Hi Bill, What size back pack do you use to cart your screen around, and is it solar powered? Or do you fire it up on energy converted from cooking fats and oils scavenged from cafés, as you did with your Landcruiser? Cheers, Michael H
> On 24 Oct 2013, at 11:17 am, Bill Parker <ren...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- 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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