Re: Another senior with problems.
Thank you Brent and Bob; you've identify my problem and the level of my dependency.
I just found out there is more than one kind of HDMI wires.? Which one can I use as a 'catch all' to serve my entertainment needs?
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If this setup would work at all, I think you would have to put the 2.4 router in bridge mode.
Are you renting the Verizon routers? If so, would it not be cheaper to own your own device?
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so not exactly?Mac, but I'm having issues printing from my macs...?
Story:? Verizon has sent me 4 routers, and they all fail to keep a 2.4ghz band working. The 5ghz is consistent.? So, one solution is for me to simply add a 2.4ghz separate router.? The need is for my wifi printer and also a few IOT devices, including a wifi thermostat, which all use 2.4 and not 5.?
Ok, so I bought a small 2.4 only router. plugged it into?ethernet.? Attached devices, and they get internet and connect ok - EXCEPT that the printer, which?in the 2.4ghz router (NOT the guest network) is not visible to the rest of the network.? Am I misunderstanding how the router works? that the printer should?be visible to the whole network when it's connected through the regular 2.4 ghz band of a router?that is on my ethernet??
What does work, is if I make the mac mini connect to the 2.4 ghz wifi, then it also sees the printer, but only if they are on the exact same wifi band.? that is less than ideal for other reasons.?
thanks for any tips.?
Jeff?
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so not exactly?Mac, but I'm having issues printing from my macs...?
Story:? Verizon has sent me 4 routers, and they all fail to keep a 2.4ghz band working. The 5ghz is consistent.? So, one solution is for me to simply add a 2.4ghz separate router.? The need is for my wifi printer and also a few IOT devices, including a wifi thermostat, which all use 2.4 and not 5.?
Ok, so I bought a small 2.4 only router. plugged it into?ethernet.? Attached devices, and they get internet and connect ok - EXCEPT that the printer, which?in the 2.4ghz router (NOT the guest network) is not visible to the rest of the network.? Am I misunderstanding how the router works? that the printer should?be visible to the whole network when it's connected through the regular 2.4 ghz band of a router?that is on my ethernet??
What does work, is if I make the mac mini connect to the 2.4 ghz wifi, then it also sees the printer, but only if they are on the exact same wifi band.? that is less than ideal for other reasons.?
thanks for any tips.?
Jeff?
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Re: loading background pictures
That is normal. You really don't want "remote content" enabled in your e-mail client. It is only an issue with HTML in e-mail. The infamous web beacons are not possible in normal plain text mails.
AG
Thursday, July 27, 2023, 4:45:45 PM, Ellen Lerner via groups.io iomug@... wrote:
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I may have asked this but don’t remember. (still having sending problems!) When I open any Website or email I get this
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Hi,?
I may have asked this but don’t remember. (still having sending problems!)
When I open any Website or ?email I get this
Having email issues every day so this may be a duplicate : Once I press on the link ?I get all the pictures or background information.Did I press something wrong in settings to make this happen or it this something new?I may have signed up for a beta Apple situation to get new beta updates but I haven’t downloaded any of those andcan’t figure out how to get out of it.Am I the only one getting this load content link?I would much rather get all the pictures than have to press that link every single time.Thanks,Ellen
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I actually started with a licence for DiskAid before it got rebranded to iMazing. I use it for the "few other things" and I have both iMazing for Mac and iMazing for Windows, but I never looked for a "battery health" option. My iMazing licence is "perpetual", but it is one of the very few where I am thinking about the subscription for the already mentioned but not yet available iMazing 3.
AG
Thursday, July 27, 2023, 2:11:53 PM, Bob Hasselbrink via groups.io hippie1@... wrote:
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It has been a year or two but I used a free trial of the app iMazing. It does a few other things, but
I only used it to check battery health.
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It has been a year or two but I used a free trial of the app iMazing. It does a few other things, but
I only used it to check battery health.
Have to download it to and connect your iPad to another computer, but it did what I wanted it to.
It costs somewhere around $50 US if you decide to keep it.
I had only been giving my iPad short little charges, probably less that 30% and after a while it decided
it did not to charge at all.
I did what has been suggested here, treated it like a Ni-Cad. Ran it down completely and then charged
it fully overnight. Trouble free since.
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On Jul 27, 2023, at 5:24 AM, maclists <maclists@...> wrote:
I will try the "free" version. I don't mind actually paying for "perpetual" licences. It is the dreaded "subscription" i.e. renting that I don't like.
AG
Thursday, July 27, 2023, 11:38:46 AM, Otto Nikolaus via groups.io otto.nikolaus@... wrote:
It works perfectly with our iPad Air 3. I don’t recall ever paying for coconutBattery.
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I will try the "free" version. I don't mind actually paying for "perpetual" licences. It is the dreaded "subscription" i.e. renting that I don't like.
AG
Thursday, July 27, 2023, 11:38:46 AM, Otto Nikolaus via groups.io otto.nikolaus@... wrote:
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It works perfectly with our iPad Air 3. I don’t recall ever paying for coconutBattery.
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It works perfectly with our iPad Air 3. I don’t recall ever paying for coconutBattery.
Otto
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On 27 Jul 2023, at 03:22, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote:
coconutBattery as been around since before iDevices. ipadOS is only a couple of years old. I am sure the lack of a mention of ipadOS is just an oversight by the developer. IOS used to be used on iPads.
Brent
On my iPhone Xr
On Jul 26, 2023, at 13:12, maclists <maclists@...> wrote:
?I don't see iPadOS specifically mentioned anywhere after the "in your Mac, iPhone and iPad", but would coconutBattery also work for an iPad connected via USB?
Good to see that it still works for Mojave and the licence is not expensive
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You can get this info from Apple Menu > About This Mac > System Report > Hardware > Power*, and I’m sure that’s where coconutBattery gets it from. The great thing about the app is that it maintains a history, so each time you run it, it adds a record to that history, so you can see how the battery has declined over time.
*I’m on 10.14; this might have changed slightly since then.
Otto
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On 27 Jul 2023, at 02:43, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote:
Which app is he using to check the battery?
I believe Coconut will tell you the number of accumulated cycles and the health of the battery.
What does Sys Prefs tell you about the battery?
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Re: Reliable sources of used computers.
I think that depends on the item. I quite often see an option to purchase a warranty when I buy things from Amazon Germany. I don't know about other Amazon websites, but I know a telephone number for Amazon Germany (a normal one, not one that causes additional per minute charges on top of the actual cost of the phone call).
AG
Thursday, July 27, 2023, 4:29:24 AM, Brent via groups.io whodo678@... wrote:
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Amazon is a purveyor for other retailer. They don’t provide warranties,
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Thanks for the pointer to Backmarket. Always good to know about alternatives and places that will deliver to addresses outside the USA without horrendous shipping costs and customs import duties.
I found this: , but unfortunately there does not seem to be an e-mail address or phone number and it means creating an account on the website. I don't have a delivery address in Germany, but I do have one in an EU country and that was never a problem with Amazon Germany.
Maybe I will create a temporary account and look for "live chat" and some telephone numbers.
AG
Thursday, July 27, 2023, 3:01:12 AM, Jeff Kidman jeffkidman@... wrote:
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I also like backmarket for the warranty
I have bought phones and MacBooks from them
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I read through the homepage of coconutBattery and I see many mentions of “iOS,” which appear to refer to both iPhones and iPads. This is a fair approach in my book. I don’t see any mention of iOS version compatibility. After all, coconutBattery is a Mac app that provides information about Mac, iPhone, and iPad batteries. The app does not itself run on iPhone or iPad devices.
For what it’s worth, a little history: The first iPhones shipped with iPhoneOS. This lasted through iPhoneOS 3, version 3.2 of which also ran on the first iPad in 2010. Later that year, Apple changed the branding for iOS 4 with compatibility on both iPhone and iPad, though not an identical operating system install on each device.
As of version 13, Apple split the branding to iOS and iPadOS for the respective devices, but this didn’t exactly represent a change in the mobile device operating system itself, which already differentiated between iPhone and iPad.
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On 26 Jul 2023, at 19:22, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote:
coconutBattery as been around since before iDevices. ipadOS is only a couple of years old. I am sure the lack of a mention of ipadOS is just an oversight by the developer. IOS used to be used on iPads.
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Re: Reliable sources of used computers.
On Jul 26, 2023, at 16:03, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
Have any of you readers ever purchased a used/renewed Apple Computer from a third party site like Amazon and, if so, would you recommend that site? Amazon is a purveyor for other retailer. They don’t provide warranties, and you do not know how good any repair work is. Good with a tech retailer like Best Buy, OWC (get on their email list, they always have sales), Small Dogs, or others. Brent
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coconutBattery as been around since before iDevices. ipadOS is only a couple of years old. I am sure the lack of a mention of ipadOS is just an oversight by the developer. IOS used to be used on iPads.
Brent
On my iPhone Xr
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On Jul 26, 2023, at 13:12, maclists <maclists@...> wrote:
?I don't see iPadOS specifically mentioned anywhere after the "in your Mac, iPhone and iPad", but would coconutBattery also work for an iPad connected via USB?
Good to see that it still works for Mojave and the licence is not expensive
AG
Wednesday, July 26, 2023, 5:15:51 PM, Otto Nikolaus via groups.io otto.nikolaus@... wrote:
I use coconutBattery, which does that, and also does the same for any iOS device connected using USB.
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Bob, you might research calibrating the battery. It might be off a little, but I have heard of it being off by anything significant.?
My guess is the 6% is fairly accurate. Only 2 years on a battery is possible.?
As to MBP reliability, my early 2008 MBP, under warranty, it has gone thru a motherboard early on, and 2 keyboard, as the warranty was running out. It is on its 3rd removable battery. Only issues are that it has an old OS and old 3rd party software.?
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On Jul 26, 2023, at 13:07, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
? On Jul 26, 2023, at 16:00, maclists <maclists@...> wrote:
What happens if you remove the laptop battery and run on mains power only? Do the beachballs go away?
This is extremely complicated with this model and he can’t manage it with his RA.
Is the battery still charging at all? If not, it might simply be a loose wire somwehere between the mains power input and the battery.
As stated: ?green light indicates a full charge. ?On the Apple Battery meter and on one downloaded from the App Store, the current state of charge is given as 6% and never changes from that figure.
Bob
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Which app is he using to check the battery?
I believe Coconut will tell you the number of accumulated cycles and the health of the battery.?
What does Sys Prefs tell you about the battery??
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On Jul 26, 2023, at 07:20, Bob Gerard <rowerbob@...> wrote:
? That senior with the 2013 MB Pro continues to have problems.
I put a new battery in that computer two years ago but he reports that, trying two different chargers, the charging light on the cable is green, but the charge shows 6% and will go no higher.
He downloaded one of the free battery apps from the App Store and it shows exactly the same thing: ?battery is at 6% and will not go above that.
The beachballs and slowdowns have returned.
I have him reset the SMC but that did not help.
I suspect it’s either the battery or the power supply and looking on the iFixit site, I don’t see any instructions for replacing a power supply.
Might any of you have any insights to offer that I can suggest this senior try?
Bob
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“They say the Lord?answers all our?prayers, it’s just that?sometimes he?answers no.”
- Amor Towles
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Re: Reliable sources of used computers.
On Jul 26, 2023, at 21:14, Randy B. Singer <randy@...> wrote:
Here is a list of the places that I know about:
Randy - your knowledge is little short of encyclopedic!! ?
I’ll add all those sites to my Refurbished bookmark folder.
Many thank
Bob
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“They say the Lord?answers all our?prayers, it’s just that?sometimes he?answers no.”
- Amor Towles
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Re: Reliable sources of used computers.
On Jul 26, 2023, at 21:01, Jeff Kidman <jeffkidman@...> wrote:
I also like backmarket for the warranty?
I have bought phones and MacBooks from them
Thanks, Jeff. ?Their one-year warranty is particularly reassuring.
Bob
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“They say the Lord?answers all our?prayers, it’s just that?sometimes he?answers no.”
- Amor Towles
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Re: Reliable sources of used computers.
On Jul 26, 2023, at 21:08, Steve Kane <skane-l@...> wrote:
Often OWC can provide the Mac model with the ram and storage you might be looking for.?
New, Used, and Refurbished Macs
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Thank you for that one Steve and for the details on your experience with them. ?Another one to bookmark.
Bob
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“They say the Lord?answers all our?prayers, it’s just that?sometimes he?answers no.”
- Amor Towles
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