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Stuncle Eve · Nov 23, 2010, 07:43 PM

Am I correct in assuming that AirPrint doesn't work on a 3Gs phone?

turtle777 · Nov 23, 2010, 07:52 PM

Correct.

-t

Stuncle Eve · Nov 23, 2010, 08:00 PM

Then what to make of this?

Cold Warrior · Nov 23, 2010, 08:21 PM

Do you own a 3GS or more than one 3G (3Gs) ?

turtle777 · Nov 23, 2010, 09:37 PM

Sorry, I somehow thought you were talking about 3G. I misread the post.

Yes, 3GS should be supported.

-t

Stuncle Eve · Nov 23, 2010, 10:24 PM

Yes, a 3GS.

According to this, printers are limited, as are the apps that support printing.

I was expecting more. Oh Apple, how you disappoint.

Big Mac · Nov 23, 2010, 11:21 PM

One wonders: Why is Find My iPhone.app not 3GS compatible?

mduell · Nov 23, 2010, 11:48 PM

Do you actually have one of the rare printers that AirPrint supports?

Cold Warrior · Nov 24, 2010, 12:18 AM

Originally Posted by Big Mac

One wonders: Why is Find My iPhone.app not 3GS compatible?

It is compatible. It requires a mobileme account though. Find my iPhone is free with newer devices.

lpkmckenna · Nov 24, 2010, 12:27 AM

I've got an iPhone 3G. With the newest update, I don't get AirPrint, I don't get AirPlay, I don't get Find My Phone. What do I get, other than an ugly new icon for VoiceMemo?

Cold Warrior · Nov 24, 2010, 12:36 AM

You don't get find my iphone, or you don't get it for free?

Spheric Harlot · Nov 24, 2010, 02:55 AM

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

I've got an iPhone 3G. With the newest update, I don't get AirPrint, I don't get AirPlay, I don't get Find My Phone. What do I get, other than an ugly new icon for VoiceMemo?

Presumably a faster iPhone and a bunch of little bugfixes and security updates.

Oh and a free lunch, if you complain enough.

lpkmckenna · Nov 24, 2010, 03:19 AM

"Presumably a faster iPhone." Yeah, not such a good assumption anymore after the 4.0 debacle. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.

According to this, I can now change the font in Notes and enjoy custom tones for Text Msgs.

lpkmckenna · Nov 24, 2010, 03:20 AM

Originally Posted by Cold Warrior

You don't get find my iphone, or you don't get it for free?

Well I could always get it, if I was stupid enough to pay for MobileMe.

Spheric Harlot · 04:51 AM

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

"Presumably a faster iPhone." Yeah, not such a good assumption anymore after the 4.0 debacle. Maybe it is, maybe it isn't.

Considering 4.1 and 4.2 are supposed to mostly fix that and don't actually *remove* any functionality, I don't understand your point.

Right now it just looks like you're pissed at not getting additional functionality for free (though you can get Find my iPhone; you just have to activate it on a supported device).

The new Voice Memos icon is hideous, though, and grounds for abstention.

angelmb · Nov 24, 2010, 03:41 PM

Printopia, Printopia lets you print from any print-capable iOS app to any of your Mac's printers. Printopia also makes it easy to "print to PDF," saving the resulting files to your Mac or to your Dropbox folder.

turtle777 · Nov 24, 2010, 04:07 PM

I really don't even know what I would need to print from my iPad or iPhone.

I rarely print, and if I have to, I can do that from my Mac. *shrug*

-t

ghporter · Nov 28, 2010, 09:31 PM

OK, so now I have to ask, is there a useful, simple way to get my iPhone and my wife's iPad to "see" our shared printers? I've done some searching, and come up with a few "possible" options, including pay-apps and dodges of questionable heritage (and perhaps legality). I don't want to pay $10 to do something that really should "just work" with this latest iOS update-except that I don't happen to own one of the eleven benighted HP wireless printers that AirPrint supports... And I don't want to goober up a bunch of stuff with a sketchy kluge that makes things work with any Bonjour printer but may not be precisely legal.

What should I do to print from our iOS devices?

Spheric Harlot · Nov 28, 2010, 09:36 PM

Wait for 10.6.6?

Cold Warrior · Nov 28, 2010, 09:38 PM

Download AirPrint Hacktivator for Mac - Activate AirPrint by adding or removing the required files. MacUpdate Mac Software Downloads

seems benign, not sure if it is in your excluded categories above.

ghporter · Nov 28, 2010, 10:07 PM

I'd seen AirPrint Hacktivator, but I had sort of lumped it into the "no" category because of all the other "hacktivator" links I'd found... The other "sketchy solutions" I found seemed to be scripts based on what might have been proprietary information (developer files that were included or edited). I guess I'll give AirPrint Hacktivator a try.

ghporter · Nov 28, 2010, 10:28 PM

Crud. It didn't work for me. At first, anyway.

The trick is that you have to DELETE a printer and then RE-ADD it before the hack works. And it works just fine, thanks.

ghporter · Nov 28, 2010, 10:31 PM

One problem: for the printers to be shared, the computer that shares them has to be awake. Moderate bummer here.

Yes, I know "wake for network" will do the job (I tested it just now), but that also means that my computer may wake up at odd times and not sleep quickly-a mouse battery drain issue.

JKT · Dec 6, 2010, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot

Considering 4.1 and 4.2 are supposed to mostly fix that and don't actually *remove* any functionality, I don't understand your point.

Supposed being the operative word there: 4.2 is back to being as utterly crap as 4.0 was on my 3G. I don't care that I don't get all the functionality that 3GS and 4G owners have, but I do care that my iPhone is really, really getting on my tits because of its terrible performance. It is now too late for me to roll back to iOS3 as I am using apps that are not compatible with it, and going back to 4.1 will make me lose too much data (and it wasn't exactly all that great a performer anyway). With the possible exception of iOS 2.0 this is the worst experience I have ever had from an Apple product, and I've been using Macs since OS 7.5 days... Yep, it is THAT ****ING BAD.