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Re: Thank you, John! 😊 (Was - Usenapp) (was: Thank you, John! 😊 (Was - Usenapp))

From Old John <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk>
Newsgroups alt.computer.workshop, uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject Re: Thank you, John! 😊 (Was - Usenapp) (was: Thank you, John! 😊 (Was - Usenapp))
Date 2026-06-25 15:26 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 25 Jun 2026 at 09:13:30 BST, ""David B."" <David@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> On 25/06/2026 07:44, Old John wrote:
>> On 24 Jun 2026 at 09:53:10 BST, ""David B."" <David@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 14/06/2026 09:06, Old John wrote:
>>>> On 14 Jun 2026 at 08:43:12 BST, "David B." <boaterdave@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 14 Jun 2026 at 07:35:19 BST, "Old John" <watcombeman@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 13 Jun 2026 at 08:02:54 BST, "David B." <boaterdave@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> So, despite my efforts to investigate hidden headers, obscure Usenet
>>>>>>> behaviour, and possible Usenapp oddities, the culprit was my own Thunderbird
>>>>>>> installation all along!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have never used Thunderbird. But it seems to me that in this case it
>>>>>> exceeded its authority.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I totally agree!
>>>>> 
>>>>> You are probably aware that such things have been known to happen before!
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARJ8cAGm6JE
>>>>> 
>>>>> Do you know what happened next?
>>>> 
>>>> Yes.
>>>> 
>>>> "My mind is going" was a very popular clip for shutdown of a Mac in the good
>>>> old days when such things were possible.
>>> 
>>> As you are aware, John, you are one of the few people here who
>>> correspond with me. May I ask a favour?
>>> 
>>> I'm writing to you now on my original 27 inch iMac which I bought brand
>>> new in 2017. The SSD part of my Fusion Drive has failed, but I am now
>>> running it from a 1TB LaCie external SSD .... and it is working well.
>>> 
>>> Earlier this year I purchased a little used 2019 27 inch iMac which is
>>> just about perfect, but it cannot run macOS beyond Sequoia. I am now
>>> selling it on eBay. Please would you tell your colleagues here; it may
>>> be of interest to one of them?
>>> 
>>> Thanks if you will. 🙂
>> 
>> Hopefully someone else will spot your post. But let's face it, this is NOT a
>> For Sale and Wanted board, and any such post would me massively OT.
>> 
>> Nor do I subscribe to a group on which it would be acceptable.
>> 
>> Sorry.
> 
> No worries!
> 
> I very much appreciate your reply, John.
> 
> Thank you.

I don't know if this would be of any help.

https://www.macworld.com/article/670942/how-to-sell-a-mac-or-macbook.html?aid=29551874&huid=


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