Apple Mac/Chrome help needed
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Posted on 01/09/2016 4:31:59 PM PST by MeshugeMikey
My copy of google chrome is not running as it dont fully finish launching on my launch attempt .
I can not force quit it from the force quit applications window.. because its nt running. I can not launch it as the Icon in my dock seems inert.
there are a couple of forums I NEED my password for and they were available immediately using chrome.
At Wits End,
M.M.
Thank you
lol..good one!
What OS?
"Windows 10".
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Thought so.... For some reason, it appears that Microsoft OS & application developers never embraced the rigorous discipline of making sure data like variables, pointers, handles, etc., are always disposed of as soon as they are no longer needed. So, "the 'crap'" you referred to seems to build up -- consuming ever-more memory. Sooner or later a re-boot is needed to "clean house".
Many of us Mac developers learned to program on machimes with esxtremely limited memory. (My first serious app was developed on the Apple ][GS -- and "ported" to the Mac...) So -- we had to earn to "write 'lean and clean'" -- as a "way of life"...
It is terribly boring and tedious, but much of my code is devoted to disposing of unused bits of memory. Nowadays, OSX (and its programming language, "Swift", (which I'm teaching myelf at 78 yrs of age) handle most of that "grunt-work" for the developer.
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...Just another of those differences between the Apple "culture" and others, I guess...
Swordmaker, It appears to me that MeshugeMikeymay be using Chrome, because it handles passwords for him...
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Perhaps he doesn't have his OSX "Keychain" (password management) utility working properly to manage passwords for him in Safari.
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I'm not really savvy re "Keychain", myself. Could help with it serve to obviate his "need for" Chrome?
Your elf is 78 yo and does not know Swift yet?;-)
Only language I ever really did anything with was FORTRAN.
That's not a good idea on a Mac, sparklite2. OS X does housekeeping duties after there has been no user activity on the computer for several hours. It runs several utilities to clean up that crap that plagues Windows machines if you let the machine sleep instead of turning it off. Power usage is minimal.
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One day my computer opened a small window that said it could not connect to icloud. It asked for my password, which it refused to accept. I then did the “Forgot your Password” thing and got a new password. Got an email from Apple that my new password was accepted. Went back to make contact with icloud, and it would not accept the new “Accepted” password! Any ideas?
How dead is it? Screen? You may be able to connect it with a Firewire to Thunderbolt adapter to your new Mac. Hold down the “T” key while booting the old mac and try to boot it into a Target Drive mode. The new Mac will see it as an external drive. If both Macs have Firewire ports, just use Firewire.
I've found that for some reason, perhaps due to vagaries in the updating mechanism at the server farms, it may take two or three tries before it will "take."
The old mac pro won’t even switch the power on.
Well Miracle of miracles I just...hit the On Switch and it Lit Up and appears to be booting up.0 *
Yes it booted up and launched dreamweaver in the process.
All I lack is a CABLE
which I shall remedy asap.
this means tens of thousands of RAW format photo files...a working version of Dreamweaver Illustrator and Flash Professional...without paying anymore money to adobe.
Im using Lightroom and Photoshop CC and wouldn’t trade then for anything.
Amazing.
Many Freegards!
The White Plastic “cable Box” on the Mac pro has a spare USB cable built in...
Can I use IT to connect the Pro to the IMAC?
Just to add, I wouldn’t rely on the browser password managers...try Last Pass or 1Password (or Apple Keychain?) to fill in your browser passwords for you.
Problem is, if you don’t get it ti take in three tries, you get locked out! Right?
Just checked in, and glad your machine booted. Don’t turn it off! If you don’t have a cable yet, you can either “sneaker-net” by using USB stick drives to move data, or you can move it via wi-fi or ethernet via your LAN. Use Migration Assistant to do the move between machine. You can even bypass the LAN by using an Ethernet cable. After buying a new machine for my wife a few months ago, I used Migration Assistant to move her data from an old machine to the new one. Easy. It will capture all your data and settings.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204320
Sorry, in my haste I posted an Apple link to an old Mountain Lion reference for migration assistant. Google for a link appropriate to your OSX version(s).
No, I think it takes five tries.
Can I use IT to connect the Pro to the IMAC?
Apparently not. Instructions for Migration Assistant:
Connect both computers to the same local Wi-Fi or Ethernet network.
Or connect both computers directly using a Thunderbolt, FireWire, or Ethernet cable.
Make an appt. at your nearest Apple store Genius Bar, and I’m guessing they’ll get you fixed up and running in a short period of time.
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