Hi All So my 1 hour download and install seems quick then! No hick-ups except when the the estimated install time went from 48 minutes to 70 hours and 8 minutes :-) then back to 7 minutes! Thank you for the SSD suggestion, Daniel.
Brian Sent from my iPhone5 IOS 7.02 > On 23 Oct 2013, at 21:43, Daniel Kerr <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: > > Yes, I hate to be the "bearer of bad news",…but I just don't think it's going > to happen. (sorry) > > I think if you want to keep using the 17" MacBook Pro, and you feel the > hardware is running well, the best investment you'd spend on it to keep going > a little longer is adding a Solid State Drive to the machine. I've done a few > of these for clients of late, and the pricing is very good now for either > 250GB, 500GB, and you can even get 750GB and 1TB Solid State Drives. I added > a 750GB SSD to my MacBook Pro 15" and it runs really really well. Well worth > the money! And makes a huge difference! The boot time and Application running > is so fast!! > > If you're interested drop me an email off list and I'm happy to price up some > options for SSDs if you want :o) > > I have to go back and re-download my Mavericks due to a "hiccup", but as my > internet is bad between about 8.30pm and 11pm,…I have a bit more longer to > wait for the speed to pick up again. > (That's another rant about internet, but I'll leave that for another > time,…lol). > > Glad your download went well and all installed nicely though :o) > > Enjoy! > > Kind regards > Daniel > --- > Daniel Kerr > MacWizardry > > Phone: 0414 795 960 > Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> > Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> > > > **For everything Apple** > > NOTE: Any information provided in this email may be my personal opinion and > as such should be taken accordingly, and may not be the views of MacWizardry. > Any information provided does not offer or warrant any form of warranty or > accept liability. It would be appreciated that if any information in this > email is to be disseminated, distributed or copied, that permission by the > author be requested. > >> On 23/10/2013, at 9:34 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Brian, >> >>> On 23 Oct 2013, at 3:04 pm, Brian Risbey <risb...@bigpond.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> So no MacBookPro 17"!!! >> I don't think Apple are ever going to bring back the MacBook Pro 17" >> unfortunately. >> A huge amount of people have sent feedback to Apple (myself included of >> course) that we really need a 17" MacBook Pro for work/professional users. >> But I don't think Apple will change their mind, once they decide to >> discontinue either hardware or software... They never bring it back!! >> >> I still live in hope, but I'm thinking this is 'false Hope' though :-(( >> And Daniel keeps telling me, and reminded me when we spoke today... "Its >> never going to happen Ronni"! >> >>> Off to say nice things to my 'old' 2008 one, which just makes into >>> accepting Mavericks... >>> Backed up and all permissions verified and fixed. >>> Checked iCloud for calendar and contacts syncing - thank >> >> Good to hear everything went well with the upgrade to Mavericks for you. >> After taking almost 6 hours to download on my slow ADSL connection 558.0 >> KB/s! (since the Fibre cable was laid in our street & must have done some >> damage to the old 'rotten' Telstra copper wiring)... Mavericks is running >> fine. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >> >>> Brian >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> IOS 7.02 >>> >>>> On 23 Oct 2013, at 6:58, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi People, >>>> >>>>> On 23 Oct 2013, at 2:25 am, Daniel Kerr <wa...@macwizardry.com.au> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Mavericks, available today,…and wow,..it's FREE!! >>>>> Will update any machine from 2007 onwards. Just need to update from the >>>>> Mac App Store. >>>>> As always,…make sure to backup before to start. (And make sure all your >>>>> Applications will still work.) :o) >>>> >>>> Just a very quick message to people who might rush in an upgrade without >>>> first doing the preparations and backups which include a bootable backup & >>>> checking that all your applications are compatible with Mavericks. >>>> >>>> Note: If you use an iTunes sync to transfer contacts, calendars, or notes >>>> to an iOS device or if you rely on older third-party software for syncing >>>> data like contacts or calendars,... >>>> Mavericks no longer includes Sync Services. >>>> “Most users won’t even notice it’s gone, but it will affect people who >>>> still use older versions of apps that rely on this mechanism to sync data >>>> with iOS devices” >>>> >>>> “The loss of Sync Services also means that you can no longer use iTunes >>>> (via Wi-Fi or USB) to sync calendars, contacts, and notes between your Mac >>>> and iOS devices. You must instead use a server-based system of some sort >>>> on both your Mac and iOS devices, which could be (among other options) >>>> iCloud, Google, an Exchange server” >>>> >>>> “You can still sync media, apps, and documents with iOS devices via >>>> iTunes, by the way—this change affects only calendars, contacts, and >>>> notes.” >>>> >>>> There are other changes also in System Preferences - “Apple renamed and >>>> rearranged several System Preference panes:” >>>> >>>> I have not got time at this moment to enlarge more, just alerting you to >>>> make sure you check what Mavericks offers and know what changes are in >>>> Mavericks. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Ronni >>>> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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