Shocks when going through airport security

I have noticed time after time that when I put my aluminum unibody McBP through the airport x-ray machine I get a whopping static shock when I touch the case on the other side. Is this damaging to the machine, and how can I prevent it? I have little enough hair as it is.

Do you have the computer resting on a case or sleeve or something? I googled "what comes out of x-rays?" and this page came up: http://www.ehow.com/about4678475what-radiation-comes-out-xrays.html
I looked at Wikipedia's page on electromagnetic radiation. Here is the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_radiation
Could this possibly be the reason for the shocks? It sounds justifiable to me. I dunno though. I hope this helps.

Similar Messages

Battery flattens when going through Airport Securi...

On a recent trip abroad whilst taking my Nokia 5230 for the first time I noticed once it passed through the security scanner, with the phone switched on, when I went to use it the battery was completely flat. I had only charged it the night before. Exactly the same happened on my return journey. Obviously the phone was not on my person but in my hand luggage in the tray provided.
Fortunately I had my N78 with me and this was unaffected. Next time I go abroad I'll switch on my 5230 before it goes through the security scanner. Just wonder if that will make any difference. Has this happened to anyone else?

You would perhaps expect an increase in power consumption of device trying to maintain signal within airport confines but not to this degree.
Happy to have helped forum with a Support Ratio = 42.5

When going through photos how can i see if they are in an album

when going through photos how can i see if they are in an album

~Not quite the same but you can find all the images that are not in an album (or vice versa) with a Smart Album.
File -> New Smart Album
Album -> is not -> Any

When going through the download process with social monkee and getting to the point of adding it to firefox I get the following message: 'Social Monkee could not be installed because firefox cannot modify the needed file'. How can this be fixed?

When going through the download process with social monkee and getting to the point of adding it to firefox I get the following message: 'Social Monkee could not be installed because firefox cannot modify the needed file'. How can this be fixed?

That is usually caused by a missing unpack directive (<em:unpack>true</em:unpack>) in the file install.rdf of that extension.
See https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Updating_extensions_for_Firefox_4.0#XPI_unpacking
-----

My iphone 5 is in disabled status but when going through the recovery process it asks for the SIM pin but I cannot access the screen as the phone wont connect to the activation server not the screen to unlock the SIM. What do I do?

My iphone 5 is in disabled status but when going through the recovery process it asks for the SIM pin but I cannot access the screen as the phone wont connect to the activation server not the screen to unlock the SIM. What do I do?

That's usually a symptom of a phone that was hacked or jailbroken to unlock it.

Ipod crashes after going through airport x ray security

Every time after my 3rd generation ipod classic goes through the airport security x ray unit, and then I subsequently connect it to my Mini, the ipod crashes and I have to reset my ipod. Does anyone know why?

You would have to turn the iPad On. Don't believe it would hurt the iPad. The only problem might be that you would be setting the exposure in the lighted area & the Xray machine is probably dark inside.
But I would ask one of the TSA persons first. They might not allow it. They might not like the blinking red light.
 Cheers, Tom

RoboHelp Server 8 Not Displaying All TOCs When Going through the Engine

Hello,
We recently upgraded from X5 to X8 and imported and converted our X5 project to X8 without any problems. After our conversion, we are having TOC issues.
Here is our issue. Not all of our TOCs are displaying when we veiw our project through the engine, but if we view the project directly (without) going through the engine all of our TOCs display correctly. I've tried creating a new TOC and checking the Copy existing Table of Content box and deleting the old TOC and that did not work. I removed the following characters in the TOC (&, <, >,) and that did not work. I also tried deleting a book with topic pages within the book and re-creating the book and adding the topic pages in the book and no solution. It seems like i've tried everything to resolve our issue and nothing has worked so far.Our books have topic pages linked to it.
I've searched the forums and i have not seen anyone else with the same issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Hi Ian,
Just zip them up and send them to me in a private message.
Tulika.

Saving Apple pw when going through App Store?

I keep my password rather complicated when downloading through the app store on my ipod touch 4g and just wondering if there's a way to keep the password auto-stored like it does with my wifi password.

No. It only saves the password for about ten minutes then you have to reenetr the PW. It is a security feature.

No colors when printing through AirPort Express?

I knew I couldn't use all the features (e.g. scanning) of my HP all-in-one printer F2180 through AirPort Express instead of USB. But is it normal I can't print in colors? Can it be fixed?

I am having the same problem. I am running an AirPort Extreme to a HP Deskjet F4180.
I spent two weeks on the phone and email with HP and they finally told me that it was a problem with Apple.
I just got off the phone with Apple support and they told me it is a driver issue which they have no control over. They told me to see if somebody in this forum had a work around or to search the web for a generic driver that "may" fix the problem.
If I find an answer I will let you know.
Good luck!!

There is a dead area in the center of the display. Display is normal on both sides. Cursor will cross it but disappears when going through it. Has anyone seen this?

I have a dead area in the center of the display in the form of a vertical line about 1/2 inch wide. The cursor disappears when passing through it but is visible on both sides. Display is normal on both sides. Anyone seen this before?

Might want to run the Apple Hardware Test just in case.
Intel-based Macs: Using Apple Hardware Test

Trouble joining an existing windows network when connected through airport

Need help!
I can connect fine to the internet and to my office's windows xp based network when i connect my Pbook directly ( with ethernet cable), but if i try connecting through my airport extreme the network connection just doesn't work, i mean the internet connection works fine but my network is gone. as soon as i go back to the cable it all works fine again.
Can anybody give me a hand? im sure its possible, i just dont know how to overcome this problem. and it keeps my laptop glued to the desk.
tks

I think this might be the fix, even though the symptoms stated are a bit diff...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304482

Apple Pay activated without permission when walking through library security doors.

I would like to know why Apple Pay activated when I walked through the doors to my local public library. I believe this is being caused by the security system that keeps people from stealing books from the library as well as items from stores. Has anyone else experienced this? Could this be a security risk? I'm curious what Apple will have to say on this matter.

Hi ..
This being a user to user forum, it's hard to say whether or not your post will be read by a represenative from Apple. This community is moderated by Apple, that's all.
But what you can do is provide feedback > Apple - Apple Pay - Feedback
Since you were not making a purchase, I doubt there was any security risk involved.

UK based Apple TV defaulting to 720p 60Hz when going through HDMI matrix

(I'm UK based)
I am trying to run my AppleTV through an HDMI 1.3 matrix switch (HDCP compatible) so it can feed two TV's and switch between a Sky HD input and the AppleTV input.
Sky HD sends an HDMI 1080i 50Hz signal protected by HDCP and this is passed through the matrix switch just fine to both TV's, so I know the matrix is working fine.
With the Apple TV however, as soon as I connect it to the matrix, the TV Resolution setting inside the Apple TV Audio/Video settings, defaults back to 720p 60Hz, which is not able to pass through the matrix.
The only way to get the setting back to 1080i 50Hz or 720p 50Hz is to unplug from the matrix and plug direct into the TV and change the setting back to 1080i. However it will just jump back to 720p 60Hz when I connect it to the matrix again.
Has anyone encountered the AppleTV automatically changing its TV Resolution setting just by plugging it into certain HDMI devices? Are there any settings to combat this?
Many thanks
Mark

Thanks Winston. I have eliminated cable issues. No display in the UK supports 720p 60Hz, so it won't show up correctly even if it got through. I totally understand why you consider this the fault of the switch, but I'm looking at this from a different perspective.
The Apple TV should NEVER be in 720p 60Hz mode. I have not set it to that, I've not got a single display which supports that format. However the AppleTV, for what ever reason, is making this change on its own.
Why is the AppleTV making this change? Only Apple knows it seems. In reality it should honor the setting I have made, which is 1080i 50hz. If it did that everything would be fine, therefore the answer has to be that this is a bug in Apple TV, since not a single other HDMI device does this with this switch.
I think the only course of action now is to submit this to Apple as a bug.
Thanks
Mark

Playback is intermittent from my iPad when going through the stereo

This happens even when I directly connect to the receiver (Denon 1713) via USB port. It does not happen when playing music through the iPad speaker, and it does not happen when playing other audio, such as streaming netflix or Pandora. It is definitely an issue of communication between the iPad and the receiver. Any thoughts?

From pp. 78-79 of the iPad User Manual:

Crashing when going through a proxy

I can get out to the Internet fine from my home wifi or via 3G. At my office, there is a proxy to deal with. So I joined the wifi network at my office and set the proxy information (including my username/password). When I try to go to Google, the page starts to load and then Safari crashes. So I went in and turned the proxy authentication off. This time, it starts loading the page and asks for credentials. When I type them in, it crashes. The same behavior occurs if I try to go through the iTunes store on the iPhone.
This is an iPhone 3GS running OS 3.0.1. I was able to replicate this same behavior on a iPod touch (3.0) and on an iPhone 2G (3.0.1). This is on a Windows domain, using a Finjan device as our proxy.

Have you tried updating to iPhone OS 3.1?

Shocks when going through airport security

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for