Is genius good? I don't know it's never worked.

I have yet to get genius to work and at this point I'm ready to give up on it.
First I had the issue with "this person requires harvesting" I fixed that issue.
Then it wouldn't recognize my credit card details and the little security code even though its the same card I used with itunes and to buy the mac online.
Now its "we are currently experiencing technical difficulties" and wont even log in.
What up with this thing, why offer it if its riddled with issues?
My mac is only a couple of months old and everything is up to date.
Are there any solutions for this at all? getting a little tired of multiple issues with this supposed great function.

The exact same problems have happened for me. It *****...

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Hi!
I want to upgrade the graphics card in my 2006 Intel imac but I don't know what cards will work.
my specs are:
Processor Name:          Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed:          2 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
Memory:          2 GB
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon X1600

This is what I thought also. But, FWIW, someone in a similar thread in which I posted the same answer as Kappy, replied as follows:
This is not true iMacs use an mxm card it's also used in many laptops. You can buy cards on eBay and such and replace them my mxm 8800gs failed (really a gts) and I bought a used one with a ati 2600? Been a while so I'm not sure of the ati number. I did remove the card and put it in my iMac. I hate the urban myth that you can't change a card in an iMac is it's just not so. I do believe it has to be an apple card though and you might want to watch model compatibility.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2781236
Anyone know any more on this?

I need help! I have iPad mini and I can't use App Store. It always asking my credit card lnformation to download, but the apps I will download are free. I don't know how it will work again.

I need help!
I have iPad mini and I can't use App Store.
It always asking my credit card lnformation to download, but the apps I will download are free.
I don't know how it will work again.
Help me please!
Thank you.

You need to have a payment method on file. If the apps are free you will not be charged anything. Either enter your credit card information or purchase and enter an iTunes gift card.

SMTP SSL - Don't know if it's working properly or not (newbie)

Mail is currently working. I can send and receive with no problems at all.
In Mail>Advanced>Security I have these settings: IMAP/POP "Require" for SSL and SMTP to "USE".
But, if I change SMTP to "Require", addresses outside my domain cannot send to me.
User receives "Delivery Notification Failed", Diagnostic code: smtp;530 5.7.0 Must issue a STARTTLS command first.
Addresses on my domain, however, can send with no problem.
I get these messages in IMAP>Log:
TLS server engine: cannot load CA data
and:
starttls: TLSv1 with cipher AES128-SHA (128/128 bits reused) no authentication
I don't know what to make of this or how to fix.

But, if I change SMTP to "Require", addresses outside my domain cannot send to me.
Sure. You can't expect every other mail server to support SSL. Those that don't (probably the majority) won't be able to send mail to your domain since they can't initiate an SSL session.
You should either have SSL set to 'USE' and trust that your clients are setup correctly, or use a different port for your clients and leave the public port set to 'Use'.
TLS server engine: cannot load CA data
This is a separate, unrelated issue. It isn't clear from your post whether this happens when the server starts, when specific clients connect, or when any client connects. Can you post more of the log?

Please some genius that I don't know help me please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes I know that I reek of desperation, but I need major help. I have a fifth generation ipod video and it completely died this morning. It was pretty good on battery from what I can recall, but it would not turn on this morning it was just a blank screen. I did the whole slide the hold button back and forth and them press the menu and center button till the apple sign comes on but it is totally not working. I did it for ages on end. I also plugged into the computer, but itunes wouldn't recognize that there was an ipod plugged in and neither would the computer. Can anyone help me with this or am I just totally hopeless?

Check out this person's post. It cleared my problem.
iPod 5th Gen keeps turning on and off!! *
Posted: Oct 26, 2008 3:20 PM by: CadPat
I just held down Menu+Select, then quickly Select+Play/Pause then it put it into Disk mode then i just plugged it in and restored it!

TS3274 Two days and I still get Cannot connect to iTunes Store on my ipad. But wifi is good. Don't know how to correct this problem.

I have gone to day and still get "Cannot conect to itune store" message on my ipad. My wifi connection is very good. I can run Safari and get mail and run all other apps that require internet.

i have the same problem and all anyone does on the forum is to refer me to the same help page from apple whcich is of noe help at all. my wifi is fine everything on the ipad works and connects except to the apps and itunes. can someone give me some real advice please. this problem is driving me crazy. ive searched forum after forum and i cant find nay real answers. thanks

Don't know what kind of hard drive to buy

i'm looking to expand my computer. i'm way past the point of having no more space left and i've found some pretty good deals on 300+ GB hard drives, but i don't know which ones will work in my computer.
the hard drive currently in my computer is a 180GB ultra ATA/100 (7200 rpm)
the problem is that, aside from rpm (revolutions per minute), i have no idea what any of this means. does the drive i buy have to be ATA/100? or can i buy ann ATA/300? what is the difference? does the ultra ATA have anything to do with it? because some of them just say ATA, or serial ATA.
i really don't want to spend the money, have it shipped, and get it open only to find out that i bought one that won't work with my machine.
i'm sure the answer to this question is pretty obvious, but no one ever explained it to me, and i'm just becoming more confused trying to find the answer myself through google.
thank you in advance!

is a bus a port for a hard drive? cause i have four of those. a guy at the mac genius bar explained that to me once when my tower was open. showed me where everything was and kind of explained what it did. i can put four hard drives in my computer. but does that mean that there is a certain one of the three remaining slots i have to put the new hard drive in? because i'm keeping the old one as well. no sense in wasting 180G of space.
and since you obviously have a pretty good handle on this whole thing, which of these drives looks better to you?
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=928341
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=803402
i know the bigger one is also slightly less expensive, but it has 8MB while the other one is ten dollars more and 20G less, but has 16MB
how important is that, really? and can my computer even make use of it since it's pretty old?
thank you so much for all the help you've given so far.

If you don't know what to do anymore(Written by Bas)

If you don't know what to do anymore because drivers won't install, you might try this.
Hi there,
* This article is not really for newbies, but you might give it a try. *
* Read it thru the end before you do anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *
I was testing 3Dmark for the link Takki made, THANK YOU!!!!!
I did the following:
Tested with my MSI GF2Ti200 (patched to Quadra2Pro) and had a nice score....
Then I removed the drivers and changed the card to a Hercules Prophet 4500 (KyroII chipset), installed the drivers and done the test again, no problems....I THOUGHT!!!!
So I uninstalled the drivers again, and inserted the MSI GF2Ti200....
After the reboot of Win2000+SP2+Directx8.1+VIA4.38, I installed the latest nVidia drivers again, it detected my card as a Quadra2Pro (as it should) and I rebooted....
The DARN drivers wouldn't initialize!!! I had a nice ! in the driver....
So I thought, well no problem, we uninstall them again and try it again, same result.....
Then I thought, it must be the BIOS as I recently flashed the latest version, so I went back to 5.1 from 5.3 on my KT3-Ultra-ARU.....again nothing and the ! was there again.....
At this point I really started to hate nVidia (still do BTW)....
The next step I took, was refreshing the ACPI-compliant-system-driver (HAL), no problem you think? My idea exactly, but it told me that it could find some file or it was damaged.....no problem, we just reboot and it should be fine, again nada, njet, noppes, none....but now I had 2 of these damn !, one at the nVidia card and one at the HAL....
We don't give up, so I started to delete all the OEM*.INF files in the C:\WINNT\INF directory that are not related to the cards I have, but I also deleted the nVidia related.....
So I rebooted again, installed the nVidia drivers again (have tried old versions too) and again, nothing!, now I got really MAD
I know, I know, I should have just reinstalled the entire freaking Win2000 at this time, but I hate reinstalling and I won't be beaten by Microsoft
At this point, my brain was cooking now, I went to the hardware wizzard and choose to remove the ACPI-compliant-system-driver (translated from Dutch so it can differ a bit), and again another reboot.....
Now Windows got MAD at me!?!?!, it started to load a new ACPI compliant drivers and installed all the hardware over again, except for the nVidia drivers as they where deleted.....
Windows asked for the MSI CDrom a couple of times, but hey who am I to refuse this humbe request?
A dozen more reboots and all the drivers where installed again and the time had come to give the nVidia drivers another go....
After telling me to close the antivirus, don't know why? Never had any problems before! It asked me the same questions as you all get and seemed to install.....another reboot, yep Billy is very keen on rebooting
What the ?????, they work!!!!!
Gee man (woman), I have beaten the beast!
I hope this description will help others who have problems switching cards, you can allway's try this approach.
I learned from this experiance that the PnP in Windows is junk and you really need to remove the HAL to get it working again, next time I will go straight for this baby in order to get a good recognision of the hardware involved.
As Windows does strange things when this happens, it will even tell you that files are damaged or missing, when they are not....
I'm not sure if it will work in XP, but it does in Win2000.....give it a shot before you decide to reinstall....
As I think reinstalling doesn't get you anywhere and won't solve your problems, I know this is hard stuff, but you really feel pleased afterwards when you managed to solve it.
Bas.
BTW, I still don't like APIC 1.1/1.4, never used it on a single CPU and never will as it's faking you on interrupts
Check your BIOS start screen and you will find all the proof you need
To remove the HAL, you first need to go to the hardware device listing, there you look under system how your system is listed.
On my system this is ACPI Compliant System.
Then you go to the hardware wizzard and choose the option remove a device, after that you get a screen with lot's of devices, there you find the same (allmost) devicename, then you choose to remove that one.
After you reboot, wait a little as Windows seems to go nuts, just follow thru and you will have a brand new configured system.
Then try to install the devices that didn't want to install in the first place, you might be so lucky that they do install then.
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I suddenly have 2 people i never met and don't know showing up as 'shared' on my computer. this may have happened when i visited the genius bar with wifi but i can't seem to delete these 2 strangers.

I visited the genius bar at my mac store two weeks ago and now I notice two people I don't know are showing up as SHARED on my computer. This is really disturbing to me as I don't know if these people have access to my computer. Could this have happened because of the WIFI at the computer store? There are so many people there at once could it be this accidentally happened? AND HOW DO I GET RID OF THESE SHARED PEOPLE? I've tried to find a way to delete them but I can't find anything that allows that. Also can't 'drag' them to the trash. PLEASE HELP. Thanks.

They don't have any access to your computer. They were picked up on your Wi-Fi. If they are not currently being detected, then hold down the COMMAND key and drag the entries out of the sidebar.

Please a simple problem but I don't know how to solve it. After installing 16 gb of ram all is good but when I turn on the computer it is a window signaling that all is correct. How is possible to delete once and for all that window? Thank you

Please a simple problem but I don't know how to solve it. After installing 16 gb of ram all is good but when I turn on the computer it is a window signaling that all is correct. How is possible to delete once and for all that window? Thank you

Well then maybe you could take a screenshot because the appearance of such a window is news to me.
Also post your OS X version and what model Mac you have. The more detail, the better. Thanks.
To take a screenshot hold ⌘ Shift 4 to create a selection crosshair. Click and hold while you drag the crosshair over the area you wish to capture and then release the mouse or trackpad. You will hear a "camera shutter" sound. This will deposit a screenshot on your Desktop.
If you can't find it on your Desktop look in your Documents or Downloads folder.
When you post your response, click the "camera" icon above the text field:
This will display a dialog box which enables you to choose the screenshot file (remember it's on your Desktop) and click the Insert Image button.
⌘ Shift 4 and then pressing the space bar captures the frontmost window.
⌘ Shift 3 captures the entire screen.
Drag the screenshot to the Trash after you post your reply.

Hay. i change the screen LCD in IPAD 2 3G but i don't know what happen. She was working and every thing it's ok. One time i turn off the ipad and turn on more time, i don't see good in LCD the brightness is to low and i can see any thing

Hay. i change the screen LCD in IPAD 2 3G but i don't know what happen. She was working and every thing it's ok. One time i turn off the ipad and turn on more time, i don't see good in LCD the brightness is to low and i can see any thing!! and i want to know why is happen

Assuming you mean that you performed the repair yourself, it would seem that you either obtained a defective screen or you did some sort of damage when you replaced the screen. You can try asking for assistance on ifixit.com, a site dedicate to those attempting their own repairs, or you can take the iPad to a shop and pay them to try to correct the problem for you. Apple will no longer touch your iPad now that you've attempted your own repairs.
Regards.

Hi Apple! I am having a few problems with my 6 month old iPad mini (ios 7.1.1). I am using my iPad and then some time later it just restars! Don't know why and it just keeps doing it! Please fix or if I restore my iPad will it do any good? Thank you

Hi Apple! I am having a few problems with my 6 month old iPad mini (ios 7.1.1). I am using my iPad and then some time later it just restars! Don't know why and it just keeps doing it! Please fix or if I restore my iPad will it do any good? Thank you

Plug your iPad into your computer, open iTunes, and click Restore. This will reset your iPad to factory settings, so make sure everything important is stored safely. Once the restore is complete, do NOT restore from your backup.
If you still have problems, take the iPad to the Apple Store or another AASP (Apple Authorised Service Provider). If you're still within warranty, any service will be of no cost. Check your serial number here or find your receipt.
Hope I've helped!
PS: This is a peer-to-peer forum. Apple generally doesn't pay attention here.

My iPod touch was recently stolen, and I don't know how to locate it. What good would filing a police report with the serial number do?

I recently got my iPod touch fourth generation stolen. How do I get it back? I've heard of filing a police report and giving them my serial number, but what good would that do? I don't have any locater apps on it so I don't know what to do. Helpp!!!

If you did not set up Find My iPod on the unit before it was stolen, then there's no way to trace it. Whether filing a police report would accomplish anything I can't say, but it's all you can do. They might get lucky.
If you purchased the iPod with a credit card, check with your card issuer and ask if they offer any sort of loss/theft coverage. Some card programs do, and would replace the iPod for you.
Regards.

Yes my ipod touch 2nd generation 8gb wont turn on, i was on my way to my next class at school and it just randomly shut off, its been off ever sense and i don't know whats wrong, it had a good charge and i don't know what to do please help me

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Is genius good? I don't know it's never worked.

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