Re: RAM vs CPU
I wouldn¡¯t go that route. First, Apple tends to throttle the performance of it¡¯s lowest capacity SSD¡¯s: https://www.macworld.com/article/1953645/15-inch-macbook-air-256gb-storage-nand-chip.html
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: RAM vs CPU
Thanks, Randy. So I wasn¡¯t too far off base after all. I talked to an expert this morning at the Apple store and he verified what you said about the RAM. He did offer Apple¡¯s 14 day ¡°no
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Paul Lundgren <pflundgren021@...>
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Re: RAM vs CPU
Two things have changed drastically with the M1x chips. It used to be that you probably wanted to get as much RAM as you could afford, and whatever size hard drive you could make do with. That has
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: Free Steve Jobs eBook!
I hate the ePUB format. I took mine and converted it to PDF, and read it using Skim. Skim (free) https://skim-app.sourceforge.io __________________________________________________ Randy B. Singer
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Randy B. Singer
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RAM vs CPU
I¡¯m showing off my computer ignorance with this question for sure. In the old days (even recently) the advice for image editing (Photoshop) was ¡°the more RAM the better¡±. The question I have is,
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Paul Lundgren <pflundgren021@...>
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Re: Free Steve Jobs eBook!
Awesome, thanks Randy. Got it ¡ª super easy. Carol Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words Free downloadable ebook! https://stevejobsarchive.com/book/download Sent from my iPad Pro
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floridabouvs
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Free Steve Jobs eBook!
Make Something Wonderful: Steve Jobs in his own words Free downloadable ebook! https://stevejobsarchive.com/book/download __________________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: Seeking recommended 27" monitor
Thank you for the basic overview and comparison. Brent On my iPhone Xr
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Brent
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Re: God-Awful Photo Library mess
Thank you Steve, this might be useful to her once we have everything in one Photos library. Bob ¡ª¡ª¡ª "Better to be a dog in times of tranquility than a human in times of chaos.¡± - Chinese
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Bob Gerard
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Re: God-Awful Photo Library mess
More Since you still have the old original image library ¡ you could delete the library on the new computer, move the library from the old computer. Double-click it and see what happens ¡ is it a
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Peter Rasmusen
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Re: God-Awful Photo Library mess
Hello Bob Sometimes something is so simple and userfriendy it doesn¡¯t work. Been there. And then you try again. And again. And suddenly you have 7 image libraries that are not identical, and you
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Peter Rasmusen
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Re: God-Awful Photo Library mess
You might consider giving this app a look. I am not familiar with its capabilities, but it is designed to manipulate the Photos .photolibrary bundles: PowerPhotos - Merge Mac Photos libraries, find
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Steve Kane
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Parkinson's-friendly keyboard
Since there is interest in this subject, I am going to try and cut and paste all the responses I received than send this email to the three Apple forums where I posted my request for help. My
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Bob Gerard
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Re: God-Awful Photo Library mess
Maybe different file formats, for example HEIC or JPG for actual photos or even MOV and MP4 for videos. Try running something like BeyondCompare (www.scootersoftware.com) on the two directories that
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Adrian Godfrey
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Re: God-Awful Photo Library mess
Could the difference be that one library contains unemptied discarded photos while the other has deleted photo folder empty. Does iPhoto count discarded items? Robert Durnford
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Robert Durnford
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Re: God-Awful Photo Library mess
After posting the long post on photos the thought struck me... 1. I have a 1TB HDD available. 2. On her old computer, I could connect that external HDD, open each Photolibrary that ¡°works¡±, create
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Bob Gerard
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God-Awful Photo Library mess
I am working with another senior with a newish Mac Book Pro running Ventura. Last year she migrated to her current MBP from an older one, with the help of folks at the Apple Store, but the migration
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Bob Gerard
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Re: Never got an answer to question on multiple copies of startup disk appearing on desktop
This is a result of the file system change from HFS+ to APFS that was performed when you updated the OS to Monterrey. APFS creates those three ¡°partitions¡±. It is not a problem, and you should
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Clifford Readout
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Re: Seeking recommended 27" monitor
Nearly all monitors sold today use an LCD panel based on one of three technologies: twisted nematic (TN), in-plane switching (IPS), and vertical alignment (VA). The least expensive monitors often use
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Randy B. Singer
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#108825
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Re: Seeking recommended 27" monitor
There is no such thing as a ¡°Macintosh monitor.¡± There hasn¡¯t been for decades. (There are monitors that Apple sells for use specifically with Macs, but there is nothing special about them. They
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Randy B. Singer
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