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Re: New MacBook Air in the house! - 28 days ago

Space time- specs: 16GB ram, 256GB SSD storage, we also purchased a dock from OWC

by carl - Tips and Deals

New MacBook Air in the house! - 29 days ago

FedEx just delivered a new M1 MacBook Air I ordered for my wife. It's replacing a 2012 Mac Mini and she is very excited to have the new machine. Ordered it on 29 Dec 2020. Delivery was expected between 2-9 Feb, so it was a week early. It will be nice to have a newer Mac in the house.

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: [RANT] Orico techinal support - 6 weeks ago

Robert, Sorry you are having difficulty with ORICO and their poor support. I also purchased an ORICO M2PG-C3 drive enclosure. My experience with the drive enclosure was not very good either. It was hit or miss whether it would work--one day its recognized and all is well, the next day the drive has disappeared and isn't recognized. After a week of messing around with it I decided to quit

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: What was the first concert (tickets sold) you ever went to? - 2 months ago

Cheap Trick, summer of 1978 at the Fox Theater in San Diego. Pat Travers opened for them. It was so loud, I couldn't hear very well for about three days!

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: Happy 15th Birthday to the MacResource forum!!! - 2 months ago

Yes . much thanks to OWC sponsoring this forum! I just took a look in "Control Center" and saw that I joined this forum on 10 Dec 2005. I don't post much, but I do enjoy all the information and discussion that goes on here and am thankful that this forum exists.

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: You want 2x Internet for $15 less/month? Umm, yes? - 2 months ago

My internet costs $80.00/month for 300Mbps down and 30Mbps up, with a 1200 GB cap on data. Sparklight (used to be called CableOne) is my provider. At this moment I'm getting 335Mbps down and 31 Mbps up. It's way more than I need, my son uses most of it as a college student. Almost all his course work is being completed online right now. He is studying cybersecurity and even before COVID he w

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: 20000mAh Audew 2000A Upgraded Car Jump Starter w/ Dual QC USB Ports $64.45 - 3 months ago

pRICE: Thanks for posting this deal. I just placed an order. Coupon and promotion code both worked as advertised and sale price was as you said $64.45, with sales tax OTD price was $70.31 I had been wanting to pick up a second jump starter, so I could have one in each of my vehicles. It has good reviews/ratings and priced at $64.45 it's a very good deal. The other jump starter I have

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: Thrift Store Scores! (w/ pixs) - 3 months ago

Yes, that's a very cool mug!

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: November 4, 1997: "Apple Stores" within CompUSA - 3 months ago

I purchased my first Apple computer at a CompUSA store in Albuquerque NM. It was a a blue iMac G3, it was bought for my wife and I continued to use a Power Computing Power Pro 180. It was the closest place to where I lived that you could see, touch and try out a Mac computer. The store within store setup at the CompUSA store I frequented was actually well lit/organized and at times a knowled

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: This cracks me up! - 3 months ago

That was really funny, my wife and I both laughed out loud!

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: On Edward Van Halen, by me - 4 months ago

Very nice article, I enjoyed reading it. Thank you!

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: Terrible Teens? The Battle of the Fourteens - 4 months ago

My wife and I had the same issue with our iPhones and Watches after updating to iOS14 and WatchOS7. It was disappointing to lose some GPS tracking data of workouts. Not the end of the world, but it's the first time I have ever had to backup, erase and restore an Apple device after a software update. I expect more from Apple and its disappointing for a new software release to not work properly

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: Best Value Cell Deals - What Do You Like Right Now? - 4 months ago

My wife and I moved to Visible about two months ago. Paying $25/month for each account, filled our party of 4 in a couple hours using Reddit. No problems so far and service has been very good, better than the ATT service we had prior

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: Experiences with enclosures for NVME M.2 SSDs - 5 months ago

Robert Thank you for posting this information. Carl

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: Ikea Billy Bookcases... Any good??? - 7 months ago

I don't think you can go wrong with the Billy bookcase with doors. We have had 2 sets with doors for over 10 years. Doors and closure mechanisms are still working fine.

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: FU to Crippled iPhone - 7 months ago

My wife just got a new SE and she likes it. Sounds like it would do the job for you.

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: At the tone the time will be...... 8:25 pm - 7 months ago

A most excellent song!

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: Postage scale recommendation - 8 months ago

Thank you for all the recommendations!

by carl - Tips and Deals

Postage scale recommendation - 8 months ago

After reading the post about shipping labels—I want to get my wife a postage scale. It would be for occasional use only. I’m looking for recommendations, thanks

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: Shocking letter from car insurance company - 8 months ago

My auto insurer, USAA, is crediting 20% of your auto insurance premium for three months.

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: Personal finance apps for the Mac? - 9 months ago

I use Banktivity. I moved over from Quicken a few years back and have been happy with Banktivity.

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: Apple Health Records now available to veterans across the US - 1 year ago

I just went thru the process of linking my VA medical records to Health App. It was easy to do. I'm not sure how useful it will be, I already had online access to the records, so now it is also available through the Health App.

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: Pleasant Surprise: 30K Mile VW Service - 1 year ago

I think the in by 8AM, out by 9:30AM 30K service you had done at a local independent shop was a very reasonable price. I enjoy maintaining my 2017 VW Golf Alltrack with a 1.8L TSI. My cost for Castrol Edge(spec502) oil and OE filter is about $40. I remove the oil by suctioning it out, which is the VW approved method, so no cost for seal or plug. The filter is also pretty easy to remove sinc

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: Who has gone green and switched to eBills ??? - 1 year ago

Everything is auto-pay or online. I haven't received paper statements for several years now. I find it much more convenient

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: a beauty but .... - 1 year ago

Beautiful car!

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: car shopping...again! anyone with an impreza hatch, mazda3 or hr-v? - 1 year ago

I have driven a 2017 Golf Alltrack for the last two years with no problems whatsoever. I highly recommend it. Very comfortable and fun to drive. If you don't want the AWD then going with the Golf Sportwagen would be a great choice as well

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: What do you get when you genetically splice eggplants with grapes? - 2 years ago

something I don't want to eat!

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: Amazon order problems? - 3 years ago

All orders arrived, however, they didn't arrive within the the promised 2-day "Prime" delivery schedule.

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: Sling TV - 3 years ago

I have used SLING for close to two years now. It is definitely better now than when it became first available. My wife is a huge college football fan, so we initially wanted it for access to ESPN and all the college games that are available. We cut the cable cord and have not looked back. Yes, it occasionally will lock up, but not very often. I also bought an antenna so we can receive signals

by carl - Tips and Deals

Re: Shopping for home owners, etc. insurance revisit... - 3 years ago

I've been a USAA member for 31 years and have always had great service with them. During that time they have insured my home, my vehicles and a rental home. They were not always the cheapest when I would decide to shop around, but they have always provided excellent service when I had had to make claims. When I had auto claims and a claim on my homeowners policy they responded quickly and pai

by carl - Tips and Deals