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can't connect bluetooth devices to ipad mini after iOS 6.1.3 update 95 Views / 1 Replies  
Hi All,

I can't connect bluetooth devices to my ipad mini, pretty sure the issue started after I updated to iOS 6.1.3.

The ipad can see bluetooth devices (tried with two keyboards and some...
Posted by chasg, on May 22, 2013 at 04:55 PM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Kind of you, I've seen that (found it after I... 375 Views / 4 Replies  
Kind of you, I've seen that (found it after I spotted the "16x" printed on the motherboard and wanted to know exactly what was what), but this time, with your and osisris24x's help, I finally noticed...
Posted by chasg, on Apr 14, 2013 at 11:01 AM, in Mac Desktops
Hi osiris24x, thanks for the reply. That... 375 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi osiris24x, thanks for the reply.

That link was 404, I'm afraid. What is the name of that app, I'll google it and see if I can help myself out (didn't even know about it, so you did help, a bit...
Posted by chasg, on Apr 14, 2013 at 09:40 AM, in Mac Desktops
is there something special about the PCI 2 slot in an early 2008 Mac Pro? 375 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi All,

Is there something special about the PCI 2 slot in an early 2008 Mac Pro? Perhaps something wrong with it?

You see, I've been running a "Newer Technology MAXPower eSATA 6G Pro PCIe...
Posted by chasg, on Apr 5, 2013 at 07:56 PM, in Mac Desktops
Ooo, that's excellent advice! The cloning has... 409 Views / 7 Replies  
Ooo, that's excellent advice! The cloning has completed, and I've found my USB key copy of Mountain Lion (never bothered upgrading the desktop to ML from Lion, guess it's time). I'll reboot from the...
Posted by chasg, on Apr 5, 2013 at 09:26 AM, in Mac OS X
move OSX to new SSD, recovery partition? 409 Views / 7 Replies  
Hi All,

I've just acquired a new SSD for my Mac Pro (running 10.7.5) to use as a boot volume. I want it to be a duplicate of my existing boot HD, and then I want to pull that HD and use only the...
Posted by chasg, on Apr 5, 2013 at 07:09 AM, in Mac OS X
That's good advice, thanks. Before writing... 2,456 Views / 4 Replies  
That's good advice, thanks.

Before writing my OP, I made sure that the pins are all clean (they should be, the risers have only been removed twice since I purchased the machine). I did my best to...
Posted by chasg, on Feb 22, 2013 at 09:18 AM, in Mac Desktops
help please: took memory riser out of Mac Pro, put back, RAM not registering 2,456 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi All,

I have a 2008 Mac pro and I was given some DIMMS that I thought might fit in the two empty slots I have (they didn't, that's immaterial to my problem). I slotted the RAM riser back in, and...
Posted by chasg, on Feb 22, 2013 at 06:07 AM, in Mac Desktops
shifuimam, no luck yet. The closest shop with the... 643 Views / 14 Replies  
shifuimam, no luck yet. The closest shop with the card I'd like to try is all the way across town and I haven't managed to get there yet <grump>.
Posted by chasg, on Feb 5, 2013 at 05:19 AM, in Mac Desktops
Good idea. Fingers crossed for me and future USB... 643 Views / 14 Replies  
Good idea. Fingers crossed for me and future USB card wanters!
Posted by chasg, on Jan 31, 2013 at 10:54 AM, in Mac Desktops
That's very good news. I'll head down to the... 643 Views / 14 Replies  
That's very good news. I'll head down to the local PCWorld and pick up a cheap card tomorrow :-)
Posted by chasg, on Jan 31, 2013 at 10:41 AM, in Mac Desktops
Really? Well, that'd make my life a lot less... 643 Views / 14 Replies  
Really? Well, that'd make my life a lot less expensive, as the cheapest card I can find that says that it's OSX compatible is around £70, while other cards go for as little as £15.

Worth a try,...
Posted by chasg, on Jan 31, 2013 at 10:26 AM, in Mac Desktops
recommend USB 3 PCI card for Mac Pro ( 643 Views / 14 Replies  
Hi All,

I have an old-ish Intel-based Mac Pro (dual 2.8GHz Quad-core Xeon), and I'd like to add a USB 3.0 card. PCIe, of course.

Can anyone recommend one to me that I can purchase in the UK?
...
Posted by chasg, on Jan 28, 2013 at 12:52 AM, in Mac Desktops
Interesting, thanks for the informed speculation.... 104 Views / 5 Replies  
Interesting, thanks for the informed speculation.

Here's some feedback for LaCie: your implementation of AFP sucked huge, and I'm glad I've retired that drive! It was my last LaCie product (too...
Posted by chasg, on Aug 16, 2012 at 01:41 PM, in Networking
Hey Steve, sorry to take so long to reply. ... 104 Views / 5 Replies  
Hey Steve, sorry to take so long to reply.

It turns out that the problem lay with my POS...
Posted by chasg, on Aug 15, 2012 at 06:38 AM, in Networking
help: filesharing & screen sharing super-laggy 104 Views / 5 Replies  
Hi All,

My 3 machine network, which has been running flawlessly for years, has suddenly developed a glitch: it takes any Mac on the network up to 3 minutes to make a file-sharing connection with...
Posted by chasg, on Aug 4, 2012 at 04:33 AM, in Networking
Hi Steve, many thanks for the reply. In... 380 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi Steve, many thanks for the reply.

In answer to your question: yes.

Interestingly, when the machine is well in to its restart sequence, just as the Finder comes up, all those windows I left...
Posted by chasg, on Apr 27, 2012 at 11:15 PM, in Mac OS X
restart, Finder windows of drives don't stay open 380 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi All,

I have a Mac Pro with 4 internal drives, and 6 external ones (I'm a photographer, so many drives of data). I'm having a problem with Finder windows not staying open after a restart.
...
Posted by chasg, on Apr 27, 2012 at 12:55 PM, in Mac OS X
I must have a bunch of bugs or a bad install.... 617 Views / 7 Replies  
I must have a bunch of bugs or a bad install. Another thing that is very annoying is, when I do a command-f search, I can't then click on the file headers (e.g. name, size, date) to sort, I have to...
Posted by chasg, on Apr 2, 2012 at 06:16 AM, in Mac OS X
Oops, yes, I wasn't clear: I know that this is a... 617 Views / 7 Replies  
Oops, yes, I wasn't clear: I know that this is a bug, and Lion's interface changes are driving me crazy! :-)
Posted by chasg, on Apr 2, 2012 at 05:38 AM, in Mac OS X
Lion: Finder windows gone after restart, fix? 617 Views / 7 Replies  
Hi All,

I'm getting very frustrated with this problem: when I restart my Mac (running OSX 10.7.3), all of my Finder windows are closed.

I've deleted ~/Library/Saved Application...
Posted by chasg, on Apr 2, 2012 at 05:03 AM, in Mac OS X
Thanks Big Mac, I've forwarded her to the... 348 Views / 5 Replies  
Thanks Big Mac, I've forwarded her to the Macroplant website (software looks good).

@Waragainstsleep, I'm afraid I don't know.

Cheers!

Chas
Posted by chasg, on Oct 11, 2011 at 11:00 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Thanks for that, much appreciated. I found a... 348 Views / 5 Replies  
Thanks for that, much appreciated.

I found a few out there (before I posted), but none really seemed to do what she needs (she's quite Mac-savvy, but she's never had to deal with this issue...
Posted by chasg, on Oct 11, 2011 at 07:51 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
files deleted on Mac, restore from iphone? 348 Views / 5 Replies  
Hi All,

I'm relaying this request for help for a friend. She's accidentally deleted some movie files from iTunes on her computer, but she still has them on her iPhone (which she hasn't sync'ed...
Posted by chasg, on Oct 11, 2011 at 07:22 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
massive increase in data usage on iphone, but little change in how I use it 785 Views / 0 Replies  
Hi All,

I was just talking to a rep for my mobile phone company (O2, in the UK), and we happened to take a look at my data usage for the last few months. I was shocked to find out that a recent...
Posted by chasg, on May 23, 2011 at 08:27 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Wisdom! Always nice to know the full reasons... 1,570 Views / 6 Replies  
Wisdom! Always nice to know the full reasons behind seemingly illogical specifications.

My thanks.

Chas
Posted by chasg, on May 4, 2011 at 07:08 AM, in Mac Desktops
"much" info, no, "enough" info, yes :-) As... 1,570 Views / 6 Replies  
"much" info, no, "enough" info, yes :-)

As for the reasons behind the price difference: rats and double-rats!
Posted by chasg, on May 4, 2011 at 06:36 AM, in Mac Desktops
Thanks for that info, much appreciated. I wonder... 1,570 Views / 6 Replies  
Thanks for that info, much appreciated. I wonder why the big price difference?

Cheers!

Chas
Posted by chasg, on May 4, 2011 at 06:22 AM, in Mac Desktops
unbuffered RAM in early 2008 Mac Pro? 1,570 Views / 6 Replies  
Hi All,

The issue: buffered vs. unbuffered RAM for an early 2008 Mac Pro.

My photoshop efficiency indicator is down around 80% for my typical work, so I'm going to drop some RAM in the last two...
Posted by chasg, on May 4, 2011 at 05:44 AM, in Mac Desktops
Hi Steve, Thanks again for the advice. ... 4,544 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi Steve,

Thanks again for the advice.

I agree: I'm going to bring it all back, but my question really is: do I roll back User/Library/Calendars/ to do it, or is there other data elsewhere that...
Posted by chasg, on Apr 11, 2011 at 04:02 AM, in Applications
@£!$^@!! so that's where they are, thanks very... 4,544 Views / 4 Replies  
@£!$^@!! so that's where they are, thanks very much for the pointer.

In the Apple Tech's defense, we never actually talked about recovering from Time Machine, they went straight to their own...
Posted by chasg, on Apr 9, 2011 at 03:34 AM, in Applications
restoring iCal from Time Machine backup? 4,544 Views / 4 Replies  
Hi All,

I need to restore my iCal calendars from my Time Machine archive (I need to go back a week or so). Can anyone point me to the right way to do so? Here's the short version: Apple erased all...
Posted by chasg, on Apr 8, 2011 at 05:32 PM, in Applications
easy answer: because I've already got the two... 887 Views / 2 Replies  
easy answer: because I've already got the two 10,000 rpm disks.

I bought them waaaay back when we were speaking in this thread...
Posted by chasg, on Apr 5, 2011 at 11:10 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
good 2-bay eSATA RAID box? 887 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi All,

I'm on the lookout for an empty two-bay eSATA RAID enclosure. I'm going to stripe two 10,000 rpm disks in it, and use it for photoshop scratch.

Can anyone point me to any hidden gems?...
Posted by chasg, on Apr 5, 2011 at 09:34 AM, in Consumer Hardware & Components
Sorry Waragainstsleep, I lost track of this... 2,968 Views / 8 Replies  
Sorry Waragainstsleep, I lost track of this discussion.

Many thanks for the info. £70 isn't too bad, I may take a punt!

Cheers!

Chas
Posted by chasg, on Mar 29, 2011 at 04:49 PM, in Mac Desktops
Sorry, lost track of this discussion. ... 1,016 Views / 9 Replies  
Sorry, lost track of this discussion.

OreoCookie, thanks for the followup. You're not the lecturing type, so I certainly didn't take it that way :-)

Cheers!

Chas
Posted by chasg, on Mar 29, 2011 at 04:45 PM, in Applications
problem: normal sync of iphone, installing everything from scratch? 345 Views / 0 Replies  
Strange happening: I plugged in my iphone as usual to my Mac, and the sync process started. Then I noticed that it was copying each app over, one by one (all apps that are already installed on the...
Posted by chasg, on Mar 29, 2011 at 08:19 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Hi Big Mac and ClaraT, yeah, very scary.... 1,490 Views / 6 Replies  
Hi Big Mac and ClaraT,

yeah, very scary. I've just had a real-time chat with a tech in the US (I'm in the UK), and he's had to escalate it up a level (hopefully I'll get my follow-up email soon)....
Posted by chasg, on Mar 28, 2011 at 03:28 PM, in Applications
help, all gone! mobileme calendar "upgrade" erases all calendars 1,490 Views / 6 Replies  
I'm very very unhappy.

I recently logged in to mobileme and I got an "upgrade your calendars" message. Well, I did that, and now they are all gone. I only found out when I opened my iphone and saw...
Posted by chasg, on Mar 28, 2011 at 07:34 AM, in Applications
Thanks seanc, the suggestion is much appreciated,... 1,016 Views / 9 Replies  
Thanks seanc, the suggestion is much appreciated, and I've got nothing to lose. I'll try it out.
Posted by chasg, on Mar 1, 2011 at 01:17 PM, in Applications
Well, the clone really is the third tier to my... 1,016 Views / 9 Replies  
Well, the clone really is the third tier to my backup strategy, but now I'm sounding defensive (the really bad thing about it was me using the wrong drive, and now I'm being reminded of how dumb I...
Posted by chasg, on Mar 1, 2011 at 09:13 AM, in Applications
Here is an update that might be useful to anyone... 1,016 Views / 9 Replies  
Here is an update that might be useful to anyone else who encounters this (admittedly unusual) problem. I got an email back from SuperDuper's author, and he states:


"A Smart Update doesn't do...
Posted by chasg, on Mar 1, 2011 at 04:09 AM, in Applications
recover files after a drive has been used as a destination by SuperDuper 1,016 Views / 9 Replies  
Hi All, I've done a dumb thing.

I accidentally did a day's work on the destination drive for a SuperDuper duplication. It's all gone, and I really want that work back.

My working drive is...
Posted by chasg, on Feb 28, 2011 at 06:30 AM, in Applications
Thanks for the pointer mrh63061! I found the... 2,968 Views / 8 Replies  
Thanks for the pointer mrh63061!

I found the port-multiplier version here (I'm in the UK, no OWC here, unfortunately). A bit more expensive, but comparable to the competitors:

TheBookYard...
Posted by chasg, on Jan 11, 2011 at 08:16 AM, in Mac Desktops
Hey Thorszdad, thanks for the reply. Ah, I... 668 Views / 2 Replies  
Hey Thorszdad, thanks for the reply.

Ah, I think I've found the problem, a plug-in that's not an extension: "SafariStand". During Halloween, I wanted to localise a flash movie of a lighting storm...
Posted by chasg, on Jan 8, 2011 at 09:00 AM, in Applications
Safari functionality gone: automatic reopening of previous tabs/windows 668 Views / 2 Replies  
Hi All,

One thing that I really like in my web browser (Safari in this case) is that, if it crashed, or if I needed to quit it while a bunch of pages were open, then when I started it again, I...
Posted by chasg, on Jan 8, 2011 at 05:56 AM, in Applications
Great info guys, much appreciated. The real... 2,968 Views / 8 Replies  
Great info guys, much appreciated.

The real kicker is that I bought my whole eSATA setup when I had a G5 tower, with PCI-x slots. I bought the 4-port Sonnet E4P eSATA card, and then that G5 died...
Posted by chasg, on Dec 29, 2010 at 10:39 AM, in Mac Desktops
recommend eSATA card for Mac Pro running OSX 10.6.x? 2,968 Views / 8 Replies  
Hi All,

I need a recommendation for a port-multiplier-aware eSATA card for my dual 2.8GHz Mac Pro.

When I upgraded to Snow Leopard, my Sonnet Tempo SATA E2P card stopped working (there was a...
Posted by chasg, on Dec 28, 2010 at 07:04 AM, in Mac Desktops
The thing that bugs me: mobileme is supposed to... 2,131 Views / 6 Replies  
The thing that bugs me: mobileme is supposed to take all the risk away! (it's the only reason I subscribe every year, for the sync capabilities).

Cheers!

Chas
Posted by chasg, on Sep 13, 2010 at 07:00 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
Thanks subego, much appreciated. It's a risky... 2,131 Views / 6 Replies  
Thanks subego, much appreciated. It's a risky proposition, as I have a bunch of entries on my iPhone that are unique to that copy of iCal. I'll have to manually transfer them to my desktop copy of...
Posted by chasg, on Sep 13, 2010 at 05:57 AM, in iPhone, iPad & iPod
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