Thanks, John, I was considering buying a iPad one of these days, but
all my computers are way out of sync-time wise! Good to know. Saving
coming frustrations.
marta
On Aug 27, 2010, at 3:26 PM, John Robinson wrote:
Folks,
Both myself and the Apple Genius bar guy learned something today
about the iPad, thought some of you may want to know in case you run
into this.
When I plug the iPad into the computer to sync it & get software
updates I get the warning that it is NOT CHARGING. It will do the
sync but not charge, for that I have to use the AC adapter.
I thought I had a problem with the iPad so after two long days of
ownership I took it back to the Apple store. The Genius guy plugged
it into his NEW laptop and it began to charge! Always happens that
way! He then plugged it into a 21" iMac right in front of us and
it would NOT charge.
I have the 21" iMac and it wouldn't charge the iPad, nor will my 15"
MacBook Pro that is a couple years old.
He was baffled so he went in the back room and plugged it into a 24"
iMac that was new and it would charge.
The bottom line is this. The newer laptops and iMac's have the
juice to charge the iPad but many of the older models (by old I mean
a year or so) will not. He was unaware as were the guys in the
back room doing the work. He did a search and found, sure enough
the iPad requires the newer machines to charge.
So, I will sync with the computer and then unplug and use the AC to
charge. Once I replace this computer with a newer one the problem
will go away.
Also, I sometimes forward an item from our list to my programmer in
Cincinnati and he will reply to me but it goes back to the list
serve. I apologize, I do it so infrequently that I forget I need to
copy and paste to keep you all from being involved in our problem
solving.
John
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