Many thanks for your advice.
Jim, I do back with Time Machine, but have never cloned an OS. I've been using Macs since the '90s. I've been really lucky to have never needed to retrieve something.
Good to know about the ripped music. And VERY good to know about the printer, Bev.
Thanks again.
Debbi?
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iTunes goes away but not your music. All 25,000 songs, mostly ripped CDs, on my ?ac are still there and work.?
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On Oct 21, 2019, at 7:27 AM, Pat Taylor via Groups.Io <pat412@...> wrote:
? That’s what I’ve read in the tech press, but have not yet upgraded to Catalina myself. ?Here’s one article on the subject:
Pat On Oct 21, 2019, at 7:19 AM, Otto Nikolaus via Groups.Io <otto.nikolaus@...> wrote:
Surely all your ripped (transferred from CD) music will remain in Music > iTunes (or wherever you keep it) after the upgrade? Can someone confirm?
Otto I’m a lazy MacBook Air user. And I’ve always trusted that system upgrades are going to improve my computing experience. I blithely click on the Install, it does its think, and I haven’t lost any functionality so far.
After reading the many messages of Catalina issues, I’m reluctant to pull the trigger. I’ve never made a back-up copy of my current OS prior to installing an update. I understand that some applications won’t work as they currently do (have been getting that warning for some time now), but I also understand that I can upgrade some and substitute others. I think I can work around that.
I’ve learned that all of the music I laboriously transferred from CD to iTunes will be gone (only iTunes purchases will transfer), but I mostly use streaming services for music now, so I don’t think that will be too hard to handle.
Here’s my issue: I’ve Googled and checked Canon’s website to see if my MX922 printer will be compatible and I guess I just don’t know enough about what I’m reading to figure it out.
I’ve updated my iPhone Xr and my iPad mini, with no issues. It’s really just the laptop-to-printer I’m worried about.
At this point, I continue to postpone the Catalina install, only because of the printer. Do any of you have a Canon MX922, and does it still work with Catalina?
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I spoke with an Apple Senior Advisor about 30 minutes ago and was told that all my music on i-Tunes will remain intact.
Its true that Apple is abandoning i-Tunes but the advisor informed me that i-Tunes is being split into four categories;
Music, Podcasts, Audio Books and Apple TV.
Whether the music currently housed in i-Tunes was downloaded or purchased, it will still appear under the new heading, Music.
Nothing should be lost.
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Yes I am using the same email address and both groups now appear in Your Groups.
Tony M
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On Oct 21, 2019, at 12:35 PM, Dave Kelly via Groups.Io < drkelly@...> wrote:
Are you using the same email address to sign up to both? Your email? nyrngrz@...?still only shows up as a member of macsupportcentral and not iMacChat.
Dave
On Oct 21, 2019, at 11:00 AM, Tony M via Groups.Io < nyrngrz@...> wrote:
I just joined the iMacChat group and when I go to??and look at Your Groups, iMacChat is shown this Group macsupportcentral does not appear. Why is that?
Tony M
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Re: Underscan on TV set - Mojave - 10.14.6
It sounds like the settings for the display (in the Display Preferences) is not recognizing your screen. Sometimes there are settings you can adjust on the monitor itself that let you adjust the picture properties. Have you tried that?
Dave
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On Oct 21, 2019, at 11:53 AM, Lyle Syverson < lyle837@...> wrote:
Every time I start or restart my computer, only half of the icons on the bottom of screen show and none of the words at the top of the screen show. I bring up the control box for the display, click on the adjustment for underscan and the screen is imediately the adjusted to the proper size. Then I adjust the screen with a large border and try again… same behavior. This was true also with the two previous operating systems.
It is only a nuisance, but there must be a way to correct this.?
Lyle Syverson
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Sorry, I try to do that. When I answer from the web page the messages flow is much better.
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If we could, perhaps a reminder to carry the conversation forward when we post. AT this point I don’t know to whom you are responding. ? Thank you for your consideration. --? Vincent Winterling Vineland, NJ
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Are you using the same email address to sign up to both? Your email? nyrngrz@...?still only shows up as a member of macsupportcentral and not iMacChat.
Dave
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On Oct 21, 2019, at 11:00 AM, Tony M via Groups.Io < nyrngrz@...> wrote:
I just joined the iMacChat group and when I go to??and look at Your Groups, iMacChat is shown this Group macsupportcentral does not appear. Why is that?
Tony M
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If we could, perhaps a reminder to carry the conversation forward when we post. AT this point I don’t know to whom you are responding.
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Thank you for your consideration.
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Your 8G ram should be adequate. More ram may help but it might not make any difference. Is it faster loading if you don't have any other apps running?
It kind of sounds like your Finance software might be trying to load its database into ram (for faster access?). maybe not.
I think you should contact the developer of your software and see if they know about this problem. There may be some sort of maintenance procedure that will help keep the app running smoothly.
Dave?
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Apparently you haven’t joined iMacChat group yet. Click on the invitation link again and make sure it shows you’re looking at the iMacChat group. To?Subscribe to iMacChat send an email to? [email protected]??or go to? /g/iMacChat? Dave?
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Underscan on TV set - Mojave - 10.14.6
Every time I start or restart my computer, only half of the icons on the bottom of screen show and none of the words at the top of the screen show. I bring up the control box for the display, click on the adjustment for underscan and the screen is imediately the adjusted to the proper size. Then I adjust the screen with a large border and try again… same behavior. This was true also with the two previous operating systems.
It is only a nuisance, but there must be a way to correct this.
Lyle Syverson
Mac Mini (Late 2014)
Memory 8 GB
Display - SONY TV 73.5-inch (1920 x 1080)
1.12 TB fusion drive
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You still need to join each group. Go to? scroll?down, and select?Join This Group.
Otto
On Mon, 21 Oct 2019 at 18:00, Tony M via Groups.Io <nyrngrz= [email protected]> wrote: I just joined the iMacChat group and when I go to ?and look at Your Groups, iMacChat is shown this Group macsupportcentral does not appear. Why is that?
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Perhaps you haven’t subscribed to THIS group? ?I ask because I did subscribe to both and both are appearing on my list of groups along with several others that I’ve joined.
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? I just joined the iMacChat group and when I go to ?and look at Your Groups, iMacChat is shown this Group macsupportcentral does not appear. Why is that?
Tony M
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I figured it out. For some reason I had to search for this group and click on Join Group again. Now it appears in Your Groups.
Tony M
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I just joined the iMacChat group and when I go to ?and look at Your Groups, iMacChat is shown this Group macsupportcentral does not appear. Why is that?
Tony M
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I just joined the iMacChat group and when I go to ?and look at Your Groups, iMacChat is shown this Group macsupportcentral does not appear. Why is that?
Tony M
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Unless they changed something recently, that is true of the 27” iMacs, but not the 21.5” ones, and he said he had the smaller one. On Oct 21, 2019, at 11:22 AM, Dave Kelly via Groups.Io < drkelly@...> wrote:
By the way, adding RAM does not require taking the iMac appart. There are 2-3 screws holding a cover at the bottom center of the screen that lets you access the RAM slots.?
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By the way, adding RAM does not require taking the iMac appart. There?are 2-3 screws holding a cover at the bottom center of the screen that lets?you access the RAM slots.?
Not, I think, on the model of iMac he described…
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On Oct 21, 2019, at 9:15 AM, Dave Kelly via Groups.Io < drkelly@...> wrote:
Your 8G ram should be adequate. More ram may help but it might not make any difference. Is it faster loading if you don't have any other apps running?
I quit from the app, then relaunched it and reached a fully loaded UI by about 20 seconds. I should mention that I’m experiencing the same thing in Excel and Word, now that I’m Office 365/2019 for Mac (subscription based). I think that’s unforgiveable, too. I don’t blame my computer or my OS installation because everything else I do seems to run as quickly as it used to. In the early days of VW Dieselgate, (2015) I was a frequent user of an online Excel workbook that summarized the experience of many thousands of unhappy VW owners whom VW made happy by buying back their cars; the entire workbook was reachable by mere mortals only online, and it loaded and calculated incredibly quickly. I’ll have to try to see if I can find that amazing bit of work again and ask its author if he’s had the same experience with the newest versions of Excel and Word. It kind of sounds like your Finance software might be trying to load its database into ram (for faster access?). maybe not.
You’re right. I should contact the developer. I’ll post again after I’ve done so.
By the way, adding RAM does not require taking the iMac appart. There are 2-3 screws holding a cover at the bottom center of the screen that lets you access the RAM slots.? Actually, that’s not the case for my computer (iMac 18.1, 18.2. OWC, MacFixit, and many others have videos showing how to do it. Given that the back of the Motherboard IS reachable though that little cupboard on many iMacs, one must wonder whether perversity rather than the “runway model, you can never be too rich or too thin” distorted body image was the motivation for this design. Watch the videos; they will terrify some, but the one I watched ended with its author saying it had been a “fun” project.
Jim Robertson
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I'm no where near Catalina, nor the current iTunes. I'm still on OS X 10.7.5.
I listen to a lot of audio books, and I rip them from discs to listen to them on my iPhone. I don't store the ripped files in iTunes, because of previous lost files.?
On occasion, I discover a title is missing. While the iTunes link to the file has disappeared, the file ?is where I left it. So all I have to do is drop the file or manually open it from iTunes to re-establish the link.?
I had seen the issue mentioned before, but did not think of the link before. i did ask if they made An external copy of ripped files or a copy of all media to an external drive.? ,?
Brent
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On Oct 21, 2019, at 6:19 AM, Otto Nikolaus via Groups.Io < otto.nikolaus@...> wrote: Surely all your ripped (transferred from CD) music will remain in Music > iTunes (or wherever you keep it) after the upgrade? Can someone confirm?
Otto (Snip)
I’ve learned that all of the music I laboriously transferred from CD to iTunes will be gone (only iTunes purchases will transfer), but I mostly use streaming services for music now, so I don’t think that will be too hard to handle.
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By the way, adding RAM does not require taking the iMac appart. There are 2-3 screws holding a cover at the bottom center of the screen that lets you access the RAM slots.?
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Your 8G ram should be adequate. More ram may help but it might not make any difference. Is it faster loading if you don't have any other apps running?
It kind of sounds like your Finance software might be trying to load its database into ram (for faster access?). maybe not.
I think you should contact the developer of your software and see if they know about this problem. There may be some sort of maintenance procedure that will help keep the app running smoothly.
Dave?
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Debbi
Dave Kelly
Pat Taylor
Jim Saklad
Brent