Re: MacBook Air
Which dock in particular? My new pro has severely limited ports On August 29, 2024 12:35:43 PM PDT, Darren Addy wrote: >I agree that it is a good machine - I've got one. But for those not >familiar with the "Air" part of MacBook Air it has only two USB-C ports. >The workaround is to get a multifunction dock that plugs into one of them. >I got one that had good reviews on Amazon and it has worked well for >everything asked of it, so far. > >Darren Addy >Kearney, NE > >On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 2:37 PM Comcast wrote: > >> That’s a good machine. >> Paul >> >> > On Aug 26, 2024, at 3:05 PM, pkn291...@gmail.com wrote: >> > >> > Hello All >> > >> > It is a m1 processor, 8 gb ram and 256gb ssd. The screen works but has a >> strip on the right 5mm (1/4 inch) wide that is not working. Given the low >> spec and non upgradeability of the mac book air I don’t think I will spend >> the money to replace the screen. I will however use it to get an idea of >> how the macs work. I will probably also use it when traveling. >> > Thanks for the input. >> > Patrick >> > >> > -Original Message- >> > From: Ralf R Radermacher >> > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2024 9:49 PM >> > To: pdml@pdml.net >> > Subject: Re: MacBook Air >> > >> >> Am 25.08.24 um 21:40 schrieb pkn291...@gmail.com: >> >> As far as I know it was inspected. I will check with an external >> >> screen I am trying to get an idea if it would be worth it. >> > >> > Boot it, then -> Apple-Menu -> About this Mac and let us know what it is. >> > >> > Ralf >> > >> > -- >> > Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : >> http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com >> > Audio :http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf >> > Fotos :https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012 >> > -- >> > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from >> the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. >> > -- >> > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net >> > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > >-- >“The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” >― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above >-- >%(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. > -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: MacBook Air
I agree that it is a good machine - I've got one. But for those not familiar with the "Air" part of MacBook Air it has only two USB-C ports. The workaround is to get a multifunction dock that plugs into one of them. I got one that had good reviews on Amazon and it has worked well for everything asked of it, so far. Darren Addy Kearney, NE On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 2:37 PM Comcast wrote: > That’s a good machine. > Paul > > > On Aug 26, 2024, at 3:05 PM, pkn291...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > Hello All > > > > It is a m1 processor, 8 gb ram and 256gb ssd. The screen works but has a > strip on the right 5mm (1/4 inch) wide that is not working. Given the low > spec and non upgradeability of the mac book air I don’t think I will spend > the money to replace the screen. I will however use it to get an idea of > how the macs work. I will probably also use it when traveling. > > Thanks for the input. > > Patrick > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Ralf R Radermacher > > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2024 9:49 PM > > To: pdml@pdml.net > > Subject: Re: MacBook Air > > > >> Am 25.08.24 um 21:40 schrieb pkn291...@gmail.com: > >> As far as I know it was inspected. I will check with an external > >> screen I am trying to get an idea if it would be worth it. > > > > Boot it, then -> Apple-Menu -> About this Mac and let us know what it is. > > > > Ralf > > > > -- > > Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : > http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > > Audio :http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > > Fotos :https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012 > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from > the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: MacBook Air
That’s a good machine. Paul > On Aug 26, 2024, at 3:05 PM, pkn291...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hello All > > It is a m1 processor, 8 gb ram and 256gb ssd. The screen works but has a > strip on the right 5mm (1/4 inch) wide that is not working. Given the low > spec and non upgradeability of the mac book air I don’t think I will spend > the money to replace the screen. I will however use it to get an idea of how > the macs work. I will probably also use it when traveling. > Thanks for the input. > Patrick > > -Original Message- > From: Ralf R Radermacher > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2024 9:49 PM > To: pdml@pdml.net > Subject: Re: MacBook Air > >> Am 25.08.24 um 21:40 schrieb pkn291...@gmail.com: >> As far as I know it was inspected. I will check with an external >> screen I am trying to get an idea if it would be worth it. > > Boot it, then -> Apple-Menu -> About this Mac and let us know what it is. > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog > :http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > Audio :http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > Fotos :https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012 > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the > PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: MacBook Air
Hello All It is a m1 processor, 8 gb ram and 256gb ssd. The screen works but has a strip on the right 5mm (1/4 inch) wide that is not working. Given the low spec and non upgradeability of the mac book air I don’t think I will spend the money to replace the screen. I will however use it to get an idea of how the macs work. I will probably also use it when traveling. Thanks for the input. Patrick -Original Message- From: Ralf R Radermacher Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2024 9:49 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: MacBook Air Am 25.08.24 um 21:40 schrieb pkn291...@gmail.com: > As far as I know it was inspected. I will check with an external > screen I am trying to get an idea if it would be worth it. Boot it, then -> Apple-Menu -> About this Mac and let us know what it is. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog :http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos :https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: MacBook Air
Am 25.08.24 um 21:40 schrieb pkn291...@gmail.com: As far as I know it was inspected. I will check with an external screen I am trying to get an idea if it would be worth it. Boot it, then -> Apple-Menu -> About this Mac and let us know what it is. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog :http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos :https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: MacBook Air
Thanks As far as I know it was inspected. I will check with an external screen I am trying to get an idea if it would be worth it. Patrick -Original Message- From: Underpaid N. Overpentaxed Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2024 7:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: MacBook Air Has it been inspected? Do you know for a fact it is the screen itself? Cheers Eck schrieb am So. 25. Aug. 2024 um 19:52: > Hello All > > I know this is not a Mac mailing list but I thought I would ask the > following question. I have always been a windows user with occasional > dabbling in Linux. My son who moved out left behind I think a 3 year > old Macbook air 13". It's screen no longer works. I have debated > having it fixed to try a mac out for editing photo's. The quotes I > have got indicate a cost for a new screen being about half the > advertised price of a new machine. > Would it be worth it? Any other feedback would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > > Patrick > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to > pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the > link directly above and follow the directions. > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: MacBook Air
Why not just attach an external screen? A 13" screen is a bit claustrophobic. If you know Linux, the good news is that you can easily get to a bash prompt On August 25, 2024 10:33:45 AM PDT, pkn291...@gmail.com wrote: >Hello All > >I know this is not a Mac mailing list but I thought I would ask the >following question. I have always been a windows user with occasional >dabbling in Linux. My son who moved out left behind I think a 3 year old >Macbook air 13". It's screen no longer works. I have debated having it fixed >to try a mac out for editing photo's. The quotes I have got indicate a cost >for a new screen being about half the advertised price of a new machine. >Would it be worth it? Any other feedback would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks > >Patrick > >-- >%(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow >the directions. > -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: MacBook Air
Has it been inspected? Do you know for a fact it is the screen itself? Cheers Eck schrieb am So. 25. Aug. 2024 um 19:52: > Hello All > > I know this is not a Mac mailing list but I thought I would ask the > following question. I have always been a windows user with occasional > dabbling in Linux. My son who moved out left behind I think a 3 year old > Macbook air 13". It's screen no longer works. I have debated having it > fixed > to try a mac out for editing photo's. The quotes I have got indicate a cost > for a new screen being about half the advertised price of a new machine. > Would it be worth it? Any other feedback would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > > Patrick > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
MacBook Air
Hello All I know this is not a Mac mailing list but I thought I would ask the following question. I have always been a windows user with occasional dabbling in Linux. My son who moved out left behind I think a 3 year old Macbook air 13". It's screen no longer works. I have debated having it fixed to try a mac out for editing photo's. The quotes I have got indicate a cost for a new screen being about half the advertised price of a new machine. Would it be worth it? Any other feedback would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Patrick -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: MacBook Air seems to be working unusually hard
For the most part, I mentally filter out the ads that are on the page. And I understand that many sites live from advertisements. However, some ads are ridiculously "heavy". At this day and [Internet] age if a serious professional website wants to be supported by ads, they need to make sure those ads are not slowing down my browser/computer to a crawl. And if the ad starts showing a video, producing sounds, those are gross offenders in my book. BTW, IIRC, it was Google who first imposed limitations on the "Google Ads" - that they must be light-weight, etc. And Google ads are considered some of the most successful. I also know that, e.g. flyertalk.com , which has heavy pages and rather large number of ads on their forum pages, - they have been encouraging to report ads that were slowing down their pages. Still, their pages are very heavy and overload the browser, so, I am reluctant to whitelist the in the ad-blocker. Igor Eric Weir Thu, 20 Jul 2017 16:57:25 -0700 wrote: Thanks, Zos. I contact the website’s support group. The attributed the difficulty to a “rogue ad,” over which they said they had minimal control. The suggested an ad blocker. I use one, but I had whitelisted the site to support the magazine They offer “ad free access,” which I’m checking into. Eric On Jul 19, 2017, at 8:36 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: Some websites are just poorly coded too. If they have videos and lots of embeds running its pretty easy to eat up your processor quickly. Chrome often surprises me with how much CPU it uses. On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Eric Weir wrote: Thanks, PJ. I use an ad blocker, too. I may have white listed the Atlantic site. On Jul 19, 2017, at 7:12 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Malformed adverts. I've had web pages with such horrible scripts that they hang the web browser and require a restart. That's the main reason I've employed an ad blocker. I can ignore the ads. On 7/19/2017 6:07 PM, Eric Weir wrote: Recently—a day or two ago—I noticed that my MacBook Air was emitting a low-pitched hissing sound, as if a fan were running. I first noticed this when I had been processing photos in Lightroom for a while. But I’m experiencing it now and all I have open are Safari and Mail. I ran Activity Monitor and found two tasks that were using a high percentage of CPU. One was a kernel task. The other showed the web address of The Atlantic Magazine, which I had open at the time. The percent of CPU it was using ranged between the mid-50s and the mid-90s. I killed that process, the Atlantic page was reloaded, and the fan noise has stopped. Why would a web page use so much processor capacity? Thanks and apologies for being so wildly off-topic, -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: MacBook Air seems to be working unusually hard
Thanks, Zos. I contact the website’s support group. The attributed the difficulty to a “rogue ad,” over which they said they had minimal control. The suggested an ad blocker. I use one, but I had whitelisted the site to support the magazine They offer “ad free access,” which I’m checking into. Eric > On Jul 19, 2017, at 8:36 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: > > Some websites are just poorly coded too. If they have videos and lots > of embeds running its pretty easy to eat up your processor quickly. > Chrome often surprises me with how much CPU it uses. > > On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Eric Weir wrote: >> >> Thanks, PJ. I use an ad blocker, too. I may have white listed the Atlantic >> site. >> >>> On Jul 19, 2017, at 7:12 PM, P. J. Alling >>> wrote: >>> >>> Malformed adverts. I've had web pages with such horrible scripts that they >>> hang the web browser and require a restart. That's the main reason I've >>> employed an ad blocker. I can ignore the ads. >>> >>> >>> On 7/19/2017 6:07 PM, Eric Weir wrote: >>>> Recently—a day or two ago—I noticed that my MacBook Air was emitting a >>>> low-pitched hissing sound, as if a fan were running. I first noticed this >>>> when I had been processing photos in Lightroom for a while. But I’m >>>> experiencing it now and all I have open are Safari and Mail. >>>> >>>> I ran Activity Monitor and found two tasks that were using a high >>>> percentage of CPU. One was a kernel task. The other showed the web address >>>> of The Atlantic Magazine, which I had open at the time. The percent of CPU >>>> it was using ranged between the mid-50s and the mid-90s. >>>> >>>> I killed that process, the Atlantic page was reloaded, and the fan noise >>>> has stopped. Why would a web page use so much processor capacity? >>>> >>>> Thanks and apologies for being so wildly off-topic, >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Eric Weir >>>> Decatur, GA USA >>>> eew...@bellsouth.net >>>> >>>> "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." >>>> >>>> - Amos Oz >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. >>> America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. >>> - P.J. O'Rourke >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> PDML@pdml.net >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >> >> -- >> Eric Weir >> Decatur, GA USA >> eew...@bellsouth.net >> >> “Man has been a murderer forever.” >> >> - Peter Matthiessen. >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net "What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from a great loneliness of spirit." - Chief Seattle -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: MacBook Air seems to be working unusually hard
Some websites are just poorly coded too. If they have videos and lots of embeds running its pretty easy to eat up your processor quickly. Chrome often surprises me with how much CPU it uses. On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > > Thanks, PJ. I use an ad blocker, too. I may have white listed the Atlantic > site. > >> On Jul 19, 2017, at 7:12 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >> >> Malformed adverts. I've had web pages with such horrible scripts that they >> hang the web browser and require a restart. That's the main reason I've >> employed an ad blocker. I can ignore the ads. >> >> >> On 7/19/2017 6:07 PM, Eric Weir wrote: >>> Recently—a day or two ago—I noticed that my MacBook Air was emitting a >>> low-pitched hissing sound, as if a fan were running. I first noticed this >>> when I had been processing photos in Lightroom for a while. But I’m >>> experiencing it now and all I have open are Safari and Mail. >>> >>> I ran Activity Monitor and found two tasks that were using a high >>> percentage of CPU. One was a kernel task. The other showed the web address >>> of The Atlantic Magazine, which I had open at the time. The percent of CPU >>> it was using ranged between the mid-50s and the mid-90s. >>> >>> I killed that process, the Atlantic page was reloaded, and the fan noise >>> has stopped. Why would a web page use so much processor capacity? >>> >>> Thanks and apologies for being so wildly off-topic, >>> >>> -- >>> Eric Weir >>> Decatur, GA USA >>> eew...@bellsouth.net >>> >>> "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." >>> >>> - Amos Oz >>> >>> >> >> -- >> America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. >> America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. >>- P.J. O'Rourke >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > Eric Weir > Decatur, GA USA > eew...@bellsouth.net > > “Man has been a murderer forever.” > > - Peter Matthiessen. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: MacBook Air seems to be working unusually hard
Thanks, PJ. I use an ad blocker, too. I may have white listed the Atlantic site. > On Jul 19, 2017, at 7:12 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > Malformed adverts. I've had web pages with such horrible scripts that they > hang the web browser and require a restart. That's the main reason I've > employed an ad blocker. I can ignore the ads. > > > On 7/19/2017 6:07 PM, Eric Weir wrote: >> Recently—a day or two ago—I noticed that my MacBook Air was emitting a >> low-pitched hissing sound, as if a fan were running. I first noticed this >> when I had been processing photos in Lightroom for a while. But I’m >> experiencing it now and all I have open are Safari and Mail. >> >> I ran Activity Monitor and found two tasks that were using a high percentage >> of CPU. One was a kernel task. The other showed the web address of The >> Atlantic Magazine, which I had open at the time. The percent of CPU it was >> using ranged between the mid-50s and the mid-90s. >> >> I killed that process, the Atlantic page was reloaded, and the fan noise has >> stopped. Why would a web page use so much processor capacity? >> >> Thanks and apologies for being so wildly off-topic, >> >> -- >> Eric Weir >> Decatur, GA USA >> eew...@bellsouth.net >> >> "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." >> >> - Amos Oz >> >> > > -- > America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. > America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. >- P.J. O'Rourke > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net “Man has been a murderer forever.” - Peter Matthiessen. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: MacBook Air seems to be working unusually hard
Malformed adverts. I've had web pages with such horrible scripts that they hang the web browser and require a restart. That's the main reason I've employed an ad blocker. I can ignore the ads. On 7/19/2017 6:07 PM, Eric Weir wrote: Recently—a day or two ago—I noticed that my MacBook Air was emitting a low-pitched hissing sound, as if a fan were running. I first noticed this when I had been processing photos in Lightroom for a while. But I’m experiencing it now and all I have open are Safari and Mail. I ran Activity Monitor and found two tasks that were using a high percentage of CPU. One was a kernel task. The other showed the web address of The Atlantic Magazine, which I had open at the time. The percent of CPU it was using ranged between the mid-50s and the mid-90s. I killed that process, the Atlantic page was reloaded, and the fan noise has stopped. Why would a web page use so much processor capacity? Thanks and apologies for being so wildly off-topic, -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." - Amos Oz -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: MacBook Air seems to be working unusually hard
Recently—a day or two ago—I noticed that my MacBook Air was emitting a low-pitched hissing sound, as if a fan were running. I first noticed this when I had been processing photos in Lightroom for a while. But I’m experiencing it now and all I have open are Safari and Mail. I ran Activity Monitor and found two tasks that were using a high percentage of CPU. One was a kernel task. The other showed the web address of The Atlantic Magazine, which I had open at the time. The percent of CPU it was using ranged between the mid-50s and the mid-90s. I killed that process, the Atlantic page was reloaded, and the fan noise has stopped. Why would a web page use so much processor capacity? Thanks and apologies for being so wildly off-topic, -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred." - Amos Oz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.