Re: Sierra setup problem

[Rosemary Spark]

Hi Ronni,
{BTW Overview Hardware 2 memory slots 8GB each}
I thought I followed your instructions, but there seems still to be
problems (messages about no app memory).
When I go to Disk Utility now in the disc list there are 3 "ghost"
installers listed. Where will I find these? There does not seem to be any
Installer folders I can see, but they are listed under my Time Machine in
Disk Utility

Thanks

Rosemary Spark
PO Box 781
South Fremantle WA 6162 Australia
Phone: + 61 8 94336609
Mobile: 0414268043
arkaysp...@gmail.com

On 4 October 2016 at 15:58, Ronni Brown  wrote:

> Hi Rosemary,
>
> No Storage is not RAM  (Random Access Memory)
> Under the Apple logo at top left of the Menu Bar -  'About this Mac’
> System Report - Hardware Overview - Memory 8GB?
> —
>
> If Sierra itself is the problem, you’ll need to install it anew.
> You can do this without affecting your files and settings.
> For this to work in* macOS Recovery*, *you must be connected to the
> Internet. *
>
> 1. You need to remove any existing “Install macOS Sierra” application from
> the Mac.
>
> 2. Boot into the hidden* macOS Recovery Partition *
>
> Hold down *Command-R *at startup until the Apple logo appears to see
> emergency mode.
> macOS Recovery gives you four choices:
>
> 3. Select *“**Reinstall macOS**”*
>
> Click the Wi-Fi icon at the top right of the screen and choose a network.
> Enter the network’s password, if necessary.
> Select Reinstall macOS, and then click the Continue button.
>
> The Sierra installer data—roughly 5 GB downloads over the Internet from
> Apple’s servers; once the download is finished, installation proceeds.
>
> Be prepared for the download to take anywhere from 20 minutes to several
> hours, depending on your connection; installation will then take another 15
> to 30 minutes.
> —
> During installation your Mac will restart a few times, sometimes you won’t
> hear a start up chime the screen will just be black.
> Let the installation process complete - don’t interrupt it!
> —
> After your MacBook Pro boots into mac OS Sierra 10.12
> *Perform Post-installation Tasks:*
> *A) Respond to Immediate Questions*
> Among the most common questions are requests for your user account
> password or Apple ID password. For example, certain apps may once again
> need an administrator’s authorization to make changes to your data, and
> various apps that use your Apple ID (including iTunes and iBooks) may need
> you to sign in again.
>
> Check *System Preferences > iCloud* to make sure you’re signed in to
> iCloud (and with the correct Apple ID). Do the same in iTunes (Account >
> View My Account) and the App Store (Store > View My Account).
> *NOTE:  Make sure “iCloud Drive” in NOT activated! *(unless you wish to
> use it; you can set it up at a later date if needed)
>
> B) The next thing you should do is to update macOS itself (and any other
> crucial Apple software) to the latest version. Sometimes Apple releases bug
> fixes and security updates almost immediately after a major upgrade, and if
> any such urgent updates are available, it’s in your best interest to
> install them right away.
>
> C) *Review the Incompatible Software Folder*
> If the Sierra installer encounters any known incompatibilities, it moves
> the problematic software to an Incompatible Software folder and explains
> what it moved on one of the final screens of Setup Assistant. (After Setup
> Assistant quits, you can find the Incompatible Software folder at the top
> level of your startup disk, at the top level of your home folder, or even
> in both places, depending on the location of the soft- ware that was
> disabled.)
>
> D) *Deal with Other Surprises*
> *Apple Mail:*  The first time you launch Mail, a window informs you that
> it’s “upgrading” your mail database. This step should take no more than a
> few minutes, and is necessary because the Sierra version of Mail has
> updated the database format it uses to store information about your
> messages.
>
> *Mail plug-ins:* The first time you open Mail after upgrading, it moves
> most incompatible third-party plug-ins (which are normally stored in
> ~/Library/Mail/Bundles) into ~/Library/Mail/Bundles (Disabled) and displays
> an alert telling you what it’s disabled. Don’t try to reenable these
> manually; Mail will thwart your every effort
> to get them working. Check with the developer to see if a Sierra-
> compatible update is available.
>
> E) *System Preferences Changes:*
> As usual, Apple added, moved, and renamed a few items in System
> Preferences.
> I won’t do into the changes here, I’m just alerting you to check.
>
> Cheers,
> Ronni
>
> *13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014)*
> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz
> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage
>
> macOS Sierra 10.12
>
> On 4 Oct. 2016, at 1:57 pm, Rosemary Spark  wrote:
>
> Hi Ronni,
>
> 1) Storage (is that RAM?)
>
>  Available: 170.77 GB (170,768,736,256 bytes)
>
>   

Re: For those running El Capitan, ...auto update "may" take you to macOS Sierra

[Ronda Brown]

And I forgot to mention iCloud 'Find my iPhone'!
I've been fortunate to locate my misplaced iPhone by using 'Find my iPhone'.
Find my iPhone helps you locate and protect your iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, 
Apple Watch, or Mac if it's ever lost or stolen.

Sent from Ronni's iPad4

> On 4 Oct. 2016, at 9:33 pm, Ronda Brown  wrote:
> 
> Yes Daniel, 
> I would be lost without iCloud keeping my "Contacts, Calendar, Notes, 
> reminders, and mail accounts" synced to all my Mac computers, iPad and 
> iPhone. 
> Using Apple ID Two-Factor Authentication security ensures that you're the 
> only person who can access your account, even if someone knows your password.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> Sent from Ronni's iPad4
> 
> 
>> On 4 Oct. 2016, at 8:57 pm, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
>> 
>> I’d actually be lost without iCloud for my contacts. Keeping my iPhone, 
>> iPad, iMac and laptop all in sync is great. And (call me a “fan boy”) but 
>> out of any company, I’d rather trust Apple with my contacts then anyone 
>> else. With the push for privacy and protection I generally feel safer with 
>> them holding them then other places. And given their servers are very rarely 
>> actually accessed my any “real” people bar a few techs and the structure in 
>> place just to even access these “data farms” (well from what I’ve read about 
>> them anyway), they are very limited with access.
>> Yes, I know anything online has a risk. But with 2-step verification on my 
>> AppleID and everything locked away behind a secure password, I tend to feel 
>> it’s pretty safe.
>> And given the amount of info Apple have stored, they do a pretty good job of 
>> protecting I think. it’s very rare to have anything of theirs hacked, and 
>> they do their best to always be on top of closing security vulnerabilities 
>> if anything is found. Plus at least Apple don’t really use their data to 
>> advertise or market to or “push” everything in our face (as does Google or 
>> Facebook if you have to search things and then have all the “ads” popup days 
>> later for things you’ve searched for).
>> Again, maybe I’m too much of a fan boy, and have faith in it all, but I find 
>> it works well for me. And I’d be lost without it. (just my personal opinion 
>> here).
>> 
>> As an aside….
>> If you don’t want to use iCloud, it’s quite easy to turn it all off.
>> You just save your Contacts from the File menu using “Export” - Contacts 
>> Archive.
>> Save this out to the Desktop.
>> Go to System Preferences - iCloud. Untick Contacts. It well tell you it’s 
>> going to remove them. Once they’re all gone. You can then import your 
>> Contacts Archive from the Desktop back into Contacts using File - Import.
>> These will then all be saved under “On My Mac” contacts.
>> 
>> You can repeat this on the iPhone 
>> In Settings go to iCloud. Turn off Contacts. It will ask if you want to 
>> delete or save them on the iPhone. Choose Keep.
>> You’ll then have them on the iPhone as “On my iPhone” contacts.
>> 
>> If you then want to delete them out of iCloud completely.
>> You can go to www.icloud.com
>> Log in with your AppleID.
>> Go to Contacts.
>> Select all the Contacts. (Command-A)
>> Click on the “cogwheel” in the bottom left corner and choose “Delete”.
>> Then remove them all from iCloud online. This will then empty them all out.
>> 
>> You can also repeat the process for Calendars as well if you don’t want to 
>> do them as well.
>> Once you turn this off though, you won’t have the information syncing across 
>> all the devices, so anytime something is updated, you’ll have to manual 
>> change or enter it on every device.
>> 
>> Hope that helps.
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Daniel
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone 6
>> 
>> ---
>> Daniel Kerr
>> MacWizardry
>> 
>> Phone: 0414 795 960
>> Email: 
>> Web:   
>> 
>> 
>> **For everything Apple**
>> 
>> NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and 
>> as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of 
>> MacWizardry. Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of 
>> warranty or accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any 
>> information in this email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that 
>> permission by the author be requested. 
>> 
>>> On 4 Oct 2016, at 8:30 pm, Michael Hawkins 
>>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Daniel, 
>>> 
>>> If only I'd known this a couple of weeks ago. In an unguarded moment Sierra 
>>> went merrily ahead and shoved me onto iCloud (but not iCloud Drive). 
>>> Attempts to turn iCloud preferences off result in a stern threat/warning 
>>> that if I do that all contacts will be removed from my computer. It 
>>> irritates the hell out of me - they're my contacts, collected since 1993. 
>>> How dare Apple threaten to steal them.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> 
>>> Michael Hawkins
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
 On 4 Oct. 2016, at 8:04 pm, Daniel Kerr 

Re: For those running El Capitan, ...auto update "may" take you to macOS Sierra

[Ronda Brown]

Yes Daniel, 
I would be lost without iCloud keeping my "Contacts, Calendar, Notes, 
reminders, and mail accounts" synced to all my Mac computers, iPad and iPhone. 
Using Apple ID Two-Factor Authentication security ensures that you're the only 
person who can access your account, even if someone knows your password.

Cheers,
Ronni

Sent from Ronni's iPad4


> On 4 Oct. 2016, at 8:57 pm, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
> 
> I’d actually be lost without iCloud for my contacts. Keeping my iPhone, iPad, 
> iMac and laptop all in sync is great. And (call me a “fan boy”) but out of 
> any company, I’d rather trust Apple with my contacts then anyone else. With 
> the push for privacy and protection I generally feel safer with them holding 
> them then other places. And given their servers are very rarely actually 
> accessed my any “real” people bar a few techs and the structure in place just 
> to even access these “data farms” (well from what I’ve read about them 
> anyway), they are very limited with access.
> Yes, I know anything online has a risk. But with 2-step verification on my 
> AppleID and everything locked away behind a secure password, I tend to feel 
> it’s pretty safe.
> And given the amount of info Apple have stored, they do a pretty good job of 
> protecting I think. it’s very rare to have anything of theirs hacked, and 
> they do their best to always be on top of closing security vulnerabilities if 
> anything is found. Plus at least Apple don’t really use their data to 
> advertise or market to or “push” everything in our face (as does Google or 
> Facebook if you have to search things and then have all the “ads” popup days 
> later for things you’ve searched for).
> Again, maybe I’m too much of a fan boy, and have faith in it all, but I find 
> it works well for me. And I’d be lost without it. (just my personal opinion 
> here).
> 
> As an aside….
> If you don’t want to use iCloud, it’s quite easy to turn it all off.
> You just save your Contacts from the File menu using “Export” - Contacts 
> Archive.
> Save this out to the Desktop.
> Go to System Preferences - iCloud. Untick Contacts. It well tell you it’s 
> going to remove them. Once they’re all gone. You can then import your 
> Contacts Archive from the Desktop back into Contacts using File - Import.
> These will then all be saved under “On My Mac” contacts.
> 
> You can repeat this on the iPhone 
> In Settings go to iCloud. Turn off Contacts. It will ask if you want to 
> delete or save them on the iPhone. Choose Keep.
> You’ll then have them on the iPhone as “On my iPhone” contacts.
> 
> If you then want to delete them out of iCloud completely.
> You can go to www.icloud.com
> Log in with your AppleID.
> Go to Contacts.
> Select all the Contacts. (Command-A)
> Click on the “cogwheel” in the bottom left corner and choose “Delete”.
> Then remove them all from iCloud online. This will then empty them all out.
> 
> You can also repeat the process for Calendars as well if you don’t want to do 
> them as well.
> Once you turn this off though, you won’t have the information syncing across 
> all the devices, so anytime something is updated, you’ll have to manual 
> change or enter it on every device.
> 
> Hope that helps.
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
> 
> Sent from my iPhone 6
> 
> ---
> Daniel Kerr
> MacWizardry
> 
> Phone: 0414 795 960
> Email: 
> Web:   
> 
> 
> **For everything Apple**
> 
> NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and 
> as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. 
> Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or 
> accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this 
> email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the 
> author be requested. 
> 
>> On 4 Oct 2016, at 8:30 pm, Michael Hawkins 
>>  wrote:
>> 
>> Daniel, 
>> 
>> If only I'd known this a couple of weeks ago. In an unguarded moment Sierra 
>> went merrily ahead and shoved me onto iCloud (but not iCloud Drive). 
>> Attempts to turn iCloud preferences off result in a stern threat/warning 
>> that if I do that all contacts will be removed from my computer. It 
>> irritates the hell out of me - they're my contacts, collected since 1993. 
>> How dare Apple threaten to steal them.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Michael Hawkins
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>>> On 4 Oct. 2016, at 8:04 pm, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
>>> 
>>> For those on El Capitan, Apple have changed it slightly so it will auto 
>>> download the Sierra update and have it ready to go.
>>> You still have the option to not install it, and have to “approve” the 
>>> install with password etc, so it still would give you the warning. But if 
>>> you don’t want it downloaded just yet, you can turn this off.
>>> 
>>> More information on it here -
>>> 

Re: For those running El Capitan, ...auto update "may" take you to macOS Sierra

[Daniel Kerr]

I’d actually be lost without iCloud for my contacts. Keeping my iPhone, iPad, 
iMac and laptop all in sync is great. And (call me a “fan boy”) but out of any 
company, I’d rather trust Apple with my contacts then anyone else. With the 
push for privacy and protection I generally feel safer with them holding them 
then other places. And given their servers are very rarely actually accessed my 
any “real” people bar a few techs and the structure in place just to even 
access these “data farms” (well from what I’ve read about them anyway), they 
are very limited with access.
Yes, I know anything online has a risk. But with 2-step verification on my 
AppleID and everything locked away behind a secure password, I tend to feel 
it’s pretty safe.
And given the amount of info Apple have stored, they do a pretty good job of 
protecting I think. it’s very rare to have anything of theirs hacked, and they 
do their best to always be on top of closing security vulnerabilities if 
anything is found. Plus at least Apple don’t really use their data to advertise 
or market to or “push” everything in our face (as does Google or Facebook if 
you have to search things and then have all the “ads” popup days later for 
things you’ve searched for).
Again, maybe I’m too much of a fan boy, and have faith in it all, but I find it 
works well for me. And I’d be lost without it. (just my personal opinion here).

As an aside….
If you don’t want to use iCloud, it’s quite easy to turn it all off.
You just save your Contacts from the File menu using “Export” - Contacts 
Archive.
Save this out to the Desktop.
Go to System Preferences - iCloud. Untick Contacts. It well tell you it’s going 
to remove them. Once they’re all gone. You can then import your Contacts 
Archive from the Desktop back into Contacts using File - Import.
These will then all be saved under “On My Mac” contacts.

You can repeat this on the iPhone 
In Settings go to iCloud. Turn off Contacts. It will ask if you want to delete 
or save them on the iPhone. Choose Keep.
You’ll then have them on the iPhone as “On my iPhone” contacts.

If you then want to delete them out of iCloud completely.
You can go to www.icloud.com
Log in with your AppleID.
Go to Contacts.
Select all the Contacts. (Command-A)
Click on the “cogwheel” in the bottom left corner and choose “Delete”.
Then remove them all from iCloud online. This will then empty them all out.

You can also repeat the process for Calendars as well if you don’t want to do 
them as well.
Once you turn this off though, you won’t have the information syncing across 
all the devices, so anytime something is updated, you’ll have to manual change 
or enter it on every device.

Hope that helps.

Kind regards
Daniel

Sent from my iPhone 6

---
Daniel Kerr
MacWizardry

Phone: 0414 795 960
Email: 
Web:   


**For everything Apple**

NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and as 
such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. Any 
information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or accept 
liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this email is to 
be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the author be 
requested. 

> On 4 Oct 2016, at 8:30 pm, Michael Hawkins  
> wrote:
> 
> Daniel, 
> 
> If only I'd known this a couple of weeks ago. In an unguarded moment Sierra 
> went merrily ahead and shoved me onto iCloud (but not iCloud Drive). Attempts 
> to turn iCloud preferences off result in a stern threat/warning that if I do 
> that all contacts will be removed from my computer. It irritates the hell out 
> of me - they're my contacts, collected since 1993. How dare Apple threaten to 
> steal them.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Michael Hawkins
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 4 Oct. 2016, at 8:04 pm, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
>> 
>> For those on El Capitan, Apple have changed it slightly so it will auto 
>> download the Sierra update and have it ready to go.
>> You still have the option to not install it, and have to “approve” the 
>> install with password etc, so it still would give you the warning. But if 
>> you don’t want it downloaded just yet, you can turn this off.
>> 
>> More information on it here -
>> http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/03/macos-sierra-automatic-downloads/
>> 
>> Also, if you do install it and want to bypass the “iCloud Drive” setup, the 
>> best option to do is to bypass signing into iCloud when you first install 
>> Sierra. When you’re going through the “setup windows” after it first 
>> installs and restarts you’ll get the “sign in to iCloud” screen. Click on 
>> “skip for now”.
>> Then after you’ve gone through everything else and get to the Finder, you 
>> can then go to System Preferences - iCloud.
>> From there you can then sign back into iCloud and then check on iCloud drive 
>> and click on what things you want (or 

Re: For those running El Capitan, ...auto update "may" take you to macOS Sierra

[Michael Hawkins]

Daniel, 

If only I'd known this a couple of weeks ago. In an unguarded moment Sierra 
went merrily ahead and shoved me onto iCloud (but not iCloud Drive). Attempts 
to turn iCloud preferences off result in a stern threat/warning that if I do 
that all contacts will be removed from my computer. It irritates the hell out 
of me - they're my contacts, collected since 1993. How dare Apple threaten to 
steal them.

Cheers,

Michael Hawkins

Sent from my iPhone

> On 4 Oct. 2016, at 8:04 pm, Daniel Kerr  wrote:
> 
> For those on El Capitan, Apple have changed it slightly so it will auto 
> download the Sierra update and have it ready to go.
> You still have the option to not install it, and have to “approve” the 
> install with password etc, so it still would give you the warning. But if you 
> don’t want it downloaded just yet, you can turn this off.
> 
> More information on it here -
> http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/03/macos-sierra-automatic-downloads/
> 
> Also, if you do install it and want to bypass the “iCloud Drive” setup, the 
> best option to do is to bypass signing into iCloud when you first install 
> Sierra. When you’re going through the “setup windows” after it first installs 
> and restarts you’ll get the “sign in to iCloud” screen. Click on “skip for 
> now”.
> Then after you’ve gone through everything else and get to the Finder, you can 
> then go to System Preferences - iCloud.
> From there you can then sign back into iCloud and then check on iCloud drive 
> and click on what things you want (or don’t want).
> I tend to always do this with setups and new set ups, as I can then control 
> what changes I’m being asked to do. It’s more of a “safe” way to do it I find.
> 
> Hope something there helps.
> 
> Kind regards
> Daniel
> 
> Sent from my iPhone 6
> 
> ---
> Daniel Kerr
> MacWizardry
> 
> Phone: 0414 795 960
> Email: 
> Web:   
> 
> 
> **For everything Apple**
> 
> NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and 
> as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. 
> Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or 
> accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this 
> email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the 
> author be requested. 
> 
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For those running El Capitan, ...auto update "may" take you to macOS Sierra

[Daniel Kerr]

For those on El Capitan, Apple have changed it slightly so it will auto 
download the Sierra update and have it ready to go.
You still have the option to not install it, and have to “approve” the install 
with password etc, so it still would give you the warning. But if you don’t 
want it downloaded just yet, you can turn this off.

More information on it here -
http://www.macrumors.com/2016/10/03/macos-sierra-automatic-downloads/

Also, if you do install it and want to bypass the “iCloud Drive” setup, the 
best option to do is to bypass signing into iCloud when you first install 
Sierra. When you’re going through the “setup windows” after it first installs 
and restarts you’ll get the “sign in to iCloud” screen. Click on “skip for now”.
Then after you’ve gone through everything else and get to the Finder, you can 
then go to System Preferences - iCloud.
From there you can then sign back into iCloud and then check on iCloud drive 
and click on what things you want (or don’t want).
I tend to always do this with setups and new set ups, as I can then control 
what changes I’m being asked to do. It’s more of a “safe” way to do it I find.

Hope something there helps.

Kind regards
Daniel

Sent from my iPhone 6

---
Daniel Kerr
MacWizardry

Phone: 0414 795 960
Email: 
Web:   


**For everything Apple**

NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and as 
such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. Any 
information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or accept 
liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this email is to 
be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the author be 
requested. 

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Re: Sierra setup problem

[Ronni Brown]

Hi Rosemary,

No Storage is not RAM  (Random Access Memory)
Under the Apple logo at top left of the Menu Bar -  'About this Mac’
System Report - Hardware Overview - Memory 8GB?
—

If Sierra itself is the problem, you’ll need to install it anew. 
You can do this without affecting your files and settings.
For this to work in macOS Recovery, you must be connected to the Internet. 

1. You need to remove any existing “Install macOS Sierra” application from the 
Mac.

2. Boot into the hidden macOS Recovery Partition 

Hold down Command-R at startup until the Apple logo appears to see emergency 
mode.
macOS Recovery gives you four choices:

3. Select “Reinstall macOS”

Click the Wi-Fi icon at the top right of the screen and choose a network. 
Enter the network’s password, if necessary.
Select Reinstall macOS, and then click the Continue button. 

The Sierra installer data—roughly 5 GB downloads over the Internet from Apple’s 
servers; once the download is finished, installation proceeds.

Be prepared for the download to take anywhere from 20 minutes to several hours, 
depending on your connection; installation will then take another 15 to 30 
minutes.
—
During installation your Mac will restart a few times, sometimes you won’t hear 
a start up chime the screen will just be black.
Let the installation process complete - don’t interrupt it!
—
After your MacBook Pro boots into mac OS Sierra 10.12
Perform Post-installation Tasks:
A) Respond to Immediate Questions
Among the most common questions are requests for your user account password or 
Apple ID password. For example, certain apps may once again need an 
administrator’s authorization to make changes to your data, and various apps 
that use your Apple ID (including iTunes and iBooks) may need you to sign in 
again.

Check System Preferences > iCloud to make sure you’re signed in to iCloud (and 
with the correct Apple ID). Do the same in iTunes (Account > View My Account) 
and the App Store (Store > View My Account).
NOTE:  Make sure “iCloud Drive” in NOT activated! (unless you wish to use it; 
you can set it up at a later date if needed)

B) The next thing you should do is to update macOS itself (and any other 
crucial Apple software) to the latest version. Sometimes Apple releases bug 
fixes and security updates almost immediately after a major upgrade, and if any 
such urgent updates are available, it’s in your best interest to install them 
right away.

C) Review the Incompatible Software Folder
If the Sierra installer encounters any known incompatibilities, it moves the 
problematic software to an Incompatible Software folder and explains what it 
moved on one of the final screens of Setup Assistant. (After Setup Assistant 
quits, you can find the Incompatible Software folder at the top level of your 
startup disk, at the top level of your home folder, or even in both places, 
depending on the location of the soft- ware that was disabled.)

D) Deal with Other Surprises
Apple Mail:  The first time you launch Mail, a window informs you that it’s 
“upgrading” your mail database. This step should take no more than a few 
minutes, and is necessary because the Sierra version of Mail has updated the 
database format it uses to store information about your messages.

Mail plug-ins: The first time you open Mail after upgrading, it moves most 
incompatible third-party plug-ins (which are normally stored in 
~/Library/Mail/Bundles) into ~/Library/Mail/Bundles (Disabled) and displays an 
alert telling you what it’s disabled. Don’t try to reenable these manually; 
Mail will thwart your every effort
to get them working. Check with the developer to see if a Sierra- compatible 
update is available.

E) System Preferences Changes:
As usual, Apple added, moved, and renamed a few items in System Preferences.
I won’t do into the changes here, I’m just alerting you to check.

Cheers,
Ronni

13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014)
1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz
8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage

macOS Sierra 10.12

> On 4 Oct. 2016, at 1:57 pm, Rosemary Spark  wrote:
> 
> Hi Ronni,
> 
> 1) Storage (is that RAM?)
>  Available:   170.77 GB (170,768,736,256 bytes)
> 
> 
>   Capacity:   499.05 GB (499,046,809,600 bytes)
> 
> 2) How do re-install Sierra (it's loaded...but I don't know if properly)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Rosemary
> 
> 
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> On 4 October 2016 at 11:48, Ronni Brown  > wrote:
> Hello Rosemary,
> 
> How much RAM (memory) do you have installed in your MacBook Pro?
> 
> If you get an error message while installing macOS Sierra saying that you 
> don't have enough hard drive space, then restart your Mac and boot into safe 
> mode. 
> To do this, turn off your Mac and wait 10 seconds, the press the power button.
> 
> Once you 

Re: iPhone upgrade issue

[Bill Parker]

Ronni,

I think press softly is the answer.  Voice Control persists even when turned 
off!

Bill
> On 4 Oct 2016, at 13:01, Ronni Brown  wrote:
> 
> Hi Bill,
> 
> You could try to Disable Voice Control when holding down Home button in iOS 
> 10.0.2
> 
> You enable Siri (in Settings > Siri menu).
> In Settings >  ‘Touch ID & Passcode” ’ If you scroll down you will find a 
> switch labeled ‘Voice Dial' - switch it to OFF.
> Go back to Siri menu and switch ‘Access on Lock screen' to OFF.
> 
> See if that helps you.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
>> On 4 Oct. 2016, at 12:02 pm, Bill Parker > > wrote:
>> 
>> Ronni,
>> 
>> What I am getting is "Voice Control".Seems to be activated if I press 
>> too hard.
>> 
>> I have followed the steps below but nothing has changed.
>> 
>> I am  pressing too hard and too long I suppose, since it gives me what my 
>> next calendar entry is along with Siri suggestions
>> 
>> Another idiosyncrasy to get used to!
>> 
>> Bill
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 4 Oct 2016, at 11:37, Ronni Brown > 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Bill,
>>> 
>>> Do you mean you are enabling Siri when you Press Home button to unlock?
>>> 
>>> The "Press Home to Unlock" means you literally are pressing on the Home 
>>> button to trigger the Passcode entry screen or Touch ID. 
>>> Don’t press too long though otherwise you’ll enable Siri. 
>>> 
>>> If you mess it up and wind up with Siri half the time, Disable the "Press 
>>> Home to Unlock" Setting.
>>> With “Press Home to Unlock” disabled, you’ll just need to rest your finger 
>>> on the Home button instead of actually pressing it down.
>>> 
>>> How to Disable “Press Home to Unlock” in iOS 10 Lock Screen
>>> The ability to rest a finger to unlock iOS devices is an option only 
>>> available on Touch ID equipped iPhone and iPad hardware with the latest iOS 
>>> release, here’s where to find the setting option:
>>> 
>>> Open the “Settings” app and go to “General” and then to “Accessibility”
>>> Choose “Home Button”
>>> Locate the setting for “Rest Finger to Open” and toggle this to the ON 
>>> position
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> 13-inch MacBook Air (April 2014)
>>> 1.7GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i7, Turbo Boost to 3.3GHz
>>> 8GB 1600MHz LPDDR3 SDRAM
>>> 512GB PCIe-based Flash Storage
>>> 
>>> macOS Sierra 10.12
 On 4 Oct. 2016, at 9:44 am, Bill Parker > wrote:
 
 I have just installed system 10.0.2 on my iPhone6.   Mostly fine but 
 unlocked from sleep I get “ Voice Control” when pressing home button.
 
 WHat can do to turn this off?
 
 Bill
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Re: iPhone upgrade issue

[Michael Hawkins]

Don't press, simply touch, the Home button

Sent from my iPhone

> On 4 Oct. 2016, at 9:44 am, Bill Parker  wrote:
> 
> I have just installed system 10.0.2 on my iPhone6.   Mostly fine but unlocked 
> from sleep I get “ Voice Control” when pressing home button.
> 
> WHat can do to turn this off?
> 
> Bill
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