Recent content by lowepeterjohn

I have a nifty lavalier microphone with a 3.5mm mono jack that I would like to use with (1) a wireless receiver that has a 3.5mm stereo input plug and (2) via an XLR extension cable with a short XLR to 3.5mm stereo jack conversion cable. Do I understand right that if I just plug the 3.5mm mono...

After getting my Macbook back from the veterinary I was using it happily --- until it slowly but surely started getting grumpy again and began reporting that the conventional 1TB in my internal main hard drive bay was not working properly and could not be verified, even though the computer could...

How much has UHF wireless microphone radio technology advanced in the last decade or so? The reason I ask is I can see some older UHF wireless microphone systems with many of the characteristics good modern systems have that are available at very affordable prices, providing one doesn't mind...

Hmmm maybe this mystery is crackable sooner rather than later: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7794520

To the pessimist the glass is half empty. To the optimist the glass is half full... Cheers Solandri! Thanks for this useful advice. What you say about glasses seems to be quite similar to your good advice about wireless mics ie either quite useful (half full) or over-rated (half empty)...

I am using a mic with an XLR extension cable to record video interviews that delivers reliable and good quality audio to my camera, so what is not to like about it apart from... it's a cable! For an upcoming project that will involve more interviewing than usual I am exploring wireless audio...

WHAKO! problem solved... though mystery still persists? Before removing the conventional disk with the OSX from the CD/DVD bay, I tried again to install the SSD in the main drive bay inside the laptop. The result was: NOTHING (computer could not see the SSD... same as before) )-: Next, I moved...

Thanks Lolnole for your encouraging reply that gives me confidence that it is worthwhile to continue trying to solve this mystery. I did not take into consideration before that the external enclosure has it own power circuitry, or that installing the SSD where the optical drive is located should...

Yep that is the question! It is an "Intel SSD DC S3500 Series DELL" SSD. Some months ago (about 2 months before the crash I describe above) I did the same modification to the Macbook that is shown in the youtube video link you sent to me, replacing the DVD player with a conventional 500GB...

Thanks Lolnole, it is a 13-inch, Mid 2012 Macbook Pro. Following up on your good advice I googled SATA controller and found that others have reported having problems with the SATA controller for this model. But if that or the cable is the problem then how come my replacement HDD works normally...

I have a problem with a SSD that suddenly crashed after being used in my Macbook on field trips for about a year. One day when I was working on a word document the spinning ball appeared on my screen and the computer froze, after waiting for some time I forced restart, but the macbook could no...