On 3/12/2014 5:01 PM, steve harley wrote:
on 2014-03-11 21:21 John wrote
Had to log into the App Store which required me to update my billing
information. No big problem there. It tells me I'm currently at OS X
10.8.3.
It's currently downloading OS X Mavericks (it said free update?).
yes 10.9 is free, whether as update or fresh install
Is that going to fix that "goto fail" bug? Or am I going to have to
get a later
version?
the goto fail bug is *not* in 10.8.x (which your computer came with); it
is in 10.9.0 and 10.9.1, and has been fixed in 10.9.2, which is probably
what is downloading
I also got a bunch of emails from Apple telling me my Apple ID is
being used
with a new computer that it's never been associated with before, but
since it's
notifying me of things I just did a few minutes before to get it up &
running,
it's not that worrisome ...
those are messages you hope you never see when you *haven't* just set up
a computer
Except, it says I've used my Apple ID to log into Facetime & iMessage.
I have
only the vaguest idea what those are (something like Skype & AOL Instant
Messenger??). I'll have to figure out where to turn them off in a bit.
they are built-in; if you don't use them, don't worry about it; FaceTime
is like Skype (voice and/or video) and iMessage is like text messaging
or IM; on a Mini, FaceTime won't do much unless you add a microphone
and/or vid-cam; these messaging tools only call others who have Apple
Accounts, on Mac, iPhone or iPad (on the phone it is integrated with the
same app that does text messages, and will switch between services
automatically)
The other thing I need to find is how to set the auto-time-out so I
don't have
to hover over it and move the mouse every few minutes to prevent it
from going
to sleep while I'm doing other things.
System Preferences > Energy Saver; look around because System
Preferences has much else that you may want to configure
Thanks to everyone who responded. I got the sleep time thing fixed to my
satisfaction.
I downloaded OS X 10.9.2 and made the Unibeast 8GB USB backup.
But do I need to use the USB drive to install OS X 10.9.2?
Or can I install it straight from the download in the Applications
folder since I'm only doing the upgrade?
I used the Macs at school, but those were locked down pretty tightly, so
I don't have any experience with actually setting one up & getting it up
to speed.
When I was trying to register with the site tonymacx86.com where they
have all the information about Unibeast & making the USB backup, I tried
to use Safari to register with the site. I haven't tried to install any
other browser on it yet.
I got errors saying I had to enable Javascript to register. Does Safari
not have Javascript? I couldn't find anything useful in the help, but
that may be because I didn't know where to look.
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