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Re: Replacing my Comcast internet/voice access point, moving up to 8 by "James Robertson" jamesrob328i
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Tue Aug 6, 2013 11:01 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Deb" debbyshanahan
I'm using the original white buttonless mouse that came with my iMac which I purchased in 2010. For the past several months it has been losing its connection for a few seconds and then reconnecting. It often happens when I install recharged batteries, but happens other times as well. Eventually, it settles down and works pretty much OK until the batteries wear down.
The last time I installed freshly charged batteries, the mouse threw its usual tantrum and then would not connect at all. I brought it over to my son's Mac where it worked just fine. So I plugged in my old hockie puck mouse and worked with it last night and again this morning.
Just now I unplugged the mouse and turned on my wireless one again. It works fine.
Is this possibly a bluetooth problem? How can I test? There aren't any other bluetooth items in the house.
Debby
The last time I installed freshly charged batteries, the mouse threw its usual tantrum and then would not connect at all. I brought it over to my son's Mac where it worked just fine. So I plugged in my old hockie puck mouse and worked with it last night and again this morning.
Just now I unplugged the mouse and turned on my wireless one again. It works fine.
Is this possibly a bluetooth problem? How can I test? There aren't any other bluetooth items in the house.
Debby
Tue Aug 6, 2013 3:59 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"HAL9000" jrswebhome
Hi, there is a small Bluetooth card in my late 2009 iMac that stopped working after two years. I had it replaced and it has worked since. But that was my situation.
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , "Deb" <debbys@...> wrote:
>
> I'm using the original white buttonless mouse that came with my iMac which I purchased in 2010. For the past several months it has been losing its connection for a few seconds and then reconnecting. It often happens when I install recharged batteries, but happens other times as well. Eventually, it settles down and works pretty much OK until the batteries wear down.
>
> The last time I installed freshly charged batteries, the mouse threw its usual tantrum and then would not connect at all. I brought it over to my son's Mac where it worked just fine. So I plugged in my old hockie puck mouse and worked with it last night and again this morning.
>
> Just now I unplugged the mouse and turned on my wireless one again. It works fine.
>
> Is this possibly a bluetooth problem? How can I test? There aren't any other bluetooth items in the house.
>
> Debby
>
--- In macsupportcentral@
>
> I'm using the original white buttonless mouse that came with my iMac which I purchased in 2010. For the past several months it has been losing its connection for a few seconds and then reconnecting. It often happens when I install recharged batteries, but happens other times as well. Eventually, it settles down and works pretty much OK until the batteries wear down.
>
> The last time I installed freshly charged batteries, the mouse threw its usual tantrum and then would not connect at all. I brought it over to my son's Mac where it worked just fine. So I plugged in my old hockie puck mouse and worked with it last night and again this morning.
>
> Just now I unplugged the mouse and turned on my wireless one again. It works fine.
>
> Is this possibly a bluetooth problem? How can I test? There aren't any other bluetooth items in the house.
>
> Debby
>
Tue Aug 6, 2013 6:18 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"James Robertson" jamesrob328i
On Aug 4, 2013, at 3:27 PM, N.A. Nada <whodo678@comcast.
> You haven't figured out what Comcast gave you yet?!? I take it because you have it buried under the desk in a rat's nest. You should have started there. Do you remember if it has more than one Ethernet port, or just look it up on the internet by brand and model number.
I'm back at home. I did a fair amount on the Internet last evening on my laptop. WiFi "Transmission Rate" never dropped below 130.
This morning I extricated the Airport Extreme Base Station from the vipers' nest. I've not seen any changes (but of course didn't have any problems yesterday evening).
Just now, I pulled my Cable modem out of the Vipers' nest as well. It's a DOCSIS 2 Arris TM602G/CT (supports 2 lines of voice service, has an integrated Li battery). From the manual I found online, it looks as though it's NOT a router (so doesn't likely explain the occasional dramatic "Transmission Rate" reductions, nor the occasional orange color of the virtual "Internet"
I'm leaning more towards blaming my Airport Extreme Base Station for my problems. Since Comcast will upgrade me to a DOCSOS 3 device for free, I plan to take them up on my offer. Since I have a report from Pat Taylor that matches my current internet upload/download data rates with what he experienced before his upgrade, his positive experience suggests I should do this even though I'm still suspicious of the Airport Extreme, but wait to replace IT until I see what happens as a consequence of updating to a current generation Cable Modem (and, of course, make sure that Comcast provides me only the "Cable Modem" with support for 2 voice lines and battery backup, not an integrated Cable Modem/Router.
Does that make sense to you?
I guess an alternative would be to PURCHASE a DOCSIS 3 cable modem/voice EMTA outright, so that I wouldn't be paying Comcast a rental fee, but I've had that opportunity all along and not taken advantage of it. Still, anyone monitoring this thread who's purchased their own Cable modem is invited to chime in with personal experiences, good or bad.
Thanks so much,
Jim Robertson
Tue Aug 6, 2013 7:15 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"PAULS" psimon
Is Onyx a safe software package to help "clean up" a MAC? I see lots of pinwheels and have read that Onyx can help with it.
Anyone have any experience with it?
Thanks...
---Paul
Anyone have any experience with it?
Thanks...
---Paul
Tue Aug 6, 2013 7:19 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> Is Onyx a safe software package to help "clean up" a MAC? I see lots of pinwheels and have read that Onyx can help with it.
>
> Anyone have any experience with it?
It has been one of my stand-by problem solvers for about 5+ iterations of the Mac Ox (i.e., since 10.2 or 10.3).
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.com
>
> Anyone have any experience with it?
It has been one of my stand-by problem solvers for about 5+ iterations of the Mac Ox (i.e., since 10.2 or 10.3).
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.
Tue Aug 6, 2013 11:47 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Aug 6, 2013, at 7:15 PM, PAULS wrote:
> Is Onyx a safe software package to help "clean up" a MAC? I see lots of pinwheels and have read that Onyx can help with it.
Wow, this question (about dealing with slowdowns and rotating beachballs) is starting to come up more and more often.
Onyx is really nice, in that it is free, and it has lots of useful features. I tend not to recommend it, because it also has several features that newbies might get themselves into trouble with. I've tended to recommend this similar, but more limited, utility instead:
YASU (free)
http://yasuapp.
I created two Web sites to deal with slowdowns and excessive appearances of the rotating beachball cursor. This is the one that I'd look at first:
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattor
While this page says that it is only for up to OS X 10.6, the only significant change for OS X 10.7 and 10.8 is that you should never, ever, defragment an SSD or a hybrid hard drive.
If doing all of the suggested routine maintenance doesn't fix things, try this:
Make sure that you have the latest copy of Flash (which is free) installed by doing this:
Uninstall the copy of Flash that you have installed with this uninstaller (Adobe recommends doing this first):
<http://fpdownload.
or
http://is.gd/
Then download the latest version of Flash directly from Adobe, and install it:
http://get.adobe.
Then delete all of your Flash cookies by:
- In the Finder
Option-click the Go menu
Your ~/Library will appear in the menu; choose it
Trash all of the files in the folder at:
/Preferences/
- In the Finder
Option-click the Go menu
Your ~/Library will appear in the menu; choose it
Trash all of the files in the folder at:
/Preferences/
If you have commercial anti-virus software installed, I would suspect it to be the cause of your problem. For now, anti-virus software isn't needed for the Macintosh, and it tends to be more trouble than it's worth. Uninstall it using the developer'
Finally, if the above doesn't solve the problem, see:
Macintosh OS X Beachballs!
http://www.macattor
____________
Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattor
____________
Wed Aug 7, 2013 12:13 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Tony" tdale@xtra.co.nz
I am a windows user and it seems that osx needs maintenance as well. Ill try to get a handle on it
Sent from my iPhone 5
On 7/08/2013, at 6:47 PM, "Randy B. Singer" <randy@macattorney.com > wrote:
>
> On Aug 6, 2013, at 7:15 PM, PAULS wrote:
>
> > Is Onyx a safe software package to help "clean up" a MAC? I see lots of pinwheels and have read that Onyx can help with it.
>
> Wow, this question (about dealing with slowdowns and rotating beachballs) is starting to come up more and more often.
>
> Onyx is really nice, in that it is free, and it has lots of useful features. I tend not to recommend it, because it also has several features that newbies might get themselves into trouble with. I've tended to recommend this similar, but more limited, utility instead:
>
> YASU (free)
> http://yasuapp.com/
>
> I created two Web sites to deal with slowdowns and excessive appearances of the rotating beachball cursor. This is the one that I'd look at first:
>
> Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
> http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
> While this page says that it is only for up to OS X 10.6, the only significant change for OS X 10.7 and 10.8 is that you should never, ever, defragment an SSD or a hybrid hard drive.
>
> If doing all of the suggested routine maintenance doesn't fix things, try this:
>
> Make sure that you have the latest copy of Flash (which is free) installed by doing this:
>
> Uninstall the copy of Flash that you have installed with this uninstaller (Adobe recommends doing this first):
> <http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/uninstall_flash_player_osx.dmg >
> or
> http://is.gd/lrnKUG
>
> Then download the latest version of Flash directly from Adobe, and install it:
> http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
>
> Then delete all of your Flash cookies by:
>
> - In the Finder
> Option-click the Go menu
> Your ~/Library will appear in the menu; choose it
> Trash all of the files in the folder at:
> /Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/#SharedObjects
>
> - In the Finder
> Option-click the Go menu
> Your ~/Library will appear in the menu; choose it
> Trash all of the files in the folder at:
> /Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/macromedia.com/support/flashplayer/sys
>
> If you have commercial anti-virus software installed, I would suspect it to be the cause of your problem. For now, anti-virus software isn't needed for the Macintosh, and it tends to be more trouble than it's worth. Uninstall it using the developer's uninstaller program. (It's unlikely that you can fully uninstall it just by dragging its icon to the trash.)
>
> Finally, if the above doesn't solve the problem, see:
>
> Macintosh OS X Beachballs!
> http://www.macattorney.com/rbb.html
>
> ___________________________________________
> Randy B. Singer
> Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
>
> Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
> http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
> ___________________________________________
>
>
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Sent from my iPhone 5
On 7/08/2013, at 6:47 PM, "Randy B. Singer" <randy@macattorney.
>
> On Aug 6, 2013, at 7:15 PM, PAULS wrote:
>
> > Is Onyx a safe software package to help "clean up" a MAC? I see lots of pinwheels and have read that Onyx can help with it.
>
> Wow, this question (about dealing with slowdowns and rotating beachballs) is starting to come up more and more often.
>
> Onyx is really nice, in that it is free, and it has lots of useful features. I tend not to recommend it, because it also has several features that newbies might get themselves into trouble with. I've tended to recommend this similar, but more limited, utility instead:
>
> YASU (free)
> http://yasuapp.
>
> I created two Web sites to deal with slowdowns and excessive appearances of the rotating beachball cursor. This is the one that I'd look at first:
>
> Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
> http://www.macattor
> While this page says that it is only for up to OS X 10.6, the only significant change for OS X 10.7 and 10.8 is that you should never, ever, defragment an SSD or a hybrid hard drive.
>
> If doing all of the suggested routine maintenance doesn't fix things, try this:
>
> Make sure that you have the latest copy of Flash (which is free) installed by doing this:
>
> Uninstall the copy of Flash that you have installed with this uninstaller (Adobe recommends doing this first):
> <http://fpdownload.
> or
> http://is.gd/
>
> Then download the latest version of Flash directly from Adobe, and install it:
> http://get.adobe.
>
> Then delete all of your Flash cookies by:
>
> - In the Finder
> Option-click the Go menu
> Your ~/Library will appear in the menu; choose it
> Trash all of the files in the folder at:
> /Preferences/
>
> - In the Finder
> Option-click the Go menu
> Your ~/Library will appear in the menu; choose it
> Trash all of the files in the folder at:
> /Preferences/
>
> If you have commercial anti-virus software installed, I would suspect it to be the cause of your problem. For now, anti-virus software isn't needed for the Macintosh, and it tends to be more trouble than it's worth. Uninstall it using the developer'
>
> Finally, if the above doesn't solve the problem, see:
>
> Macintosh OS X Beachballs!
> http://www.macattor
>
> ____________
> 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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Wed Aug 7, 2013 4:35 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Chris Randazzo" cdazzo64
We've used it since it was released and I have over 400 machines. It works great for us. Never had an issue with it and it is always being upgraded when there is a new release of the next OS. I would highly recommend it.
Chris
On Aug 6, 2013, at 10:15 PM, PAULS <faatcpss@aol.com <mailto:faatcpss@aol.com >>
wrote:
Is Onyx a safe software package to help "clean up" a MAC? I see lots of pinwheels and have read that Onyx can help with it.
Anyone have any experience with it?
Thanks...
---Paul
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Is Onyx a safe software package to help "clean up" a MAC? I see lots of pinwheels and have read that Onyx can help with it.
Anyone have any experience with it?
Thanks...
---Paul
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Tue Aug 6, 2013 8:42 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Andrew Buc" andrewbuc
On Aug 5, 2013, at 5:43 AM, chas wrote:
> one of the greatest complaints I have is that the Central Point
> Software
> knockoff called Directory Opus. This is the best thing since apple
> pie but
> sadly, has not been ported to the MAC.
Admittedly OT, but Directory Opus was originally written for the
Amiga. How many apps that are still around and being developed can
you say that about?
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> one of the greatest complaints I have is that the Central Point
> Software
> knockoff called Directory Opus. This is the best thing since apple
> pie but
> sadly, has not been ported to the MAC.
Admittedly OT, but Directory Opus was originally written for the
Amiga. How many apps that are still around and being developed can
you say that about?
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