A Very Tough Decision

[Mike G]

I don’t understand that problem Dallas as when I upgraded to Catalina the passwords app worked fine, even for FZ, very strange!

[Dallas]

2 minutes ago, Mike G said:

I don’t understand that problem Dallas as when I upgraded to Catalina the passwords app worked fine, even for FZ, very strange!

 

Did I ever tell you that my middle name is Murphy? 

 

I know my email passwords, but for some reason this new Mac kept telling me they were wrong. All other passwords stored in the cloud were fine, but not the emails. Go figure...

[Dallas]

I'm sorry, Apple. This is just a bad joke. What the hell...? Now the trackpad won't work unless it's wired to the Mini, the keyboard randomly disconnects too, the OS has asked me to sign in no fewer than 12 times since I switched this new machine on. I'm about to totally loose my rag with this. 

 

 

[Mike G]

If it’s a new one take it back, that sounds awful.

[Dallas]

There's some interesting things going on here. I did a bit of reading about the disconnecting magic input devices and the Mini. It seems that if there is stuff plugged into the USB-A ports it could interfere with the Bluetooth signal. I have removed the two drives I had plugged in there, plugged them into the Thunderbolt screen and the issue of disconnecting seems to have gone. For now. I also noticed that after unplugging those drives the Mini cooled down a lot - it was running really hot! 

 

I miss Steve Jobs. He took responsibility for his company's products. Cook only seems to care about profits.