Rather then a "warning" I think it's the "alert" you mentioned in your post from the other thread that has us all curious.
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"BTW, what is this "alert" I keep getting, where do I find it?
(nothing to do with my original questions.)"
Perhaps the alert could have been the red icon flag near an account name when logged in?
...the thing indicating either a reply or "like" (thumbs-up) to a post.
For as many years that I have been visiting MacRumors and asking for help, I don't have a clue of many of the features that lie in wait to be discovered.
kge420 suggested "Patt, best to start a new thread concerning this issue."
I didn't know that there is such a thing as "conversation", back in the day, we called it "Private".
Thus the #2 on my Need new Optical Drive - which one? #2
If you have never met someone who takes things quite literally. you have now.