8/09/2013

[macsupport] Digest Number 9695

5 New Messages

Digest #9695
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Re: Completely dead iMac by "Barry Austern" barryaus
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Re: Completely dead iMac by "Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
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Re: Making Safari Act as Windows Browser by "James Robertson" jamesrob328i
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OS X Mavericks by "Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger

Messages

Thu Aug 8, 2013 5:05 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Barry Austern" barryaus


On Aug 8, 2013, at 7:30 PM, Vixpix wrote:

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> I took the computer's power cord from the UPS unit (with an expired battery) to a power strip nearby, and the computer turned right back on!
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> The Mac is Back!!
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> ...now it's time to replace the battery in that UPS unit! Lol!

Or the UPS. That might actually be cheaper. Stores often have them as loss leaders, whereas you'll have to pay list price on a battery. Furthermore, you will be getting a more modern unit. Also, you don't REALLY know that the battery is the problem. Could be something else in the UPS.
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Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.net

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Thu Aug 8, 2013 9:32 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger


On Aug 8, 2013, at 5:05 PM, Barry Austern wrote:

> Or the UPS. That might actually be cheaper. Stores often have them as loss leaders, whereas you‚ll have to pay list price on a battery.

If you need new batteries for your UPS, this place has great prices and good quality:

BatterySpec.com
http://www.batteryspec.com/html/ups_batteries.html

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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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Thu Aug 8, 2013 7:30 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"James Robertson" jamesrob328i


On Aug 8, 2013, at 4:43 PM, Daly Jessup <jessup@san.rr.com> wrote:

> Just a comment, really, but so did the earlier Airport Extreme (mine is one of those square ones). I have a guest network

Actually, according to "Take Control of Your Airport Network (v 3.1 of the excellent book) support for the "Guest Network" came in with the 3rd Pizza Box version (I had version 2).

I brought back my non-user-configurable Comcast-throttled Internet Gateway this afternoon and made it claer to the reps that I'd done so because I didn't have access to the web configuration utility embedded in the retail versions, planning to continue using my previous Comcast DOCSIS 2 modem until the new (not crippled by Comcast) cable modem I just purchased on amazon arrived.

About an hour after I came home later this afternoon, I suddenly lost internet connectivity. First clue what had happened? I didn't change any setup to make this happen. Still, since I'd changed routers, I didn't trust my instincts that I'd not caused this, so tried putting my old Airport Extreme back in service, rebooted the router and cable modem multiple times, made use of Aiport Utility and Network Preferences as diagnostic tools, but couldn't reestablish connectivity.

After Comcast dropped one call to 1-800-comcast and didn't call back despite asking for my phone number for just that purpose, then waiting on hold for 30 minutes for another support technician, they told me that I'd lost connectivity because I had a "new" modem that had to be "activated&quot; by them (translation: they'd disabled my modem from their end! The tech had the audacity to end the call with "you have a wonderful evening."

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Jim Robertson
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Thu Aug 8, 2013 9:43 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"James Robertson" jamesrob328i


On Aug 8, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Michael Stupinski <stupnski@tiac.net> wrote:

> Running Safari as if it were IE8 resulted in an experience in which things seemed to go well, but then everything became unstable (displayed maps shrank to point sources, searches were erratic, etc.) I'll try talking to the app provider tomorrow and see what I learn.

The worst offender, in my view, as far as not following HTML standards is concerned, is Internet Exploder. Each of the web based applications I use that's coded specifically for this program has broken with each integer upgrade of the browswer. It's become less of a problem in the last two revisions, but it's a pain nevertheless.

Jim Robertson

Fri Aug 9, 2013 1:50 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger

Macworld has a nice article about the new features coming in OS X Mavericks, including hands-on experience.

http://www.macworld.com/article/2042936/hands-on-with-os-x-mavericks-multiple-display-support.html

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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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