Joagbaje:

My mAc book air battery now only last for 2 hrs what can I do? Is it normal ?

Hello Joagbaje, a bit more info would have been helpful, such as, the age of your MBA, the 2hrs you have noticed, is it under heavy use or light use? Do you know how many load cycles your MBA has been through?
Have you tried calibrating your battery (check apple site for details)? If not, then your battery monitor may be reporting the battery charge wrongly. I suggest you download a small free app called coconut battery. Install it and run it. It should give you detailed info on your battery life, load cycles, current charge, current capacity etc. Run it and see what it says. Let us know how it goes!

Sound familiar? The full pdf file is available to download online. Nigerians lets be careful. The Americans have now set their sights on our oil.
The Americans are taking advantage of an incompetent government.Segun Aganga ( Goldman Sachs ) and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala ( World Bank) , where imposed on Nigerians at the behest of America. At the same time we have seen Boko Haram rise from obscurity to an international terrorist group in record time. America at the same time pressured GEJ to remove fuel subsidy. Nigerians should please see that all these events are connected!!!

Somzie:

wats the price of a fairly-used Imac?

and how often is it demanded by the Nigerian Public?

The price of a fairly used Imac depends really on what part of the world you are buying it from. The bottom line is that Macs usually hold their value for many years, so you might be better off going for a brand new one that comes with a full year warranty. I see you are based in the UK. You can try gumtree, they have a lot of very good deals there.
I am not based in Nigeria, so I don't know about demand there. Maybe someone based in Nigeria can help us out. I presume the demand is low though, but I expect this to change as awareness grows.

Can't see my last post, can a moderator help me out?

MyJwell:

pls i need to know if there's any difference in networking windos and mac?


pls detailed explanation would be helpful and appreciated

The term networking is very broad and covers many different aspects of computing. Do you mean Mac to Mac networking, or Mac to Windows networking? Can you be a bit more specific please.
Below is a link which is a detailed guide to Mac networking and file sharing.(Mac to Mac, and Mac to Windows)

http://smokingapples.com/software/reviews/mac-windows-network-file-sharing/

dre901:

Hello Guys

My gametag is RarinCastle89. its game on

Just added you

ritchboy:

Hehehe, 7235 is a decent gamerscore, though I'm well over double that!!

7% completion on Gears 3 is criminal!

Been too busy playing multiplayer, haven't had time for the main campaign. Go on, prove to us the stats you claim!!!!

Okay I have sent a friend request to Y Krusher, my gamertag is emeka 74(space before the 74).

ritchboy:

Unfortunately my gamertag contains personally identifiable information which would compromise my anonymous status on NL

Is it fair that you can go around laughing at our gamerscores yet we can't see yours?

This is a brief tutorial on how to set up icloud on your Mac. Once set up, you can then use it to locate your lost or stolen Mac device anywhere in the world, including Nigeria!! Very handy, so thieves beware!!

@Beaf
how does it seem very strange to you? The mistakes where created by the government. The mistakes enriched those in government and those close to the government. In correcting those mistakes why punish the common man for the ineptitude of government ( be it this one, or the previous ones). The common man suffered for the initial waste, and is being told to suffer again in order to seek a solution. Yes there is a problem. Yes it needs to be fixed. The truth is this current government is going about it in a very wrong way. Where in the world have you heard that prices double overnight? That is complete insanity. I live in the UK, and no government here will survive if they brought out a policy that led to 100% inflation. So what I would kindly like to know is why the reaction of Nigerians seems strange to you?

@Beaf, but the question remains. Why hasn't the government acted sooner in curbing the problem. According to the cable, alarm bells have been blowing for almost a decade.

So the question I ask is why can't NNPC cut out the international traders and buy the refined products directly from the suppliers, hence doing away with the middlemen and all the corruption that dealing with them entails?

US embassy cable - 04LAGOS767

SCANDAL BREWING OVER NIGERIAN FUEL IMPORTS
Identifier: 04LAGOS767
Wikileaks: View 04LAGOS767 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Consulate Lagos
Created: 2004-04-08 08:33:00
Classification: CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
Tags: EPET EINV EFIN PGOV NI
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 LAGOS 000767

SIPDIS

NOFORN

E.O. 12958: DECL: 04/07/2014
TAGS: EPET, EINV, EFIN, PGOV, NI
SUBJECT: SCANDAL BREWING OVER NIGERIAN FUEL IMPORTS


Classified By: J. GREGOIRE FOR REASONS 1.5 (B), (D), AND (E).

1. (C) SUMMARY. A scandal is brewing in Nigeria over prices
paid by the government for imported fuel. International fuel
traders have been falsifying the dates of bills of lading to
reflect particularly high market prices, overcharging the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by $300
million or more. END SUMMARY.

2. (C N/F) On April 2, Chris Finlayson, Chairman and Managing
Director of Shell Petroleum Development Corporation of
Nigeria (SPDC), told Consul General and Econoff that a
scandal is brewing within the NNPC over payments made to
international fuel marketers. Finlayson said some marketers
have been changing the dates when fuel shipments bound for
Nigeria were loaded in order to take advantage of
particularly high market prices. He said the total
overpayment by NNPC may be as high as $330 million.
Finlayson noted that Shell is not one of the marketers in
question, but is becoming a leading fuel supplier for NNPC.

3. (C N/F) On April 6, Femi Otedola, President and CEO of
Zenon Petroleum and Gas, the largest supplier of diesel fuel
in Nigeria, essentially corroborated Finlayson's report.
Otedola said over $300 million has been overpaid by NNPC for
fuel imports, and that many leading international traders are
involved. According to Otedola, NNPC contracts to pay its
suppliers the market price on the day a ship is loaded with
fuel. He said NNPC recently discovered, however, that bills
of lading were altered to reflect loading on days of high
market prices. Discrepancies were found when comparing dates
on the bills of lading with dates of landing in Lagos.

4. (C N/F) Pointing to examples, Otedola said that while a
tanker loading fuel at a refinery in Bahrain usually takes
four weeks to arrive in Lagos, comparisons between the bills
of lading and dates of arrival of some shipments reflected
only a four-day difference, and in other cases, if taken at
face value, indicated the journey took nine months. Otedola
said 73 shipments from refineries in the Persian Gulf,
England, and Venezuela listed delivery times of only one day.
NNPC is attempting to get compensation for the over-charge.
Otedola went on that most of the fuel traders supplying
Nigeria are implicated in over-charging NNPC, and showed a
list of 17 companies that supplied fuel in the first quarter
of 2004, several of which, he said, are significant players
in international markets, such as Trafigura and Vitol.
Otedola added that three companies clearly not involved in
the scandal are British Petroleum, ChevronTexaco and Shell.

5. (C N/F) Otedola recommended that NNPC stop contracting
with international fuel traders and negotiate purchases
directly from refineries worldwide. According to him, such a
move would have two positive effects. Otedola calculates
that NNPC would save some four billion dollars a year in
expenditures on imported fuel. (Note: Prior to deregulation
in October 2003, NNPC, then the sole importer of fuel, lost
two billion dollars per year because it sold stock to
retailers below purchase price. After October 2003, NNPC
initially stopped subsidizing fuel sales, letting marketers
import fuel to be sold at market prices. However, sources
agree that NNPC is back in the business of subsidizing
gasoline sales while it maintains a facade of deregulation by
encouraging private marketers to import fuel that NNPC
purchases at market price. NNPC then sells the fuel to
marketers and retailers at a reduced price to ensure that
those companies maintain a profit margin while holding
consumer prices to informal caps set by the Department of
Petroleum Resources. End Note.)

6. (C N/F) Otedola added that by cutting out the
international traders, NNPC would also enhance the
environment in which Nigeria's refineries could be restored
and operated. Otedola said he believes international fuel
trade "mafias" are behind the failure to bring Nigeria's
refineries back on-line and to capacity. Otedola is
convinced these traders arrange for the vandalization of
crude oil feeder pipelines, which keep the refineries at Port
Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna closed or under-capacity. He said
the international traders generally receive at least one
million dollars per shipload of fuel to Nigeria and have
grown accustomed to the easy money Nigeria offers as long its
refineries remain down.

7. (C N/F) As an example, Otedola described an arrangement
the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) had with Sahara
Energy for the provision of diesel to an emergency power
generation plant in Abuja. He said that while a pipeline was
under construction to deliver fuel to the main power plant,
NEPA paid some five billion dollars to Sahara over four years
for diesel to the back-up plant. It was later discovered
that NEPA had received only about one billion dollars worth
of fuel, according to Otedola. Otedola said that he, too,
was contracted to deliver diesel fuel to the plant on
occasion; however, he petitioned the president to investigate
the matter after becoming suspicious of NEPA's ongoing
contract with Sahara and the fact that the pipeline for the
power plant was never finished. He said his intervention led
to an investigation that ultimately resulted in the
cancellation of NEPA's contract with Sahara.

8. (C N/F) COMMENT: The allegation that international
traders bilked NNPC of hundreds of millions of dollars is yet
another example of the poor management of Nigeria's energy
sector, and highlights the complex links between crude sales,
fuel importation, refinery maintenance, and energy production
here. Otedola is probably right in suggesting that
long-standing sweetheart deals between the NNPC and a variety
of fuel traders is keeping the system inefficient. That may
also explain why the GON just can't seem to get its
refineries running even after spending a billion dollars or
more on maintenance contracts over the last four years.
Otedola said he initially bid to purchase the Port Harcourt
refinery offered for privatization, but he recently told
President Obasanjo he will not invest in the refinery so long
as NNPC purchases fuel from traders instead of negotiating
directly with refineries in other countries and leasing ships
itself to deliver fuel to Nigeria. It is not clear if
Otedola's assumption that the international traders' stake in
Nigeria's current fuel market is the main driver behind the
country's refinery woes. But it is clear that the
fundamentals of infrastructure security, interim supply
stability, and transactional transparency must still be
addressed if the GON is to be taken seriously about its
efforts to deregulate and largely privatize Nigeria's
downstream petroleum sector. END COMMENT.
HINSON-JONES

Not bad for a 2 year old Imac ay?

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sun_temi:

The thread says ' Post Your Imac, Macbook And Macbook Pro Problems Here.' so why all these MAC and PC arguments?

I think it is fair to assume we can discuss anything Mac related on this thread, including the unending MAC vs PC debate. Just my 2 cents!!

Maleeq:

Stickying this thread to first page! About time a mac lounge is started.

Nice one Maleeq!!!!!!!!

chillbabe:

Hi all i just got me a Macbook Pro and i cant seem to get acquainted with using it even tho i'm not a pro with computers but i still find it complicated when compared with others.For instance i tried downloading something and when i needed to open the stuff it kept asking me what application to use in opening the download and i got stuck.Another is the copy and paste which i've always known to be ctrl+c or highlighting all which is ctrl+a and so on but on the mackbook pro i dont know what keys to use.I cant also right click like in other computers also.I do not have adobe on mine too do i need to install this as well.

I would appreciate a lil tutorial on how to get on with my macbook pro.

Hello, getting started with a mac, the first thing you have to do is go to system preferences to change certain settings to suite your needs. The default settings can be quite frustrating. Click on System Preferences, then on the second row click trackpad. You can then enable a tap with two fingers for right clicking, and a host of other gestures. There are videos to the right of each gesture explaining what they do. I suggest you tick all of them and get yourself acquainted with them. After a while, they become second nature. Any gesture you feel uncomfortable with, simply untick the box.
To copy and paste is similar to windows, you use the command key (cmd) instead of Control (Ctrl) on windows. If you enabled gestures, you can simply tap on the highlighted item with two fingers, a list of options appear, tap copy, then tap with two fingers again where you want it pasted to, then tap paste ( much easier if u ask me).
When installing programs on a Mac, after downloading it, double click on it to mount it. Once mounted, double click on it, and drag the program to your applications folder( it is important you do this or else the program would not install). The program should then install on your mac.
Most importantly, keep playing around with your Mac to get the hang of things. Most settings are in system preferences so have a bit of a wonder around there to understand what settings do what.

amor4ce:

I'll try iShopA.com at their Ikeja office perhaps this week or the next and give details of the feedback here.

Let us know how it goes, Goodluck!!!

amor4ce:

Chipmunk International has a decoder ring for Macintosh hardware serial numbers. Simply enter your SN into their online form and it will tell you all kinds of facts about your Mac including: name, model, production factory, production year, week and number during that week. The site supports all Apple products including computers, laptops, monitors, printers and batteries.

http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html

Very useful tool!!!

aboyio:

pls, how can i get a macbook charger i am in imo state

Your best bet might be;

The Orchard, Shop 3, Civic Centre Ozumba Mbadiwe Street, VI, Lagos, 07028064109

Give them a call, and see if they can deliver one to you.

amor4ce:

The first Magsafe power adapter blew during a spike in voltage and I got another of which there later was a cut in the wire from the adapter at the region of the rubber bung which I resolved by joining (rolling) the wires together. Because of my return to Naija in 2010 I bought a Tekkeon external battery to use alongside the national grid and generators - it also works as a substitute for the Magsafe adapter. So far, the MacBook hasn't worked with both.

There were times (started this year) that the indicator would be green for a less than 100% charge after which I would let the battery drain till like forty-something percent. Anytime I tried this and subsequently recharged the charge reached 100%.

Perhaps unrelated: a year (2009) after purchase the lower half of the screen started to flicker then became dysfunctional. I bought a LCD screen from Amazon and with the help of a friend replaced the faulty one.

I am afraid it is starting to look like it might be a logic board problem. They are quite expensive to replace. I think you should try and get a specialist to physically look at it, you might still be lucky!. I am not sure how many specialists they have in Nigeria. I do know some specialists in the UK that you can ship it to, they fix it and ship it back to you. All in all you are looking at quite a bit of money to spend in getting it fixed.

amor4ce:

Thanks for your response.

The grey symbol was static before it stopped working.

I've tried the method you suggested for getting it to power on but that hasn't work. Do you know of any other options as I want to be sure it is just the hard drive.

Is it possible for you to use another Magsafe Power adapter to try and turn it on? Has the power adapter played up before? When you try and turn it on do you hear the hard drive spinning?

@amor4ce, the initial symptoms of your macbook indicated a failing hard drive. Was the grey symbol flashing? If so then that means there was no system hard drive available to boot from( a failed drive). When you tried to re-install, the long waiting time also indicated a failing hard drive. Aborting the process could have caused an operating system flaw.
Press the control key, the command key, and the power button at the same time and hold on pressing them for about three seconds, hopefully this should restart your macbook. As your Macbook is starting up, hold down the mouse button, or click down on the trackpad, this should eject your disc. If your machine starts up, and the grey symbol is still flashing, then shut it down and replace the hard drive. It is fairly straight forward to replace on a 2008 macbook. Once replaced, start up your mac again put in the install disk, and re-install the OS. Your system should be up and running again. Let us know how it goes.

@Wallie, go ahead and buy the 27 inch Imac, the current line ups are outstanding, it is a beast of a machine, the best all in one in the market today.

@Maleeq,
The Mac vs PC debate can never be just about the hardware or just about the OS. It is a combination of both. I am typing this reply using windows 7, because yes, there are plenty of good things about Windows ( gaming) or Linux ( Low cost & flexibility). So I can enjoy the benefits of OSX, Windows, or Linux, something you cannot do! So not only do I have a Mac, but I also have a PC. Something you cannot say! Is that not an advantage?

I see you are taking the Mac vs PC debate into political territory. The open source vs closed debate is akin to the removal of the oil subsidy debate in Nigeria. There are advantages for both, which I am sure you know about. So no. Closed Source has little to do with monopoly. We all know that open source software are more derivative than innovative. Is Linux not a derivative of Unix? I believe that technology should be mostly about innovation.

Very funny video though! 

@Maleeq, the link below is an article from PC Advisor, they are meant to be experts in everything PC. I'm sure you trust their advice.
They state that there are hundreds of reasons why a Mac is better than a PC, they go on to list 8 reasons why your next computer should be a Mac not a PC

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/apple/115151/8-reasons-why-a-mac-is-better-than-a-pc/

Nuff said? Hopefully you will jump ship 

Wallie:

I've been using Macs for a while and will continue to use them but I also have a few Windows PCs that I use.

Today, a Mac is not necessarily better than a Windows computer especially if you’re comparing apples to apples. Windows 7 is probably just as stable as Mac OS 10x. The real reason Macs don’t get virus is because viruses are not written for them due to having a smaller user base.

Do I prefer a Mac, today? Yes because I don’t have to worry about viruses, which means that I also don’t have to run resource-hogging virus protection program.

However, I do have a few gripes with Macs:
1. Office on a MAC feels inferior and works somewhat differently than Office in a Windows environment. Probably intentional since Microsoft wrote both.
2. Macs are just too expensive for what you get. My power adapter stopped working twice in one year. The crappy power adapter was $79. Magic mouse = $69.
3. Not all software has a MAC equivalent. Quickbook is not Mac compatible. Using Boot is ok but that requires you to buy a Window OS license (XP no longer works with the latest Boot version) and also run virus protection.

Apple will continue to get my money because they innovate. I’m debating buying the 27-inch iMac for myself!

Noted! Mac peripherals do tend to be overpriced. I guess we are paying for the aesthetics, which you must agree are second to none. I will however disagree that Macs themselves are over priced, as I personally believe that the OS alone justifies the price.
You do need to buy a licence to run windows via bootcamp, Parallels or VM, but is that not cheaper than shelling out on a new PC?
Quickbooks 2012 is now available for Mac, and yes you can import you files from the windows version!

Maleeq:

There you go, you just mixed it up! Are you referring, by this argument, to mac/pc as a hardware, or mac/pc as software (OS)? For PC aint limited to Windows, so the crashes and viruses you talk about, I don't experience it running Ubuntu Linux on my PC! 

Well, to each his own, but I have been in the industry for long to know that (case study: Nigerians) people buy Macs just becos it makes them look cool

On a Mac you can legally run Windows or Linux. You cannot legally run OSX on a PC. So Mac users get the best of both worlds.
There will always be a compatibility issue when running operating systems on a PC, because a the company makes that makes the hardware differs from the one that makes the OS , hence the need for drivers. On a Mac however, Apple makes both the Hardware and the OS, so both are seamlessly integrated, eliminating the need for drivers.
To say that Nigerians simply buy Macs because it makes them look cool is an insult to Nigerians. A lot of Nigerians are intelligent enough to understand the benefits of using a Mac.

Maleeq:

So, you advice me to shell out $$$$ in getting a macbook, and then run Windows on it via some virtualization software? Really? What edge would that give over simply getting my regular PC?

I would like to know which software you are talking about, as most software these days run on macs.
You do not need virtualization software to run windows on a Mac, as all macs come with Bootcamp.
Why do u think Macs cost an arm and a leg? Because you are getting a superior piece of technology!
If you want to know why Macs are better than PC's then go online and find out, the debate is endless.
Macs are mostly used by professionals who use cutting edge technology and demand top notch reliability. ( No viruses or crashes, Windows is unstable unlike OSX)
But if money is an issue, then I guess you are better of with a PC.

Maleeq:

Superiority is relative and based on individual perceptions. I

For instance, n my line of work, the tools I use have no mac equivalents; thus to me, mac aint superior!. . .not the mention the "superior" cash savings in buy a PC!

Definitely superior, especially so in your case, as you can run windows on any Mac via Bootcamp, Parallels or VM Fusion, thereby giving you the best of both worlds!!

What of Ghost Recon Future Soldier?  I hope it doesn't go down the same road of MW3 or BF3. I am definitely looking forward to that
ME3 is a must have! I love Halo, but I think the series has been played out. The Halo Reach campaign was disappointing. The online multiplayer on the other hand was awesome.

We Mac users know that the Apple Mac is way superior to the PC. Hopefully the use of apple Macs should soon start to grow in Nigeria. This thread is for anyone experiencing difficulties with their Mac computer. Hopefully we should be able to help!