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Tech / A truckload of Spam in Apple mail on my iPad

« on: March 07, 2021, 04:00:24 PM »

I need to set up a filter or something as I have begun to receive lots of spam emails in mail on my iPad beginning with “notifications” followed by a series of letters/numbers, suggestions please, thanks.

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Tech / Re: OS 10.6.8 secure browser

« on: January 21, 2019, 09:52:38 AM »

Thanks for the replies. I am using my 5th generation iPad to do my banking now. Plan to buy a refurnished iMac in February after returning from Cuba.

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Tech / OS 10.6.8 secure browser

« on: December 29, 2018, 12:46:56 PM »

I am looking for a secure browser for my 10 year old iMac running 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard).  I know that the browsers I have namely Safari, Chrome, and Firefox are no longer supported. I am not happy that I would need to rectify this with the purchase of a new Mac as this one just runs fine and I would really like to keep it.  Is there a solution such an app or add-on and if so please let me know.

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Tech / Importing Itunes to a new iPad

« on: July 05, 2018, 09:18:50 AM »

I have a music library on my iMac running 10.6.8 (yes folks - if it ain't broke don't fix it). I bought a new iPad running ios 11.04.  When I connect the two the imac can see the ipad but says it can't communicate with it. When I open itunes on the imac it does not show the ipad.  Ideas on how I can get these two to communicate with each other?

Thanks, John

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Tech / Re: iOS 11.4

« on: June 07, 2018, 06:14:40 PM »

Thanks, I did install the update and there are no issues so far.

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Tech / iOS 11.4

« on: June 07, 2018, 08:37:07 AM »

I just received notification that iOS 11.4 is ready to be downloaded. Has anyone done so and are there any issues?

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Tech / Can't find Photos

« on: February 26, 2017, 06:19:25 AM »

QUOTE(Johanbgoot @ Feb 19 2017, 09:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Last night I went to drag and drop a couple of pictures into iphoto. When I opened it, it asked me to choose a library but the list was blank or to create a new library. This morning I have searched my imac to no avail, and on my back up drive, but found no library. Can someone please tell me where to find said libray, or what to do. If necessary I can download all the photos from my camera, but they were organized into various folders and don't want to have to do that again. Looking forward to a solution, thanks, Johan

After several futile attempts by looking on my iMac and 2 external drives, I simply attached the camera and downloaded my 400+ pictures. And all is right with the world. Johan

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Tech / Can't find Photos

« on: February 19, 2017, 08:00:03 AM »

Last night I went to drag and drop a couple of pictures into iphoto. When I opened it, it asked me to choose a library but the list was blank or to create a new library. This morning I have searched my imac to no avail, and on my back up drive, but found no library. Can someone please tell me where to find said libray, or what to do. If necessary I can download all the photos from my camera, but they were organized into various folders and don't want to have to do that again. Looking forward to a solution, thanks, Johan

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Tech / Suddenly my iMac freezes

« on: June 13, 2014, 02:01:04 PM »

I did the internal battery test and there was no problem.  I had been using Opera as my default browser, but as suggested I tried Safari again, it is very slow and unwieldy.  Tried Chrome, no problems.  Then I received an update email for Firefox June 10 and downloaded it. It is fast and so far no problems.  Then today I tried Opera again and the imac froze.  I have concluded that it was the problem so I have uninstalled it; thanks everyone for you input, Johan

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Tech / Suddenly my iMac freezes

« on: June 07, 2014, 11:01:43 AM »

QUOTE(jchuzi @ Jun 6 2014, 07:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE(iGuy @ Jun 6 2014, 05:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I have the same computer.  I have Micromats Checkmate software installed an it shows that my computer doesn't have a internal battery.

I also have Checkmate installed and it, too, shows that I don't have a battery. BUT I DO (and so does your iMac)! I believe that Checkmate refers to the rechargeable battery in a laptop, not the internal backup battery.

Johan,

I want to make sure that we're on the same page (and I should have asked this earlier): What exactly do you mean by a "freeze"? I interpret this to mean that the entire computer becomes unresponsive and you have to hold the power button to force a restart. Is this what's happening?

Or, is one program freezing and you have to force-quit it? If so, which program? If that's the case, you may be running out of RAM, particularly with memory-intensive apps like Photoshop. 4GB may not be enough.

It happens when I'm on the internet, usually watching YouTube. The pointer will move, but I get the spinning ball.  I can't force quit so I have to do a cold restart. If it happens again, I will note the time and look at the logs and report what I find.

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Tech / Suddenly my iMac freezes

« on: June 06, 2014, 10:30:09 AM »

Every test including the surface scan passed in Techtool Pro.  I will try resetting things as suggested,thanks, Johan

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Tech / Suddenly my iMac freezes

« on: June 06, 2014, 06:22:15 AM »

I have a 2008 24inch iMac running 10.6.8. It has a 2.8 Ghz Core 2 duo processor and 4 GB ram ( maximum). Of a 320 GB hard drive, I am using 49.75 GB. About 2 weeks ago it began to just freeze without any reason.  I have run Techtool Pro and it passed all the tests.  I have used Onyx and DiskWarrior.  It will run all day and then without warning freeze. I have to do a cold start and it will run fine for a while and then freeze again.  BTW, I have not downloaded any software recently, nor updates. Does any one have any ideas/suggestions to resolve this?

Thanks,  Johan

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Tech / Disk Warrior

« on: May 25, 2014, 06:00:33 AM »

I am looking for a copy of Disk Warrior.  I am running 10.6.8.  I will gladly compensate.  Thanks, Johan

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Tech / FREE - Word Services for most text documents

« on: January 07, 2014, 09:37:26 AM »

Did as instructed; works fine.

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Tech / New irritating thresh hold reached

« on: December 06, 2013, 09:24:24 AM »

We too have an answering machine, and we can hear who is calling. We filter our calls; just because you call does not obligate me to answer. We won't answer if we're eating so don't call during meals.  We also use caller ID and if its an "unknown" caller or an "unknown" number, we don't answer.  I've had a couple of emails from acquaintances asking why I didn't answer their call, and I replied if I can't see whose calling I don't answer. This has cut out all kinds of unwanted calls.

I too escaped from Bell Canada's arrogant monopolistic attitude when competitors became available. Bell continued to harass me to return until finally I advised them that I would file a complaint with the CRTC and with the local police.  So fellow Canucks don't hesitate to tell complain to the CRTC if your telecommunications provider is treating you poorly.

As for those Microsoft scammers, they no longer call; I used to answer and then put the call on the speaker phone and tell the Techie (sic) I was in the middle of something and then just wait, soon I would hear "hello, hello?" I would answer by saying that each time they called I would waste their time and that our Macs were all fine." I played "broken record" with them until they got the message.