MOJAVE: anyone having any issues with new OS upgrade?

naim_nymph posted:

I'm receiving emails okay, but just noticed i can't send emails (?)

"Trying to log in to the SMTP account failed. Verify that the username and password are correct"

Trying to send responds with an annoying dropdown window requesting a password, but the only passwords i have don't work.

However, if i change my username to one of my alter email address it sends okay, just doesn't work on the default email address.

Not sure if this hiccup was caused by downloading Mojave or a BT issue (?)

My advice would be to never use either an OS-based local mail client nor an e-mail service provided by your ISP. Just use a web-based email, like Gmail or Outlook. Works everywhere, and no updating or stuffing around when you change OS or ISP. (My parents insist on using their ISP email, so their email address changes every few years. Who needs that?)

Yes, but the web-based ones I have looked at seem to need to have the password inserted manually every time you login to look at your mail.  Whatever email client I use has to work with BTinternet accounts, because I am NOT going to go through the faff of changing, and then having to tell everyone and all the websites I use (including this one!) what my new address is.

The issue i had has resolved itself, i can send emails okay again. 

My default BT email addy [plus a couple of alter email addies] have remained the same for past 15 years.

So perhaps false alarm on a Mojave download problem here.

Meanwhile i have a couple of new icons:

Siri - voice activation that i don't feel a need for so have not enabled it

Apple News -  let's hope it's all golden delicious and nothing crabby ; )

I also noticed those new icons, Debs. Both will be redundant for me.  Can't say I've been impressed by Siri so far.  I use it to set a timer on my iPhone when cooking but for more sophisticated stuff it rarely produces anything useful.  I've found it utterly hopeless when it comes to answering footie questions. 

Re: the BT emails, I had a similar problem a few weeks ago whilst travelling - couldn't access emails using the mail app on my iphone although I could sign in to BT web mail. After returning home Mail worked on my Mac without problem, and on the iphone. Never did find out the problem but I mention it as I suspect it isn't a problem with Mojave - I updated a couple of weeks ago (Mac Retina 5k late 2014) - no problems at all and easy to instal -  just took a while. Hasn't caused problems with Mail on either the Mac or my iphone.

 Mac Mail still not showing any emails, but it's a moot point now.  I forked out the £9.99 to the Apple Store and am now using Airmail 3.

I was going to say 'no problems' but I'm having a few issues with Chrome under Mojave- it won't render the BBC website correctly and it's also not rendering parts of eBay (purchase issue and messages)

Stephen packer posted:

I was going to say 'no problems' but I'm having a few issues with Chrome under Mojave- it won't render the BBC website correctly and it's also not rendering parts of eBay (purchase issue and messages)

Not had any problems with ebay not used the BBC website as yet.

Well, this morning it 'threw a wobbler'.  Tried to start up Safari, only to get the message demanding I enter the login Keychain password.  I sighed, went into the Keychain access app, but couldn't find it.  So tried to fire up Keeper (a program where I keep passwords etc), and then the damn machine froze.  Finished up doing a forced shutdown (pressed and held power switch) on my iMac, then everything was working again.

Same thing happened previously when I let it upgrade to High Sierra.  That time I eventually had to set up a new Keychain, as I couldn't remember the password (and still don't know my current one!)  I'll probably have to do the same thing again, which is a pain as all my passwords etc will have to be re-entered.

I updated my three year old MacBook yesterday with no noticeable problems so far. It is mostly a music server with iTunes and Audio Midi as the most used apps. 

The dark mode is very nice and the flaky cover presentation in iTunes no longer an issue.

I think that different versions of MacOS upgrades are just icing on the cake, mainly the changes are just gimmicks. The real engine (kernel) is more or less really the same, I hardly  notice any improvement except that the disk format is APFS, which is really significant.

I would like to try Mojave on my Mac Pro, but it states I need to upgrade/change my video card. So my computer is now out of date!

No  - get a Metal compatible Graphics card, I bought one from Create.Pro. The Mac Pro was also supplied by them 30 months ago fully refurbed and either the main board was a new one or one that had been flashed to be as good as the last Silver Tower Mac Pro.

AS you are a business the upgrade will be cheaper for as you can "charge " it to the business

I know I need to upgrade the graphics card to make it metal compatible Derek, that was my point. Just surprised that's all. My card failed 4 months ago and I bought a second-hand ATI Radeon 5870 for £140. I'm not an expert on these matters, so wanted to put the same card back in to ensure it worked perfectly as it always has done.

What card can I upgrade to that will perform exactly the same (or most likely better). When using 3rd party cards, don't you lose something displaying at the start-up?

I've been waiting for the new Mac Pro to be available, but this wait could go on forever. I don't want to spend ridiculous amounts on a card for this Mac, as it's getting on a bit now.

Count.D

Some useful websites

An Appple page specifying a selection of suitable graphics cards.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT208898#cards

Then there is this site on installing a new GPU  - which I did not follow. I just installed the new card in the Mac Pro

https://www.theitsage.com/inst...80-gpu-macos-sierra/

I bought a refurbed Mac Pro from Create Pro nearly three years ago from

https://create.pro/

It had the latest Mac Pro main board so it had the latest PCIE slot combination so it could have a Metal supporting graphic card installed.

Create Pro list a collecton of suitable cards for Mojave

I contacted Create Pro in September/October regarding what cards to use to enable Mojave run on my Mac Prothey replied

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I bought one of the AMD RX... cards cards, installed it into the Mac Pro and aftera few days of successful operation I then installed Mojave.

The typical Apple Logos do not appear during the boot up process, the first thing you see is the horizontal line that moves across the screen and shortly after that the system is working.

Any questions just ask

Thanks Derek, I'll take a look.

Richard Dane posted:

It's also well worth doing some hardware upgrades on older MacBook Pros.  My own MBP is from 2013 and upping the Ram and fitting a 1TB SSD has totally transformed it.  Crucial offer kits and full instructions for doing the upgrade yourself. It was very straightforward and took me no more than 15 minutes to do the physical stuff, including a long overdue clean out of the internals (make sure you have an antistatic strap fitted when you do this).

Thanks for this tip Richard.  I'm using my mid-2012 MPB, and whilst I bought a new MBP last year, I ended up giving that to one of my kids as I prefer this keyboard (greater key travel).  And given that all I do is browse the web, manage my music library, and make rudimentary photo edits, it's powerful enough. But I will check out internal upgrades for this as well as my wife's Macbook Air which she is complaining about lately.

NB - Zero issues upgrading to and running Mojave 10.14.1 on this old clunker! It runs great!!

Bart posted:

Richard Dane posted:

It's also well worth doing some hardware upgrades on older MacBook Pros.  My own MBP is from 2013 and upping the Ram and fitting a 1TB SSD has totally transformed it.  Crucial offer kits and full instructions for doing the upgrade yourself. It was very straightforward and took me no more than 15 minutes to do the physical stuff, including a long overdue clean out of the internals (make sure you have an antistatic strap fitted when you do this).

Thanks for this tip Richard.  I'm using my mid-2012 MPB, and whilst I bought a new MBP last year, I ended up giving that to one of my kids as I prefer this keyboard (greater key travel).  And given that all I do is browse the web, manage my music library, and make rudimentary photo edits, it's powerful enough. But I will check out internal upgrades for this as well as my wife's Macbook Air which she is complaining about lately.

NB - Zero issues upgrading to and running Mojave 10.14.1 on this old clunker! It runs great!!

Running fine on my mid-2012 MBP, too. No upgrades to mine, but a new battery/keyboard module a few months back. Good for another 6 years, I'm hoping.

winkyincanada posted:

Bart posted:

Richard Dane posted:

It's also well worth doing some hardware upgrades on older MacBook Pros.  My own MBP is from 2013 and upping the Ram and fitting a 1TB SSD has totally transformed it.  Crucial offer kits and full instructions for doing the upgrade yourself. It was very straightforward and took me no more than 15 minutes to do the physical stuff, including a long overdue clean out of the internals (make sure you have an antistatic strap fitted when you do this).

Thanks for this tip Richard.  I'm using my mid-2012 MPB, and whilst I bought a new MBP last year, I ended up giving that to one of my kids as I prefer this keyboard (greater key travel).  And given that all I do is browse the web, manage my music library, and make rudimentary photo edits, it's powerful enough. But I will check out internal upgrades for this as well as my wife's Macbook Air which she is complaining about lately.

NB - Zero issues upgrading to and running Mojave 10.14.1 on this old clunker! It runs great!!

Running fine on my mid-2012 MBP, too. No upgrades to mine, but a new battery/keyboard module a few months back. Good for another 6 years, I'm hoping.

As it turns out the Crucial tool shows no hardware upgrades for my mid 2012 MBP or my wife's mid 2012 MB Air.  

She's quite interested in a Microsoft Surface Book.  We took a quick look at them and the screen is beautiful, the touchscreen feature is nice and for some of the statistics packages she uses, Windows is a necessity actually.