D82 Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 3 minutes ago, IrishGreen said: where is the best place to sell your old macbook air (besides someone you know)? thinking about getting a new pro here in the next year or two, but there's really nothing wrong with this other than there's not enough RAM, etc www.gazelle.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWood21 Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 On 8/19/2018 at 7:48 PM, IrishGreen said: where is the best place to sell your old macbook air (besides someone you know)? thinking about getting a new pro here in the next year or two, but there's really nothing wrong with this other than there's not enough RAM, etc If you're planning on buying another Mac, you can always take it to Apple and get credit to put towards your new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwny Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 On 8/19/2018 at 12:49 PM, pwny said: Turning my old Mac into a home server. I’ve been considering building a computer to serve the purpose, but since that’s not exactly going quickly, I’m just going to use the iMac until I actually make the dive. Gonna use it as a data server as well as a Plex server. I've got it set up so that the Mac itself (including 1tb drive) is really just there to power the server and have the installation of programs. I haver some internal drives (4tb, 512mb and 2tb) set up in docking stations plugged in by USB to be accessible by the other devices on the network. Might move the important ones to firewire just for quicker access, but I'm not sure. I've got it directly plugged into the router and devices connecting via afp, and the connection speed seems surprisingly quick. Plex server is up and running perfectly. I've moved everything for that to the 4tb drive, along with my iTunes files on there too. I'm thinking about using the 2TB for a Time Machine backup for my MBP, and the 512 as a cloud server. Would also like a backup solution for these drives, just a form of redundancy for the 4tb and 512 drives. Might also use this as the central brains for HomeKit automation. Anybody else ever do this or something similar? Any tips? @MrDrew? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrDrew Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 8 hours ago, pwny said: Anybody else ever do this or something similar? Any tips? As long as you can have it on the network, you can use it as a server for iTunes, Photos, Time Machine, and any other storage. You just have to point everything to that specific folder, and it should work. HomeKit is actually decentralized. For remote use, you need to have a newer AppleTV. You don’t actually setup anything in Mac OS, but Siri will work on the newer systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossburg Posted August 30, 2018 Share Posted August 30, 2018 I use Syncthing to backup all my cloud storage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titansNvolsR#1 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Bought a Macbook Pro a year ago and it's great; however, I've read that Chrome is horrible for battery life and tried using Safari but it's nearly unusable. Pages won't load, I can't figure out how to download extensions for adblockers that don't cost money, etc. What am I doing wrong? Is Safari just a POS? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwny Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 1 minute ago, titansNvolsR#1 said: Pages won't load Not sure what’s going on here. 1 minute ago, titansNvolsR#1 said: I can't figure out how to download extensions for adblockers that don't cost money, etc. https://safari-extensions.apple.com/details/?id=com.el1t.uBlock-3NU33NW2M3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titansNvolsR#1 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 22 minutes ago, pwny said: Not sure what’s going on here. https://safari-extensions.apple.com/details/?id=com.el1t.uBlock-3NU33NW2M3 Witchcraft! I kept getting sent to the app store and not able to see anything other than featured apps. Been using macs for the last 4 years now, and I would like to believe I'm mostly technology literate but now I'm questioning everything. Any extensions you recommend or just whatever I was rolling with in Chrome? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossburg Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Holy crap those prices on the new phones. I guess too many single moms on govt aid are able to buy iPhones and it's hurting the brand? $1500 gets you a pretty nice custom built PC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonanza23 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Stupid Apple, I’ve been waiting 8 months for the freaking SE2 ?. I guess I’ll have to get one of the bigger freaking phones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonanza23 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 5 hours ago, Mossburg said: Holy crap those prices on the new phones. I guess too many single moms on govt aid are able to buy iPhones and it's hurting the brand? $1500 gets you a pretty nice custom built PC. Yeah the price sucks, I’ll never get a new one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonanza23 Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Btw everyone say Apple while holding your tongue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossburg Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Also all the new phones apparently do not come with headphone dongles? I guess taking a page out of the Macbook division where they ask you to pay a premium price for an incomplete product. Damn son, the fruit boys really going yolo for a profit boost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BayRaider Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Man are these new phones expensive. Thinking about getting an iPhone 8 Product Red. Anyone like the iPhone 8? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossburg Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 8 minutes ago, BayRaider said: Man are these new phones expensive. Thinking about getting an iPhone 8 Product Red. Anyone like the iPhone 8? That's easily the phone to get right now IMO. If I needed a phone today that would be my pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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