[sussex_mug] For sale: Drobo with 4 x Western Digital Caviar 1TB SATAII drives

Hi all As per tradition, I always offer old kit on here before eBay. Now for sale is a lovely Drobo 2 storage device, which used to be for remote client backups. It has 2 x FireWire 800 ports and 1 x USB 2.0 port. It is loaded with 4 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATAII drives which are q

Re: [sussex_mug] Slow macbook

On 23 Aug 2013, at 14:01, Richard Coker wrote: And to Jason my apologies for inadvertently thread-whacking - I had no idea I was doing it. it's fine, it's a natural thing to do and people don't realise what happens later. Thus the explanation rather than the telling off;) -- You received th

Re: [sussex_mug] Slow macbook

Thanks Sam and Tony, I'll go shopping... And to Jason my apologies for inadvertently thread-whacking - I had no idea I was doing it. Regards, Richard From: Sam - MacAmbulance To: smug@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, 23 August 2013, 12:28 Subject: Re: [sussex_

Re: [sussex_mug] iCoud Beta

On 23 Aug 2013, at 10:32, Paul Owen wrote: > The new iCloud beta website can be seen here. > > http://beta.icloud.com > > Looks nice. I agree. The one thing I need is table editing in Pages, which it says is coming soon! Seems very responsive. Regards, Tony -- Tony Crooks ---

[sussex_mug] ADMIN threadwhacking (using 'reply' for new message)

A minor thing worth mentioning from time to time. Pleased don't thread whack. This is when rather than starting a new topic with a new message, you hit reply to the most recent/a random message to the list, change the subject and off you go. It's a problem if you view messages in 'threads' or

Re: [sussex_mug] Slow macbook

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Re: [sussex_mug] Slow macbook

On 23 Aug 2013, at 9:38, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: Once the RAM's upgraded you'll want to go for a bigger hard drive, either a 500GB Seagate SSHD hybrid drive, or for even greater speed a Crucial M5 SSD, they're just more expensive. 256GB SSD (3x what you currently have) for £137 isn't bad :

[sussex_mug] iCoud Beta

The new iCloud beta website can be seen here. http://beta.icloud.com Looks nice. Paul Owen -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smug+unsub

Re: [sussex_mug] Slow macbook

> > I'd upgrade the RAM to the maximum possible for that laptop, you can input > the serial number into http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com and see, I'd say > either 3GB for the older model or 4GB for the later model of MacBook. > > Once the RAM's upgraded you'll want to go for a bigger hard

Re: [sussex_mug] Slow macbook

Hi Richard I'd upgrade the RAM to the maximum possible for that laptop, you can input the serial number into http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com and see, I'd say either 3GB for the older model or 4GB for the later model of MacBook. Once the RAM's upgraded you'll want to go for a bigger hard d

[sussex_mug] Slow macbook

Hi, In recent times my white macbook (10.6.8, 2GHz, 1GB) has slowed down to a crawl especially when browsing (Safari and Chrome), frequent spinning beachball, getting through emails (Yahoo) is tortuous. Broadband speeds register at around 30mbps and I'm connected via ethernet. I've run a Sophos