Re: Interesting read regarding AV Software

Thanks for the response. I recall some time ago people saying norton slowed down the OS and so I’ll try Avast Cheers Marcus Marcus Harris Mobile +61417965618 > On 7 Jun 2020, at 8:52 am, Pete wrote: > > Agreed Ronni 100%. > > > Regards > > Pete > >> On 7 Jun 2020, at 8:39 am, Ronni Bro

Re: 2011 MP with 2 monitors

Hi Daniel, thanks for those links, I'll review those and see where too next. My wifes MBP is a 13" MBP 2011 so probably limited in the graphics space per your comments.   Kind Regards Peter Crisp - Original Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WAMUG" Cc: Sent:Mon, 8 Jun 2020 08:22:57

Re: 2011 MP with 2 monitors

Yes, as Neil mentioned - I’m pretty sure you can’t run a display off a Firewire port - different “technologies”. You could try something like this - https://www.amazon.com.au/LINDY-Mini-DisplayPort-DVI-D-MST/dp/B01F0VYI5G Never tried it myself,….but one thing to bear in mind is that same only “s

Re: Getting iMac to Sleep

Hi Ronni I do have Time Machine backing it up hourly. But even when the time machine disk is ejected (and there has been a restart), still no sleep. Begs the question though, is there anything other than 1 hourly time machine backup? I would be happy to extend the time period. Thank you. Ada

Re: 2011 MP with 2 monitors

Thanks for that feedback Neil. Much appreciated. Regards Pete > On 7 Jun 2020, at 7:51 pm, Neil Houghton wrote: > > Hi Pete, > > I don't think you can drive a display from the firewire port - I've never > seen a cable or adaptor that would achieve this. > > This guy used a usb video adapt

Re: 2011 MP with 2 monitors

Hi Pete, I don't think you can drive a display from the firewire port - I've never seen a cable or adaptor that would achieve this. This guy used a usb video adaptor https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=25&v=vIVZI1cFiAw&feature=emb_logo to drive 2 monitors from a 2011 Macbook Pro (that

2011 MP with 2 monitors

Hi there, my Wife is to soon be working from home. She has a 2011 MacBook Pro with SSD and RAM upgrade so it’s reasonably capable. She wants to be able to use two 24” monitors we have in the office and a bit of a struggle to see how this can be done. The MBP has a FireWire, Thunderbolt and 2 U