Re: iOS9 downloads

2015-10-27 Thread petercrisp
Thanks Ronni for clarifying that. Makes sense. Generally I make sure i do a Backup of my iOS devices to iTunes prior to an iOS minor update (within version release) and Transfer Purchases made since last Backup. Once that's done I unplug and then update OTA. Been trouble free for many updates so fa

Re: iOS9 downloads

2015-10-27 Thread Severin Crisp
Many thanks for that, as usual, full and succinct explanation! Severin > On 28 Oct 2015, at 1:22 pm, Ronni Brown wrote: > > Hi Severin & Peter, > > At first approximation they are the same, but the mechanism of the update is > different since one can be a delta and self-applied update and th

Re: iOS9 downloads

2015-10-27 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Severin & Peter, At first approximation they are the same, but the mechanism of the update is different since one can be a delta and self-applied update and the other installs a complete build rather than patching the OS. The OTA (Over The Air) update implies the OS and device is working pro

Re: iOS9 downloads

2015-10-27 Thread petercrisp
Yes, I have noted the same phenomenon and have wondered why. Now, I wait for Ronni's "all clear" before doing the download and always use the WiFI option. There is no apparent downside to doing it this way - always.  Pete.  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WAMUG List" Cc:

iOS9 downloads

2015-10-27 Thread Severin Crisp
Why are downloads via iTunes on iOS devices so unbelievably slow? I usually do them wirelessly but today by some quirk I decided to do my iPad mini while plugged in to iTunes. After what seemed an interminable wait I interrogated the download viewer and was told there were 12 hours still to g

Re: Laptop Sim Card.

2015-10-27 Thread Bill Parker
No mystery at all. Telstra offered me a “free” notebook computer some years ago. I did not accept the notebook, but in the package that came ( modem, phone,T box etc) was a sim card. And I still argue with them about the charges they have made for something I never used. The SIM card was sni

Re: Laptop Sim Card.

2015-10-27 Thread Stephen Chape
I too have been trying to figure why a Mac of any kind would use a SIM card. I understood SIM cards are for operation of mobile phones. I thought for a while I was learning something new ! > On 28 Oct 2015, at 7:59 AM, Peter Hinchliffe > wrote: > > >> On 27 Oct 2015, at 10:13 am, Anthony (Tony

Re: Laptop Sim Card.

2015-10-27 Thread Peter Hinchliffe
> On 27 Oct 2015, at 10:13 am, Anthony (Tony) Francis wrote: > > Hello Ronni > > I am beginning to get a little tired of waiting in queues to talk to a > Telstra Employee, being assured that the information given will end our > frustration with WIFI and DATA download, and then having to retur