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Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID

From Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.system
Subject Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID
Date 2016-09-23 19:50 +0200
Message-ID <e4l8blFq50rU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References <200920162142224363%star@sky.net> <david_ryeburn-2639F8.22292520092016@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu> <mev94303y-ACBEC9.08050821092016@news.individual.net> <slrnnu6k4k.379.g.kreme@snow.local>

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On 2016-09-22 03:31:23 +0000, Lewis said:

> In message <mev94303y-ACBEC9.08050821092016@news.individual.net>
>   Michael Vilain <mev94303y@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> In article
>> <david_ryeburn-2639F8.22292520092016@88-209-239-213.giganet.hu>,
>> David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> wrote:
> 
>>> In article <200920162142224363%star@sky.net>, Davoud <star@sky.net>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> After entering my Apple ID and password CORRECTLY several times
>>>> FaceTime said I had entered it incorrectly too many times and I had to
>>>> reset it. So I did. Successfully, according to the web page. Then I
>>>> went through the process again--entering it CORRECTLY--and the process
>>>> repeated. Grrrr!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Caps Lock key set, with burned-out indicator light? My wife's ancient
>>> keyboard misbehaves this way. I've suggested that before supplying a
>>> password to anything, she check with a text editor to see if Caos Lock
>>> happens to be in effect.
>>> 
>>> David
> 
>> I have that problem with a very old Macally iKey keyboard. It doesn't
>> have lights, so I use
> 
>> https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/56648/capsy
> 
>> Works like a charm.  There's also
> 
>> https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/33343/capsee
> 
> I just set the caps lock on every mac i ever use to act as a control key
> as $DEITY intended.
> 
> One of the main reasons I have no bought an iPad Pro is that the
> keyboard has absolutely no indication of when the idiotic caps-lock key
> is engaged.

Being one of those people who almost never has a need for caps-lock 
key, but sometimes hits it by mistake, I transformed it on every Mac I 
use into a do-nothing key. I hope I can remember how to do it when I 
replace my MacBook Air in the next few months.


-- 
athel

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Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-09-20 21:42 -0400
  Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> - 2016-09-20 22:29 -0700
    Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-09-21 09:20 -0400
    Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Michael Vilain <mev94303y@yahoo.com> - 2016-09-21 08:05 -0700
      Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-09-21 11:17 -0400
      Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-22 03:31 +0000
        Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Elfin <elfinarc6@gmail.com> - 2016-09-22 10:37 -0500
          Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-09-22 11:13 -0500
            Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-22 12:26 -0400
            Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-23 02:25 +0000
        Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Athel Cornish-Bowden <acornish@imm.cnrs.fr> - 2016-09-23 19:50 +0200
    Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2016-09-22 16:29 -0600
      Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> - 2016-09-22 15:48 -0700
        Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-09-22 21:00 -0400
          Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-09-22 21:51 -0400
            Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2016-09-22 20:26 -0600
              Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-09-23 10:55 -0400
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> - 2016-09-23 10:11 -0700
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-23 13:21 -0400
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2016-09-23 11:45 -0600
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-23 19:01 +0000
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID "Andre G. Isaak" <agisaak@gm.invalid> - 2016-09-23 13:10 -0600
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> - 2016-09-23 18:13 -0700
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-09-24 17:44 -0400
        Caps Lock keys (Was: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID) David Ryeburn <david_ryeburn@telus.netz> - 2016-09-22 21:50 -0700
          Re: Caps Lock keys dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-09-23 20:17 +1200
        Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-09-23 20:05 -0500
      Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2016-09-24 01:55 +0000
        Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-24 01:59 +0000
          Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2016-09-27 00:21 +0000
  Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-24 09:14 -0400
  Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-24 12:31 -0400
    Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-24 16:54 +0000
      Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-09-24 09:57 -0700
      Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-24 13:03 -0400
        Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-24 17:40 +0000
          Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-24 13:47 -0400
            Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-24 18:14 +0000
              Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-24 15:09 -0400
        Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2016-09-27 00:23 +0000
          Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Leonard Blaisdell <leoblaisdell@sbcglobal.net> - 2016-09-26 17:51 -0700
            Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-26 20:58 -0400
              Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-09-27 10:57 -0400
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-27 13:10 -0400
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-09-28 10:32 -0400
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-09-29 10:25 +1300
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-09-28 18:40 -0500
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2016-09-29 13:28 +1300
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2016-09-28 02:28 +0000
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-27 22:30 -0400
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-28 05:06 +0000
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-09-28 10:30 -0400
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-09-28 10:27 -0400
            Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-28 19:12 -0400
          Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-28 19:11 -0400
    Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-25 02:56 +0000
      Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-25 17:04 -0400
        Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-26 04:37 +0000
          Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-09-26 12:57 -0500
          Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-26 18:47 -0400
            Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-27 01:02 +0000
              Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-28 19:19 -0400
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-29 00:16 +0000
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-09-28 20:39 -0400
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-09-29 01:26 +0000
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-09-29 04:25 +0000
            Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID "Mongoose" <mongoose@rikkitikkitavi.com> - 2016-10-03 16:11 -0400
              Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-03 22:52 +0000
                Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-03 20:20 -0500
        Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screwed Apple ID Me, myself and I <baiheli.pip.li@xs4all.nl> - 2016-09-26 08:52 +0200
  Re: Grrrr! Sierra Screws up (Apple ID or preferences or ....) "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-09-24 20:44 -0500

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