Re: "MINT" as choice source for migration assistant to new M3 MacBook Pro
Hi
As someone who has done a fair number of Migration Assistant transfer of data, I can respond with “nope, never seen that”
Paul
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I purchased a new 14” M3 Pro from Apple’s online store about a week ago. I didn’t even take it out of the shipping container until today because of my iPad’s excursion from car to pavement on a freeway office, but this morning I used Migration Assistant to transfer my “stuff” from my 2019 16” Intel MacBook Pro.
Curiously, when looking for a source, the new laptop displayed TWO choices initially. The first was the Macintosh HD volume of my old laptop, the second was a volume named “Mint.” I have NO idea where that came from. There’s no such volume mounted on my old Mac.
I basically ignored that choice, and when I confirmed the identity codes matched on BOTH computers, I was offered a new set of THREE choices on the new target (expanded by one to limit transferred user accounts to just my own admin account. I selected the “Macintosh HD” icon, and as I expected, that stimulated the Migration Assistant to transfer the other two non-admin user accounts from my old Mac as well as my own Admin Account.
I did a quick online search and did not find any mention of the “Mint” icon/volume. Has anyone seen that before?
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Jim Robertson
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Huge External Drive Deal !
The BestBuy deal is? Black Friday deal, and the Canadian site does not offer such a discount... :^(
anyone got a working coupon/discount code?
But, if you live in the Mississauga or Toronto area, you CAN get a decent price on this same drive... around $300 CAD!
There's a company that I've been using for years now that ships goods from their US warehouse to the Canadian warehouse (in Markham and Mississauga) legally.
www.crossborderpickups.ca
? You set up an account with them for free and you get a US "suite no" at their Niagara Falls warehouse.
? Order your goods from US sources and ship them (often free) to the Niagara Falls USA warehouse.
???? *Note that you will be paying NY state taxes on your purchase (IIRC, 4%).
? You will get an email notifying you of arrival at NY.
? You log into your account and declare your item purchase on the account interface and upload your receipt.
? You pay the applicable taxes and duties, plus their modest handling fee (brokerage fees are free!)
? Authorize/release shipment to Canada warehouse.
? A couple of days later you get an email saying your item(s) are ready for pickup and you can go get it or have them ship it to you for additional "remailing" costs...
I've used them for years and they've recently expanded to add another warehouse in west Mississauga.
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"MINT" as choice source for migration assistant to new M3 MacBook Pro
I purchased a new 14” M3 Pro from Apple’s online store about a week ago. I didn’t even take it out of the shipping container until today because of my iPad’s excursion from car to pavement on a freeway office, but this morning I used Migration Assistant to transfer my “stuff” from my 2019 16” Intel MacBook Pro.
Curiously, when looking for a source, the new laptop displayed TWO choices initially. The first was the Macintosh HD volume of my old laptop, the second was a volume named “Mint.” I have NO idea where that came from. There’s no such volume mounted on my old Mac.
I basically ignored that choice, and when I confirmed the identity codes matched on BOTH computers, I was offered a new set of THREE choices on the new target (expanded by one to limit transferred user accounts to just my own admin account. I selected the “Macintosh HD” icon, and as I expected, that stimulated the Migration Assistant to transfer the other two non-admin user accounts from my old Mac as well as my own Admin Account.
I did a quick online search and did not find any mention of the “Mint” icon/volume. Has anyone seen that before?
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Jim Robertson
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Re: iPad near death experience (new thread title)
On Nov 20, 2023, at 7:06 AM, JAMES ROBERTSON <jimrobertson@...> wrote:
Two examples of the painful interaction between a sand-embedded “Magic” keyboard and Apple’s “predictive” spell assassin.
Yesterday, I was able, using jackhammer force on my “Magic” keyboard, to generate close-to-correct finger-to-screen capture of my intended text (wounded keyboard, brand new 4th gen iPad Pro 11”).
This morning, I spent about 10 minutes making multiple passes over that keyboard with a household vacuum cleaner, and it’s now functioning ALMOST normally (the “o” key is still sometimes under-responsive).
I’m SO impressed with that improvement that I’ll make a few MORE passes, but now I’m considering the same “therapy" for the injured tablet itself. I suspect that’s MUCH more risky; I worry that the suction may actually lift bits (or larger pieces) of glass right off the cracked and corner-fractured screen itself. Currently, the screen is attached firmly to the case only at its bottom. I can pry it away from the case at the top, and see that the screen remains attached to the electronics board by its routed ribbon cable.
My hope is that getting the remaining sand fragments away from the electronics MIGHT stop the random wandering of the cursor around the screen that starts and stops unpredictably, but I'm concerned that my attempt could actually make it impossible to find out if the electronics themselves are OK, if my “therapy” causes more dramatic screen damage. I don’t think I have a whole lot to lose, however.
Any people willing to vote?
Meanwhile, I think I’ve saved about $300 (more than I paid for that household vacuum cleaner)!
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Jim Robertson
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Re: Huge External Drive Deal !
On Nov 21, 2023, at 7:29 AM, Hugh via groups.io <hcrymble@...> wrote:
Must depend on where you live in the Great White North. I’m seeing it at $399. I only see it going for $399 in Canada: <> __________________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice __________________________________________________
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Re: Huge External Drive Deal !
Must depend on where you live in the Great White North. I’m seeing it at $399.
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On Nov 21, 2023, at 9:51 AM, Bayswater <Bayswater@...> wrote:
Also at Canadian Best Buy for C$239, equal to US$175
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Re: Huge External Drive Deal !
Also at Canadian Best Buy for C$239, equal to US$175
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Huge External Drive Deal !
For those of you with really huge storage demands, this is a stunning deal:
WD - Easystore 14TB External USB 3.0 Hard Drive
$200
The drive mechanism inside is a
WD140EDGZ-11B1PA0
CMR Helium filled 7200 rpm (all good things)
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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice
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Re: Apple Card and Apple Wallet
On Nov 19, 2023, at 11:09 PM, jimrobertson via groups.io <jimrobertson@...> wrote:
It’s a3chacter [read “a 3-character] field in the card info.
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but WON’T be useful for recurring third party purposes [read “purchases”] Two examples of the painful interaction between a sand-embedded “Magic” keyboard and Apple’s “predictive” spell assassin.
One more go with a powerful vacuum and perhaps some non-conductive solvent today, and if things are no better, time for a new keyboard…
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Jim Robertson
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Re: Apple Card and Apple Wallet
On Nov 19, 2023, at 19:38, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote:
How do you look up the CVC in Wallet? Or does it only work with the Apple Card?
It’s a3chacter field in the card info. What’s perhaps unique and st least unusual is that Goldman Sachs can change the number without changing the physical card. As I mentioned previously, when the bank does that, the change appears seamlessly in the Customer’s wallet app, so remains valid for contactless payments using the app but WON’T be useful for recurring third party purposes until or unless the customer updates the CVC
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Re: Apple Card and Apple Wallet
If you use your Apple Card by any *other* means – filling in a form on a website, or swiping the physical card in a reader, you will have to check what the current CVC code is (look it up in the wallet app) and provide that one. How do you look up the CVC in Wallet? Or does it only work with the Apple Card?
Select the Apple Card in the wallet app. Tap on the card icon at the top with the 123 on it. It will list the various numbers, including the current CVC.
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Re: Apple Card and Apple Wallet
On Nov 19, 2023, at 15:19, Jim Saklad via groups.io <jimdoc@...> wrote:
If you use your Apple Card by any *other* means – filling in a form on a website, or swiping the physical card in a reader, you will have to check what the current CVC code is (look it up in the wallet app) and provide that one. How do you look up the CVC in Wallet? Or does it only work with the Apple Card? Brent On my iPhone Xr
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Re: Apple Card and Apple Wallet
Ah, I see my misunderstanding. Apple and their redundancy or names that are too similar that people get confused.?
You wrote Apple _Card_, I thought Apple _Pay_. Then there is Apple _Cash_.
I believe ApplePay uses unique numbers for each purchase, but when asked for a CVC, you give the associated CVC.?
But with Apple Card, Goldman Sachs changes the CVC , but notifies no one. What is wrong with that picture? I’d call them again. Then have them walk you through it again, then explain the problem with that. Or change to where you call them to request a CVC change.?
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On Nov 19, 2023, at 13:42, jimrobertson via groups.io <jimrobertson@...> wrote:
? On Nov 19, 2023, at 1:10 PM, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote:
I believe the 3-digit card is sometimes called a CVC?
Yes, that’s the number I mentioned. It’s one of Goldman Sachs’s “optional features in the Apple Wallet “digital” card. The recurrently changing CVC provides extra security extra security, but Goldman Sachs does NOT notify Apple Card physical and virtual card holders of such changes. The physical card is what Apple calls the “Titanium” card, and I don’t think its CVC changes. If the electronic CVC has changed, payment will be declined by the bank. Goldman Sachs will permit customers to choose to keep a non-changing CVC, but they suggest the changing variety for the added security. Goldman Sachs’s partnership with Apple results in subscriptions automatically renewing using the Apple card and listed on iCloud continuing to renew even if the CVC changes, but third party continuing payments; e.g., for utility payments, etc., would be declined after one of those changes.
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Jim Robertson
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Re: Apple Card and Apple Wallet
Jim Robertson wrote: ?I just discovered a wrinkle that I’ve mentioned before. A few weeks ago, I renewed a third party software subscription (I don’t think the publisher matters). This morning, I received three virtually simultaneous messages, one from the publisher, and two in my message app from Apple Wallet, telling me that two transactions for the same amount were declined.
I think (even AFTER a live discussion with a person working on the Apple Card at Goldman Sachs, that the reason for decline was PROBABLY that my 3 digit identifier for the card had rolled to a new number, so that not everything matched with the 3rd party software publisher. Goldman Sachs staffers told me that as long as transactions were on my iCloud
Subscriptions list (including zero interest over time) payments with Apple, they’d go through, but that unless I wanted to give up the security of the periodically changing 3 digit code, I should not use my Apple Wallet to make online recurring payment purchases with 3rd party merchants. I’m curious how other ‘listas have handled that.
Historically, the CVC code remained unchanged until the old card expired, and the bank sent you a replacement card.
A few months ago, Apple instituted a dynamic CVC cadence for the Apple Card.
If you use the Apple Card via the wallet on your iPhone, the app supplies whatever CVC code is current for the card.
If you use your Apple Card by any *other* means – filling in a form on a website, or swiping the physical card in a reader, you will have to check what the current CVC code is (look it up in the wallet app) and provide that one.
jimdoc@...
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Re: Apple Card and Apple Wallet
On Nov 19, 2023, at 1:10 PM, Brent via groups.io <whodo678@...> wrote:
I believe the 3-digit card is sometimes called a CVC?
Yes, that’s the number I mentioned. It’s one of Goldman Sachs’s “optional features in the Apple Wallet “digital” card. The recurrently changing CVC provides extra security extra security, but Goldman Sachs does NOT notify Apple Card physical and virtual card holders of such changes. The physical card is what Apple calls the “Titanium” card, and I don’t think its CVC changes. If the electronic CVC has changed, payment will be declined by the bank. Goldman Sachs will permit customers to choose to keep a non-changing CVC, but they suggest the changing variety for the added security. Goldman Sachs’s partnership with Apple results in subscriptions automatically renewing using the Apple card and listed on iCloud continuing to renew even if the CVC changes, but third party continuing payments; e.g., for utility payments, etc., would be declined after one of those changes.
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Jim Robertson
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Re: Apple Card and Apple Wallet
Are you speaking of the, I believe the 3-digit card is sometimes called a CVC?
If the bank changes it, don’t they notify you? So, update your payment info on the third party software site. Under normal circumstances, this should only happen every one or two years.?
Why did the software site attempt to charge you multiple times? Most vendors try once, then either notify you, or let the software stop working.?
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On Nov 19, 2023, at 08:30, jimrobertson via groups.io <jimrobertson@...> wrote:
? ? ? ?I just discovered a wrinkle that I’ve mentioned before. A few weeks ago, I renewed a third party software subscription (I don’t think the publisher matters). This morning, I received three virtually simultaneous messages, one from the publisher, and two in my message app from Apple Wallet, telling me that two transactions for the same amount were declined.
I think (even AFTER a live discussion with a person working on the Apple Card at Goldman Sachs, that the reason for decline was PROBABLY that my 3 digit identifier for the card had rolled to a new number, so that not everything matched with the 3rd party software publisher. Goldman Sachs staffers told me that as long as transactions were on my iCloud Subscriptions list (including zero interest over time) payments with Apple, they’d go through, but that unless I wanted to give up the security of the periodically changing 3 digit code, I should not use my Apple Wallet to make online recurring payment purchases with 3rd party merchants. I’m curious how other ‘listas have handled that.
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