Ed That's all it takes, every couple weeks, cool!!!
John Sent from my iPad On Aug 28, 2010, at 11:30 AM, Ed Wiser <[email protected]> wrote: > It just depends some times. > I knew it about one hour after getting my iPad home. > But then this is my interest. With the size of the battery not every USB port > will have the power to crank out the amp's handle it. I bought the iPad dock > and use it with the supplied power supply to charge my iPad every couple of > weeks. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Robinson > Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2010 10:32 AM > To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > Subject: Re: [MacGroup] iPad > > Thank you so much Ed, and wouldn't you think that the Apple Genius guys would > have already known this and not be thrown by why their 21" iMac would not > charge? None of them had a clue and only by searching the internet did they > discover there was such a problem. By then they had already done the > electronic entries to give me a new one and it couldn't be changed. I can't > believe I was the first one to bring this to their attention in the > Louisville store? > > John > > > On Aug 28, 2010, at 4:56 AM, Ed Wiser wrote: > >> John this is one of the first things I found when I purchased my iPad on the >> launch day. >> With the two large batteries the iPod takes a serious amount of amperage to >> charge them. >> This is was the first USB device to require that high of voltage to charge >> so it is not surprising that >> Older computers would not have USB plugs to handle such charging. The tech >> sheet for iPad charging >> Details the voltage and how to check if your computer has a USB port that >> can handle iPad charging. >> >> http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4049?viewlocale=en_US >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John >> Robinson >> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 3:27 PM >> To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers >> Subject: [MacGroup] iPad >> >> 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. _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list [email protected] http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
