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Mon Apr 1, 2013 5:53 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"fussyoldfart" fussyoldfart
Thanks Barry,
I will watch to see if, as you suggest, there is a "system" to it or it's random.
Darrell
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> > Two days ago I signed up with a new ISP (Bell.net in Canada) and then found that while my internet connection worked well, Mail I tried to send went to the outbox and stayed there. That was yesterday - this morning when I opened the mail window the messages suddenly went out. A new message also went right out. I thought "OK this is fine now, I'm back in business." This evening I have the same problem, new messages refuse to leave the outbox.
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> > Hmmm - I had a thought, use the new account instead of gmail. I copied/pasted the text to a new message box and chose to send from the Bell account. Everything that had hung promptly went out. My correspondent will now get the message twice.
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> > Can anyone here suggest what is going on?
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> > Darrell (fussyoldfart) McDonald
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> I'm not totally sure of what you did, so correct me if I got it wrong. At first you tried to send using the bell.net SMTP server, but it was a message from your Gmail account. Sometimes ISP's don't like to send stuff written on a "foreign" account. Sending a bell.net message using the bell.net SMTP server was no problem.
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> I do have a hypothesis of why it worked in the morning. You have Mail set up to use another SMTP server if the one you have first chosen won't accept it. I know that such is an option in Mail. Maybe, though, it works only when you relaunch Mail. That I don't know.
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> Check with your bell.net phone support and ask them. I'm sure they know more about it than I do.
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Mon Apr 1, 2013 7:43 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Carol Corley" floridabouvs
No idea why it happens, but I have had that experience a few times, usually when wifi isn't strong. So I go to an area with a stronger signal, call the email up from the outbox, hit send again, and it goes immediately. Otherwise,mi will notice it go on its own when I am in a better area.
Now that I have my own MiFi, I don't have that problem.
Carol
Two days ago I signed up with a new ISP (Bell.net in Canada) and then found that while my internet connection worked well, Mail I tried to send went to the outbox and stayed there. That was yesterday - this morning when I opened the mail window the messages suddenly went out. A new message also went right out. I thought "OK this is fine now, I'm back in business." This evening I have the same problem, new messages refuse to leave the outbox.
Hmmm - I had a thought, use the new account instead of gmail. I copied/pasted the text to a new message box and chose to send from the Bell account. Everything that had hung promptly went out. My correspondent will now get the message twice.
Can anyone here suggest what is going on?
Darrell (fussyoldfart) McDonald
Sent from my iPad 3
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Now that I have my own MiFi, I don't have that problem.
Carol
Two days ago I signed up with a new ISP (Bell.net in Canada) and then found that while my internet connection worked well, Mail I tried to send went to the outbox and stayed there. That was yesterday - this morning when I opened the mail window the messages suddenly went out. A new message also went right out. I thought "OK this is fine now, I'm back in business." This evening I have the same problem, new messages refuse to leave the outbox.
Hmmm - I had a thought, use the new account instead of gmail. I copied/pasted the text to a new message box and chose to send from the Bell account. Everything that had hung promptly went out. My correspondent will now get the message twice.
Can anyone here suggest what is going on?
Darrell (fussyoldfart) McDonald
Sent from my iPad 3
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Mon Apr 1, 2013 7:11 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Bill B." kernos501
Use Software Update to install
BB
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Mon Apr 1, 2013 8:26 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Carol" floridabouvs
Sometimes I want to see something on the internet that requires Adobe Flash Player. Is it OK to install it on an iMac? I've done a little research and it seems there may be some problems. I am new to Mac, having come from a PC where Adobe is always available. I would hate to miss the YouTube videos that seem to require Adobe Flash Player.
Thanks,
Carol
Thanks,
Carol
Mon Apr 1, 2013 11:11 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Paul Smith" waldonny
Yes, you can install it on a Mac, either as a browser plug-in (which I use), as a separate application, or both.
Be sure to install it directly from Adobe's website and keep it up to date, in order to minimize the risk of malware.
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PSmith
MacBook Pro w/ Mac OS 10.8.3, iPhone 4S 64 GB and iPad 4 32 GB w/ iOS 6.1.3
On Apr 1, 2013, at 11:26 AM, "Carol" <floridabouvs@gmail.com > wrote:
> Sometimes I want to see something on the internet that requires Adobe Flash Player. Is it OK to install it on an iMac? I've done a little research and it seems there may be some problems. I am new to Mac, having come from a PC where Adobe is always available. I would hate to miss the YouTube videos that seem to require Adobe Flash Player
Be sure to install it directly from Adobe's website and keep it up to date, in order to minimize the risk of malware.
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PSmith
MacBook Pro w/ Mac OS 10.8.3, iPhone 4S 64 GB and iPad 4 32 GB w/ iOS 6.1.3
On Apr 1, 2013, at 11:26 AM, "Carol" <floridabouvs@
> Sometimes I want to see something on the internet that requires Adobe Flash Player. Is it OK to install it on an iMac? I've done a little research and it seems there may be some problems. I am new to Mac, having come from a PC where Adobe is always available. I would hate to miss the YouTube videos that seem to require Adobe Flash Player
Mon Apr 1, 2013 9:20 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Eric" emanmb
Agreed.
I used a G4 tower till last year for email and invoicing plus storage on all the IDE drives I had in it. Internet was very slow and without the latest flash updates, I imagine things now will probably be worse. Even a G5 nowadays is going to be somewhat painful to use.
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> I would not bother with any Mac laptop that will not boot into 10.6, preferably 10.7 or later. Any Mac laptop that can not run 10.6 at a minimum is in the EOL, end of life. You will have problems finding software as time goes on. You will begin to see sites not accepting web browsers that fun on OS, operating systems before 10.6.
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I used a G4 tower till last year for email and invoicing plus storage on all the IDE drives I had in it. Internet was very slow and without the latest flash updates, I imagine things now will probably be worse. Even a G5 nowadays is going to be somewhat painful to use.
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> I would not bother with any Mac laptop that will not boot into 10.6, preferably 10.7 or later. Any Mac laptop that can not run 10.6 at a minimum is in the EOL, end of life. You will have problems finding software as time goes on. You will begin to see sites not accepting web browsers that fun on OS, operating systems before 10.6.
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Mon Apr 1, 2013 10:33 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Dave C" davec2468
An artist friend has many jpg's on her desktop -- maybe a thousand. We all know how this is a Bad Thing for system performance and we are endeavoring to rectify this.
The problem is that she doesn't want to put these in one folder (she'll never find particular ones again!) and making separate folders for them is quite a task. So, it looks like an app is needed!
She needs something that will allow her to label each photo with several keywords; and search the group and bring up all associated photos ("barn" for example). iPhoto is insufficient for this need.
Can anyone recommend such an organizational app? No editing required. These are all for reference -- inspiration for her painting.
She uses Snow Leopard.
Thanks,
Dave
The problem is that she doesn't want to put these in one folder (she'll never find particular ones again!) and making separate folders for them is quite a task. So, it looks like an app is needed!
She needs something that will allow her to label each photo with several keywords; and search the group and bring up all associated photos ("barn" for example). iPhoto is insufficient for this need.
Can anyone recommend such an organizational app? No editing required. These are all for reference -- inspiration for her painting.
She uses Snow Leopard.
Thanks,
Dave
Mon Apr 1, 2013 10:53 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Barry Austern" barryaus
On Apr 1, 2013, at 1:33 PM, Dave C wrote:
> An artist friend has many jpg's on her desktop -- maybe a thousand. We all know how this is a Bad Thing for system performance and we are endeavoring to rectify this.
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> The problem is that she doesn't want to put these in one folder (she'll never find particular ones again!) and making separate folders for them is quite a task. So, it looks like an app is needed!
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> She needs something that will allow her to label each photo with several keywords; and search the group and bring up all associated photos ("barn" for example). iPhoto is insufficient for this need.
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> Can anyone recommend such an organizational app? No editing required. These are all for reference -- inspiration for her painting.
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> She uses Snow Leopard.
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Why is iPhoto insufficient? Give the pictures keywords and then make smart albums that have the various sets of keywords AND'ed. An album that, say, has keywords "barn" (your example), "Italy" and "Cousin Bob."
Another idea, far more crude, would be to use Automator to rename the files so they stand out. Rather than IMG_288 it can be "Barn-07
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Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.
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Mon Apr 1, 2013 10:55 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"John Masters" joemastersk
I would recommend Deep by Ironic Software http://www.ironicsoftware.com/deep/
Does tagging (the team at Ironic created the MetaTag system) and much more
John Masters
johnmasters@me.com
On 1 Apr 2013, at 18:33, Dave C <davec2468@yahoo.com > wrote:
> An artist friend has many jpg's on her desktop -- maybe a thousand. We all know how this is a Bad Thing for system performance and we are endeavoring to rectify this.
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> The problem is that she doesn't want to put these in one folder (she'll never find particular ones again!) and making separate folders for them is quite a task. So, it looks like an app is needed!
>
> She needs something that will allow her to label each photo with several keywords; and search the group and bring up all associated photos ("barn" for example). iPhoto is insufficient for this need.
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> Can anyone recommend such an organizational app? No editing required. These are all for reference -- inspiration for her painting.
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> She uses Snow Leopard.
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> Thanks,
> Dave
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Does tagging (the team at Ironic created the MetaTag system) and much more
John Masters
johnmasters@
On 1 Apr 2013, at 18:33, Dave C <davec2468@yahoo.
> An artist friend has many jpg's on her desktop -- maybe a thousand. We all know how this is a Bad Thing for system performance and we are endeavoring to rectify this.
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> The problem is that she doesn't want to put these in one folder (she'll never find particular ones again!) and making separate folders for them is quite a task. So, it looks like an app is needed!
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> She needs something that will allow her to label each photo with several keywords; and search the group and bring up all associated photos ("barn" for example). iPhoto is insufficient for this need.
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> Can anyone recommend such an organizational app? No editing required. These are all for reference -- inspiration for her painting.
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> She uses Snow Leopard.
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> Thanks,
> Dave
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Mon Apr 1, 2013 11:59 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Denver Dan" denverdan22180
Howdy.
There are many applications that can do this.
The term for this type of program used to be Asset Manager but that has
fallen out of favor.
iPhoto can have one or more keywords assigned to each image and then
you can search on the keywords.
GraphicConverter. I use the great shareware program GraphicConverter by
Lemkesoft (CG) for many tasks. CG can have captions for photos,
keywords, Categories, Credits, Origins, Copyright info, even Contact
and GPS info. GC is also a combo of Asset Manager / Photoshop / and a
major batch file renamed and sorter. You can use Finder color labels in
GraphicConverter. Does a Great slide show.
MediaPro. This great program has gone through several name and
ownership changes. Started as iView Media, became Microsoft MediaPro
for a short time, then was bought and became Media Pro by PhaseOne.
Media Pro is an Asset Manager, cataloger/indexer, renamed, image
editor, and has great sorting capabilities. Does a good slide show.
MediaPro has an extensive ability to do what it calls "annotations" or
detailed info in separate fields for things like, who, what, where,
when, and can even create custom fields for data. I use MediaPro to
change orientation to the correct (portrait or landscape) for images
that get confused by this when moving images from digital cameras to
computer to email, etc. It can re-orient images in batches. Metadata
(as in landscape or portrait) info can be read differently by various
applications and this causes that problem.
There are other serious programs out there but they would be overkill.
For only 1,000 photos, iPhoto will work just fine but it's a good idea
to do a little learning about how to use it and it will work much
better for your friend.
Denver Dan
On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:33:46 -0700, Dave C wrote:
> An artist friend has many jpg's on her desktop -- maybe a thousand.
> We all know how this is a Bad Thing for system performance and we are
> endeavoring to rectify this.
>
> The problem is that she doesn't want to put these in one folder
> (she'll never find particular ones again!) and making separate
> folders for them is quite a task. So, it looks like an app is needed!
>
> She needs something that will allow her to label each photo with
> several keywords; and search the group and bring up all associated
> photos ("barn" for example). iPhoto is insufficient for this need.
>
> Can anyone recommend such an organizational app? No editing required.
> These are all for reference -- inspiration for her painting.
>
> She uses Snow Leopard.
>
> Thanks,
There are many applications that can do this.
The term for this type of program used to be Asset Manager but that has
fallen out of favor.
iPhoto can have one or more keywords assigned to each image and then
you can search on the keywords.
GraphicConverter. I use the great shareware program GraphicConverter by
Lemkesoft (CG) for many tasks. CG can have captions for photos,
keywords, Categories, Credits, Origins, Copyright info, even Contact
and GPS info. GC is also a combo of Asset Manager / Photoshop / and a
major batch file renamed and sorter. You can use Finder color labels in
GraphicConverter. Does a Great slide show.
MediaPro. This great program has gone through several name and
ownership changes. Started as iView Media, became Microsoft MediaPro
for a short time, then was bought and became Media Pro by PhaseOne.
Media Pro is an Asset Manager, cataloger/indexer, renamed, image
editor, and has great sorting capabilities. Does a good slide show.
MediaPro has an extensive ability to do what it calls "annotations&q
detailed info in separate fields for things like, who, what, where,
when, and can even create custom fields for data. I use MediaPro to
change orientation to the correct (portrait or landscape) for images
that get confused by this when moving images from digital cameras to
computer to email, etc. It can re-orient images in batches. Metadata
(as in landscape or portrait) info can be read differently by various
applications and this causes that problem.
There are other serious programs out there but they would be overkill.
For only 1,000 photos, iPhoto will work just fine but it's a good idea
to do a little learning about how to use it and it will work much
better for your friend.
Denver Dan
On Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:33:46 -0700, Dave C wrote:
> An artist friend has many jpg's on her desktop -- maybe a thousand.
> We all know how this is a Bad Thing for system performance and we are
> endeavoring to rectify this.
>
> The problem is that she doesn't want to put these in one folder
> (she'll never find particular ones again!) and making separate
> folders for them is quite a task. So, it looks like an app is needed!
>
> She needs something that will allow her to label each photo with
> several keywords; and search the group and bring up all associated
> photos ("barn" for example). iPhoto is insufficient for this need.
>
> Can anyone recommend such an organizational app? No editing required.
> These are all for reference -- inspiration for her painting.
>
> She uses Snow Leopard.
>
> Thanks,
Mon Apr 1, 2013 12:46 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> The problem is that she doesn't want to put these in one folder (she'll never find particular ones again!) and making separate folders for them is quite a task. So, it looks like an app is needed!
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> She needs something that will allow her to label each photo with several keywords; and search the group and bring up all associated photos ("barn" for example). iPhoto is insufficient for this need.
**FINDER** is sufficient for adding keywords, and
**FINDER** (via Spotlight) is sufficient for searching for those keywords.
Finder will also then let you put them into various nested folders according to those keywords.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.com
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> She needs something that will allow her to label each photo with several keywords; and search the group and bring up all associated photos ("barn" for example). iPhoto is insufficient for this need.
**FINDER** is sufficient for adding keywords, and
**FINDER** (via Spotlight) is sufficient for searching for those keywords.
Finder will also then let you put them into various nested folders according to those keywords.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.
Mon Apr 1, 2013 4:06 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup
On Apr 1, 2013, at 12:46 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:
> **FINDER** is sufficient for adding keywords, and
> **FINDER** (via Spotlight) is sufficient for searching for those keywords.
> Finder will also then let you put them into various nested folders according to those keywords.
Jim, can you explain how to add key words with Finder?
Daly
Mon Apr 1, 2013 3:25 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Michel Munger" mmungermtl
Hi everyone,
I wonder if any of you bought this external Blu-Ray drive to plug in to
a Mac, and if so, what are the comments about it?
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other%20World%20Computing/MRSSBD6X/
Michel
I wonder if any of you bought this external Blu-Ray drive to plug in to
a Mac, and if so, what are the comments about it?
http://eshop.
Michel
Mon Apr 1, 2013 4:39 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Doris" untoldexpressions
Hello,
Can you tell me where to find info about Automator.
I would like to rename some of my photos. iPhoto does not rename them
permanently, only within the application.
Thanks,
Doris
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Can you tell me where to find info about Automator.
I would like to rename some of my photos. iPhoto does not rename them
permanently, only within the application.
Thanks,
Doris
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Mon Apr 1, 2013 5:01 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim McGarvie" jgarv2002
To all those following the ongoing saga of my memory upgrade, I received the replacement 8 GB kit today from DMS (along with a postage-paid package in which to return the 16 GB kit). Before installing I tried the 16 GB kit again a couple of times making extra certain to seat the cards fully, but no luck. Either my particular MBP won't except 16 GB, they are the wrong type memory, or they are bad.
I installed the new 8 GB kit and it works great. System Info reports an "OK" 4 GB module in each slot, and running Windows 7 under Parallels Desktop is significantly faster, but the Windows side and the Mac side. I'm a happy camper now.
BTW, just for fun I tried the original 2 GB module the genius at the Genius Bar told me was no good. It works fine.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this effort.
Best,
Jim
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On Mar 28, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Jim McGarvie <jim@mcgarvie.us > wrote:
Thanks David. I hate to give up, so I may just try it again.
I actually followed the exact website you linked to, and followed the instructions to "touch something metal." The genius at Apple told me that wasn't always good enough, and recommended using a regular static electricity wristband. I have one, and will do so next time.
Yes, there seems to be no end to opinions about which exact model will accept how much RAM. I'm thinking it must not be an exact science….
Best,
Jim
On Mar 28, 2013, at 8:48 PM, David Brostoff <davbro@earthlink.net > wrote:
On Mar 28, 2013, at 20:15 , Jim McGarvie <jim@mcgarvie.us > wrote:
> He then informed me that the reason it wouldn't boot when I put my old 2 GB cards back in was because one of them was the wrong kind of memory and wouldn't work. When I informed him it had been working fine for over two years he didn't know what to say, other than maybe I zapped it with static electricity. I can't deny that possibility.
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> I called DMS and he shipped me two 4 GB cards. Tracking shows it arriving Monday. He included a postage-paid envelope in which to return the cards which didn't work, even though he swears they should. Pretty good service, I think.
Before you give up, I would try carefully reseating the 8 GB modules one more time. (Or, if you are like me, several more times.) Sometimes it takes just a little extra wiggle and push. I would also follow the suggestions at the following link on avoiding static electricity while handling RAM: <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1270?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US#link1 >
Googling "macbook pro mid 2010 max ram" (without the quotes) turns up, among other things, this interesting post:
<http://www.ifixit.com/Answers/View/16998/Max+ram+in+mid-2010+MacBook >
"I'm on 8GB RAM in my macbook pro 13', mid-2010. This is the one with core2duo, but DDR3 Ram. There is a lively discussion in an apple forum that it can support 16gb (2x8GB) DDR3 now, due to a recent EFI firmware update. Actually all the core i5 models around that time (2010 15'' and 2011 laptops) are having problems with 16GB, [w]hereas the 2010 core2duo models seem to run solid with 16gb ram.
Yay!
Apple forum:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/276...
OWC certified its 16gb moduls for these 2010 mac owners:
http://blog.macsales.com/16302-some-2010 …"
There are other Apple discussions that say the opposite. I haven't read all of them so I really don't have an opinion.
David
I installed the new 8 GB kit and it works great. System Info reports an "OK" 4 GB module in each slot, and running Windows 7 under Parallels Desktop is significantly faster, but the Windows side and the Mac side. I'm a happy camper now.
BTW, just for fun I tried the original 2 GB module the genius at the Genius Bar told me was no good. It works fine.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this effort.
Best,
Jim
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On Mar 28, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Jim McGarvie <jim@mcgarvie.
Thanks David. I hate to give up, so I may just try it again.
I actually followed the exact website you linked to, and followed the instructions to "touch something metal." The genius at Apple told me that wasn't always good enough, and recommended using a regular static electricity wristband. I have one, and will do so next time.
Yes, there seems to be no end to opinions about which exact model will accept how much RAM. I'm thinking it must not be an exact science….
Best,
Jim
On Mar 28, 2013, at 8:48 PM, David Brostoff <davbro@earthlink.
On Mar 28, 2013, at 20:15 , Jim McGarvie <jim@mcgarvie.
> He then informed me that the reason it wouldn't boot when I put my old 2 GB cards back in was because one of them was the wrong kind of memory and wouldn't work. When I informed him it had been working fine for over two years he didn't know what to say, other than maybe I zapped it with static electricity. I can't deny that possibility.
<snip>
> I called DMS and he shipped me two 4 GB cards. Tracking shows it arriving Monday. He included a postage-paid envelope in which to return the cards which didn't work, even though he swears they should. Pretty good service, I think.
Before you give up, I would try carefully reseating the 8 GB modules one more time. (Or, if you are like me, several more times.) Sometimes it takes just a little extra wiggle and push. I would also follow the suggestions at the following link on avoiding static electricity while handling RAM: <http://support.
Googling "macbook pro mid 2010 max ram" (without the quotes) turns up, among other things, this interesting post:
<http://www.ifixit.
"I'
Yay!
Apple forum:
https://discussions
OWC certified its 16gb moduls for these 2010 mac owners:
http://blog.
There are other Apple discussions that say the opposite. I haven't read all of them so I really don't have an opinion.
David
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