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I have my 1984 Mac, but I can’t find a super floppy drive to enable me to move data :-) Apple forgot to include Ethernet!
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I wonder what GM will include to get people to pay for something that has been free? what value will they be offering? It sounds like they will be adding a barrier to gaining EV market share? A skeptical customer base is not going to transition e…
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I miss the days when Apple updated its Mac's annually like it does the iPhone. I hope Apple is very successful with the new MacPro. I don't understand why it is taking years to go from something is coming to a product. I would think that suggests…
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Apple makes many great products, and has a few misses, as discussed about, but I believe with the comment regarding elimination of ports on MacBooks and MacBook Pros, requiring....dongles, dongles, dongles, give me a break. Why make business users…
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The repeal of net neutrality two years ago was supposed to kill the internet. But as I type it appears alive. What needs saving exactly? Who will we be protected from? It is interesting that people think companies should build the internet for bil…
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I took an iPhone for the battery replacement. When I returned to pick it up I was told that when removing the battery the tabs broke off and it was no longer safe to complete the repair. The solution was they gave me a replacement iPhone. Some of…
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It is very logical to pay 30$ to replace the battery in a two or three year old iPhone no matter the condition of the current battery. Batteries are a consumable part, with a finite lifespan. If you plan to keep your phone for a year or two get a n…
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My guess is that like the iPod Classic the parts are starting to get scarce and it was not worth it to Apple to design replacements based on ongoing sales. I agree the shuffle will be missed... I ordered an extra on eBay where you can pick them up …
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I got everything set up with the aukey card and a Ableconn card on my 3,1 MacPro. Disk Speed Test and xbench shows the performance from a usb 3.1 enclosure, and a usb 3.0 enclosure to be essentially the same. And no improvement over the 3.0 pcie c…
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Also, while fiddling I discovered that if your motherboard 6-pin PCI-E power plug is open, then you can use the adapters that convert from that to SATA power. They're about $2 at Newegg. Most of us are using an upgraded video card, and the slot is l…
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I am in the process of setting up a MacPro 3,1 to use the aukey card. I am not seeing an easy way to route power from the optical bay to the PCI card area. It appears I can only go out the from the the optical bay carrier. Running the cable this …
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Thanks AI, Having a 3,1 mac pro, i am always happy with ways to extend its usefulness. Can you provide simple steps to install beyond stating it needs power from the optical disk power? I have use the sierra patch to install OS X 10.12 on my 3,1. …