Re: [sussex_mug] Battery replacement on a MacBook Pro

I've also got a MacBook Pro Late 2013, and was trying to work out what screwdriver i needed for it. As it as it seams like each model and year might have different screws. So yes you'll need a special screwdriver and let us/me know if you work out what spec screw driver worked.. On Mon, 11 May

Re: [sussex_mug] Very Slow Laptop

Hi Tilly, Few questions I would normally ask; 1. Is it HHD (Hard Disk) or SSD (Solid State Disk)? - I've got a 2013 MBP with an SSD and 16GB Ram and it's still lightning fast 2. How full is the hard disk? - Often the closer to full a hard drive gets the slower it is, due to how it allocates new

Re: [sussex_mug] Mac Book Pro with network socket

My late 2013 MacBook Pro has needs a thunderbolt ethernet adapter. My mid 2009 MacBook Pro I think had built in ethernet. >From what I'm aware you are after a pre retina version, so a model summer 2012 or older to find a version with built in ethernet. John On Tue, 30 Apr 2019 at 16:33, 'Phil

Re: [sussex_mug] New Macs

yep the top of the range model on offer is £6K; 15" 2.9GHz 6-core 8th gen i9 32GB Ram 4TB SSD okay the £2,880 to purely bump from 512GB to 4TB does destort that massively On 13 July 2018 at 11:50, Derek Cross wrote: > New MacBookpros’ > >

Re: [sussex_mug] precise details of RAM

oops Quad can handle 48GB not 16GB On 16 April 2018 at 11:45, John Patrick <nhoj.patr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are you talking about "MacPro5,1" or "MacPro4,1" > > Looking at the spec it can be upgraded to 128GB (8 x 16GB) but it > depends on which exact mode

Re: [sussex_mug] precise details of RAM

Are you talking about "MacPro5,1" or "MacPro4,1" Looking at the spec it can be upgraded to 128GB (8 x 16GB) but it depends on which exact model you have and what processor you have. MacPro5,1 with a a 8 or 12 core cpu can handle 128GB, the 6 core can handle 64GB and the Quad core can handle

Re: [sussex_mug] Gmail

Apart from my phone, I always use a browser but never Safari to access gmail. I might try out epichrome myself in the new year. On 23 December 2017 at 12:01, Paul Booth wrote: > I put google Inbox into a site-specific browser (I use > https://github.com/dmarmor/epichrome)

[sussex_mug] ipad power button broken

anyone had to get a ipad power button fixed... i think my 2 yr old dropped it on that corner or something else but the power button now appears stuck down it's a 2014 model, just thinking how much it might cost... cheers, john -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [sussex_mug] IPad mini 3 not charging

pin or tooth pic or tweezers, see if their is any fluf/dust in the charging socket. my ipad stopped charging a few months ago, i got a pin and remove dust and it changed no problem after that. but it might be the device not holding a charge anymore, as my iphone goes 100-75-50-0. John On 3

[sussex_mug] Cable Fray...

how do people stop their mac cables from fraying? I've got a macbook pro power adapter which was doing fine, but over the last week the power adapter to mac cable has suddenly gone past the point of now return and split and now i need to stand it on it's end an the cable for a 90 degree bend in

[sussex_mug] Mac Spring Cleaning & sd card storage

evening, my current mac installation started out 2 macbook pro's again and has been upgraded several times and migrated to new mac's. it's feeling slightly sluggish. i'm thinking about doing a backup, then fresh install and only install what i actually need back into it. i just wondered what

Re: [sussex_mug] iCloud Documents directories only

is a registered company in England & Wales, registration > number 8466597 > > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. > If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and > delete t

[sussex_mug] iCloud Documents directories only

Morning, just went to open files in Documents and discovered all my files has gone but the directory structure is correct, has this happen to anyone else? I was editing files yesterday but today they are gone John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [sussex_mug] Rapidweaver Hosting

I've used Dreamhost for a few years, they don't appear to offer the account I've got anymore. It's something like $20 per year with unlimited disk/transfer/mysql/apache and access to shared linux hosts to run what you need. John On 12 July 2016 at 07:48, Rob Beattie

Re: [sussex_mug] Run out of ethernet sockets

Hi Phil, Routers and Switches can come in, 4, 5, 8, 12, 16, 24 or 32 port versions, most home versions are 4, 5 or 8 port. So yes you can get ones with more than 4 ports. Not sure your network, or you needs but in general without anymore information I would say yep you could get a new switch and

Re: [sussex_mug] Replacement battery for a mid 2011 13" MBA? Any suggestions

10 Jun 2016, at 15:57, John Patrick <nhoj.patr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I also went Apple and have had a MBA and MBP fixed by Robert Harding > Computers in Hove. > > John > > > On 10 June 2016 at 15:46, <nick_publ...@mac.com> wrote: > >> Thanks Rob.

Re: [sussex_mug] Replacement battery for a mid 2011 13" MBA? Any suggestions

I also went Apple and have had a MBA and MBP fixed by Robert Harding Computers in Hove. John On 10 June 2016 at 15:46, wrote: > Thanks Rob. Will keeping googling and wait for next week’s Apple news. > Nick > > On 10 Jun 2016, at 09:12, Rob Beattie

Re: [sussex_mug] Best way to send original photos by email

from memory this is down to both the sender and receiver and what client they are using. if your sending and html email then it's probably going to appear as an embedded image, if your sending a non-html email then i would suspect it would appear as icons. google mail will also try and detect if

[sussex_mug] Zfs On Mac

hiya, more sys admin, dev ops or developer, question, but has anyone got zfs mounted on a mac. cheers, john -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an

Re: [sussex_mug] Repeated Java Update Messages

I'm a Java Developer and been using it for 15 years, but Java for most people is like Flash, simply you don't need install it and most people shouldn't. If your not developing it or running Java applications then don't install it. Java in the browser is always the one the news articles go on

Re: [sussex_mug] Microsoft Office

i'm on 2011 and have no issues with it, if i was upgrading i would always go with the latest version so 2016. i wasn't aware of that version so not heard of any issues with it. John On 14 December 2015 at 20:25, Iris Sandilands wrote: > I am currently upgrading my

Re: [sussex_mug] Upgrading to El Capitan

The only issue I had was git flow installed via mac ports. Switched which git flow from mac ports I'm using. Everything else for me worked fine. John On 26 November 2015 at 11:29, Gillian Snoxall wrote: > Interesting, Derek. Thanks. > > > > > On 26 Nov 2015, at

Re: [sussex_mug] No sound from iMac ?

15 at 23:26:38 GMT, Davies Steve < > steve.davie...@btinternet.com> wrote: > > Hi John, > > Thanks for the response but no, I do not use either. > > Kind regards, > > Steve. > > > On 17 Nov 2015, at 14:38, John Patrick <nhoj.patr...@gmail.com> wrote: > >

Re: [sussex_mug] Re: Firefox 42 layout issues

Cheers Tim, thanks for confirming it's an issue on my machine :'( Luckily the Tree Style Tab plugin has been update and the issue has gone away. John On 10 November 2015 at 08:18, Tim Church <tjechu...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Monday, November 9, 2015 at 11:20:44 AM UTC, John Patr

[sussex_mug] Firefox 42 layout issues

morning, anyone upgraded to Firefox 42 and have issues with the layout of the close, max, min buttons? I'm using the Default theme with Tree Style Tabs (not sure if it makes any difference) John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User

Re: [sussex_mug] New router?

I've used open-mesh for about 18 months now without issues. On 1 June 2015 at 17:31, Sam - MacAmbulance i...@macambulance.co.uk wrote: That’s correct yes, not quite at the extreme end of the house but let’s say a third in from either edge of the house. Configure them both with the same

[sussex_mug] Free RAM

Morning, I'm tidying my house and have discovered several sticks of ram I don't require. 1x Samsung - 1GB 2Rx8 PC2 - 5300S - 555 - 12 -13 (laptop size can't remember which laptop it cam from) 2 x NT256D64S88AMGM-7K 256MB DDR-266MHz-CL2 PC2100S-20330 )241 BF5201846 (i think this was the

[sussex_mug] Scanner Issue

Morning, Anyone noticed any scanner issues with Mac 10.9 and HP Scan? It work last working on the 10th of December on Mac 10.8, I upgraded to Mac 10.9 over Christmas and did another scan on the 6th of Janurary and just discovered it's gray and smudged. I've tried reinstalling the software but

Re: [sussex_mug] Black Friday and Apple Store

I would suggest looking online as I believe it's the same online as in store. John On 28 November 2013 11:59, andrew lancaster andre...@mac.com wrote: Hi. Tomorrow is Black Friday - I know it isn't made much of in the UK, but before trekking down to Brighton tomorrow, is there any

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine is very keen

It does a few hidden things which might not be apparent to the average user, I would suspect it something like the following. 1) Connect to timemachine, get meta data about last backup 2) Tidy up old backups and merge some older ones together as it says it does the following; - Hourly backups

Re: [sussex_mug] Time Machine is very keen

I would say it's one of the better general backup solutions available, easy to use. Speed of local hard disk and read/write access time of the timemachine plays a big part. Backups all have issues; how do you handle open files; how do you handle changes whilst the backup is happening; how much

Re: [sussex_mug] Can I ask about Ram again?!?!

From what your describing it might be the hard disk, if you upgrade ram/cpu/graphics/hd your might simply more the bottleneck. If your streaming to the Apple TV what will be reading the hard drive and using the network, very little cpu and ram would be needed. What applications are you trying to

Re: [sussex_mug] Has anyone else in Sussex Mac User Group (SMUG) used ZFS?

I've used ZFS but only on Solaris systems, keep thinking about trying it out on Mac and Linux systems but never seam to get around to it. Now OpenSolaris died and so the opensource drive to keep that active, it seams to have stagnated behind the functionality provided by the Solaris version and

Re: [sussex_mug] Backup, storage query

It's basically the setup I've got using a 2008 iMac connected to a 4 bay Drobo using Firewire 800. If your going with a Drobo then plan your partitions, as I had issues due to Timemachine wanting to take over the whole partitions. So had to give each timemachine it's own partition so they play

Re: [sussex_mug] New laptop

Snap, I'm waiting for that 13 model too... Have a 2009 13 MBP I use for software development and it still out performs the brand new windows laptops of colleagues I work with. I go with http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/. The new Mac OS X is coming out shortly and that is usually accompanied

Re: [sussex_mug] New laptop

They usually only stock the basic models, if you don't have to change an option online your probably in luck. On 25 August 2013 21:40, Ranulph Glanville ranu...@mac.com wrote: If you buy and there is a new model released shortly after, you can often trade in the old model for the new. I think

[sussex_mug] Time Machine question after SSD install in MBP

Midnight... My macbook pro has been trying to do a full time machine backup for the past 6 hours but has only done 46MB out of 224GB so far... I bought a new SSD, made sure I had a full backup and then did a restore from time machine onto the SSD. Anyone else seen anything like this? John --

Re: [sussex_mug] Duplicate IP address?

Morning, It's a normal error, nothing usually to worry about especially if the devices continued to work. In some situation it does indicate networking issues, potential hacking/security but I would say from what you have described it's more a warning and that it was automatically fix itself.

[sussex_mug] 11 MacBookAir Screen Replacement

Morning, Anyone replace themselves or got someone else to replace a MacBook Air screen. Just wondering cost etc? Cheers, John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Sussex Mac User Group group. To post to this group, send an email to

Re: [sussex_mug] Anti-Virus for Mac

What software do you use daily and what type of activities do you do on your mac? The reason I ask as I don't have anti virus running on any of my mac's over the last 6 years. I am aware if I plug in unknown usb devices, or connect via public wifi, go to dodgy websites then I'm exposing mac to a

Re: [sussex_mug] Repeat kernel panics

Do you have Apple Stock ram or 3rd party? As since upgrading to ML mine randomly crashes with the Mr Memory 8GB but no issues when it's got the original Apple 4GB in. On 4 September 2012 19:51, Russell Brown drbrown1...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Steven. I'm certainly reporting, each time and my

Re: [sussex_mug] Re: mountain lion upgrade

Also did you upgrade from Lion or Snow Leopard, as I went from SL to ML and did notice a change, I've got a 2009 MBP and developing java code, the build times appear to drop 10-15% just by upgrading to ML. The only downside is using the 8GB from Mr Memory after about a week the laptop will start

Re: [sussex_mug] Re: mountain lion upgrade

778022 http://www.macambulance.co.uk in...@macambulance.co.uk On 24 Aug 2012, at 10:34, John Patrick nhoj.p...@gmail.com wrote: The only downside is using the 8GB from Mr Memory after about a week the laptop will start randomly rebooting and some cold starts it will reboot 1-5 times before I'm

[sussex_mug] Multiple Macs to a single Thunderbolt / Firewire device

Morning, Just wondering is it possible to share one a single thunderbolt or firewire device between two Mac's? I've got a MacBook Pro and firewire storage used as TimeMachine, so it keeps getting connected and disconnected. I'm thinking about getting a iMac or MacMini as a permanent home

Re: [sussex_mug] Multiple Macs to a single Thunderbolt / Firewire device

Cheers, I assume you couldn't have two masters on the shared bus connecting to a single slave. Thought I'll pose the questions anyway just in case. On 29 June 2012 11:26, Sam - MacAmbulance i...@macambulance.co.uk wrote: Thunderbolt isn't a networking technology, more of an extension to the PCIe

[sussex_mug] Free 4GB

Free ram going to good home, . Just upgrade my MacBook to 8GB and so have no use for the original ram 4GB (2 x 2GB) ram. Was going to ebay but thought I'd offer it to the group for free 1st. John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Sussex Mac User

Re: [sussex_mug] Free 4GB

Woodside, Brightling Road Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5EL t: 01580 881212 f: 01580 881313 m: 07770 960632 e: ch...@macservice.co.uk w: www.macservice.co.uk On 19 Jun 2012, at 21:42, John Patrick nhoj.patr...@gmail.com wrote: Free ram going to good home, . Just upgrade my MacBook to 8GB

Re: [sussex_mug] weird message

No Problem, yesterday I was mainly executing automated tests as well as monitoring a performance load test. So I could watch a terminal scrolling pass, read the bbc new web site again or check emails. Personally I stopped using Safari a few months ago because it just randomly crash, stopped

Re: [sussex_mug] Weird message

When you say open your mailbox, do you mean open the apple mail app? On 15 June 2012 09:23, johnN j...@talk21.com wrote: When trying to open my bt/yahoo mailbox this morning I received a message saying Your request is prohibited because it would cause a cycle. I managed to get in via going

Re: [sussex_mug] Weird message

Also when you say you go via Yahoo it works, do you mean that you open a browser and access your email via a webmail interface? On 15 June 2012 10:52, John Patrick nhoj.patr...@gmail.com wrote: When you say open your mailbox, do you mean open the apple mail app? On 15 June 2012 09:23, johnN j

Re: [sussex_mug] weird message

The email account is somewhat irrelevant as you have a few different ways of accessing any email account, independent of who provides it. On what physical device are your reading and writing your emails? 1) MacBook, MacBookPro, IMac or MacPro 2) iPhone, iPad 3) Other If your using an MacBook,

Re: [sussex_mug] Drive partitioning query

Is the scratch partition the 1st or 2nd partition. The reason I ask is because I've had experiences where I reduced the 1st partition but the 2nd partition would still not increase as it would only extend from the end. i.e. you can't extend it into the space before the current partition, but it

Re: [sussex_mug] Drive partitioning query

again. Steve. On 30 May 2012, at 10:48, John Patrick wrote: Is the scratch partition the 1st or 2nd partition. The reason I ask is because I've had experiences where I reduced the 1st partition but the 2nd partition would still not increase as it would only extend from the end. i.e. you

[sussex_mug] Changing hard disk on iMac ~2008 model

Evening again, Has anyone had experience of changing a hard disk for an iMac... a quick google imples i need suction cups... My 2008 iMac failed to restart a week ago and I've discovered it's got a corrupt file system. I can restore from a time machine backup and managed to grab the latest by

Re: [sussex_mug] Oracle Database Client

Sam, that link is the Oracle Instant Client, and I've had years of experience with that. Very simple, unzip the components you require, set ORACLE_HOME, PATH and TNS_ADMIN and your up and running. The version I now need is the 'full client', the most useful link is

Re: [sussex_mug] Changing hard disk on iMac ~2008 model

Cheers ray, personal experience was what I was after. The iMac has had a few hard disk issues in the past year, most I could repair but now it's just saying I need to reformat and restore from backup. So I thought I'd take the opportunity and also replace this hard disk with an ssd, did a bit a

Re: [sussex_mug] Safari keeps quitting

Move to Chrome or Firefox... Over the past few months I've had some many issues with Safari I've just switched everything to either Firefox or Chrome. Due to either pages not loading or rendering, or simply just random crashes. I've kept update with the latest patches, running 10.6.8 on a 2009

Re: [sussex_mug] (Please ignore if you don't understand UNIX) Can I get sudo access please!

On 4 April 2012 16:11, itsagr...@mac.com wrote: Hi all, I would like to know how to run sudo. I used UNIX at work for 25 years, but not on a Mac and we never had sudo, only su so to run a privilidged operation we would run 'su root', supply the root password and then off we'd go. I want

Re: [sussex_mug] (Please ignore if you don't understand UNIX) Can I get sudo access please!

to supply login user and password whenever I want to add or remove anything in the Applications folder for example. Cheers, Stephen On 4 Apr 2012, at 16:20, John Patrick wrote: Does $ sudo ls -l work for you if so, try $ sudo su - root. Don't dream it, be it. - Frank N. Furter -- You

Re: [sussex_mug] Floor plans

http://www.gliffy.com/ looks okay but only allows 5 diagrams for the free account. On 26 February 2012 13:17, Virginia Routh virginia.ro...@gmail.com wrote: I've been using an app called floorplans.  Not cheap, but seems good and quite easy to use. On 26 Feb 2012, at 11:49, Philippe

Re: [sussex_mug] Virgin Media Internet Down Nationwide

Think nationally is a little ott, I'm currently using Virgin in Hurstpierpoint and it's working fine... On 17 January 2012 20:48, Ray Packham ray.pack...@mac.com wrote: Hi All Virgin media's internet is down nationally !!arghh Thank god for small dongles Ray Packham -- You

Re: [sussex_mug] battery charging cycles

Late 2009 MacBook Pro, 534, Check Battery. Lasting about 3 hrs at the moment, less if using usb 3g dongle. On 11 January 2012 14:48, Chris Webb ch...@macservice.co.uk wrote: There's some helpful information about Battery Maintenance

[sussex_mug] GMail 'Move to Bin' Keyboard Shortcut

In GMail if you type Shift-? it shows a popup with all the keyboard shortcuts. According to the popup the shortcut for 'Move to Bin' is #, which doesn't work on my mac. Is their an alternative mapping to move a message to the bin for mac's? Cheers, John -- You received this message because

Re: [sussex_mug] GMail 'Move to Bin' Keyboard Shortcut

On 3 May 2011 16:20, Ralph Davey ralph.da...@mac.com wrote: If you go to settings Labs you can enable custom keyboard shortcuts then change it to something else like £ for example. Ralph On 3 May 2011, at 15:32, John Patrick wrote: In GMail if you type Shift-? it shows a popup with all

Re: [sussex_mug] OT - getting XP laptop working with T-moblie dongle

On another note, be careful with the T-Mobile Dongles on your mac. I got one and it nearly bricked my machine, it overwrote some 64 bit binaries with 32 bit version. Which meant after a reboot my laptop got into a constant reboot cycle. Eventually I sorted that out, and a few months latest I

[sussex_mug] iPad time +10mins

Afternoon, Anyone else got the incorrect time on an origional iPad. Mine is 10 mins ahead and I've only noticed since I upgraded at the weekend. Using http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.co.uk/time-zone/europe/uk/england/london/time/ as a reference I set the iPad manually. But if I set to automatic

Re: [sussex_mug] iPad time +10mins

Ground Breaking News: Apple Control Wormhole... anyway, it's: iPad 'origional' 32 GB 3G Version 4.3.1 (8G4) Firmware 07.11.01 Model MC496B Settings-General-Date Time-Set Automatically-ON GMT: 19:32 iPad Time: 19:43 I'll set it manually and pop into the apple store at the weekend (any chance

Re: [sussex_mug] Forensic help

On 15 January 2011 15:33, John Patrick nhoj.patr...@gmail.com wrote: On 15 January 2011 05:50, Michael Dennis - Fanchants.com mich...@fanchants.com wrote: Howdy, I've got a friend who is frantic about losing some emails details below. I seem to remember a discussion about this a while back