Goodbye ThinkPad - All Good Things Must Come To An End

I'll go back to my X31 until it falls apart, I suppose. As a former IBM employee, a real disappointment.

cscottrader wrote:
This, in spite of the fact that he acknowledged and appreciated the fact that I was a long-term customer. This, in spite of the fact that he agreed that they could send someone out, but he wasn't going to do that. That's the problem.
In your blog you accept you don't have an on-site service agreement. I can understand that after an allegedly failed repair it is not an unreasonable request that a follow up repair be carried out on-site rather than on a bring-in basis. However, a technichian can only replace the parts he has with him during on-site visits. At the depot there would be surely more resources for diagnosis etc.
I believe, and am only a party to your accounts of this, that the supervisor made a decision which would be , in the long run, better for both parties i.e. the best location to obtain a solution.
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Its been a wonderful run with Verizon Wireless, but all good things always come to an end :[

Dear Verizon,
I'm not sure if anyone would ever read this, but we've been a Verizon Wireless customer for over 10 years... I remember back in the day, my friends would have their phones from Cingular, T-Mobile, or Sprint and they'd always complain about their service coverage. With my head held high, I'd often let them use my old LG flip phone with "switchable" front/rear camera. It wasn't nearly until 6 years later I entered the era of data munching smart phones. Granted back then we had Verizon's unlimited data plan, and I loved it! I'd sit and watch youtube videos and tap at my phone screen for hours in a day. But all good things come to an end, Verizon started to end their unlimited contract, while our family held strongly to ours for another year or two; the ultimatum was given. Either keep our grandfathered data plan and never be able to upgrade our phones. Or be able to upgrade, but lose our data plan... Sadly we were assured by countless representatives that the average users rarely exceeded 2 GBs in a month, and thus our family agreed to let our existing plan go for the newer 'shared' tiered data system. It has been our greatest regret with Verizon, and for the last year or two we've been constantly keeping tabs of what we viewed on our nicest phones, how long we video chatted with friends. It feels that my phone hasn't been used the same ever since, and I frankly hate it. We've been using over our monthly limit for months in a row. In our family we share 20 GBs a month, but for the last couple months we had to extend it to the 30 GB a month plan, and the price is so unjustified.
I'm sad to say, that I'm no longer proud of Verizon's services anymore, it's been a great run. And its strange that those same friends that used to go to me when their phones no longer have data, it seems that I end up asking them to view content more than I should to preserve what precious data I have left...
Thanks for listening,
Jordan P.

The great thing about humans is we have something called choice.
To keep unlimited data or to get a subsidize device at 1/4 the cost of paying full price at $700 or more.
You could have paid full price and kept unlimited data. But you did not. Even though by paying higher for data overages each month would have been better spent on buying the phone outright.
You could have now bought tge phone on the 12 month payment plan and also kept unlimited data. (not syre how long ago you got the new devices, I think it was before the new payment plan came into affect)
Again it is something that was your choice. You really cannot blame Verizon for business decisions. Most other carriers are going the way of full device payment via different offerings, Companies like Sprint and T-Mobile have unlimited data and lower monthly costs but their build outs are not usually as large as Verizons coverage. Again its a choice, you have to either go to one of the other carriers for their offerings or stay with Verizon and choose what is more important to you.
Good Luck

All good things must/have come to an end...

Gang,
After five years, my iMac and my iPhone are just about done. I lost my iMac to a logic board and my iPhone well it is the original and it's on its death bed.
My questions: I will need a new phone first as I have to save up funds for a new Mac. All of my "stuff" from my old iMac is now sitting on an external hard drive. When I purchase a new iPhone, how do I get it all synced up and ready to go without a "home" computer? Is this possible or do I have to basically begin from scratch with the new iPhone?
Secondly, and this might be a stupid question but I will ask anyway. Is there any reason I shouldn't buy the 4? I've had some people say to stick with the 3GS as the 4 is still working out its issues. My personal opinion is to go with the 4 but I thought I'd at least ask...
Any information would be greatly appreciated! I can do without a computer for a while, but I need to get the phone issue squared away.
Chad

You have to use a computer to activate the phone. I believe Apple stores can do the activation for you, but I'm not sure if AT&T stores can as well.
As for your personal data, if you can borrow a friend's Mac, temporarily set up an account on it and point iTunes to your external hard drive, you could get your old iPhone backed up and the new one restored from the backup. Otherwise, you'll have to wait till you have a new machine.
Apps can be redownloaded for free, but music cannot.
~Lyssa

FaceTime is not working on my iPad. I've updated my iPad to the latest version of I0S and tried all the things that come up when I do a Google search. Any ideas? Thanks

FaceTime is not working on my iPad. I've updated my iPad to the latest version of I0S and tried all the things that come up when I do a Google search. Any ideas? Thanks

Have you tried the troubleshooting advice here:
If you can't make or receive FaceTime calls - Apple Support
If you get an error when trying to activate iMessage or FaceTime - Apple Support
What exactly is not working?

"Necrobumping" can be a good thing

I just saw this thread in the "new posts" list.
I think it's a good thing that raj7095 posted the information that he did. Presumably that thread came up when searching for ways to install .deb packages on Arch. The information about dpkg in the AUR may help others who come across the same thread after a similar search in the future.
The "no necrobumping" policy has gone a bit overboard. It makes sense when someone posts questions in dead threads or solutions to extinct problems, but not when someone adds useful information which may still be relevant to anyone who finds the thread. Arch forum threads come up in many internet searches for specific questions. They're useful sources of information and many of them remain relevant for years or longer because they don't deal with anything too temporally specific (e.g.. bugs in older versions).
Note that I'm not criticizing tomk. He's just enforcing the policy as he's expected to do and most of the mods would probably have done the same thing.
Not all zombies are bad.
Last edited by Xyne (2010-03-28 19:03:25)

rson451 wrote:
I doubt anyone is going to put the time in to patch the bbs software to implement that, nor will the admins want to have to maintain it when they can just use the vanilla upstream defaults.
I personally am against necroposting. Even if you don't count the posts that are people asking if the solution was ever found to a two year old problem, posts that do have answers are generally completely wrong or are irrelevant to the OP because of how software changes over time.
^ As often happens, I agree with rson451.
A few things I would like to add:
1. The current practice and guidelines for necrobumping were inherited by the current forum moderation team. The policy was predicated by our predecessors.
2. The logic and practical application of the guideline hinges on the size of the moderation team in proportion to the size of the community, as well as the limitation of the forum software in its vanilla state.
Allowing necrobumping creates more work for the team, and would further necessitate the ability to split threads in order to fairly and effectively moderate them.
3. The community immediately and invariably reports necrobumps.
The vast majority of forum reports are to alert us, not to spam or abuse, but to necrobumps.
I realize that there is no perfect solution. However, those that believe that necrobumping can be a good thing must also realize that they are in the position of telling me what they need, whereas I am in the position of, "I'm telling you what I've got."
As far as google searches, I think it is a bit unfair to bring that into the conversation. Whichever results are yielded from a google or forum search, it is ultimately the human being who must discriminate amongst data to arrive at whatever is the most relevant, (and current).
In my view, the community seems to be generally in favor of the current practice, which though imperfect, seems to be working.
I am also open to further discussion, though.

Hey i have a normal i phone 4 and have just done all the iTunes, macbook and iphone updates and i can not get the devices thing to come up in the tab on the left in iTunes. and i have done that itunes trouble shooting thing with no luck.. plz help

i just cant get the devices thing to come up in the tab on the left. i am pretty sure everything is up to date and the phone is charging through the mac book usb port. i have also tried this link http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1591 that all the google searches take me to but it no help. i am not very good with computers so spastic easy language would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance

Welcome to the Apple Community.
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iCloud account on your iOS device, you need to delete the account from your iOS device first, then add it back using your updated details. (Settings > iCloud, scroll down and hit "Delete Account")
Providing you are simply updating your existing details and not changing to another account, when you delete your account, all the data that is synced with iCloud will also be deleted from the device (but not from iCloud), but will be synced back to your device when you login again.
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iCloud account on your computer, you need to sign out of the account from your computer first, then sign back in using your updated details. (System Preferences > iCloud, click the sign out button)
In order to change your Apple ID or password for your iTunes account on your iOS device, you need to sign out from your iOS device first, then sign back in using your updated details. (Settings > store, scroll down and tap your ID)
If you are using iMessages or FaceTime, you will also need to log out and into your ID there too.

I am a Windows Vista User. I updated my iTunes Version 10.3. Then, when I re-opened my iTunes, all files were gone! Good thing I consolidated the files and just imported the files again. But, this happens every time I close and open my iTunes. Help?

I am a Windows Vista User. I updated my iTunes Version 10.3. Then, when I re-opened my iTunes, all files were gone! Good thing I consolidated the files and just imported the files again. But, this happens every time I close and open my iTunes. Help?

In iTunes 11 uncheck the preferences setting in in the iTunes Preferences panel "Advanced > Copy Files to iTunes Media folder when adding to Library"

HI, I bought my iphone 5 from you guys. all good apart from one thing, FACETIME is totally missing from my phone and its not there in my settings too. kindly advise with the reason or if there any upgrades to be done. Many Thanks, Chamara Kodagoda

HI,
I bought my iphone 5 from you guys (online Apple Store). all good apart from one thing, FACETIME is totally missing from my phone and its not there in my settings too. kindly advise with the reason or if there any upgrades to be done.
Many Thanks,
Chamara Kodagoda

We are all iphone userss just like you. You did not buy your iphone from us.
You are not addressing Apple here at all.
Did you buy the iphone ins the Middle East? If so, it will never have facetime. It is not allowed by the government.

Where did debug console come from and is it a good thing?, Where did debug console come from and is it a good thing?

Where did debug console come from and is it a good thing? Should I keep it on?

Unless you are a programmer or web developer, it really serves no purpose. To turn it off, open the Settings app and select Safari, Advanced (scroll down to get to it), slide the button to turn it off.

A swipe up on minimized app to terminate/close - not a good thing

I am assuming this is a very new feature (because I can't find it anywhere, web posted or in tutorials). If you swipe up from on a running app when they are minimized it will terminate/close (as if doing a trash dump - recedes up getting smaller as if vanishing). (as opposed to having to hit the 'x'). I don't think this is a particularily good thing... Being new to the Playbook I was swiping every which way, but then things would close every once in a while, and I thought they were bugs (and wondering if the PB was worth keeping). If the PB is going to have such a swipe feature then it should be an option setting. (nothing more annoying then having a browser close on you when you have got something important on it)

MikeLeone wrote:
So don't. Set LR to automatically write to XMP, and forget about
it.
I have made that adjustment to the settings, it's all happening automatically now
It is more that I looked at LightRoom as something like bridge, in that it 'explores' real folders and files, but it doesn't do that at all!
It seems like it is doing that, the same as it seems like it is making adjustments to our photographic images, but infact it is not!
That is what I mean by "unusual concept".
In any application that explores files and folders, the things that you do to the files and folders is done when you do it, you do not have to expressly 'save your changes' because it has already been done. LR works with a catalogue, or a facsimilie of the files and folders, it is quite different to other applications that I have used (there are probably lots of applications that do the same but not that I have used or heard of).
Anyway, the work is starting to flow again now, and I am looking forward to the ability to search for those long remembered but never seen of again images that we must all have or have had at any rate.
Cheery o
Peter
http://www.pictures-of-paradise.com
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Make all open finder windows come to the front?

Things that used to be so simple on the Mac are now so complicated.
I have a bunch of finder windows open. Most of them are hidden behind other application windows, like my browser.
I used to be able to click anywhere on the desktop to make all windows come to the front. No longer. Later, I could do it by mousing all the way over to the Dock and clicking on the Finder icon there. Now even that doesn't work!
How the heck do you simply make all open finder windows come to the front???

DrBeckenstein:What to use in its place though?The utilities of choice for Mac OS X are Tech Tool Pro and Disk Warrior. Both of these pick up where Disk Utility leave off. When DU reports errors it cannot repair, you turn to one or the other of these two. Many Mac users like Disk Warrior for it excellent work in repairing and rebuilding directories. I use TTP because it not only does excellent work with directories, but it also does hardware checks, disk optimization, files checks, eDrive (emergency boot drive) etc. In the long run, though, it is largely a matter of personal preference.
Again, I don't know what maintenance procedures you employ, but our Systems get rather sluggish sometimes as caches fill up, preference files become corrupted, the need for Unix maintenance allow CRONs to build up. Here are a few sites that offer good suggestions and links to resources:
1. Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
2. Maintaining Mac OS X
3. Mac OS X: How to force background maintenance tasks (logs and temporary items)
4. http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=607640&#607640
I mentioned in my earlier post that if the problem is essentially with one application you can go into Home Folder > Library > Preferences, find the .plis for that application, drag it to the desktop and restart. Check to see if that makes a difference. If it doesn't you can replace the new .plist created with the one on the desktop, or just drag the desktop copy to the Trash.
In your situation I would run Repair Disk from the install CD, then implement some of the suggestions on maintenance.
One other thing to note: a too full HDD can cause problems. If it is over 50% full it could need disk optimization. If have near 85% of available capacity used, you are running a risk not only of compromised performance, but also of directory overlapping and, eventually of a crash.
Good luck.
cornelius

Uprgraded to yosemite all good but iphoto crashes every time I attempt to upgrade the photo library

Hi all,
This is driving me insane.
I have uprgraded to yosemite all good but iphoto crashes every time I attempt to upgrade the photo library:-
I have upgraded to yosemite 3 times in case thats where there problem was - no.
I removed and reinstalled the new iphoto program about 5 times - no avail.
I have installed iphoto library upgrader but it says that my library does not need it.
I have installed iphoto9.1 update but it states that it cannot be installed on the disc as iphoto 9.0 or later must be installed but i have installed the latest version?
I have even upgraded the server and i paid for this.
When i open iphoto in applications it will open then state that i need to upgrade the library - i am happy to do this.
I agree to this then iphoto crashes and closes before doing anything else.
I have also tried holding the option button and opening iphoto but it crashes all the same.
I am at a loss what to do. I could not access my library at all but i managed to find all my pics in finder so i have backed everything up and deleted all the files in the hope this would fix it - nope. Still the same.
Does anyone have any suggestions?? Please oh please, this has taken days and countless wifi hours...
TIA...

Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. (In early versions of Library Manager it's the File -> Rebuild command. In later versions it's under the Library menu.)
This will create an entirely new library. It will then copy (or try to) your photos and all the associated metadata and versions to this new Library, and arrange it as close as it can to what you had in the damaged Library. It does this based on information it finds in the iPhoto sharing mechanism - but that means that things not shared won't be there, so no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your events, albums and keywords, faces and places back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one.

Fire fox crashes and freezes if i use it too much (kind of a good thing). For example if i use stumble fire fox will start to slow down then freeze completely. Does anyone have a solution or should i just switch to chrome?

Fire fox crashes and freezes if i use it too much (kind of a good thing). For example if i use stumble fire fox will start to slow down then freeze completely. I am using windows XP pro and a pretty decent computer. All software is up to date and i do no have a virus. I have even tried to disable my add-ons and plug-ins but it did not make a difference. Does anyone have a solution or should i just switch to chrome?

Please provide a crash id -> https://developer.mozilla.org/en/How_to_get_a_stacktrace_for_a_bug_report
Do the issues still occur if you start Firefox in Safe Mode? http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode

HI, I just got a Macbook Pro. It's great but my mail doesn't work at all. It will come up correctly, but take forever to download messages, then won't delete them, then won't save them to folders. Then when I go to quit mail it's like it gets stuck.

HI, I just got a Macbook Pro. It's great but my mail doesn't work at all. It will come up correctly, but take forever to download messages, then won't delete them, then won't save them to folders. Then when I go to quit mail it's like it gets stuck between quitting and not. I have to force quit, then restart my computer if I want to pull up my mail again. How can I fix this?

If you just got your new MBP you have phone support from Apple (which is quite good) call them. 800-692-7753 tell the automated answerer "mail technical support" you'll have human quite quickly. Hope this helps.

My new iPod has now crashed and is unusable after updating it. Don't update. I just lost the only good thing I have because of them pushing me into it.

My new iPod has been updated. I was pushed into it. So then I thought "it could use one it could improve it". I read as much as the terms and conditions as I could read that was understandable. And now it's been less then two days and my iPod is now practically useless. Don't update your iPod. It was the only good thing I had. I pleded and pleded to my parents for weeks and save up for weeks to get one. And now it's not even a year old and I've lost it. I can't afford to get a new one. And I can't afford to loose this one. i worked hard every day all day For months to be able to even get a quarter of what i needed. And my parents agreed to pay for the rest and it was my Christmas present. i was extremely happy. It's the best thing that I have and I've lost it because of an update Apple pushed me into. Now they won't help me.
my iPod is freezing every 5-10 minutes for long periods of time. It is:
freezing
the keyboard board is lacking severely
lags through out ipod
i cannot play games as it lags then freezes.
my screen is pressing where I don't press it.
it becomes very excruciatingly slow
I Cannot write to fast or it freezes and i have to re start
Im not getting told when I have notifications (such as emails)
i cannot use facebook, games, Safari. Email, messenger and a few others with out my iPod crashing.
i Cannot use the iPod properly at all.
it can take up to 10 minutes for my camera to work. It usually takes 1 minute or more.
the camera freezes or wont take a photo when I press
it freezes on panorama or worn take panoramas.
it has trouble even trying to get the lock screen up.
and best of all of it. I can never tell when I'm going to be screwed by Apple.

Try:
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

Goodbye ThinkPad - All Good Things Must Come To An End

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