After some additional fiddling I believe it is the connector on the computer. Slight movement of the cable will cause the charging to cease. This does not occur when using the cable on the wife's computer. Once the cable is in-place correctly (a lot of minor shifts and waits to see the lights come on) the batter will charge.
Off to see a genius....
Thankfully it was the connector in the magnetic plug and not the computer.
No one's mentioned it here yet, but Final Cut Pro X looks immensely awesome. So long overdue, and so forward thinking in its design. I hope that once I start using it I still think those things!
Staff from my vacation dropped my iPad and bent the edge near the connector port. The main button does not work as designed - it takes a lot of pressure. humungus:(::(::(::(:
Staff from my vacation dropped my iPad and bent the edge near the connector port. The main button does not work as designed - it takes a lot of pressure. humungus:(::(::(::(:
1) I bought myself a MacBook Air. Aside from being USB only, this is the perfect laptop. I love it. A lot. When the Thunderbolt update comes out it will be the perfect machine, and I'll get it and hand this one off to my wife.
2) I was skeptical, but so far I've been really liking MacKeeper. Much of what it does you can get for free, but I like the app, I like that it's all in one, and it's just really handy. I love the app update tracker module. It saves space on my drive, keeps things neat and tidy. I got a year subscription for the family (up to 5 computers) for $44 with a 50% off coupon (Jas5m).
3) I'm giving Marc Polo a shot for changing locations and various settings on the laptop between work and home.
1) I bought myself a MacBook Air. Aside from being USB only, this is the perfect laptop. I love it. A lot. When the Thunderbolt update comes out it will be the perfect machine, and I'll get it and hand this one off to my wife.
2) I was skeptical, but so far I've been really liking MacKeeper. Much of what it does you can get for free, but I like the app, I like that it's all in one, and it's just really handy. I love the app update tracker module. It saves space on my drive, keeps things neat and tidy. I got a year subscription for the family (up to 5 computers) for $44 with a 50% off coupon (Jas5m).
3) I'm giving Marc Polo a shot for changing locations and various settings on the laptop between work and home.
That is awesome. I might have to try those apps, too.
That is awesome. I might have to try those apps, too.
One thing I'm really trying hard to do is to keep this system lean and mean. I'd had other apps in the past to do that (delete app-related files when deleting an app, removing junk files that are not needed, etc.), but I like how it's all one app, easy to overview what I'm doing.
When I migrated to this machine I did everything from the gound-up. I copied my documents, music, etc. by hand, but didn't bring over any preferences, applications, or other Library stuff. The only issue I've had is with the one Library item I did bring over: my Adium chat log. Whenever I open it the app crashes. But I'd been using Migration Assistant for so many upgrades I decided it was time to rid myself of all the detritus.
Don't rush into Marco Polo. The current version from the developer is old, and doesn't work properly in 10.6. There's an unofficial update I downloaded that I'm going to try, and there are vestiges of a 3.0 beta out on the net, but it looks like the app may be languishing, despite the many who love it out there. I'll post more if I find anything of use.
Don't rush into Marco Polo. The current version from the developer is old, and doesn't work properly in 10.6. There's an unofficial update I downloaded that I'm going to try, and there are vestiges of a 3.0 beta out on the net, but it looks like the app may be languishing, despite the many who love it out there. I'll post more if I find anything of use.
Now I'm testing AirPort Location. Seems up to date and better for me.
Don't rush into Marco Polo. The current version from the developer is old, and doesn't work properly in 10.6. There's an unofficial update I downloaded that I'm going to try, and there are vestiges of a 3.0 beta out on the net, but it looks like the app may be languishing, despite the many who love it out there. I'll post more if I find anything of use.
I noticed that on the website that the last updated seemed a bit old.
Now I'm testing AirPort Location. Seems up to date and better for me.
Will this allow the Air to connect to known free WiFi spots automatically if they require a username and password? My daughter's gym has a WiFi that is open, but you have to have the username and password (guest and guest). Also, the connection gives you a securtity certificate screen warning about connecting to 1.1.1.1 which is annoying to have to click through each time you reconnect. It would be nice to be able to bypass that automatically.
Can someone help me find a good OSX e-mail client? I've tried Mail (sucks), Thunderbird (quasi-sucks), and Sparrow (only kinda-sucks). I don't want to pay for Outlook on my Mac because it's my 3rd-most used computer (4th if you count the iPad). I've also tried MailTab for Gmail which is a good idea poorly executed.
I actually liked to use Mail (with the mail act-on plugin, which made filing much easier), and am currently giving Sparrow a try (which is refreshing, but I clearly have more accounts than it is designed for...)
So my question is, what are the limitations you're trying to overcome?
A reasonable question, and for the record, I'm giving the newest version of MailTab for Gmail another go.
In Outlook I can have multiple accounts and move messages between them (say Gmail IMAP and my own server's IMAP).
In Outlook I can have different SMTP servers for my different accounts. I don't remember which (Mail or Thunderbird), but that was a problem for one of them.
Admittedly, it's been several months since I've used either of them, so I'm having a hard time remembering what my main frustrations were. (Besides the fact that Thunderbird was just ugly.)
Mail (and Sparrow) can use different SMTP servers for different accounts (I wouldn't be able to use them if they couldn't; as I said, I have way too many accounts on different services).
I also seem to be able to move messages between accounts with Mail (Sparrow cannot, though).
My main complaint is that Mail doesn't do anything to try to streamline working with email (which is why I have the Act-On plugin, which helps), and otherwise just has a too-cluttered interface.
In Outlook I can have multiple accounts and move messages between them (say Gmail IMAP and my own server's IMAP).
In Outlook I can have different SMTP servers for my different accounts. I don't remember which (Mail or Thunderbird), but that was a problem for one of them.
I'm doing both of those in Apple Mail. I've even used the drag-between-accounts feature to migrate emails when I dropped one account. Apple Mail doesn't seem to care whether you're dragging between folders in the same account, between online folders and disk folders, and folders between different accounts. The messages get moved in all cases.
I just looked in Mail and each of my IMAP accounts has its own SMTP (yes, different providers entirely).
I use mail for gmail and 's mobile me. I used the hints from this site : link to map the gmail sent, drafts, trash, folders to the folders in mail. This made it much easier to use.
I setup rules for sorting mail in the gmail web app so that regularly received emails are pre-sorted into folders (labels on gmail). You can use the OR command to filter many email addresses into one label: Link.
agree and its installed on my mac, but unfortunately, its doesnt give details on LCD screen tech. It just says LCD. I only seem to find this when Apple points it out specifically. The 24" iMacs were always specifically called out as IPS, but the 21" never were. Same for the 27" as well. Not sure why they do not stress this more (heck they do with the iPad)
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Here at the genius bar to see what can be done.
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Sorry to hear that.
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1) I bought myself a MacBook Air. Aside from being USB only, this is the perfect laptop. I love it. A lot. When the Thunderbolt update comes out it will be the perfect machine, and I'll get it and hand this one off to my wife.
2) I was skeptical, but so far I've been really liking MacKeeper. Much of what it does you can get for free, but I like the app, I like that it's all in one, and it's just really handy. I love the app update tracker module. It saves space on my drive, keeps things neat and tidy. I got a year subscription for the family (up to 5 computers) for $44 with a 50% off coupon (Jas5m).
3) I'm giving Marc Polo a shot for changing locations and various settings on the laptop between work and home.
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When I migrated to this machine I did everything from the gound-up. I copied my documents, music, etc. by hand, but didn't bring over any preferences, applications, or other Library stuff. The only issue I've had is with the one Library item I did bring over: my Adium chat log. Whenever I open it the app crashes.
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I'm guessing the wireless in David's instance is web based (like many hotels). Why not store the password in the browser?
Can someone help me find a good OSX e-mail client? I've tried Mail (sucks), Thunderbird (quasi-sucks), and Sparrow (only kinda-sucks). I don't want to pay for Outlook on my Mac because it's my 3rd-most used computer (4th if you count the iPad). I've also tried MailTab for Gmail which is a good idea poorly executed.
What are you guys using for mail?
So my question is, what are the limitations you're trying to overcome?
In Outlook I can have multiple accounts and move messages between them (say Gmail IMAP and my own server's IMAP).
In Outlook I can have different SMTP servers for my different accounts. I don't remember which (Mail or Thunderbird), but that was a problem for one of them.
Admittedly, it's been several months since I've used either of them, so I'm having a hard time remembering what my main frustrations were. (Besides the fact that Thunderbird was just ugly.)
I also seem to be able to move messages between accounts with Mail (Sparrow cannot, though).
My main complaint is that Mail doesn't do anything to try to streamline working with email (which is why I have the Act-On plugin, which helps), and otherwise just has a too-cluttered interface.
I'm doing both of those in Apple Mail. I've even used the drag-between-accounts feature to migrate emails when I dropped one account. Apple Mail doesn't seem to care whether you're dragging between folders in the same account, between online folders and disk folders, and folders between different accounts. The messages get moved in all cases.
I just looked in Mail and each of my IMAP accounts has its own SMTP (yes, different providers entirely).
I setup rules for sorting mail in the gmail web app so that regularly received emails are pre-sorted into folders (labels on gmail). You can use the OR command to filter many email addresses into one label: Link.
I'd be interested to hear why. I've never ventured beyond Mail since I moved to OSX.
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http://www.tuaw.com/2011/05/03/apple-updates-imac-with-thunderbolt-beefier-gpus/
Handy little app, Mactracker.
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agree and its installed on my mac, but unfortunately, its doesnt give details on LCD screen tech. It just says LCD. I only seem to find this when Apple points it out specifically. The 24" iMacs were always specifically called out as IPS, but the 21" never were. Same for the 27" as well. Not sure why they do not stress this more (heck they do with the iPad)