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<blockquote data-quote="Slydude" data-source="post: 1700412" data-attributes="member: 131855"><p>We'll have the chat this week but I'm going to push it to Monday February 8, 2016 at 7:00p.m. Had something come up at the last minute today. Besides, wouldn't want to ruin anyone's Super Bowl.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://plus.google.com/" target="_blank">February 8, 2016 Mac-Forums Video Chat</a> 7:00 p.m. tonight.</p><p></p><p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Members 286,738 Welcome to our newest member, <a href="http://www.mac-forums.com/member.php?u=369366" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">NoraToussa</span></a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"><span style="color: #454545">Tech radar review of El Capitan features <a href="http://www.techradar.com/us/how-to/computing/apple/52-os-x-el-capitan-tips-and-tricks-1305433" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">http://www.techradar.com/us/how-to/computing/apple/52-os-x-el-capitan-tips-and-tricks-1305433</span></a></span></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Correcting errors in the OS X user dictionary <a href="http://tidbits.com/article/16241" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">http://tidbits.com/article/16241</span></a></span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">When having iPhones or other devices with the Touch ID home button repaired make sure the repair is handled properly. Some users have reported that when these devices are repaired subsequent IOS updates may produce an <a href="http://www.techradar.com/us/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/iphone-6-error-53-is-bricking-phones-with-tampered-home-buttons-1314483" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">“Error 53” message thus bricking the phone</span></a>. </span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Apple today launched a new Repair Extension Program that addresses video issues on some late 2013 Mac Pro models, according to an internal notice obtained by <em>MacRumors</em>. Apple has determined that graphics cards in <a href="http://www.macrumors.com/2016/02/06/late-2013-mac-pro-video-issues-repair-program/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">some late 2013 Mac Pros, manufactured between February 8, 2015 and April 11, 2015</span></a>, may cause distorted video, no video, system instability, freezing, restarts, shut downs, or may prevent system start up.</span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider will repair eligible Mac Pro models affected by the video issues free of charge until May 30, 2018. Apple lists a turnaround time of about 3-5 days. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Apple says both graphics cards must be replaced on Mac Pros exhibiting any of the problems listed above. AMD's FirePro D500 (high-end model) and D700 (built-to-order) GPUs are affected. AMD's FirePro D300 GPU on the base Mac Pro is not listed. </span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'"></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Macworld’s Jason Snell has some<a href="http://www.macworld.com/article/3029266/ipad/how-far-can-the-ipad-fall.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#tk.rss_all" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09"> interesting thoughts about drops in iPad sales</span></a> which have continued for 10 of the last 11 quarters.. Current sales are about 48 million units annually down from a high of 80 million. </span></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #454545"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica'">Kirk “The iTunes Guy” has a piece on his site addressing some of the <a href="http://www.mcelhearn.com/os-x-el-capitan-and-tvos-still-a-bag-of-hurt-for-people-with-motion-sickness-and-other-vestibular-disorders/?utm_source=Kirkville+weekly+newsletter&utm_campaign=ad082d8d49-Kirkville_Weekly_Newsletter1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3bb8b3b0bc-ad082d8d49-298436589" target="_blank"><span style="color: #e4af09">problems El Capitan and Apple TV cause for some users with motion sickness issues</span></a>. Turning off animations helps for some but not all users. In addition to the motion issues he address the need for more control over things such as fonts in IOS.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slydude, post: 1700412, member: 131855"] We'll have the chat this week but I'm going to push it to Monday February 8, 2016 at 7:00p.m. Had something come up at the last minute today. Besides, wouldn't want to ruin anyone's Super Bowl. [URL='https://plus.google.com/']February 8, 2016 Mac-Forums Video Chat[/URL] 7:00 p.m. tonight. [B]Show Notes[/B] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]Members 286,738 Welcome to our newest member, [URL='http://www.mac-forums.com/member.php?u=369366'][COLOR=#e4af09]NoraToussa[/COLOR][/URL] [COLOR=#454545]Tech radar review of El Capitan features [URL='http://www.techradar.com/us/how-to/computing/apple/52-os-x-el-capitan-tips-and-tricks-1305433'][COLOR=#e4af09]http://www.techradar.com/us/how-to/computing/apple/52-os-x-el-capitan-tips-and-tricks-1305433[/COLOR][/URL][/COLOR][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]Correcting errors in the OS X user dictionary [URL='http://tidbits.com/article/16241'][COLOR=#e4af09]http://tidbits.com/article/16241[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]When having iPhones or other devices with the Touch ID home button repaired make sure the repair is handled properly. Some users have reported that when these devices are repaired subsequent IOS updates may produce an [URL='http://www.techradar.com/us/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/iphone-6-error-53-is-bricking-phones-with-tampered-home-buttons-1314483'][COLOR=#e4af09]“Error 53” message thus bricking the phone[/COLOR][/URL]. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]Apple today launched a new Repair Extension Program that addresses video issues on some late 2013 Mac Pro models, according to an internal notice obtained by [I]MacRumors[/I]. Apple has determined that graphics cards in [URL='http://www.macrumors.com/2016/02/06/late-2013-mac-pro-video-issues-repair-program/'][COLOR=#e4af09]some late 2013 Mac Pros, manufactured between February 8, 2015 and April 11, 2015[/COLOR][/URL], may cause distorted video, no video, system instability, freezing, restarts, shut downs, or may prevent system start up.[/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider will repair eligible Mac Pro models affected by the video issues free of charge until May 30, 2018. Apple lists a turnaround time of about 3-5 days. Apple says both graphics cards must be replaced on Mac Pros exhibiting any of the problems listed above. AMD's FirePro D500 (high-end model) and D700 (built-to-order) GPUs are affected. AMD's FirePro D300 GPU on the base Mac Pro is not listed. Macworld’s Jason Snell has some[URL='http://www.macworld.com/article/3029266/ipad/how-far-can-the-ipad-fall.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter#tk.rss_all'][COLOR=#e4af09] interesting thoughts about drops in iPad sales[/COLOR][/URL] which have continued for 10 of the last 11 quarters.. Current sales are about 48 million units annually down from a high of 80 million. [/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#454545][FONT=Helvetica]Kirk “The iTunes Guy” has a piece on his site addressing some of the [URL='http://www.mcelhearn.com/os-x-el-capitan-and-tvos-still-a-bag-of-hurt-for-people-with-motion-sickness-and-other-vestibular-disorders/?utm_source=Kirkville+weekly+newsletter&utm_campaign=ad082d8d49-Kirkville_Weekly_Newsletter1_9_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3bb8b3b0bc-ad082d8d49-298436589'][COLOR=#e4af09]problems El Capitan and Apple TV cause for some users with motion sickness issues[/COLOR][/URL]. Turning off animations helps for some but not all users. In addition to the motion issues he address the need for more control over things such as fonts in IOS.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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