Re: My unhappy MacBook Pro
Howdy Have you ever opened the computer and used vacuum and canned air to clear out dust? Denver Dan [|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|] iSent from my iPhone X
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Daniel Settles
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Re: ! Update Required
#Privacy
As I clearly said YMMV. I view privacy as a treasure our founding fathers were wise enough to wright into the Constitution and Bill of Rights. I resist any attempt to circumvent those rights by any
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nztours
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My unhappy MacBook Pro
Mid afternoon today I found myself in a Missoula tea room waiting for my spouse. No WiFi, no power adapter, but enough flat space for me to knock out a few emails. I opened my late 2017 MacBook Pro
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jimrobertson
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#568
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Re: it¡¯s like a horror movie: my system files have eaten up my boot drive!
This used to be a common occurrence. But yours is the first report I've heard of it in quite some time. It is a very frustrating and scary problem when your hard drive quickly fills up for no apparent
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: it¡¯s like a horror movie: my system files have eaten up my boot drive!
Howdy. Quick discussion of snapshots. <https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204015> Apple introduced the APFS file system in 2016 to replace the very old HFS+ file system. Snapshots are part of APFS. I
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Daniel Settles
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Re: it¡¯s like a horror movie: my system files have eaten up my boot drive!
What is a Time Machine snapshot? Brent, on my iPad
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Brent
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Re: ! Update Required
#Privacy
Right. In other words, there have been zero reports of the Chinese government doing anything untoward with regard to Opera users. However, there have been scads of reports in the press of our own
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: it¡¯s like a horror movie: my system files have eaten up my boot drive!
HI Have you ran any programs like Whatsize, or DaisyDisk to determine what files are taking up the space? I remember determining a console log file kept growing once... Is it possibly the mobile
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Paul
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Re: CNN: Apple warns some iPhone users: Update your phone or lose internet
Howdy. Thanks for that extra info. Denver Dan [|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|] iSent from iDan's GyazMail on my MacPro
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Daniel Settles
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Re: it¡¯s like a horror movie: my system files have eaten up my boot drive!
Howdy. Have you done routine maintenance procedures like boot in Safe Disk, boot in Recovery and do First Aid, and delete cache files? Have you checked Activity Monitor for heavy usage by something?
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Daniel Settles
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Re: CNN: Apple warns some iPhone users: Update your phone or lose internet
Just spoke with AppleCare. This announcement is for those owners of iPhone 5 models only. Dave
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DaveC
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it¡¯s like a horror movie: my system files have eaten up my boot drive!
Not a Halloween joke. A month or so ago I noticed that System in Storage tab on ¡°About this Mac¡± was growing alarmingly. The Finder showed normal numbers (6-8 Gb). My 2017 MacBook Pro is running
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Tom_Kirshbaum
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Re: Upgrading to El Capitan
I haven¡¯t use a Boot Camp or Windows XP on my 2008 Mac Pro, but I have a few comments about this... Apple doesn¡¯t have online instructions for installing Windows XP in Boot Camp anymore ¡ª just
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Bev in TX
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CNN: Apple warns some iPhone users: Update your phone or lose internet
Apple warns some iPhone users: Update your phone or lose internet If it ain't broke, don't fix it ¡ª right? Well, some of you Apple product users may not have a choice this weekend. Read in CNN:
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Daniel Settles
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Re: Signature images
#MacSupportCentral
Thank you for the "how to". But I prefer not to read by thread most of the time. Old habits from work make me read chronologically, oldest to newest. A lot of what I did at work besides
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Brent
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Re: Signature images
#MacSupportCentral
Tim, excuse my "creative reading". Thank you for the illumination. That adds about 3 steps to finding the quoted email, after opening another app. After 20 years of just scrolling down in email, to
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Brent
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Re: Signature images
#MacSupportCentral
I recently wrote: ¡° ¡ In Apple Mail attachments are kept even when the message is deleted. ¡ ¡° Where on my hard drive are these messages kept? I wish to thank the several people who answered
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Lyle Syverson
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Re: ! Update Required
#Privacy
I agree. I¡¯ll be using Safari and Tor from here on out. I¡¯m deleting all others. Trying to sever all ties with Google and anyone else more interested in my affairs than I am. Bob ¡¯The
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Bob Beckham
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Re: ! Update Required
#Privacy
Personal preference. I absolutely do not trust the Chinese Gov. not to have their 'fingers' in whatever they can pry open. Probably no different from all "state actors" including our own. Anyway YMMV.
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nztours
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Upgrading to El Capitan
Well, I an running into enough issues that I am seriously thinking of upgrading to OS X 10.11, El Capitan. I have been happy with 10.7.5 until now, but issues like browsers being not accepted on
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Brent
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