On Jan 2, 2025, at 12:16, John via groups.io <OceanCity@...> wrote:

?On Jan 2, 2025, at 12:11?PM, Brian L. Matthews via groups.io <blmatthews@...> wrote:

On 1/2/25 3:41 AM, Otto Nikolaus via??wrote:

That’s [10.0.0.1] a 24-bit block with up to 16 million addresses. Was that set by default?

10.0.0.0/8 is one of the RFC 1918 non-routable blocks, and an address in that range (usually 10.0.0.1) is often used by default for the LAN side of things like gateway modems and routers. On the internet side, it will have a routable IP address, but, except for very special circumstances, you don't want the admin interface accessible via that address.
Brian

Hi Brian,

You obviously know your way around the block (no pun intended) and I'm gathering you are very experienced and credibly knowledgeable based on your concise explanation. I can walk around my block, but I couldn't tell you how, LOL.?

I've seen the 10.0.0.1 address often, but less than the more common default 192.169.0.xxx or 1.xxx shipped with consumer equipment. Is there any particular reason a manufacturer would choose the former over the latter??

All the best,

John?

On Jan 2, 2025, at 11:56?AM, Otto Nikolaus via groups.io <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote:

Is AirPlay available (icon in top bar)?

Otto
2012 MB Pro, 10.15.7

On 2 Jan 2025, at 15:15, Dutch Junge via groups.io <dutch@...> wrote:

I can easily share the screen and recordings from my iPhone and iPad but strangely enough I can’t play any of the DVR recording with Dish Anywhere on my MacBook Pro.

On 2 Jan 2025, at 15:15, Dutch Junge via groups.io <dutch@...> wrote:

I can easily share the screen and recordings from my iPhone and iPad but strangely enough I can’t play any of the DVR recording with Dish Anywhere on my MacBook Pro.

On Jan 2, 2025, at 6:46?AM, Otto Nikolaus via groups.io <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote:

Depends. Screen sharing to our 1080p Sony across the room looks surprisingly good, and a 4k TV would be better still.

Otto

On 2 Jan 2025, at 05:38, Ben Rosenthal via <ben@...> wrote:

Sure you can, but the image quality might not be as good as you’d like. TV resolution is generally poorer per inch compared to computer displays.

On 2 Jan 2025, at 05:38, Ben Rosenthal via <ben@...> wrote:

Sure you can, but the image quality might not be as good as you’d like. TV resolution is generally poorer per inch compared to computer displays.

On 31 Dec 2024, at 19:36, Dutch Junge via <dutch@...> wrote:

My Xfinity router IP ?is 10.0.0.1 ? User name admin and password password which they immediately want you to change which I did

I’m fairly familiar with the settings ? No need to change anything but fun to poke around

On Jan 1, 2025, at 19:39, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:

?The last time I got a new router and modem from spectrum it had the password written right on there or should I say engraved on the side one of the devices,and I don’t think there’s any way to change that password. I suppose it’s possible if I call them up and say I want to change the password they might do it but personally I just I’m happy that I can still remember the password and I haven’t had any problems keeping the one I have. I’m really not sure why companies do this. It used to be I could put in my we anwe are at own password or change it whenever; then they stopped doing that.
Ellen

Sent from my iphone max pro 15

On Dec 31, 2024, at 10:38?AM, marji pomposini via groups.io <Msp.gml@...> wrote:

?Thanks, Pat!
We're working on it now.
Happy New Year to all!

Marji

On Dec 31, 2024, at 9:57?AM, Pat Taylor via groups.io <pat412@...> wrote:

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Pat

On Dec 31, 2024, at 6:13 AM, marji pomposini via groups.io <Msp.gml@...> wrote:

Last week we started internet service(not TV) with Xfinity. We picked up the router from their office. My husband talked to tech support in another country. They set the wifi password. My husband hasnt been able to change the password. He called them back. They said they cant reset it. Our question is; should we try to return the router and get another one if we have no control over the password.

Device type XB3
cisco mod:DPC3941T
Encryption WPA WPA2
Manufactured date 6-2016

On Jan 1, 2025, at 19:25, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:

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Are you saying that I could plug in a computer maybe HDMI into the large TV at the end of my bed? I actually haven’t thought of that. I know you can airdrop things from Computer to TV but that’s not the same as storage.

I was at Costco last week and surprised to see a larger amount of Apple computers on display. I did find I think the newest one 16 inch MacBook Pro. Not quite sure it has the amount of storage that I want and I’ll check it out again some other time. If find out, it has enough memory, then I may consider buying it.

Ellen?

Sent from my iphone max pro 15

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On Dec 15, 2024, at 3:38?AM, ncoom gilbar via groups.io <ncoom@...> wrote:

?Small screen on the bed, plug in to the large screen (why only 16”? Get much bigger!) on the desk.

Best of both worlds.

shalom,

ncoom

ncoom@...

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small-odds-man

We’re all here because we’re not all there

On 14 Dec 2024, at 7:07, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:

That is a though if I actually sit at my desk. I often sit on my bed so no room for an eternal screen unless I change my viewing habits!

On Dec 5, 2024, at 12:08 AM, ncoom gilbar via groups.io <ncoom@...> wrote:

Suggestion: get the smaller screen, but set it up at home with a LARGE external screen. Get as big as you want.

shalom,

ncoom

ncoom@...

???? ???????

small-odds-man

We’re all here because we’re not all there

On 5 Dec 2024, at 6:47, Ben Rosenthal via groups.io <ben@...> wrote:

Your 7 year old Mac might be a 15”?MacBook Pro. The largest available now is the 16”?MacBook Pro, but I doubt you need its performance capabilities. a 15”?MacBook Air would probably suit you well.

It’s possible to get as much as 2TB capacity in a?MacBook Air. What would you do with all that space?

Here’s the??I mentioned.

I encourage you to??at Apple to learn more about the differences and visit an Apple Store to put your hands on them.

On Dec 4, 2024, at 14:06, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:

Thanks, Ben,

Thanks for your imput. I want the largest screen I can get on a laptop (unfortunately they don’t have the larger one they had years ago.) I think my current screen is 15”. ?My current one is doing okay so not a huge rush yet. but don’t want to take any changes tht it will die from old age. I had an older one I did use for storate, but it was on my bookshelf plugged in and one day it just died. ?I wonder if the hard drive can be recovered although I don’t have the energy right now to find out. I haven’t been going out hardly since my cataract surgery ?which has been most all this year because I ?have become ?rather complacent, but one of these days I’ll have to venture out more. ?I could use more storage ?as this current one I am using is getting rather full. ?So yea at least 1TB would be helpful. Do they come larger than 1TB? I do try to back it up to external hard drives I have and ?I have pretty much always had MacBookPros. Don’t know much about the MacBook Air. ?how is that different from a MacPro??

Ellen

On Dec 4, 2024, at 1:44 PM, Ben Rosenthal via groups.io <ben@...> wrote:

If you need a new Mac now, get it now. No need to wait.

Are you interested in another laptop? From what I’ve read about your tech engagement via iomug, I’m guessing a MacBook Air will suit your needs. Do you know whether you want 13” or 15” screen?

For storage, I gather you’d want 1TB of capacity.

Best Buy has had some excellent deals, especially on new 15” MacBook Air with M2 and 1TB storage. Otherwise, look for refurbished M2 or M3 models at Apple.

That’s my take. Let me know if you have any further discernment on what you need.

Thanks!

- Ben

On Dec 4, 2024, at 10:34, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:

My Apple laptop computer is now maybe
7 yrs old. I’m thinking about getting a new one with more gigabytes than 500 which is what my current one has and is pretty full. The question I have is should I wait for a new model or is this a good time to now ?purchase a new computer? Should I get it from Apple? Should I get it from Best Buy? Or where??
Thanks.
Ellen?

Sent from my iphone max pro 15

On Dec 18, 2024, at 15:49, Christina via groups.io <fmlyhntr@...> wrote:

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I am probably getting a new computer (looking at a mini) and as I started to look deeper, I realized my 2015 Imac running High Sierra had 1T of memory and I was using about 530 GB. And that seemed like a lot, so I started going down rabbit holes, and OMG. I somehow had bred a lot of files especially in various media folders that were I don't remember downloading, I had a LOT of duplicates in Iunes...It took a couple of hours, but I deleted enough that I am now am using just over 100 GB of memory.

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Obviously I should have looked down those rabbit holes years ago, I'm glad I did it as I now have a much better idea of what I need in memory.

?

A question about memory in new computers: does the system files use that much less memory?

On Dec 31, 2024, at 10:38?AM, marji pomposini via groups.io <Msp.gml@...> wrote:

?Thanks, Pat!
We're working on it now.
Happy New Year to all!

Marji

On Dec 31, 2024, at 9:57?AM, Pat Taylor via groups.io <pat412@...> wrote:

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Pat

On Dec 31, 2024, at 6:13 AM, marji pomposini via groups.io <Msp.gml@...> wrote:

Last week we started internet service(not TV) with Xfinity. We picked up the router from their office. My husband talked to tech support in another country. They set the wifi password. My husband hasnt been able to change the password. He called them back. They said they cant reset it. Our question is; should we try to return the router and get another one if we have no control over the password.

Device type XB3
cisco mod:DPC3941T
Encryption WPA WPA2
Manufactured date 6-2016

On Dec 19, 2024, at 4:55?AM, Otto Nikolaus via groups.io <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote:

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On 19 Dec 2024, at 07:54, Randy B. Singer via groups.io <randy@...> wrote:

On Dec 18, 2024, at 3:49 PM, Christina via groups.io <fmlyhntr@...> wrote:

A question about memory in new computers: does the system files use that much less memory?

New versions of Windows routinely take up a lot more space on one’s hard drive, and require more RAM. Because of this, many Mac users just assume that each new version of the Mac OS is going to balloon out of control, and that it will need a lot more RAM to run than previous versions.

Except…they don’t. While the size of the Mac OS has become larger, it hasn’t ballooned out of control. And instead of each new version of the Mac OS requiring a lot more RAM to run, generally each new version (for at least the last decade) has become more efficient in the use of RAM, not less. Apple has made their memory management smarter and smarter, and they have implemented RAM compression. See:

Opinion: Is the base MacBook Air M1/8GB powerful enough for you?


8GB vs 16GB M1 MacBook Pro - How much RAM do you NEED?!


Apple insists 8GB unified memory equals 16GB regular RAM


Apple Silicon Unified Memory: How Much Mac RAM Do You Need?


The exception is the very latest M4 Macs. Apple is slowly rolling out Apple Intelligence in Sequoia, which will be a bit RAM hungry. So Apple now includes 16GB of RAM as the minimum. For most users, this will be plenty. Since Apple Intelligence mostly won’t work on older versions of the Mac OS, your older Mac won’t need a RAM upgrade.

Christina called it “memory” but isn’t it actually storage that she is referring to, drive capacity, *not* RAM?

Otto

On Dec 15, 2024, at 3:38?AM, ncoom gilbar via groups.io <ncoom@...> wrote:

?Small screen on the bed, plug in to the large screen (why only 16”? Get much bigger!) on the desk.

Best of both worlds.

shalom,

ncoom

ncoom@...

???? ???????

small-odds-man

We’re all here because we’re not all there

On 14 Dec 2024, at 7:07, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:

That is a though if I actually sit at my desk. I often sit on my bed so no room for an eternal screen unless I change my viewing habits!

On Dec 5, 2024, at 12:08 AM, ncoom gilbar via groups.io <ncoom@...> wrote:

Suggestion: get the smaller screen, but set it up at home with a LARGE external screen. Get as big as you want.

shalom,

ncoom

ncoom@...

???? ???????

small-odds-man

We’re all here because we’re not all there

On 5 Dec 2024, at 6:47, Ben Rosenthal via groups.io <ben@...> wrote:

Your 7 year old Mac might be a 15”?MacBook Pro. The largest available now is the 16”?MacBook Pro, but I doubt you need its performance capabilities. a 15”?MacBook Air would probably suit you well.

It’s possible to get as much as 2TB capacity in a?MacBook Air. What would you do with all that space?

Here’s the??I mentioned.

I encourage you to??at Apple to learn more about the differences and visit an Apple Store to put your hands on them.

On Dec 4, 2024, at 14:06, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:

Thanks, Ben,

Thanks for your imput. I want the largest screen I can get on a laptop (unfortunately they don’t have the larger one they had years ago.) I think my current screen is 15”. ?My current one is doing okay so not a huge rush yet. but don’t want to take any changes tht it will die from old age. I had an older one I did use for storate, but it was on my bookshelf plugged in and one day it just died. ?I wonder if the hard drive can be recovered although I don’t have the energy right now to find out. I haven’t been going out hardly since my cataract surgery ?which has been most all this year because I ?have become ?rather complacent, but one of these days I’ll have to venture out more. ?I could use more storage ?as this current one I am using is getting rather full. ?So yea at least 1TB would be helpful. Do they come larger than 1TB? I do try to back it up to external hard drives I have and ?I have pretty much always had MacBookPros. Don’t know much about the MacBook Air. ?how is that different from a MacPro??

Ellen

On Dec 4, 2024, at 1:44 PM, Ben Rosenthal via groups.io <ben@...> wrote:

If you need a new Mac now, get it now. No need to wait.

Are you interested in another laptop? From what I’ve read about your tech engagement via iomug, I’m guessing a MacBook Air will suit your needs. Do you know whether you want 13” or 15” screen?

For storage, I gather you’d want 1TB of capacity.

Best Buy has had some excellent deals, especially on new 15” MacBook Air with M2 and 1TB storage. Otherwise, look for refurbished M2 or M3 models at Apple.

That’s my take. Let me know if you have any further discernment on what you need.

Thanks!

- Ben

On Dec 4, 2024, at 10:34, Ellen Lerner via groups.io <iomug@...> wrote:

My Apple laptop computer is now maybe
7 yrs old. I’m thinking about getting a new one with more gigabytes than 500 which is what my current one has and is pretty full. The question I have is should I wait for a new model or is this a good time to now ?purchase a new computer? Should I get it from Apple? Should I get it from Best Buy? Or where??
Thanks.
Ellen?

Sent from my iphone max pro 15

On Dec 31, 2024, at 11:25?AM, John via groups.io <OceanCity@...> wrote:

Pat,

I did a little basic digging and came up with two good links you can research from:

?

It would appear the default login for your router are as follows:

IP address to enter in your desktop or laptop browser: 192.168.0.1

Default Username: admin

Default Password: ?password

Also, here's more of a product description that might contain some hints for your router:

?

This is all really basic stuff so regardless of the techs are telling you, unless they permanently "burned-in" the settings you should be able to.

Let us know how you are getting anywhere.?

Cheers,

John ?

On Dec 31, 2024, at 11:25?AM, John via groups.io <OceanCity@...> wrote:

?Pat,

I did a little basic digging and came up with two good links you can research from:

?

It would appear the default login for your router are as follows:

IP address to enter in your desktop or laptop browser: 192.168.0.1

Default Username: admin

Default Password: ?password

Also, here's more of a product description that might contain some hints for your router:

?

This is all really basic stuff so regardless of the techs are telling you, unless they permanently "burned-in" the settings you should be able to.

Let us know how you are getting anywhere.?

Cheers,

John ?