[Ipg-smz] Why I like Apple

[Jaikumar Vijayan]

Mac help needed.

Seven years ago, my son gave me a Garmin Nuvi for Christmas from his first
earnings as an intern. We stopped using it about four years ago when we
upgraded our vehicle and didn't need an external GPS anymore. Today when
cleaning my old minivan for my daughter to use in college (yeah she doesn't
care it's a minivan), I figured I'd stick that ole Garmin on the dash just
for old time sake. I thought I'd update the software on the darn thing
since it's so old. I  connected it to my daughter's Macbook so I could
upgrade the maps software on it.

Turns out that in order to upgrade the app I first need to be on OS X
version 10.11 or higher, which my daughter is not on because she apparently
never felt the need to upgrade. [Yes, I know, shame on her!!] To cut a long
story short, I've spent the last couple of hours trying to upgrade her OS
from 10.10.5 to whatever the heck comes next and I've just not been able to
do that. I can't upgrade to any new version of Mac OS X without first
moving to 10.11 and I can't seem to find a way to do it.  I can't use the
App Store because I need 10.6.6 or greater.  To the Mac experts out there,
this probably isn't a big deal. To me, it's plain exasperating. Any help is
much appreciated.

Jai Vijayan
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On Sat, Nov 10, 2018 at 11:11 PM Stephen Satchell <ipg at satchell.net> wrote:

> On 11/10/2018 03:32 PM, Todd R. Weiss wrote:
> > Sorry to hear about this,  my friend.
> > But... this is the same company that only responds to the 10 or so
> > journalists on their nice list and leaves everyone else without a
> response
> > most of the time
> > And its possible that you got that great treatment because you are
> Swapnil
> > and they know your work.
> > I am not convinced that if this had happened to Joe or Josephine Schmo
> that
> > they'd be going to China with a new laptop today.
> > Thats just my opinion.
> > Safe travels my friend.
> > I was supposed to be going there, too, but no one mentioned early that I
> > needed a visa.  :)  Oh well.
> > Next time.
> > Have a great trip.  :)
>
> Funny you should say that.  My sister, who runs her own business,  had a
> iMac fail suddenly Saturday afternoon.  Working away, then *nothing*.
> Power button doesn't work.  Not a bathtub in sight...
>
> Took the poor thing to the Genius Bar in Reno.  "Because we can't power
> it on, we can't run a diagnostic."  So did they open the thing and take
> a quick gander?  No.  Why?  "This is a 1981 iMac."
>
> So, to get her back on the air to meet deadlines this weekend, I
> suggested buying a new iMac and inserting the old drive into the new
> system.  "No, we can't do that."  Is there an external housing available
> for the drive?  "No, we don't sell those here."
>
> So much for meeting deadlines.
>
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