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Sat Jun 22, 2013 6:52 am (PDT) . Posted by:
jamesrob328i
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> I can see why you'd want such an adapter but the reviews of 11ac routers
> I've seen say that they also run 11n faster than 11n routers, perhaps as
> fast as 11n was supposed to be in the first place. This might be a
> worthwhile improvement in itself.
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> I'm waiting for the first AirPort 11ac review ...
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> Otto
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Not a whole lot of info yet, but there's a MacFixit teardown report that gives the router high marks for its construction, and there are complaints that the throughput rate drops to unbelievably slow for some people when accessing some older equipment (apparently pre-802.11n)
Does anyone here know whether there are hardware design limitations that would prevent a pre-802.11ac Mac laptop from connecting via a properly "drivered"
Jim Robertson
Sat Jun 22, 2013 9:08 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"N.A. Nada"
The older internal Airport cards are plug-ins. They are not hardwired in. Removing them might make it possible to use an external module, and it might be possible to use with Airport Utility.
On Jun 22, 2013, at 6:52 AM, jamesrob@sonic.net wrote:
Not a whole lot of info yet, but there's a MacFixit teardown report that gives the router high marks for its construction, and there are complaints that the throughput rate drops to unbelievably slow for some people when accessing some older equipment (apparently pre-802.11n).
Does anyone here know whether there are hardware design limitations that would prevent a pre-802.11ac Mac laptop from connecting via a properly "drivered"; USB 802.11ac plug-in device? In other words, are the proper hooks available in the Mac OS and Mac hardware to make this possible? Given that contemporary Macs can function as native Windows boxes, I assume the hardware itself wouldn't be the obstacle. Having said that, it's curious that Apple has never made such devices once the original "AirPort" cards were internalized. I'd guess there are still quite a few people maxed out at 802.11g on their Mac laptops who'd welcome faster WiFi throughput via 802.11n (and whether that's been possible from a third party external plug-in device likely would answer my question about the likelihood of us seeing such devices for upgrading existing laptops to 802.11ac).
Jim Robertson
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On Jun 22, 2013, at 6:52 AM, jamesrob@sonic.
Not a whole lot of info yet, but there's a MacFixit teardown report that gives the router high marks for its construction, and there are complaints that the throughput rate drops to unbelievably slow for some people when accessing some older equipment (apparently pre-802.11n)
Does anyone here know whether there are hardware design limitations that would prevent a pre-802.11ac Mac laptop from connecting via a properly "drivered"
Jim Robertson
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Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:25 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Richard Prokopchuk" wizardofaz2002
I hope I can explain this so someone might help me. First of all. I have Mac OSX 10.8.4. I'm on an early 2008 3.06 Ghz iMac. Now, here's the problem.
I have mac osx 10.8.4 on two different hard drives; the internal drive is the original 500gb drive and an I also have an external that is quite a bit larger in size. It's been working fine for a long time.
The mail app on the internal works fine. The one on my external is the one that doesn't work and it's the one I use the most. It's the mailbox associated with this screen name, so I'm using the internal drive's version. Both are v. 6.5.
The mail box increment/decrement number saying how much mail is in the box has been hanging at 1581 regardless of what is in there. When I launch the damaged version of the mail app, it will hang almost immediately as it starts to download incoming mail. The mail piece count stays at 1581 pieces. I noticed the app was hanging as the incoming mail x of xxx would hit 21 of xxx, over and over and over. I logged into my provider's web mail box for the effected address and cleaned it out, no mail to import by the mail app. That didn't help. The app still hung. I tried to locate a /library/preferences/com.apple.mail.plist in the external drive's library/preferences. I did not have one. So, I started deleting the .plist file within the mailbox files. That didn't help. It still hangs and I cannot even get to the saved mail boxes.
So, I went into app preferences and deleted the mail box for the address. I emptied trash and rebooted. Then I went back into mail prefs and created a new mailbox using the same name as I had been using - the one on this email. The little number of mail pieces in the box to the right of the email address came right back to the same 1581 pieces of mail as before. I could not imagine how, because I'd trashed everything associated with it.
I went back into prefs and deleted the mailbox again. Then rebooted and I came back to this version on the internal drive. That's where I am now.
I hope I've described it clearly. Can someone please help? I really need it.
I have mac osx 10.8.4 on two different hard drives; the internal drive is the original 500gb drive and an I also have an external that is quite a bit larger in size. It's been working fine for a long time.
The mail app on the internal works fine. The one on my external is the one that doesn't work and it's the one I use the most. It's the mailbox associated with this screen name, so I'm using the internal drive's version. Both are v. 6.5.
The mail box increment/decrement number saying how much mail is in the box has been hanging at 1581 regardless of what is in there. When I launch the damaged version of the mail app, it will hang almost immediately as it starts to download incoming mail. The mail piece count stays at 1581 pieces. I noticed the app was hanging as the incoming mail x of xxx would hit 21 of xxx, over and over and over. I logged into my provider'
So, I went into app preferences and deleted the mail box for the address. I emptied trash and rebooted. Then I went back into mail prefs and created a new mailbox using the same name as I had been using - the one on this email. The little number of mail pieces in the box to the right of the email address came right back to the same 1581 pieces of mail as before. I could not imagine how, because I'd trashed everything associated with it.
I went back into prefs and deleted the mailbox again. Then rebooted and I came back to this version on the internal drive. That's where I am now.
I hope I've described it clearly. Can someone please help? I really need it.
Sat Jun 22, 2013 10:47 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"HAL9000" jrswebhome
Just curious, why do you use two Apple Mail apps?
When you use the external Mail App, are you booting
from the external HD?
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Richard Prokopchuk <THEWIZARDOFAZ@...> wrote:
>
> I hope I can explain this so someone might help me. First of all. I have Mac OSX 10.8.4. I'm on an early 2008 3.06 Ghz iMac. Now, here's the problem.
>
> I have mac osx 10.8.4 on two different hard drives; the internal drive is the original 500gb drive and an I also have an external that is quite a bit larger in size. It's been working fine for a long time.
>
> The mail app on the internal works fine. The one on my external is the one that doesn't work and it's the one I use the most. It's the mailbox associated with this screen name, so I'm using the internal drive's version. Both are v. 6.5.
>
> The mail box increment/decrement number saying how much mail is in the box has been hanging at 1581 regardless of what is in there. When I launch the damaged version of the mail app, it will hang almost immediately as it starts to download incoming mail. The mail piece count stays at 1581 pieces. I noticed the app was hanging as the incoming mail x of xxx would hit 21 of xxx, over and over and over. I logged into my provider's web mail box for the effected address and cleaned it out, no mail to import by the mail app. That didn't help. The app still hung. I tried to locate a /library/preferences/com.apple.mail.plist in the external drive's library/preferences. I did not have one. So, I started deleting the .plist file within the mailbox files. That didn't help. It still hangs and I cannot even get to the saved mail boxes.
>
> So, I went into app preferences and deleted the mail box for the address. I emptied trash and rebooted. Then I went back into mail prefs and created a new mailbox using the same name as I had been using - the one on this email. The little number of mail pieces in the box to the right of the email address came right back to the same 1581 pieces of mail as before. I could not imagine how, because I'd trashed everything associated with it.
> I went back into prefs and deleted the mailbox again. Then rebooted and I came back to this version on the internal drive. That's where I am now.
>
> I hope I've described it clearly. Can someone please help? I really need it.
>
When you use the external Mail App, are you booting
from the external HD?
--- In macsupportcentral@
>
> I hope I can explain this so someone might help me. First of all. I have Mac OSX 10.8.4. I'm on an early 2008 3.06 Ghz iMac. Now, here's the problem.
>
> I have mac osx 10.8.4 on two different hard drives; the internal drive is the original 500gb drive and an I also have an external that is quite a bit larger in size. It's been working fine for a long time.
>
> The mail app on the internal works fine. The one on my external is the one that doesn't work and it's the one I use the most. It's the mailbox associated with this screen name, so I'm using the internal drive's version. Both are v. 6.5.
>
> The mail box increment/decrement number saying how much mail is in the box has been hanging at 1581 regardless of what is in there. When I launch the damaged version of the mail app, it will hang almost immediately as it starts to download incoming mail. The mail piece count stays at 1581 pieces. I noticed the app was hanging as the incoming mail x of xxx would hit 21 of xxx, over and over and over. I logged into my provider'
>
> So, I went into app preferences and deleted the mail box for the address. I emptied trash and rebooted. Then I went back into mail prefs and created a new mailbox using the same name as I had been using - the one on this email. The little number of mail pieces in the box to the right of the email address came right back to the same 1581 pieces of mail as before. I could not imagine how, because I'd trashed everything associated with it.
> I went back into prefs and deleted the mailbox again. Then rebooted and I came back to this version on the internal drive. That's where I am now.
>
> I hope I've described it clearly. Can someone please help? I really need it.
>
Sat Jun 22, 2013 11:14 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Jun 22, 2013, at 7:25 PM, Richard Prokopchuk wrote:
> The mail box increment/decrement number saying how much mail is in the box has been hanging at 1581
Try running:
SpeedMail (free)
http://www.1802.
This will delete the Envelope database and cause a new one to be built. (No archived mail will be deleted or otherwise harmed.)
If that doesn't help, highlight mailboxes one at a time in the far left column in Mail, and choose:
Mailbox menu --> Rebuild
Once you have rebuilt your mailbox databases, including the one for Trash, things should be all better.
____________
Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattor
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Sun Jun 23, 2013 12:12 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Dave C" davec2468
I somehow have iPhoto 9.2.3 on my Snow Leopard mini. SL requires iPhoto version 9.1 or earlier to run.
I don't know how this got on my system (I have a Mountain Lion partition -- maybe that was the origin of this iPhoto).
I have no earlier version of iPhoto. Can this be downloaded from Apple and installed? Or must I find the OS X install disc?
Thanks,
Dave
I don't know how this got on my system (I have a Mountain Lion partition -- maybe that was the origin of this iPhoto).
I have no earlier version of iPhoto. Can this be downloaded from Apple and installed? Or must I find the OS X install disc?
Thanks,
Dave
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