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1a.: Re: On/off switches on hard drives From: Daly Jessup

2.: iPhone 4S Siri Demo From: Randy B. Singer

3.: Here they come: iPhone 4S review round-up From: Bill Boulware

4a.: Re: Apple sells over 1 million iPhone 4S handsets in first 24 hours From: N.A. Nada

5a.: Re: network printing issues - Lion From: Denver Dan

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1a.: Re: On/off switches on hard drives

Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com

Tue Oct 11, 2011 6:10 pm (PDT)

On Oct 11, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:

> Most drives have on/off switches. Seagate drives sometimes don't,
> or they have an odd pressure-sensitive switch that is almost
> impossible to use. I avoid Seagate external hard drives for just
> this reason alone.

I like Seagate drives in third-party enclosures that DO have on/off switches.
Daly

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2.: iPhone 4S Siri Demo

Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com randybrucesinger

Tue Oct 11, 2011 6:23 pm (PDT)

iPhone 4S Siri Demo
http://www.stuff.tv/video/vidcasts/apple-iphone-4s-siri-demo

This looks seriously revolutionary — I don't think people realize how
huge this is gonna be until they've had it for a few months — and then
we'll wonder how we ever lived without it.

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Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
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3.: Here they come: iPhone 4S review round-up

Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com boulware0224

Tue Oct 11, 2011 6:29 pm (PDT)

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/xBZlfAucvzA/

Sent to you by Bill Boulware via Google Reader: Here they come: iPhone
4S review round-up via 9to5Mac by Jake Smith on 10/11/11

The Verge:

The iPhone 4S is a great device for some, but what if youâ€™re thinking
of upgrading from an iPhone 4? Thatâ€™s a tougher call. The phone is
faster, to be sure, and has an amazing camera. And of course, you canâ€™t
get Siri unless you have a 4Sâ€¦ but I just donâ€™t know if any of those
reasons are compelling enough to convince previous buyers to upgrade.
The concept is a particularly hard sell for Verizon customers. The gap
between this yearâ€™s model and last yearâ€™s model isnâ€™t as wide as Apple
would probably like.

For this review, I returned to the iPhone after a fairly long period of
using and testing other devices. Spending a week with Appleâ€™s newest
phone, Iâ€™m reminded again of just what makes the companyâ€™s products so
special. Itâ€™s not specs, services, or apps. This phone is not perfect.
Certainly it can be improved. But there is something here, beyond the
screen and CPU, beyond iCloud, something under the surface. Some
intangible spark.

Is this the best phone ever made? Thatâ€™s debatable. But I can tell you
this: the iPhone 4S is pretty damn cool.

TechCrunch:

Leading up to last weekâ€™s event, like everyone else, I kept reading the
rumors about a new iPhone with a larger screen and completely different
form factor. Quite frankly, I was hoping they were wrong. (For the
record, I stated that I heard the screen size rumor was wrong weeks
ago.) The iPhone 4â€²s design is the pinnacle of smartphone design in my
opinion. I simply could not imagine how they could alter it to make it
better. Even making it thinner would mean that it wouldnâ€™t fit as
nicely in your hands for taking pictures. Android fanboys are going to
love that statement.

Iâ€™m happy that Apple decided not to change the form factor even though
they had to know there would be some backlash from a certain segment of
the population (read: idiots). Instead, Apple focused on the other
thing they do best: refining already great products to make them
better. The iPhone 4 was a great product. The best smartphone ever
made. Now it cedes that title to the iPhone 4S.

New York Times:

Android phones seem to come out every Tuesday at 3:45 p.m. Apple
updates iOS and the iPhone only once a year. So Apple had a lot of
catching up to do, even some leapfrogging. There are some rough spots
here and there; for example, every now and then the 4Sâ€™s camera app
gets stuck on its startup screen. And while the battery still gets you
through one full day, standby time is shorter than before (200 hours
versus 300). But over all, Apple has done an excellent job.

The question isnâ€™t whatâ€™s in a name â€" itâ€™s whatâ€™s in a phone. And the
answer is: â€œA lot of amazing technology. And some of it feels like
magic.â€

AllThingsD:

The iPhone 4S is one of Appleâ€™s less dramatic updates, but, when
combined with the Siri, iOS 5 and iCloud features, it presents an
attractive new offering to smartphone users. Some may be content to
skip the new hardware and just enjoy the software and cloud features
with older models. But those buying the phone will likely be happy with
it.

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4a.: Re: Apple sells over 1 million iPhone 4S handsets in first 24 hours

Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net

Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:39 pm (PDT)

Yeah, it is amazing that a product that got so many poo-poo comments, pre-sold so many units and blew away the competition... again.

On Oct 11, 2011, at 12:17 PM, raoullefere wrote:

> And this is the phone everyone's so bummed about? Good thing they didn't actually release an iPhone 5. There'd be knife fights.
>
> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Bill Boulware <bill.boulware@...> wrote:
> >
> > http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheBoyGeniusReport/~3/Mf9jOpLAcb8/
> >
> > Sent to you by Bill Boulware via Google Reader: Apple sells over 1
> > million iPhone 4S handsets in first 24 hours via BGR: The Three Biggest
> > Letters In Tech by Jonathan S. Geller on 10/10/11

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5a.: Re: network printing issues - Lion

Posted by: "Denver Dan" denver.dan@verizon.net denverdan22180

Wed Oct 12, 2011 4:25 am (PDT)

Howdy.

Try the Reset Printing System command.

Do a right click in the Printers list in Print & Scan panel in System
Preferences.

This Resets the Printing System. The Print queues in Printers list
will disappear (they are supposed to). No printer drivers are deleted
only the Print queues for them. USB printers will reappear
automatically. You may have to add Ethernet connected printers back
using the Plus button.

On Tue, 11 Oct 2011 23:32:05 +0100, Mark Mahabir wrote:
> Just posted this:
>
> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3370578
>
> Would appreciate greatly any suggestions!
>
> Mark

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