[MacGroup] Insight Internet and Phone down today

My Insight Internet and Phone both crashed today about 11 am (we don't have cable TV). A call to customer service turned up a recording: We are aware there is an outage in your area... Service was just restored (12:40 pm). I wonder how widespread the outage was... Jim

Re: [MacGroup] Another Warning

John - can you provide a link to the Bloomberg article? I was unable to find it on Bloomberg’s website, and I’d like to share it with my Android-using friends. Thanks. Jim On Feb 28, 2015, at 9:29 AM, John Robinson profilecoven...@me.com wrote: WOW, two days in a row, how can you stand it?

Re: [MacGroup] Uh, what is this?

Based on the responses you have thus far received here, John, I advise you to go slow in telling your family, friends, and neighbors about this phenomenon… On Apr 21, 2015, at 5:44 PM, John Robinson profilecoven...@me.com wrote: Folks, call me crazy…again, but I have a question that needs

Re: [MacGroup] Not able to import photos to iPhoto -- desperate!

Don’t know if this will help your situation, but I had a similar problem recently after getting an iPhone 7 Plus. iPhoto recognized my iPhone, but I was unable to import any photos. iPhoto was stalled indefinitely on “loading…” Finally I stumbled on a fix. Unlike on my old iPhone 5 (running iOS

Re: [MacGroup] How to secure a Mac

Thanks for the link Jonathan. I followed most of the advice contained therein (that hadn’t already been done). There was one glaring exception to the "already had been done:” I discovered that my Mac OS firewall was turned OFF!! I’m pretty sure I have never touched that setting since buying the

Re: [MacGroup] El Capitan and Apple's new software

I too am interested in this matter, as I haven’t yet upgraded to El Capitan. I expect that will be harder to do after Sierra comes out. Jim Bennett > On Sep 2, 2016, at 9:58 AM, Anne Cartwright wrote: > > Now that I am updated as far as Mac OP (El Capitan; with Sierra

Re: [MacGroup] El Capitan and Apple's new software

In Yosemite, I have usually been able to avoid the newer versions of Pages and Numbers by going to a file’s Get Info, and in the "Open With" box selecting the iWork ’09 versions of Pages and Numbers. Afterwards that file (and most similar files) open in iWork ’09 whenever I double-click on

Re: [MacGroup] iTunes Update

Harry - this excerpt from a Macworld.com article that appeared this morning may answer some, if not all, of your questions. Jim > Update: Apple has re-released the iTunes 12.6 update. If you installed the > previous version, you’ll find the new iTunes 12.6 update in the App Store; if > you

Re: [MacGroup] This and that.....

I used Apple Pay at the Walgreens at Frankfort Ave & Ewing Friday. Wouldn’t accept it the first few tries. Finally worked on the 3rd or 4th attempt. Don’t know if it was me holding the phone wrong or the reader, ‘cause I’ve only used Apple Pay a few times so far. Jim > On Jul 28, 2017, at 1:21

Re: [MacGroup] mail acting funny

This same phenomenon has happened to me a few times. Like yours it went away after I quit and restarted. Jim > On Jun 18, 2017, at 8:32 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > > After dinner I went to my computer to check email. The mail icon in the dock > indicated I had 365 unread

Re: [MacGroup] This and that.....

I used Apple Pay at the Walgreens at Frankfort Ave & Ewing Friday. Wouldn’t accept it the first few tries. Finally worked on the 3rd or 4th attempt. Don’t know if it was me holding the phone wrong or the reader, ‘cause I’ve only used Apple Pay a few times so far. Jim > On Jul 28, 2017, at 1:21

Re: [MacGroup] iOS 11

Harry - I believe I read somewhere that iOS 11 won’t work on any phone prior to 5s, so that iPhone 5 may need to be replaced (or stick with iOS 10). Jim > On Oct 5, 2017, at 1:17 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > > Thanks John. I've heard that iOS 11 drains the battery more

Re: [MacGroup] Touch ID on iPad and iPhone

Harry - I had the same problem on my iPhone 7 plus. Touch ID worked fairly well at first but a few months ago it stopped working at all. Recently I deleted my old prints like you did and it’s been back to working fairly well. I’m keeping my fingers crossed it doesn’t stop working again… Jim >

Re: [MacGroup] Don't Judge A Book By It's Cover

m my iPad > > On Jul 13, 2018, at 12:24 AM, James Bennett <mailto:jbennet...@twc.com>> wrote: > >> Had my first Apple Pay failure today (Thursday) at Urban Outfitters in >> Louisville. The cashier told me they take Apple Pay, and after three tries >>

Re: [MacGroup] Don't Judge A Book By It's Cover

Had my first Apple Pay failure today (Thursday) at Urban Outfitters in Louisville. The cashier told me they take Apple Pay, and after three tries it went through (I thought). Just now opened up an email from UO. The message read: "Dear James Bennett, This email is in reference to your r

Re: [MacGroup] Do I Ever support Apple

I see it now - went right over my head when I first read it. Jim > On Nov 4, 2018, at 1:07 AM, John Robinson wrote: > > Jim, > > On my car the two rear windows have Apple decals, my office at home I had an > Apple Neon sign made. You won’t find a more devoted disciple! My > presentation

Re: [MacGroup] Those Dang Gum Guys At Consumer Reports

John - I don’t know why you say CR is down on Apple. Three out of CR’s five top-rated 13” laptops are Apples, and the four highest rated 15” laptops are Apples. Seems to me they’re now big on Apple. Jim > On Nov 3, 2018, at 3:22 PM, John Robinson wrote: > When you think the week just couldn’t

Re: [MacGroup] Spectrum TV now out for the 4Gen and 4K Apple TV

And if I understand the article correctly, you also have to be subscribing to Spectrum cable TV. So what’s the benefit of it also being linked to your Apple TV? > On Jan 4, 2019, at 6:17 AM, eugene.wi...@conagra.com wrote: > > You have to be using Spectrum internet to use it.:) > > From:

Re: [MacGroup] Dead Printer

When my old Canon printer died a little over a year ago I replaced it with a Canon Pixma TS9120 multifunction printer for $100. Had trouble printing over USB, so have been printing via WiFi, which seems slower. One annoying problem is I haven’t found a way to adjust the quality of prints (fast,

Re: [MacGroup] MacGroup end

Just one more member of the old mailing list saying thank you Lee for, by my count, at least sixteen years of running this list, as well as answering the hardest technical questions from the members. Jim > On Feb 12, 2020, at 9:09 AM, Lee Larson wrote: > > I thank everyone for all the kind