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Thanks Rob. I do use Office a lot. As I recall I tried Outlook 2011 when I
first got the Mac but wasn't impressed and stuck with Outlook 2010. Maybe
I'll give 2011 another try. Is it safe to assume it syncs OK with my
iDevices via iTunes?

From: macbook@yahoogroups.com [mailto:macbook@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Rob Gendreau
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 7:49 AM
To: macbook@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [MacBook] move from Outlook 2010 to Mac

If you use Office a lot I'd stick with Outlook 2011 since it integrates with
Office in some beneficial ways. The Mac Outllook, however, pales in
comparison to its Windows counterpart. Mail doesn't offer much more,
although if you add Mail ActOn and/or Mailtags it becomes much more useful.
Postbox is nice, but is optimized for gmail users. Works fine with other
providers, and is worth a look. There's also Thunderbird and Sparrow, both
of which you can demo I believe.

Rob
On Dec 25, 2011, at 7:55 PM, Jim McGarvie wrote:

> I've had my first Mac-a MacBook Pro-for a year now, after about 25 years
of
> PCs, and as many years of MS Outlook as it has been around. I wouldn't
call
> myself a power-user of Outlook, but I have done quite a bit with it,
> personally and professionally, and I am comfortable with it.
>
> Since I switched to the Mac-which I like a lot-I have been running Outlook
> 2010 in Windows 7 under Parallels Desktop. It works OK, but when I have a
> computer problem it is invariably on the Windows side and I would like to
> wean myself away from most of my Windows programs.
>
> For someone like me, what is my best alternative to Outlook? I also own
> Outlook 2011 for Mac, or would the native Mac programs (Mail, iCal etc.)
be
> better? I want to be able to do most of what I can do with Outlook,
> including good syncing via iTunes or whatever with my iPhone and iPad.

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If you use Office a lot I'd stick with Outlook 2011 since it integrates with Office in some beneficial ways. The Mac Outllook, however, pales in comparison to its Windows counterpart. Mail doesn't offer much more, although if you add Mail ActOn and/or Mailtags it becomes much more useful. Postbox is nice, but is optimized for gmail users. Works fine with other providers, and is worth a look. There's also Thunderbird and Sparrow, both of which you can demo I believe.

Rob
On Dec 25, 2011, at 7:55 PM, Jim McGarvie wrote:

> I've had my first Mac-a MacBook Pro-for a year now, after about 25 years of
> PCs, and as many years of MS Outlook as it has been around. I wouldn't call
> myself a power-user of Outlook, but I have done quite a bit with it,
> personally and professionally, and I am comfortable with it.
>
> Since I switched to the Mac-which I like a lot-I have been running Outlook
> 2010 in Windows 7 under Parallels Desktop. It works OK, but when I have a
> computer problem it is invariably on the Windows side and I would like to
> wean myself away from most of my Windows programs.
>
> For someone like me, what is my best alternative to Outlook? I also own
> Outlook 2011 for Mac, or would the native Mac programs (Mail, iCal etc.) be
> better? I want to be able to do most of what I can do with Outlook,
> including good syncing via iTunes or whatever with my iPhone and iPad.

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I've had my first Mac-a MacBook Pro-for a year now, after about 25 years of
PCs, and as many years of MS Outlook as it has been around. I wouldn't call
myself a power-user of Outlook, but I have done quite a bit with it,
personally and professionally, and I am comfortable with it.

Since I switched to the Mac-which I like a lot-I have been running Outlook
2010 in Windows 7 under Parallels Desktop. It works OK, but when I have a
computer problem it is invariably on the Windows side and I would like to
wean myself away from most of my Windows programs.

For someone like me, what is my best alternative to Outlook? I also own
Outlook 2011 for Mac, or would the native Mac programs (Mail, iCal etc.) be
better? I want to be able to do most of what I can do with Outlook,
including good syncing via iTunes or whatever with my iPhone and iPad.

Thanks, and Merry Christmas!

Best,

Jim

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Suddenly I am having trouble with Pogo games that use JAVA. The games won't load. (Games that use Flash load properly.) Their tech support responded quickly but the problem remains. 

I am running 10.6.8 and this problem occurs in Safari, Firefox and Chrome.

I have Java SE 6 on my computer. The Electronic Arts tech said they do not recommend uninstalling Java on Macs ( they recommend it for Windows), but he also mentioned Java 29.

Is there something I can do myself? Should I reload Java 6?  There seem to be several sites out there that offer free downloads but I'm a tad confused as to which one is "legitimate".

Or should I just wait until after the holidays and contact my local tech support person to look at my laptop?

Thanks.
Elaine

Happy Holidays!

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--- In macbook@yahoogroups.com, "Dunc" <duncfowler@...> wrote:
>
> I gave my daughter my old MBP.
>
> She is telling me that it randomly makes a sound like a dysfunctional fan. I don't recall that it had one and am suspecting the DVD drive.
>
> Any thoughts out there??
>
> It is also having slow shutdowns and sometimes difficult startups. The computer has shut down randomly both on Battery and AC power.
>
> I am going to recommend that she run disk utilities etc, but am wondering if others have thoughts on this.
>
> Thanks
> Dunc

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I have had similar problems with my 17 Powerbook (2005). It would just shut down without much warning after being on long enough, especially if I was running high stress things like video.

After running diagnostics, the Genius Bar told me it was heat related and required a motherboard repl (surprise, the solution of choice), but I never had it repaired (at the store's proffered bargain rate of around $300 then, about 2009), since we bought MBPs in 2010.

Yours is a MBP so I don't know about any correlation.

Seems like your problem is similar, though.

It also reminds me of a heat related problem I had with a small Sony TV, where some solder joints at a right angle between circuit boards were at fault. If I left the TV on long enough, as with the powerbook, it would go into spasms of turning itself on/off, etc.

Heat, major enemy of electronics, and getting worse as things get smaller. In the case of the TV, the solder joints were still visible and repairable, but these days, fergit it.

JH

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I gave my daughter my old MBP.

She is telling me that it randomly makes a sound like a dysfunctional fan. I don't recall that it had one and am suspecting the DVD drive.

Any thoughts out there??

It is also having slow shutdowns and sometimes difficult startups. The computer has shut down randomly both on Battery and AC power.

I am going to recommend that she run disk utilities etc, but am wondering if others have thoughts on this.

Thanks
Dunc

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