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Menschsein posted:I ordered a fancy-pants Air after eight years of a workhorse MBP and it's been a lovely (dongle) life so far. I've been using it for two weeks now and just noticed the thing wobbles. The front left paw isn't touching the desk. Same thing on different surfaces. I've not used this before while charging at the same time, can it be that the innards are expanding while it's plugged in? The clanking is driving me insane. Is this what the oldies called bendgate? Now what? I had this with my M1 Air. Scheduled an appointment to get it worked out and then my entire region got plunged into indeterminately-long lockdown again. I, uh, ended up just applying a bit of pressure manually (read: bent it with my hands). Didn’t feel like anything changed when I did it but now it sits completely flat. That’s probably a bad idea though.
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Menschsein posted:I ordered a fancy-pants Air after eight years of a workhorse MBP and it's been a lovely (dongle) life so far. Get a USB-C/thunderbolt 3 dock and get that poo poo off your desk
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Jan 27, 2021 17:59
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Dock for Desk, Dongle for travel
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Jan 27, 2021 18:36
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Did Apple switch to UPS? Everything from them has always been FedEx. Their tracking seems to be the same either way. Sits in Hong King for a couple days before magically appearing in Alaska. Now it will sit in Alaska for a few day before magically being out for delivery.
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jabro posted:Did Apple switch to UPS? Everything from them has always been FedEx. Their tracking seems to be the same either way. Sits in Hong King for a couple days before magically appearing in Alaska. Now it will sit in Alaska for a few day before magically being out for delivery. My order is being delivered by FedEx, so they're probably just using both.
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Jan 27, 2021 19:40
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In Canada but anything I’ve bought has always been shipped UPS
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Jan 27, 2021 19:50
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It could be either for me from Apple, I prefer FedEx since they deliver at 10AM consistently and UPS can be as late as 9PM
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Jan 27, 2021 20:51
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I just hope they deliver the laptop to the secure package pickup locker that my apartment complex uses instead of just dumping it on my doormat.
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the corona quid posted:Dock for Desk, Dongle for travel 
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Jan 27, 2021 22:17
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A dongle in the streets, a dock in the sheets.
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Jan 27, 2021 22:27
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You know why dongles suck? Because they are small and somehow I’ve fuckin lost two of the drat things. I know they are in a bag buried someplace but it’s so annoying!
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Jan 27, 2021 23:00
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Try having a larger than average dongle. You always need to find a desk. I find it uncomfortable to dangle my dongle it's so large.
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Jan 28, 2021 01:46
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I just did some repairs and turned my dongle inside out. I can get a strap on gender changer if I need to plug into something else, but for 99% of the time this is better for me.
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Arivia posted:I just did some repairs and turned my dongle inside out. I can get a strap on gender changer if I need to plug into something else, but for 99% of the time this is better for me. At first I read this and my brain was twisting itself inside out trying to figure out what you were talking about, then I saw who was posting and laughed my head off. 
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Jan 28, 2021 04:24
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Arivia posted:I just did some repairs and turned my dongle inside out. I can get a strap on gender changer if I need to plug into something else, but for 99% of the time this is better for me. Illegal dongle. 
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Arivia posted:I just did some repairs and turned my dongle inside out. I can get a strap on gender changer if I need to plug into something else, but for 99% of the time this is better for me. wouldn’t this post be better in the A/T Sex Thread?
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Jan 28, 2021 04:38
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Okay so apparently AFP crashes finder trying to make PDFs on a network drive lmao. I’m an idiot
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Jan 28, 2021 04:59
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Working directly on files like that on a network drive has always been a bit fussy. Some of the designers where I work still do this with Illustrator files and PDFs.. even over a VPN since we're still working from home and I'm amazed it works at all.
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Ok Comboomer posted:wouldn’t this post be better in the A/T Sex Thread? my dongles go everywhere with my macbook and its four ports, thank you
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Jan 28, 2021 16:51
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Actuarial Fables posted:I just hope they deliver the laptop to the secure package pickup locker that my apartment complex uses instead of just dumping it on my doormat. $20 pair of slippers? Placed in a secure, locked location that only I can access until 3 days have gone by, at which point an apartment manager will move it to a locked room inside the management office until I'm able to claim it. $2000 laptop? Door mat.
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Jan 28, 2021 18:13
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As a lifelong apartment-dweller, one of the best ongoing investments I ever made has been renting a post office box.
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Jan 28, 2021 18:18
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The FedEx guy left my $3500 iMac with my neighbor who I've never said a word to before. Luckily he was an upstanding citizen.
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Jan 28, 2021 18:30
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FMguru posted:As a lifelong apartment-dweller, one of the best ongoing investments I ever made has been renting a post office box. UPS/Fedex won't deliver to those, will they? FedEx left my MBP in my front loving yard.
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Jan 28, 2021 18:37
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You can rent a mailbox from not the post office and they will accept UPS/FedEx.
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FedEx will let you re-direct the package to a pickup location. UPS will too but now they have a fee
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Jan 28, 2021 19:37
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Setset posted:FedEx will let you re-direct the package to a pickup location. UPS will too but now they have a fee I pick my FedEx stuff up at Walgreen's now. Very convenient. Plus while i'm there I can get BOGO Kind bars or a pint of ben and jerry's
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Jan 28, 2021 19:50
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I have a UPS my choice account which is supposed to let you redirect all packages to an access point except quite a few companies don’t allow it lol.
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Jan 28, 2021 19:58
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Setset posted:FedEx will let you re-direct the package to a pickup location. UPS will too but now they have a fee UPS MyChoice won't charge you if you hold it at an actual depot (UPS Customer Center) versus a UPS Store. Gotcha is that there's a lot less of those. MarcusSA posted:I have a UPS my choice account which is supposed to let you redirect all packages to an access point except quite a few companies don’t allow it lol. Costco is terrible for this.
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Jan 28, 2021 20:06
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Is there an appreciable difference between thunderbolt 3 cables? The open-box dock I picked up (CalDigit TS3 Plus) is missing the included cable so I have to pick one up.
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Speaking of deliveries. My 16GB M1 Air boy has arrived a whole day early. Unfortunately, FedEx left it at my door instead of my apartment complex's locker. Fortunately however, I was still getting ready to work. I was even about to hop into the shower before I heard a knock on the door.
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Jan 28, 2021 20:44
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How bad does my keyboard have to be to get it totally replaced? I have a MacBook Pro (13-inch, 2018, Four Thunderbolt 3 Ports) keyboard, which is listed, but I'm not experiencing any breakage, just horrible button wobble on a number of keys that feel as if they're close to falling out and a terrible level of tactility that sometimes causes keys to not actuate. I'd prefer to make it until the next gen of the M1 laptops, heck I'd even pay a little to have a new keyboard put in but from my understanding these are pretty tough to replace.
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Bob Morales posted:UPS/Fedex won't deliver to those, will they? So instead of: "FMguru / PO Box 123 / San Whatever CA 42069", send it to "FMguru / 987 Walnut Street #123 / San Whatever CA 42069"
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Actuarial Fables posted:Is there an appreciable difference between thunderbolt 3 cables? The open-box dock I picked up (CalDigit TS3 Plus) is missing the included cable so I have to pick one up. https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/11/15/usb-c-cable-shopping-for-an-ipad-or-thunderbolt-3-mac-is-still-a-nightmare-for-consumers Depending on the power requirements of the devices you’ll plugging into the dock, it looks like length and maximum wattage of the cable matters. I hate it.
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Good Will Hrunting posted:How bad does my keyboard have to be to get it totally replaced? (...) heck I'd even pay a little to have a new keyboard put in but from my understanding these are pretty tough to replace. Mine are fine, but I do find I have to “tap differently” on Z, shift, enter, and escape to get them to execute reliably. I normally type on the wireless pro keyboard so I may just need training.
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kuskus posted:This won’t answer your question, but re: my MacBook 12”, on Sunday a genius revealed to me that the keys were individually replaceable (that was not my understanding initially) and replacing the entire keyboard is $478. They also would not acknowledge any keyboard replacement programs. trade that motherfucker in and get an M1 Air
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kefkafloyd posted:UPS MyChoice won't charge you if you hold it at an actual depot (UPS Customer Center) versus a UPS Store. Gotcha is that there's a lot less of those. Is this new? I just used it to deliver to the closest UPS store for the 12pro at the end of October and I wasn't charged anything. Now for Fed Ex I could only do it at the regional depot for my new gaming computer I bought in December.
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Ok Comboomer posted:trade that motherfucker in and get an M1 Air This is what I've been thinking, and honestly, might still do. Even if that means trading that Air in and getting whatever new M1 comes out with a new display soon thereafter.
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Jan 28, 2021 23:10
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Gonna use Safari for a little bit on this machine and see what's up. AdGuard the adblocker to go to from the App Store?
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Jan 28, 2021 23:15
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Has anyone had issues with the Ethernet on a Bellini thunderbolt dock? I’m pretty sure my dock is just pooched but not 100% sure
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You mean Belkin, don'tcha? Never heard of Bellini..Actuarial Fables posted:Is there an appreciable difference between thunderbolt 3 cables? The open-box dock I picked up (CalDigit TS3 Plus) is missing the included cable so I have to pick one up. Don't get the no-names.. Apple's cables are ok but you can do better on price.. I've only been using CalDigit, Cable Matters, MacAlly and IOGear and haven't been burned yet.
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