] years.

Further:

Quote:

Williams told his Nightly News audience that the erroneous claim was part of a "bungled attempt" to thank soldiers who helped protect him in Iraq in 2003. “I made a mistake in recalling the events of 12 years ago,” Williams said. “I want to apologize.”

A mistake. One that was perpetuated over the course of a dozen years & only brought to light because servicemen, people who actually have come under fire in the defence of their country, got tired of your lies. Well, that makes it all better, no?

Apology not accepted. The mud on the boots of these soldiers has more integrity than you, Brian Williams. Hold your head high...

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Wanted To Buy 2gig 200-pin PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 SO-DIMM

Looking for one 2gig 200-pin PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 SO-DIMM RAM piece to suit Late 2007 MBP 15".

The 4gig pieces seem to be in very short supply.... so it looks as if I'll have to settle for a 2 + 2 setup. :rolleyes:

Please PM quoting price.

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mercredi 4 février 2015

For Sale Mac Mini (Late 2012 USB3)

Selling my Mac Mini (Late 2012 USB3)

2.3 ghz i7

16GB of RAM (will include the original 4GB)

1TB HDD

Intel HD Graphics 4000

Applecare Until July 9th, 2016

Comes Mac Mini, power cable, original 4GB of RAM and HDMI to DVI adapter.

Compare with this item in the Apple refurb store:

Refurbished Mac Mini 2.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 - Mine has i7

Originally released October 2014

8GB memory - Mine has 16GB, this model is not user upgradable

1TB hard drive - Same HDD, can't upgrade without voiding warranty

Thunderbolt 2 ports (up to 20 Gbps)

HDMI port supports multichannel audio output

Intel Iris Graphics

Apple selling for $639 + 13% tax = $722

Selling for $850 OBO

Located next to Scarborough Town Centre during the day, my Major Mac and 400 in the evening.

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Macbook with black screen (faint desktop in background)

Just acquired an early 2007 MB 2ghz Core 2 Duo with 1gig memory that I was told the screen didn't work. Young lady said her brother had had a go at it and that's the diagnostic she was given.

Didn't come with a battery or hard drive.

Plugged in an adaptor and popped in a HD from my other MB (late 2007 2.4 gighz) and voila, turns on and lights up like a charm.

I decide to change the 2gig memory from my other laptop, to see if it would recognize it, (as this MB is in better shape than my other one), and it didn't like it, no boot up.

OK, totally different memory internally, I guess.

Now the screen won't light up. The MB boots up, but only a faint image in the back. Did some research and it's not an uncommon occurrence. Proceeded to do the SMC, Pram resets but nothing doing.

I'm wondering if the fact that the battery had been out of it for some time has anything to do with it functioning ok initially?

My newer MB has intermittent screen problems caused by the insulation being worn out on wires that go over the metal hinge pins from the logic board to the screen. I move the screen till I find a spot where the wires don't short out but this older MB doesn't (appear) to have the same issue. Moving the screen around doesn't make it bright.

Posts on other sites refer to replacing the LCD lamp. At the moment I'm going to put it aside and wait for some opinions that might save me hours of messing around with minute screws and delicate wires.

They're only 2 old Macbooks but I hate not being able to fix both if I can, after seeing the screen light up initially...

(the initial idea was to take wires from the newly acquired MB to put into original one)

Edit: just connected to external monitor and it had a normal desktop first boot up but took for ever to complete, so re-booted, now no more desk top on external monitor either but still faint desktop on MB screen..strange..

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Yosemite scroll bar

Anybody hate the scroll bar dissapears when inactive?

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mardi 3 février 2015

Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word...

+ YouTube Video

For some people anyway...

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