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NESguerilla posted:Anyone else have a 2011 iMac that frequently drops the wireless signal? I've called Apple and my ISP and neither seems to help. It's super annoying. What kind of router is it hooked up to?
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My 2010 iMac recently stopped automatically acquiring my Wi-Fi network; I think with 10.7.4. It's pretty frustrating because I never had the Wi-Fi issues with Apple machines that people frequently complain about, and I always attributed it to the fact that I use Apple routers as well so everything played nicely. But now whenever I turn on my iMac it doesn't automatically join the network and I have to select it from the drop-down menu. A clean install of Lion and then combo update to 10.7.4 didn't change a thing. Hopefully Mountain Lion corrects the issue.
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Jun 26, 2012 22:05
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:My 2010 iMac recently stopped automatically acquiring my Wi-Fi network; I think with 10.7.4. It's pretty frustrating because I never had the Wi-Fi issues with Apple machines that people frequently complain about, and I always attributed it to the fact that I use Apple routers as well so everything played nicely. But now whenever I turn on my iMac it doesn't automatically join the network and I have to select it from the drop-down menu. A clean install of Lion and then combo update to 10.7.4 didn't change a thing. Hopefully Mountain Lion corrects the issue. I switched over to an Airport Extreme this weekend and now my 2008 Macbook Pro is doing the exact same thing. The network at work connects normally, but I have to pick the one at home from the menu. Very frustrating, but hopefully you're right about Mountain Lion.
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Jun 26, 2012 22:34
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That's pretty weird as I have a mid-2009 MacBook and an 11-inch MacBook Air both running 10.7.4 that never have an issue with a 3rd generation AEBS. And both laptops frequently have to switch to using a Clear 4G portable hotspot.. Did you guys try making the AEBS N-only?
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Jun 26, 2012 22:34
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:My 2010 iMac recently stopped automatically acquiring my Wi-Fi network; I think with 10.7.4. It's pretty frustrating because I never had the Wi-Fi issues with Apple machines that people frequently complain about, and I always attributed it to the fact that I use Apple routers as well so everything played nicely. But now whenever I turn on my iMac it doesn't automatically join the network and I have to select it from the drop-down menu. A clean install of Lion and then combo update to 10.7.4 didn't change a thing. Hopefully Mountain Lion corrects the issue. My friend's 2010 iMac did this exact same thing and nothing - NOTHING - would fix it.
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Jun 26, 2012 22:38
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Binary Badger posted:That's pretty weird as I have a mid-2009 MacBook and an 11-inch MacBook Air both running 10.7.4 that never have an issue with a 3rd generation AEBS. And both laptops frequently have to switch to using a Clear 4G portable hotspot.. I'm not going to start modifying my network setup to try to chase down an issue that Apple introduced. My iMac's Wi-Fi served me well until a few weeks ago.
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Jun 26, 2012 23:45
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We gots like 20 Macs and we don't have any issues. wap4410n running G and N I've been lucky enough to never have any issues with personal machines either.
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Jun 26, 2012 23:49
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Bob Morales posted:We gots like 20 Macs and we don't have any issues. If Mountain Lion doesn't fix it, I'll truck it into the Apple Store. edit: Apple even released updates for my model to fix the issue that I never had. Maybe I'll see if I can remove that somehow. It looks like it was a 10.7.3 update though, and I don't see it as an entry in Software Update so it must have been part of the 10.7.4 combo. Star War Sex Parrot fucked around with this message at 23:52 on Jun 26, 2012 |
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Jun 26, 2012 23:50
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:I'm not disputing that people can have perfectly fine wireless configurations, but thank you for the worthless anecdotal information. I was one of those folks who for years had no Wi-Fi issues while other folks complained in this thread about bad Wi-Fi. But something Apple did recently hosed up my 2010 iMac. I'm aware that it's not an uncommon issue for people, I just haven't seen it personally.
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Jun 27, 2012 00:04
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gypsyshred posted:I had no idea that new hardware was so soon, that's good to know. As far as my PC rig, I don't want to compare apples and oranges, as I intend them for different things. Its a semi custom gaming rig that I intend to still use for gaming and movies on the TV, OSX just looks more convenient for everything else. The heaviest lifting I expect to do is audio, multitrack mixing, low latency input for guitars, that kind of thing. The laptops are priced out of my budget, but throwing a mini, a keyboard, a mouse, and a monitor in the car shouldn't be that big of a deal. With a mini, how well does it support multiple monitors in extended desktop? My main concern* would be the drive speed affecting performance (whether the system itself in general or when doing your audio stuff). One nice thing with a new model would be USB 3 so you could hook up big fast cheap enclosures. *Of course I say that knowing nothing about CPU requirements you'll need, or which models you're choosing between.
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Jun 27, 2012 00:09
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Dr Solway Garr posted:On that note, what's up with basically 0 third party programs being updated for the display so far? Is it just too early?
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Jun 27, 2012 00:27
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:
I had the same symptoms as what you're describing, and it turned out to be one of the Airport Express (N) stations on the network was frizzing out, and when going to isolation with just one Airport Extreme, the issue resolved. Took literally days of work to find out what the cause was. Good luck, it's utterly infuriating. 
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Jun 27, 2012 00:44
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I had SWSP's exact issues with 2 Airs and 2 2008/2009 iMacs all running 10.7.4. Never had issues with SL. A switch to a 2011 Time Capsule helped in that they all now connect automatically but still strangely ask which network to join.
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Jun 27, 2012 01:08
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:My 2010 iMac recently stopped automatically acquiring my Wi-Fi network; I think with 10.7.4. It's pretty frustrating because I never had the Wi-Fi issues with Apple machines that people frequently complain about, and I always attributed it to the fact that I use Apple routers as well so everything played nicely. But now whenever I turn on my iMac it doesn't automatically join the network and I have to select it from the drop-down menu. A clean install of Lion and then combo update to 10.7.4 didn't change a thing. Hopefully Mountain Lion corrects the issue.  I guess we will find out if this will happen with other apple laptops.
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Jun 27, 2012 01:36
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DaNzA posted:Oh god was it with that AEBS? And have you had the same issues with other devices? Or it's just the iMac?
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Jun 27, 2012 02:14
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I guess you guys need to wire up the gigabit 
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Jun 27, 2012 03:56
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Nope I use my Time Capsule to serve Wi-Fi.
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Jun 27, 2012 04:00
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Can I use a Time Capsule to extend wifi? I don't even know if that's a real thing, but it'd be cool if I could have my Time Capsule downstairs while my regular wifi router is upstairs, and generally boost the signal around the place. Is this a thing or am I dumb? (could be both!  )
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Jun 27, 2012 04:06
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Digital Jesus posted:Can I use a Time Capsule to extend wifi? I don't even know if that's a real thing, but it'd be cool if I could have my Time Capsule downstairs while my regular wifi router is upstairs, and generally boost the signal around the place. Is this a thing or am I dumb? (could be both! MrEnigma posted:I guess you guys need to wire up the gigabit You can click the link above, then scroll up to see my wiring cabinet.
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Jun 27, 2012 04:15
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Anyone have had used the 2011 Air and the 2012 Air now and be willing to shed light on any major differences with performance, and if it's really at all noticeable?
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Jun 27, 2012 04:23
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:My new house came wired to every room, but the iMac's not on the correct wall. My iMac in my office is on the wrong wall as well I just got a 30' off white cable and ran it along the base (there is furniture covering almost all of it thankfully).I pulled two cat5e lines to every room in the house, and then some, which resulted in about ~32 lines dropped in to the downstairs furnace room (has all mechanicals in it). Put the router in it, and couldn't get wifi on the other side of the house Using a AEBS.So I used some fish line to snake two cat5 to the closet under the stairs (center of the house) and mounted the AEBS on the ceiling. Wifi works great in every room now. Next challenge is getting it to the garage for some airplay action on some outdoor/garage speakers. Edit: It's a bit messy right now since my HDTV antenna is messing it up, but I'll try to get a few photos. Edit2: Patch Panel w/ 16 port gigabit switch, plus shelf with NAS/HDHomeRun/Cable Modem/UPS  AEBS up under the stairs. 
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Jun 27, 2012 04:29
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FlashBangBob posted:Anyone have had used the 2011 Air and the 2012 Air now and be willing to shed light on any major differences with performance, and if it's really at all noticeable? This isn't scientific in the least, but a friend of mine picked up a 2012 13" MBA, and in general use I couldn't tell a difference between it and my (now sold) 2011 11" MBA. I didn't attempt anything that would tax the GPU, though, which is where the real difference would lie. Unless you're really hampered by the HD 3000 in the 2011 model, I wouldn't really see a point to upgrading, especially since I'd wager next year's update will have retina displays available.
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Jun 27, 2012 04:45
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If you use external drives much (and aren't willing to shell out for Thunderbolt), USB 3 should be a nice improvement.
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Jun 27, 2012 05:03
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Are the c2d MacBooks still pretty decent for basic stuff? I know mountain lion is out of the question but do they run lion pretty well? I needed a small laptop for school and my sister offered me her old black MacBook. I thought about throwing a small SSD in it and getting a new battery. I just need pages/browsing really basic stuff maybe some small coding/dev stuff. Any tips or suggestions?
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Jun 27, 2012 06:03
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Plorkyeran posted:The documentation is minimal and terrible, and since they don't advertise that you can use HiDPI on older macs and haven't even delivered all of the release day orders, a lot of developers probably haven't even started updating programs. WWDC sessions since 2005 have said "Be ready for HiDPI" and "Use Quartz Debug to enable UI resolution". Yes, the specifics of supporting HiDPI have changed over the years, but the idea of needing to be ready for it (or having the tools to test it) has hardly been a giant secret. There are certainly a lot of tricky things to work through depending on the specific APIs one is using. But most savvy Mac devs should know about HiDPI testing by now.
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Jun 27, 2012 06:09
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Nask26 posted:Are the c2d MacBooks still pretty decent for basic stuff? I know mountain lion is out of the question but do they run lion pretty well? I needed a small laptop for school and my sister offered me her old black MacBook. I thought about throwing a small SSD in it and getting a new battery. I just need pages/browsing really basic stuff maybe some small coding/dev stuff. Any tips or suggestions? I would probably stick to 10.6, in fact. Before you buy anything potentially expensive like batteries/RAM/SSD/new OS, make sure you compare that cost to the price of say a refurbished MBA less the cost of selling the old MacBook as-is. Quite possibly you will find that for only a little bit more you could get a brand new laptop that will be faster, have warranty, and lighter. edit: refurbished 2011 MBAs start at $759.
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Nask26 posted:... my sister offered me her old black MacBook. I thought about throwing a small SSD in it and getting a new battery. I did this and it was great. The only thing you'll notice is that fancy Mission Control animations will be slightly lower framerate. Depending on the model it may accept 6GB (2+4) of RAM, too. CS5 ran fine. If you're going above and beyond, clean out the fan and maybe put fresh thermal grease on the CPU heat spreader. Should last quite a while. ^^^ edit: what this guy said. I actually sold the upgraded rig and got an MBA just a couple months after. I wasn't partial to the yellowed screen and creaky plastic chassis, but I'm spoiled.
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Jun 27, 2012 06:17
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I'd love a MBA, were about to close on a house so there is no way to convince the wife to spend more on one. I'm getting the Macbook for free and I have ram from my old original CD MBP that should work. I have a pretty nice laptop that I use at home but its a bit too big to be lugging around campus all day and the battery life is pretty bad. I have to buy a battery and the SSD would be awesome if I could find a used small one. I can manage it being a little bit slower, i just didn't want to waste my money on a system that is going to be a pain in the rear end to use heh!
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Jun 27, 2012 06:56
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Nask26 posted:I'd love a MBA, were about to close on a house so there is no way to convince the wife to spend more on one. I'm getting the Macbook for free and I have ram from my old original CD MBP that should work. I have a pretty nice laptop that I use at home but its a bit too big to be lugging around campus all day and the battery life is pretty bad. I have to buy a battery and the SSD would be awesome if I could find a used small one. I can manage it being a little bit slower, i just didn't want to waste my money on a system that is going to be a pain in the rear end to use heh!
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Jun 27, 2012 08:24
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I didn't realize I've had my MBA for 15 days already, I guess that means i'm keeping it! 
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Jun 27, 2012 08:49
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FlashBangBob posted:Anyone have had used the 2011 Air and the 2012 Air now and be willing to shed light on any major differences with performance, and if it's really at all noticeable? The jump is small to the point that upgrading to a 2012 is pretty pointless. If you have one the much older ones like the older Core 2 models it makes sense to upgrade but going from Sandy Bridge->Ivy Bridge is not a massive increase in performance. Ivy Bridge does also improve 3D game performance by a good amount but for most laptop applications such as media you will not notice a big difference.
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Over lunch yesterday, I happened to visit our local Carbon Computing store ( a small Canadian Mac-specific reseller ), mainly to gauge the 13" Air's screen over the MPB 15" I have now. After a brief conversation with the salesperson over whether they stocked some CTO options that the Apple store normally wouldn't (they don't really), I couldn't think of a single reason why that store continues to exist. They do sell used Macs, but prices are better on Kijiji or Craigslist, and adding insult to injury, these guys are next to a bus stop that takes you directly to the local mall with an Apple store (Kitchener/Waterloo). It's funny to watch the lack of creative adaptation of some re-sellers versus others (OWC as a success story). The Apple store is pretty great for most platform needs, but maybe there are niches these 3rd parties can fill? Maybe they can do killer repair service or offer in-home support?
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Jun 27, 2012 13:08
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krooj posted:Over lunch yesterday, I happened to visit our local Carbon Computing store ( a small Canadian Mac-specific reseller ), mainly to gauge the 13" Air's screen over the MPB 15" I have now. After a brief conversation with the salesperson over whether they stocked some CTO options that the Apple store normally wouldn't (they don't really), I couldn't think of a single reason why that store continues to exist. They do sell used Macs, but prices are better on Kijiji or Craigslist, and adding insult to injury, these guys are next to a bus stop that takes you directly to the local mall with an Apple store (Kitchener/Waterloo). All the small Mac shops in my area (that don't exist anymore) used to make all thier money selling to businesses and schools.
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Jun 27, 2012 13:12
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Bob Morales posted:All the small Mac shops in my area (that don't exist anymore) used to make all thier money selling to businesses and schools. Makes sense. I guess for Canada and some parts of the US, there's a case for these 3rd parties in more remote cities/towns, where shipping the computer out for repair is a pain in the rear end.
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krooj posted:Makes sense. I guess for Canada and some parts of the US, there's a case for these 3rd parties in more remote cities/towns, where shipping the computer out for repair is a pain in the rear end. Same thing here, I'm at least 2 hours from an Apple store in either direction When one of our iMacs had the HD go bad, it was easier to just buy one and replace it ourselves.
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Jun 27, 2012 14:18
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Anyone ever use the NuPower replacement batteries that OWC and a couple other places sell?
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Jun 27, 2012 15:25
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Bob Morales posted:Same thing here, I'm at least 2 hours from an Apple store in either direction Bob Morales posted:Anyone ever use the NuPower replacement batteries that OWC and a couple other places sell?
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Jun 27, 2012 16:50
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Bob Morales posted:Anyone ever use the NuPower replacement batteries that OWC and a couple other places sell? I had one of these in my 13" Core 2 Duo Whitebook. It seemed to work just fine and looked identical to the Apple OEM one.
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Jun 27, 2012 16:52
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Rumors have it that Apple will be launching a 13in Retina Macbook Pro sometime in the Fall. They say it will have integrated graphics. Can someone who understands these things a little better than I do shed some light on how well an integrated graphics chip will be able to push so many pixels? Tech blogs seem to indicate the HD4000 is a big jump over the HD3000, so maybe games would be possible? I really only play Civ5. I just think the 15in is too big for me. I had a Mac Mini running an HD3000 integrated graphics chip and was able to do two 1900x1200 monitors (4.56m pixels) under normal conditions easily, though games were a no-go. A retina 13in screen, if they use the Air's 13in resolution of 1440x900 but make it retina, would have 5.18m pixels. Without any technical knowledge of how these integrated GPUs work, it seems like the difference of .5m pixels shouldn't be too big of a deal. Someone with some technical knowledge please shed some light~
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chupacabraTERROR posted:Rumors have it that Apple will be launching a 13in Retina Macbook Pro sometime in the Fall. They say it will have integrated graphics. Can someone who understands these things a little better than I do shed some light on how well an integrated graphics chip will be able to push so many pixels? Tech blogs seem to indicate the HD4000 is a big jump over the HD3000, so maybe games would be possible? I really only play Civ5. I just think the 15in is too big for me. They'll use the 1280x800 resolution and make it Retina, and with scaling you'll be able to hit 1440x900 I would imagine. So you're looking at 2560x1600
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