Re: [MacGroup] traveling wi-fi

2019-12-14 Thread William Rising
and more alike... > On Dec 14, 2019, at 19:34, Pen Helm wrote: > > I'm on a Mac. I tried to forget the router by choosing > Preferences:Network:Advanced:[routername]: and then the "minus" icon. It > didn't help. > > >> On Dec 14, 2019, at 7:02 PM, W

Re: [MacGroup] traveling wi-fi

2019-12-14 Thread William Rising
You need to forget the host. On the iPhone, go to Settings > Wifi, tap on the info (i with a circle around it), and select Forget this Network. On the Mac, go to The Network preference pane, click on the advanced button, find the network , and then forget it. Either way, the next time you

Re: [MacGroup] Oh, another bad thing about Catalina

2019-11-30 Thread William Rising
I need to be upgraded for work. I could try to downgrade, but I have a feeling it would be at least as much work. Just stuck in a bad state. Bill > On Nov 30, 2019, at 11:51, tom holloman wrote: > > Good advice I’ve lost files too. Can u go back? > >> On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 10:44 AM Bill

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

2018-11-03 Thread William Rising
hey seemed to like more than they deserved. (My cooktop is testimony to such an overrating.) Of course, I still look at CR’s recommendations when I need to,but I try to adjust using a decidedly not science-based algorithm. > John > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Nov 3, 201

Re: [MacGroup] 32-bit apps to not be supported

2018-04-13 Thread William Rising
Last I heard, next release of macOS (whatever comes after High Sierra, like maybe Sequoia or San Andreas). > On Apr 13, 2018, at 16:30, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > > do you know when? > >> On Apr 12, 2018, at 8:14 PM, Pen Helm wrote: >> >> I read

Re: [MacGroup] iPhone 6 replacement screen

2017-12-31 Thread William Rising
On Dec 30, 2017, at 5:32 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <harr...@me.com> wrote: >> >> And if you screw it up you have an excuse to get a more modern phone. Good >> luck, either way! >> >> :-) >> >>> On Dec 30, 2017, at 10:18 PM, William Rising <b

Re: [MacGroup] iPhone 6 replacement screen

2017-12-30 Thread William Rising
> On Dec 30, 2017, at 18:39, Lee Larson wrote: > >> On Dec 30, 2017, at 6:27 PM, Bill Rising wrote: >> >> My iPhone 6 screen finally shattered, so I need to get a replacement. >> >> When looking online, it seems that many of the replacement screens >>

Re: [MacGroup] Putting in a good word

2017-12-02 Thread William Rising
I like my mid 2012 MBP. Has lotsa ports and a (gasp!) CD/DVD drive. It was getting sluggish until I replaced the spinning drive with an SSD. Now it’s pretty quick. > On Dec 2, 2017, at 07:38, John Humphries wrote: > > Suggestions please: > What is a good year for a

Re: [MacGroup] Is the [expected] high price of the iPhone 8 justified?

2017-05-22 Thread William Rising
> On May 22, 2017, at 13:35, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: > > http://www.chriswrites.com/high-price-iphone-8-justified/ I guess I'll move from the every third model to the every fourth model update schedule. > > > > -- > Jonathan Fletcher > jonat...@fletcherdata.com

Re: [MacGroup] Weather App

2017-04-05 Thread William Rising
I use Weather Radio. It has all sorts of levels for notifications and warnings. It works on iOS 10.3 no problem. Bill > On Apr 5, 2017, at 16:56, Richard D. Meadows wrote: > > My old weather app - NOAA Weather - won’t work with the most recent upgrade > to the iOS. I am

Re: [MacGroup] Safari

2017-02-11 Thread William Rising
For whatever it is worth, I haven't had any trouble with Safari. I do, however, block ads, so perhaps the cause for Safari hanging is the advertising. > On Feb 11, 2017, at 10:05, tom wrote: > > Anne I have a MacBookAir with 10.12.3 and FireFox 49.0.2. With Safari 10.0.3 >

Re: [MacGroup] Adobe Flash Player

2017-01-23 Thread William Rising
Flash also has had a bad habit of sucking down resources once opened. I use Chrome when a site requires flash [1] because (at least in the past), Chrome was vigilant at having the most recent Flash with the most recent security patches. Of course, I think Google has cooled towards Flash, so

Re: [MacGroup] Apple ordered to share iPhone info

2016-02-17 Thread William Rising
> On Feb 17, 2016, at 09:08, John Robinson wrote: > > Thanks Beth, makes me sick what is happening to our freedoms in the last 7 > years... Last 7? More like last 15. Bill > > I didn’t send this group my message on the latest Android hack, going after > banking

Re: [MacGroup] Secure Erase in ElCap??

2015-10-25 Thread William Rising
On Oct 25, 2015, at 05:21, R. D. Preston wrote: > > I can not find the “Secure Erase” option in El Capitan (10.11.1). Is it > there? The “Mac Help” file says it is by referring to it, but it or its > option checkbox don’t seem to be anywhere. > This discussion