Re: iMac Questions

2012-03-27 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Lou, Well, the reason I asked about a replacement is because I had a friend with a hard drive issue; she purchased her iMac from a reseller and they did replace the hard drive when she had issues with it. I have no problem with doing a complete erase and re-install, that sounds like the way

Re: iMac Questions

2012-03-27 Thread Lewis Alexander
OK first thing's first. drive creation date is date of physical drive manufacture. volume production date is the licensed software volume installation created date. the machine isn't a return system if you've purchased direct from apple or through it's reseller programme unless stated by the ve

Re: iMac Questions

2012-03-26 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Lou, Well, the problem of losing internet connections persists. Now, here's what I'm wondering. Before I format and re-install the OS and the one app I've added, I think I should contact Apple. When I looked at my hard disk specs, I noticed that the drive was created in October of last ye

Re: iMac Questions

2012-03-26 Thread John Panarese
There is actually a speech menu from the menu bar. Just check the two options and you will have speech. Take Care John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com On Mar 26, 2012, at 6:50 PM, Les Kriegler wrote: > Hi John, > > Well, it turned out that I was missing a Domain address in my network setu

Re: iMac Questions

2012-03-26 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi Lou, Well, I will consider doing this. I think I received a Lion CD, but I need to check on this. For now, the matter appears resolved, so I'll hold off for a while until I see if it's permanent. Thanks. Les On Mar 26, 2012, at 3:41 PM, Lewis Alexander wrote: > This issue sounds all too

Re: iMac Questions

2012-03-26 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi John, Well, it turned out that I was missing a Domain address in my network setup. I needed 2 domains, I only had one. The rep helped me add it in manually, and I think I'm now set. Another question. How does one enable speech in the Calculator? I didn't see any options in Calculator Pr

Re: iMac Questions

2012-03-26 Thread Chris Blouch
I know I had a DLink DIR-628 router that would drop the connection about every 10 minutes for no apparent reason. Then about a minute later it would come back. I eventually gave up on it and bought an Apple Airport Extreme. Haven't had issues since. CB On 3/26/12 3:36 PM, Les Kriegler wrote:

Re: iMac Questions

2012-03-26 Thread Lewis Alexander
This issue sounds all too familiar. the best resolution is this. you need to do a clean reinstall of OS X and it's applications. I came across this when I first took on my current macbook pro where a software glitch had occured. so, from my experience with system resets, I completely formatted a

Re: iMac Questions

2012-03-26 Thread Les Kriegler
Hi John, I have a Netgear Router. I'll contact Apple again and see what they say. I can reproduce VO not talking every time I start up the Mac until I bring focus to the Finder. Thanks for the assist. Les On Mar 26, 2012, at 1:47 PM, John Panarese wrote: > What type of router are you u

Re: iMac Questions

2012-03-26 Thread John Panarese
What type of router are you using? I used to have this kind of issue when I was using a D Link router with my Mac. As for the second issue, I have seen this behavior on my Mac Book Pro during some boot ups. I'm wondering if there is a preference file that needs to be replaced or so