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Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:51 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"DaveC" davec2468
Is it possible? I have no "Mobile Me" account but I just signed up for iCloud.
From the Googling I've done I find that if an SL user has a Mobile Me
account he/she can transition to iCloud and all its features. But if
you're new to iCloud and not running Lion or newer, it looks like
it's not possible.
Can someone confirm or deny? ;-)
Cheers,
Dave
--
2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 / 4 GB / 750 GB
OS X 10.6.8 (yes, Snow Leopard)
From the Googling I've done I find that if an SL user has a Mobile Me
account he/she can transition to iCloud and all its features. But if
you're new to iCloud and not running Lion or newer, it looks like
it's not possible.
Can someone confirm or deny? ;-)
Cheers,
Dave
--
2011 Mac mini 2.7 GHz i7 / 4 GB / 750 GB
OS X 10.6.8 (yes, Snow Leopard)
Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:41 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Denver Dan" denverdan22180
Howdy.
Text-Edit Plus can strip out individual items or an entire list of
items that you can check on and off.
Try it. You can download it and try it for free.
Text-Edit Plus can remove, selectively, these items:
blank lines
multiple blank lines
spaces and multiple spaces (and do a replace)
tabs and replace with spaces
control characters
high ASCII
It can "normalize sentence spacing
strips leading spaces.
strips trailing spaces.
strips diacriticle marks.
Quotes of various types
ligatures
elipses
Em dashes
change line endings.
change maximum and minimum line length.
It has extensive Markup options.
However, perhaps for looking at HTML formatting you would be better off
the check into BBEdit and it's free little brother TextWrangler.
Denver Dan
On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:08:52 +0000, HAL9000 wrote:
> Hi, Dan. My original question was, what app will allow me to open a
> RichText doc and strip out what I want, not strip out EVERYTHING
> automatically. Text-Edit Plus strips out everything automatically
> when I open a RichText doc. Nice, but not what I want. SmartWrap
> seems to do the same thing.
>
> I want to open a RichText doc and see the formatting codes left from
> web cut and paste. Then SELECT codes to delete, save and close the RT
> doc.
>
> I like that RT maintains formatting from web clips, it's just
> difficult to change if I can't see the hidden formatting within the
> RT doc.
>
> I'd rather not use InDesign to create a document. RT is simple and
> beautiful. The clipped formatting codes are hidden though. jr
Text-Edit Plus can strip out individual items or an entire list of
items that you can check on and off.
Try it. You can download it and try it for free.
Text-Edit Plus can remove, selectively, these items:
blank lines
multiple blank lines
spaces and multiple spaces (and do a replace)
tabs and replace with spaces
control characters
high ASCII
It can "normalize sentence spacing
strips leading spaces.
strips trailing spaces.
strips diacriticle marks.
Quotes of various types
ligatures
elipses
Em dashes
change line endings.
change maximum and minimum line length.
It has extensive Markup options.
However, perhaps for looking at HTML formatting you would be better off
the check into BBEdit and it's free little brother TextWrangler.
Denver Dan
On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:08:52 +0000, HAL9000 wrote:
> Hi, Dan. My original question was, what app will allow me to open a
> RichText doc and strip out what I want, not strip out EVERYTHING
> automatically. Text-Edit Plus strips out everything automatically
> when I open a RichText doc. Nice, but not what I want. SmartWrap
> seems to do the same thing.
>
> I want to open a RichText doc and see the formatting codes left from
> web cut and paste. Then SELECT codes to delete, save and close the RT
> doc.
>
> I like that RT maintains formatting from web clips, it's just
> difficult to change if I can't see the hidden formatting within the
> RT doc.
>
> I'd rather not use InDesign to create a document. RT is simple and
> beautiful. The clipped formatting codes are hidden though. jr
Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:54 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Barry Austern" barryaus
Please clarify. Which program are you referring to, Apple's own Text
Edit (no plus) or Tex Edit Plus (Tex, not Text)?
At 3:41 PM -0400 9/22/12, Denver Dan wrote:
>
>
>Howdy.
>
>Text-Edit Plus can strip out individual items or an entire list of
>items that you can check on and off.
>
>Try it. You can download it and try it for free.
>
>Text-Edit Plus can remove, selectively, these items:
>blank lines
>multiple blank lines
>spaces and multiple spaces (and do a replace)
>tabs and replace with spaces
>control characters
>high ASCII
>It can "normalize sentence spacing
>strips leading spaces.
>strips trailing spaces.
>strips diacriticle marks.
>Quotes of various types
>ligatures
>elipses
>Em dashes
>change line endings.
>change maximum and minimum line length.
>
>It has extensive Markup options.
>
>However, perhaps for looking at HTML formatting you would be better off
>the check into BBEdit and it's free little brother TextWrangler.
>
>Denver Dan
>
>On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:08:52 +0000, HAL9000 wrote:
>> Hi, Dan. My original question was, what app will allow me to open a
>> RichText doc and strip out what I want, not strip out EVERYTHING
>> automatically. Text-Edit Plus strips out everything automatically
>> when I open a RichText doc. Nice, but not what I want. SmartWrap
>> seems to do the same thing.
>>
>> I want to open a RichText doc and see the formatting codes left from
>> web cut and paste. Then SELECT codes to delete, save and close the RT
>> doc.
>>
>> I like that RT maintains formatting from web clips, it's just
>> difficult to change if I can't see the hidden formatting within the
>> RT doc.
>>
>> I'd rather not use InDesign to create a document. RT is simple and
>> beautiful. The clipped formatting codes are hidden though. jr
>
>
--
Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.net
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Edit (no plus) or Tex Edit Plus (Tex, not Text)?
At 3:41 PM -0400 9/22/12, Denver Dan wrote:
>
>
>Howdy.
>
>Text-Edit Plus can strip out individual items or an entire list of
>items that you can check on and off.
>
>Try it. You can download it and try it for free.
>
>Text-Edit Plus can remove, selectively, these items:
>blank lines
>multiple blank lines
>spaces and multiple spaces (and do a replace)
>tabs and replace with spaces
>control characters
>high ASCII
>It can "normalize sentence spacing
>strips leading spaces.
>strips trailing spaces.
>strips diacriticle marks.
>Quotes of various types
>ligatures
>elipses
>Em dashes
>change line endings.
>change maximum and minimum line length.
>
>It has extensive Markup options.
>
>However, perhaps for looking at HTML formatting you would be better off
>the check into BBEdit and it's free little brother TextWrangler.
>
>Denver Dan
>
>On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:08:52 +0000, HAL9000 wrote:
>> Hi, Dan. My original question was, what app will allow me to open a
>> RichText doc and strip out what I want, not strip out EVERYTHING
>> automatically. Text-Edit Plus strips out everything automatically
>> when I open a RichText doc. Nice, but not what I want. SmartWrap
>> seems to do the same thing.
>>
>> I want to open a RichText doc and see the formatting codes left from
>> web cut and paste. Then SELECT codes to delete, save and close the RT
>> doc.
>>
>> I like that RT maintains formatting from web clips, it's just
>> difficult to change if I can't see the hidden formatting within the
>> RT doc.
>>
>> I'd rather not use InDesign to create a document. RT is simple and
>> beautiful. The clipped formatting codes are hidden though. jr
>
>
--
Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Sat Sep 22, 2012 3:07 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"HAL9000" jrswebhome
Dan, if I open the RT doc in Text-Edit Plus, all coding is immediately stripped out leaving text and line breaks only. How are you opening in Text-Edit Plus and this not happening? jr
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Denver Dan <denver.dan@...> wrote:
>
> Howdy.
>
> Text-Edit Plus can strip out individual items or an entire list of
> items that you can check on and off.
>
> Try it. You can download it and try it for free.
>
> Text-Edit Plus can remove, selectively, these items:
> blank lines
> multiple blank lines
> spaces and multiple spaces (and do a replace)
> tabs and replace with spaces
> control characters
> high ASCII
> It can "normalize sentence spacing
> strips leading spaces.
> strips trailing spaces.
> strips diacriticle marks.
> Quotes of various types
> ligatures
> elipses
> Em dashes
> change line endings.
> change maximum and minimum line length.
>
> It has extensive Markup options.
>
> However, perhaps for looking at HTML formatting you would be better off
> the check into BBEdit and it's free little brother TextWrangler.
>
> Denver Dan
>
>
> On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:08:52 +0000, HAL9000 wrote:
> > Hi, Dan. My original question was, what app will allow me to open a
> > RichText doc and strip out what I want, not strip out EVERYTHING
> > automatically. Text-Edit Plus strips out everything automatically
> > when I open a RichText doc. Nice, but not what I want. SmartWrap
> > seems to do the same thing.
> >
> > I want to open a RichText doc and see the formatting codes left from
> > web cut and paste. Then SELECT codes to delete, save and close the RT
> > doc.
> >
> > I like that RT maintains formatting from web clips, it's just
> > difficult to change if I can't see the hidden formatting within the
> > RT doc.
> >
> > I'd rather not use InDesign to create a document. RT is simple and
> > beautiful. The clipped formatting codes are hidden though. jr
>
--- In macsupportcentral@
>
> Howdy.
>
> Text-Edit Plus can strip out individual items or an entire list of
> items that you can check on and off.
>
> Try it. You can download it and try it for free.
>
> Text-Edit Plus can remove, selectively, these items:
> blank lines
> multiple blank lines
> spaces and multiple spaces (and do a replace)
> tabs and replace with spaces
> control characters
> high ASCII
> It can "normalize sentence spacing
> strips leading spaces.
> strips trailing spaces.
> strips diacriticle marks.
> Quotes of various types
> ligatures
> elipses
> Em dashes
> change line endings.
> change maximum and minimum line length.
>
> It has extensive Markup options.
>
> However, perhaps for looking at HTML formatting you would be better off
> the check into BBEdit and it's free little brother TextWrangler.
>
> Denver Dan
>
>
> On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:08:52 +0000, HAL9000 wrote:
> > Hi, Dan. My original question was, what app will allow me to open a
> > RichText doc and strip out what I want, not strip out EVERYTHING
> > automatically. Text-Edit Plus strips out everything automatically
> > when I open a RichText doc. Nice, but not what I want. SmartWrap
> > seems to do the same thing.
> >
> > I want to open a RichText doc and see the formatting codes left from
> > web cut and paste. Then SELECT codes to delete, save and close the RT
> > doc.
> >
> > I like that RT maintains formatting from web clips, it's just
> > difficult to change if I can't see the hidden formatting within the
> > RT doc.
> >
> > I'd rather not use InDesign to create a document. RT is simple and
> > beautiful. The clipped formatting codes are hidden though. jr
>
Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:46 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Lynn Voedisch" bastetmax
There's a way you can save Google Maps as an app to your iPhone. Go to Google Maps on the Web and it will actually lead you through the steps. Once you have it as an app, you can just bypass maps and use GoogleMaps as you always did. It does use the location blue ball, which moves a little herky-jerky for my taste, but still does the job. Has all the transit locations and things that Apple Maps is missing.
Frankly, I'm not exactly sure what all the uproar is about. I have an iPhone 4 and downloaded iOS6. It wiped out my Google Maps and put in Apple Maps. I didn't have any problem with the new maps at all. But maybe that's because I'm in a major city. Then, again, people had trouble in Brooklyn. I don't know... Still, I now have the Google Maps app in case there are problems.
Frankly, I'm not exactly sure what all the uproar is about. I have an iPhone 4 and downloaded iOS6. It wiped out my Google Maps and put in Apple Maps. I didn't have any problem with the new maps at all. But maybe that's because I'm in a major city. Then, again, people had trouble in Brooklyn. I don't know... Still, I now have the Google Maps app in case there are problems.
Sat Sep 22, 2012 7:22 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"jrswebhome" jrswebhome
Tried it and found using this so-called app is still going through Safari. It never found my street, and constantly kept asking me to re-sign into Google Maps inside Safari. My computer signs in once and remembers. Don't know why this work around didn't. Think I'll just wait for the App if Apple ever signs off on one from Google.
Viewing Apple Maps is clunky compared to what I had before iO6. But just my opinion.
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Lynn Voedisch <stet@...> wrote:
>
> There's a way you can save Google Maps as an app to your iPhone. Go to Google Maps on the Web and it will actually lead you through the steps. Once you have it as an app, you can just bypass maps and use GoogleMaps as you always did. It does use the location blue ball, which moves a little herky-jerky for my taste, but still does the job. Has all the transit locations and things that Apple Maps is missing.
>
> Frankly, I'm not exactly sure what all the uproar is about. I have an iPhone 4 and downloaded iOS6. It wiped out my Google Maps and put in Apple Maps. I didn't have any problem with the new maps at all. But maybe that's because I'm in a major city. Then, again, people had trouble in Brooklyn. I don't know... Still, I now have the Google Maps app in case there are problems.
>
Viewing Apple Maps is clunky compared to what I had before iO6. But just my opinion.
--- In macsupportcentral@
>
> There's a way you can save Google Maps as an app to your iPhone. Go to Google Maps on the Web and it will actually lead you through the steps. Once you have it as an app, you can just bypass maps and use GoogleMaps as you always did. It does use the location blue ball, which moves a little herky-jerky for my taste, but still does the job. Has all the transit locations and things that Apple Maps is missing.
>
> Frankly, I'm not exactly sure what all the uproar is about. I have an iPhone 4 and downloaded iOS6. It wiped out my Google Maps and put in Apple Maps. I didn't have any problem with the new maps at all. But maybe that's because I'm in a major city. Then, again, people had trouble in Brooklyn. I don't know... Still, I now have the Google Maps app in case there are problems.
>
Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:55 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"DaveC" davec2468
These are getting good reviews on Amazon:
<http://www.amazon.com/GOgroove-Hands-Free-Microphone-Motorola-Smartphones/dp/B007ZGGJ20/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1348343335&sr=8-16&keywords=iphone+earbuds+mic >
They include a mic for phone use. (Will mic-type earbuds work in an
iPod or such, too?)
Dave
<http://www.amazon.
They include a mic for phone use. (Will mic-type earbuds work in an
iPod or such, too?)
Dave
Sat Sep 22, 2012 12:58 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"DaveC" davec2468
>I have a pair of NuForce's now-discontinued NE-700X earphones, which
>have simply extraordinary sound. These are their next less expensive
>model, which come with 3 sizes of interchangeable tips:
><http://www.nuforce.com/hp/products/ne770x/index.php >
>
>PSmith
-=-=-=-
Apparently still available at Amazon:
<http://www.amazon.com/NuForce-NE-770X-Carbon-In-ear-Headphones/dp/B006RAXKYA/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1348343526&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=NuForce+NE-700X >
Dave
>have simply extraordinary sound. These are their next less expensive
>model, which come with 3 sizes of interchangeable tips:
><http://www.nuforce.
>
>PSmith
-=-=-=-
Apparently still available at Amazon:
<http://www.amazon.
Dave
Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:18 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"paul smith" waldonny
Those are a current model, the 770. I have the 700, roughly twice the price and now shown as "Unavailable" on Amazon.
--
PSmith
MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM, OS 10.8.2 iPhone 4S 64 GB, iOS 6.0
On Sep 22, 2012, at 3:58 PM, DaveC <davec2468@yahoo.com > wrote:
> Apparently still available at Amazon:
>
> <http://www.amazon.com/NuForce-NE-770X-Carbon-In-ear-Headphones/dp/B006RAXKYA/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1348343526&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=NuForce+NE-700X >
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--
PSmith
MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM, OS 10.8.2 iPhone 4S 64 GB, iOS 6.0
On Sep 22, 2012, at 3:58 PM, DaveC <davec2468@yahoo.
> Apparently still available at Amazon:
>
> <http://www.amazon.
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Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:32 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Lynn Voedisch" bastetmax
Thanks for the tips, guys, on earbuds for small ears.
And sorry for the semi-unreadable message I sent. I have no idea what went wrong there.
Word up to my fellow shorties. I'm only 5'2".
Lynn
And sorry for the semi-unreadable message I sent. I have no idea what went wrong there.
Word up to my fellow shorties. I'm only 5'2".
Lynn
Sat Sep 22, 2012 1:45 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Joan B. Sax, Ph.D." joan05061
Thanks for the responses. I guess I am confused about what exactly Airport Extreme and Airport Express are and which one would best suit my needs. We have 3 computers at our house in different locations, two desktop models that are in separate rooms about 40 feet apart, and 1 laptop that I would like to be able to use in our living room that is about, now that I think of it, 100 feet away. In addition, when friends or family come, they bring laptops that I would like to have connected to the wireless network. Eventually, I would like to have Apple TV in our living room (when I get around to upgrading my TV to HD - if I find anything worth watching). At the moment, the Linksys aka Cisco is very slow and there is virtually no signal in the living room. Finally, my laser printer still has a lot of life in it, but isn't wireless so it is currently connected via wire to the router so that both I and my husband can print to it.
Given those needs, would Airport Extreme replace my current wireless router (did I get that right?) and have sufficient power to get a decent signal to other parts of the house?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Joan in Vermont where it was supposed to rain but instead was another glorious day. We will soon pay for this, I guess so I am enjoying it now.
Given those needs, would Airport Extreme replace my current wireless router (did I get that right?) and have sufficient power to get a decent signal to other parts of the house?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Joan in Vermont where it was supposed to rain but instead was another glorious day. We will soon pay for this, I guess so I am enjoying it now.
Sat Sep 22, 2012 4:22 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
How many computers (or other devices) need a wired (ethernet) connection?
If there is only one, and the rest can all use Wi-Fi, the Express will
suffice. If you need more than 1 wired connection, the Express can not do
what you want. The Extreme has 3 wired connections.
Wi-Fi range is another matter, and it's difficult to get hard figures,
mainly because this varies so much with the construction of the house.
Which Linksys is it? 11b Wi-fi?
Otto
On 22 September 2012 21:45, Joan B. Sax, Ph.D. <jsax@me.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the responses. I guess I am confused about what exactly Airport
> Extreme and Airport Express are and which one would best suit my needs. We
> have 3 computers at our house in different locations, two desktop models
> that are in separate rooms about 40 feet apart, and 1 laptop that I would
> like to be able to use in our living room that is about, now that I think
> of it, 100 feet away. In addition, when friends or family come, they bring
> laptops that I would like to have connected to the wireless network.
> Eventually, I would like to have Apple TV in our living room (when I get
> around to upgrading my TV to HD - if I find anything worth watching). At
> the moment, the Linksys aka Cisco is very slow and there is virtually no
> signal in the living room. Finally, my laser printer still has a lot of
> life in it, but isn't wireless so it is currently connected via wire to the
> router so that both I and my husband can print to it.
> Given those needs, would Airport Extreme replace my current
> wireless router (did I get that right?) and have sufficient power to get a
> decent signal to other parts of the house?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Joan in Vermont where it was supposed to rain but instead was another
> glorious day. We will soon pay for this, I guess so I am enjoying it now.
>
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If there is only one, and the rest can all use Wi-Fi, the Express will
suffice. If you need more than 1 wired connection, the Express can not do
what you want. The Extreme has 3 wired connections.
Wi-Fi range is another matter, and it's difficult to get hard figures,
mainly because this varies so much with the construction of the house.
Which Linksys is it? 11b Wi-fi?
Otto
On 22 September 2012 21:45, Joan B. Sax, Ph.D. <jsax@me.com> wrote:
> Thanks for the responses. I guess I am confused about what exactly Airport
> Extreme and Airport Express are and which one would best suit my needs. We
> have 3 computers at our house in different locations, two desktop models
> that are in separate rooms about 40 feet apart, and 1 laptop that I would
> like to be able to use in our living room that is about, now that I think
> of it, 100 feet away. In addition, when friends or family come, they bring
> laptops that I would like to have connected to the wireless network.
> Eventually, I would like to have Apple TV in our living room (when I get
> around to upgrading my TV to HD - if I find anything worth watching). At
> the moment, the Linksys aka Cisco is very slow and there is virtually no
> signal in the living room. Finally, my laser printer still has a lot of
> life in it, but isn't wireless so it is currently connected via wire to the
> router so that both I and my husband can print to it.
> Given those needs, would Airport Extreme replace my current
> wireless router (did I get that right?) and have sufficient power to get a
> decent signal to other parts of the house?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Joan in Vermont where it was supposed to rain but instead was another
> glorious day. We will soon pay for this, I guess so I am enjoying it now.
>
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Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:51 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Denver Dan" denverdan22180
Howdy.
Joan, I don't think you mentioned how you receive your internet
service: dialup modem? cable TV modem? DSL? Fiber optic?
The term "router" has come to mean a multifunction device.
When you buy a router and install it your would connect your internet
service to it. Some internet services require a special router.
You can then connect other LAN (Local Area Network - your own private
network either wired or wireless) to the router.
If you are using wired Ethernet, you need to be sure that your Ethernet
cables are rated for the fastest speed the router can provide. Today
this means using Ethernet cables rated at Cat 5e or better. If you
have an older Cat 3 cable in the mix then that will slow down what is
connected.
If you are using WiFi network as you mentioned, then you need to become
aware of the WiFi speed that the Router can provide AND you need to be
aware of the WiFi speed of the WiFi cards (Apple calls them AirPort
cards) in your computers. Here's the short list of WiFi speeds. An
international number/letter designation is used for this.
802.11b (slow and old)
802.11g (faster and newer)
802.11n (almost the fastest and almost the newest)
802.11ab (the new speed champion but very very new)
There are very few 802.11ab WiFi cars, WiFi routers current in use
since it's very new.
If you have checked that your router and computers have WiFi speeds
that all match, if you have a WiFi router and the computer near it has
good speed, but a more distant computer has slow speed, then you might
need either a more powerful WiFi router or you could look into a WiFi
booster or repeater device. These are little boxes that take the WiFi
signal from the router and boost it so it works better farther away.
Apple's AirPort Base Station is a router with WiFi, with an Ethernet
port, and with a USB port.
You administer/set up/configure Apple's AirPort Base Station with a
program in the Utilities folder. Other brands of routers are
administered by using your web browser and accessing the configuration
info built into the router.
You should with the Linksys router use your web browser, access the
router's admin configuration, and check out the settings for your WiFi
network.
Note that you can also mix and match routers, Apple's AirPort Base
Station, an Ethernet switch, etc. For example, you could use the
AirPort base station ONLY as your WiFi network provider, connect the
Base Station to the Linksys, turn off the Linksys WiFi part, but still
use the Linksys as your Internet connection.
Good luck!
Denver Dan
On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:45:05 -0400, Joan B. Sax, Ph.D. wrote:
> Thanks for the responses. I guess I am confused about what exactly
> Airport Extreme and Airport Express are and which one would best suit
> my needs. We have 3 computers at our house in different locations,
> two desktop models that are in separate rooms about 40 feet apart,
> and 1 laptop that I would like to be able to use in our living room
> that is about, now that I think of it, 100 feet away. In addition,
> when friends or family come, they bring laptops that I would like to
> have connected to the wireless network. Eventually, I would like to
> have Apple TV in our living room (when I get around to upgrading my
> TV to HD - if I find anything worth watching). At the moment, the
> Linksys aka Cisco is very slow and there is virtually no signal in
> the living room. Finally, my laser printer still has a lot of life in
> it, but isn't wireless so it is currently connected via wire to the
> router so that both I and my husband can print to it.
> Given those needs, would Airport Extreme replace my current wireless
> router (did I get that right?) and have sufficient power to get a
> decent signal to other parts of the house?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Joan in Vermont where it was supposed to rain but instead was another
> glorious day. We will soon pay for this, I guess so I am enjoying it
> now.
>
Joan, I don't think you mentioned how you receive your internet
service: dialup modem? cable TV modem? DSL? Fiber optic?
The term "router" has come to mean a multifunction device.
When you buy a router and install it your would connect your internet
service to it. Some internet services require a special router.
You can then connect other LAN (Local Area Network - your own private
network either wired or wireless) to the router.
If you are using wired Ethernet, you need to be sure that your Ethernet
cables are rated for the fastest speed the router can provide. Today
this means using Ethernet cables rated at Cat 5e or better. If you
have an older Cat 3 cable in the mix then that will slow down what is
connected.
If you are using WiFi network as you mentioned, then you need to become
aware of the WiFi speed that the Router can provide AND you need to be
aware of the WiFi speed of the WiFi cards (Apple calls them AirPort
cards) in your computers. Here's the short list of WiFi speeds. An
international number/letter designation is used for this.
802.11b (slow and old)
802.11g (faster and newer)
802.11n (almost the fastest and almost the newest)
802.11ab (the new speed champion but very very new)
There are very few 802.11ab WiFi cars, WiFi routers current in use
since it's very new.
If you have checked that your router and computers have WiFi speeds
that all match, if you have a WiFi router and the computer near it has
good speed, but a more distant computer has slow speed, then you might
need either a more powerful WiFi router or you could look into a WiFi
booster or repeater device. These are little boxes that take the WiFi
signal from the router and boost it so it works better farther away.
Apple's AirPort Base Station is a router with WiFi, with an Ethernet
port, and with a USB port.
You administer/set up/configure Apple's AirPort Base Station with a
program in the Utilities folder. Other brands of routers are
administered by using your web browser and accessing the configuration
info built into the router.
You should with the Linksys router use your web browser, access the
router's admin configuration, and check out the settings for your WiFi
network.
Note that you can also mix and match routers, Apple's AirPort Base
Station, an Ethernet switch, etc. For example, you could use the
AirPort base station ONLY as your WiFi network provider, connect the
Base Station to the Linksys, turn off the Linksys WiFi part, but still
use the Linksys as your Internet connection.
Good luck!
Denver Dan
On Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:45:05 -0400, Joan B. Sax, Ph.D. wrote:
> Thanks for the responses. I guess I am confused about what exactly
> Airport Extreme and Airport Express are and which one would best suit
> my needs. We have 3 computers at our house in different locations,
> two desktop models that are in separate rooms about 40 feet apart,
> and 1 laptop that I would like to be able to use in our living room
> that is about, now that I think of it, 100 feet away. In addition,
> when friends or family come, they bring laptops that I would like to
> have connected to the wireless network. Eventually, I would like to
> have Apple TV in our living room (when I get around to upgrading my
> TV to HD - if I find anything worth watching). At the moment, the
> Linksys aka Cisco is very slow and there is virtually no signal in
> the living room. Finally, my laser printer still has a lot of life in
> it, but isn't wireless so it is currently connected via wire to the
> router so that both I and my husband can print to it.
> Given those needs, would Airport Extreme replace my current wireless
> router (did I get that right?) and have sufficient power to get a
> decent signal to other parts of the house?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Joan in Vermont where it was supposed to rain but instead was another
> glorious day. We will soon pay for this, I guess so I am enjoying it
> now.
>
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