Messages In This Digest (25 Messages)
- 1a.
- Re: On/off switches on hard drives From: Tod Hopkins
- 1b.
- Re: On/off switches on hard drives From: Denver Dan
- 2.
- Flash Player in Mail From: James C. Hamm
- 3a.
- Re: Slightly OT: Getting an original Mac to work From: Tod Hopkins
- 4a.
- iPhone Sales From: Harry Flaxman
- 4b.
- Re: iPhone Sales From: Bill Boulware
- 4c.
- Re: iPhone Sales From: Harry Flaxman
- 4d.
- Re: iPhone Sales From: Michael Stupinski
- 4e.
- Re: iPhone Sales From: Harry Flaxman
- 4f.
- Re: iPhone Sales From: Michael Stupinski
- 4g.
- Re: iPhone Sales From: Bill Boulware
- 4h.
- Re: iPhone Sales From: Harry Flaxman
- 4i.
- Re: iPhone Sales From: Michael Stupinski
- 4j.
- Re: iPhone Sales From: Bill Boulware
- 4k.
- Re: iPhone Sales From: Michael Stupinski
- 5.
- Unlocked iPhones Available On Wednesday! From: Harry Flaxman
- 6.
- iPhone 4S Has Bluetooth 4 From: Harry Flaxman
- 7a.
- Re: Maximum size of an external disk on Leopard From: Denver Dan
- 8.
- Found a 'new' virus From: Eric
- 9a.
- Disabling PDF in Safari From: DaveC
- 9b.
- Re: Disabling PDF in Safari From: DaveC
- 10a.
- Side Bar in Finder windows From: DaveC
- 10b.
- Re: Side Bar in Finder windows From: Dave Kelly
- 10c.
- Re: Side Bar in Finder windows From: Tim O'Donoghue
- 11.
- Navigating a PDF in Preview From: DaveC
Messages
- 1a.
-
Re: On/off switches on hard drives
Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com todhop
Fri Oct 7, 2011 7:15 am (PDT)
On Oct 6, 2011, at 6:05 PM, John Richardson wrote:
> Just curious. Does a Physical "on/off" drive have an advantage over the type
> of drive without an "on/off" switch [or vice versa].
Yup. You get to control when the drive is on and off. ;) You can still treat it like it doesn't have a switch if you wish by just leaving it on. But with a switch, you can leave the drive connected, but off. I do this all the time. This prevents it from mounting every time you start up your system. It won't mount until you switch it on.
Many drives with a switch don't shut down automatically unless the system is set to spin them down. This can be good or bad, depending on your particular needs.
I also prefer to kill the power to the chain when connecting and disconnecting which you can't do if there is no switch. For all their "hot swapping" prowess, I still think it's less risky to have no power in the chain when connecting and disconnecting. And a power switch makes me more confident that a drive is not mounted when I disconnect. Don't have to check. Cheap drives sometimes don't have power indicator lights.
Cheers,
tod
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins@hillmanncarr.com
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
- 1b.
-
Re: On/off switches on hard drives
Posted by: "Denver Dan" denver.dan@verizon.net denverdan22180
Fri Oct 7, 2011 8:34 am (PDT)
Howdy.
My personal experience with external HDs that do not have a true off/on
switch has been uniformly bad.
I've had both Seagate FreeAgent and Western Digital MyBooks externals
and both had problems connected to lack of a true off/on switch. One
of them had a pressure sensitive touch type switch which usually didn't
work. If it did work no one could tell if it was in off or on
position. Just a mess.
I have neighbors with similar externals and with similar problems.
Folks on this groups have also reported problems with external drives
that don't have a true off/on switch.
I recommend against buying this type of drive.
Some external drive cases also have a built in sleep mode that can't be
subordinated to the Mac OS Energy Saving sleep settings. This was
certainly the case (so to speak) with the Western Digital MyBook. As
I've written here often enough that older members will groan at reading
it again, a Western Digital MyBook is the only external I've ever taken
to the garage and reduced to splinters with a 16 lb sledge hammer.
Very satisfying.
Seagate and Western Digital are on a drive, as it were, to the bottom
of the price and quality barrel to dominate sales at big box consumer
stores like Costco and Wal-Mart. The cases are cheap cheap cheap and
the little green board "bridge" chips inside are also cheap cheap
cheap. Often the bare drives themselves are decent so if you have one
of these fail get yourself a drive dock like a Thermaltake BlacX (or
others) and take the bare drive out and try it in the dock to see if
the drive still works.
Other types of better quality Seagate units may function just fine so
at this point my dislike is for the ones without a true off/on switch.
Denver Dan
On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:05:49 -0700, John Richardson wrote:
> I have one USB external drive without an "on/off" switch. I have one USB
> external drive with an "on/off" switch. The drive without a physical
> "on/off" switch automatically shuts off when I shut down the computer. I
> turn off the other.
>
> Just curious. Does a Physical "on/off" drive have an advantage over the type
> of drive without an "on/off" switch [or vice versa].
>
> Note: All questions asked today are in honor of the culture of Steve Jobs
> which compels strangers to provide succor and comfort to others no matter
> what the nature of the question.
>
> John F. Richardson
>
>
- 2.
-
Flash Player in Mail
Posted by: "James C. Hamm" machamm@gmail.com jimhamm90
Fri Oct 7, 2011 7:16 am (PDT)
In the Mail app in Lion, frequently the Flash Player will quit unexpectedly. Is there a way to get it working again? Thanks....Jim
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
- 3a.
-
Re: Slightly OT: Getting an original Mac to work
Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com todhop
Fri Oct 7, 2011 7:29 am (PDT)
That's not OT at all.
This might help.
http://www.nightfallcrew.com/ 23/12/2010/ mouse-m0100- for-macintosh- apple-iic/
Page takes some time to load and has issues, but I waited and it did eventually appear. Google "Macintosh Mouse M0100 autopsy". I'm sure there are others.
Cheers,
tod
On Oct 6, 2011, at 3:42 PM, mkaplan22 wrote:
> Moved by events, I unpacked my original Mac (512K) and plugged it in. Everything works except for the mouse, Model M0100. I'm getting vertical tracking but no horizontal tracking. I opened the trackball assembly and cleaned the rollers, but that didn't help. I can't figure out how to open the entire assembly. Any suggestions? TIA.
>
>
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins@hillmanncarr.com
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
- 4a.
-
iPhone Sales
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Fri Oct 7, 2011 8:16 am (PDT)
Apparently, the Apple store has been overwhelmed by iPhone orders, according to Cult Of Mac.
_____________________ _
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
- 4b.
-
Re: iPhone Sales
Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com boulware0224
Fri Oct 7, 2011 8:23 am (PDT)
They were woefully unprepared, as usual my order had
an unchangeable shipping address that is my AT&T Billing Address - in past
years I can immediately go to Order Status and change it. Order Status has
been done since I placed the order. I called the number listed for such
things and after the IVR was told that they had an "Extremely High Call
Volume" and was disconnected. I waited an hour and called back, was placed
on hold (better than disconnected) and after ~20 minutes was able to update
the shipping address and told that any other changes (and this) could be
done at Order Status - I attempted to explain that I called because I wasn't
able to access that page and was told that it was because my Apple ID wasn't
associated with my order (it was) - I gave up trying to explain that the
landing page wasn't working and just had her change the address for me.
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:15, Harry Flaxman <harry.flaxman@comcast.net >wrote:
> **
>
>
> Apparently, the Apple store has been overwhelmed by iPhone orders,
> according to Cult Of Mac.
>
> _____________________ _
> Harry Flaxman
> harry.flaxman@comcast.net
>
>
>
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
- 4c.
-
Re: iPhone Sales
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Fri Oct 7, 2011 8:36 am (PDT)
Too bad to hear. From the looks of it, Apple had been 'wanting' to sell unlocked iPhones all along. I'm not sure that was part of the plan. Of course, it won't happen until Weds.
Harry
On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:23 AM, Bill Boulware wrote:
> They were woefully unprepared, as usual my order had
> an unchangeable shipping address that is my AT&T Billing Address - in past
> years I can immediately go to Order Status and change it. Order Status has
> been done since I placed the order. I called the number listed for such
> things and after the IVR was told that they had an "Extremely High Call
> Volume" and was disconnected. I waited an hour and called back, was placed
> on hold (better than disconnected) and after ~20 minutes was able to update
> the shipping address and told that any other changes (and this) could be
> done at Order Status - I attempted to explain that I called because I wasn't
> able to access that page and was told that it was because my Apple ID wasn't
> associated with my order (it was) - I gave up trying to explain that the
> landing page wasn't working and just had her change the address for me.
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:15, Harry Flaxman <harry.flaxman@comcast.net >wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> Apparently, the Apple store has been overwhelmed by iPhone orders,
>> according to Cult Of Mac.
>>
>> _____________________ _
>> Harry Flaxman
>> harry.flaxman@comcast.net
>
_____________________ _
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
- 4d.
-
Re: iPhone Sales
Posted by: "Michael Stupinski" stupnski@tiac.net mstupinski
Fri Oct 7, 2011 8:37 am (PDT)
Well, I'm a very unhappy Verizon customer this morning. I got online
at 5:00 this morning (Eastern time) to preorder an iPhone 4S. After
going through the whole process (some of it not intuitive) I got to
the payment page only to find that the $200 worth of Verizon gift
cards my kids had given me to make this purchase were NOT ACCEPTABLE
for payment. Basically it amounts to: "Credit cards only, thank you,
and you can use your Verizon cards to pay off your bill each month"!
I have found nobody at Verizon who can do anything about this. Wish
the kids had gotten me Apple cards instead.
Grrrrr,
................Mike
On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:15 AM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
> Apparently, the Apple store has been overwhelmed by iPhone orders,
> according to Cult Of Mac.
>
>
> _____________________ _
> Harry Flaxman
> harry.flaxman@comcast.net
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --------------------- --------- ------
>
> Group FAQ:
> <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
- 4e.
-
Re: iPhone Sales
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Fri Oct 7, 2011 8:49 am (PDT)
Mike,
That would only make sense. Most cell providers do require a credit card to secure a plan, AFAIK.
I made the mistake of buying a Blackberry several months ago through Verizon. They would accept nothing but a credit card. Verizon is NOT my favorite telecom company, second only to Comcast.
Harry
On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Michael Stupinski wrote:
> Well, I'm a very unhappy Verizon customer this morning. I got online
> at 5:00 this morning (Eastern time) to preorder an iPhone 4S. After
> going through the whole process (some of it not intuitive) I got to
> the payment page only to find that the $200 worth of Verizon gift
> cards my kids had given me to make this purchase were NOT ACCEPTABLE
> for payment. Basically it amounts to: "Credit cards only, thank you,
> and you can use your Verizon cards to pay off your bill each month"!
> I have found nobody at Verizon who can do anything about this. Wish
> the kids had gotten me Apple cards instead.
_____________________ _
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
- 4f.
-
Re: iPhone Sales
Posted by: "Michael Stupinski" stupnski@tiac.net mstupinski
Fri Oct 7, 2011 8:54 am (PDT)
Well, Harry, the text on the sleeve of the card does say "You can use
your card to purchase phones and accessories...", and I've had a
Verizon account for about ten years so far, so they know who I am and
how religiously I pay my bill. Sorry to report that I have Comcast
cable service, though. :-)
.......Mike
On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
> Mike,
>
> That would only make sense. Most cell providers do require a credit
> card to secure a plan, AFAIK.
>
> I made the mistake of buying a Blackberry several months ago through
> Verizon. They would accept nothing but a credit card. Verizon is
> NOT my favorite telecom company, second only to Comcast.
>
> Harry
>
>
> On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Michael Stupinski wrote:
>
>> Well, I'm a very unhappy Verizon customer this morning. I got online
>> at 5:00 this morning (Eastern time) to preorder an iPhone 4S. After
>> going through the whole process (some of it not intuitive) I got to
>> the payment page only to find that the $200 worth of Verizon gift
>> cards my kids had given me to make this purchase were NOT ACCEPTABLE
>> for payment. Basically it amounts to: "Credit cards only, thank you,
>> and you can use your Verizon cards to pay off your bill each month"!
>> I have found nobody at Verizon who can do anything about this. Wish
>> the kids had gotten me Apple cards instead.
>
> _____________________ _
> Harry Flaxman
> harry.flaxman@comcast.net
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --------------------- --------- ------
>
> Group FAQ:
> <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
- 4g.
-
Re: iPhone Sales
Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com boulware0224
Fri Oct 7, 2011 8:56 am (PDT)
I have used a Verizon card to pay for equipment before and had equipment
charged to my account. It might be a combined Apple/Verizon issue. I know
when I order from Apple.com they will only ship to my AT&T billing address
and I have to call and have them change it in their system after I order....
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:53, Michael Stupinski <stupnski@tiac.net > wrote:
> **
>
>
> Well, Harry, the text on the sleeve of the card does say "You can use
> your card to purchase phones and accessories...", and I've had a
> Verizon account for about ten years so far, so they know who I am and
> how religiously I pay my bill. Sorry to report that I have Comcast
> cable service, though. :-)
>
> .......Mike
>
>
> On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
>
> > Mike,
> >
> > That would only make sense. Most cell providers do require a credit
> > card to secure a plan, AFAIK.
> >
> > I made the mistake of buying a Blackberry several months ago through
> > Verizon. They would accept nothing but a credit card. Verizon is
> > NOT my favorite telecom company, second only to Comcast.
> >
> > Harry
> >
> >
> > On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Michael Stupinski wrote:
> >
> >> Well, I'm a very unhappy Verizon customer this morning. I got online
> >> at 5:00 this morning (Eastern time) to preorder an iPhone 4S. After
> >> going through the whole process (some of it not intuitive) I got to
> >> the payment page only to find that the $200 worth of Verizon gift
> >> cards my kids had given me to make this purchase were NOT ACCEPTABLE
> >> for payment. Basically it amounts to: "Credit cards only, thank you,
> >> and you can use your Verizon cards to pay off your bill each month"!
> >> I have found nobody at Verizon who can do anything about this. Wish
> >> the kids had gotten me Apple cards instead.
> >
> > _____________________ _
> > Harry Flaxman
> > harry.flaxman@comcast.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --------------------- --------- ------
> >
> > Group FAQ:
> > <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
- 4h.
-
Re: iPhone Sales
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Fri Oct 7, 2011 9:08 am (PDT)
Absolutely. Mike, can you go through Verizon directly? I'm assuming that you tried the Apple store to order the phone?
Harry
On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Bill Boulware wrote:
> I have used a Verizon card to pay for equipment before and had equipment
> charged to my account. It might be a combined Apple/Verizon issue. I know
> when I order from Apple.com they will only ship to my AT&T billing address
> and I have to call and have them change it in their system after I order....
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:53, Michael Stupinski <stupnski@tiac.net > wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> Well, Harry, the text on the sleeve of the card does say "You can use
>> your card to purchase phones and accessories...", and I've had a
>> Verizon account for about ten years so far, so they know who I am and
>> how religiously I pay my bill. Sorry to report that I have Comcast
>> cable service, though. :-)
>>
>> .......Mike
>>
>>
>> On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
>>
>>> Mike,
>>>
>>> That would only make sense. Most cell providers do require a credit
>>> card to secure a plan, AFAIK.
>>>
>>> I made the mistake of buying a Blackberry several months ago through
>>> Verizon. They would accept nothing but a credit card. Verizon is
>>> NOT my favorite telecom company, second only to Comcast.
>>>
>>> Harry
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Michael Stupinski wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, I'm a very unhappy Verizon customer this morning. I got online
>>>> at 5:00 this morning (Eastern time) to preorder an iPhone 4S. After
>>>> going through the whole process (some of it not intuitive) I got to
>>>> the payment page only to find that the $200 worth of Verizon gift
>>>> cards my kids had given me to make this purchase were NOT ACCEPTABLE
>>>> for payment. Basically it amounts to: "Credit cards only, thank you,
>>>> and you can use your Verizon cards to pay off your bill each month"!
>>>> I have found nobody at Verizon who can do anything about this. Wish
>>>> the kids had gotten me Apple cards instead.
>>>
>>> _____________________ _
>>> Harry Flaxman
>>> harry.flaxman@comcast.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------- --------- ------
>>>
>>> Group FAQ:
>>> <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
>>>
>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
_____________________ _
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
- 4i.
-
Re: iPhone Sales
Posted by: "Michael Stupinski" stupnski@tiac.net mstupinski
Fri Oct 7, 2011 10:09 am (PDT)
The Apple Store wanted no part of the Verizon cards; I called and
asked about that yesterday. My dealings with Verizon were as follows:
Yesterday I visited the Verizon store (physical store, not web) and
asked if preorders could be placed at midnight local (eastern) time.
I was told they started at 3 AM local time. I didn't ask then if gift
cards would be accepted, but did say that was what I had. No negative
response to that.
At 5 AM this morning I went through the process described in my
original post. Part of that process asked if I wanted one of the
listed insurance plans, none of which were identified as AppleCare.
Since in my original call to Apple I was told that the AppleCare had
to be purchased at same time as phone, this morning I called the
(local) Apple store first, to confirm I could buy the AppleCare when I
had the phone, if I couldn't specify it in the preorder. I was told
that would be no problem.
Today I again visited the (physical) Verizon store and was told "no
gift cards" on the preorders and there was nothing they could do about
it there. They suggested I call Verizon Support, which I did when I
got home. The support person I reached was amazed that the gift cards
weren't accepted but, after he put me on hold and checked, he
apologized and said it was just as I had been told.
I guess I have to get on the back of a line at the Verizon store next
Friday morning.......
...............Mike
On Oct 7, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
> Absolutely. Mike, can you go through Verizon directly? I'm
> assuming that you tried the Apple store to order the phone?
>
> Harry
>
>
> On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Bill Boulware wrote:
>
>> I have used a Verizon card to pay for equipment before and had
>> equipment
>> charged to my account. It might be a combined Apple/Verizon
>> issue. I know
>> when I order from Apple.com they will only ship to my AT&T billing
>> address
>> and I have to call and have them change it in their system after I
>> order....
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:53, Michael Stupinski <stupnski@tiac.net >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> **
>>>
>>>
>>> Well, Harry, the text on the sleeve of the card does say "You can
>>> use
>>> your card to purchase phones and accessories...", and I've had a
>>> Verizon account for about ten years so far, so they know who I am
>>> and
>>> how religiously I pay my bill. Sorry to report that I have Comcast
>>> cable service, though. :-)
>>>
>>> .......Mike
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Mike,
>>>>
>>>> That would only make sense. Most cell providers do require a credit
>>>> card to secure a plan, AFAIK.
>>>>
>>>> I made the mistake of buying a Blackberry several months ago
>>>> through
>>>> Verizon. They would accept nothing but a credit card. Verizon is
>>>> NOT my favorite telecom company, second only to Comcast.
>>>>
>>>> Harry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Michael Stupinski wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Well, I'm a very unhappy Verizon customer this morning. I got
>>>>> online
>>>>> at 5:00 this morning (Eastern time) to preorder an iPhone 4S.
>>>>> After
>>>>> going through the whole process (some of it not intuitive) I got
>>>>> to
>>>>> the payment page only to find that the $200 worth of Verizon gift
>>>>> cards my kids had given me to make this purchase were NOT
>>>>> ACCEPTABLE
>>>>> for payment. Basically it amounts to: "Credit cards only, thank
>>>>> you,
>>>>> and you can use your Verizon cards to pay off your bill each
>>>>> month"!
>>>>> I have found nobody at Verizon who can do anything about this.
>>>>> Wish
>>>>> the kids had gotten me Apple cards instead.
>>>>
>>>> _____________________ _
>>>> Harry Flaxman
>>>> harry.flaxman@comcast.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --------------------- --------- ------
>>>>
>>>> Group FAQ:
>>>> <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
>>>>
>>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
> _____________________ _
> Harry Flaxman
> harry.flaxman@comcast.net
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --------------------- --------- ------
>
> Group FAQ:
> <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
- 4j.
-
Re: iPhone Sales
Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com boulware0224
Fri Oct 7, 2011 10:14 am (PDT)
I bet it is because of the fact that is a "Pre Order" if you waited until
they were available the gift card would likely work. I know they authorized
my credit card as soon as I hit "Confirm"
On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 13:09, Michael Stupinski <stupnski@tiac.net > wrote:
> **
>
>
> The Apple Store wanted no part of the Verizon cards; I called and
> asked about that yesterday. My dealings with Verizon were as follows:
>
> Yesterday I visited the Verizon store (physical store, not web) and
> asked if preorders could be placed at midnight local (eastern) time.
> I was told they started at 3 AM local time. I didn't ask then if gift
> cards would be accepted, but did say that was what I had. No negative
> response to that.
>
> At 5 AM this morning I went through the process described in my
> original post. Part of that process asked if I wanted one of the
> listed insurance plans, none of which were identified as AppleCare.
> Since in my original call to Apple I was told that the AppleCare had
> to be purchased at same time as phone, this morning I called the
> (local) Apple store first, to confirm I could buy the AppleCare when I
> had the phone, if I couldn't specify it in the preorder. I was told
> that would be no problem.
>
> Today I again visited the (physical) Verizon store and was told "no
> gift cards" on the preorders and there was nothing they could do about
> it there. They suggested I call Verizon Support, which I did when I
> got home. The support person I reached was amazed that the gift cards
> weren't accepted but, after he put me on hold and checked, he
> apologized and said it was just as I had been told.
>
> I guess I have to get on the back of a line at the Verizon store next
> Friday morning.......
>
> ...............Mike
>
>
> On Oct 7, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
>
> > Absolutely. Mike, can you go through Verizon directly? I'm
> > assuming that you tried the Apple store to order the phone?
> >
> > Harry
> >
> >
> > On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Bill Boulware wrote:
> >
> >> I have used a Verizon card to pay for equipment before and had
> >> equipment
> >> charged to my account. It might be a combined Apple/Verizon
> >> issue. I know
> >> when I order from Apple.com they will only ship to my AT&T billing
> >> address
> >> and I have to call and have them change it in their system after I
> >> order....
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:53, Michael Stupinski <stupnski@tiac.net >
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> **
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Well, Harry, the text on the sleeve of the card does say "You can
> >>> use
> >>> your card to purchase phones and accessories...", and I've had a
> >>> Verizon account for about ten years so far, so they know who I am
> >>> and
> >>> how religiously I pay my bill. Sorry to report that I have Comcast
> >>> cable service, though. :-)
> >>>
> >>> .......Mike
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Mike,
> >>>>
> >>>> That would only make sense. Most cell providers do require a credit
> >>>> card to secure a plan, AFAIK.
> >>>>
> >>>> I made the mistake of buying a Blackberry several months ago
> >>>> through
> >>>> Verizon. They would accept nothing but a credit card. Verizon is
> >>>> NOT my favorite telecom company, second only to Comcast.
> >>>>
> >>>> Harry
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Michael Stupinski wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Well, I'm a very unhappy Verizon customer this morning. I got
> >>>>> online
> >>>>> at 5:00 this morning (Eastern time) to preorder an iPhone 4S.
> >>>>> After
> >>>>> going through the whole process (some of it not intuitive) I got
> >>>>> to
> >>>>> the payment page only to find that the $200 worth of Verizon gift
> >>>>> cards my kids had given me to make this purchase were NOT
> >>>>> ACCEPTABLE
> >>>>> for payment. Basically it amounts to: "Credit cards only, thank
> >>>>> you,
> >>>>> and you can use your Verizon cards to pay off your bill each
> >>>>> month"!
> >>>>> I have found nobody at Verizon who can do anything about this.
> >>>>> Wish
> >>>>> the kids had gotten me Apple cards instead.
> >>>>
> >>>> _____________________ _
> >>>> Harry Flaxman
> >>>> harry.flaxman@comcast.net
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --------------------- --------- ------
> >>>>
> >>>> Group FAQ:
> >>>> <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
> >>>>
> >>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > _____________________ _
> > Harry Flaxman
> > harry.flaxman@comcast.net
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --------------------- --------- ------
> >
> > Group FAQ:
> > <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
- 4k.
-
Re: iPhone Sales
Posted by: "Michael Stupinski" stupnski@tiac.net mstupinski
Fri Oct 7, 2011 10:45 am (PDT)
Bill, I have no doubt that the cards will work then, because I'll be
standing in front of them, cards in hand, along with the Verizon
statement that they can be used to purchase phones. Not going back to
their website then but, of course, that wouldn't have any advantage at
that point!
............Mike
On Oct 7, 2011, at 1:12 PM, Bill Boulware wrote:
> I bet it is because of the fact that is a "Pre Order" if you waited
> until
> they were available the gift card would likely work. I know they
> authorized
> my credit card as soon as I hit "Confirm"
>
> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 13:09, Michael Stupinski <stupnski@tiac.net >
> wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> The Apple Store wanted no part of the Verizon cards; I called and
>> asked about that yesterday. My dealings with Verizon were as follows:
>>
>> Yesterday I visited the Verizon store (physical store, not web) and
>> asked if preorders could be placed at midnight local (eastern) time.
>> I was told they started at 3 AM local time. I didn't ask then if gift
>> cards would be accepted, but did say that was what I had. No negative
>> response to that.
>>
>> At 5 AM this morning I went through the process described in my
>> original post. Part of that process asked if I wanted one of the
>> listed insurance plans, none of which were identified as AppleCare.
>> Since in my original call to Apple I was told that the AppleCare had
>> to be purchased at same time as phone, this morning I called the
>> (local) Apple store first, to confirm I could buy the AppleCare
>> when I
>> had the phone, if I couldn't specify it in the preorder. I was told
>> that would be no problem.
>>
>> Today I again visited the (physical) Verizon store and was told "no
>> gift cards" on the preorders and there was nothing they could do
>> about
>> it there. They suggested I call Verizon Support, which I did when I
>> got home. The support person I reached was amazed that the gift cards
>> weren't accepted but, after he put me on hold and checked, he
>> apologized and said it was just as I had been told.
>>
>> I guess I have to get on the back of a line at the Verizon store next
>> Friday morning.......
>>
>> ...............Mike
>>
>>
>> On Oct 7, 2011, at 12:08 PM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
>>
>>> Absolutely. Mike, can you go through Verizon directly? I'm
>>> assuming that you tried the Apple store to order the phone?
>>>
>>> Harry
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Bill Boulware wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have used a Verizon card to pay for equipment before and had
>>>> equipment
>>>> charged to my account. It might be a combined Apple/Verizon
>>>> issue. I know
>>>> when I order from Apple.com they will only ship to my AT&T billing
>>>> address
>>>> and I have to call and have them change it in their system after I
>>>> order....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:53, Michael Stupinski <stupnski@tiac.net >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> **
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, Harry, the text on the sleeve of the card does say "You can
>>>>> use
>>>>> your card to purchase phones and accessories...", and I've had a
>>>>> Verizon account for about ten years so far, so they know who I am
>>>>> and
>>>>> how religiously I pay my bill. Sorry to report that I have Comcast
>>>>> cable service, though. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> .......Mike
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Harry Flaxman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Mike,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That would only make sense. Most cell providers do require a
>>>>>> credit
>>>>>> card to secure a plan, AFAIK.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I made the mistake of buying a Blackberry several months ago
>>>>>> through
>>>>>> Verizon. They would accept nothing but a credit card. Verizon is
>>>>>> NOT my favorite telecom company, second only to Comcast.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Harry
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 7, 2011, at 11:37 AM, Michael Stupinski wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well, I'm a very unhappy Verizon customer this morning. I got
>>>>>>> online
>>>>>>> at 5:00 this morning (Eastern time) to preorder an iPhone 4S.
>>>>>>> After
>>>>>>> going through the whole process (some of it not intuitive) I got
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> the payment page only to find that the $200 worth of Verizon
>>>>>>> gift
>>>>>>> cards my kids had given me to make this purchase were NOT
>>>>>>> ACCEPTABLE
>>>>>>> for payment. Basically it amounts to: "Credit cards only, thank
>>>>>>> you,
>>>>>>> and you can use your Verizon cards to pay off your bill each
>>>>>>> month"!
>>>>>>> I have found nobody at Verizon who can do anything about this.
>>>>>>> Wish
>>>>>>> the kids had gotten me Apple cards instead.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _____________________ _
>>>>>> Harry Flaxman
>>>>>> harry.flaxman@comcast.net
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --------------------- --------- ------
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Group FAQ:
>>>>>> <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> _____________________ _
>>> Harry Flaxman
>>> harry.flaxman@comcast.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------- --------- ------
>>>
>>> Group FAQ:
>>> <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
>>>
>>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>
> --------------------- --------- ------
>
> Group FAQ:
> <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
- 5.
-
Unlocked iPhones Available On Wednesday!
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Fri Oct 7, 2011 8:18 am (PDT)
http://bit.ly/nQNMaW
Or
http://www.cultofmac.com/100545/ apple-stores- could-start- selling-carrier- unlocked- iphone-4s- on-wednesday/
_____________________ _
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
- 6.
-
iPhone 4S Has Bluetooth 4
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Fri Oct 7, 2011 8:21 am (PDT)
http://www.apple.com/iphone/ specs.html
Sorry if this is old news. We've been overwhelmed by the loss of a personal friend.
Harry
_____________________ _
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
- 7a.
-
Re: Maximum size of an external disk on Leopard
Posted by: "Denver Dan" denver.dan@verizon.net denverdan22180
Fri Oct 7, 2011 8:26 am (PDT)
Howdy.
The theoretical size limit at this time is the a lot more than any hard
drive manufactured.
It's millions of terabytes.
Here's an article from Apple's KB:
"Mac OS X: Mac OS Extended format (HFS Plus) volume and file limits"
-Last Modified: July 29, 2008
-Article: HT2422
<http://support.apple.com/ >kb/HT2422
"Maximum volume size and file size (Mac OS X 10.4 or later) close to 8
EB"
So a 1 TB hard drive should do just fine. On a personal note, I've
frequently formatted drives of 1, 1.5, and 2 TB in size with zero
problems.
Be sure to pick the drive item itself in Disk Utility and do not
select/pick the partition/volume name list below the drive and
indented.
Then click the Partition tab.
Then you must change the Partition Layout popup item from the "Current"
to 1 Partition. You can also choose 2 or more Partitions.
The easily missed part is picking something other than "Current"
partition. This is a sort of "gotcha" of bad design IMO but it is what
it is.
Then click the Options button below the partition window pane. The
Options button does not become available until you change the Partition
Layout from "Current" to something else like 1 Partition.
Pick the GUID in the Options pane but read the short blurb first if
using an older Mac OS on a non Intel Mac.
Then click OK and then click the Apply button. It should take about
15 to 20 seconds to complete.
You can rename the drive after the reformat is complete.
Denver Dan
On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:29:24 -0700, John Richardson wrote:
> What is the maximum size of a USB external hard drive on Snow Leopard?
>
> I had Disk Utility fail to partition a 1TB external USB drive as 1
> partition.
>
> John F. Richardson
- 8.
-
Found a 'new' virus
Posted by: "Eric" emanmb@yahoo.com emanmb
Fri Oct 7, 2011 9:40 am (PDT)
Although we don't have to worry about this in OS X per se and most of us are sophisticated enough to see through the spam email attachments as malicious, some might find this of use.
I received a spam (NY traffic ticket scam) and checked out the .zip file attached to see what kind of virus it was. Yahoo mail did not detect anything and Sophos didn't either whether as the .zip or as the .exe it contained even after updating Sophos. So I submitted the .zip file to Sophos and got this response.
Hello,
Thank you for contacting Sophos Technical Support.
The file(s) submitted were malicious in nature and detection will be available on the Sophos Databank shortly.
Uniform traffic ticket.exe -- HIPS/RegMod-014
305afffc.com -- HIPS/RegMod-014
Uniform traffic ticket.zip -- archive file
- 9a.
-
Disabling PDF in Safari
Posted by: "DaveC" davec2468@yahoo.com davec2468
Fri Oct 7, 2011 9:59 am (PDT)
Seems each time I upgrade to a new version of OS X I have to do this
(and being of that age, have forgotten how I did it last time...)
So: how do I disable viewing PDF files automatically in Safari?
1. I have no internet plug-in to enable this funciton
2. I don't want to use the Ctr-click (or right-click) option. I am
looking for the *automatic* download and opening of a pdf by clicking
on the URL.
Thanks,
Dave
--
2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 / 4 GB / 750 GB
OS X 10.7.1
Safari 5.0.5
- 9b.
-
Re: Disabling PDF in Safari
Posted by: "DaveC" davec2468@yahoo.com davec2468
Fri Oct 7, 2011 10:12 am (PDT)
I found it. Google finally coughed it up:
In Terminal, enter:
defaults write com.apple.Safari WebKitOmitPDFSupport -bool YES
and press return. Restart Safari.
This apparently doesn't work in Safari 5.1 or later (or so I read...)
Thanks,
Dave
-=-=-=-
Seems each time I upgrade to a new version of OS X I have to do this
(and being of that age, have forgotten how I did it last time...)
So: how do I disable viewing PDF files automatically in Safari?
1. I have no internet plug-in to enable this funciton
2. I don't want to use the Ctr-click (or right-click) option. I am
looking for the *automatic* download and opening of a pdf by clicking
on the URL.
Thanks,
Dave
--
2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 / 4 GB / 750 GB
OS X 10.7.1
Safari 5.0.5
- 10a.
-
Side Bar in Finder windows
Posted by: "DaveC" davec2468@yahoo.com davec2468
Fri Oct 7, 2011 10:23 am (PDT)
Prior to Lion, each Finder window has a small oval button in the top
right corner that adds the Sidebar, the column of devices, shared
items, and "favorites".
That button was very useful when opening software installers (disk
images): click the button and when the Sidebar appears, drag the new
software into the Applications folder.
In Lion, this button is missing.
Anybody know the "why" behind this? Any utilities to bring back the
Sidebar button & option?
Thanks,
Dave
--
2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 / 4 GB / 750 GB
OS X 10.7.1
- 10b.
-
Re: Side Bar in Finder windows
Posted by: "Dave Kelly" imamacwizard@mac.com imamacwizard
Fri Oct 7, 2011 10:28 am (PDT)
Just right click in the toolbar area and choose "Hide Toolbar" and you have the same functionality.
Dave
On Oct 7, 2011, at 10:23 AM, DaveC wrote:
> Prior to Lion, each Finder window has a small oval button in the top
> right corner that adds the Sidebar, the column of devices, shared
> items, and "favorites".
>
> That button was very useful when opening software installers (disk
> images): click the button and when the Sidebar appears, drag the new
> software into the Applications folder.
>
> In Lion, this button is missing.
>
> Anybody know the "why" behind this? Any utilities to bring back the
> Sidebar button & option?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
- 10c.
-
Re: Side Bar in Finder windows
Posted by: "Tim O'Donoghue" tjod@drizzle.net timodonoghue
Fri Oct 7, 2011 10:29 am (PDT)
Right-Click > Show/Hide Toolbar
On Oct 7, 2011, at 10:23 AM, DaveC wrote:
> Prior to Lion, each Finder window has a small oval button in the top
> right corner that adds the Sidebar, the column of devices, shared
> items, and "favorites".
>
> That button was very useful when opening software installers (disk
> images): click the button and when the Sidebar appears, drag the new
> software into the Applications folder.
>
> In Lion, this button is missing.
>
> Anybody know the "why" behind this? Any utilities to bring back the
> Sidebar button & option?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
> --
> 2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 / 4 GB / 750 GB
> OS X 10.7.1
>
>
> --------------------- --------- ------
>
> Group FAQ:
> <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
- 11.
-
Navigating a PDF in Preview
Posted by: "DaveC" davec2468@yahoo.com davec2468
Fri Oct 7, 2011 10:57 am (PDT)
In Lion's version of Preveiw, it seems that some more nice features
have been deleted.
Used to be (in SL) you could navigate a PDF a page-at-a-time by
pressing left or right arrow keys.
Now there doesn't seem to be any way to navigate to the top of the
next page if you're at any zoom level other than "full page display"
(in which case you can use "page up" and "page down" buttons).
If there were some kind of "next page" navigation possible one could
assign hot keys to them.
Any other observations?
Thanks,
Dave
--
2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 / 4 GB / 750 GB
OS X 10.7.1
Preview 5.5
Need to Reply?
Click one of the "Reply" links to respond to a specific message in the Daily Digest.
MARKETPLACE
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Individual | Switch format to Traditional
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe
