The OSX/Apple support thread

[AdDaMan]

are anyone elses volume and brightness notifications really laggy now?

eg. when you press volume up 5 times, it will take a second before the graphic pops up, where as before it was instant.

Air Mid 2011 i7

[AdDaMan]

Just reset the SMC and its working perfect now

[AstonZagato]

qube_TA said:

AstonZagato said:

OscarIndia said:

AstonZagato said:

I have a 2010 MBPro 2.2Ghz and 4GB. Yosemite seems to be working fine. I did have something odd today - a weird pixellated coloured overlay on the login screen - it went as soon as I typed in my password.

This is the new login page, it completely blurs the desktop image.

Look at it carefully and you should be able to relate it to your Desktop image in some way.

No, it was a software error. Lots of coloured blocks that looked like jumbled bits of my screen. A bit like this:


If it happens again, I'll take a picture.

I had a Mac Pro do this on me, was the graphics chip dying. The Computer was actually running fine underneath just was displaying a random mess on the screen. As it wasn't an integrated GPU I just bought a new card.

Not as easy on a laptop, does it still have AppleCare?

No more Apple Care.

I'll keep an eye on it.

[IanA2]

Viperz888 said:

Has anyone installed Yosemite onto an older mac? Mine is a circa 2010 MBP, 2.8Ghz, 4Gb Ram, and i'm worried that it won't be up to a new OS. There's really nothing wrong with Snow Leopard, but Yosemite does look quite good...

I'm assuming if I do go for it, and don't like it, there is no way back?

One of our MBP's is a mid 2010 with 2.53 Ghz and 8Gb Ram

Yosemite is fine, in fact better. I think there is no way back, but not sure, someone will probably know a workaround.

[IanA2]

I'm considering getting either a mini mac and screen or an iMac. Cant decide. The thunderbolt screen could be the clincher.

Anybody got experience of either/both. I've only ever had MBP's etc.

[Pvapour]

i'd like to auto close some apps when i,m not using to save battery and performance for more esential apps, is that possible wthin the os? or do i need an app to manage this or worse still & jailbreak it

iiphone 4, ios 7.1.2

[Tonsko]

Tbh, IOS is pretty good at resource allocation. It will unload stuff out of ram if it needs it. There is also a logical argument that closing apps actually makes battery life worse:

http://lifehacker.com/quitting-apps-in-ios-actuall...

[Pvapour]

i'm not so sure its that good at resource allocation, half the reason for my requirement is the fact that safari gets very slow and has t restart other tabs constantly when your flicking between them, it only does this when lots 6+ apps are open, less than that & it jumps between tabs fine, it also closes skype if to many apps are open! why it cant close other less important apps (to me) i dont know, skype's the one i flick back n forth from loads.

[jmorgan]

IanA2 said:

I'm considering getting either a mini mac and screen or an iMac. Cant decide. The thunderbolt screen could be the clincher.

Anybody got experience of either/both. I've only ever had MBP's etc.

Experience in what way? Mini and the screen? Can't help there myself.

[IanA2]

jmorgan said:

IanA2 said:

I'm considering getting either a mini mac and screen or an iMac. Cant decide. The thunderbolt screen could be the clincher.

Anybody got experience of either/both. I've only ever had MBP's etc.

Experience in what way? Mini and the screen? Can't help there myself.

Experience in iMac as opposed to Mini Mac & screen.

[qube_TA]

I have their 27" TB screen on my Mac Pro, it's really rather lovely.

Need to get a second one, because that would be better.

Current Minis are decent spec too, worth a look.

However if you're buying a Mini & a TB screen, woudln't an iMac be a better buy?

[jmorgan]

I have not had a mac mini if that it the comparison but the iMac 21.5 (2013). Not missed a beat now and about a year in. Updated to Yosemite OK, few cosmetic niggles like the system font but it grows on you. One or two things to watch out for, e.g. 21.5 max the memory when buying, not user upgradable where as the 27 inch is upgradable.

Edit. I also went for the hybrid drive, 1TB with a 128 GB SSD, it shuffles apps and files in use to the SSD or something so the application runs faster. Very quick.

The magic mouse was an error, I meant to get the track pad but forgot to click the option for the track pad. But I have found the magic mouse an absolute dream to use. Even differentiate between a single finger and two finger swipe etc.

Edited by jmorgan on Thursday 27th November 10:29

[IanA2]

jmorgan said:

I have not had a mac mini if that it the comparison but the iMac 21.5 (2013). Not missed a beat now and about a year in. Updated to Yosemite OK, few cosmetic niggles like the system font but it grows on you. One or two things to watch out for, e.g. 21.5 max the memory when buying, not user upgradable where as the 27 inch is upgradable.

Thanks, I think it's going to come down to screen size in the end. Point re user upgradable mem noted.

[jmorgan]

To be honest I went for the 21 as I thought it would not fit, should have got the 27 on reflection. Also maxed the chip out to future proof as much as possible. Not seen it struggle yet.

[IanA2]

jmorgan said:

To be honest I went for the 21 as I thought it would not fit, should have got the 27 on reflection. Also maxed the chip out to future proof as much as possible. Not seen it struggle yet.

Yes, 21 v 27 is the decision I need to make, I'm going to have a look at both & then decide. I'll be going for maxed out versions of whatever I get. Was a bit shocked at the prices of mem & ssd upgrades on my MBP's.

Best done at time of purchase.

5K screen has been highly recommended.

[jmorgan]

Review of the 5K is in the latest Mac Format, not read it yet (on the iPad not paper). I also understand that the chips are PC proper chips not notebook chips yet the graphics card is a note book card, not sure on the 27 inch but I think the 27 has a better option for the top chip than the 21? No idea what real world difference is like.


Edit. This might be of use
http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/imac/

[IanA2]

jmorgan said:

Review of the 5K is in the latest Mac Format, not read it yet (on the iPad not paper). I also understand that the chips are PC proper chips not notebook chips yet the graphics card is a note book card, not sure on the 27 inch but I think the 27 has a better option for the top chip than the 21? No idea what real world difference is like.


Edit. This might be of use
http://www.macrumors.com/roundup/imac/

Thanks, I shall read....

[craigjm]

screen on my MBA has gone all strange. It did this a few weeks ago and cleared on its own after a few hours but its back. Looks like this -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH595zzAia4

Thats not my video but same thing. Cant find any solutions. Have tried resetting PRAM etc

[ClarkPB]

Suddenly my iPhone 5 won't connect to wifi at all anymore, has been working perfectly fine for weeks after upgrading to the latest IOS then this afternoon it just won't play ball. Tried every single suggestion on all the apple forums etc and short of backing my phone up and starting from new again I'm stuck. Really don't want to entirely reset my phone though to be honest!

[NDA]

ClarkPB said:

Suddenly my iPhone 5 won't connect to wifi at all anymore, has been working perfectly fine for weeks after upgrading to the latest IOS then this afternoon it just won't play ball. Tried every single suggestion on all the apple forums etc and short of backing my phone up and starting from new again I'm stuck. Really don't want to entirely reset my phone though to be honest!

I guess you've rebooted it?

My 6 occasionally won't connect to known networks. A reboot fixes.