Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Did they mention that you need to sacrifice a goat? Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 08 Oct 2015, at 19:15, Frank Filippone <red735i at verizon.net> wrote: > > Jayanard.. same problem here.... > > The fix, according to Apple..... > Turn unit off. > Put on cool ( not warm) table top. > Plug in AC Cord. > Take shoe and hit it HARD, several times. > At this point the problem you were having will be gone > > Or..... > > Hold down the ON/OFF switch and the whatever -you-call-it button on > top.... The unit will switch off then reboot. It worked on my IPhone and > my Wife's Ipad.... > > Ios 9 is by far the buggiest POC that runs ( or not run) in the house..... > > > Frank Filippone > Red735i at verizon.net > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+red735i=verizon.net at leica-users.org] On > Behalf Of Jayanand Govindaraj > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 9:43 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: sluggish iMac > > No, I was genuinely interested why there seems to be an OS upgrade every > few months that causes all sorts of problems every time. Seems to negate > the advantages of sticking to a highly fenced and proprietary system. > Anyway, a Mac is a non starter for me because I play a lot of RPGs....:-) > > Incidentally, the OS that gives me the maximum number of headaches today > is IOS 9 on my Ipad Mini 128GB - they are bringing out an update a week > (we are already on 9.02), but programs like Gmail still freeze for no > rhyme or reason a few times a day. If it were not so convenient, I would > junk it. As it is, being lazy, I am locked in and stuck with it for the > time being! > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Thu, Oct 8, 2015 at 9:42 PM, Adam Bridge <abridge683 at fastmail.com> > wrote: > >> Oh just STOP it, Jayanand. Aren t we over this OS wars stuff? If it s >> a hardware failure, and it sounds like it is to me, then any machine >> is likely to have something happen to it - especially after 7 years. >> >> Sheesh. >> >> All seriousness aside, might take a look through the console logs and >> see if there are any telltale errors being reported during boot. >> Resetting the power controller for your machine might make sense as >> well - I d have to look up the technique that s relevant to the machine >> in question, however. >> >> And it might be a RAM failure issue as well if something is mucking up >> the boot process. The Apple Store guys should have poked around at >> that but bad RAM can be tricky to find if its intermittent. >> >> Adam >> >>> On Oct 8, 2015, at 8:08 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> I thought the whole idea of using a MAC with all the proprietary >>> restrictions was to avoid this sort of nonsense. Never happens to me >>> on Windows nowadays..... >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information