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First Gen Airpod Battery Life

Achilles — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 16:39:39 +0800

Hi All,

may I know anyone experience their first gen airpods battery life?

I have been using my airpods probably close 1.5 years, I can see the battery indicators is full but when I plug in, it go offline in 5 mins. is that mean the battery is nearly flat?

iCloud - iPhoto

Achilles — Sun, 24 Nov 2019 11:28:54 +0800

Hi All,

not sure anyone face this issue, I have subscribe 200G iCloud and I notice recently my iCloud stop to sync from the photo taken from iPhone to my MacBook. in my MacBook, it show is not enough storage, but I check and at least i have 80G plus available, is there anything I need to set or something ??

Macbook Air Battery at "Service Battery"

Achilles — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 10:18:03 +0800

Hi All,

need some advice and help, my MacBook air battery showing at "Service Battery" signal and I am trying to google on what to do, unfortunately cannot find a good solution other than go to Switch, before I do that, would like to check anyone have any experience before and can this situation be solved by ourselves instead of going to switch?
worst case is battery replacement that I currently checking the price. but when I use coconut battery to check the battery capacity, actually my battery still have 65% .. so need help for the advice of what to do? any tips can solve if is software issue? tqvm

Maxis Multi Sim

Achilles — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 19:38:33 +0800

wondering anyone try before, if I have a ivalue plan for iphone with maxis, can i subscribe the multi sim with addtional RM15 per month and share my SIM card with my ipad mini on the internet quota, anyone try before?

iTunes Lyrics ?

Achilles — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:46:39 +0800

I’ve uploaded my iTunes library to the cloud via iTunes Match. Everything seems to come across on iOS devices except lyrics. Does iTunes Match not handle lyrics?

Is document in the cloud work with OS Lion

Achilles — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 22:31:05 +0800

I tried to google around but still couldn't find the right anwser, I have iwork apps in my iphone and macbook, but even though I enable the icloud, but I still cannot see the documents sync within the devices, is lion support this feature?

iTunes Match

Achilles — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:35:23 +0800

I subscribe the itunes match and uploading all my songs to the cloud, because of running out of place in my macbook so I delete lots of song and yet I discover that not necessary have to download the song in order to play, I can actually stream the song via internet as long as I have internet connection, I am not too sure my understanding is correct or not?

Anyone here try it before, if the above is correct, I am going to delete all my songs in my Macbook and MacMini after I uploaded to iCloud, and only keep the song that I wants in my iphone to save hdd space and yet I can play the song anytime via streaming

Upgrade Macbook Hard Disk

Achilles — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:19:04 +0800

Hi

I have a white macbook and would like to upgrade the hdd from 160G to 500G and the retailer said is about RM628, is the price reasonable?

He did tell me too that might have some risk since my unit is old after install the new hard disk, anyone done before?

Will I get tax if order game from PlayAsia

Achilles — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:38:18 +0800

Hi All,

I found the some of the game sell by Play Asia is quite cheap compare to buy in Penang, I did email to ask Play Asia whether I will get tax if I buy game from them and get it delivery to Penang, their reply is need to check with Penang Custom, No idea how to check with Custom here.

Anyone got experience order game before from Play Asia and get it deliver to Penang, any custom tax?

Thanks

Where to buy cheaper Original PS3 Game?

Achilles — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:57:14 +0800

Hi

I just bought the original PS3, and was looking around where to buy original PS3 game.

I found that some website like play asia.com is selling some of the game cheaper than the sony shop, is it reliable?

And any other place or web to buy PS3 Game with cheaper price?

Thanks

Sync All Calendar in iPhone(Incl Exch to Mac iCal

Achilles — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 09:47:35 +0800

Hi All Sifu,

need helps, I have being googling around but still couldnt find a right solution.

I set my company exchange account in my iphone which I can view contact, email and calendar, however, when I sync iphone with my mac, all the calendar appears in icals except those from exchange in my iphone, is there a way to set or tell iphone to sync all my calendar in iphone (including calendar from company exchange email) sync to mac ical?

thanks a lot

Two iPhoto Library, possible?

Achilles — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:54:39 +0800

Hi Sifu,

I love the iPhoto features but because of my Mac Mini only have 160G Capacity, I am running out of space to store anymore photo in my iPhoto library, is there any way to create another iphoto library in external hard disk? while I still maintain one iPhoto library in my current hard disk?

Apple TV 2 - Power Supply

Achilles — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:51:33 +0800

Hi

Wondering is anyone bought Apple TV 2 from US and use it in Malaysia?

As the power supply for both country is different, do i just use a ordinary universal plug for power supply or I need to find a power converter to convert 220 voltage to 110 voltage?

Anyone can help to advice? Thanks

Is there a way to display chinese lunar calendar i

Achilles — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:45:36 +0800

Hi All Sifu

I have been googling but still couldnt find.. is there anyway to display chinese lunar calendar in Mac iCal?

Thanks ..

iPod Touch Home Button not function

Achilles — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:08:33 +0800

Hi

My iPod Touch 1G 8GB version Home Button is not functioning, I sent back to Apple and they asking for RM660 to replace a unit (I think is refurbished) with 3 months warranty. The new one is only cost RM779, so I guess the deal is not good.

Is anyone help know any other place or other way offer to repair the home button? Thanks :-)

Airport Extreme with External Hard Disk

Achilles — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:56:47 +0800

Hi All Sifu,

I already have airport express as my wifi router to connect to my mac and pc at home, I was thinking to buy airport extreme and plug in the external hard disk to configure like NAS system, is anyone here try before? I also thinking to use the time machine software and back up my mac thru external hard disk connected to airport extreme, is it workable?

I did try to google but the feedback on the connection of external drive is pretty bad, so would like to see is there anyone here have the experience on this kind of setup?

Thanks

Celcom Broadband with Mac OS Leopard

Achilles — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 18:12:00 +0800

Hi .. I just bought a celcom broadband sim card for internet access at RM68 per month, I try to use my handphone nokia E60 to hook up with my mac to online, but it was prompt the modem setting error.

But when I use my friends Sony laptop to hook up with my handphone, it work fines ..

Anyway brother and sister here know how to set celcom broadband with mac?

Many thanks for the help

iSync with Nokia E60

Achilles — Tue, 19 Sep 2006 21:57:23 +0800

Please help .. may I know how to use iSync with Nokia E60?

I have been searching long time in the internet, but still cant find away, anyone mind to share??

Remote access from Mac to PC

Achilles — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:14:34 +0800

Hi All Sifu here,

allow me to ask a silly question, is possible to remotr log in from mac to winxp??

Car mechanic education

Achilles — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:27:32 +0800

I'm helping my brother to look for some car mechanic course for him to further his study and skills but after search a net for the past few days I found that it is really not an easy task to find one in malaysia, is anyone help could kindly share the information related to the education of car mechanic here with me?? many thanks