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Khan Academy Wont let me log in, Khan Academy Wont let me log in

I am trying to log into Khan Academy but It won't let me in. I would log in via FB or Google and it would just refresh and take me to the home page. But, I would try it on my friends computer ( She has windows 7) and it would let me in just fine. Is it something that is wrong with my macbook or what? I need to do my school work. I have a macbook core 2 duo.

Posted on Apr 10, 2014 12:00 PM

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Apr 10, 2014 12:40 PM in response to jocemclap

Could you specify which OS X system version/step

your MacBook/Air is running, and other system spec?


Have you tried accessing the web site via a browser?


There are several which should be able to work well

enough to login to http://khanacademy.org/ pages.


If you tried Safari (and are running the latest) you

could try a different browser such as FireFox, etc

or change the browser identity if the Khan sites

prefer one named browser over another.


I have five different browsers, two let me change

their identity to better suit the web site's build.


{You may have secure settings in your MacBook/Air

that limit accessing content in certain web sites...

Test a browser, to see if you can change them and

gain access; perhaps find/use one only for Khan.}


Hopefully you can access your account there.


You may want to see if they have anything to

say about issues and feedback, depending on

what your OS X version is, and browser choice.


Anything outside of these items, we can't help

as a peer-to-peer or user-to-user discussion.

If you are running Mavericks 10.9.2, perhaps

the Khan pages aren't quite right with it, yet.


Good luck & happy computing! 🙂

Apr 10, 2014 9:14 PM in response to jocemclap

So were you able to log into the Khan account, with this MacBook2.1 or 3.1

version Core2Duo MacBook 13-inch (Late 2006 or Mid 2007 model) -- ever?


Some web page changes may prevent your accessing certain accounts or

page content, and it would not surprise me, as Tiger is fairly old and there

is no current Adode Flash player support, for browsers, among other things.


You may have to consider upgrading the OS X to Snow Leopard 10.6 if you

are going to use it for more modern online activities; that would require the

purchase of a retail DVD, followed by download of Combo 10.6.8 upgrade.


For Tiger 10.4.11, you could use TenFourFox or iCab as browsers, but new

plugins and add-ons really aren't there. The old Leopard 10.5 is harder to get

& can cost more than Snow Leopard 10.6 direct from Apple (under $20 US.)


The Khan web site support could tell you the minimum requirements if any

for users to access their accounts at their site, including Adobe Flash, java,

and other stuff that would be obsolete in OS X 10.4.11 Tiger now.


So the general best way forward with that computer would be an upgrade

to Snow Leopard 10.6 retail DVD, perhaps available at authorized Apple

reseller near you, or for sure at the online store in most countries....


•Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - Apple Store (US) retail DVD:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573Z/A/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard


•Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1: (download to update 10.6 to 10.5.8)

http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399


•Apple - Support - OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard - support & more info:

http://www.apple.com/support/snowleopard/


Your older MacBook 2.1 or 3.1 (early core2duo, shipped with Tiger) could

probably use a hardware upgrade with more chip RAM installed...

Maximum Memory3.0 GB (Actual) 2.0 GB (Apple)
Memory Slots2 - 200-pin PC2-5300 (667MHz) DDR2 SO-DIMM

... info related to your identification of MacBook, w/ Tiger as base OSX


So I don't know why your old vintage or almost obsolete MacBook may

find issue with logging into the web site you state... other than the sites

or settings, specifications in browser, or wireless protocol to router or

wi-fi base station, may be at fault. Troubleshooting may suggest the

answer to be a need to upgrade. Or at least try a different browser than

whatever you have in the Tiger OS X 10.4.11 running now in the MB.


{For some reason I accidentally typed MacBook/Air when I first replied;

and think it was because this post originally appeared in that discussion

then it would have been moved into the MacBook area by a host, later.}


Anyway, there are a few reasons why you can't login; probably one or two

that are the cause of the problem, and therein is the resolution to this issue.


Good luck & happy computing! 🙂

Khan Academy Wont let me log in, Khan Academy Wont let me log in

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