Re: [MacGroup] Should I be worried

2017-10-21 Thread John Robinson
Harry, Glad you found the problem….but…I know nothin about nothin, you’ve heard of the blind squirrel and the acorn…. Also glad to hear of the Tech Restore treatment…I’ll want to avail myself of their services… John > On Oct 21, 2017, at 5:55 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > > I took the

Re: [MacGroup] Should I be worried

2017-10-21 Thread preston....@twc.com
Just don’t trip over that extension cord. Don’t cover it either, as it might heat up and cause an electrical fire. Then you’d REALLY need an electrician — not to mention an urgent visit from the fire department! -russ preston > On Oct 21, 2017, at 5:55 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > > I

Re: [MacGroup] Should I be worried

2017-10-21 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
I took the mac in to Tech Restore (thought I would give them a try) and after 3 days of running the machine with lots of apps going they could not find anything wrong. Since they didn’t have to open up the iMac, they didn’t charge me anything. I brought the computer home and plugged it in and it

Re: [MacGroup] Should I be worried

2017-10-13 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
Thanks. I’ll give it a shot. > On Oct 13, 2017, at 10:51 AM, John Robinson > wrote: > > Harry, > > One final thing I forgot at 12:30 this morning is to run TechTools Pro over > your Mac…I understand Tech Tools also has Directory Rebuilding but I’ve never > used that portion of their program

Re: [MacGroup] Should I be worried

2017-10-13 Thread John Robinson
Harry, One final thing I forgot at 12:30 this morning is to run TechTools Pro over your Mac…I understand Tech Tools also has Directory Rebuilding but I’ve never used that portion of their program since DiskWarrior has done so well. John > On Oct 12, 2017, at 11:57 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wr

Re: [MacGroup] Should I be worried

2017-10-12 Thread John Robinson
Harry, I know little about the Console App but maybe there is something in there that will tell you what program is doing this, or what is running when the computer restarts. You might try rebooting and running only one program at a time to see if that’s the culprit…or leave it on with NO prog

Re: [MacGroup] Should I be worried

2017-10-12 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
John, The computer is plugged into a surge protector / power strip. Any clue on how I would determine if it is the power strip or the computer?? I can rule out the power strip by plugging it directly into an outlet, a different one than the powerstrip is currently plugged into. I’ll give that

Re: [MacGroup] Should I be worried

2017-10-12 Thread John Robinson
Harry, could you have a flaky outlet, or if in a power strip that is going bad….possibly the power supply inside the Mac is going bad…don’t know if the computer backup internal battery going bad could be causing this.. You may well have a hardware problem. John > On Oct 12, 2017, at 9:54 PM,

Re: [MacGroup] Should I be worried

2017-10-12 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
John, I update everytime an update becomes available. My iPhone was upgraded to 11 on its own last week when I was in Europe. I was going to make the upgrade this week when I got home, but I didn’t have a choice. I was at a meeting this evening and when I came home the computer had shut it sel

Re: [MacGroup] Should I be worried

2017-10-12 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
Ed, I have not upgraded to High Sierra, still running El Capitain. > On Oct 12, 2017, at 5:56 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: > > Something is not right. Have you upgraded to high Sierra? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 12, 2017, at 5:10 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: >> >> My iMac just restarted

Re: [MacGroup] Should I be worried

2017-10-12 Thread John Robinson
Some critical upgrades Apple will force installation which can lead to a restart?There was a large vulnerability not long ago where they did my upgrade without asking.Here is a headline: Apple updates Macs for first time without asking -- to foil hackers Apple is pushing out

Re: [MacGroup] Should I be worried

2017-10-12 Thread Ed Wiser
Something is not right. Have you upgraded to high Sierra? Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 12, 2017, at 5:10 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > > My iMac just restarted itself with no prompting from me. > > Should I be worried > ___ > MacGroup mailing

[MacGroup] Should I be worried

2017-10-12 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
My iMac just restarted itself with no prompting from me. Should I be worried ___ MacGroup mailing list Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu Archive: Answers to questions