5 reasons to stop using Safari and switch to another Mac browser, Mac World

2022-08-29 Thread Gerry Cook
Macworld - Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 3:30 AM 5 reasons to stop using Safari and switch to another Mac browser Safari is the default browser on every Mac, and it's quite good. Apple has optimized it for its own chips and the macOS operating system, so it's fast and syncs nicely to your iPhone an

Re: Disk Maintenance

2022-08-29 Thread Bill Gallik
First and foremost, I want to say “Thanks” to each of the responses to my original inquiry. I appreciate the good intentions of all concerned. However, none of the points raised factor in this problem. I typically have only 3 or 4 apps running at any given time; Finder, E-Mail, Checkbook Pro a

Re: Disk Maintenance

2022-08-29 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
I get the "not responding" dialog as well. Its not unusuaL It used to be the "busy" dialog in previous OSs. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 8/29/2022 5:

Re: Disk Maintenance

2022-08-29 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, A couple things of note. You’ve said that you’re running a Mac mini. YOu’ve also mentioned that you have a 1 TB drive in it. • is this a spinning HD or an SSD? A spinning HD is likely a 5400 RPM drive which has rather slow disk access for today’s MacOS. This can result in the “busy”,

Re: Disk Maintenance

2022-08-29 Thread Brett Lewis
Hi, Just wanted to add a brief description of my recent experience with performance problems: I have had pretty sluggish performance for a while on my macbook pro 2020. Not sure exactly when it started, but has been enough to keep me from using my system much. I had some time Friday evening so t

Have an 8TB SSD on my M1 pro. Where can I get a large enough drive to function as a Time machine backup>

2022-08-29 Thread Kevin Gibbs
Guys, Subject says most of it. I need a Time machine drive large enough to back up most, but not all, of an 8TB internal SSD. I’ve excluded all the directories containing all my VST instruments as they could be redownloaded from their respective manufacturers. I assume they would have to be

Re: Have an 8TB SSD on my M1 pro. Where can I get a large enough drive to function as a Time machine backup>

2022-08-29 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Amazon is one source. From E.T.'s Keyboard... "Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." --John F. Kennedy My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 8/29/2022 1:49 PM, Kevin Gibbs wrote: Guys, Subject says most of it. I need a Time machine drive

Re: 5 reasons to stop using Safari and switch to another Mac browser, Mac World

2022-08-29 Thread Karen Lewellen
and how is Firefox inclusion for Voiceover going? If I were going to add any browser, that would be my choice. On Sun, 28 Aug 2022, M. Taylor wrote: Macworld - Thursday, August 25, 2022 at 3:30 AM 5 reasons to stop using Safari and switch to another Mac browser Safari is the default browser

Re: Shark Clean iOS App

2022-08-29 Thread Mike Arrigo
Yes, it works really well. > On Aug 28, 2022, at 11:37 AM, Jeff Berwick wrote: > > Have you had a good experience with the Roborock mobile app? > > Thx, > Jeff > > >> On Aug 26, 2022, at 7:35 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: >> >> I would say the best robots are from Roborock or Ecovacs, I would not