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Wed Jan 30, 2013 7:57 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Carol Corley" floridabouvs
The alarm I have is an app called Alarm System. I set it and it is good for 15 mins, which is enough time to go to the BR and leave the iPad on the table in a coffee shop or wherever while my husband is there but preoccupied. The alarm will go off when anyone picks it up, even you. But you disable before it goes off by hitting the iPad's on/off button. Of course, the thief could do so also, but he won't know you set an alarm.
And yes, I did hear that providers will prevent the thief from re-activating it, but I thought I did read that Apple has a way of disabling it permanently. Maybe wishful thinking.
Carol
Sent from my iPad 3
And yes, I did hear that providers will prevent the thief from re-activating it, but I thought I did read that Apple has a way of disabling it permanently. Maybe wishful thinking.
Carol
Sent from my iPad 3
Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:17 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Carol Corley" floridabouvs
No, I'm wrong. Apparently Apple doesn't help.
Carol
Sent from my iPad Mini
Carol
Sent from my iPad Mini
Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:16 am (PST) . Posted by:
"T Hopkins" todhop
All security reduces risk. No security eliminates risk.
The Find My iPhone function, if used well, offers about as much security as is reasonable. You can always do more (LoJack, alarms, cables, assault rifle) but Find My iPhone does offer the ability to locate, disable or erase your lost phone. If you don't have a passcode, then it can be turned off quickly by a thief and defeated, theoretically (read on). With a good passcode, it will take the thief longer and he will have to wipe the phone, destroying your data. You might lose the phone, but they won't get your private information. And you will have a significant time window as wiping requires more steps and a higher level of sophistication.
And it is theoretically possible that wiping would NOT defeat Find My iPhone! I actually don't know this. Others say so, but the fact is, wiping the phone does not change it's ID and the Find My iPhone function is a function of iCloud not the phone. The phones ID is stored in hardware. In theory, Apple can identify the phone even after a wipe and report it's location just like the carriers can. In practice, I don't know if they do so via the Find My iPhone service. The setting on the phone merely gives Apple your permission to track the phone, not the ability to does so.
There is a big distinction between what Apple WILL do and what Apple CAN do. The Find My iPhone function is a user application and service. It does not need to be "on" for Apple to know where your phone is. They ALWAYS know where your phone is if it is on. The question is when and how they record and divulge that information.
Cheers,
tod
On Jan 30, 2013, at 11:17 PM, Carol Corley wrote:
> No, I'm wrong. Apparently Apple doesn't help.
> Carol
>
> Sent from my iPad Mini
>
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The Find My iPhone function, if used well, offers about as much security as is reasonable. You can always do more (LoJack, alarms, cables, assault rifle) but Find My iPhone does offer the ability to locate, disable or erase your lost phone. If you don't have a passcode, then it can be turned off quickly by a thief and defeated, theoretically (read on). With a good passcode, it will take the thief longer and he will have to wipe the phone, destroying your data. You might lose the phone, but they won't get your private information. And you will have a significant time window as wiping requires more steps and a higher level of sophistication.
And it is theoretically possible that wiping would NOT defeat Find My iPhone! I actually don't know this. Others say so, but the fact is, wiping the phone does not change it's ID and the Find My iPhone function is a function of iCloud not the phone. The phones ID is stored in hardware. In theory, Apple can identify the phone even after a wipe and report it's location just like the carriers can. In practice, I don't know if they do so via the Find My iPhone service. The setting on the phone merely gives Apple your permission to track the phone, not the ability to does so.
There is a big distinction between what Apple WILL do and what Apple CAN do. The Find My iPhone function is a user application and service. It does not need to be "on" for Apple to know where your phone is. They ALWAYS know where your phone is if it is on. The question is when and how they record and divulge that information.
Cheers,
tod
On Jan 30, 2013, at 11:17 PM, Carol Corley wrote:
> No, I'm wrong. Apparently Apple doesn't help.
> Carol
>
> Sent from my iPad Mini
>
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Wed Jan 30, 2013 9:20 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Denver Dan" denverdan22180
Howdy.
The PM G5 is now pretty old. The CD/DVD player/burner may have broken.
You can get a new internal CD/DVD player/burner and even install it
yourself. Remove the original one and install the new one.
However, you may have to search for an IDE/ATAPI Optical Drive because
of the age of the Power Mac G5.
IDE/ATAPI refers to the socket and plug system for some older types of
drives. Newer computers use a SATA type of socket and plug and cable.
I was curious about this and checked at one of my favorite online
computer sales companies, Other World Computing, and while they used to
sell this type of replacement optical drive they have none available at
this time.
I checked some other sources and found a MSI DH-18D4P 18X DVDROM Drive
- DVD-ROM 18X, CD-ROM 48X, IDE optical drive. $29.99 at
TigerDirect.com.
But before buying this brand I strongly recommend you check with seller
and/or maker (I've not heard of MSI before) to see if it is compatible
with a PowerMac G5.
You CAN install one yourself. There are even step by step guides
available for this.
Tip! If you install it yourself, not that most internal replacement
CD/DVD/BD drives come with a front bezel part. These bezels, or
plastic front of the drive drawer, can be removed and for a PowerMac G5
or MacPro tower need to be removed. They are made to snap off. The
bezel will prevent the drawer from sliding in and out because of the
design of the metal "garage door" Mac lid that slides up to open.
An easy option is to get an external CD/DVD player burner and just
ignore the internal one that may be broken. Check here at Other World
Computing. The things they sell are almost always Mac compatible and
well made and they honor their warranties and have good tech support.
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/blu-ray >
Several prices available. Faster is usually more expensive.
One of the good aspects of the external cases used by Other World
Computing is that they often have several different types of ports such
as USB, FireWire, eSATA, and Thunderbolt. This makes them more
flexible.
And, yet another option is to get a CD/DVD/BluRay player burner. I
have one in my MacPro and use it for burning data discs using Roxio's
Toast Titanium.
Good luck!
Denver Dan
On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:55:27 +0000, zeegal2012 wrote:
> I have a PowerMac G5 running OS 10.4.11 & CD's have stopped playing.
> What's going on is the little tray comes out & goes back in in all
> right, but it doesn't close.
> However, you can nudge it & it'll close. But the CD just sits in
> there & does nothing.
> Yet, even though the same thing happens I can play a DVD.
>
> So any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks.
> Zentura
The PM G5 is now pretty old. The CD/DVD player/burner may have broken.
You can get a new internal CD/DVD player/burner and even install it
yourself. Remove the original one and install the new one.
However, you may have to search for an IDE/ATAPI Optical Drive because
of the age of the Power Mac G5.
IDE/ATAPI refers to the socket and plug system for some older types of
drives. Newer computers use a SATA type of socket and plug and cable.
I was curious about this and checked at one of my favorite online
computer sales companies, Other World Computing, and while they used to
sell this type of replacement optical drive they have none available at
this time.
I checked some other sources and found a MSI DH-18D4P 18X DVDROM Drive
- DVD-ROM 18X, CD-ROM 48X, IDE optical drive. $29.99 at
TigerDirect.
But before buying this brand I strongly recommend you check with seller
and/or maker (I've not heard of MSI before) to see if it is compatible
with a PowerMac G5.
You CAN install one yourself. There are even step by step guides
available for this.
Tip! If you install it yourself, not that most internal replacement
CD/DVD/BD drives come with a front bezel part. These bezels, or
plastic front of the drive drawer, can be removed and for a PowerMac G5
or MacPro tower need to be removed. They are made to snap off. The
bezel will prevent the drawer from sliding in and out because of the
design of the metal "garage door" Mac lid that slides up to open.
An easy option is to get an external CD/DVD player burner and just
ignore the internal one that may be broken. Check here at Other World
Computing. The things they sell are almost always Mac compatible and
well made and they honor their warranties and have good tech support.
http://eshop.
Several prices available. Faster is usually more expensive.
One of the good aspects of the external cases used by Other World
Computing is that they often have several different types of ports such
as USB, FireWire, eSATA, and Thunderbolt. This makes them more
flexible.
And, yet another option is to get a CD/DVD/BluRay player burner. I
have one in my MacPro and use it for burning data discs using Roxio's
Toast Titanium.
Good luck!
Denver Dan
On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:55:27 +0000, zeegal2012 wrote:
> I have a PowerMac G5 running OS 10.4.11 & CD's have stopped playing.
> What's going on is the little tray comes out & goes back in in all
> right, but it doesn't close.
> However, you can nudge it & it'll close. But the CD just sits in
> there & does nothing.
> Yet, even though the same thing happens I can play a DVD.
>
> So any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks.
> Zentura
Thu Jan 31, 2013 2:23 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Douglas Neale" djneale
When you reboot a Mac with Bootcamp installed and set to be the
preferred boot choice it will fire up the boot loader system which by
default will be the one installed by your version of windows.
If you have multiple versions of windows it will time out to the last
one you set as your boot choice in the boot management package you are
using.
If you are running XP a file called boot.ini in the root partition can
be edited with any text editor to allow you to change these defaults.
If you are running any later version of windows you will need to edit
the BCD file with something like easyBCD to make these changes.
If you want a particular program to restart after a power failure things
get much more difficult because you have to bypass the initial login and
then persuade windows to run your program. You used to be able to do
this easily with an entry in 'autoexec.bat' which is the old startup
command file in the days before windows NT. I have not tried to do this
with NT so I don't know whether that trick would still work.
HTH
Doug Neale
preferred boot choice it will fire up the boot loader system which by
default will be the one installed by your version of windows.
If you have multiple versions of windows it will time out to the last
one you set as your boot choice in the boot management package you are
using.
If you are running XP a file called boot.ini in the root partition can
be edited with any text editor to allow you to change these defaults.
If you are running any later version of windows you will need to edit
the BCD file with something like easyBCD to make these changes.
If you want a particular program to restart after a power failure things
get much more difficult because you have to bypass the initial login and
then persuade windows to run your program. You used to be able to do
this easily with an entry in 'autoexec.
command file in the days before windows NT. I have not tried to do this
with NT so I don't know whether that trick would still work.
HTH
Doug Neale
Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:51 am (PST) . Posted by:
"T Hopkins" todhop
Well, I don't have a solid answer yet, but it appears not. I can't test it yet, but what I read indicates that the automatically restart flag is not persistent and must be reset by the OS after each boot. If you boot into Windows, the flag is not reset, and the system will not boot after the next power failure.
Cheers,
tod
On Jan 30, 2013, at 6:39 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
> Won't Sys Prefs/ Startup Disk pref do that for you?
>
> On Jan 30, 2013, at 6:30 AM, T Hopkins wrote:
>
> Does anyone know how to get a Mac Mini to automatically restart after power failure... IF the system is running Windows under Bootcamp?
>
> I should be able to test in a few days, but at the moment I'm working blind and I was trying to research. Can't find a good answer. It appears from what I've read that the OSX features for restarting are not persistent beyond reboot, so when you boot into Windows, they are gone. I would presume that the Windows settings won't work as Windows expects such things to be handled in the BIOS.
>
> Anyone have a solution for this? Some type of boot loader or Bootcamp settings or something?
>
> Cheers,
> tod
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
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Cheers,
tod
On Jan 30, 2013, at 6:39 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
> Won't Sys Prefs/ Startup Disk pref do that for you?
>
> On Jan 30, 2013, at 6:30 AM, T Hopkins wrote:
>
> Does anyone know how to get a Mac Mini to automatically restart after power failure... IF the system is running Windows under Bootcamp?
>
> I should be able to test in a few days, but at the moment I'm working blind and I was trying to research. Can't find a good answer. It appears from what I've read that the OSX features for restarting are not persistent beyond reboot, so when you boot into Windows, they are gone. I would presume that the Windows settings won't work as Windows expects such things to be handled in the BIOS.
>
> Anyone have a solution for this? Some type of boot loader or Bootcamp settings or something?
>
> Cheers,
> tod
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
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Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:24 am (PST) . Posted by:
"T Hopkins" todhop
What I'm looking to do is set the automatic restart after power failure function. I have not been able to find any method for setting this without at least booting to a unix command prompt. I'm thinking that someone must have written a script to set this from Windows, but have not found such a thing yet.
Cheers,
tod
On Jan 31, 2013, at 5:23 AM, Douglas Neale wrote:
> When you reboot a Mac with Bootcamp installed and set to be the
> preferred boot choice it will fire up the boot loader system which by
> default will be the one installed by your version of windows.
>
> If you have multiple versions of windows it will time out to the last
> one you set as your boot choice in the boot management package you are
> using.
>
> If you are running XP a file called boot.ini in the root partition can
> be edited with any text editor to allow you to change these defaults.
>
> If you are running any later version of windows you will need to edit
> the BCD file with something like easyBCD to make these changes.
>
> If you want a particular program to restart after a power failure things
> get much more difficult because you have to bypass the initial login and
> then persuade windows to run your program. You used to be able to do
> this easily with an entry in 'autoexec.bat' which is the old startup
> command file in the days before windows NT. I have not tried to do this
> with NT so I don't know whether that trick would still work.
>
> HTH
>
> Doug Neale
>
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Cheers,
tod
On Jan 31, 2013, at 5:23 AM, Douglas Neale wrote:
> When you reboot a Mac with Bootcamp installed and set to be the
> preferred boot choice it will fire up the boot loader system which by
> default will be the one installed by your version of windows.
>
> If you have multiple versions of windows it will time out to the last
> one you set as your boot choice in the boot management package you are
> using.
>
> If you are running XP a file called boot.ini in the root partition can
> be edited with any text editor to allow you to change these defaults.
>
> If you are running any later version of windows you will need to edit
> the BCD file with something like easyBCD to make these changes.
>
> If you want a particular program to restart after a power failure things
> get much more difficult because you have to bypass the initial login and
> then persuade windows to run your program. You used to be able to do
> this easily with an entry in 'autoexec.
> command file in the days before windows NT. I have not tried to do this
> with NT so I don't know whether that trick would still work.
>
> HTH
>
> Doug Neale
>
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Thu Jan 31, 2013 2:57 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Tammy Leverett" tammytml
It worked! Thank you for your help!
Tammy Leverett
On Jan 28, 2013, at 8:43 AM, James Robertson jamesrob@sonic.net > wrote:
>
> On Jan 28, 2013, at 4:10 AM, Tammy Leverett tammytml@yahoo.com > wrote:
>
> > I think I need to go into settings and change the address??
>
> I assume (from the broken URL) that you're subscribed to a CalDAV calendar on yahoo. (I don't use yahoo and didn't know they hosted web calendars; if they do, they're certainly WAY less popular on the Mac as a way to host that information than is either iCloud or Google). If you do subscribe to a calendar on Yahoo, the message is indeed telling you that the calendar is not located where you think it is, so its data cannot show up in your Mac's Calendar program.
>
> Jim
>
>
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Tammy Leverett
On Jan 28, 2013, at 8:43 AM, James Robertson jamesrob@sonic.
>
> On Jan 28, 2013, at 4:10 AM, Tammy Leverett tammytml@yahoo.
>
> > I think I need to go into settings and change the address??
>
> I assume (from the broken URL) that you're subscribed to a CalDAV calendar on yahoo. (I don't use yahoo and didn't know they hosted web calendars; if they do, they're certainly WAY less popular on the Mac as a way to host that information than is either iCloud or Google). If you do subscribe to a calendar on Yahoo, the message is indeed telling you that the calendar is not located where you think it is, so its data cannot show up in your Mac's Calendar program.
>
> Jim
>
>
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Thu Jan 31, 2013 9:35 am (PST) . Posted by:
"halfhoff" halfhoff
I have a MacBook Pro late 2012 non-retina computer.
Some time ago I came across the kickstarter page for the Nifty Mini Drive. It basically is an adaptor for a micro SD card that fits flush to a MacBook (Pro or Air). I purchased one from their website and it is on it's way.
I purchased a high speed 64GB Micro SD and downloaded Mountain Lion on it so that it is bootable and has disk utilities on it. It is a great option in case your main disk experiences a failure.
Remember, you can alwasy pop out the card and use the slot for camera cards etc.
Here is the link:
http://www.kickstar
or
http://theniftymini
I am not affiated with them in any way. I just think this is an awesome idea to create some extra storage and give you a second bootable drive built right into your Mac.
And its pretty too ;)
Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:20 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Jurgen Richter" epsongroups
Just acquired a pre-owned Macbook Black Mid-2007 with no hard drive.
Looking for advice as to currently reliable brands.
I am considering Seagate Momentus, WD Scorpio Black or Hitachi Travelstars
Anyone know of any size/capacity restrictions?
SATA 2or 3?
5400 or 7200 RPM - any advantage?
3 or 6 Gb per sec
Buffer size?
Short of trying to install a SSD, I'm trying to maximize battery time as
well as HD performance.
i wil put in 4 GB of RAM (coming) for starters, the rest will follow
pending your recommendations.
Thank you in advance!
Looking for advice as to currently reliable brands.
I am considering Seagate Momentus, WD Scorpio Black or Hitachi Travelstars
Anyone know of any size/capacity restrictions?
SATA 2or 3?
5400 or 7200 RPM - any advantage?
3 or 6 Gb per sec
Buffer size?
Short of trying to install a SSD, I'm trying to maximize battery time as
well as HD performance.
i wil put in 4 GB of RAM (coming) for starters, the rest will follow
pending your recommendations.
Thank you in advance!
Thu Jan 31, 2013 12:56 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Tim O'Donoghue" timodonoghue
Hi Jurgen;
Simple answer: http://mactracker.ca/ (excellent!!!) Free app with info
about all Macs ever made.
It looks they all shipped with max of 200 gb, 5400 or 7200 rpm
1.5meg/sec SATA2? drives.
> Jurgen Richter yahoo-1@sympatico.ca >
> January 31, 2013 12:20 PM
>
> Just acquired a pre-owned Macbook Black Mid-2007 with no hard drive.
> Looking for advice as to currently reliable brands.
> I am considering Seagate Momentus, WD Scorpio Black or Hitachi Travelstars
> Anyone know of any size/capacity restrictions?
> SATA 2or 3?
> 5400 or 7200 RPM - any advantage?
> 3 or 6 Gb per sec
> Buffer size?
> Short of trying to install a SSD, I'm trying to maximize battery time as
> well as HD performance.
> i wil put in 4 GB of RAM (coming) for starters, the rest will follow
> pending your recommendations.
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
>
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Simple answer: http://mactracker.
about all Macs ever made.
It looks they all shipped with max of 200 gb, 5400 or 7200 rpm
1.5meg/sec SATA2? drives.
> Jurgen Richter yahoo-1@sympatico.
> January 31, 2013 12:20 PM
>
> Just acquired a pre-owned Macbook Black Mid-2007 with no hard drive.
> Looking for advice as to currently reliable brands.
> I am considering Seagate Momentus, WD Scorpio Black or Hitachi Travelstars
> Anyone know of any size/capacity restrictions?
> SATA 2or 3?
> 5400 or 7200 RPM - any advantage?
> 3 or 6 Gb per sec
> Buffer size?
> Short of trying to install a SSD, I'm trying to maximize battery time as
> well as HD performance.
> i wil put in 4 GB of RAM (coming) for starters, the rest will follow
> pending your recommendations.
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
>
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