Turn 'em off or leave 'em on?

Thanx to the folks on this site I recently was able to connect both of my iBooks wirelessly. Now my question is-and I am not so concerned about someone accessing the iBooks, I am concerned about physical harm to them-can I leave "AppleTalk" and "File Sharing" on, even when they are not in use? Thank you again, Wayne Loney

I leave AppleTalk and/or File Sharing on all the time on my iBook and my eMac. No problem. (My iBook is in OS X 10.3.9; the eMac is in OS 9.2.2.)

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Turn Airport Off or Leave On?

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I can't think of any downside of having both running and connected (I am doing the same, now in fact), but you might want to check and make sure that in System Preferences, Network, that your ethernet adaptor is listed ahead of your airport.
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It won't make a difference for your internet connection though- with either airport or ethernet, this only affects file transfers, etc.
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So, I have an ipad 1 as shown above. Recently it froze so I followed Apple instructions and held down the home button and the sleep button until it reset. A couple weeks later I noticed that it would not charge with either the wall plug in or usb plug in. I discovered that it would charge only if it was completely dead (up to 5% and then it stops charging) or if I plug it in via wall plug, then turn it off, and leave it off until it is completely charged. It will not charge if it is on. I have followed all of Apples help/troubleshooting and it still hasn't worked. This would not be such of an issue, but now I have learned that the ipad will not be recognized by itunes and cannot be updated. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks

Make an appointment at your local Apple store and take it back. I think there's some sort of hardware issue going on and they are the only ones to handle it.

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I can't find a definite answer anywhere regarding whether or not you need to turn the iPad mini off before charging. So my question is should I turn the iPad mini off or leave it on before charging? Thanks in advance.

I rarely if ever turn my iPad off. I charge it when the battery is low or at night while I'm sleeping. Even then I close the Smart Cover and let it sleep but I do not turn it off. It doesn't matter when you charge the iPad.
The most efficient way to charge the iPad is to use the charger that came with it and plug that into a known good wall outlet.

I have no cell service at my house, but when i leave it my iphone 5 will not pick up service unless i turn it off and back on????

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Reset all network settings, go into settings, general, reset network settings.

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As to your second question, leave it plugged in most of the time if you can. Use it off AC power occasionally and calibrate once a month or so.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.6/en/9036.html

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Either. Like some have said, if you have an app that is running - like if you have a regular 'push' for your e-mail you'll possibly get a little drain overnight. Or if you have an app that's running that has a sound (say your mail chirps everytime you get a new one) then it can be an issue.
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Plug your phone into the wall charger for at least 30 minutes...make sure you have a sim card in the phone...then:
Leave the USB cable connected to your computer, but NOT your phone, iTunes running, press & hold the home button while connecting the USB cable to your dock connector, continue holding the home button until you see “Connect to iTunes” on the screen. You may now release the home button. iTunes should now display that it has detected your phone in recovery mode, if not quit and reopen iTunes. If you still don’t see the recovery message repeat these steps again. iTunes will give you the option to restore from a backup or set up as new.
Make sure you have no anti-virus software running or any firewalls...turn all of that stuff off.

My MacBook Pro just turned itself off while installing Windows 7. It has now got a black screen with a white flashing bar in the top left corner...what can I do?

I was just installing windows 7 onto my MacBook Pro. I selected to have 200GB for Windows and the rest leave for Mac.
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Hold down the Option key when starting up then on the sceen that comes up select Mac OS X to boot from.
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Plug your phone into the wall charger for at least 30 minutes...make sure you have a sim card in the phone...then:
Leave the USB cable connected to your computer, but NOT your phone, iTunes running, press & hold the home button while connecting the USB cable to your dock connector, continue holding the home button until you see “Connect to iTunes” on the screen. You may now release the home button. iTunes should now display that it has detected your phone in recovery mode, if not quit and reopen iTunes. If you still don’t see the recovery message repeat these steps again. iTunes will give you the option to restore from a backup or set up as new.
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Turn 'em off or leave 'em on?

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