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To: Swordmaker

Time flies, I asked my wife, we bought the Mac more than a year ago. I have no idea how long the warrantee their product.

I can set up the accounts but can’t really trust the kids to log out of their mother’s account. We’re still working on socks on the kitchen floor.

My point is that I think you are over selling the whole Apple thing. I ended up buying 2 laptops to replace her old laptop and spent 4 times as much money doing so. On top of that, although, she is more comfortable on the Mac system, she is still pulling me into her tech problems and I am spending more time trying to figure them out. The Mac is less friendly when you try to do something that isn’t in the “script”.

A couple of nights ago, she asked me to attach a document for her. A typical request when she in on a windows system but rare when she uses the Mac. I never figured out what was going on, the file was not selectable in the email program. I saved it under a different name and closed the host program, still not selectable. I eventually saved it in a Microsoft compatible format and like magic, that file was selectable. I have no idea why Yahoo Mail would not let me select a Mac format file while letting me select the Microsoft format file right next to it. I lost about three hours trying to figure that one out.


185 posted on 04/12/2010 7:58:54 AM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: dangerdoc
A couple of nights ago, she asked me to attach a document for her. A typical request when she in on a windows system but rare when she uses the Mac. I never figured out what was going on, the file was not selectable in the email program. I saved it under a different name and closed the host program, still not selectable. I eventually saved it in a Microsoft compatible format and like magic, that file was selectable. I have no idea why Yahoo Mail would not let me select a Mac format file while letting me select the Microsoft format file right next to it. I lost about three hours trying to figure that one out.

Is she not using the Apple Mail program? Why not?

The problem sounds more as if the issue is with Yahoo than with the Mac. I have never had an issue with attaching any type of file to an email from with in Mail... I suggest you take up the issue with Yahoo. I will investigate and get back to you, though.

186 posted on 04/12/2010 9:37:17 AM PDT by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE isAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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