Using mac mini nearly for 3yrs. From few weeks i feel electric stock over it surface and on keyboard too. I Tested with current tester it showed electric flow
Using mac mini nearly for 3yrs. From few weeks i feel electric stock over it surface and on keyboard too. I Tested with current tester it showed electric flow
H.Kiran wrote:
Thank First
I just plug it to any plug in my house or my friend house before powering mac mini there is electric stock near power button
I took it to apple care center strangely there i could't feel too much as in my house the service center guy recommend me to go with three pin power cable.
I checked my house ground with technician everything is fine
I have another system (Window pc) plugged to same ups no problem
When i plugged my Apple keyboard to mac mini i feel electric stock but when plugged to pc no electeic stock & i tested it with electric tester
I am asking what the result of testing it with the the tester was.
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If I run into a site that says it may damage my computer as a wiki in my own name just did I need to know how I manage not to bump into it again.
Most web pages or email will not damage your Mac.
But any web page, pop-up, or email that tries to scare you into clicking on their link or entering any personal information, are called "Phishing" attacks (as in Fishing"). They send out millions of these and hope to catch a few, but those few they catch can be profitable to them.
If an email, web page, pop-up you receive that you did not expect, and if it is trying to scare you into connecting with them, then it is very likely a malware ("Scare-ware") phishing attack.
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I also need to know how can I know that the files in my trash are not needed for the operation of my computer or something placed there and used to control my computer.
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Otherwise, files in your trash should most likely be ones you placed there.
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There is such a thing as "Too Much Information", such that a profitable company can destroy all sales and end up in bankruptcy. Apple and Microsoft are in the business of making money.
Also revealing all your dirty laundry can invite malware authors to exploit those flaws causing problems for their customers.
Finally computers and operating systems are very complex. Developers often times cannot think of, nor duplicate all the different ways millions of users will use the product.
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People that actually report to problems to the developers via problem reporting channels established by the company (depends on the company), have a better chance of having the problems they find addressed, than people that assume if they are having a problem, that the developers already know about it.
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Am I supposed to place all these questions in different communities? When push comes to shove telling people they asked there question in the wrong place makes no sense I am an apple user I need apple answers.
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