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Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:54 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jurgen Richter" epsongroups
I think each device has its own strengths and weaknesses, and perform as
designed. If you want a computer to run apps, then a Mac mini would be a
good choice; you can download shows and you can also stream shows, using
your fancy TV as the monitor; and you can get your email and use all
your favorite apps., as well as adding on larger hard drives if you want
to store all those shows for later. If all you want is streaming, then
the new "smart TVs" and their aftermarket add-on converters will let you
do the same if the TV you have is fairly recent. Depending on how
complex you want to go with hardware, you can build media servers with
PCs and Macs and other addons like the Roku, depending on what you want
to accomplish.
Newest media websites now have options to stream your favorite network
shows to your computer or handheld or tablet, and hey, even to your
smart TV... but also remember that high def programming takes bandwidth
treated as Data - so check your internet connection plan for data rates
and limits. Your streaming of hi-def video can add up very quickly,
unless you have a [rare] unlimited plan.
designed. If you want a computer to run apps, then a Mac mini would be a
good choice; you can download shows and you can also stream shows, using
your fancy TV as the monitor; and you can get your email and use all
your favorite apps., as well as adding on larger hard drives if you want
to store all those shows for later. If all you want is streaming, then
the new "smart TVs" and their aftermarket add-on converters will let you
do the same if the TV you have is fairly recent. Depending on how
complex you want to go with hardware, you can build media servers with
PCs and Macs and other addons like the Roku, depending on what you want
to accomplish.
Newest media websites now have options to stream your favorite network
shows to your computer or handheld or tablet, and hey, even to your
smart TV... but also remember that high def programming takes bandwidth
treated as Data - so check your internet connection plan for data rates
and limits. Your streaming of hi-def video can add up very quickly,
unless you have a [rare] unlimited plan.
Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:28 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"caribsea@bellsouth.net" caribsea@bellsouth.net
I came home from vacation to find both of my HP All-in-One printers not working and am now trying to decide if I should try another HP or see if Epson is better these days. The models I'm looking at are wireless, on the low end of the price scale: Epson Expression Premium XP-600, Epson Expression Home XP-400, HP 6520 (same as one of my current printers) , HP 7520, HP 5520.
Does anyone here have an opinion? The 6520 is my third or fourth and I must say I don't love the photo quality the way I did with the non-wireless 5100, now not working. I may have just talked myself out of the 6520.
Will need to work with iMac/Lion, iPad2, G4 PB/Snow Leopard.
Suggestions will be appreciated.
Willi
Does anyone here have an opinion? The 6520 is my third or fourth and I must say I don't love the photo quality the way I did with the non-wireless 5100, now not working. I may have just talked myself out of the 6520.
Will need to work with iMac/Lion, iPad2, G4 PB/Snow Leopard.
Suggestions will be appreciated.
Willi
Wed Apr 24, 2013 12:15 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Barry Austern" barryaus
On Apr 24, 2013, at 2:28 PM, caribsea@bellsouth.
> I came home from vacation to find both of my HP All-in-One printers not working
Older HP's had the print head as part of the cartridge. Newer ones, such as my 6500 do have a separate print head. What probably happened, since it happened to BOTH upon return from vacation, is that the heads were clogged. If an older type then try a new cartridge. If the one with the separate head then see if you can wash it out in warm water.
I do agree with you that the HP printer is not what it used to be, but before you go replacing them see if you can resurrect them. Next time, when you go away, do make sure to turn it off, so the heads will be parked over the sponge (or similar gizmo) that keeps them from drying out. I was away for over three weeks in November and when I returned my 6500 worked fine because I did turn it off at the front panel, not just with a power strip.
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Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.
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Wed Apr 24, 2013 8:02 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Andrew Buc" andrewbuc
Do you have a reason for restricting yourself to Epson and HP? I've
had good results with Canon printers, and Randy has pointed out that
Brother is very good about providing OS X drivers for their printers.
had good results with Canon printers, and Randy has pointed out that
Brother is very good about providing OS X drivers for their printers.
Wed Apr 24, 2013 2:55 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Louise Stewart" pudgybulldog
I have a Mac Mini, 10.7.5 and use the email program that comes with it. A couple of days ago I must have pushed a key of some kind unknowingly and now have no idea how to undo this. Now, when, I'm using Mail, the entire screen is covered with the Mail window, showing on the left the mailboxes, next to that the received emails list and to the right of that, the highlighted message. Ordinarily, I can see things behind that window -- the screen image of the universe, websites that might be open, open messages that I've been reading or that haven't been sent, etc. But now, the whole screen is the email window.
Right now, as I'm typing this, this window sits on top of what I've described above but I'm unable to move it around like I've always done. If I go to the gray at the top to move it to one side, it won't move.
When I receive an email from Facebook saying someone has shared a photo or something, when I click it, it takes me to FB, but then the email screen that's filling my screen disappears completely. It used to stay for me to quickly return, but now I have to go to my F3 key (I have the white Mac keyboard with the nearly flat keys that have shortcuts on the top row) which has 3 rectangles on it and that allows me to get back to Mail.
Right now, if I try to access other emails before finishing this message, I'm unable to. I have to finish this and send it before I can do ANYTHING else.
What in the world is happening and how do I undo it? I can't see the Dock or any of the menu items that are ordinarily at the top of my screen!!!
Louise
Right now, as I'm typing this, this window sits on top of what I've described above but I'm unable to move it around like I've always done. If I go to the gray at the top to move it to one side, it won't move.
When I receive an email from Facebook saying someone has shared a photo or something, when I click it, it takes me to FB, but then the email screen that's filling my screen disappears completely. It used to stay for me to quickly return, but now I have to go to my F3 key (I have the white Mac keyboard with the nearly flat keys that have shortcuts on the top row) which has 3 rectangles on it and that allows me to get back to Mail.
Right now, if I try to access other emails before finishing this message, I'm unable to. I have to finish this and send it before I can do ANYTHING else.
What in the world is happening and how do I undo it? I can't see the Dock or any of the menu items that are ordinarily at the top of my screen!!!
Louise
Wed Apr 24, 2013 3:12 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"paul smith" waldonny
Press the Escape (esc) key at the top left corner of your keyboard to get out of Full-screen view.
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PSmith
MacBook Pro w/ OS 10.8.3 iPhone 4S 64 GB & iPad 4th gen. 32 GB w/ iOS 6.1.3
On Apr 24, 2013, at 5:55 PM, Louise Stewart <veggie236@earthlink.net > wrote:
> I have a Mac Mini, 10.7.5 and use the email program that comes with it. A couple of days ago I must have pushed a key of some kind unknowingly and now have no idea how to undo this. Now, when, I'm using Mail, the entire screen is covered with the Mail window
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PSmith
MacBook Pro w/ OS 10.8.3 iPhone 4S 64 GB & iPad 4th gen. 32 GB w/ iOS 6.1.3
On Apr 24, 2013, at 5:55 PM, Louise Stewart <veggie236@earthlink
> I have a Mac Mini, 10.7.5 and use the email program that comes with it. A couple of days ago I must have pushed a key of some kind unknowingly and now have no idea how to undo this. Now, when, I'm using Mail, the entire screen is covered with the Mail window
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Wed Apr 24, 2013 4:10 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"N.A. Nada"
So you know how to fix it yourself the next time, after you escape from full screen mode or view, there are three ways to enter full screen:
- the Green dot
- Control + Command + F
or Mail > Menu Bar > View > Enter Full Screen
If you have a strange issue like this, check each tab of the Menu Bar to see if you can find and escape, or in this case try the Escape key.
On Apr 24, 2013, at 3:12 PM, paul smith wrote:
Press the Escape (esc) key at the top left corner of your keyboard to get out of Full-screen view.
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PSmith
MacBook Pro w/ OS 10.8.3 iPhone 4S 64 GB & iPad 4th gen. 32 GB w/ iOS 6.1.3
On Apr 24, 2013, at 5:55 PM, Louise Stewart <veggie236@earthlink.net > wrote:
> I have a Mac Mini, 10.7.5 and use the email program that comes with it. A couple of days ago I must have pushed a key of some kind unknowingly and now have no idea how to undo this. Now, when, I'm using Mail, the entire screen is covered with the Mail window
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- the Green dot
- Control + Command + F
or Mail > Menu Bar > View > Enter Full Screen
If you have a strange issue like this, check each tab of the Menu Bar to see if you can find and escape, or in this case try the Escape key.
On Apr 24, 2013, at 3:12 PM, paul smith wrote:
Press the Escape (esc) key at the top left corner of your keyboard to get out of Full-screen view.
--
PSmith
MacBook Pro w/ OS 10.8.3 iPhone 4S 64 GB & iPad 4th gen. 32 GB w/ iOS 6.1.3
On Apr 24, 2013, at 5:55 PM, Louise Stewart <veggie236@earthlink
> I have a Mac Mini, 10.7.5 and use the email program that comes with it. A couple of days ago I must have pushed a key of some kind unknowingly and now have no idea how to undo this. Now, when, I'm using Mail, the entire screen is covered with the Mail window
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Wed Apr 24, 2013 4:45 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"N.A. Nada"
Jane responded to the below off list.
So others can learn from this, I am bringing some of it back to the list.
She said the house is of very solid wood construction. Since they did not have dimensional lumber in 1786, that was one of my guesses. In the trades it is called timber construction, and the wood is much thicker. WiFi or other radio waves, don't travel well through solid objects like timbers.
Ok, one of Jane's problems, is that she has a poor connection in her bedroom, but it is ok in other rooms of the house. OK, that sounds like a WiFi issue. WiFi signals are diminished when passing through thick or multiple pieces of wood. The answer is to set up a repeater, or in this case a WiFi base station in bridge mode, and possibly may need to do this with a Ethernet cable between her main base station at her DSL connection and the repeater. She said she had poor signal more than 40 feet from the house in the yard. That is another candidate for another repeater.
Another, possible solution is to move the main base station 6 inches in different directions, to see if she can get better reception in the bedroom and/or the yard, where she uses the iPad or iPod Touch.
Jane's second problem, cell service in her area is bad. She even stated that "People out here drive to areas to use their cell phones!" So it is a known poor or bad reception area, and it does not matter which phone or provider she choses. Until at least one cellular provider puts up another tower, there is no solution.
When people ask online, which provider to use, I tell them to pick the one that works in their area or the area where they travel the most. Sadly, there is no cheap, easy answer, on how to find this out. The best thing to do is to ask a lot of people who they use and how their service is.
Brent
On Apr 23, 2013, at 1:34 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
Jane,
You have rambled over at least four kinds of communications. All which have different possible solutions.
What specifically, is the problem you are having? If it is more than one problem, then define each problem separately.
Stolen copper wire has nothing to do with Apple problems, nor Jane's problems, so I will keep that part of this post brief.
Referring to phone lines as copper wire is just a nick-name for landlines. There is so little copper in phone lines that I doubt that they get stolen, even in remote areas. I imagine that there is slightly more dense concentration in cell towers, but only slightly, and I imagine they would bet repaired rapidly.
I live in the largest metro area of Oregon, but I have some experience with cellular signals in remote areas. I used to travel to "wide-spots in the road" and sometimes literally work in some farmers field. Areas where the population density was around 25 per square mile, which is about as low as you can go and possibly expect to find cellular service. This is empirical knowledge, in other words gained through observation.
There is really no intermittent cellular service. There is spotty service, but not intermittent. The difference is repeatability. First you start with a weak signal, at say the far edge of a cellular signal. Then you have obstructions near the receiver. In one spot you may have a weak signal, but move 5, 10 or 20 feet and you have no signal. Oh, and the obstruction does not need to be a static item. I have seen the blower in a HVAC unit block a weak signal. Running blower and no signal, stopped blower signal.
Jane, you are confusing landline, DSL, cellular signals and WiFi. They are all different. The first two are sent over wire, and the second are sent with radio waves. While both pairs are similar to the other in the pair, they all have different issues, and are separate means of communicating.
When you think of cellular or WiFi, think of line of sight and X-ray vision. For example, years ago when WiFi was new I went to a neighbor to show him my WiFi. The signal was good at his door, but I could not get a signal sitting on his sofa. Why, then I imagined I had X-ray vision to see my Wi-Fi base station. Oops! There was a cinderblock firewall and his refrigerator in the way. I moved over one seat, and bingo I had a good signal.
Your iPod Touch and iPad issues are WiFi issues. Your WiFi signal problems are not intermittent. They are repeatable as you have defined them. The construction of your house is part of the problem. I assume it is either stone and masonry, and/or timber construction. Both WiFi and cellular are blocked by stone and masonry, and thick wood can also block them.
The Verizon office is very probably not the CO or switching office. And even with strong DSL signal, that has nothing to do with your WiFi signal inside or outside the house. Those are two completely different forms of communication.
Your neighbor's home being built in the 1990's, is probably what is called a stick-construction, and built with 2x4 and other 2x lumber. She is not going to have the problems with WiFi signals that you are having, if my two assumptions are correct.
If the problem is the signal out into your yard, you need some sort of repeater. If it is cellular reception, you need a different type of repeater, and tell me who your cellular provider is. To resolve either, you will need tell me about the construction of your home.
Brent
On Apr 23, 2013, at 7:11 AM, Jane Klorer wrote:
Thank you all for your words of help and wisdom! I was very intrigued about the copper wire info and land lines and connections! I live in an area that is very sparsely populated and has taken a great deal of damage from the weather since around Dec. 2008 ! Tornadoes severe T-Storms and the 2 hurricanes that hit the Northeast! The only reason I am mentioning this is to add some info and pose a question ?
The 2 old houses closest to me were destroyed and abandoned because of destruction! Neither house is habitable and as you might imagine that creates in this economy people stealing copper and my question is as I have heard the copper ? wiring from the local cell towers was stolen! Also the 3 actually vacant local homes were vandalized and stripped of all copper before the owners finally stopped trying to get any help from their homeowners insurance and moved in with relatives! The houses have signs ,telling people to stay out etc! and are I heard from the tax collector owned by the mortgage companies now! They all have significant tracts of land and so am just curious to know if the copper could have been stolen and if that could create the trouble with the landline connections ! and if the fact that the cell towers were also robbed of their copper if that could weaken cell connections that were never very good to start?
Another question is about the age of the house? It was built in 1786 and wiring was obviously redone before I bought it in 1999 when the economy and weather were much better! All of my connection issues are intermittent! I guess that is normal for wireless? If I sit in my yard and use my 2009 iPod touch it has no connection issues to the router in the house but the 2011 iPad 2 can only connect closer to the house! Talking maybe 40 feet closer to the router! Since the problems are all intermittent, would that rule out theft of copper wiring? If I understood the landline connection explanation it either connects or does not? Anyway, Thank you all again! When I can get a day to sit and talk to Applecare I will try to do that! The local church is very close to the age of the house as the house was built as a parsonage for the church in the 1700's! They are at the top of the hill right next to the Verizon office and use Verizon DSL and phones Landlines !! I am only about 500 yards from the CO! My connection is always strong when Verizon checks it! Am thinking I might ask a woman who lives up higher on the hill/mountain and is very Apple savvy to come here to see the setup if she has a little time! She is using DSL and Apple for everything! Her home is much newer like maybe the 1990's and she loves antiques so I hope will come as she did help me one time by advising that I get iCloud as we were all switching! I would be very curious to see if she has an iPhone and ask her for her thoughts ?
Will let you know if she comes up with any good ideas! Thanks again! Jane Klorer
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So others can learn from this, I am bringing some of it back to the list.
She said the house is of very solid wood construction. Since they did not have dimensional lumber in 1786, that was one of my guesses. In the trades it is called timber construction, and the wood is much thicker. WiFi or other radio waves, don't travel well through solid objects like timbers.
Ok, one of Jane's problems, is that she has a poor connection in her bedroom, but it is ok in other rooms of the house. OK, that sounds like a WiFi issue. WiFi signals are diminished when passing through thick or multiple pieces of wood. The answer is to set up a repeater, or in this case a WiFi base station in bridge mode, and possibly may need to do this with a Ethernet cable between her main base station at her DSL connection and the repeater. She said she had poor signal more than 40 feet from the house in the yard. That is another candidate for another repeater.
Another, possible solution is to move the main base station 6 inches in different directions, to see if she can get better reception in the bedroom and/or the yard, where she uses the iPad or iPod Touch.
Jane's second problem, cell service in her area is bad. She even stated that "People out here drive to areas to use their cell phones!" So it is a known poor or bad reception area, and it does not matter which phone or provider she choses. Until at least one cellular provider puts up another tower, there is no solution.
When people ask online, which provider to use, I tell them to pick the one that works in their area or the area where they travel the most. Sadly, there is no cheap, easy answer, on how to find this out. The best thing to do is to ask a lot of people who they use and how their service is.
Brent
On Apr 23, 2013, at 1:34 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
Jane,
You have rambled over at least four kinds of communications. All which have different possible solutions.
What specifically, is the problem you are having? If it is more than one problem, then define each problem separately.
Stolen copper wire has nothing to do with Apple problems, nor Jane's problems, so I will keep that part of this post brief.
Referring to phone lines as copper wire is just a nick-name for landlines. There is so little copper in phone lines that I doubt that they get stolen, even in remote areas. I imagine that there is slightly more dense concentration in cell towers, but only slightly, and I imagine they would bet repaired rapidly.
I live in the largest metro area of Oregon, but I have some experience with cellular signals in remote areas. I used to travel to "wide-spots in the road" and sometimes literally work in some farmers field. Areas where the population density was around 25 per square mile, which is about as low as you can go and possibly expect to find cellular service. This is empirical knowledge, in other words gained through observation.
There is really no intermittent cellular service. There is spotty service, but not intermittent. The difference is repeatability. First you start with a weak signal, at say the far edge of a cellular signal. Then you have obstructions near the receiver. In one spot you may have a weak signal, but move 5, 10 or 20 feet and you have no signal. Oh, and the obstruction does not need to be a static item. I have seen the blower in a HVAC unit block a weak signal. Running blower and no signal, stopped blower signal.
Jane, you are confusing landline, DSL, cellular signals and WiFi. They are all different. The first two are sent over wire, and the second are sent with radio waves. While both pairs are similar to the other in the pair, they all have different issues, and are separate means of communicating.
When you think of cellular or WiFi, think of line of sight and X-ray vision. For example, years ago when WiFi was new I went to a neighbor to show him my WiFi. The signal was good at his door, but I could not get a signal sitting on his sofa. Why, then I imagined I had X-ray vision to see my Wi-Fi base station. Oops! There was a cinderblock firewall and his refrigerator in the way. I moved over one seat, and bingo I had a good signal.
Your iPod Touch and iPad issues are WiFi issues. Your WiFi signal problems are not intermittent. They are repeatable as you have defined them. The construction of your house is part of the problem. I assume it is either stone and masonry, and/or timber construction. Both WiFi and cellular are blocked by stone and masonry, and thick wood can also block them.
The Verizon office is very probably not the CO or switching office. And even with strong DSL signal, that has nothing to do with your WiFi signal inside or outside the house. Those are two completely different forms of communication.
Your neighbor'
If the problem is the signal out into your yard, you need some sort of repeater. If it is cellular reception, you need a different type of repeater, and tell me who your cellular provider is. To resolve either, you will need tell me about the construction of your home.
Brent
On Apr 23, 2013, at 7:11 AM, Jane Klorer wrote:
Thank you all for your words of help and wisdom! I was very intrigued about the copper wire info and land lines and connections! I live in an area that is very sparsely populated and has taken a great deal of damage from the weather since around Dec. 2008 ! Tornadoes severe T-Storms and the 2 hurricanes that hit the Northeast! The only reason I am mentioning this is to add some info and pose a question ?
The 2 old houses closest to me were destroyed and abandoned because of destruction! Neither house is habitable and as you might imagine that creates in this economy people stealing copper and my question is as I have heard the copper ? wiring from the local cell towers was stolen! Also the 3 actually vacant local homes were vandalized and stripped of all copper before the owners finally stopped trying to get any help from their homeowners insurance and moved in with relatives! The houses have signs ,telling people to stay out etc! and are I heard from the tax collector owned by the mortgage companies now! They all have significant tracts of land and so am just curious to know if the copper could have been stolen and if that could create the trouble with the landline connections ! and if the fact that the cell towers were also robbed of their copper if that could weaken cell connections that were never very good to start?
Another question is about the age of the house? It was built in 1786 and wiring was obviously redone before I bought it in 1999 when the economy and weather were much better! All of my connection issues are intermittent! I guess that is normal for wireless? If I sit in my yard and use my 2009 iPod touch it has no connection issues to the router in the house but the 2011 iPad 2 can only connect closer to the house! Talking maybe 40 feet closer to the router! Since the problems are all intermittent, would that rule out theft of copper wiring? If I understood the landline connection explanation it either connects or does not? Anyway, Thank you all again! When I can get a day to sit and talk to Applecare I will try to do that! The local church is very close to the age of the house as the house was built as a parsonage for the church in the 1700's! They are at the top of the hill right next to the Verizon office and use Verizon DSL and phones Landlines !! I am only about 500 yards from the CO! My connection is always strong when Verizon checks it! Am thinking I might ask a woman who lives up higher on the hill/mountain and is very Apple savvy to come here to see the setup if she has a little time! She is using DSL and Apple for everything! Her home is much newer like maybe the 1990's and she loves antiques so I hope will come as she did help me one time by advising that I get iCloud as we were all switching! I would be very curious to see if she has an iPhone and ask her for her thoughts ?
Will let you know if she comes up with any good ideas! Thanks again! Jane Klorer
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Wed Apr 24, 2013 11:38 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Charles" jazzman_mac
I'm considering a Time Capsule for my Time Machine backups. I already have a wi-fi router from Comcast that handle my Internet access, my question is, once I setup the Time Capule for my Time Machine backup and and I switch over to my wi-fi connction for Internet access does the wi-fi from the Time Capsule still keep the connection active to do the backup. Right now, I am using a USB drive for my Time Machine backups, I have too many devices on my USB hup. So, I figures that will relieve the congestion. Hopefully, I am making my clear. My Mac is a 2012 Mac Mini i7 2.6g using 10.8.3 ML.
Thu Apr 25, 2013 6:09 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Pat Taylor" pat412255
I use a Time Capsule along with a modem from Comcast. When I installed the Comcast modem/router, Apple support suggested that I call Comcast to have them disable the wifi signal in their unit to minimize the possibility of interference. Since I did that, I'm enjoying download speeds in excess of 50Mbps. The Time Machine backups are seamless.
On Apr 25, 2013, at 12:38 AM, Charles <charlesdb@gmail.com > wrote:
> I'm considering a Time Capsule for my Time Machine backups. I already have a wi-fi router from Comcast that handle my Internet access, my question is, once I setup the Time Capule for my Time Machine backup and and I switch over to my wi-fi connction for Internet access does the wi-fi from the Time Capsule still keep the connection active to do the backup. Right now, I am using a USB drive for my Time Machine backups, I have too many devices on my USB hup. So, I figures that will relieve the congestion. Hopefully, I am making my clear. My Mac is a 2012 Mac Mini i7 2.6g using 10.8.3 ML.
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On Apr 25, 2013, at 12:38 AM, Charles <charlesdb@gmail.
> I'm considering a Time Capsule for my Time Machine backups. I already have a wi-fi router from Comcast that handle my Internet access, my question is, once I setup the Time Capule for my Time Machine backup and and I switch over to my wi-fi connction for Internet access does the wi-fi from the Time Capsule still keep the connection active to do the backup. Right now, I am using a USB drive for my Time Machine backups, I have too many devices on my USB hup. So, I figures that will relieve the congestion. Hopefully, I am making my clear. My Mac is a 2012 Mac Mini i7 2.6g using 10.8.3 ML.
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