All because of a setting they dont trust people to make themselves. I love Apple products but cant justify buying into planned obsolescence. Since they killed ppc and put profit above quality, I've done my best to get back at the man.....still using my g4, and my iPhone is hacked so I don't have to be on a ridiculous plan Apple gets a kickback for
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 17, 2012, at 12:36 PM, "David W. Morris" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for > those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power > Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette > guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
