9/22/2013

[macsupport] Digest Number 9781

15 New Messages

Digest #9781
1a
Re: FAQ? by "Tony" nyrngrz
1b
Re: FAQ? by "Patsy Price" beyondwords2
1c
Re: FAQ? by "David Brostoff" dcbrostoff
1d
Re: FAQ? by "Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
1e
Re: FAQ? by "Daly Jessup" dalyjessup
1f
Re: FAQ? by "Daly Jessup" dalyjessup
1g
Re: FAQ? by "Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
1h
Re: FAQ? by "Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
2a
2b
Re: I have this strange USB cable by "Barry Austern" barryaus
2c
Re: I have this strange USB cable by "Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
3a
Re: Multiple Ethernet ports by "Daly Jessup" dalyjessup
3b
Re: Multiple Ethernet ports by "Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
4a
iO7 & Closing Apps by i_am_willie
4b
Re: iO7 & Closing Apps by "Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf

Messages

Sun Sep 22, 2013 2:04 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Tony" nyrngrz

When I click on the link, it brings up the Open or Save File box. I didn't do either, but that's what I get.

Tony

________________________________
From: Michael Stupinski <stupnski@tiac.net>
To: macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 1:49 PM
Subject: Re: [macsupport] FAQ?


 
That is really bizarre. That link consistently fails the same way for me even if I enter it manually in the Safari URL window. I also don't understand why I get some messages in HTML rather than text, which I also prefer, since I'm signed up to get messages in "Traditional&quot; not "Advanced (something)" format.
[Note that I say that, but when I just tried to find the page again where it shows those settings, I couldn't find it. I hate the way Yahoo has set things up...it's like a maze!]

.............Mike

On Sep 22, 2013, at 4:31 PM, Patsy Price <beyondwords@shaw.ca> wrote:

>> Has anyone else found that the FAQ link at the end of posted messages:
>>
>> "Group FAQ
>> <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/macsupportcentral/files/faq.htm>"
>>
>> results in a message of: "Oops! Invalid path." ?
>
> The link works fine for me.
>
> I had never noticed it before. For me it shows up only in HTML
> messages, and not in plain text messages (which I much, much
> prefer--which probably says something about my age). And those HTML
> messages tend to be rather spread out, so the FAQ link is far enough
> down on the page that usually I'd need to scroll to see it.
>
> But now I know where to find it if I ever want it.
>
> Patsy
>
>
> ------------------------------------
>
> Group FAQ:
> <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/macsupportcentral/files/faq.htm>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>

Sun Sep 22, 2013 2:12 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Patsy Price" beyondwords2

Mike asked:
>>> Has anyone else found that the FAQ link at the end of posted messages:
>>>
>>> "Group FAQ
>>> <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/macsupportcentral/files/faq.htm>"

I replied:
>> The link works fine for me.

Mike replied:
>That is really bizarre. That link consistently fails the same way
>for me even if I enter it manually in the Safari URL window.
>[Note that I say that, but when I just tried to find the page again
>where it shows those settings, I couldn't find it. I hate the way
>Yahoo has set things up...it's like a maze!]

Mike, is it time to clear browser cache and perhaps yahoo.com
cookies? Or, for troubleshooting, try the link in a different browser?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I said:
At 2:31 PM -0600 9/22/13, Patsy Price wrote:
>>For me it shows up only in HTML messages, and not in plain text
>>messages (which I much, much prefer

Mike said:
>I also don't understand why I get some messages in HTML rather than
>text, which I also prefer, since I'm signed up to get messages in
>"Traditional" not "Advanced (something)" format.

I, too, am signed up for "Traditional&quot; format in all my Yahoo groups.
That doesn't stop the HTML. But that setting, and my Eudora settings
(not to show formatting), keep things as simple as anything will
allow these days. And if I need to see an HTML message in all its
formatted glory, with Eudora I can choose to view it in my browser.

Patsy

Sun Sep 22, 2013 2:15 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"David Brostoff" dcbrostoff

On Sep 22, 2013, at 13:17 , Michael Stupinski <stupnski@tiac.net> wrote:

> Has anyone else found that the FAQ link at the end of posted messages:
>
> "Group FAQ:
> <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/macsupportcentral/files/faq.htm>"
>
> results in a message of: "Oops! Invalid path." ?

Yes--I first get the "Sign in to Yahoo!" page
<https://login.yahoo.com/?.done=http%3A%2F%2Fgroups.yahoo.com%2Fneo%2Fgroups%2Fmacsupportcentral%2Ffiles%2Ffaq.htm>.

When I log in, I get the error message.

David

Sun Sep 22, 2013 2:36 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01

>> Has anyone else found that the FAQ link at the end of posted messages:
>>
>> "Group FAQ:
>> <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/macsupportcentral/files/faq.htm>"
>>
>> results in a message of: "Oops! Invalid path." ?
>
> Yes--I first get the "Sign in to Yahoo!" page
> When I log in, I get the error message.
> David

Ditto.

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.com

Sun Sep 22, 2013 2:47 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup

On Sep 22, 2013, at 2:15 PM, David Brostoff wrote:

> On Sep 22, 2013, at 13:17 , Michael Stupinski <stupnski@tiac.net> wrote:
>
>> Has anyone else found that the FAQ link at the end of posted messages:
>>
>> "Group FAQ:
>> <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/macsupportcentral/files/faq.htm>"
>>
>> results in a message of: "Oops! Invalid path." ?
>
> Yes--I first get the "Sign in to Yahoo!" page
> <https://login.yahoo.com/?.done=http%3A%2F%2Fgroups.yahoo.com%2Fneo%2Fgroups%2Fmacsupportcentral%2Ffiles%2Ffaq.htm>.
>
> When I log in, I get the error message.

Ah, right you are. I hadn't tried to log in. I get the "invalid path" message as well, after logging in to Yahoo.

Daly

Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:01 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup


On Sep 22, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Patsy Price wrote:

> Mike asked:
>>>> Has anyone else found that the FAQ link at the end of posted messages:
>>>>
>>>> "Group FAQ
>>>> <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/macsupportcentral/files/faq.htm>"
>
> I replied:
>>> The link works fine for me.
>
> Mike replied:
>> That is really bizarre. That link consistently fails the same way
>> for me even if I enter it manually in the Safari URL window.
>> [Note that I say that, but when I just tried to find the page again
>> where it shows those settings, I couldn't find it. I hate the way
>> Yahoo has set things up...it's like a maze!]
>
> Mike, is it time to clear browser cache and perhaps yahoo.com
> cookies? Or, for troubleshooting, try the link in a different browser?

I have no idea how to clear yahoo.com cookies, but I tried the FAQ link in Safari, Firefox, Chrome, and Opera, and got precisely the same error message (invalid link) in all of them.

....

Okay, I learned how to delete history and caches and cookies, and it still gives exactly the same error: "invalid path".

Daly

Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:39 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf

No, and I just tried it again. Still OK.

Otto

On 22 September 2013 21:17, Michael Stupinski <stupnski@tiac.net> wrote:

>
>
> Has anyone else found that the FAQ link at the end of posted messages:
>
> "Group FAQ:
> <http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/macsupportcentral/files/faq.htm>"
>
> results in a message of: "Oops! Invalid path." ?
>

Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:44 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf

On 22 September 2013 22:47, Daly Jessup <jessup@san.rr.com> wrote:

>
> Ah, right you are. I hadn't tried to log in. I get the "invalid path"
> message as well, after logging in to Yahoo.
>

Ditto. The file is at
<faq.htm<http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/_HE_UoN1dEQQNJbtnXYwaKhByRbsl7lwooUUZoLjYS-n7FeNcJK7uYiji0TD4WWB_UQwIaKPS0dyM2X_QgTb/faq.htm>
>
See how that works.

Otto

Sun Sep 22, 2013 2:11 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"keith_w" keith9600

Wow. That link is an incredible source of info. Many thanks...

keith whaley

On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Otto Nikolaus <
otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com> wrote:

> **
>
>
> If the female end is Type-A, then it is simply a cable extender. I have
> one of those; it came with a USB hub*, which you could use with either the
> short attached cable or with the extension connected to the short cable.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usb#Connector_types>
>
> *Or maybe a USB card reader. I'm really not sure now.
>
> Otto
>
>
> On 22 September 2013 20:37, Julian Thomas <jt@jt-mj.net> wrote:
>
>> that looks like an apple product, and probably arrived along with some
>> apple device, but I'm not sure.
>>
>> At any rate, one end is a standard USB connector (male - the kind that
>> plugs into a computer). The cable is about 2.5 feet long. At the other
>> end, also marked with a USB symbol, is a female connector that looked
>> similar to, but not quite the same as a regular USB connector.
>>
>> However, someone plugged it together end to end, and now it cannot be
>> unplugged without destroying it.
>>
>> Any idea what this might have been a part of originally?
>>
>
>
>

Sun Sep 22, 2013 2:31 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Barry Austern" barryaus


On Sep 22, 2013, at 5:11 PM, keith_w wrote:

>
> Wow. That link is an incredible source of info. Many thanks...
>
> keith whaley
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>
> If the female end is Type-A, then it is simply a cable extender. I have one of those; it came with a USB hub*, which you could use with either the short attached cable or with the extension connected to the short cable.
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usb#Connector_types>
>
> *Or maybe a USB card reader. I'm really not sure now.
>
> Otto
>
>
> On 22 September 2013 20:37, Julian Thomas <jt@jt-mj.net> wrote:
> that looks like an apple product, and probably arrived along with some apple device, but I'm not sure.
>
> At any rate, one end is a standard USB connector (male - the kind that plugs into a computer). The cable is about 2.5 feet long. At the other end, also marked with a USB symbol, is a female connector that looked similar to, but not quite the same as a regular USB connector.
>
> However, someone plugged it together end to end, and now it cannot be unplugged without destroying it.
>
>
> _,_._,___

Maybe a small screw driver can pry it apart? However, USB extension cables are not all that expensive, so if you can�t then no big deal.

--
Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.net

Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:30 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf

There some topics where Wikipedia struggles to be neutral (because of "edit
wars", etc.) but on tech stuff it's usually excellent.

Otto

On 22 September 2013 22:11, keith_w <keith_w@dslextreme.com> wrote:

>
>
> Wow. That link is an incredible source of info. Many thanks...
>

Sun Sep 22, 2013 2:43 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup


On Sep 22, 2013, at 1:07 PM, Jim Smith wrote:

>
>
> The second monitor is an Apple Thunderbolt Display. (should have said)
>
> Jim Smith
> www.rvcarelogbook.com
>
> On Sep 22, 2013, at 3:31 PM, Michael Stupinski <stupnski@tiac.net> wrote:
>
>> It sounds to me as if more information is needed here. That description would fit the ports on an iMac, but they are, of course on the monitor of the iMac, just as is everything but the keyboard and mouse. It's more appropriate to say the ports are on the computer than on the monitor. The real question is what is the second "monitor"? Is it a Samsung monitor, a Dell monitor, another iMac, or what? If it's a true stand-alone monitor I think it is unlikely that it has an ethernet port.

Okay, my second monitor is also a Thunderbolt display, and its ethernet port works as well as if it were on the host iMac.

Daly

Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:37 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf

Yes, you could use both ethernet ports (one on iMac and one on display) but
what other ethernet devices do you have? And your router has 2 or 3 free
ports so why not use them anyway?

Otto

On 22 September 2013 21:07, Jim Smith <jas1931@gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> The second monitor is an Apple Thunderbolt Display. (should have said)
>

Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:07 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

i_am_willie

I earlier versions of iOS, I could double click the home button,
press on the icon of an app until it wiggled, and then close it.
How do I close an app running in the background in iOS7? I want
to ensure apps aren't running in the background and using
battery.


I have searched Apple support and I haven't found an answer.
Thank you.

Sun Sep 22, 2013 3:48 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf

There are tons of messages about this but I suggest getting the manual
which will answer not only this, but other questions you might have. iPhone
> iBooks > Store > Search >
iphone user manual

Otto

On 22 September 2013 23:07, <wilhitel@cox.net> wrote:

>
>
> I earlier versions of iOS, I could double click the home button, press on
> the icon of an app until it wiggled, and then close it. How do I close an
> app running in the background in iOS7? I want to ensure apps aren't
> running in the background and using battery.
>
>
> I have searched Apple support and I haven't found an answer.
>
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