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September 14

Twitter location changes for no apparent reason

Every so often, for no apparent reason, Twitter decides to change my location. There does not seem to be any connexion with where I am, what I am Tweeting about, or anything else which I can think of. Does anyone know why this happens, or have any suggestions as to how I can stop it? DuncanHill (talk) 04:41, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Which Twitter client are you using? The web interface or a mobile app? On a phone, laptop or desktop computer? If your device cannot determine the location from GPS, or doesn't have a GPS chip at all, it may try to use wifi signals to establish a location which may be less accurate. If the suggested location is way out, it may be asking the ISP's server for its location—sometimes this is on the other side of the country or even in a different country. --Canley (talk) 05:48, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

To sort of back up Canley's response: If you're tweeting from work, it may have something to do with how your company's network is set up. When I'm at work in Vermont, things like Google Maps will always locate me in Poughkeepsie, New York, at first. Dismas|^(talk) 08:35, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to happen mainly when I am at home on the desktop, connected wirefully (is wireful the opposite of wireless?) DuncanHill (talk) 14:34, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

'Wired' is the normal antonym for a wireless connection. CS Miller (talk) 14:46, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mac OS X Upgrade

I currently run Mac OS X Version 10.5.8 and would like to upgrade to Mavericks but am unsure if my machine has the right hardware requirements, and whether I would need to go through an intermediate version like Mountain Lion or something to get there, or if I can straight from one to the other. Thanks. 92.5.203.3 (talk) 11:46, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5842 should help you decide. --TrogWoolley (talk) 17:26, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Based on your current version which is relatively old, I'd guess not. I have an old iMac ("sunflower" model, 2003) running 10.6.8 which is the last OS available for it. I recently upgraded a newer iMac (2010) from 10.7 to 10.9 (Mavericks) successfully skipping 10.8 and so far it doesn't seem sluggish or otherwise compromised. Definitely check the Apple forums, and if you're still not sure then you might check 3rd party sites like macintouch or macrumors which can give details about any reported problems with Mavericks running on older machines. El duderino ^(abides) 19:51, 14 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]