Re: Keychain loosing passwords

2020-08-09 Thread Michael J. Amato 
Why is the Keychain such a mess! Is there a way to clean it up?


Mike Amato

> On Aug 9, 2020, at 4:26 PM, 'John Hobbs' via iMac Group 
>  wrote:
> 
> Russell
> I hear you and used to have the same problems but not now. I let the password 
> manager do its thing even for important stuff and it just seems to work then 
> again I ditched my 2009 iMac for a 2017 model on high Sierra 
> John
> 
>> On 8 Aug 2020, at 21:32, 'Russell Courtenay' via iMac Group 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> This is what I fear: Apple suggests a ‘secure’ password there is no way 
>> you’ll remember so you try it. Then it never gets saved in your password! 
>> Sometimes I enter a password on a website and in never asks ‘do you want to 
>> save that password?’
>> 
>> Is this unusual? It has happened to me several times, I have a password file 
>> in my file cabinet but seriously, with 500 plus online logins, it is not up 
>> to date. Now with greater security on Google and the like, I guess they are 
>> physically reviewing reset requests and it takes days...
>> 
>> Thinking about using password manager software but isn’t that what iCloud is 
>> supposed to be doing?
>> 
>> Now I am in the recovery process with Google that will take a couple days. I 
>> am still logged in on my iPhone (password not saved there) but of course, 
>> google now blocks messages from downloading to my phone so only the previews 
>> are there. 
>> 
>> This is a family email account I started in April of 2019 and never used, I 
>> use it today and- locked out. 
>> 
>> I don’t use my iMac much but it still the family server and backup machine, 
>> maybe it is time to replace it...
>> 
>> 2008 iMac 
>> Mac OS X El Capitan
>> Gmail account 
>> 
>> Russell Courtenay
>> Solemnity and profundity are sublime in inequity. 
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
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Re: Mac for Windows PC dummies

2016-09-13 Thread Michael J. Amato 
Macs can also run PC software, so you get a twofer!

Mike Amato 

On September 13, 2016 at 11:27:23 AM, 'John Hobbs' via iMac Group 
(imaclist@googlegroups.com(mailto:imaclist@googlegroups.com)) wrote:

> 
> 
> On 12 Sep 2016, at 15:09, J Janks wrote:
> 
> I'm not the Mac user the hubby is but he is NOT tech friendly in the least. 
> He has a desktop iMac 5.2 (I did find that is produced week 34 of 2006) that 
> is running OS X Tiger. I found the update log but can't find it again so 
> based on memory last update was 2010/11 (sound about right??). I ran updater 
> this morning just to make sure it had been updated and there were not 
> outstanding updates and there weren't so Mac has stopped supporting Tiger?? 
> Issue is at start up sometimes it doesn't want to load anything, it just runs 
> and runs, so you have to reboot usually just once but a few times now it has 
> taken 2 - 3 reboots. He thinks he needs a new Mac but I'm thinking just an 
> update to the operating system may be in order, maybe an optimization/clean 
> up or he just get a non-Mac Windows based PC. He has NO extra programs that 
> he has installed on it, using Safari to check email, do some scheduling 
> online and online research for his dad's coin business is the extent of his 
> computing, seriou
sly. Would he use it for anything else if it could do it - no, so no need for a 
new $1,500 computer IM (humble wife) O if we can update the OS or if there is 
something I can optimize or do clean up so it boots right.
> 
> This is the system info:
> Intel Core 2
> 1.83 GHZ
> only 512MB of memory though
> running at 667 MHZ
> 
> I have spent the past 3 hours trying to figure out if I can update this to at 
> least Snow Leopard and I don't talk tech so partitioning this or that is not 
> anything I know how to do. I need to know, in non tech terms, if I buy Snow 
> Leopard can I do a straight install off the disc? I don't think he has enough 
> memory, doesn't Snow Leopard need at least 1G of memory but even if I can 
> update to SL what are some complications that could happen? Fail to install 
> and corrupt the current OS?? I highly doubt he has any discs from when he 
> bought it, if it even came with any so reinstall of Tiger is out if it screws 
> up.
> 
> FSF, if I need to increase memory, by time we put money in that and time 
> installing Snow Leopard (my business gets crazy this time of year so time is 
> at a premium) he could have bought a Window's based PC for what he does IM 
> (humble wife) O again. But seriously, I do photography and digitize designs 
> on a PC so why spend more on one that is not going to be fully utilized and 
> no, I don't want a new one at the moment, I don't have time for learning 
> curves or installing/setting up my software on a new one. I'm just wanting to 
> (hopefully) do a quick install of SL on his machine, optimize/clean it up so 
> it boots right or just buy him a Windows PC and tell him to deal with it. 
> Yeah I'm a mean wife.
> 
> I don't see why changing operating system would help.
> If it boots sometimes then the os is ok.
> does this mac have an internal battery?
> 
> look under the apple menu/ about this mac/more info
> copy the serial number and paste it into the identifier at
> 
> http://www.everymac.com/ultimate-mac-lookup/
> 
> this should tell you everything you need to know concerning ram and os.
> 
> Good luck
> John
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Re: FW adapter choices?

2016-04-20 Thread Michael J. Amato 
I’ve been using a Newertech Firewire to 400 port adapter without a problem on 
my older mini.


> On Apr 20, 2016, at 12:52 PM, Bill Spencer  wrote:
> 
> Hi there: I want to connect an iSight camera to my Mini. Is there much of any 
> difference in connection quality between a FW-to-Thunderbolt adapter vs. a 
> FW-to-USB 3.0 adapter? Thanks!
> 
> **
> 
> Bill in Maryland
> Late-2014 Mini, 256gb solid-state drive, 8gb RAM, current OS
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iMac

2012-10-26 Thread Michael J. Amato 
Does anyone know if it is possible to use the iMac screen as an  
auxiliary screen if the motherboard is dead.


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Re: iMac 20 Intel Performance Problems

2012-09-10 Thread Michael J. Amato 
Doesn't the Mac test the ram every time it starts up? That's why it  
takes so long to start up. There were even small programs to eliminate  
this for those who wanted a quicker startup.



On Sep 10, 2012, at 12:04 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote:



On Sep 10, 2012, at 7:33 AM, Christopher Satterfield wrote:

One thing worth trying is a RAM test, my Dual 1.8 GHz G5 felt  
overly slow (felt like Leopard on a 400 MHz G4-I did that once),  
and the cause was I had a failed ram module. I'm not sure of a tool  
for Mac, I just stuck the ram into a PC and ran Memtest86.


Uhh, that would beMemtest :-)

http://www.command-tab.com/2008/01/11/how-to-test-ram-under-mac-os- 
x/


Applejack will install (you have to select it via Options at install  
time) Memtext and if you use the topsekrit 'X' command (it's only  
mentioned in the readme and who ever reads readmes? :-) on running  
Applejack you'll get an option to test the memory.



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