For most things I get around the cramping size of the 15" by using a large external screen.
Bill On 23/10/2013, at 9:34 PM, Ronda Brown 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> Dr Bill Parker ren...@westnet.com.au 0403 583 676 Thesaurus is an ancient reptile with an excellent vocabulary.
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