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I went to Apple best customer service and they have helped me out many times....Seeds of Karma

Its a new Mac i am looking at...

The AU Refurb store has very little ...

I can save around $200.00 from a major retailer...But would that machine be covered by all the Apple warranties etc...

I am buying a new MBA for my daughter...

Is there any good reason ethical or otherwise that i should spend an extra $200.00 and buy from Apple over other re sellers ?

Thanks ferrar...

All working now very help full and much appreciated

Thanks ferrar...Did that and it now shows in utility but when i go to Time Machine >select disk its not there ...

What could i be missing here

Well maybe me and not a malfunction..

My computer sees the drive as per image in disk utility but Time machine does not see it..

Trying to do back ups..

The EXT drive does not appear on...

UPDATE...
After spending 1.27 hours on the phone with Apple and getting bumped up to a senior supervisor the issue with the update was that we are running on two factor auth and when i was trying to...

Yes i did ...Had to verify disk first...
But the saga continues...It defaulted to install Mountain Lion after internet recovery..
I did this and now want to upgrade to El Capitan so i can upgrade...

Started up in safe mode wiped disc tried to re install os but no disc recognised..What have i done...

Ok so tried again last night and i now think this is a new issue..Not the power one..


Message below..

PANIC MEDIC BOOT..

A third party kernel extension was preventing the machine from...

All of a sudden my MBP would start to crash at around 30% Battery...

Took it to Apple ran diagnostics..Battery at 89 % Hardware logic board ETC all ok...So sugestion was to do a back up asap open...

I have just connected my old Lacie d2 Quadra hard drive to my MBP but it wont mount...
I have not used this drive for three or so years ..Power on ok but no image..Any tips ?

Thinking of getting a NAS WD 2x1.5 TB Raid 1..

I like the mirrored drives option and love the thought of wireless access though nut crucial..

Is this a good NAS for home user Mac compatable ?

Also can you confirm for me please that i will need the password for this machine to install OSX lion ?

Just recieved a MBP 2010 13" 2.4 HGZ 4 GB Ram...

However it has not been factory reset and is loaded with 10.6.8 and no discs supplied...

What do i need to do get this back to factory reset...

Is it possible and how can i if possible move music onto my samsung Galaxy SII from my itunes library on my mac book pro ???

Thanks in advance

I did recive an Email from netgear after chucking a tantrum on thier face book page which informed of the convoluted process to get OSX lion to Fileshare with netgear NEO not easy...Downloading of...

After many hours of exhaustive research and tral and error i have come to the conclusion that Netgear Noe TV is not campatable with OSX Lion...

Unless your a high end tech head and are will to...

Re conflict message is when i try and input port numbers i get a message saying conflict with port already in use at base station

Also it asks in the description tab to select before typing in...

Ok so now i am getting a conflict with port number message saying turn off file sharing or choose different port number....Did that still got conflict message

Me AGAIN...I am getting closer i have the utility open ready to input TCP and UDP numbers but it asks for me to select a description drop box offers ,,,,Personal File sharing ,Windows sharing ,...

I can see the link for the Netgear PDF very handy...But nothing there for video youtube ???

Ok another snag....Under page 59 it states that in prefernces > sharing i should enable windows sharing but this is not an option..I have enabled SMB windows sharing i assume this is the one...
Also...

ok i am getting close now i can feel it.....I have enabled DHCP & NAT Port mapping protocol under airport utility > internet....
This will {as i understand it } allow me to make the required changes...

MRPLOW i found something in Mac Communities that may help but i don't know where it is...The advice was as follows >>>> Under Internet Tab select NAT > tick box > enable NSAT Portmapping ...