It happened again this morning, but the scenario was much worse. I charged it to 94% prior to going out to dinner at 5 PM. I think I used it once for about two minutes during the evening. The rest of the time it was closed. And this morning it was completely dead again.
¨C Karen
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I have a 2017 iPad Mini 4. I noticed it loses its charge much quicker these days than it used to and I suspect it¡¯s because the battery is getting old. But I don¡¯t quite understand how it works. Last night, I had about 15-20% charge left when I closed the cover and put it on my nightstand to go to sleep. When I woke up in the morning, the charge was completely gone. I had to plug it in to see anything at all as the unit would not even turn on. How does an iPad that¡¯s not being used go from 15- 20% charge to nothing overnight? Is it because the Wi-Fi is still working the whole time so it actually is using battery?
?Am I correct that the battery on this is simply old? Do people get new batteries for these things, or is it better to just get a new iPad altogether? I still plan to use mine for a while longer yet, but want to know what the best options are in this instance.
Thank you, ?? Karen ? ?organizing my iMac to the Nines999
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Actually, I asked about it when I was in the Apple Store last week as my iPad drained fairly quickly a couple days earlier. ?As long as it¡¯s a model they still service, you will get a new one for the cost of a battery. ?I didn¡¯t ask the price though. ?Yes, I would agree it would likely be more than the battery for an iPod.
On Saturday, February 29, 2020, 11:06 PM, KarenP <waystation9@...> wrote: Oh - I thought you were being sarcastic.? I doubt they¡¯d do that for an iPad since it¡¯s a $400 unit, but I might still get a deal on a new one. -Karen On Feb 29, 2020, at 11:04 PM, Bob Buscaglia via Groups.Io < rbuscag@...> wrote:
No.? The last time I had a battery die was on an iPod.? They gave me a new one for $60.
Does that mean the battery costs as much as getting a new one??
?? Karen ? ?organizing my iMac to the Nines999
On Feb 29, 2020, at 3:39 PM, Bob Buscaglia via Groups.Io < rbuscag@...> wrote:
If it is indeed the battery, Apple will give you a new unit for the cost of a battery.
Bob On Saturday, February 29, 2020, 2:12 PM, KarenP <waystation9@...> wrote: I have a 2017 iPad Mini 4. I noticed it loses its charge much quicker these days than it used to and I suspect it¡¯s because the battery is getting old. But I don¡¯t quite understand how it works. Last night, I had about 15-20% charge left when I closed the cover and put it on my nightstand to go to sleep. When I woke up in the morning, the charge was completely gone. I had to plug it in to see anything at all as the unit would not even turn on. How does an iPad that¡¯s not being used go from 15- 20% charge to nothing overnight? Is it because the Wi-Fi is still working the whole time so it actually is using battery?
?Am I correct that the battery on this is simply old? Do people get new batteries for these things, or is it better to just get a new iPad altogether? I still plan to use mine for a while longer yet, but want to know what the best options are in this instance.
Thank you, ?? Karen ? ?organizing my iMac to the Nines999
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Black "dot" on iPhone 11 Pro iOS 13.3.1: what IS it?
I awoke this morning before sunrise (iPhone therefore still in Dark Mode), but because my home screen photograph contains lots of light colored elements, I noticed a black ¡°dot¡± (not perfectly round¡ªthere were two little appendages in the locations where "Mickey Mouse¡± ears would be if it were an emoji). It was a bit larger than the little dots that show which of the app icon screens is foreground.
If i moved the screen, the little dot did not move, unless I placed my finger on it, in which case it WOULD move directly beneath my fingertip; if those movements were horizontal, the screen would move in the direction I was swiping; if my movements were vertical, the screen would NOT move (but the dot did, beneath my fingertip). Tapping the dot itself did nothing, unless the ?dot was situated over an interface element which normally would respond to a tap.
After a minute or so, the dot began moving spontaneously down the screen at a slow but constant rate (perhaps 5 seconds to reach almost the bottom, where it stopped). Placing my fingertip on it again, I was able to reposition it. So long as I didn¡¯t swipe SO far horizontally as to bring up the previous or next icon page, the page would recenter when I lifted my finger from the screen.
I had many apps open; I thought perhaps it was associated with one of them, but running in dark mode.it might be impossible to tell, so I terminated all running apps one by one, noticing that it was a tiny bit different shade of black that the background screen of each of these apps, and it remained on screen after I¡¯d terminated them all.
I took a screenshot, but the dot wasn¡¯t captured in a screenshot of my home screen, so I opened my photos app, saw that the dot was still visible, so did another screen capture with a predominantly light colored photo, but it wasn¡¯t captured on a screenshot of a photo, either. I selected another photo to capture, centered the dot on that photo, and then the little bug(ger) disappeared. It was still too early for dark mode to have auto converted to light mode. I cannot be certain that I didn¡¯t cause the disappearance somehow by preparing to take the screenshot.
Has anyone else seen this? If so, WHAT WAS IT?
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Re: Time Machine isn't working
Howdy. Joan and others. I think I got this wrong and if so I apologize to one and all. Here's an article from the BackBlaze online backup people that seems to do a better job explaining Time Machine and using multiple drives for backup "in a rotation." <> I also learned from this article about using the Option key and clicking the Time Machine icon on the Menu bar. This gives two new commands: - Verify Backups - Browse Other Backup Disks Denver Dan On Sun, 1 Mar 2020 11:25:54 +1100, Christopher Collins via Groups.Io wrote: ¡°Exclude From Backups¡± means simply do not back this drive up.
It does not stop the drive from being a destination for backups.
Loving the notes about the new Mac Pro and coming to grips with it all!
Christopher
On 1 Mar 2020, at 11:00 am, Daniel Settles <denver1.dan1@...> wrote:
It's because you have excluded the LaCie from being used for backups.
On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 18:26:36 -0500, Joan Sax via Groups.Io wrote:
Sorry to keep going at this but Time Machine is still not doing a
backup of my Macintosh Hard Drive to the LaCie drive which is what I
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Re: How to Add El Capitan to a Partition on an SSD
Thank you Denver Dan -
Checking it out now -
James
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On 1 Mar 2020, at 22:29, Daniel Settles <denver1.dan1@...> wrote:
Howdy.
Check this article:
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Denver Dan
On Sun, 1 Mar 2020 21:13:05 +1100, James I wrote:
I've partitioned a 1TB SSD using Mac OS X 10.6.8 so I can run legacy
programs such as Eudora, AppleWorks and Palm Desktop. All went well
until the El Capitan installer failed with -
"OS X could not be installed on your computer
No packages were eligible for install. Contact the software
manufacturer for assistance.
Quit the installer to restart your compute and try again
Restart"
Any advice on how to solve the problem Please.
MacBook Pro 6.1 Running OS X 10.6.8 and El Capitan from an external
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Re: How to Add El Capitan to a Partition on an SSD
Howdy. Check this article: <> Denver Dan On Sun, 1 Mar 2020 21:13:05 +1100, James I wrote: I've partitioned a 1TB SSD using Mac OS X 10.6.8 so I can run legacy
programs such as Eudora, AppleWorks and Palm Desktop. All went well
until the El Capitan installer failed with -
"OS X could not be installed on your computer
No packages were eligible for install. Contact the software
manufacturer for assistance.
Quit the installer to restart your compute and try again
Restart"
Any advice on how to solve the problem Please.
MacBook Pro 6.1 Running OS X 10.6.8 and El Capitan from an external
FW800 drive [|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|] iSent from iDan's GyazMail on my MacPro
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How to Add El Capitan to a Partition on an SSD
I've partitioned a 1TB SSD using Mac OS X 10.6.8 so I can run legacy programs such as Eudora, AppleWorks and Palm Desktop. All went well until the El Capitan installer failed with -
"OS X could not be installed on your computer No packages were eligible for install. Contact the software manufacturer for assistance. Quit the installer to restart your compute and try again
Restart"
Any advice on how to solve the problem Please.
MacBook Pro 6.1 Running OS X 10.6.8 and El Capitan from an external FW800 drive
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Oh - I thought you were being sarcastic.? I doubt they¡¯d do that for an iPad since it¡¯s a $400 unit, but I might still get a deal on a new one. -Karen
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On Feb 29, 2020, at 11:04 PM, Bob Buscaglia via Groups.Io < rbuscag@...> wrote:
No.? The last time I had a battery die was on an iPod.? They gave me a new one for $60.
Does that mean the battery costs as much as getting a new one??
?? Karen ? ?organizing my iMac to the Nines999
On Feb 29, 2020, at 3:39 PM, Bob Buscaglia via Groups.Io < rbuscag@...> wrote:
If it is indeed the battery, Apple will give you a new unit for the cost of a battery.
Bob On Saturday, February 29, 2020, 2:12 PM, KarenP <waystation9@...> wrote: I have a 2017 iPad Mini 4. I noticed it loses its charge much quicker these days than it used to and I suspect it¡¯s because the battery is getting old. But I don¡¯t quite understand how it works. Last night, I had about 15-20% charge left when I closed the cover and put it on my nightstand to go to sleep. When I woke up in the morning, the charge was completely gone. I had to plug it in to see anything at all as the unit would not even turn on. How does an iPad that¡¯s not being used go from 15- 20% charge to nothing overnight? Is it because the Wi-Fi is still working the whole time so it actually is using battery?
?Am I correct that the battery on this is simply old? Do people get new batteries for these things, or is it better to just get a new iPad altogether? I still plan to use mine for a while longer yet, but want to know what the best options are in this instance.
Thank you, ?? Karen ? ?organizing my iMac to the Nines999
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oh! Thanks. I didn¡¯t see that. That makes a big difference.
-karen
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On Feb 29, 2020, at 11:32 PM, Bev in TX <countryone77@...> wrote:
Sorry, I meant Karen
Bev
On Feb 29, 2020, at 10:30 PM, Bev in TX via Groups.Io <countryone77@...> wrote:
Pat,
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Pat,
There is a separate iPad battery replacement section:
If your battery needs replacement, we can repair or replace?your iPad for a battery service fee...?Out-of-warrantyAll eligible iPad models $ 99Bev
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On Feb 29, 2020, at 9:58 PM, KarenP <waystation9@...> wrote:
Thanks for the link. Mine would cost $300 to repair according to this. So for $100 more I could get a Mini 5. I¡¯ll keep this one going long as I can and then I guess it¡¯s time to upgrade after that.
-Karen
On Feb 29, 2020, at 5:32 PM, Pat Taylor via Groups.Io < pat412@...> wrote:
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No.? The last time I had a battery die was on an iPod.? They gave me a new one for $60.
Does that mean the battery costs as much as getting a new one??
?? Karen ? ?organizing my iMac to the Nines999
On Feb 29, 2020, at 3:39 PM, Bob Buscaglia via Groups.Io < rbuscag@...> wrote:
If it is indeed the battery, Apple will give you a new unit for the cost of a battery.
Bob On Saturday, February 29, 2020, 2:12 PM, KarenP <waystation9@...> wrote: I have a 2017 iPad Mini 4. I noticed it loses its charge much quicker these days than it used to and I suspect it¡¯s because the battery is getting old. But I don¡¯t quite understand how it works. Last night, I had about 15-20% charge left when I closed the cover and put it on my nightstand to go to sleep. When I woke up in the morning, the charge was completely gone. I had to plug it in to see anything at all as the unit would not even turn on. How does an iPad that¡¯s not being used go from 15- 20% charge to nothing overnight? Is it because the Wi-Fi is still working the whole time so it actually is using battery?
?Am I correct that the battery on this is simply old? Do people get new batteries for these things, or is it better to just get a new iPad altogether? I still plan to use mine for a while longer yet, but want to know what the best options are in this instance.
Thank you, ?? Karen ? ?organizing my iMac to the Nines999
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Thanks Dan. The battery ran all the way down last night, so I¡¯ll see if there¡¯s a noticeable difference in how long the charge keeps.
-karen
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On Feb 29, 2020, at 7:03 PM, Daniel Settles <denver1.dan1@...> wrote:
Howdy.
Battery may need replacement.
Or, note that lithium Iron batteries sometimes lose the proper
calibration that is the real battery charge level and what is reported
on the charge/batter icon. This is usually fixed by letting the
battery run down so the iPad shuts itself down due to no battery
power. Then plug in and start it. Could help.
Denver Dan
On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:12:23 -0500, KarenP wrote:
I have a 2017 iPad Mini 4. I noticed it loses its charge much quicker
these days than it used to and I suspect it¡¯s because the battery is
getting old. But I don¡¯t quite understand how it works. Last night, I
had about 15-20% charge left when I closed the cover and put it on my
nightstand to go to sleep. When I woke up in the morning, the charge
was completely gone. I had to plug it in to see anything at all as
the unit would not even turn on. How does an iPad that¡¯s not being
used go from 15- 20% charge to nothing overnight? Is it because the
Wi-Fi is still working the whole time so it actually is using battery?
Am I correct that the battery on this is simply old? Do people get
new batteries for these things, or is it better to just get a new
iPad altogether? I still plan to use mine for a while longer yet, but
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Thanks for the link. Mine would cost $300 to repair according to this. So for $100 more I could get a Mini 5. I¡¯ll keep this one going long as I can and then I guess it¡¯s time to upgrade after that.
-Karen
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On Feb 29, 2020, at 5:32 PM, Pat Taylor via Groups.Io < pat412@...> wrote:
Pat Pro2 ? Does that mean the battery costs as much as getting a new one??
?? Karen ? ?organizing my iMac to the Nines999
On Feb 29, 2020, at 3:39 PM, Bob Buscaglia via Groups.Io < rbuscag@...> wrote:
If it is indeed the battery, Apple will give you a new unit for the cost of a battery.
Bob On Saturday, February 29, 2020, 2:12 PM, KarenP <waystation9@...> wrote: I have a 2017 iPad Mini 4. I noticed it loses its charge much quicker these days than it used to and I suspect it¡¯s because the battery is getting old. But I don¡¯t quite understand how it works. Last night, I had about 15-20% charge left when I closed the cover and put it on my nightstand to go to sleep. When I woke up in the morning, the charge was completely gone. I had to plug it in to see anything at all as the unit would not even turn on. How does an iPad that¡¯s not being used go from 15- 20% charge to nothing overnight? Is it because the Wi-Fi is still working the whole time so it actually is using battery?
?Am I correct that the battery on this is simply old? Do people get new batteries for these things, or is it better to just get a new iPad altogether? I still plan to use mine for a while longer yet, but want to know what the best options are in this instance.
Thank you, ?? Karen ? ?organizing my iMac to the Nines999
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Re: Time Machine isn't working
Joan Sax wrote: I am still confused by the wording. If the LaCie drive is listed in the ¡°Exclude these items from?backups:¡± dialogue box, does that mean that the LaCie drive will not be used as a destination?for a backup, or that the LaCie drive will not itself be backed up.
The items included in the ¡°Exclude¡± box are items that are NOT backed up.
If an external drive is used as a backup, it *should* be listed in the ¡°Exclude¡± box, because you don¡¯t want to backup a backup. ¡ when I open?that Exclude these items from backups dialogue box, both the LaCie Drive and my Macintosh?HD are listed (the latter grayed out) and if I press the minus sign beneath the window, it will?allow me to exclude the LaCie drive (is that what I want if I am using that drive to backup to?)?but not the Macintosh HD which is grayed out. What am I doing wrong?
If the LaCie is listed to be excluded, then your computer will not try to backup that drive (this is what you want).
Sorry to keep going at this but Time Machine is still not doing a backup of ?my Macintosh Hard?Drive to the LaCie drive which is what I want.
If the Macintosh HD *is* listed to be excluded, then it won¡¯t be backed up. You need to find ?way to remove it from the ¡°Exclude¡± list, grayed-out or not.
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Re: Time Machine isn't working
A few months back, I was having all sorts of issues with my Apple Time Capsule. I eventually found out that the drive was dying. I replaced Time Capsule with a Seagate external drive and I¡¯ve had no issues with Time Machine since.
Just something to consider.
Paul
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Re: Time Machine isn't working
Hi Joan,
¡°Excludes from backup¡± simply mean ¡°Do not backup this drive."
It does not mean that you can¡¯t use the drive as a destination for backups.
A couple of things spring to mind:
1). Have you turn Time Machine off for a few minutes, before turning it back on?
2). Is the backup disk at least 3 times the size of the backup?
3). Have you checked the backup disk with Disk Utility to make sure it is OK?
Christopher
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On 1 Mar 2020, at 10:26 am, Joan Sax via Groups.Io <jsax@...> wrote:
I am still confused by the wording. If the LaCie drive is listed in the ¡°Exclude these items from backups:¡± dialogue box, does that mean that the LaCie drive will not be used as a destination for a backup, or that the LaCie drive will not itself be backed up. Obviously I want my iMac hard drive backed up to the LaCie drive. This is my current situation. I used Disk Utility to erase and reformat the LaCie drive which I would like to use for my Time Machine backup (as well as for backing up my hard drive using Super Duper). Now when I open that Exclude these items from backups dialogue box, both the LaCie Drive and my Macintosh HD are listed (the latter grayed out) and if I press the minus sign beneath the window, it will allow me to exclude the LaCie drive (is that what I want if I am using that drive to backup to?) but not the Macintosh HD which is grayed out. What am I doing wrong?
Sorry to keep going at this but Time Machine is still not doing a backup of my Macintosh Hard Drive to the LaCie drive which is what I want.
Joan
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Re: Time Machine isn't working
Sorry Daniel,
¡°Exclude From Backups¡± means simply do not back this drive up.
It does not stop the drive from being a destination for backups.
Loving the notes about the new Mac Pro and coming to grips with it all!
Christopher
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On 1 Mar 2020, at 11:00 am, Daniel Settles <denver1.dan1@...> wrote:
It's because you have excluded the LaCie from being used for backups.
On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 18:26:36 -0500, Joan Sax via Groups.Io wrote:
Sorry to keep going at this but Time Machine is still not doing a
backup of my Macintosh Hard Drive to the LaCie drive which is what I
want. [|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|]
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Re: Recovery Partition OSX version
Only Apple¡¯s Recovery Disk Assistant still seems to be available and working.
The GitHub tool stopped at 10.13 and has been archived.
The Silvertooth tool leads to a 404 error, but the following link gets you to the software¡¯s page:?
It looks like most of the software hasn¡¯t been updated since 2016.
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On Oct 31, 2019, at 2:45 PM, JR via Groups.Io wrote: Anyone know how to ensure the OSX version of the Recovery Partition is the same as the current boot drive version?
Check out these utilities: Apple's OS X Recovery Disk Assistant (free) Create Recovery Partition Installer (free) https://github.com/MagerValp/Create-Recovery-Partition-Installer Recovery Partition (free) http://musings.silvertooth.us/index.php/2016/10/05/recovery-partition-4-0-4/ ___________________________________________ Randy B. Singer
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Howdy. Battery may need replacement. Or, note that lithium Iron batteries sometimes lose the proper calibration that is the real battery charge level and what is reported on the charge/batter icon. This is usually fixed by letting the battery run down so the iPad shuts itself down due to no battery power. Then plug in and start it. Could help. Denver Dan On Sat, 29 Feb 2020 15:12:23 -0500, KarenP wrote: I have a 2017 iPad Mini 4. I noticed it loses its charge much quicker
these days than it used to and I suspect it¡¯s because the battery is
getting old. But I don¡¯t quite understand how it works. Last night, I
had about 15-20% charge left when I closed the cover and put it on my
nightstand to go to sleep. When I woke up in the morning, the charge
was completely gone. I had to plug it in to see anything at all as
the unit would not even turn on. How does an iPad that¡¯s not being
used go from 15- 20% charge to nothing overnight? Is it because the
Wi-Fi is still working the whole time so it actually is using battery?
Am I correct that the battery on this is simply old? Do people get
new batteries for these things, or is it better to just get a new
iPad altogether? I still plan to use mine for a while longer yet, but
want to know what the best options are in this instance. [|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|][|] iSent from iDan's GyazMail on my MacPro
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Jim Saklad