tim meidroth wrote: my question is, how is it possible for his upload speed to be 75 times faster than mine?...he says his Mac is connected to "gigabit" Fios...what is that?...what ISP is providing that kind of upload speed?
"Gigabit" Fios is a symmetric internet connection at nominally 1 Gbps (1000 megabits per second). I have Verizon Fios (one of the major US cellular/phone/cable providers). This is provided through a fiber-optic connection all the way from the ISP to the home.? Fiber comes into the Network Interface Connection on the wall of my house.
The distribution within my house is (a) coaxial cable to 2 locations for TV hookup, (b) Category 6a ethernet cabling to multiple rooms, and (c) Wifi everywhere.
The Wifi is limited to "only" about 400-450 Mbps because that's what I had available in 2019.
Prior to getting this, I was unable to get ANY cable service and subsisted on DSL that maxxed out at about 2.8 Mbps (that's an hour for a 1 GB download, if it didn't get interrupted).
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Strange happenings when composing text in Apple Mail
For the past few weeks I’ve been bedeviled with seemingly random mishandling of typed formatted text while I’m composing mail on my 14 inch M3 Pro MacBook Pro (running Sonoma 14.3). As I type, unpredictably, whole sections of previously entered text will be replaced by OTHER sections of previously typed text. Sometimes this seems to follow the computer’s insertion of additional characters via the newly added capabilities of the predictive spell checker (completing words in advance or adding an almost always following word to the one being entered), but sometimes that does NOT seem to be involved.
When it happens, multiple sequential UNDO commands may restore what was messed up, but sometimes not. The same holds true for multiple presses of the delete key. Prophylactic “saving” of a long message as a draft doesn’t seem to prevent this, but saving as a draft, quitting from Mail, then re-launching mail and opening the draft message again DOES seem to help. AND, curiously, sometimes it’s not possible to use the cursor to drag-select newly inserted but misplaced text.
Since I don’t use plain text mail, I ‘ve not tested whether or not this bug happens using the text-only engine. I’ve not seen it happen in other apps. I’ve not yet seen it on my phone or my iPad Pro.
I didn’t find others complaining about this in brief web searches (or targeted searches in Apple’s Support Communities sites). I’ve not reported it to Apple yet, because I’ve not been able to reproduce it with a stereotypical response to intervention attempts that I could demonstrate while screen sharing with support.
So, I’m curious whether anyone else here who uses Apple Mail and writes in formatted text is suffering as well.
Thanks so much,
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Kudos to Apple Tech Support
Two days ago, I took a bike ride during which my bike computer, getting data from my Apple watch (Series 7, GPS + Cellular), occasionally reported pulse rate drops to the 50s while I was peddling at 18-20 mph (more typically the reports averaged 100-110 beats/min). I did not feel pre-syncopal or even dizzy, and I wasn’t short of breath, so I suspected something amiss with the data source. When I got home, I tried to record an ECG from the watch, but it failed repetitively. I scheduled a phone call with Apple after rebooting the watch and confirming it was current on software updates.
The support tech went through each of Apple’s recommendations for investigation ECG capture failures, then had me upload logs from the watch (stored on my phone) to Apple via an interface deep in the paired iPhone’s settings for the watch. Then he had me unpair and re-pair the watch and attempt another ECG (which also failed). To make sure it wasn’t a “biological” issue, we had my wife attempt to record an ECG from my watch, which also failed.
I have AppleCare on my watch. He offered me two alternatives to get my watch to Apple for inspection, then repair or replacement. I chose the second of these, which involved sending me a replacement watch pro-actively, ?and placing a hold on my credit card for the retail price for the replacement, with a commitment from Apple that when my misbehaving watch arrives at Apple, the hold on my credit card would be lifted. Apple would then either repair or recycle the watch I sent them, meaning I’ll have no “down time” without a watch, which is good news because I need to travel tomorrow. My watch seems to work fine EXCEPT for the ECG (and possibly the heart rate) apps.
I don’t think anyone at Apple had time to review the “enhanced logs" I sent them yesterday in real time (once before, once after the unpair/re-pair maneuver, each time including an ECG recording attempt within the 10 minute interval immediately before transmitting the logs).
Uploading the logs took a surprisingly long time, which the support tech blamed on the quality of my connection. I don’t know whether he meant between watch and phone or between phone and router), so I did an OOKLA speedtest from my phone (my call was handled by my Wi-Fi router rather than the cell network). The SpeedTest results were nominal for my ISP and router (640 mbits/sec DL, 25 mbits/sec UL). So, I’m not sure what he meant by “connection quality."
The tech devoted probably an hour of his time to this encounter, with him calling ME back after appropriate intervals for the logs to upload, and provided me email and text contact information to report additional information. I’ll use my own watch for my trip, and my replacement should be available when I return mid-week.
The one bit of sad news is that the replacement watch “may” arrive with a disabled O2 saturation sensor (what I’ve read is that Apple has disabled it on Series 9 watches, but he told me it might or might not be on the Series 7 replacement that will be sent to me.
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is jim's upload speed a result of this option from verizon? Fios Gigabit Connection $89.99/mo.* Up to 940Mbps
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On Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at 10:30?AM tim meidroth via <timmeidroth= [email protected]> wrote:
actually, there are an astonishing number of people who upload videos every day, although accuracy of the estimated volume is very hard to pin down, if not impossible…here are some conservative estimates of?DAILY video uploads on five popular platforms:
facebook ? 2 billion?
twitter/X? 1 billion?
instagram 95 million
tiktok? ? 34 million
youtube? ? 4 million
TOTAL ? ? A BIG NUMBER
my fixation on this has to do with my uploading videos on youtube at 12mbps (isp comcast/xfinity)...uploading a 10-minute video at that speed can seem interminable...jim saklad's upload speed is 75 times faster than mine...i suspect a 10-minute video upload would take a minute, maybe less...my question is, how is it possible for his upload speed to be 75 times faster than mine?...he says his imac in connected to "gigabit" Fios...what is that?...what isp is providing that kind of upload speed?? ? On Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at 5:17?AM Otto Nikolaus via <otto.nikolaus= [email protected]> wrote: It's usual in the UK for download:upload speeds to be in the ratio 10:1 and I’d guess the same would apply to at least some ISPs elsewhere. The reasoning is that most users do a lot of downloading and very little uploading so it makes no sense to give uploading any larger share of the bandwidth. If you run a server open to the web, which anyone can download from (*your upload*!), then your needs are very different, of course.
Otto
my upload speed with comcast/xfinity isp and brave:? ? ?12mbps jim saklad's upload speed with (what isp?) and brave: 939mbps? ...something is seriously wrong with this picture! ?
On a desktop Mac connected to “gigabit” Fios
Brave
Download Mbps? ?745.47
Upload? ?Mbps? ?939.48
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actually, there are an astonishing number of people who upload videos every day, although accuracy of the estimated volume is very hard to pin down, if not impossible…here are some conservative estimates of?DAILY video uploads on five popular platforms:
facebook ? 2 billion?
twitter/X? 1 billion?
instagram 95 million
tiktok? ? 34 million
youtube? ? 4 million
TOTAL ? ? A BIG NUMBER
my fixation on this has to do with my uploading videos on youtube at 12mbps (isp comcast/xfinity)...uploading a 10-minute video at that speed can seem interminable...jim saklad's upload speed is 75 times faster than mine...i suspect a 10-minute video upload would take a minute, maybe less...my question is, how is it possible for his upload speed to be 75 times faster than mine?...he says his imac in connected to "gigabit" Fios...what is that?...what isp is providing that kind of upload speed?? ?
On Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at 5:17?AM Otto Nikolaus via <otto.nikolaus= [email protected]> wrote: It's usual in the UK for download:upload speeds to be in the ratio 10:1 and I’d guess the same would apply to at least some ISPs elsewhere. The reasoning is that most users do a lot of downloading and very little uploading so it makes no sense to give uploading any larger share of the bandwidth. If you run a server open to the web, which anyone can download from (*your upload*!), then your needs are very different, of course.
Otto
my upload speed with comcast/xfinity isp and brave:? ? ?12mbps jim saklad's upload speed with (what isp?) and brave: 939mbps? ...something is seriously wrong with this picture! ?
On a desktop Mac connected to “gigabit” Fios
Brave
Download Mbps? ?745.47
Upload? ?Mbps? ?939.48
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On Feb 2, 2024, at 6:48?PM, tim meidroth <timmeidroth@...> wrote:
my upload speed with comcast/xfinity isp and brave:? ? ?12mbps jim saklad's upload speed with (what isp?) and brave: 939mbps? ...something is?seriously?wrong with this picture!
As others have stated, that’s typically what most ISPs promise. I think FIOS, on the other hand, promises SYMMETRICAL download and upload speeds
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Jim Robertson
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Regarding the “” setting …
On the following Apple Support webpage, set to macOS Sonoma:
Under the heading, “Specify sleep and wake settings for a Mac laptop” It includes the option: Put hard disks to sleep: Turn on “Put hard disks to sleep when possible.” So the option should be available on laptops. ?But that option specifically mentions hard disks — not SSDs. ?
My internal drive is an SSD and, as I mentioned yesterday, I didn’t have any external disks connected to my 2019 MacBook Pro yesterday when I captured that screenshot that showed that option missing from my available Settings Battery Options. ?This morning I connected a HDD to my Mac and Settings Battery Options now shows the option to put hard disks to sleep. ?See the attached screenshot. ?The option doesn’t show up when I have only have an external SSD attached.
I have the impression that that option, which specifically mentions hard disks, only applies to HDDs, not SSDs. ? However, I have no idea as how to prove it, other than the fact that it’s missing when no HDDs are connected. ?I’ve sent a message to Crucial support asking about their article. ?I’ll post an update after I get a response back from them.
-- Bev in TX
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It's usual in the UK for download:upload speeds to be in the ratio 10:1 and I’d guess the same would apply to at least some ISPs elsewhere. The reasoning is that most users do a lot of downloading and very little uploading so it makes no sense to give uploading any larger share of the bandwidth. If you run a server open to the web, which anyone can download from (*your upload*!), then your needs are very different, of course.
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my upload speed with comcast/xfinity isp and brave:? ? ?12mbps jim saklad's upload speed with (what isp?) and brave: 939mbps? ...something is seriously wrong with this picture! ?
On a desktop Mac connected to “gigabit” Fios
Brave
Download Mbps? ?745.47
Upload? ?Mbps? ?939.48
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On Feb 2, 2024, at 7:48?PM, tim meidroth <timmeidroth@...> wrote:
my upload speed with comcast/xfinity isp and brave:? ? ?12mbps jim saklad's upload speed with (what isp?) and brave: 939mbps? ...something is seriously wrong with this picture!
It depends on your ISP. ?Check with your ISP to determine whether you are getting promised upload speeds. -- Bev in TX
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On Feb 2, 2024, at 9:43 AM, mary via groups.io <mkheadley80503@...> wrote:
When I go to System Settings > Battery > Options button, I'm confronted with a dialog box that says "Wake for network access. While sleeping, your Mac can receive incoming network traffic, such as iMessages and other iCloud updates, to keep your applications up to date" and then I have to choose between these 3 options: Only on Power Adapter, Always, and Never. So which would I choose? It is none of the above. Here is a post from Ben Rosenthal on another list: "There seems to be a lot of confusion on this thread about where to find the “hard disk sleep” setting on various Macs. I think this is largely because Apple has been inconsistent about this setting among Mac configurations. "Here is Apple’s support document related to Energy Saver preferences on a Mac. I recommend perusing the article for different versions of macOS to understand how things have changed. "For macOS Catalina and earlier, all Macs have these settings in a pane called Energy Saver. In subsequent versions, Apple gives laptops a pane called Battery and retains Energy Saver only for desktop Macs. You’ll see the article name change when you look at newer versions. "If you’re looking at the Big Sur or Monterey version of the macOS User Guide, try searching for <battery preferences>, for example, and you’ll find separate articles for Battery preferences on a Mac notebook and Power Adapter preferences on a Mac notebook. If you look at the Ventura or Sonoma version, the former article is called Battery settings on a Mac notebook and the latter doesn’t seem to exist at all—and I can verify that there is no such Power Adapter section on such Macs. "Note, too, that in the shift to System Settings in Ventura and later, Apple broke apart Energy Saver/Battery preferences and moved some settings to the Lock Screen pane. This is where you’ll find settings for when to start the screen saver and turn off the display when inactive. "Regarding the Put hard disks to sleep when possible setting, I think you’ll consistently find it in Energy Saver on desktop Macs. On laptops, its existence seems to be less consistent. "According to this article about saving energy on a Mac, you might find it in the Battery preference pane of Monterey with a separate toggle for Battery and Power Adapter settings; it may be in Battery settings of Ventura and Sonoma when you click Options at the bottom; and it may be missing from Battery preferences in Big Sur. Also, it should be on all Macs running Catalina or earlier. However, on both Intel and Apple Silicon MacBook Pro models running Sonoma 14.3, this setting is nowhere to be found." __________________________________________________ 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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my upload speed with comcast/xfinity isp and brave:? ? ?12mbps jim saklad's upload speed with (what isp?) and brave: 939mbps? ...something is seriously wrong with this picture!
?Speedtest.net
On a desktop Mac connected to “gigabit” Fios
Brave
Download Mbps? ?745.47
Upload? ?Mbps? ?939.48
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On Feb 2, 2024, at 2:37?PM, Bob Stern via groups.io <bobbystern@...> wrote:
Canon did have a driver update which I installed on my MacBook Pro but that didn’t help.
iPads and iPhones use AirPrint, so they don’t have printer specific drivers on them. ?A firmware update (if one were available), which takes place on the printer, not your device, could possibly help. iPadOS and iOS updates can affect AirPrint, if they contain updates to it.
You previously reported: Recently I can’t print from certain apps using my iPhone and my iPad. This includes my banking ads and forms from ?various insurance and financial companies. I can print from some other types of apps.
I don’t receive any error messages. Nothing happens.
I was able to print using my 2011 MacBook Pro.
So, you are able to print from your iPad and iPhone, just not from some apps. ?So AirPrint is working on your iPad and iPhone, just not from some apps. ? Are there any updates in the App Store for those apps? ? Have you tried contacting the apps’ vendors about the problem?
Are you also printing using AirPrint on your Mac? ?
-- Bev in TX
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tim wrote: i agree on the ad-blocking feature so i installed brave...running brave, i ran a test on speedtest.net and was surprised to find download and upload results the same as when i do the test while running chrome....on both tests, my download speed was about 475mbps but upload speed was about 12mbps...seems really slow...seems obvious (mind you, i'm guessing) that the speed determinant is the provider, not the browser...is that correct? Speedtest.net On a desktop Mac connected to “gigabit” Fios Safari Download Mbps 470.01 Upload Mbps 730.42 Brave Download Mbps 745.47 Upload Mbps 939.48 DuckDuckGo Download Mbps 928.46 Upload Mbps 934.46 Edge Download Mbps 718.43 Upload Mbps 934.26 Of course, functionally720 and 920 are indistinguishable for all but the largest files, and 470 is only a little behind. -- Jim Saklad jimdoc@...
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On Feb 2, 2024, at 2:10?PM, tim meidroth <timmeidroth@...> wrote:
did test and it showed upload speed of 10mbps...with upload was 12mbps...isn't that really slow?
That’s normal with some ISPs. ?With a cable ISP, Spectrum, we have good download speeds (~350Mbps), but very slow uploads (~11 Mbps). These are a little better than the promised speeds for out Internet package. ?We don’t upload huge amounts of data, so it works for us. ? -- Bev in TX
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A lot depends upon the remote server that you choose. One might have a server that is further from you than the other.?
I live in Oregon. I will get better speeds if I choose a server in San Francisco or San Jose, than if I were to select one in Texas. Even if both tests were run on the same test url.?
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? Why do ?(250 mbs) and ?(442.72 mbs) produce such different results? (How is anyone supposed to believe them?) On Feb 2, 2024, at 14:50, Randy B. Singer <randy@...> wrote: On Feb 2, 2024, at 11:19 AM, tim meidroth <timmeidroth@...> wrote:
i agree on the ad-blocking feature so i installed brave...running brave, i ran a test on speedtest.net and was surprised to find download and upload results the same as when i do the test while running chrome....on both tests, my download speed was about 475mbps but upload speed was about 12mbps...seems reallyslow...seems obvious (mind you, i'm guessing) that the speed determinant is the provider, not the browser...is that correct?
I would think so. Try: https://Fast.com __________________________________________________ Randy B. Singer Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions) Essential But Hard To Find Macintosh Software and Advice http://www.macattorney.com/welcome.html __________________________________________________
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On Feb 2, 2024, at 11:19, tim meidroth <timmeidroth@...> wrote:
mind you, i'm guessing) that the speed determinant is the provider, not the browser...is that correct? Correct. What the browser brings to the table is various levels of privacy, ad blocking, blocking tracking and various built-in search engine availability, not speed
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Canon did have a driver update which I installed on my MacBook Pro but that didn’t help.
More detail: ?I am currently tying to print my credit card statement from my bank app on my iPhone. same thing happens on my iPad. almost nothing.
The priny order is sent to my Canon printer. The status screen on the printer lights up and usually it will print the job. Except it doesn’t print and there are no error messages. The printer must think it printed the pages.
Restarting the printer and the phone doesn’t help.
I can print from my laptop but I generally use the iOS phone and pads. I can do a screen shot and print that but it is difficult for me to read.
I have been avoiding logging in to my bank account on my laptop because in the past that was a PIA. But I may do so shortly.
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From:?Bob Stern
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 11:27:40 EST?
Recently I can’t print from certain apps using my iPhone and my iPad. This includes my banking ads and forms from ?various insurance and financial companies. I can print from some other types of apps.
I don’t receive any error messages. Nothing happens.
Canon MF216n printer.
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I was able to print using my 2011 MacBook Pro.
my iPad Pro, iPad mini and iPhone 13 ?have the latest OS.
A couple of weeks ago I saw an email about 5his subject but a Google search returned nothing helpful.
Thanks, Bobby
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From:?Pat Taylor
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:04:22 EST?
I would try going to the Canon website to see if there might be an update for your printer
Pat
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Why is it that when I try to use Constant Contact with the Brave browser, it freezes? And CC recommends that? you use Chrome, too.
On Friday, February 2, 2024 at 01:56:44 PM EST, Randy B. Singer <randy@...> wrote:
> On Feb 2, 2024, at 10:33 AM, tim meidroth < timmeidroth@...> wrote: > > i'm inclined to try brave browser (per randy rec) but someone else recommended i try puffin browser, too, especially for upload speed...any thoughts about puffin browser? This is the first that I’ve heard of it.? None of the sites that I regularly follow with regard to browser security even mention it. There is some information here: Apparently there is both a free and a paid premium version.? The free version doesn’t block ads.? That’s a feature that I wouldn’t do without. My advice would be to install Brave, and if you are interested in Puffin, try it too.? In fact, install as many browsers as you like.? They are all free (mostly), and they don’t conflict with each other.? I, personally once had eight different browsers installed.? It became clear pretty quickly which the better ones were.? Trash all the ones that you don’t like, keep one or two that you do. I want to point out that there are OVER 200 BROWSERS for the Macintosh.? (Really!)? <> You are constantly going to be coming across new ones.? You don’t have to check out all of them, you only need ONE really, really good one. __________________________________________________ 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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