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Midlands Mac User Group Chat is our mailing list. Come and join us for some light hearted chatter about all things Apple related. We occasionally post updates to this list about user group events and happenings. See the website for more info, www.mmug.org.uk The Google group is at http://groups.google.com/group/mmug-chat
Re: [MMUG] iPhoto music copyright issues?
Thanks Chris! That is REALLY useful! Hope u are well and still soldiering on with iMovie Pro, sorry FCPX. I'm getting on great with Final Cut Pro 8, sorry Premiere Pro CS6 ! Best Hannah
16th May, 2012Apple charging for support if you don't buy from an apple store?
A friend of mine bought a MacBook pro from Currys or somewhere like that and is having hassles transferring music from his pc. He called apple for support and they apparently told him that as he hadn't bought it direct from apple or an apple store they would charge him £25 for any form of support. I have never heard of this before - I thought u cd just turn up with your mac at an apple store and a genius would give u advice regardless of where you bought it. Also same regarding telephone support. Is this a new thing?
14th May, 2012Re: [MMUG] Apple charging for support if you don't buy from an apple store?
You get 90 days of telephone support, genius bar support is free. Check with him again exactly what they said and what he asked for. Also if it's a returned product he purchased at a reduced price he might not get the free 90 days phone support. It also needs to be registered with apple to access their phone support.
14th May, 2012Re: [MMUG] Noise and mdworker ?
Many thanks, It was very helpful and I am applying both advice. The mouse pad is dying out on the line.! Javad
13th May, 2012Re: [MMUG] Noise and mdworker ?
If you want to use Spotlight use leave mdworker alone! If you kill it a new one will start again. It is the 'metadata' indexer, it is probably reading through all your files to index the content so you can find your stuff. It could be indexing an external drive or the internal one. Look in the spotlight menu, it usually pulses a little dot when it is busy, and it tells you what it is doing if you click the icon. Open it's preferences to exclude any disks that you don't want indexed, just don't blame me when you can't find your files via Spotlight.
13th May, 2012Re: [MMUG] Noise and mdworker ?
I think it is spotlight doing it's stuff. After a hour or so it should stop it's indexing etc. Alan
13th May, 2012Noise and mdworker ?
I recall that noisy PowerPc was discussed here and advice was gien to run the "Activity Monitor" to see which software is taking more of its share of the monitor work to run. In my case the" mdworker" was the the culpit. Trying to stop it I was told that it reside in the root and needs permissionand
13th May, 2012Re: [MMUG] Now retired and downsizing…
Hi David Sorry for the delay in reply. If the kit is still available I am still possibly interested and can collect possibly on Saturday. My mobile number is 07764277164. Many thanks Tom
11th May, 2012Re: [MMUG] Now retired and downsizing…
Tom, I haven't yet put the gear on eBay, so it is still available. I am able to alter my arrangements for Saturday, so as to be at home. It would help me be more considerate to others if you could let me know by eight this evening - is that possible? My offer of £550 still stands. David
11th May, 2012RE: [MMUG] ITV1/CoI/Adrian Edmundson
I too took it as lighthearted banter, not aimed at us as a group... -----Original Message----- Sent: 08/05/2012, 08:35 To: mmug-chat@googlegroups.com There was a fascinating programme on ITV1 on Monday at 10:15 called "Britain Beware". It was a look at the work of the recently abolished Central Office of Information and the short films it made warning of various hazards - smoking, slippery floors, danger on the farm etc. Near the end in a section on 'Stranger Danger', the commentary by Adrian Edmondson said something like, " these days, of course, it's not the man in the dirty mac we have to worry about, it's the man with the AppleMac". I'm seriously considering a complaint - any comments?
8th May, 2012