> SWMBA got mad at me for snagging the MBP 9,2. She planned on...
Certain planners get angry at any plan not their own. That's usually the
source of the "A".
Our MBP 9,2 was a very deliberate acquisition, specifically designed to meet
quite
a few criteria that aren't really on SWMBA's radar.
The Mac Pro is/has legacy support. One of the drives is partitioned with
obsolete examples of OSX, such that I support the original iPad, iPod touches
and Classic iPods, as well as stuff as current as 2016. Everything is paired
to that computer, which leaves the old and working iTunes able
On 2020-11-07 07:26, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote:
Maybe I can get
iToonz on this Winders 7 or 10 laptop I have and see if it will talk
to these various iFōnz.
I don't know about XP, but I had iTUNZ on Win7 a couple months ago.
It refused to do any phone backup/restore stuff until I
My iFōn has not talked to a Mac computer for years. iToonz always wants the
latest iOS version on everything but I have not upgraded the Mac desktop for a
coupla years since whenever I have done that in the past some app or other
gorks or disappears.
I have an old MacBook I Rejuvenated at
> Mitch wrote:
> Which brings me to why I don't leave iTunes on my computer,
> Apple acting like it owns my computer too.
Use a virtual machine (like VirtualBox) guest. Run it only when
you need iTunes. As far as iTunes/apple is concerned, it is the
only software installed on the computer.
On 2020-11-06 23:34, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
There's always Windows and android (ducking)
As much as I hate Google, if you could install an operating system on my
iPhones that didn't behave as if Apple owned the phone instead of me,
I'd be grateful. Which brings me to why I don't leave
There's always Windows and android (ducking)
On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 10:31 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> On 2020-11-06 23:24, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
> > Can you email the audio file from the phone to another account
> > accessible
> > on a PC?
>
>
> It would
On 2020-11-06 23:24, OK Don via Mercedes wrote:
Can you email the audio file from the phone to another account
accessible
on a PC?
It would be a waste of data, but I could do it, if I used phones for
email.
If only iTunes were well behaved enough to leave installed on my
computer, or if
Can you email the audio file from the phone to another account accessible
on a PC?
On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 9:43 PM Mitch Haley via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Oh, I see.
> I need to reinstall the iTunes virus on my computer to have access to
> the audio files, but I can access the
Oh, I see.
I need to reinstall the iTunes virus on my computer to have access to
the audio files, but I can access the photos by merely plugging a
lightning cable into my computer.
Thanks a lot, Apple.
Mitch.
On 2020-11-06 22:38, Mitch Haley via Mercedes wrote:
OK, this is absolutely the
OK, this is absolutely the last straw.
An attorney wants an audio recording I made on my iPoop.
So I plug it in and browse the phone, and all that's available to the
computer is Internal Storage>DCIM, which only includes photos and video.
From the Audio Recorder app, I can copy the file I
On 2020-11-06 21:54, dan--- via Mercedes wrote:
Then how do you get apps on an iPhone? No Apple account, no App Store,
right?
Yep. Wanted the Tracfone app today, couldn't get it.
First time I tried to install an app on any device I actually carry for
a phone, and only because there's one
Then how do you get apps on an iPhone? No Apple account, no App Store, right?
-D
> On Nov 6, 2020, at 7:35 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>> On 2020-11-06 16:54, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
>> Dude,
>> It’s called “iCloud”. Set up an account for free with 5GB of storage
>> and let
I used to get jiggy with command line and Unix. Not done it for ages since
setting and a slew of hackintosh boxes when 43 had the whitehouse. I no
longer found it “fun” to go spelunking in hardware and stuff as much as I had
back with window 286 or the Timex Sinclair
clay
“I think it’s
The hotswap boot is stuck in SEA. Just toss your drive in and go. Like using
the tape back ups used to be. Not happy to learn from Jim that target disk no
longer functions
clay
“I think it’s time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history,
about our traditions, and about our
Are you comfortable with command-line (Terminal) stuff?
Mac OS is unix under the covers.
Get both machines on your home network. Determine the IP address of the
new machine. Run an ssh server on the new machine.
On the old machine, use scp, sftp, or rsync to copy your data to the new
machine.
Yes
Just trying to find the Appstore crap that I purchased is a trial. Yesterday
(not catalina) I could see all the things I ever had. Today, the interface is
opaque and convoluted and shows nothing I have elsewhere. I search while
looking at the applications folder, and find most of it
I've got a cool external drive, I think its a Western Digital, that uses a
base that is just the normal SATA connectors. So I can pull the base off and
use it with just a bare drive if needed.
-Curt
On Friday, November 6, 2020, 8:25:59 PM EST, Clay via Mercedes
wrote:
They only
> I'm locked out of one of my iCloud accounts. Even the nice guy from Apple
> support couldn't make it work again.
Sounds familiar. My dad had one but I never did, and when he passed I tried to
take it over
so that his info wouldn't be lost. I guess it worked, eventually, but what a
PITA.
Getting our latest acquisition, a MBP 9,2 for my son's college career, brought
up to date
was nightmarish. We had a failing internal HD cable that was to blame for half
of it, but
once that was addressed Apple's new crop of script kiddies was to blame for the
rest.
It probably would have gone
I'm locked out of one of my iCloud accounts. Even the nice guy from Apple
support couldn't make it work again.
I use my apple account so infrequently its always locked out when I need to get
into it...
-Curt
On Friday, November 6, 2020, 7:36:03 PM EST, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
wrote:
They only share RJ-45 and USB. After scouring interwebz, looks like removal
from MB and sticking it to USB 2 cable/sata cord for hooking to MBP to cherry
pick files.
clay
“I think it’s time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history,
about our traditions, and about our
On 2020-11-06 16:54, Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote:
Dude,
It’s called “iCloud”. Set up an account for free with 5GB of storage
and let it host your contacts. It will sync everything across any and
all of your iCloud authenticated devices.
And if I don't want iCloud?
I don't even have an
Do both have firewire or thunderbolt? Get the appropriate cable and boot one
into target disk mode.
That saved my bacon when my last MBP died...
-Curt
On Friday, November 6, 2020, 4:34:04 PM EST, Clay via Mercedes
wrote:
Close the loop on this post.
I went with MBP 9,2, as it has
Dude,
It’s called “iCloud”. Set up an account for free with 5GB of storage and let it
host your contacts. It will sync everything across any and all of your iCloud
authenticated devices.
-D
> On Nov 6, 2020, at 4:49 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes
> wrote:
>
>
> I feel your pain.
> I merely
I feel your pain.
I merely wanted to copy my contacts list from one iPhone (iOS 13) to
another (iOS 12).
Did the put the phones together and let phone 1 set up phone 2.
But that didn't move contacts.
In fact, in the eyes of Apple, there is no excuse to ever want to copy
contacts from one
Close the loop on this post.
I went with MBP 9,2, as it has the optical drive. The HDD is good enough for
now, at 500GB. Upgrading ram to 16GB, battery has fair life left. I had
intended to upgrade to 2TB hybrid drive, max ram and fresh battery, but got
bogged down with trying to migrate
+1, every yard needs a shed and if you've already got one shed then you can
just be "Two sheds".
When I go to deer hunting camp in a couple weeks I get to start moving stuff
from Garage 1 to garage 2. We shoulda just built garage 1 twice as big in the
first place but it was already a
I'm thinking a man shed/dog house, 12x16 should do it, gives a goodly
amount of space. Use SIPs for quick erection and insulated envelope,
you could have it up and closed in with a day or two work. Add a loft
for a sleeping space, get a 5gal bucket with a plastic trash bag and
kitty litter
Back to the original topic:
Lenovo $1200
https://slickdeals.net/f/14470007-lenovo-thinkpad-x1-carbon-i7-10510u-14-fhd-16gb-ddr3-1tb-ssd-1200-free-shipping?src=frontpage
LG Gram $1100
My area of suburban Montgomery County Maryland outside DC is a well-known
radon belt. I've lived in two different homes that had high readings. My
current home has one of those evacuation systems that constantly exhaust
air from the basement.
On Wed, Oct 28, 2020, 2:13 AM Clay via Mercedes
Yes, there is Radon. I will stick a hose out the vent and breathe through that
clay
“I think it’s time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history,
about our traditions, and about our culture, and we stop this general bout of
self-recrimination and wetness.”
B. Johnson
On 26/10/2020 9:14 PM, Clay via Mercedes wrote:
I have been deemed incongruous with the decor. Place was purchased without
consideration for addition of more than SWMBA and #2 boy, so no spare space to
stake out. Guest room is now off limits to maintain client secrets. She does
scamper
I assume the house is insulated at ceiling level. If you closed in a bit
of the attic and insulated between the rafters, it would likely heat
with rising air from below. Put one of those drop down ladders in the
hallway. If you can do the attic room near a gable end, you could
install a window
I did take a peek, it has a much smaller opening in the washroom ceiling and
not heated at all unless I cuddle next to the drier vent
clay
“I think it’s time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history,
about our traditions, and about our culture, and we stop this general bout of
On 27/10/2020 11:18 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote:
I could look in to setting up a fainting lounge in the heated crawl space to
keep from bonking my head on the joists. Awful dark there, and not sure
outlets are down there. Maybe a slew of tuffets and giant pillows? It would
be rather
> I could look in to setting up a fainting lounge in the heated crawl space to
> keep from bonking my head on the joists. Awful dark there, and not sure
> outlets are down there. Maybe a slew of tuffets and giant pillows? It would
> be rather Addam’s family.
Heat and space are the two
The Firm used to rely upon Lenovo, but some sort of Sino Spy chips got added
and IT banned them. Now it is all M$ $urface that leads to weekly calls to
outsourced help desk and rapid deployment of replacement hardware, since the
stuff is so bug ridden.
I am out of the hackintosh loop as for
I have been deemed incongruous with the decor. Place was purchased without
consideration for addition of more than SWMBA and #2 boy, so no spare space to
stake out. Guest room is now off limits to maintain client secrets. She does
scamper away to the secure location, slamming the door, in
was a ThinkPad W530.
Rick
From: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: October 26, 2020 10:44 AM
To: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Reply-to: mercedes@okiebenz.com
Cc: okd...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mac laptop
My daughter's who had been raised on HP enterprise class laptops - high
school and college - have since
My daughter's who had been raised on HP enterprise class laptops - high
school and college - have since moved to Lenovo Thinkpads and haven't
looked back. That's what I would look for, and install an SSD - should last
a long time.
I don't know what kind of crap all the W10 users load that blows up
In my last job we would get new Lenovo ThinkPads every few years. I can
vouch they were very rugged and had nice features for travelling
engineering and business use. Except for hard drives, the hardware would
never wear out. The operating systems and peripherals would just become
obsolete. Of
Bought 2012 MBP for college unit, specifically because it was the last mobile
upgradeable device from Apple that had no reliability concerns. Non-retina,
no auxiliary GPU. At the time it was the oldest thing they made that was fully
supported. It has since been abandoned by Apple, but should be
Lenovo ThinkPads are reputidly solid. No direct experience.
Allan
Clay via Mercedes writes:
> The rest of the family uses winder 10. There are multiple crisis each week
> with winders or the hardware going AWOL. I quit using winblows with XP when
> it kacked itself somehow and refused to
The rest of the family uses winder 10. There are multiple crisis each week
with winders or the hardware going AWOL. I quit using winblows with XP when it
kacked itself somehow and refused to allow a re-install with the factory disk.
At that point I moved to Linux for that hardware, going
Carp, I forgot he wanted a laptop. I haven't kept up with the newer models. I
was talking to some guys at a reseller in New Zealand the other day and they
were talking about an HP something but I can't remember what.My boss has an HP
that looks similar to a Macbook but its plastic so its
If Clay isn’t set on a Mac, I would concur that there are any number of more
than adequate HPs out there that will meet or exceed his needs.
I picked up an i5 17” behemoth for the wife just before Xmas last year courtesy
of a sharp-eyed HP employee buddy I know. for less than $300. Even without
I'm typing this on a HP G72 that I bought for $400 at Radio Shack nearly
ten years ago.
3 Problems:
About 4 years ago I lost two vertical lines on the display.
When it first happened, moving the lid would fix it, so the problem is
with the flat flex circuit going through the hinge, not the
HP Z2. Less cost, better support from the manufacturer.
Everything Apple has made since the Retina MacBook is crap. I've got a touchbar
mac, its the first laptop I've had that is of lesser quality than the one that
preceded it. Its slower and has the worst keyboard I've ever used barring the
Depends.
If you’re looking for a laptop and the related lack of weight and ease of use,
I would recommend a 13” i5 or greater MacBook Air from maybe 2013-14. Beware
MacBook Pros from 2014-2018, as they had well known issues with displays and
keyboards.
I have a 2013 13” MBA and while I rarely
I am needing a desktop replacement, maybe, for life in GWN. Being in a small
house, locked away due to WRD, portable would be better, as there is no
chamber/room to actually set up my Mac Pro.
Currently I depend upon a 2009 macbook that is getting long in the tooth.
Hardware in SEA, yet to
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