A larger amount of bandwidth means you can request more data at once, which will make your connection seem faster, but it’s not worth paying for if you don’t use your Mac for much beyond Facebook and email. The Internet speed is how fast data can travel on your network, whereas your bandwidth determines the volume of information that can travel at that speed.
Whatever your provider advertises is always going to be more than the rates you actually get, but you can always make adjustments on your end to get things running faster.īandwidth is not the same as Internet speed. Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) is what determines your maximum internet speed, but your usage at home is what ultimately determines how well your connection functions. The app offers a range of extensive details about all your Mac networks in the vicinity, including their band, signal quality, range, security status, etc. It’s an awesome app that shows you what’s going on with your network and helps you fix it when needed.
You can troubleshoot network connections in the office or at home with WiFi Explorer.
If you want to use a Kindle just for free books from the Internet, you can do it. Using a Kindle does require you have an Amazon account-Kindles generally come already paired with the Amazon account you used to buy them!-but that doesn’t mean you have to buy books from Amazon. If you email a Microsoft Word file to you’ll find it automatically delivered to your device via Wi-Fi. (Calibre won’t work with ePub files that are wrapped in copy-protection.)Īmazon also offers some file-conversion services itself. This open-source app isn’t easy to use, but once you figure it out, it will force those files into the right format.
So what if you’ve got a book that’s in ePub format, which the Kindle won’t read? Download the free app Calibre and use it to convert ePub files to Mobi. Amazon lets you download books and newspapers directly from the Amazon website’s “Manage My Kindle” section and then drag them onto your Kindle via USB.) During a trip a while back, my Kindle couldn’t get wireless service but my MacBook was on an wired hotel network. The added files show up automatically.(This is also a great way to add things to your Kindle when the Kindle itself can’t get a data connection. The book should automatically appear in the list of books on your Kindle. To copy a book to your Kindle, just drag the file into the Documents folder, eject the Kindle from your Mac, and unplug the USB cable. The key folders inside the Kindle volume are audible, documents, and music. You can open it up and see the files inside. A new volume, called Kindle, will appear on your Mac. (In fact, the USB port doubles as a charging port-the Kindle power adapter is a plug with a USB port and a USB cable!) Plug one end of that USB cable into a Mac and the other into a Kindle, and the Kindle will announce it’s entering USB Drive Mode. The Kindle’s been around so long, I didn’t really consider how a lot of people have never seen one and plenty more have never attempted to attach it to a Mac. Is it possible to buy and use a Kindle without getting ones self tied into the Amazon spider’s web?
Is it possible, with a Kindle via the internet, to take onboard for reading, books from Gutenberg? As the Kindle has a USB port, is it possible to connect it to the G5 and have it appear on the desktop, so that PDF and MP3 files can be dragged and dropped into it for reading and listening to? Over the years I have made great use of the free books available on the Gutenberg website. Since this is Macworld, after all, I thought it was worth a refresher about how the Kindle and the Mac interact. Wingrove, who is intrigued by the Kindle but unclear how it works with his Mac. After I detailed the ins and outs of the new generation of Kindles on Thursday, I got a letter from Macworld reader Gerald A.