Would love to, but don't have the time ...

On 8/9/09 1:33 PM, "Malcolm McCallum" <doc...@westnet.com.au> wrote:

> 
> Have a nice cup of tea and a lie down Mike :-)
> 
> 
> Mac
> On 08/09/2009, at 1:11 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Thanks Rhonda but as I see it I should not have had to do this, yet
>> again.
>> 
>> It also begs the question why when I click on the "Airport" icon in
>> the menu
>> bar and turn airport on, it doesn't connect.
>> 
>> When I sit down at my computer and want to work, I want to be able
>> to work
>> without having to fiddle around resetting settings that had worked
>> well
>> before SL was installed (grumble, grumble).
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Michael.
>> 
>> 
>> On 8/9/09 12:11 PM, "Ronda Brown" <ro...@mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello Michael,
>>> 
>>> Open System Preferences > Network
>>> 
>>> Click on the little gear in the bottom of the Network adapters
>>> 
>>> Open "Set Service Order"
>>> 
>>> Move your Airport to the top of the list.
>>> 
>>> Click Apply
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
>>> 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo
>>> 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
>>> OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 08/09/2009, at 11:50 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> My 15 month old 17" MacBook Pro has also started to fail to connect
>>>> to wifi
>>>> networks since SL was installed. Unplugging the modem and restarting
>>>> the
>>>> computer after the modem has powered up again seems to be the
>>>> solution.
>>>> 
>>>> Michael.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 8/9/09 11:42 AM, "Martin Hill" <marth...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I've found a brand new 13" MacBook Pro which I upgraded to SL has
>>>>> started failing to connect to wifi networks here at work and at
>>>>> home.
>>>>> 
>>>>> However,  it is possibly a problem with this particular computer as
>>>>> the hard drive makes nasty noises whenever the laptop is moved
>>>>> slightly and it was freezing for 10-20 seconds at a time even under
>>>>> 10.5 ever since it came out of the box.
>>>>> 
>>>>> After I check a clean re-install doesn't fix the issues, it'll be
>>>>> back
>>>>> for warranty repair methinks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -Mart
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 08/09/2009, at 11:21 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Another bit of annoying behaviour is the disdain with which SL
>>>>>> treats
>>>>>> preferences. Or does that qualify as arrogance?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Michael.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 8/9/09 10:19 AM, "Pat" <clamsh...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I know these are trivial, but Snow Leopard (on Intel Mac Pro) has
>>>>>>> been
>>>>>>> treating my custom icons with contempt.  Every day one or more of
>>>>>>> them, randomly, it seems, is replaced with the generic icon.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Also, there are 2 displays attached to my Mac and I have always
>>>>>>> set
>>>>>>> the desktop pictures to change once a day, randomly.  However,
>>>>>>> they
>>>>>>> now seem to be stuck on the same 2 pictures.  Sometimes a
>>>>>>> different
>>>>>>> one comes up, and then a second later, flicks back to the same
>>>>>>> old
>>>>>>> one.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> It's not life threatening, but annoying, still.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>> Pat
>>>>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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