Getting rid of Junk in Mail
In the late 90's I worked at an Apple retailer... it's about that time you were able to by a Mac with an optional PC card in it that would allow you to run DOS and early versions of Windows. Later on
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JR
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#20634
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Re: Can a 2017 21.5" iMac be repurposed as a monitor for an Apple Silicon Mac Mini?
Two reasons I¡¯m trying: Back in the days that Target Display Mode did work, it worked perfectly. The iMac is already sitting on my desk. I guess I¡¯ll confirm the return policy for Luna Display. On
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jimrobertson
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Re: Getting rid of Junk in Mai
Bev, my post was to the group, not aimed at you.? Yes, your post that was quoted triggered some of my response, but so did Randy¡¯s post which mentioned a keyboard from Canada and a Windows or cross
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Brent
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Re: Getting rid of Junk in Mai
True. But all of the keyboards that I mentioned were made by Apple for Apple products. Please don¡¯t take this wrong, as I am neither upset nor angry. You mentioned that you posted about the physical
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Bev in TX
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Re: Can a 2017 21.5" iMac be repurposed as a monitor for an Apple Silicon Mac Mini?
And, one of the first things that comes to mind is that if I¡¯m using my current iMac¡¯s display with Luna Display and my laptop closed in ¡°clamshell closed¡± mode with Luna Display but the CPU
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jimrobertson
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Re: Getting rid of Junk in Mai
Since some of these keyboards being discussed are third party, and some designed for Windows¡ Also, on one of the Apple lists, I recently posted a whine about the special characters on Apple
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Brent
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Re: Can a 2017 21.5" iMac be repurposed as a monitor for an Apple Silicon Mac Mini?
Of all the people who have contacted me and asked how to use their iMac as a monitor for another Mac, I don¡¯t think that anyone found it worthwhile to attempt. However you accomplish it, it will be
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: Getting rid of Junk in Mai
Just to add to the confusion: As far back as when there was only a little box displaying a smily face center-screen (monochrome, B/W) after one depressed the power button and produced the
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jimrobertson
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Re: Can a 2017 21.5" iMac be repurposed as a monitor for an Apple Silicon Mac Mini?
Randy, Thanks SO much for your response and the links it contains. THIS link: https://youtu.be/0VXQu0fAc8s contained the most information, but almost terrified me, because I¡¯ve ¡°been there, done
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jimrobertson
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Re: Getting rid of Junk in Mail
I *used* to love Matias keyboards. But they discontinued both of their models that I liked. Now they only offer ridiculously over-priced models, and it¡¯s likely that I¡¯ll never consider a Matias
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: Getting rid of Junk in Mail
Interesting lead for a keyboard when I get the M4 Mini.
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Bayswater
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Re: Getting rid of Junk in Mail
Do you know when you got those, and where are you? Otto
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: Getting rid of Junk in Mai
Now you¡¯ve made me curious. I didn¡¯t start using Macs until 2008. On my 2008 Mac Pro and 2010 MacBook Pro keyboards, the key¡¯s main label was option, but it in included a smaller alt on the
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Bev in TX
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Re: Getting rid of Junk in Mail
I *think* it always has been on Macs, but it¡¯s a different story with Windows. It looks like the 2nd kb you describe is multi-platform. Otto
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: Can a 2017 21.5" iMac be repurposed as a monitor for an Apple Silicon Mac Mini?
This comes up all the time. Only a very few models of iMac can be used as an external monitor. For all of the rest, you can use Luna Display to do the job. See:
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Randy B. Singer
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Re: Getting rid of Junk in Mail
To muddy things up¡I have two different models of Matias keyboard (from Canada) for the Mac, in my office. One has an Option and a Command key, but no ¡°Alt¡± anywhere. The other has an Option key
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Randy B. Singer
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Can a 2017 21.5" iMac be repurposed as a monitor for an Apple Silicon Mac Mini?
I¡¯ve managed to keep my Intel iMac running by giving it a memory transplant and exorcising its ¡°Fusion Drive,¡± repurposing the internal rotating platter drive to house one of my Time Machine
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jimrobertson
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Re: Getting rid of Junk in Mail
Thanks. I don¡¯t know how that could be misinterpreted. UK Apple keyboards are now labelled with ¡®Option¡¯ but I don¡¯t know when it changed from ¡®alt¡¯ (our Macs are 2012 or older). Otto
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Otto Nikolaus
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Re: Getting rid of Junk in Mail
Lighten up. I just switched between the keyboard viewer in US, British and British PC. The bottom left 4 keys do not change. Now the 3 Apple specific keys are represented in special characters, not
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Brent
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Re: Getting rid of Junk in Mail
All my Apple and Kensington keyboards have both. Since I have been known to use both Mac OS and Windows, I had not paid attention. I just call the key option. Brent On my Mac mini running 10.15.7
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Brent
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