Re: Download photos from Samsung Galaxy phone to iMac

2018-05-17 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Ronni >> Have you tried ‘Airmore’ File Transfer? >> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.airmore&hl=en >> Airmore gets very positive reviews including Mac users. One reviewer likened Airmore to “Airdrop for Androi

Re: Download photos from Samsung Galaxy phone to iMac

2018-05-17 Thread Daniel Kerr
Lol,..you have an Android/Galaxy,…they probably already have all your data and everything anyway :) lol Did you also try or see if it has something similar to the iPhone where you have to “Activate” the bluetooth to connect it “pair” it, so it’s recognised as a “Secure device”. I think from memo

Re: Download photos from Samsung Galaxy phone to iMac

2018-05-17 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Daniel I found references to bluetooth data transfer during my (google!) browser search but it seemed to be a more complex way of doing it, so I didn’t go into details. And I never did a search through the 1,234,567 apps on the google play store. Simple job, simple app. Or so I hoped. BT

Re: Download photos from Samsung Galaxy phone to iMac

2018-05-17 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Alan Yes, makes me appreciate my iPhone even more when I see the way some of the things “work” with the other phones lol. And I’d much rather have a secure App store any day…lol. Yes,…no more Airport. If want anything like that (or even a spare) ,..best get them now. I have a new sealed 2TB

When Time Capsule no longer functions

2018-05-17 Thread petercrisp
HI WAMUG users. I have been following a current thread but Daniel's comment about the Time Capsule demise in that thread on the horizon made me type this one. If I were to buy a spare Time Capsule, would the software be compatible forever even with Apple no longer supporting it? What is Plan B in t

Re: When Time Capsule no longer functions

2018-05-17 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Peter Quick reply, as just walking into another job. But basically - either a wireless type hard drive. If the Time Capsule works but internal drive “fails” then you can use a USB drive plugged into it and “ignore” internal drive and use external drive. (done this for a few clients). A NAS c

Re: When Time Capsule no longer functions

2018-05-17 Thread Alan Smith
Hi Peter I had a Plan B but … My 5 year old Time Capsule had indicators of pending failure (intermittent orange light, auto restart of TC) towards the end of last year. Web searches showed that the Netgear wireless router AC1750 (R6400v2) with an external hard drive was promoted as a TC/TM re

Re: When Time Capsule no longer functions

2018-05-17 Thread Alan Smith
Correction. - - AirPort Extreme of course. Alan > On 18 May 2018, at 1:48 pm, Alan Smith wrote: > > Hi Peter > > I had a Plan B but … > > My 5 year old Time Capsule had indicators of pending failure (intermittent > orange light, auto restart of TC) towards the end of last year. Web searches

Re: When Time Capsule no longer functions

2018-05-17 Thread petercrisp
Noted Alan, and agreed. Regards Pete.  - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WAMUG Mailing List" Cc: Sent:Fri, 18 May 2018 13:48:07 +0800 Subject:Re: When Time Capsule no longer functions Hi Peter I had a Plan B but … My 5 year old Time Capsule had indicators of pending