Unbelievable!
I have just about had it with Apple's policies of trying to make their
hardware obsolete while it is still perfectly capable. I too use a
pair of 1.67GHz G4 PowerBook's (15-inch & 17-inch models) daily for
all of my email and Web browsing needs. Luckily for me I stopped
using my .me/.mac account and which I almost considered as a
replacement to my 20+ year old Earthlink.net email account & my
relatively new gmail account. I am very glad I did not choose to give
up any of my other email accounts (specially the one I have had for
about 20+ years). I am really sorry to hear about your problems, and
I can't think of any way to resolve it, unless you could perhaps buy
the cheapest new or used Intel MacMini that could download your email
and if there would be some way that it could sync to your G4
PowerBook, even if you had to use some kind of third party file
syncing utility program, if Apple's Sync can't do what you want. This
would be a big inconvenience, specially when traveling, but MacMini's
are easy to take with you and I believe that all of the Intel
MacMini's came with wireless networking built-in. Good luck, someone
here will probably have a better answer for you than mine. For my
part, I think you are definitely sending your message to the right
group, as this group is for all G3 through G5 computer questions or
comments.
David W. Morris
aka AmigaDave
Dual booting MacOSX10.5.8 & MorphOS2.7 on my dual 1.42GHz G4 PowerMac,
& MacOSX10.5.8 & MorphOS3.0 beta on 15" & 17" 1.67GHz G4 PowerBook's,
plus MacOSX10.5.8 & Ubuntu10.10 PPC on my dual 2.7GHz G5 PowerMac.
On Apr 16, 2012, at 8:20 PM, oneoftheharts wrote:
I don't post very often and when I do I seem to be told that I posted
to the wrong group. Maybe if this is the case again, someone can
kindly direct me to the right list. FYI, I've been around since the
Quadlist helped me with my Centris 610...
For those who don't have a .mac account and wonder what is the
problem, after June 30, these accounts will only work on newer
iPhones/
iPads/iPods, Macs that run Lion, and PCs that run Windows Vista or
Windows 7.
I have a G4 Powerbook. I had to upgrade my phone so I got an iPhone,
and it now syncs to the iCloud. But I want to continue to access my
email from my computer (imagine that). Has anyone with a G4 been able
to sync their .mac email account since this change began to occur?
Supposedly we have to convert by June 30, but as of April 9 I have
gotten this prompt:
The .Mac server “mail.mac.com” rejected the password for user (my
username)...
and I can't log in. I can't log in from Mail and I can't log in from
the .me/.mac links (web-based) either. They are forcing me to either
buy a newer computer or give up my .mac email address that I've had
since the first day they were available.
Incidentally, my login info still works from my iPhone, such as when I
DL iTunes, apps, etc.
I've chatted with technical support, and they say there's no way...
Thanks so much for your help,
Claire Hart
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