Now, this would be the perfect time for a swear word.

Kaylee ,'Jaynestown'


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le nubian - Feb 03, 2013 7:26:51 am PST #21925 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Here are links for all the iOS. [link] You may have to google to find out which one you need. I can help you later if you can't find it.


smonster - Feb 03, 2013 7:57:01 am PST #21926 of 25497
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Thanks, le n. I'm going to download a fresh copy and try one more time, and then head to the Apple store if that doesn't work. I can't be without a phone.


le nubian - Feb 03, 2013 8:06:25 am PST #21927 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

make an appt at the apple store anyway. you can always cancel.


smonster - Feb 03, 2013 9:37:43 am PST #21928 of 25497
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Bad news - dead. Good news - I got apple care for 2 yrs, so i'm good.


§ ita § - Feb 03, 2013 10:28:39 am PST #21929 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Apple care seems to be one of those warranties that's worth it--but surely that implies the hardware fails...

Still, it seems much simpler than any other program to get back into gear with--I still remember the woman who replaced my hard drive after water damage for free because she couldn't see definite signs of water damage-even though I told her what had happened.


smonster - Feb 03, 2013 2:24:33 pm PST #21930 of 25497
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Well, I've had the phone for almost a year and a half, and I drop it and expose it to sawdust daily, so I can't complain. Yay lifeproof case.


tommyrot - Feb 04, 2013 8:12:14 am PST #21931 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Anyone familiar with setting up a DNS server on a Windows server? (A Windows 2008 server, specifically.)


quester - Feb 04, 2013 4:05:52 pm PST #21932 of 25497
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I don't venture in here very often, but I have a problem.

Either my power cord is failing or my battery is. I have a macbook pro circa 2008 and I've already replaced the power cord once for it.

Just in the last few days the cord would only glow orange, then just a few minutes ago it stopped lighting up at all.

Then the computer just went off. When I restarted it the cord is orange but the battery is reading 0. It had been reading 96% before it went off.

Now it's starting to slowly charge.

Any ideas?


sarameg - Feb 04, 2013 4:46:18 pm PST #21933 of 25497

I'd first check to see how your battery is doing. My light indicator on the power cord is sometimes fritzy, so I kinda ignore it. But I have had similar behavior when my battery stopped being useful and so I replaced it.

About this Mac under the apple menu-> more info-> power

Check cycle count and condition.

I'm not super techy, this is just from experience.


§ ita § - Feb 04, 2013 4:52:12 pm PST #21934 of 25497
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I went through two batteries on my Macbook before I something more front and centre broke and I ended up replacing it. I like the machines, but I'm suspicious of the power system from wall all the way inside.

aka anecdata says battery...