Re: [WAMUG] Any fix for a faulty Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad?

[Brian W Scott via WAMUG]

Hi Loz,

The first thing I did when I found it was not working was try other USB ports 
and then another computer.

I liked your idea of dropping it and did a few times but it has made no 
difference.

The port in the 7 port USB hub it was plugged into has also failed the port 
above and below it are still ok.

Something electronic has shorted somewhere I suspect.

I have found another for $60 on eBay, someone has obtained a lot of them and is 
selling them off.
Coming on a PO camel from Queensland I will have to be patient.

My 27-inch iMac is a late 2015 model running OS 10.15.7

Cheers
Brian



> On 30 Nov 2023, at 9:50 am, Lorenzo Bordoni via WAMUG 
>  wrote:
> 
>   Hi Brian,
> 
> 
>   I know the Apple USB Keyboard and they are such a favourite.  I use the
>   same and love this model.
> 
> 
>   Sounds like there is nothing wrong with the USB socket on your iMac if
>   it’s servicing the KB without the Numeric Keypad so I like Peter’s idea
>   of giving the suspect KB a try on another device.
> 
> 
>   What bothers me is the co-incidence of it not working after the
>   disconnect and I too wonder what may have gone wrong.
> 
> 
>   I appreciate the built-in hub is still functional which suggests the
>   fault with the actual keyboard is internal.  I wonder if and only as a
>   last-resort, a gentle drop onto one of the KB’s edges will re-seat an
>   internal connector and let the KB live again?
> 
>   Most on-line threads suggest this model keyboard is not repairable,
>   at-least not economically but let’s see what the Group can suggest.
> 
> 
>   BTW, would your iMac be an Intel model or one with M1/M2?  Probably the
>   Intel if it’s “way out of warranty”.
> 
>   I ask only because my same model KB does play up with my M2 Mac Mini
>   requiring an unplugging and re-plug after the Mac goes to sleep.
>   Happens with other USB KB’s so I’m hoping an OS update with fix this
>   annoying problem before I wear out my USB socket. 
> 
> 
>   Good luck with it but it does sound like it’s time for another KB.
> 
>   Cheers, Loz.
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   From: WAMUG  on behalf of Brian W
>   Scott via WAMUG 
>   Date: Monday, 27 November 2023 at 12:48 pm
>   To: wamug@wamug.org.au 
>   Cc: Brian W Scott 
>   Subject: [WAMUG] Any fix for a faulty Magic Keyboard with Numeric
>   Keypad?
> 
>   Hi,
>   I disconnected my iMac from the mains last night when I saw the
>   lightening heading our way.
>   When I reconnect this morning the Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad is
>   no longer responding.
>   It is a USB wired keyboard not bluetooth.
>   The built in hub still works. The caps lock light does not come on.
>   The cost of getting it repaired (it is way out of warranty) would I
>   imagine be similar to the cost of a new one.
>   I can’t see any easy way into it but was wondering if there was any
>   hope of getting it working again. Perhaps a combination key press or
>   some such thing.
>   I have another Magic Keyboard without the Numeric Keypad that I am
>   currently using. I am used to having the keypad and would like it back
>   again.
>   Thanks
>   Brian Scott
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[WAMUG] Any fix for a faulty Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad?

[Brian W Scott via WAMUG]

Hi,

I disconnected my iMac from the mains last night when I saw the lightening 
heading our way.

When I reconnect this morning the Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad is no 
longer responding.

It is a USB wired keyboard not bluetooth.

The built in hub still works. The caps lock light does not come on.

The cost of getting it repaired (it is way out of warranty) would I imagine be 
similar to the cost of a new one.

I can’t see any easy way into it but was wondering if there was any hope of 
getting it working again. Perhaps a combination key press or some such thing.

I have another Magic Keyboard without the Numeric Keypad that I am currently 
using. I am used to having the keypad and would like it back again.

Thanks

Brian Scott

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[WAMUG} [WAMUG] Join page??

[Brian W Scott]

Hi,

I logged on to wamug@wamug.org.au  and went to the 
Join page to get wamug’s bank details and found this under the red ELECTRONIC 
TRANSFER:- heading..

"Major nations not only send level of the laser beam demanded is, so before you 
start your Sildenafil medication or studies continue to be conducted to verify 
the drug’s effectiveness. Does not need australianedmeds.com a prescription 
script or without the support from the US side or when it comes to simple 
one-day tablets.”

What is that all about?

It is like it has been badly translated from something into English.

Are these wamug's correct bank details?

BSB   : 306-075
Account  : 4197787

Also it is still showing - General List Membership – $30/yr

Cheers
Brian Scott

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Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive? - Eventually the Huawei E8372 dongle

[Brian W Scott]

Hi,

Just finish this off on a positive note.

I finally got the Huawei dongle working.

After getting another new SIM from Exetel, I must have damaged the first one 
they sent me, I inserted the dongle into the MacBook Air
and a window automatically opens with an Install icon I double clicked that and 
then opened the Network preferences and selected the Huawei.

I left the computer Network settings as I found them that is Location: 
Automatic & Configure IPv4: Using DHCP etc.

When I tried to open a web page I only got the Huawei settings page 192.188.8.1 
which I logged into and in the Mobile Connection settings 
I selected the Mobile Data "Turn ON" button and then selected Apply and I had 
instant access to the web. I didn’t need to do anything else.

None of what I did is mentioned in their instructions.

Whether or not it will work again tomorrow or in a weeks time remains to be 
seen but I have pulled the dongle out and reinserted it a couple of times and 
it still worked.

All the instructions including the sheet of instructions from Exetel all that 
stuff about setting the APN etc. were not only useless but distracting. Their 
telephone support
didn’t seem to have a clue.

Thanks for the help
Brian Scott

> On 1 Jul 2019, at 5:27 pm, Neil Houghton  wrote:
> 
> Hi Brian,
>  
> It is difficult to say what is going on without eyeballing your set-up and 
> how your network is setup.
>  
> One thought does come to mind – are you sure that any of your machines are 
> actually connecting to the internet through the Huawei? Ie do your iMac and 
> MacMini stay connected to the internet if you unplug their ethernet cables.
>  
> It almost sounds to me like you may have (wi-fi?) network connections through 
> your Huawei but the actual internet connection is ethernet via your home 
> modem/router – but, as I say, it is becoming very hard to visualise what your 
> actual setup/configuration is.
>  
> However, just to clarify that your problem is what you think it is, can you 
> confirm:
>  
> If you SWITCH OFF your home modem/router, then:
> the iMac and MacMini CAN connect to the internet when they have the Huawei 
> plugged in
> the MacBook Air CANNOT connect to the internet when they have the Huawei 
> plugged in
>  
> Cheers
>  
>  
> Neil
>  
>  
> From:  on behalf of Brian W 
> Scott 
> Reply-To: 
> Date: Monday, 01 July 2019 at 16:52
> To: 
> Subject: Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?
>  
> Hi,
>  
> I’ve discovered a new wrinkle.
>  
> When I tried the Huawei dongle in both the iMac and the Mac Mini both were 
> currently connected to the internet through my home modem/router 
> and I just went to the Network preferences and selected the Huawei when it 
> showed up and tested the internet and it worked.
>  
> So I thought I’d try this with the MacBook Air, I plugged in the ethernet 
> cable from my home modem on one side and then the dongle in the other
> and when I tried the internet after selecting the Huawei in the Network 
> preferences and it worked, the Status showed Connected and HUAWEI_MOBILE 
> is currently active and then gives the IP address.
>  
> When I removed the ethernet cable from the MacBook Air the Huawei no longer 
> worked. 
> When I select a web page in Safari a page from Huawei comes up saying "Insert 
> SIM card and restart your device” which is what I have been getting
> when trying without the ethernet cable attached previously and removing the 
> dongle & re-inserting the sim and plugging the dongle back in makes no 
> difference.
>  
> When I used the old Huawei dongle, the one I used since 2011 that is what I 
> would do - I would plug it into the MacBook Air select Huawei in the 
> preferences and
> I’d be on the internet.
>  
> What has having an ethernet cable plugged in at the same time got to with the 
> dongle working!?
>  
> Does the system ignore my selection and find one that works.
>  
> Anyway I shan’t need to pursue an external bootable drive as it won’t help 
> now.
>  
> It looks like I’ll have to spend more hours on the phone talking to Exetel to 
> try and sort this out.
>  
> By the way good idea about updating Drivers Ronnie but as Neil says there 
> nothing there for me.
>  
> Neil, I checked out the the quick start guide pdf and it’s the same as the 
> tiny hard to read slip of paper that came with it, 
> so thanks it's good to have something I can read with out needing a 
> magnifying glass.
>  
> Well keep warm tonight folks they are turning it down to 8 degrees in Perth.
>  
> Brian
>  
>  
> 
> 
>> On 1 Jul 2019, at 2:21 pm, Neil Houghton > <mailto:n...@possumology.com>> wrote:
>>  
>> Huawei 

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

[Brian W Scott]

Hi,

I’ve discovered a new wrinkle.

When I tried the Huawei dongle in both the iMac and the Mac Mini both were 
currently connected to the internet through my home modem/router 
and I just went to the Network preferences and selected the Huawei when it 
showed up and tested the internet and it worked.

So I thought I’d try this with the MacBook Air, I plugged in the ethernet cable 
from my home modem on one side and then the dongle in the other
and when I tried the internet after selecting the Huawei in the Network 
preferences and it worked, the Status showed Connected and HUAWEI_MOBILE 
is currently active and then gives the IP address.

When I removed the ethernet cable from the MacBook Air the Huawei no longer 
worked. 
When I select a web page in Safari a page from Huawei comes up saying "Insert 
SIM card and restart your device” which is what I have been getting
when trying without the ethernet cable attached previously and removing the 
dongle & re-inserting the sim and plugging the dongle back in makes no 
difference.

When I used the old Huawei dongle, the one I used since 2011 that is what I 
would do - I would plug it into the MacBook Air select Huawei in the 
preferences and
I’d be on the internet.

What has having an ethernet cable plugged in at the same time got to with the 
dongle working!?

Does the system ignore my selection and find one that works.

Anyway I shan’t need to pursue an external bootable drive as it won’t help now.

It looks like I’ll have to spend more hours on the phone talking to Exetel to 
try and sort this out.

By the way good idea about updating Drivers Ronnie but as Neil says there 
nothing there for me.

Neil, I checked out the the quick start guide pdf and it’s the same as the tiny 
hard to read slip of paper that came with it, 
so thanks it's good to have something I can read with out needing a magnifying 
glass.

Well keep warm tonight folks they are turning it down to 8 degrees in Perth.

Brian



> On 1 Jul 2019, at 2:21 pm, Neil Houghton  wrote:
> 
> Huawei E8372 Drivers for El Capitan

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Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

[Brian W Scott]

Hi Neil,

Thank you for your assistance.

I’m beginning to think the reason I’m having trouble getting a USB drive 
bootable could be the way I’m going about it using the Restore option from the 
MacBook Air. 

What if the MacBook Air (2011) to old to handle the Restore system.

What I should do is get a copy El Capitan from where ever and install it on the 
USB drive without using the Restore option.

Trouble is I don’t know how to get hold of El Capitan in a form where I can 
install it on the external drive. Would I have to go to an Apple shop and buy 
it?

I’ve thought of my old Clone for the MacBook Air with Lion on it - put that 
back on the MacBook Air and update to El Capitan again. 

Trouble is I’m not sure how to go about doing that. I can’t remember if it’s a 
clone made using SuperDuper or the old Disk Utility that was capable of doing 
clones.

But I guess if the clone boots it will prove it’s viable but getting it onto 
the MacBook Air, I I’m not sure how to do that would SuperDuper do it for me if 
Disk Utility made it?

That would at least clean out any messed up Library or what ever is stopping 
this Huawei stick from working on it.

It is as you guessed a Huawei E8372.

I’ll take a look at the pdf for it when I’ve done a bit of shopping and some 
other stuff, dealing with these computer problems does come with a certain 
stress factor.

Thanks again
Brian


> On 30 Jun 2019, at 3:21 pm, Neil Houghton  wrote:
> 
> Hi Brian,
>  
> First off a clone of your Mac mini is not the way to go - the hardware of the 
> Mac Mini and the MacBook Air are different. The OSX installation process 
> installs what is needed for the specific computer it is installed on.
> Personally, I would not dive into re-installing El Capitan on the MacBook Air 
> when:
> You do not know what the existing problem is and whether a system re-install 
> ill fix-it
> You seem to be having problems just installing a bootable system on an 
> external drive.
> Maybe we need to work out why you can’t create your USB boot drive – 4TB is 
> definitely not too small to put a bare OSX operating system on – 32GB is 
> plenty!!
>  
> I’ll come back with more on the bootable USB
>  
>  
> Cheers
>  
> Neil
> -- 
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> Albany, Western Australia
> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
> Email: n...@possumology.com <mailto:n...@possumology.com>
>  
> -Original Message-
> From:  on behalf of Brian W 
> Scott 
> Reply-To: WAMUG 
> Date: Sunday, 30 June 2019 at 14:48
> To: WAMUG 
> Subject: Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?
>  
> Well after re-formating the USB disk to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) I had 
> another go but it didn’t work.
> 
> Once again after several minutes downloading etc it reckoned it had 
> hundreds of years remaining but after a couple of minutes 
> went to 0 seconds and eventually rebooted and then said the target disk 
> (4 TB) is too small.
> 
> It left a folder on the USB drive called OS X install Data within which 
> is file called installESD.dmg double clicking that
> brought up a window with another folder called Packages within which were 
> these files..
> 
> BaseSystemResources.pkg
> EFIPayloads
> Essentials.pkg  (5.6 GB)
> InstallableMachines.plist
> OSInstall.mpkg
> OSInstall.pkg
> OSUpgrade.pkg
> SMCPayloads
> X11redirect.pkg
> 
> all quite small except for Essentials.pkg which I double clicked and was 
> presented with the option of installing so I went ahead
> with installing to the USB drive.
> 
> After a couple of hours or so the USB disk ended up with 23.2 BG used and 
> with these directories on it ...
> 
> Applications
> bin
> cores
> dev
> etc
> Library
> Network
> OS X Install Data
> OS X Install Data copy
> private
> sbin
> System
> tmp
> Users
> usr
> var
> Volumes
> 
> But still not a bootable drive.
> 
> I thought it prudent to make copy of OS X install Data incase it got 
> removed by the installation process and because I was 
> warned at the start I would not have the Recovery option when installing 
> to the USB disk.
> 
> So do I go for broke and try to re-install the OS on the MacBook Air?
> 
> I’ll have a think about it but after how that went I’m not too keen.
> 
> I still want to make the external USB drive bootable. 
> Perhaps if I use it to make a clone of my Macmini which has El Capitan on 
> it.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Brian
> 
> > On 30 Jun 2019, at 11:34 am, Brian W Scott  
> wrote:
> > 
>

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

[Brian W Scott]

Well after re-formating the USB disk to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) I had 
another go but it didn’t work.

Once again after several minutes downloading etc it reckoned it had hundreds of 
years remaining but after a couple of minutes 
went to 0 seconds and eventually rebooted and then said the target disk (4 TB) 
is too small.

It left a folder on the USB drive called OS X install Data within which is file 
called installESD.dmg double clicking that
brought up a window with another folder called Packages within which were these 
files..

BaseSystemResources.pkg
EFIPayloads
Essentials.pkg  (5.6 GB)
InstallableMachines.plist
OSInstall.mpkg
OSInstall.pkg
OSUpgrade.pkg
SMCPayloads
X11redirect.pkg

all quite small except for Essentials.pkg which I double clicked and was 
presented with the option of installing so I went ahead
with installing to the USB drive.

After a couple of hours or so the USB disk ended up with 23.2 BG used and with 
these directories on it ...

Applications
bin
cores
dev
etc
Library
Network
OS X Install Data
OS X Install Data copy
private
sbin
System
tmp
Users
usr
var
Volumes

But still not a bootable drive.

I thought it prudent to make copy of OS X install Data incase it got removed by 
the installation process and because I was 
warned at the start I would not have the Recovery option when installing to the 
USB disk.

So do I go for broke and try to re-install the OS on the MacBook Air?

I’ll have a think about it but after how that went I’m not too keen.

I still want to make the external USB drive bootable. 
Perhaps if I use it to make a clone of my Macmini which has El Capitan on it.

Regards

Brian

> On 30 Jun 2019, at 11:34 am, Brian W Scott  wrote:
> 
> Hi Neil,
> 
> Thank you for your reply.
> 
> The short WHY is I have a Huawei USB stick fitted with a SIM for mobile 
> internet that works with my iMac (High Sierra) and my
> Mac Mini (El Capitan) but there is something stopping it from working on the 
> MacBook Air (El Capitan) so I want to clean out what 
> ever is stopping it from working.
> 
> To make the WHY even longer; 
> Web pages I use were not loading any more while the OS on the MacBook Air was 
> Lion so I updated to El Capitan.
> 
> The web pages work fine now using my home modem, but when I tried to access 
> the web using my old USB stick (from Optus, 
> mobile account with Exetel)  that had been working fine since 2011 under Lion 
> it came up with a warning to install legacy Java SE 6 which I did, 
> 
> I in fact updated to the latest, and the warning went away. 
> But the stick still was not logging onto the web. 
> So I figured the stick is simply old technology that won’t work anymore and 
> got this latest one from Exetel with a new SIM and new 
> account. Except it’s not working on my MacBook Air but works fine on my other 
> computers. 
> 
> When the stick is first inserted a window pops up with an Install icon which 
> I double clicked and something was installed, what and
> where I don’t know. The stick doesn’t appear as device on the system so there 
> is no way finding an un-install which probably doesn’t
> exist any way.
> 
> I feel that there may something from the old stick in the MacBook Air’s 
> system preventing it from working, (maybe the Java update?) 
> I can’t find anything in my Library and don’t know what to look for anyway 
> hence the desire for another clean install.
> 
> I thought if I boot from an external drive with the stick in the MacBook Air 
> and it works I can be more confident in re-installing the OS on it.
> 
> Of course I could just re-install the OS on the MacBook Air without doing and 
> external boot drive but I thought there would some benefit in 
> having one and I don’t want to risk disabling my MacBook Air by risking what 
> may be a faulty re-instal.
> 
> I have a clone of my MacBook Air when it had Lion on it, but I only use the 
> machine when I’m out, it mainly gets used to access the web and nothing else.
> 
> So I’ll have another go today to make a boot drive though I’m not super 
> confident after yesterdays fail. The drive I’m using has 3.99 TB available
> and the MacBook Air has 208 GB available but I’m wondering if the USB powered 
> drive may be too slow and that may be effecting the install.
> 
> I thought of going to something smaller like an iPad Air but then I’d end up 
> with a MacBook Air siting around doing nothing. 
> Plus I’m 70 now and don’t get about much any more so I don’t want to spend 
> heaps for a mobile device when I already have one, 
> even though at the moment it’s one that isn’t doing what I want.
> 
> Exetel support tried to help but once they learned it works on other 
> computers they figured the fault lay with the MacBook Air.
> 
> I’ve not tried to contact Huawei and I am not s

Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

[Brian W Scott]

en back again will 
> most likely retain the problem!
>   • The nature of any existing problem would, most likely, tend to drive 
> the best approach to reinstalling the system and user data - is the problem 
> likely down to system corruption or user data/preference corruption?
>  
> I'm not sure how helpful all that is but my experience has definitely been 
> that more time spent analysing and planning BEFORE you dive in will often 
> save problems down the track and save time in the long run.
>  
> HTH
>  
>  
> Cheers
>  
>  
> Neil
> -- 
> Neil R. Houghton
> Albany, Western Australia
> Tel: +61 8 9841 6063
> Email: n...@possumology.com
>  
>  
> -Original Message-
> From:  on behalf of Brian W 
> Scott 
> Reply-To: WAMUG 
> Date: Saturday, 29 June 2019 at 17:23
> To: WAMUG 
> Subject: Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?
>  
> Hi,
> 
> I found I could do it with the Recovery Disk/Partition.
> 
> But it’s complaining that the 4TB drive I’m trying to put it on is not 
> big enough.
> 
> I suspected it must using the MacBook Air drive to store stuff so I’ve 
> made some room on it and will try again tomorrow.
> 
> 208.95 GB should do it I guess.
> 
> At one time it said it had About 1,102,053,030 hrs 22 mins to go. (That’s 
> 125,722 average Gregorian years)
> 
> But about a minute later it continued on to it’s next activity.
> 
> 
> > On 29 Jun 2019, at 1:34 pm, Brian W Scott  
> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I have a MacBook Air 13 inch, Mid 2011 with Mac OS 10.7.5 El Capitan 
> 10.11.6 on it.
> > 
> > I would like to wipe MacBook Air’s drive and re-establish El Capitan on 
> it. (Why I need to do this is a longer story)
> > 
> > I have a 4TB USB powered by the USB port it doesn’t have a power 
> supply. 
> > 
> > I was thinking I could use it as an external boot drive while I deal 
> with the MacBook Air’s drive.
> > 
> > If it is possible to do the above could someone please point me to some 
> instructions for getting this done.
> > 
> > Thank you,
> > 
> > Brian Scott
> > 
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Re: Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

[Brian W Scott]

Hi,

I found I could do it with the Recovery Disk/Partition.

But it’s complaining that the 4TB drive I’m trying to put it on is not big 
enough.

I suspected it must using the MacBook Air drive to store stuff so I’ve made 
some room on it and will try again tomorrow.

208.95 GB should do it I guess.

At one time it said it had About 1,102,053,030 hrs 22 mins to go. (That’s 
125,722 average Gregorian years)

But about a minute later it continued on to it’s next activity.


> On 29 Jun 2019, at 1:34 pm, Brian W Scott  wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a MacBook Air 13 inch, Mid 2011 with Mac OS 10.7.5 El Capitan 10.11.6 
> on it.
> 
> I would like to wipe MacBook Air’s drive and re-establish El Capitan on it. 
> (Why I need to do this is a longer story)
> 
> I have a 4TB USB powered by the USB port it doesn’t have a power supply. 
> 
> I was thinking I could use it as an external boot drive while I deal with the 
> MacBook Air’s drive.
> 
> If it is possible to do the above could someone please point me to some 
> instructions for getting this done.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Brian Scott
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Is it possible to have an External USB boot drive?

[Brian W Scott]

Hi,

I have a MacBook Air 13 inch, Mid 2011 with Mac OS 10.7.5 El Capitan 10.11.6 on 
it.

I would like to wipe MacBook Air’s drive and re-establish El Capitan on it. 
(Why I need to do this is a longer story)

I have a 4TB USB powered by the USB port it doesn’t have a power supply. 

I was thinking I could use it as an external boot drive while I deal with the 
MacBook Air’s drive.

If it is possible to do the above could someone please point me to some 
instructions for getting this done.

Thank you,

Brian Scott

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Re: Best browser for AFL on Mac OS 10.6 or 10.8

[Brian W Scott]

Hi Peter,

Take a look on everymac https://everymac.com/systems/apple/imac/index-imac.html 
 and consider 
upgrading your OS to solve your site security problems.

When you find and load your computer’s details scroll down and find 
"Pre-Installed MacOS:” click on it for more details on a suitable OS.

I had similar problems on and older macmini and changed from Snow Leopard to El 
Capitan and now Safari is loading the web pages that it suddenly stopped 
showing with Snow Leopard.

Check their suggestions for RAM as well. More memory often helps in general 
functionality as well.

Cheers
Brian Scott


> On 18 Apr 2019, at 5:17 pm, Peter Faulks  wrote:
> 
> Hello WAMUG
> 
> Please advise which browser works best for some of the latest AFL or Soccer 
> pages, I have Safari, Chrome, Stainless and Firefox but they do not seem to 
> have the support or security settings for these and some other sites. (This 
> site no longer supports this page!)
> 
> Any suggestions  we have old iMac9
> 
>  Model Name:iMac
>   Model Identifier: iMac9,1
>   Processor Name:Intel Core 2 Duo
>   Processor Speed:  2.66 GHz
>   Number Of Processors: 1
>   Total Number Of Cores:   2
>   L2 Cache:6 MB
>   Memory:   4 GB
>   Bus Speed:1.07 GHz
>   Boot ROM Version: IM91.008D.B08
>   SMC Version (system):1.36f3
>   Serial Number (system): WQ9050FJ0TF
>   Hardware UUID:0B8662FA-4D6C-5E43-8003-03E5FF3FC085
> 
> These are 10.6.8 and My Lap top has 10.8
> 
> As pensioners we do not wish to upgrade to the latest  Macs or upgrade to new 
> operating systems because we do not want to purchase new equipment  and 
> software etc.
> 
> Any advice would be welcome
> 
> Faulksy
> 
> 
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Safari can’t establish a secure connection to the server problem

[Brian W Scott]

Hi,

When I try to access the URL” fremantleports.com.au 
" I get the following message with my 
MacBook or MacMini but NOT my iMac..

‘Safari can’t open the page

Safari can’t open page “https://www.fremantleports.com.au” because
Safari can’t establish a secure connection to the server 
“fremantleports.com.au”’

I get something similar in FireFox. Google Chrome loads everything without any 
bother.

Safari on neither MacBook or Mini shows the padlock/Certificate widget in the 
URL for “https://www.fremantleports.com.au”. 

Safari on the iMac does and has no trouble accessing 
“https://www.fremantleports.com.au”.

I have 3 computers..

iMac Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2015 OS El Capitan 10.11.6

MacBook Air 13 inch, Mid 2011 Mac OS X Lion OS 10.7.5

Mac mini 2010 2.66 GHz, Mac OS X Server 10.6.8
———

I recently have had my internet access changed over to the NBN.

My iMac is accessing the internet without fault including secure sites 
including “https://www.fremantleports.com.au”. 

The MacBook and Mini can’t access the secure site 
“https://www.fremantleports.com.au” they had no problem before the change to 
NBN. 
Non-secure sites load ok. they even load 
“https://www3.fremantleports.com.au/VTMIS/dashb.ashx?db=fmp.public=ExpectedMovements”
without any problem.

Both the MacBook & Mini are connected by ethernet cables to the router.

I don’t suppose it has much to do with the NBN more likely something in my 
MacBook and Mini needs tweaking.
The router ZXHN H268A from ZTE got a firmware update early in the set-up phase.

A search on the web finds all sorts of fixes for this problem.
Neither MacBook or Mini appear to have a Library/Cookies directory
The time and date on both the MacBook & Mini are the same as on the iMac.
All my Keychain certificates in System Roots are valid including the one 
used by fremantleports.com.au which has the same settings on all computers.

I have tried reseting Safari and rebooting the MacBook & Mini.
I have tried Private Browsing in Safari and still can’t access 
“https://www.fremantleports.com.au”.

I’ve tried restarting the router.

I have a wireless internet account that I use through a dongle on the MacBook I 
have the same trouble trying to
access “https://www.fremantleports.com.au” there also.

What can I do to get back to accessing “https://www.fremantleports.com.au” with 
Safari & FireFox?

Thanks for reading.
Brian Scott

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Re: Photos

[Brian W Scott]

Have a look at Affinity Photo I have it but haven’t used it yet as Capture One 
11 is doing all I need at the moment.

> On 28 Apr 2018, at 5:41 PM, FW  wrote:
> 
> I still use iPhoto - I find it more user friendly
> 
> **
> 
>> On 28 Apr 2018, at 16:17 , Stephen Chape  wrote:
>> 
>> Not sure if this is equivalent.
>> But I got this pretty good offer yesterday for Photoshop Elements.
>> 
>> https://www.macworld.com/article/3269286/software/save-40-percent-on-adobes-photoshop-elements-2018-for-pc-and-mac.html?idg_eid=0c75d2b27c88b016891b00af3f3e7246_SHA1_lc=bf4a5bcd878fcf3732e8988b9fcf89cb76b5634f=mw_nlt_mw_bestof_html_2018-04-27_source=Sailthru_medium=email_campaign=Macworld%20Deals%202018-04-27_term=mw_bestof_html
>> 
>>> On 28 Apr 2018, at 3:38 pm, Peter Curtis  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi everyone
>>> Does anyone know of a practical/better alternative to “Photos”? 
>>> Kind regards
>>> Peter
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