Re: IOS 5.1 Upgrade
Hi Laura, Apple's way of handling this is quite clever. A wireless update will not be initiated unless either you have 50% or more battery life remaining, or the device is plugged in. Cheers, Carlo On 08/03/2012, at 15:44 , Laura Webb wrote: Hi Ronni Thanks for that but, not knowing of that option, it would not have occurred to me to use that method. It begs the question why such a warning is not given prior to upgrading. To paraphrase your if Apple recommends then if Ronni recommends, I will do it. Kind regards Laura On 08/03/2012, at 10:34 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Not Peter replying but Ronni ;-) Most times you would be ok; but to prevent the chance of your device running out of battery and Data loss, Apple recommend connecting your device to a Power Source a Wi-Fi Network to update Wirelessly. Connect your device to a computer if updating your device using iTunes. Update your device wirelessly (available in iOS 5 and later) • Ensure your device is connected to a power source. To avoid potential data costs connect your device to a Wi-Fi network.” https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4623 If Apple recommends you do this to update your devices wirelessly… I do it! Cheers, Ronni On 08/03/2012, at 10:22 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Peter I had a similar experience but did not even have to go through the Settings. There was a message on the screen saying the update was available so I just followed the prompts. Nor was my iPad connected to a power supply. All done in a very short space of time. Very impressive indeed. Regards Laura On 08/03/2012, at 8:48 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: I just upgraded my iPad through the Settings Software Update command. The whole thing went extremely smoothly, and as promised, there was no need at all to connect physically to my computer, or to get iTunes involved in any way. Very impressive... Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. - -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: IOS 5.1 Upgrade
Hi Carlo Thank you. That at least explains why the upgrade went ahead without any warning. I always charge the battery overnight. The upgrade was available early this morning when the battery was fully charged. This is the first time I have upgraded without using iTunes but will still keep Ronni's advice in mind for the future. Regards Laura Sent from my iPad On 08/03/2012, at 7:58 PM, cm cm200...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Laura, Apple's way of handling this is quite clever. A wireless update will not be initiated unless either you have 50% or more battery life remaining, or the device is plugged in. Cheers, Carlo On 08/03/2012, at 15:44 , Laura Webb wrote: Hi Ronni Thanks for that but, not knowing of that option, it would not have occurred to me to use that method. It begs the question why such a warning is not given prior to upgrading. To paraphrase your if Apple recommends then if Ronni recommends, I will do it. Kind regards Laura On 08/03/2012, at 10:34 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Laura, Not Peter replying but Ronni ;-) Most times you would be ok; but to prevent the chance of your device running out of battery and Data loss, Apple recommend connecting your device to a Power Source a Wi-Fi Network to update Wirelessly. Connect your device to a computer if updating your device using iTunes. Update your device wirelessly (available in iOS 5 and later) • Ensure your device is connected to a power source. To avoid potential data costs connect your device to a Wi-Fi network.” https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4623 If Apple recommends you do this to update your devices wirelessly… I do it! Cheers, Ronni On 08/03/2012, at 10:22 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Peter I had a similar experience but did not even have to go through the Settings. There was a message on the screen saying the update was available so I just followed the prompts. Nor was my iPad connected to a power supply. All done in a very short space of time. Very impressive indeed. Regards Laura On 08/03/2012, at 8:48 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: I just upgraded my iPad through the Settings Software Update command. The whole thing went extremely smoothly, and as promised, there was no need at all to connect physically to my computer, or to get iTunes involved in any way. Very impressive... Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. - -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Back up not working
Hi to all those who offered assistance 1 Have now updated my version of Deja Vu to the latest i.e. 4.1.1 2 Have now swapped my 2 drives around and connected what was my 2nd Backup drive which has 2 Firewire connections direct to the IMac via an 800 FW cable 3 Have now connected my original Time Machine drive ( which only had 1 FW socket )via FW 800 from the other drive. Both drives are now connected using FW800 cables in a daisy chain configuration 4 Have also gone into Terminal and checked the Perl interpreter and this produced a Hello World message Ran backup using Deja Vu and all went well except for the following error message on the Deja Vu log *** THE FOLLOWING ERRORS WERE DETECTED *** rsync: readlink_stat(/Users/graemewinters/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/launchd_2011-12-21-100216_Graeme-Winterss-iMac.crash) failed: Invalid argument (22) I feel as though much progress has been made but would now like some guidance on this error message Again my thanks for the assistance. We have a wonderful Mac community Graeme On 07/03/2012, at 6:58 PM, Ray Forma wrote: Graeme, Considering the way you have connected your drives I'm surprised that your iMac could even 'see' the second drive in your chain; good old MacOS 10. Ronda's recommendation that you also connect your Mac to the first drive via Firewire, and update to the current version of Deja Vu, will very likely solve your problem. On 07/03/2012, at 5:59 PM, Graeme Winters wrote: Ray The 2 TB drive in place is connected to my IMac via USB and the 1 TB connected to this via 800 Firewire Thank you both for your response Graeme iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X Lion 10.7.2 Windows XP for MYOB Regards, Ray Forma Mob +61 (0) 428 596938 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug iMac 27 Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 4GB 1067MHz RAM / 1TB Running OS X Lion 10.7.2 Windows XP for MYOB -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: IOS 5.1 Upgrade
On 08/03/2012, at 10:22 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Peter I had a similar experience but did not even have to go through the Settings. There was a message on the screen saying the update was available so I just followed the prompts. Nor was my iPad connected to a power supply. All done in a very short space of time. I have been through an interrupted iPhone upgrade once in my life, and I do not want to repeat the experience! Very unpleasant. I must admit that even if my iPad/iPhone were fully charged, I would still make sure it was connected to the power. Just minimising risk... Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
iPad GPS and Find My Mac
Good morning all! Can anyone tell me if any model of the new iPad actually has a GPS receiver installed or is it reliant on the mobile phone network? In iCloud Preferences (System) Find My Mac is greyed out and the More option says Find My Mac requires a recovery partition. In my iCloud the iMac shows up as Offline. The Mac Help system tells me what it does but not a clue on how to activate it. Any help will be appreciated. iMac 7 Intel OS X 10.7.3 Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Lost Bluetooth Mouse Pairing
Hello All My MacbookPro (2 GHz Intel Core i7, 10.6.8) can't see the mouse any more. When I open the Bluetooth Preferences it says 'Name not available' where it should give the details of the MBP. It claimed that the mouse was connected and discoverable but it did not work. I tried new batteries, no go. I disconnected the mouse and now the MBP can't see it. My husband's InteliMac can see both the MBP and my mouse. I have been using the MBP with the track pad most of the time and it used to complain that it could not find the mouse but lately it has given up doing that. Any suggestions are most welcome. Diana -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: IOS 5.1 Upgrade
Hi Peter Thanks for your reply. More good advice but I was completely unaware of any possible implications. I suppose I trusted Apple in offering the download as was. I shall be wiser next time. Regards Laura Sent from my iPad On 09/03/2012, at 7:46 AM, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 08/03/2012, at 10:22 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Peter I had a similar experience but did not even have to go through the Settings. There was a message on the screen saying the update was available so I just followed the prompts. Nor was my iPad connected to a power supply. All done in a very short space of time. I have been through an interrupted iPhone upgrade once in my life, and I do not want to repeat the experience! Very unpleasant. I must admit that even if my iPad/iPhone were fully charged, I would still make sure it was connected to the power. Just minimising risk... Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Lost Bluetooth Mouse Pairing
Hi Diana, Is it a Magic Mouse? First, have you tried restarting your MBP? Second, have you tried going to System Preferences Bluetooth Preferences, remove your bluetooth mouse, and repair it? Cheers, Ronni On 09/03/2012, at 11:50 AM, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: Hello All My MacbookPro (2 GHz Intel Core i7, 10.6.8) can't see the mouse any more. When I open the Bluetooth Preferences it says 'Name not available' where it should give the details of the MBP. It claimed that the mouse was connected and discoverable but it did not work. I tried new batteries, no go. I disconnected the mouse and now the MBP can't see it. My husband's InteliMac can see both the MBP and my mouse. I have been using the MBP with the track pad most of the time and it used to complain that it could not find the mouse but lately it has given up doing that. Any suggestions are most welcome. Diana -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Lost Bluetooth Mouse Pairing
Thanks Ronni, Yes, Magic Mouse. Re-start fixed it. I should have thought of that. I have used that strategy since 1985 and the FatMac. Another senior moment! Regards Diana On 09/03/2012, at 12:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Diana, Is it a Magic Mouse? First, have you tried restarting your MBP? Second, have you tried going to System Preferences Bluetooth Preferences, remove your bluetooth mouse, and repair it? Cheers, Ronni On 09/03/2012, at 11:50 AM, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: Hello All My MacbookPro (2 GHz Intel Core i7, 10.6.8) can't see the mouse any more. When I open the Bluetooth Preferences it says 'Name not available' where it should give the details of the MBP. It claimed that the mouse was connected and discoverable but it did not work. I tried new batteries, no go. I disconnected the mouse and now the MBP can't see it. My husband's InteliMac can see both the MBP and my mouse. I have been using the MBP with the track pad most of the time and it used to complain that it could not find the mouse but lately it has given up doing that. Any suggestions are most welcome. Diana -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: Lost Bluetooth Mouse Pairing
Ah Diana, it’s not a senior moment… we all forget the most simple solution most of the time ;-) Regards, Ronni On 09/03/2012, at 12:16 PM, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: Thanks Ronni, Yes, Magic Mouse. Re-start fixed it. I should have thought of that. I have used that strategy since 1985 and the FatMac. Another senior moment! Regards Diana On 09/03/2012, at 12:00 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Diana, Is it a Magic Mouse? First, have you tried restarting your MBP? Second, have you tried going to System Preferences Bluetooth Preferences, remove your bluetooth mouse, and repair it? Cheers, Ronni On 09/03/2012, at 11:50 AM, Diana Graham Stevens wrote: Hello All My MacbookPro (2 GHz Intel Core i7, 10.6.8) can't see the mouse any more. When I open the Bluetooth Preferences it says 'Name not available' where it should give the details of the MBP. It claimed that the mouse was connected and discoverable but it did not work. I tried new batteries, no go. I disconnected the mouse and now the MBP can't see it. My husband's InteliMac can see both the MBP and my mouse. I have been using the MBP with the track pad most of the time and it used to complain that it could not find the mouse but lately it has given up doing that. Any suggestions are most welcome. Diana -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: IOS 5.1 Upgrade
More for the groups sake than yours Laura, I want to repeat that to the best of my knowledge there is almost zero risk. It won't hurt having your iPhone plugged in but it is not necessary. The process works is as follows: 1) After clicking the upgrade button the upgrade is downloaded. This upgrade is what is know as a delta. That is it will be the difference between your current version and the new version so it is a small as possible. 2) After the download is complete, the upgrade will not proceed unless you have at least 50% battery life. This actual upgrade is a short process that requires a few minutes. A 50% full battery has many hours of life so the process will easily complete. So even though the download is potentially quite long, it will be allowed to proceed but the actual upgrade will not occur unless you have much, much, (much), more battery life than is required for the task. The maximum penalty for attempting an upgrade with too little battery is that you will need to download the upgrade delta again. The actual install of the delta will not proceed. If there were such a glaring flaw in the upgrade process many millions of the 200 million or so iOS users would be pounding the Genius Bar counters today. :-) I like you, Peter, have had to recover from a failed upgrade, but that was the result of a complex mix if iOS betas and provisioning credentials. It can also happen because of various mistaken Apple ID entries etc. So just to reiterate, plug in if it makes you feel happy but it is a requirement only for the download part. Cheers, Carlo On 09/03/2012, at 11:56 , Laura Webb wrote: Hi Peter Thanks for your reply. More good advice but I was completely unaware of any possible implications. I suppose I trusted Apple in offering the download as was. I shall be wiser next time. Regards Laura Sent from my iPad On 09/03/2012, at 7:46 AM, Peter Hinchliffe hinch...@multiline.com.au wrote: On 08/03/2012, at 10:22 AM, Laura Webb wrote: Hi Peter I had a similar experience but did not even have to go through the Settings. There was a message on the screen saying the update was available so I just followed the prompts. Nor was my iPad connected to a power supply. All done in a very short space of time. I have been through an interrupted iPhone upgrade once in my life, and I do not want to repeat the experience! Very unpleasant. I must admit that even if my iPad/iPhone were fully charged, I would still make sure it was connected to the power. Just minimising risk... Peter HinchliffeApwin Computer Services FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer Perth, Western Australia Phone (618) 9332 6482Mob 0403 046 948 Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iPad GPS and Find My Mac
Hi Adrian, The 4G models include GPS. The assisted part refers to the use of the cell connection to make the localization quicker. However, access to a cell signal is not required. The built in GPS will work on its own. It is unfortunate that Apple used the term assisted GPS. It seems to confuse a lot of people. The iPad (1,2 and 3) have a FULLY FUNCTIONAL GPS, and it works extremely well! As stated above, the assisted part refers to it's ability to use the cellular towers for a quicker initial fix, in some locations. The New iPad Specifications: http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ Cheers, Ronni On 09/03/2012, at 11:41 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning all! Can anyone tell me if any model of the new iPad actually has a GPS receiver installed or is it reliant on the mobile phone network? In iCloud Preferences (System) Find My Mac is greyed out and the More option says Find My Mac requires a recovery partition. In my iCloud the iMac shows up as Offline. The Mac Help system tells me what it does but not a clue on how to activate it. Any help will be appreciated. iMac 7 Intel OS X 10.7.3 Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iPad GPS and Find My Mac
Yes quite right. Assisted GPS is the combination of a GPS unit, positioning form triangulation of cell-phone towers, and positioning using wifi hot spots. There is one caveat, however, the Wifi only models of the iPad have no GPS unit and also cannot contact cell-phone towers. These Wifi only models can only use wifi triangulation to determine their position. This can be quite accurate on occasions but can have an inaccuracy of a kilometres on other occasions. Cheers, Carlo On 09/03/2012, at 12:23 , Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Adrian, The 4G models include GPS. The assisted part refers to the use of the cell connection to make the localization quicker. However, access to a cell signal is not required. The built in GPS will work on its own. It is unfortunate that Apple used the term assisted GPS. It seems to confuse a lot of people. The iPad (1,2 and 3) have a FULLY FUNCTIONAL GPS, and it works extremely well! As stated above, the assisted part refers to it's ability to use the cellular towers for a quicker initial fix, in some locations. The New iPad Specifications: http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ Cheers, Ronni On 09/03/2012, at 11:41 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning all! Can anyone tell me if any model of the new iPad actually has a GPS receiver installed or is it reliant on the mobile phone network? In iCloud Preferences (System) Find My Mac is greyed out and the More option says Find My Mac requires a recovery partition. In my iCloud the iMac shows up as Offline. The Mac Help system tells me what it does but not a clue on how to activate it. Any help will be appreciated. iMac 7 Intel OS X 10.7.3 Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iPad GPS and Find My Mac
I have an iPad 1 with WiFi only. To overcome the lack of a proper GPS - ie one that reads data from satellites when away from any wifi and 3G cell towers, I purchased a Bad Elf GPS unit that plugs into my iPad 1. This works well for away from civilisation navigation. Of course, I cannot rely on web based mapping services and the iPad holds a vast array of digital maps onboard. I understood only the 3G iPads, not the WiFi only, had a proper read the satellites GPS. This was certainly the case with my iPad 1. Tim On 09/03/2012, at 12:30 PM, cm wrote: Yes quite right. Assisted GPS is the combination of a GPS unit, positioning form triangulation of cell-phone towers, and positioning using wifi hot spots. There is one caveat, however, the Wifi only models of the iPad have no GPS unit and also cannot contact cell-phone towers. These Wifi only models can only use wifi triangulation to determine their position. This can be quite accurate on occasions but can have an inaccuracy of a kilometres on other occasions. Cheers, Carlo On 09/03/2012, at 12:23 , Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Adrian, The 4G models include GPS. The assisted part refers to the use of the cell connection to make the localization quicker. However, access to a cell signal is not required. The built in GPS will work on its own. It is unfortunate that Apple used the term assisted GPS. It seems to confuse a lot of people. The iPad (1,2 and 3) have a FULLY FUNCTIONAL GPS, and it works extremely well! As stated above, the assisted part refers to it's ability to use the cellular towers for a quicker initial fix, in some locations. The New iPad Specifications: http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ Cheers, Ronni On 09/03/2012, at 11:41 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning all! Can anyone tell me if any model of the new iPad actually has a GPS receiver installed or is it reliant on the mobile phone network? In iCloud Preferences (System) Find My Mac is greyed out and the More option says Find My Mac requires a recovery partition. In my iCloud the iMac shows up as Offline. The Mac Help system tells me what it does but not a clue on how to activate it. Any help will be appreciated. iMac 7 Intel OS X 10.7.3 Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iPad GPS and Find My Mac
Tim I would be interested to know from where you get your maps. I also have a Bad Elf but have found the selection of suitable digital maps fairly poor. Barry On 09/03/2012, at 12:39 PM, Tim Law wrote: I have an iPad 1 with WiFi only. To overcome the lack of a proper GPS - ie one that reads data from satellites when away from any wifi and 3G cell towers, I purchased a Bad Elf GPS unit that plugs into my iPad 1. This works well for away from civilisation navigation. Of course, I cannot rely on web based mapping services and the iPad holds a vast array of digital maps onboard. I understood only the 3G iPads, not the WiFi only, had a proper read the satellites GPS. This was certainly the case with my iPad 1. Tim On 09/03/2012, at 12:30 PM, cm wrote: Yes quite right. Assisted GPS is the combination of a GPS unit, positioning form triangulation of cell-phone towers, and positioning using wifi hot spots. There is one caveat, however, the Wifi only models of the iPad have no GPS unit and also cannot contact cell-phone towers. These Wifi only models can only use wifi triangulation to determine their position. This can be quite accurate on occasions but can have an inaccuracy of a kilometres on other occasions. Cheers, Carlo On 09/03/2012, at 12:23 , Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Adrian, The 4G models include GPS. The assisted part refers to the use of the cell connection to make the localization quicker. However, access to a cell signal is not required. The built in GPS will work on its own. It is unfortunate that Apple used the term assisted GPS. It seems to confuse a lot of people. The iPad (1,2 and 3) have a FULLY FUNCTIONAL GPS, and it works extremely well! As stated above, the assisted part refers to it's ability to use the cellular towers for a quicker initial fix, in some locations. The New iPad Specifications: http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ Cheers, Ronni On 09/03/2012, at 11:41 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning all! Can anyone tell me if any model of the new iPad actually has a GPS receiver installed or is it reliant on the mobile phone network? In iCloud Preferences (System) Find My Mac is greyed out and the More option says Find My Mac requires a recovery partition. In my iCloud the iMac shows up as Offline. The Mac Help system tells me what it does but not a clue on how to activate it. Any help will be appreciated. iMac 7 Intel OS X 10.7.3 Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iPad GPS mapping
Hi Barry, I have yet to find a suitable solution for me. I use OziExplorer on a small HP device on my 4WD dashboard, and purchased a second hand PC laptop to run OziExplorer and take away into the bush. I also use Parallels to run Ozi on my OSX desktop. This has worked fine for a number of years, but now I have an iPad, I'm looking for other options for me to know where I am. I am hoping to find a solution for me to mount the iPad in my Landcruiser and dispense with the need for an additional laptop whilst travelling. the bigger screen over the 5 HP will be a real bonus for viewing maps!! I have bought a couple of 'extension leads' so I can mount the Bad Elf remotely on the dash board close to the windscreen and the lead will come back to the iPad on the console, or hand held by the passenger. Re the maps, most of mine are the 250k Geosciences series I purchased via Exploroz. Over time I have added various other collections such as the Hema desert maps and more recently some 100k maps scanned by Greg Harewood of the south coast, west coast and goldfields. All these are via the Exploroz website. I find I can load these onto the iPad, not so easily but I can load them, and I use Bit Map on the iPad to read them. I am yet to be convinced of it's accuracy, so am continuing to look for better options. I also use MotionX-GPs but they use different maps, as do NavFree and Sygic. I've not got VMS but that is getting good reports from the off road crowd, although it does require their own maps. Whilst travelling in Europe I found CityMaps2Go very good, as long as I planned ahead and downloaded the PDF file of the next city I was visiting on the hotel wifi the day before, I found the maps accurate and useful. I did not use any 3G data download in Europe, and found the European version of NavFree and Sygic unhelpful as they really require 3G to give full functionality. Really wished I had some paper maps then!! With CityMaps2go, you pay a few dollars for the app, then a few dollars for each city map you download. As I say, a good option for city travelling. I hope that helps. Tim On 09/03/2012, at 12:56 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Tim I would be interested to know from where you get your maps. I also have a Bad Elf but have found the selection of suitable digital maps fairly poor. Barry On 09/03/2012, at 12:39 PM, Tim Law wrote: I have an iPad 1 with WiFi only. To overcome the lack of a proper GPS - ie one that reads data from satellites when away from any wifi and 3G cell towers, I purchased a Bad Elf GPS unit that plugs into my iPad 1. This works well for away from civilisation navigation. Of course, I cannot rely on web based mapping services and the iPad holds a vast array of digital maps onboard. I understood only the 3G iPads, not the WiFi only, had a proper read the satellites GPS. This was certainly the case with my iPad 1. Tim On 09/03/2012, at 12:30 PM, cm wrote: Yes quite right. Assisted GPS is the combination of a GPS unit, positioning form triangulation of cell-phone towers, and positioning using wifi hot spots. There is one caveat, however, the Wifi only models of the iPad have no GPS unit and also cannot contact cell-phone towers. These Wifi only models can only use wifi triangulation to determine their position. This can be quite accurate on occasions but can have an inaccuracy of a kilometres on other occasions. Cheers, Carlo On 09/03/2012, at 12:23 , Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Adrian, The 4G models include GPS. The assisted part refers to the use of the cell connection to make the localization quicker. However, access to a cell signal is not required. The built in GPS will work on its own. It is unfortunate that Apple used the term assisted GPS. It seems to confuse a lot of people. The iPad (1,2 and 3) have a FULLY FUNCTIONAL GPS, and it works extremely well! As stated above, the assisted part refers to it's ability to use the cellular towers for a quicker initial fix, in some locations. The New iPad Specifications: http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ Cheers, Ronni On 09/03/2012, at 11:41 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning all! Can anyone tell me if any model of the new iPad actually has a GPS receiver installed or is it reliant on the mobile phone network? In iCloud Preferences (System) Find My Mac is greyed out and the More option says Find My Mac requires a recovery partition. In my iCloud the iMac shows up as Offline. The Mac Help system tells me what it does but not a clue on how to activate it. Any help will be appreciated. iMac 7 Intel OS X 10.7.3 Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe -
Re: iPad GPS mapping
Hi Tim I have found I can download the geoscience 250K series from memory map directly to my iPad but as you know these are a bit dated and don't provide a great deal of detail. Hema maps are also available for direct download to iPad using 'memory map' but at a price. I have previously used OziExplorer but would like to use the iPad without having to go through various conversions etc. I notice that there are plenty of downloadable maps for USA and parts of Europe but have had problems finding anything for Oz apart from the above. Many thanks for your comments Barry On 09/03/2012, at 2:25 PM, Tim Law wrote: Hi Barry, I have yet to find a suitable solution for me. I use OziExplorer on a small HP device on my 4WD dashboard, and purchased a second hand PC laptop to run OziExplorer and take away into the bush. I also use Parallels to run Ozi on my OSX desktop. This has worked fine for a number of years, but now I have an iPad, I'm looking for other options for me to know where I am. I am hoping to find a solution for me to mount the iPad in my Landcruiser and dispense with the need for an additional laptop whilst travelling. the bigger screen over the 5 HP will be a real bonus for viewing maps!! I have bought a couple of 'extension leads' so I can mount the Bad Elf remotely on the dash board close to the windscreen and the lead will come back to the iPad on the console, or hand held by the passenger. Re the maps, most of mine are the 250k Geosciences series I purchased via Exploroz. Over time I have added various other collections such as the Hema desert maps and more recently some 100k maps scanned by Greg Harewood of the south coast, west coast and goldfields. All these are via the Exploroz website. I find I can load these onto the iPad, not so easily but I can load them, and I use Bit Map on the iPad to read them. I am yet to be convinced of it's accuracy, so am continuing to look for better options. I also use MotionX-GPs but they use different maps, as do NavFree and Sygic. I've not got VMS but that is getting good reports from the off road crowd, although it does require their own maps. Whilst travelling in Europe I found CityMaps2Go very good, as long as I planned ahead and downloaded the PDF file of the next city I was visiting on the hotel wifi the day before, I found the maps accurate and useful. I did not use any 3G data download in Europe, and found the European version of NavFree and Sygic unhelpful as they really require 3G to give full functionality. Really wished I had some paper maps then!! With CityMaps2go, you pay a few dollars for the app, then a few dollars for each city map you download. As I say, a good option for city travelling. I hope that helps. Tim On 09/03/2012, at 12:56 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Tim I would be interested to know from where you get your maps. I also have a Bad Elf but have found the selection of suitable digital maps fairly poor. Barry On 09/03/2012, at 12:39 PM, Tim Law wrote: I have an iPad 1 with WiFi only. To overcome the lack of a proper GPS - ie one that reads data from satellites when away from any wifi and 3G cell towers, I purchased a Bad Elf GPS unit that plugs into my iPad 1. This works well for away from civilisation navigation. Of course, I cannot rely on web based mapping services and the iPad holds a vast array of digital maps onboard. I understood only the 3G iPads, not the WiFi only, had a proper read the satellites GPS. This was certainly the case with my iPad 1. Tim On 09/03/2012, at 12:30 PM, cm wrote: Yes quite right. Assisted GPS is the combination of a GPS unit, positioning form triangulation of cell-phone towers, and positioning using wifi hot spots. There is one caveat, however, the Wifi only models of the iPad have no GPS unit and also cannot contact cell-phone towers. These Wifi only models can only use wifi triangulation to determine their position. This can be quite accurate on occasions but can have an inaccuracy of a kilometres on other occasions. Cheers, Carlo On 09/03/2012, at 12:23 , Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Adrian, The 4G models include GPS. The assisted part refers to the use of the cell connection to make the localization quicker. However, access to a cell signal is not required. The built in GPS will work on its own. It is unfortunate that Apple used the term assisted GPS. It seems to confuse a lot of people. The iPad (1,2 and 3) have a FULLY FUNCTIONAL GPS, and it works extremely well! As stated above, the assisted part refers to it's ability to use the cellular towers for a quicker initial fix, in some locations. The New iPad Specifications: http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ Cheers, Ronni On 09/03/2012, at 11:41 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning all! Can anyone tell me if any model of the new iPad actually has a GPS
Re: iPad GPS and Find My Mac
On the matter of the iPad thanks for that all!; It was my thought that if I bought the WiFi only model and when I required the internet outside my usual WiFi haunts I should be able to use the iPhone as a Hotspot, is this feasible? Having said that; I will like to use the iPad camera when ever it is practical but it sounds like there may be a problem with its ability to determining its location. I give up a couple of hundred bucks of data download each month on my iPhone plan that I cant use so I am reluctant to get a separate plan for the iPad. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com P.S. I'm still working on the Find My Mac problem. On 09/03/2012, at 12:23 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Adrian, The 4G models include GPS. The assisted part refers to the use of the cell connection to make the localization quicker. However, access to a cell signal is not required. The built in GPS will work on its own. It is unfortunate that Apple used the term assisted GPS. It seems to confuse a lot of people. The iPad (1,2 and 3) have a FULLY FUNCTIONAL GPS, and it works extremely well! As stated above, the assisted part refers to it's ability to use the cellular towers for a quicker initial fix, in some locations. The New iPad Specifications: http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ Cheers, Ronni On 09/03/2012, at 11:41 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning all! Can anyone tell me if any model of the new iPad actually has a GPS receiver installed or is it reliant on the mobile phone network? In iCloud Preferences (System) Find My Mac is greyed out and the More option says Find My Mac requires a recovery partition. In my iCloud the iMac shows up as Offline. The Mac Help system tells me what it does but not a clue on how to activate it. Any help will be appreciated. iMac 7 Intel OS X 10.7.3 Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iPad GPS and Find My Mac
Hi Adrian, The Apple website says that both the WiFi only version, and the 4G version will geotag your photos. I suspect the goetagging is done using WiFi signals, much the same as the Find My Friend app does to locate Apple devices with location services turned on. You will need the iPad with WiFi + 3G/4G version in order to navigate with GPS. I use my iPhone to hotspot my iPad regularly, it works like a charm. You just need to watch your Data Download on the iPhone Data Plan. Did my suggestions fix your “Find My Mac” problem? Cheers, Ronni On 09/03/2012, at 2:48 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: On the matter of the iPad thanks for that all!; It was my thought that if I bought the WiFi only model and when I required the internet outside my usual WiFi haunts I should be able to use the iPhone as a Hotspot, is this feasible? Having said that; I will like to use the iPad camera when ever it is practical but it sounds like there may be a problem with its ability to determining its location. I give up a couple of hundred bucks of data download each month on my iPhone plan that I cant use so I am reluctant to get a separate plan for the iPad. Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com P.S. I'm still working on the Find My Mac problem. On 09/03/2012, at 12:23 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Adrian, The 4G models include GPS. The assisted part refers to the use of the cell connection to make the localization quicker. However, access to a cell signal is not required. The built in GPS will work on its own. It is unfortunate that Apple used the term assisted GPS. It seems to confuse a lot of people. The iPad (1,2 and 3) have a FULLY FUNCTIONAL GPS, and it works extremely well! As stated above, the assisted part refers to it's ability to use the cellular towers for a quicker initial fix, in some locations. The New iPad Specifications: http://www.apple.com/ipad/specs/ Cheers, Ronni On 09/03/2012, at 11:41 AM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Good morning all! Can anyone tell me if any model of the new iPad actually has a GPS receiver installed or is it reliant on the mobile phone network? In iCloud Preferences (System) Find My Mac is greyed out and the More option says Find My Mac requires a recovery partition. In my iCloud the iMac shows up as Offline. The Mac Help system tells me what it does but not a clue on how to activate it. Any help will be appreciated. iMac 7 Intel OS X 10.7.3 Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iPad GPS mapping
Thanks Barry, I will try Memory Map. I don't mind the Geosciences maps for what they are. The 100k maps are quite out of date around cities, but the tracks in the bush don't change much over the years. Hema maps are far more informative and appear more up to date. As I said, the 4WD forums seem to give a good rap to VMS and their maps, but it's not so cheap to purchase and add maps. All this planning, and so little time to get out there and use it!! Tim On 09/03/2012, at 2:39 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Hi Tim I have found I can download the geoscience 250K series from memory map directly to my iPad but as you know these are a bit dated and don't provide a great deal of detail. Hema maps are also available for direct download to iPad using 'memory map' but at a price. I have previously used OziExplorer but would like to use the iPad without having to go through various conversions etc. I notice that there are plenty of downloadable maps for USA and parts of Europe but have had problems finding anything for Oz apart from the above. Many thanks for your comments Barry On 09/03/2012, at 2:25 PM, Tim Law wrote: Hi Barry, I have yet to find a suitable solution for me. I use OziExplorer on a small HP device on my 4WD dashboard, and purchased a second hand PC laptop to run OziExplorer and take away into the bush. I also use Parallels to run Ozi on my OSX desktop. This has worked fine for a number of years, but now I have an iPad, I'm looking for other options for me to know where I am. I am hoping to find a solution for me to mount the iPad in my Landcruiser and dispense with the need for an additional laptop whilst travelling. the bigger screen over the 5 HP will be a real bonus for viewing maps!! I have bought a couple of 'extension leads' so I can mount the Bad Elf remotely on the dash board close to the windscreen and the lead will come back to the iPad on the console, or hand held by the passenger. Re the maps, most of mine are the 250k Geosciences series I purchased via Exploroz. Over time I have added various other collections such as the Hema desert maps and more recently some 100k maps scanned by Greg Harewood of the south coast, west coast and goldfields. All these are via the Exploroz website. I find I can load these onto the iPad, not so easily but I can load them, and I use Bit Map on the iPad to read them. I am yet to be convinced of it's accuracy, so am continuing to look for better options. I also use MotionX-GPs but they use different maps, as do NavFree and Sygic. I've not got VMS but that is getting good reports from the off road crowd, although it does require their own maps. Whilst travelling in Europe I found CityMaps2Go very good, as long as I planned ahead and downloaded the PDF file of the next city I was visiting on the hotel wifi the day before, I found the maps accurate and useful. I did not use any 3G data download in Europe, and found the European version of NavFree and Sygic unhelpful as they really require 3G to give full functionality. Really wished I had some paper maps then!! With CityMaps2go, you pay a few dollars for the app, then a few dollars for each city map you download. As I say, a good option for city travelling. I hope that helps. Tim On 09/03/2012, at 12:56 PM, Barry Sexstone wrote: Tim I would be interested to know from where you get your maps. I also have a Bad Elf but have found the selection of suitable digital maps fairly poor. Barry On 09/03/2012, at 12:39 PM, Tim Law wrote: I have an iPad 1 with WiFi only. To overcome the lack of a proper GPS - ie one that reads data from satellites when away from any wifi and 3G cell towers, I purchased a Bad Elf GPS unit that plugs into my iPad 1. This works well for away from civilisation navigation. Of course, I cannot rely on web based mapping services and the iPad holds a vast array of digital maps onboard. I understood only the 3G iPads, not the WiFi only, had a proper read the satellites GPS. This was certainly the case with my iPad 1. Tim On 09/03/2012, at 12:30 PM, cm wrote: Yes quite right. Assisted GPS is the combination of a GPS unit, positioning form triangulation of cell-phone towers, and positioning using wifi hot spots. There is one caveat, however, the Wifi only models of the iPad have no GPS unit and also cannot contact cell-phone towers. These Wifi only models can only use wifi triangulation to determine their position. This can be quite accurate on occasions but can have an inaccuracy of a kilometres on other occasions. Cheers, Carlo On 09/03/2012, at 12:23 , Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Adrian, The 4G models include GPS. The assisted part refers to the use of the cell connection to make the localization quicker. However, access to a cell signal is not required. The built in GPS will work on its own. It
Software Updates - 09/03/2012
Software Updates - 09/03/2012 iPhoto Update 9.2.2 256.9MB What's New in Version 9.2.2 • Photos can now be deleted from Photo Stream Included in Version 9.2 • Addresses compatibility with iCloud and iOS 5 • Left and right swipe gestures can now be used to navigate between photos in Magnify (1-up) view • Previously imported photos are now displayed in a separate section of the Import window • Book/calendar themes and card categories can now be selected using a pop-up menu in the carousel view • Resolves an issue that could cause some pages of books to print incorrectly • Rebuilding a library now correctly preserves saved slideshows and books The update is recommended for all users of iPhoto '11. Mac OS X 10.7.3 Supplement Update 1.0 38KB This update resolves an issue when restoring a Mac from a Time Machine backup. This update is recommended for users running 10.7.3 with Time Machine backups. iTunes 10.6 111.1MB iTunes 10.6 adds the ability to play 1080p HD movies and TV shows from the iTunes Store. This release also includes many improvements for iTunes Match, including • Improved song matching • Improved album artwork handling, downloading, and display • Addresses an issue where songs may skip when playing from iCloud For information on the security content of this update, please visit: support.apple.com/kb/HT1222 —— GarageBand Update 6.0.5 49.4MB This update supports general compatibility and addresses overall stability and performance, including the following: • Updates compatibility with GarageBand for iOS projects • Fixes a playback issue with the GarageBand Lesson preview videos • Corrects issues with some software instruments triggering incorrect or stuck notes ——— Cheers, Ronni 17 MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD OS X 10.7.3 Lion Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iPad GPS and Find My Mac
Thanks Ronni! I am still having the same problem, I have downloaded the Recovery HD Update twice but when I try to install it there is a error message that says Lion Recovery Update can't be installed on this disk. An error occurred while evaluating the JavaScript for the package Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 09/03/2012, at 2:54 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Adrian, The Apple website says that both the WiFi only version, and the 4G version will geotag your photos. I suspect the goetagging is done using WiFi signals, much the same as the Find My Friend app does to locate Apple devices with location services turned on. You will need the iPad with WiFi + 3G/4G version in order to navigate with GPS. I use my iPhone to hotspot my iPad regularly, it works like a charm. You just need to watch your Data Download on the iPhone Data Plan. Did my suggestions fix your “Find My Mac” problem? Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iPad GPS and Find My Mac
Hi Adrian, I’m rushing out the door should have left 20mins ago ;-( It’s the Lion Recovery Update package http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1464 and download the Lion Recovery Update package manually, and install it. If it is not allowing you to. What is the message you are seeing under Find My Mac? Is it saying Recovery system update required If so: Run Disk Utility, and Verify Disk. You will likely notice errors that require you to reboot to the Recovery Partition, and run Disk Utility from there, to Repair Disk. After running Repair Disk, reboot to the main partition, and run Repair Permissions from Disk Utility. Then install the Recovery System Update again. Note: To boot into the Lion recovery partition, hold down the Option key on your Mac while restarting. When you see the screen that shows your hard drives, (Macintosh HD) use your keyboard or mouse to select “Recovery HD,” then click or press enter on your keyboard to begin booting into “Recovery HD partition. Find My Mac requires the recovery partition! Gotta go, I possible won’t be available anymore today but should be back online tomorrow sometime. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718 Cheers, Ronni On 09/03/2012, at 3:14 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Thanks Ronni! I am still having the same problem, I have downloaded the Recovery HD Update twice but when I try to install it there is a error message that says Lion Recovery Update can't be installed on this disk. An error occurred while evaluating the JavaScript for the package Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 09/03/2012, at 2:54 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Adrian, The Apple website says that both the WiFi only version, and the 4G version will geotag your photos. I suspect the goetagging is done using WiFi signals, much the same as the Find My Friend app does to locate Apple devices with location services turned on. You will need the iPad with WiFi + 3G/4G version in order to navigate with GPS. I use my iPhone to hotspot my iPad regularly, it works like a charm. You just need to watch your Data Download on the iPhone Data Plan. Did my suggestions fix your “Find My Mac” problem? Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
Re: iPad GPS and Find My Mac
Under Find My Mac it says Recovery partition required Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 09/03/2012, at 3:14 PM, Adrian Skehan wrote: Thanks Ronni! I am still having the same problem, I have downloaded the Recovery HD Update twice but when I try to install it there is a error message that says Lion Recovery Update can't be installed on this disk. An error occurred while evaluating the JavaScript for the package Regards, Adrian adrianske...@me.com On 09/03/2012, at 2:54 PM, Ronda Brown wrote: Hi Adrian, The Apple website says that both the WiFi only version, and the 4G version will geotag your photos. I suspect the goetagging is done using WiFi signals, much the same as the Find My Friend app does to locate Apple devices with location services turned on. You will need the iPad with WiFi + 3G/4G version in order to navigate with GPS. I use my iPhone to hotspot my iPad regularly, it works like a charm. You just need to watch your Data Download on the iPhone Data Plan. Did my suggestions fix your “Find My Mac” problem? Cheers, Ronni -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Settings Unsubscribe - http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug
