Re: networking

2016-04-07 Thread Ronni Brown
Hi Walter, There is no trick about using Airdrop - I've used Airdrop all the time without any problems. I Airdrop my workday files from my ‘out on the road’ MBA to my 17” MBP each night or at least every couple of days. If you don't see the recipient in the AirDrop window or sheet: Make sure t

Re: networking

2016-04-07 Thread FW
Hi Ronni, Have tried before and again today following your Apple link. AirDrop does not work. AD can be selected on both Macs, but no luck. Also from Mac to iPad not working. (Bluetooth + WiFi turned on) I wonder what is the trick. Cheers Walter > On 7 Apr 2016, at 16:29 , Ronni Brown wrote: >

Blinking monitors

2016-04-07 Thread clamshell
One of my monitors started blinking today. It is a 21 cm Apple monitor, 8 years old. It blacks out totally for between 1 and 5 seconds. And then the other monitor, a Samsung, 5.5 years old started. Sometimes it is one of them blinking, and sometimes both, and always very randomly. When it happe

Re: networking

2016-04-07 Thread Severin Crisp
I have a similar setup, both under same name (mine). As long as sharing is on I can immediately connect from one to the other and have full access to everything. If the names are different then it is not quite so simple and you have to move bits for copy into shared locations. Severin Crisp

Re: networking

2016-04-07 Thread Ronni Brown
> On 7 Apr 2016, at 3:57 PM, Juliet Kitson wrote: > > Hello All > I have an iMac and a macbook air I wish to interchange files between each > computer both running Elcapitan, what is the easiest way to do apart from > loading onto stick and going from one to the other. > Regards Bill Hi Bill

Re: networking

2016-04-07 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Bill, I would have thought iDrop meets your needs: Note: I¹m still on SL, so I don¹t use this myself, but I¹ve seen it done & it looked pretty easy ;o) Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@po

networking

2016-04-07 Thread Juliet Kitson
Hello All I have an iMac and a macbook air I wish to interchange files between each computer both running Elcapitan, what is the easiest way to do apart from loading onto stick and going from one to the other. Regards Bill -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives -