Re: [sussex_mug] Duplicates

2024-01-24 Thread philippe chandless
Thank you Sam. My address book recently reproduced itself in quadruplicate. I was gearing up to delete the duplicates card by card. Instead, all done in about 15 seconds ! Regards Philippe On 23 Jan 2024 at 22:20 +0100, Sam - MacAmbulance , wrote: > Open the Contacts app on the Mac and go to th

Re: [sussex_mug] Mac mini behaving weirdly

2023-03-04 Thread philippe chandless
x Mac User Group , wrote: > Green is good! (bottom left, memory pressure) > Amber is ok. > Red...start closing Safari tabs, quickly. > I think Sam was almost certainly right about the source of the issue - did > that work out? > cheers, > J > On 2 Mar 2023, at 22:48, phil

Re: [sussex_mug] Mac mini behaving weirdly

2023-03-02 Thread philippe chandless
t stuttering slightly when RAM is under pressure (you can watch > this in Activity Monitor). > (Note to anyone buying one - if you use more than a few apps, get 16+!) > Cheers, > J > On 2 Mar 2023, at 9:54, Philippe Chandless wrote: > > Good morning, > > > > I’m ho

[sussex_mug] Mac mini behaving weirdly

2023-03-02 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good morning, I’m hoping someone has a suggestion to the strange behaviour my Mac mini M1 has been displaying recently. In certain apps (mainly Safari and finder) a blue rectangle appears around the section I’m working in. In finder a blue square appears around certain desk top icons and disapp

Re: [sussex_mug] Iphone not charging

2022-06-09 Thread philippe chandless
d try again. I think blowing is nowhere near enough for serious cases of > > fluff pollution. 😉 > > > > Stephen > > > > You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. ~ Carl Jung > > > > > On 8 Jun 2022, at 00:48, Philippe Chandless wrote: >

[sussex_mug] Iphone not charging

2022-06-07 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good morning Smug, I'm sitting in Montreal airport waiting for my onward flight to Calgary and my iPhone has stopped charging. At first I thought it was the cable so I bought a new one but it doesn't appear to be working either. The phone charges at a snails pace on the QI chargers in the airpo

Re: [sussex_mug] Texting to Android

2022-03-08 Thread philippe chandless
d recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. > > If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete > the email immediately. > > > On 8 Mar 2022, at 09:53, Philippe Chandless wrote: > > > > Good morning Smuggers, &g

[sussex_mug] Texting to Android

2022-03-08 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good morning Smuggers, I have an occasional but really annoying problem. When I send an sms from the messages app to someone who’s on Android (address shows up green) there’s a 50% chance that the message doesn’t go through. The messages app tells me that the message was not delivered. Resendin

Re: [sussex_mug] Mouse isn’t working with M1 Mac mini

2022-01-02 Thread philippe chandless
; owner (me). > cheers, > Jason > On 1 Jan 2022, at 17:37, philippe chandless wrote: > > The SNC reset appears to have worked. About a minute after the desktop > > appeared the mouse began to work. > > > > All the best for the new year and thanks for the sug

Re: [sussex_mug] Mouse isn’t working with M1 Mac mini

2022-01-01 Thread philippe chandless
The SNC reset appears to have worked. About a minute after the desktop appeared the mouse began to work. All the best for the new year and thanks for the suggestion. Philippe On 31 Dec 2021 at 21:20 +0100, philippe chandless , wrote: > Hi Stephen, Thanks for the suggestion. I connected

Re: [sussex_mug] Mouse isn’t working with M1 Mac mini

2021-12-31 Thread philippe chandless
s its battery charged? > > Stephen > > You meet your destiny on the road you take to avoid it. ~ Carl Jung > > > On 31 Dec 2021, at 16:55, Philippe Chandless wrote: > > > > Good afternoon Smuggers, > > > > I hope you had a lovely Christmas. > > >

[sussex_mug] Mouse isn’t working with M1 Mac mini

2021-12-31 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good afternoon Smuggers, I hope you had a lovely Christmas. I have a Magic Mouse (the rechargeable one) which I use with my M1 Mac mini (running Monterey. This afternoon it has stopped working. I’ve rebooted the computer several times. All that happens is that I get as far as inputting the pas

[sussex_mug] Thunderbolt displqy has gone dark

2020-12-08 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good afternoon all, I have a 27” Thunderbolt Display connected to a Mac mini. Recently it has been ‘going black’ and only comes back to life when I swap the display port connector (via a USB C to display port adaptor) from one usb c port to the other. Today it’s decided it has had enough and wi

[sussex_mug] Monitor for Mac Mini

2020-11-12 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good morning Smuggers, I’m thinking about replacing my ageing MacBook Pro with the new Mac Mini. I’ll to have to get a monitor but I have no idea of what to get. I know there's the LG 23” 5K in the Mac store but it seems very expensive compared to other 27” displays. Can anyone recommend one?

Re: [sussex_mug] Connecting a MacBook to an Apple 27 inch Thunderbolt Display.

2020-06-25 Thread philippe chandless
olt-2-adapter > > > > _ > > > > Regards > > > > Sam Mullen > > > > > > > > +44 (0)7747778022 > > > > i...@macambulance.com > > > > www.macambulance.com > > > > MacAmbulance Ltd. > > >

[sussex_mug] Connecting a MacBook to an Apple 27 inch Thunderbolt Display.

2020-06-23 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good morning, Is there a way of connecting a USB C MacBook to an Apple 27 inch display? Is there an adaptor? I’ve looked on Apple’s site but I couldn’t find anything. Regards Philippe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. T

Re: [sussex_mug] Trust this computer question

2020-06-15 Thread philippe chandless
pply? (I had this for a while but it seems to have gone away...i > think I changed the USB connector I plugged into which may not be much of an > option on a MBPro) > cheers, > Jason > On 15 Jun 2020, at 10:45, Philippe Chandless wrote: > > Good morning Smuggers, > >

[sussex_mug] Trust this computer question

2020-06-15 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good morning Smuggers, I have an iPhone X which used to be charged using a wireless charger which has been lost. I’ve reverted to connecting my phone into my MacBook Pro to charge it. Every time I plug it in I get a prompt asking me if I should ‘trust this computer?’ I then have to press on the

Re: [sussex_mug] Battery replacement on a MacBook Pro

2020-05-11 Thread philippe chandless
466597 > > This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. > > If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete > the email immediately. > > > On 11 May 2020, at 15:25, Philipp

[sussex_mug] Battery replacement on a MacBook Pro

2020-05-11 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good afternoon smugglers, I have a MacBook Pro (Late 2013) and the battery has expanded causing the bottom half of the laptop to bow out upwards and downwards so that the keyboard and base are obviously rounded. What I would like to know is, can the battery be replaced? Is it expensive? Regard

[sussex_mug] New drive Pt 2

2019-11-20 Thread Philippe Chandless
Sorry, I forgot to ask if it’s best to leave the drive formatted as Mac OS Extended Journaled or should I format it as APFS ? Thanks Philippe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop rece

[sussex_mug] New drive

2019-11-20 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good mornings Smuggers, I’ve just bought a new drive which I plan to use to back up my photo library. The pictures will take up about 1TB on the drive which is 4TB. Allowing for an increase in the size of my photo library (which will take years) could I partition the drive into three drives (2T

[sussex_mug] MacBook Pro replacement?

2019-07-23 Thread Philippe Chandless
Hi, I have a late 2013 13” MacBook Pro. The battery is definitely showing signs of age and I think is swelling causing the lower part of the laptop’s case to bulge. What I’d like to know is, where can I source a good replacement battery (assuming it’s feasible to replace it at home)? Roughly

Re: [sussex_mug] offline SatNav on iPhone

2019-05-28 Thread philippe chandless
Hi, I use ‘Here WeGo’ (free) which has always been really good for me. You download the countries you want and then tell the app to navigate offline. It worked perfectly for me on a motorcycle trip to Iran unlike Garmin etc. Years ago it was Nokia’s mapping app (I think). Hope this helps Philippe

[sussex_mug] Burning DVDs

2019-01-21 Thread Philippe Chandless
I need to put a small video file onto a DVD for someone. Can I do it on my Mac without using paid apps like Toast? The file has an .m4v extension. Does the type of blank DVD matter (DVD+R vs DVD-R)?  Thanks in advance Regards Philippe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: [sussex_mug] Wi-Fi misbehaviour on my MacBook

2018-06-17 Thread Philippe Chandless
d or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. On 17 Jun 2018, at 09:13, philippe chandless wrote: Last night I tried something I read about ages ago. I added 8.8.8.8 to the List of DNS servers and everything wo

Re: [sussex_mug] Wi-Fi misbehaviour on my MacBook

2018-06-17 Thread philippe chandless
o set up a working address? For info; IPv4 configured using DHCP IPv6 configured automatically Thanks Philippe On 16 June 2018 at 23:01:56, philippe chandless (chandl...@gmail.com) wrote: > Yes I had thought of that but we have several other iPads, laptops etc. on > the same network ;) T

Re: [sussex_mug] Wi-Fi misbehaviour on my MacBook

2018-06-16 Thread philippe chandless
16 June 2018 at 20:43:53, Jason Davies (ophioc...@me.com) wrote: > >> for these kinds of things, I'd reset PRAM and SMC (in that order) and see >> if it helps. >> >> cheers >> J >> >> On 16 Jun 2018, at 13:27, Philippe Chandless wrote: >> &g

Re: [sussex_mug] Wi-Fi misbehaviour on my MacBook

2018-06-16 Thread philippe chandless
M and SMC (in that order) and see > if it helps. > > cheers > J > > On 16 Jun 2018, at 13:27, Philippe Chandless wrote: > > Good evening Smuggers, > > My MacBook Pro (13” mid 2013) is unhappy with wifi. The problem exists on > all networks, even my iphone’s hotspot.

[sussex_mug] Wi-Fi misbehaviour on my MacBook

2018-06-16 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good evening Smuggers, My MacBook Pro (13” mid 2013) is unhappy with wifi. The problem exists on all networks, even my iphone’s hotspot. The Mac can see all available networks and join the one it’s asked to but once it’s joined nothing gets through either up or down. I checked to see if it

[sussex_mug] MacBook logging out when it goes to sleep

2018-03-09 Thread Philippe Chandless
Hello, For the last couple of weeks my MacBook has been logging out of my account (the only one on the computer) whenever it goes to sleep for more than a few minutes. When I wake it up again it goes through a whole rigmarole of starting up various apps etc. It’s not a huge problem but it is a

Re: [sussex_mug] Translation app iPhone 6

2017-08-16 Thread Philippe Chandless
Hi John, The Google Translate app does this. Just press the microphone icon and say the word or phrase. Or you could try iTranslate voice which has a free and a paid (£6.99) version. I have no connection with them but I‘ve been using the text version for years and it’s been pretty good. Regard

Re: [sussex_mug] A new subscriber

2017-02-27 Thread Philippe Chandless
Congratulations to all of you. A lovely photo. Best wishes. Philippe On 26 February 2017 at 22:47:26, Catherine Hunt (ca...@mac.com) wrote: She's very cute! Congratulations to both of you.  Catherine 😀😀😀  Sent from my iPad On 25 Feb 2017, at 01:51, Michael Dennis wrote: Well done Sam and m

[sussex_mug] Time Capsule

2016-12-12 Thread Philippe Chandless
Hello Smuggers, We need to replace the drive we’ve been using for Time Machine back ups and we’ve been considering getting a Time Capsule. Someone told me that the Time Capsule is being discontinued. Is this true? I was wondering if anyone has a recommendation for an alternative? We (2 differe

[sussex_mug] Application keeps starting by itself

2016-05-21 Thread Philippe Chandless
I wonder if any one can help with an application behaving weirdly on my Mac. I installed ‘Mac Blu-Ray Player’ ages ago. Recently its begun starting all by itself. Every time I quit it it starts up again within a couple of minutes. I can’t find anything in its preferences or in System settings (I

Re: [sussex_mug] Local hostname keeps changing

2016-04-22 Thread Philippe Chandless
d or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. On 22 Apr 2016, at 12:12, Philippe Chandless wrote: Good afternoon, Occasionally, on waking my MacBookPro (Late 2013) I get a message telling me the hostname has

[sussex_mug] Local hostname keeps changing

2016-04-22 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good afternoon, Occasionally, on waking my MacBookPro (Late 2013) I get a message telling me the hostname has been changed as the original one is already in use. Since yesterday it’s happened about a dozen times (as opposed to once a fortnight before) and it’s becoming a nuisance. Nothing that

Re: [sussex_mug] Safari weirdness

2016-01-27 Thread Philippe Chandless
vileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > On 27 Jan 2016, at 13:05, Philippe Chandless <mailto:phili...@pobox.com>> wrote: > > Good afternoon Smuggers, > > Today Safari has be

[sussex_mug] Safari weirdness

2016-01-27 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good afternoon Smuggers, Today Safari has been playing up on my MacBookPro. Whenever I type in an address or search term, hitting return is useless unless I also type the suffix (e.g. .com, .co.uk etc.). Typing the full address allows me to get to the page but after that the only way to navigat

Re: [sussex_mug] stuck update on iPad

2015-12-12 Thread Philippe Chandless
brancy and distinctiveness to our own. Your town and your customers will service us. Resistance is futile. On 12 Dec 2015, at 10:19, Philippe Chandless mailto:phili...@pobox.com>> wrote: > Good morning, > > This morning I tried to update Fantastical on my iPad. About 2/3 of the way

Re: [sussex_mug] Langages Part 2

2015-11-27 Thread Philippe Chandless
://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html Stephen "To avoid another unnecessary delay, the government have already appointed Chilcot to look into why the bombing of Syria went so badly wrong.” - @DavidSchneider, 25th Nov 2015 > On 27 Nov 2015, at 11:05, Philippe Chandless wrote: &g

[sussex_mug] Langages Part 2

2015-11-27 Thread Philippe Chandless
Sorry, forgot to say that the spellcheck now is stuck in French. Philippe -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups

[sussex_mug] Language glitch

2015-11-27 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good Morning. For years I have had my Macs set to check everything I type in English, French and German (in that order) and its always been fine until a few days ago when suddenly words I types started being underlined in red to barn me at they weren’t spelt properly. After checking that they w

Re: [sussex_mug] iPad 3 not charging

2015-11-20 Thread Philippe Chandless
ipients and may contain privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > On 20 Nov 2015, at 09:31, Philippe Chandless <mailto:phili...@pobox.com>> wrote: > > Good morning, > > We

[sussex_mug] iPad 3 not charging

2015-11-20 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good morning, We’ve got an iPad 3 which has stopped charging. I’ve tried using different plugs, cables and chargers so it’s definitely the iPad. What I’d like to know is if it’s fixable? Regards Philippe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Ma

Re: [sussex_mug] Photos app nuisance

2015-10-01 Thread Philippe Chandless
Capture At the bottom left of the window, click the disclosure triangle Set the popup menu to No Application. If not that, maybe a similar setting in the photos app somewhere … Cheers, Stephen > On 1 Oct 2015, at 14:23, Philippe Chandless wrote: > > I’ve installed El Capitan and everything

[sussex_mug] Photos app nuisance

2015-10-01 Thread Philippe Chandless
I’ve installed El Capitan and everything is great except that the Photos app starts every time I connect my iPhone to my mac. It isn’t a real problem, it’s just annoying and I can’t find out how to stop it. I presume it’s really simple but I’m at a complete loss. Can anyone point me in the right

Re: [sussex_mug] Calender in iOS9

2015-09-19 Thread Philippe Chandless
Have you looked at the preferences? In General you can choose between a 5 or a 7 day week. I seem to remember that weekends disappear if you choose the 5 day option. Regards Philippe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group.

[sussex_mug] My iPhone's screen has spots

2015-09-12 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good morning smuggers, My jPhone 6’s screen has recently developed a couple of pale spots. They’re 3-5 mm in diameter and appear, close together, in the middle of the screen about 2cm from the top. One is slightly larger than the other. They’re not white, just paler/brighter than the rest of t

Re: [sussex_mug] BBC iPlayer in New Zealand

2015-03-04 Thread Philippe Chandless
k wrote: > Hi Phillippe > So download it from here? > http://openvpn.net > Derek > Sent from my iPad >> On 5 Mar 2015, at 04:22, Philippe Chandless wrote: >> >> Hi Derek, >> >> Is your friend trying to download iPlayer from the UK AppStore? That's wh

Re: [sussex_mug] BBC iPlayer in New Zealand

2015-03-04 Thread Philippe Chandless
Hi Derek, Is your friend trying to download iPlayer from the UK AppStore? That's what I did when I moved to France. Once that's done it's only a matter of connecting with a VPN to download or stream stuff. If the AppStore won't let him download iplayer itself has he tried dong it using a V

[sussex_mug] MBP audio jack behaving differently when used with an external display

2015-03-02 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good morning, I have a MacBook Pro which is connected to a Cinema display when it’s at home. I often use earphones for making skype calls. I plug these into the laptop as there isn’t an audio jack on the display and for the last couple of days it’s been behaving oddly. When the laptop is conne

Re: [sussex_mug] joining PDFs

2015-02-07 Thread Philippe Chandless
;s page. > > Hope that's clear :-) > > Stephen > > > "It is cost-effective to postpone global climate action. It is profitable to > let the world go to hell.” ~ Jørgen Randers, co-author of 'The Limits to > Growth in 1972', about our current

[sussex_mug] joining PDFs

2015-02-07 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good evening Smuggers, I’m trying to join 2 PDFs in Preview to make 1 2 page document. According to Preview’s Help I need, using Thumbnail view for both files, to move one thumbnail and move it to below the other documents image. Having done that I can produce my multi-page document by either e

Re: [sussex_mug] Blueray drives

2014-10-05 Thread Philippe Chandless
formation. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > > On 5 Oct 2014, at 11:18, Philippe Chandless <mailto:chandl...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> Hi Sam, >> >> It's just for reading and it will b

Re: [sussex_mug] Blueray drives

2014-10-05 Thread Philippe Chandless
This email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > > On 5 Oct 2014, at 11:15, Philippe Chandless <mailto:c

[sussex_mug] Blueray drives

2014-10-05 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good morning, I need to get a bleary drive but I know absolutely nothing about them so I’d appreciate any advice anyone can give. Does the price difference between various drives reflect the build quality (or the software) etc? Regards Philippe -- You received this message because you are su

[sussex_mug] Hard drive question

2014-07-08 Thread Philippe Chandless
Bonsoir Smuggers, Having acquired a shiny new MacBook Pro I'd like to complement my subscription to BackBlaze with a non-virtual (real?) clone using Carbon Copy Cloner of the hard drive as well as external storage for my iTunes library, some movies and a Lightroom photo archive of around 3,000

Re: [sussex_mug] getting rid of music on iPad

2014-03-06 Thread philippe chandless
mory. > What really bugs me is the size of the "Other" on the display bar at the > bottom. I've no idea how to downsize this. I'd love to load some of it onto > iCloud, but how exactly defeats me. > Any advice out there? > > Phil T > > On 6 Mar 2014, at

[sussex_mug] getting rid of music on iPad

2014-03-06 Thread philippe chandless
Good afternoon Smuggers, To save space I use iTunes match on my iPad. I'm not sure how but some music has downloaded onto the iPad itself. I'm trying to find a way to delete the songs from the ipad but tinkering in iTunes hasn't got me anywhere. How do I get rid of unwanted stuff from an iPad (

[sussex_mug] iTunes back up

2014-02-18 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good morning, Recently I've been having a problem backing up my iPhone on iTunes and iCloud. When I back up I get a dialogue box telling me the back up is corrupt or incompatible with the iPhone and that I need to delete the back up and start again. My question is; How do I delete the back up

Re: [sussex_mug] Odd mail behaviour on iPad

2014-01-16 Thread Philippe Chandless
ldy way of going about it. Regards Philippe On Wednesday, 15 January 2014 at 12:12, Jason Davies wrote: > > Emailganizer is very good. Especially if you need to file emails in iOS. > > Cheers, > > Jason > -- > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 14 Jan 2014 at 18:0

Re: [sussex_mug] Odd mail behaviour on iPad

2014-01-15 Thread Philippe Chandless
ormation. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > On 14 Jan 2014, at 19:11, Philippe Chandless (mailto:phili...@pobox.com)> wrote: > > Thanks Sam, > > > > I had enabled 2 factor authentication (and an app

Re: [sussex_mug] Odd mail behaviour on iPad

2014-01-14 Thread Philippe Chandless
is email is intended solely for the addressed recipients and may contain > privileged or confidential information. If you have received this email in > error please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. > On 14 Jan 2014, at 18:05, philippe chandless (mailto:phili...@pobox.com

[sussex_mug] Odd mail behaviour on iPad

2014-01-14 Thread philippe chandless
Good evening Smuggers, My main mail account is with gmail using an alias. Whenever I try to send a mail from the Mail app on my iPad I get a message saying the password or username for Gmail is incorrect. My iPhone has exactly the same set up in settings, using a generic imap account with the ali

[sussex_mug] iMessage on Three

2013-12-17 Thread Philippe Chandless
I'm in England for a few weeks and when I arrived I changed from O2 to Three on a 30 day PAYG deal. Everything has been fine except that for the last 4-5 days I can't send iMessages. Whenever I try to the progress bar moves across and just before it reaches the end, a pop-up appears telling me t

Re: [sussex_mug] 2007 21" imac screen replacement

2013-12-10 Thread Philippe Chandless
I'd just like to add my thanks to Jason for managing the list so deftly. SMUG is the most agreeable community I've come across online. Philippe On Tuesday, 10 December 2013 at 17:59, Graham Street wrote: > Rebekah > > You might want to try Mark at www.mkpcs.com (http://www.mkpcs.com) (01

Re: [sussex_mug] IPad Air

2013-11-08 Thread Philippe Chandless
I bought an Air to replace an iPad 3. Improvements for me are: Weight - The iPad Air is so light it feels as though it's hollow. It really makes a difference. Battery - I used to get 6-7 hours out of the iPad 3. I haven't run the Air's battery down yet but it's obvious that it will be consid

[sussex_mug] iCal oddness

2013-11-03 Thread Philippe Chandless
Dear Smuggers I wonder if anyone has suggestions: For the last few days iCal has been opening all by itself 4-5 times a day on my MacBook (running the last version of Lion) . There doesn't seem to be any particular action which sets it off except that it always happens 'in the background' behi

Re: [sussex_mug] Hard drives

2013-07-04 Thread Philippe Chandless
Thanks for all the advice. After trying the recovery partition and a USB boot drive it's still no go. The best I can get is that Disk Utility sees that it's there but says it has 0Gb space and won't even reformat it. At the moment I'm starting up from a clone of the hard drive and I've ordered

Re: [sussex_mug] iphone 3 batteries

2013-02-13 Thread Philippe Chandless
In that case I'll look for a repair place here. I would use a Sussex based one but I'm still 'temporarily' in France :-) Regards Philippe -- Philippe Chandless Sent with Sparrow (http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig) On Wednesday, 13 February 2013 at 14:16, Sam - MacAmb

Re: [sussex_mug] iPad home button

2012-12-12 Thread Philippe Chandless
Apple & PC services > > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022 > http://www.macambulance.co.uk > i...@macambulance.co.uk > > > On 12 Dec 2012, at 10:01, Philippe Chandless wrote: > >> The Home button on my 3rd generation iPad is getting less and less >> responsive. I'

[sussex_mug] iPad home button

2012-12-12 Thread Philippe Chandless
The Home button on my 3rd generation iPad is getting less and less responsive. I've heard that it's relatively straightforward to replace the button on an iPhone. Is it doable on the iPad? I fixit's page on the home button is work in progress, which I suspect answers my question. Regards Philip

Re: [sussex_mug] botched/stalled upgrade to iOS 6

2012-09-20 Thread Philippe Chandless
I downloaded it onto my iPad last night on the 3rd attempt. Before that I had a (no) progress bars. After a while (40 mins?) it simply said it couldn't do it and cancelled the download. I suspect it's just a matter of being patient. Regards Philippe On 20 Sep 2012, at 18:41, Jason Davies wro

Re: [sussex_mug] contacts doubled up on iPad

2012-07-19 Thread Philippe Chandless
Hi Sam, Thanks for your incredibly fast reply. In the iTunes info tab everything is unchecked. Philippe On Thursday, 19 July 2012 at 19:50, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > Hi Philippe > > Did you tell the iPad to sync contacts through USB/iTunes as well as iCloud? > Have a look at the info tab

[sussex_mug] contacts doubled up on iPad

2012-07-19 Thread Philippe Chandless
Suddenly the contacts on my iPad have doubled up. On the MacBook and the iPhone there is still only one entry per name. I presume I've told the iPad to sync twice but I can't work out how I did it and I can't work out a way of getting rid of the extra set of names. Regards Philippe -- You re

[sussex_mug] no wifi on iPad

2012-06-28 Thread Philippe Chandless
My wifi only 3rd generation iPad keeps dropping its wifi connection. It's never been great at keeping the signal (1-2 drop outs a day) but in the last couple of days I can't stay connected for more than a couple of minutes. It's running the latest version of iOS and nothing material has changed.

Re: [sussex_mug] Classical music on iPad

2012-06-08 Thread Philippe Chandless
Hi Virginia, You can do it using playlists. Click on the + icon at the bottom right of the iTunes window. A new playlist will appear. Give it a name. Drag the movements into it. You can drag the individual movements into the playing order. Hope this helps Philippe On Friday, 8 June 2012 at

Re: [sussex_mug] BT Infinity, the Hub and Mac Compatibility Issues

2012-05-21 Thread Philippe Chandless
I wouldn't get too excited. We have fibre to the premises via Orange/France Telecom and I rarely get more than 25 - 30 MBps (usually down in low single figures) despite an advertised 100 MBps. There was a bloke working on it the other day who told me we were being upgraded to even higher speed

Re: [sussex_mug] Trackpad button

2012-04-27 Thread Philippe Chandless
(http://www.macservice.co.uk/) > > > > Get a free iPhone QR-Code Scanner here > (http://itunes.apple.com/app/redlaser/id312720263?mt=8). > On 26 Apr 2012, at 14:06, Philippe Chandless wrote: > > HI, > > > > My MacBook's trackpad button has bee

[sussex_mug] Trackpad button

2012-04-26 Thread Philippe Chandless
HI, My MacBook's trackpad button has been showing signs of age for some time. It was always very sensitive and recently I took to using a magic mouse as it was getting really difficult to live with. Now it seems to be affecting the mouse. Symptoms are that the mouse will not click on anything

Re: [sussex_mug] iPhone battery

2012-03-26 Thread Philippe Chandless
Thanks Sam, I had no idea it was so easy! Philippe On Monday, 26 March 2012 at 19:59, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: > Hi Phillippe > > You can order a new battery from ebay for £10, it's a 5 mins installation > job. 4 screws in total. > > Regards > > Sam > MacAmbulance > Providing affordab

[sussex_mug] iPhone battery

2012-03-26 Thread Philippe Chandless
The battery on my 18 month old iPhone 4 (iOS 5.1) is suddenly losing charge really quickly. 100% at 6.30am 5% now with no real use apart half an hour browsing a few news apps. I can't see any obvious reasons (GPS, Bluetooth etc.) for extra drainage, 3G is on but it always has been so it would

Re: [sussex_mug] Password

2012-02-29 Thread Philippe Chandless
Chris, can I ask what one does to reset the password in Snow Leopard? My mother MacBook has been stuck as she has mislaid it. It would be useful to know how to reset it. Philippe On Wednesday, 29 February 2012 at 10:40, Chris Webb wrote: > > What version of the OS are you using. > > Reason

Re: [sussex_mug] Floor plans

2012-02-26 Thread Philippe Chandless
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. I tried Magic plan and Sketchup. Magic plan is really impressive though I had problems with hidden corners (those who've used it will understand) and I need to practice some more. Sketchup is really easy to use and, as Sam said creating the plans was much

[sussex_mug] Floor plans

2012-02-26 Thread Philippe Chandless
Does anyone have any suggestions for cheap/free software for doing floor plans? We're looking to do some work on our flat and it would be useful if I could prepare some plans for builders etc. Regards Philippe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Suss

Re: [sussex_mug] Paris ho(s)tel advice

2012-02-09 Thread Philippe Chandless
I always liked l'Hôtel Place des Vosges (http://www.hotelplacedesvosges.com/) in rue de Biraque (4th arrondissement). Literally a stone's throw from the Place des Vosges, Paris oldest (and most beautiful) square. A couple of hundred yards from the Bastille. Philippe -- You received this messa

Re: [sussex_mug] Re: iCal Quick Add

2012-01-27 Thread Philippe Chandless
endar. Wrong answer again! Maybe I'll learn not to shoot from the hip. Have a great weekend On Friday, 27 January 2012 at 20:59, Philippe Chandless wrote: > yes. Open Alfred then type "cal rem" and then your reminder. Works for me. > > Philippe > > On Friday,

Re: [sussex_mug] Re: iCal Quick Add

2012-01-27 Thread Philippe Chandless
yes. Open Alfred then type "cal rem" and then your reminder. Works for me. Philippe On Friday, 27 January 2012 at 20:45, mac98aop wrote: > If you're an Alfred QuickCal user, is it possible to enter iCloud > Reminders direct from Alfred/QuickCal? > > On Jan 23, 1

Re: [sussex_mug] Re: iCal Quick Add

2012-01-23 Thread Philippe Chandless
> Not for me anyway? > > Does it for you? > > > On Jan 23, 4:43 pm, Philippe Chandless (http://gmail.com)> wrote: > > It usually works if you put the location after the time > > > > e. g. Meeting tomorrow at 2p at Costa > > > > Hope this

Re: [sussex_mug] iCal Quick Add

2012-01-23 Thread Philippe Chandless
It usually works if you put the location after the time e. g. Meeting tomorrow at 2p at Costa Hope this helps Philippe On 23 Jan 2012, at 16:15, mac98aop wrote: > Anyone know if/how you can enter the location data in iCal using the > natural language Quick Add feature. > > I can enter 'Meetin

[sussex_mug] deleting files on an iphone

2012-01-06 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good Morning, During the holidays, thanks to iTunes - the 12 days of Christmas I downloaded a couple of videos from iTunes (on the phone) thinking that I'd be able to get them off the iPhone once I got home. I've been trying for a couple of days but I can't find a way to do it. I've even dele

[sussex_mug] Slow connection

2011-12-19 Thread Philippe Chandless
Good morning all, I was wondering if anyone might have some idea about my very slow network connection. I'm trying to download a large file and its taking for ever. I've just checked my connection speed with speediest and its averaging at just over .5 Mbps. Notionally my connection is 100 Mbp

[sussex_mug] Database application for recipes

2011-12-14 Thread Philippe Chandless
I've been asked to transcribe my grandmother's notebooks of recipes so that all her descendants can have a copy(she was a brilliant cook). I'd like to put them onto some kind of database.I need an application that's easy to use and not too expensive (it won't be used for anything else). I've se

Re: [sussex_mug] Re: MacBook keeps shutting down

2011-12-02 Thread Philippe Chandless
t warning or properly shut down? > > On Dec 2, 3:47 pm, Philippe Chandless http://pobox.com)> > wrote: > > Thanks Sam, once again! I borrowed an adaptor and everything's ok - until > > next time ;-)It was only a few months old. That'll teach me to buy cheap >

Re: [sussex_mug] MacBook keeps shutting down

2011-12-02 Thread Philippe Chandless
Thanks Sam, once again! I borrowed an adaptor and everything's ok - until next time ;-)It was only a few months old. That'll teach me to buy cheap imitations off ebay. Off to buy a genuine one now. Have a good weekend0 Philippe On Friday, 2 December 2011 at 13:21, Sam - MacAmbulance wrote: >

Re: [sussex_mug] MacBook keeps shutting down

2011-12-02 Thread Philippe Chandless
Sorry Jason, I forgot to say that I've already tried that (and resetting PRAM). On 2 Dec 2011, at 13:03, Jason Davies wrote: > Reset smc... > > From my iPhone > > On 2 Dec 2011, at 11:57, philippe chandless wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> My Macbook shut d

[sussex_mug] MacBook keeps shutting down

2011-12-02 Thread philippe chandless
Hi, My Macbook shut down suddenly last night and since then it won't stay on. When I start it, it begins booting up and after a short time it shuts down. The time before this happens varies from about 15 s to a couple of minutes. Usually it's around 30-45 seconds. The one time it actually got as

Re: [sussex_mug] Re: Bad home button on iPhone

2011-11-09 Thread Philippe Chandless
It happened to my iPhone a couple of months ago. It was covered by AppleCare and the Apple store replaced the phone. On 9 Nov 2011, at 07:11, David McConnell wrote: > Hi > This is pretty common, I think the apple store would > not want to fix it, a local fix it guy is probably best. > It's act

[sussex_mug] Hard drive noise

2011-11-09 Thread Philippe Chandless
The hard drive on my MacBook is making strange noises. I'm suspect it hasn't got long to go and so I was wondering if I want to replace it with a smaller SSD (I reckon I only need 128 Gb) is there a way to restore/transfer my existing set up using Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner? (I suspect n

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