11/22/2011

[macsupport] Digest Number 8578

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1a.

Re: I lost my documents on desktop

Posted by: "OBrien" bco@hiwaay.net   conorboru

Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:14 am (PST)



On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:05:27 -0500, Harry Flaxman wrote:
> ...It's never been recommended to keep much, if anything, on the
> desktop in the way of icons.

I keep an Alias folder on my Desktop. The Alias folder points to a "Desktop Items" folder on one of my HDs. I drop all files on the Desktop into the "Desktop Items" Alias folder. This keeps my Desktop neat, and I can view the items by opening the Alias folder. Alternatively, the Alias folder could be in the Dock instead of on the Desktop.


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1b.

Re: I lost my documents on desktop

Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com

Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:26 am (PST)



On Nov 22, 2011, at 2:55 AM, titnaw wrote:

> Thanks,
> I was able to find it the way John told me. I put the hard drive on the desktop and then to the bottom right and opened home and went to the user folder and then home icon and put the document folder on the left side of the bottom of the desktop.
>
> When I go to the finder window the icon with the face and 2 colors I do not see any thing that says Places. When I opened it up on the left it says
> all files, air drop, applications, downloads, documents, movies, music and pictures
> Is there suppose to be Places too.
> Thanks to you and John I now have my folder but would like to save all advise incase it happens again

Sorry, I should have realized you were running Lion. You're right. There's no "Places" category in the Sidebar in Lion. I just checked it out, and found that I had to go to the "Finder" menu and choose Preferences. In Preferences, click the "Sidebar" tab at the top. There, in the category labeled "Favorites," click to check the box next to the little house icon with your name on it. Close the preferences window. Now when you open the Finder, you should see your house icon (your home). When you click it you should then see all your personal folders, including your Documents folder.

Daly

1c.

Re: I lost my documents on desktop

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net   hflaxman001

Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:52 am (PST)




On Nov 22, 2011, at 8:14 AM, OBrien wrote:

>
> I keep an Alias folder on my Desktop. The Alias folder points to a "Desktop Items" folder on one of my HDs. I drop all files on the Desktop into the "Desktop Items" Alias folder. This keeps my Desktop neat, and I can view the items by opening the Alias folder. Alternatively, the Alias folder could be in the Dock instead of on the Desktop.

This is a good habit as opposed to keeping actual icons or aliases on the desktop. Icons are 'live', and they refresh constantly. The whole system can slow and does with too many actual icons on the desktop. This has always been an issue. It's pretty much common sense though.

Keep as few live icons on the desktop else things slow down immensely.

Harry

Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net

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1d.

Re: I lost my documents on desktop

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net   hflaxman001

Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:30 am (PST)




On Nov 22, 2011, at 5:55 AM, titnaw wrote:

> Thanks,
> I was able to find it the way John told me. I put the hard drive on the desktop and then to the bottom right and opened home and went to the user folder and then home icon and put the document folder on the left side of the bottom of the desktop.

Do take care in how many visible icons you keep no the desktop. Being as most of them are 'live updating' icons, they can slow the system down by having to refresh them constantly. It's never been recommended to keep much, if anything, on the desktop in the way of icons.

Harry

Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net

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2a.

Re: Mail, move folders from Snow Leopard to Lion

Posted by: "Frank T" fjt2@mac.com   frankt192

Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:14 am (PST)



Use Migration.

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Greg Roberts <gregrobertsphoto@...> wrote:
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> I am moving my files from my MBP to my new machine - iMac 27" 3.4 machine. My mail is using the mail on the machine and have folders to file the older mail documents away (receipts and other business mail). Is there a way to move these folders to my new "Lion" machine? Also, if I update my MBP to Lion will I loose these folders or assist in the move?
>
> PS, I will be having more questions on getting this machine going!!! Honest.
>
> Thank you,
> Greg
>

2b.

Re: Mail, move folders from Snow Leopard to Lion

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net   hflaxman001

Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:17 am (PST)




On Nov 22, 2011, at 7:13 AM, Greg Roberts wrote:

> I am moving my files from my MBP to my new machine - iMac 27" 3.4 machine. My mail is using the mail on the machine and have folders to file the older mail documents away (receipts and other business mail). Is there a way to move these folders to my new "Lion" machine? Also, if I update my MBP to Lion will I loose these folders or assist in the move?

Ensure that the older MBP is up to at least 10.6.8 and use Migration Assistant with the new machine, to transfer everything over. You can connect the two using either a Firewire cable, or an ethernet (faster) cable. If you wish, you may also use an external drive to transfer machines over.

Ensure that the MBP is in Target Disk mode to transfer everything over.

Harry

Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net

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3a.

DVD Play on a Sawtooth

Posted by: "OBrien" bco@hiwaay.net   conorboru

Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:21 am (PST)



I have an old Sawtooth (400MHz maybe) that I tried playing a video DVD on, just to see if it would...I wasn't sure if it even had a DVD drive. Well, the DVD +did+ spin-up, and DVD Player launched. After launch, DVD Player gave me an error message saying something to the effect that the machine isn't configured correctly, and that DVD Player will now quit, which it does. I was surprised to find that, checking System Profiler, this old Sawtooth +does+ seem to have a DVD drive.

So, I'm wondering what needs to be configured. I would expect DVD Player to simply launch and begin playing the video. The Mac is running OSX 10.3.x (it isn't here, so I can't check for specific version.)


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Re: DVD Play on a Sawtooth

Posted by: "Denver dan" denver.dan@verizon.net   denverdan22180

Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:12 am (PST)



You may need to install a codec or tyr a DVD player like VLC.

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On Nov 22, 2011, at 8:21 AM, OBrien <bco@hiwaay.net> wrote:

> I have an old Sawtooth (400MHz maybe) that I tried playing a video DVD on, just to see if it would...I wasn't sure if it even had a DVD drive. Well, the DVD +did+ spin-up, and DVD Player launched. After launch, DVD Player gave me an error message saying something to the effect that the machine isn't configured correctly, and that DVD Player will now quit, which it does. I was surprised to find that, checking System Profiler, this old Sawtooth +does+ seem to have a DVD drive.
>
> So, I'm wondering what needs to be configured. I would expect DVD Player to simply launch and begin playing the video. The Mac is running OSX 10.3.x (it isn't here, so I can't check for specific version.)
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4a.

Re: Mail suddenly slow

Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com

Tue Nov 22, 2011 5:32 am (PST)



On Nov 22, 2011, at 2:47 AM, titnaw wrote:

> I have thunderbird and seem to miss a lot of messages. I do have this email on another computer that uses Outlook Express. Do you think that is what is happening

It depends on how the mail is set up. If they are "POP" accounts, then when you download mail on one computer, those messages are no longer on the server, so won't be available when you download mail on the other computer.

In Thunderbird's Tools menu, you can choose Account Settings. In Account Settings, find your account on the left and beneath its name, select "Server Settings." In Server Settings, you can use checkboxes to tell it to leave your messages on the server "Until I delete them."

That way, mail you get but do not delete on one computer will still be available to be re-downloaded on the other computer.

Daly

4b.

Re: Mail suddenly slow

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net   hflaxman001

Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:31 am (PST)




On Nov 22, 2011, at 6:00 AM, Harry Flaxman wrote:

> On Nov 22, 2011, at 5:47 AM, titnaw wrote:
>
>> I have thunderbird and seem to miss a lot of messages. I do have this email on another computer that uses Outlook Express. Do you think that is what is happening
>> Titnaw
>
>
> Have you tried using Apple Mail? It's pretty versatile, and the newest version is good at keeping threads together. I use it for all of my 6 different public and 'private' email accounts.
>
> Haven't missed a piece of mail yet!
>
> Harry

Sorry, just caught up with this thread. The whole idea was that Mail was slow.

Whoops!

Harry

Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net

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5a.

Trojan Horse "DevilRobber"

Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com   todhop

Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:29 am (PST)



As it is still mistakenly believed that Macs are immune to attack, please take note...

http://tinyurl.com/bp84dx3

Trojan applications have indeed begun targeting Macs. I believe the current slow pace is all still somewhat "experimental" but I expect the experiments will succeed and Mac targeted malware will increase rapidly from here.

Cheers,
tod

Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins@hillmanncarr.com

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5b.

Re: Trojan Horse "DevilRobber"

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net   hflaxman001

Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:42 am (PST)




On Nov 22, 2011, at 9:29 AM, Tod Hopkins wrote:

> As it is still mistakenly believed that Macs are immune to attack, please take note...
>
> http://tinyurl.com/bp84dx3
>
> Trojan applications have indeed begun targeting Macs. I believe the current slow pace is all still somewhat "experimental" but I expect the experiments will succeed and Mac targeted malware will increase rapidly from here.
>

This has been the story for many years. A short while back, as we may recall, there was an actual 'trojan', if you want to call it that. It basically fooled people into buying a phony piece of 'anti-malware' software that in turn tried to harvest info from Macs. Apple quickly responded to this and keeps an internal list of such attempts and blocks them.

We shall see. Randy S. has some thoughts on this that I'm sure many have read.

Harry

Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net

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5c.

Re: Trojan Horse "DevilRobber"

Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com   todhop

Tue Nov 22, 2011 10:16 am (PST)



To be clear, I posted this as a simple warning. This is a real Trojan that could potentially infect people on this list. The "defense" is also simple as infection relies on users engaging in "illicit" behavior.

To the wider point however, the real issue is not whether one CAN target Mac users, or whether this particular trojan is a serious threat. But read the details. This is a professionally written application following in the pattern of a string of recent "attacks" that appear to be "experiments" in targeting Macs in ways that are the mainstay of Windows malware.

In short, the evidence is mounting that organized crime, the primary source of malware, is gearing up to target Mac users. It would not be wise to continue to be complacent about the relative "invulnerability" of Macs.

Cheers,
tod

On Nov 22, 2011, at 9:42 AM, Harry Flaxman wrote:

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> On Nov 22, 2011, at 9:29 AM, Tod Hopkins wrote:
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> > As it is still mistakenly believed that Macs are immune to attack, please take note...
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/bp84dx3
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> > Trojan applications have indeed begun targeting Macs. I believe the current slow pace is all still somewhat "experimental" but I expect the experiments will succeed and Mac targeted malware will increase rapidly from here.
> >
>
> This has been the story for many years. A short while back, as we may recall, there was an actual 'trojan', if you want to call it that. It basically fooled people into buying a phony piece of 'anti-malware' software that in turn tried to harvest info from Macs. Apple quickly responded to this and keeps an internal list of such attempts and blocks them.
>
> We shall see. Randy S. has some thoughts on this that I'm sure many have read.
>
> Harry
>
> Harry Flaxman
> harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins@hillmanncarr.com

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5d.

Re: Trojan Horse "DevilRobber"

Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com   randybrucesinger

Tue Nov 22, 2011 3:08 pm (PST)




On Nov 22, 2011, at 6:29 AM, Tod Hopkins wrote:

> Trojan applications have indeed begun targeting Macs.

There is a list of Mac Trojans, and the threat level of each, here:

http://www.reedcorner.net/guides/macvirus/malware_catalog.php

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Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)

Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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6.

Mail "Load Images" Shortcut

Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com   todhop

Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:34 am (PST)



I'd love a shortcut for "Load Images" in Mail. Can't find one. Any tricks for dealing with this?

Cheers,
tod

Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins@hillmanncarr.com

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7.

Letters to Steve: Steve Jobs fan mail gets a Kindle Book treatment

Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com   boulware0224

Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:51 am (PST)



http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/hOHtk4T83Bs/

Sent to you by Bill Boulware via Google Reader: Letters to Steve: Steve
Jobs fan mail gets a Kindle Book treatment via 9to5Mac by Jordan Kahn
on 11/22/11



The title says it all: "Letters to Steve: Inside the E-mail Inbox of
Apple's Steve Jobs". A new book penned by CNN technology writer Mark
Milian takes a look at the hundreds of emails between Jobs and the
people that discovered his publicly available email address. It also
includes never-before-published e-mails exclusive to the book, which is
available starting today for $2.99 on Amazon.

This book is based on interviews with many of the customers and fans
Jobs communicated with. These tales reveal the intricacies of how Jobs
portrayed himself as likable and accessible through direct interaction
with fans. He handled customer-service inquiries himself and carefully
revealed hints about upcoming Apple products, guaranteeing headlines on
blogs. However, some of these letters, when analyzed, provide a glimpse
into his "reality distortion field," in which he lobs insults, bends
the truth and uses misdirection in order to manipulate anyone on the
receiving end.

To accompany the release of the book, CNN is running a three-part
series on their website. The first part in that series was published
today and details Jobs' emails related to customer service. Here's an
excerpt where customer Scott Steckley recalls receiving a phone call
from Jobs after emailing him regarding a long wait for his Mac repair:

"Hi Scott, this is Steve," Steckley recalled hearing from the other end
of the phone.

"Steve Jobs?" he asked.

"Yeah," Jobs said. "I just wanted to apologize for your incredibly long
wait. It's really nobody's fault. It's just one of those things."

"Yeah, I understand."

Then Jobs explained that he expedited the repair. "I also wanted to
thank you for your support of Apple," Jobs said. "I see how much
equipment you own. It really makes my day to see someone who enjoys our
products so much and who supports us in the good times and bad."

This next one has been posted before but is still entertaining:


"a customer complaining about Apple not honoring its warranty for his
computer received the following response from Jobs in 2008: "This is
what happens when your MacBook Pro sustains water damage. They are pro
machines and they don't like water. It sounds like you're just looking
for someone to get mad at other than yourself."





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8.

VMware Fusion update to "fix" Mac OS X client virtuali

Posted by: "Bill Boulware" bill.boulware@gmail.com   boulware0224

Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:54 am (PST)



http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/68KQFsGBhak/

Sent to you by Bill Boulware via Google Reader: VMware Fusion update to
"fix" Mac OS X client virtualization via 9to5Mac by Christian Zibreg on
11/22/11



VMware, the maker of a popular virtualization software, seems to be
backpedalling on the last week's release of VMware Fusion 4.1 for the
Mac. As originally noted by MacWorld, Fusion 4.1 was released with
support for virtualization of Lion, Snow Leopard and Leopard clients. A
dialog box pops up when installing Leopard or Snow Leopard in Fusion
4.1, asking user to "verify" that they are in compliance with the
operating system licensing terms.

In essence, this removes VMware from the position of having to evaluate
and enforce Apple's operating-system license, and instead leaves the
decision in the hands of users.

In a new blog post today, VMware hinted an upcoming update will "fix"
their "mistake".

When the license verification step was added in VMware Fusion 4.1 the
server edition check was omitted. We are preparing an update. [...]
Users should always ensure they remain in compliance with any
applicable software license agreements.

Of course, per Apple's EULA only server software is supposed to be
virtualized. At the end of the day, VMware is fixing Fusion the same
way people fix their dogs.


Related articles
- VMWare Fusion 4 hits, touts improved speed and Lion features
(9to5mac.com)
- MacTech declares Parallels 7 the Virtualization performance champ on
the Mac (9to5mac.com)




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9a.

What is Yahoo Groups function if posts no longer show?

Posted by: "HAL9000" jrswebhome@yahoo.com   jrswebhome

Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:38 pm (PST)



My post hasn't shown for 3.5 hours.
This has become a crazy service.
One can no longer depend upon it working.

John R

9b.

Re: What is Yahoo Groups function if posts no longer show?

Posted by: "HAL9000" jrswebhome@yahoo.com   jrswebhome

Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:39 pm (PST)



The post never got posted some how. This one crazy service.

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "HAL9000" <jrswebhome@...> wrote:
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> My post hasn't shown for 3.5 hours.
> This has become a crazy service.
> One can no longer depend upon it working.
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> John R
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9c.

Ok, one more time!

Posted by: "HAL9000" jrswebhome@yahoo.com   jrswebhome

Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:44 pm (PST)



I ran namebench. Namebench reported several servers as being hijacked. What is the meaning of hijacked? Is that an assault by hacking software? Is the server controlled by hackers? Or is it just too busy to function. Was Yahoo AGAIN hacked this morning, once again proving the unreliability of Yahoo or the web in general to function when one needs it to function?

John R

9d.

Re: What is Yahoo Groups function if posts no longer show?

Posted by: "OBrien" bco@hiwaay.net   conorboru

Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:48 pm (PST)



On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:38:16 -0000, HAL9000 wrote:
> My post hasn't shown for 3.5 hours.
> This has become a crazy service.
> One can no longer depend upon it working.

Yahoo Groups hiccups every now and then...always has. Just re-post.


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Re: What is Yahoo Groups function if posts no longer show?

Posted by: "Terry Pogue" tpogue@comcast.net   terrypogue_2000

Tue Nov 22, 2011 1:55 pm (PST)



Sometimes my letters to yahoo don't show up on the list but do display on the yahoo groups website. Of I have to resubscribe when that happens. It doesn't bounce my mail but the don't make it the the list. Once I resubscribe they also hit the list.

Sent from my iPad

On Nov 22, 2011, at 4:39 PM, "HAL9000" <jrswebhome@yahoo.com> wrote:

> The post never got posted some how. This one crazy service.
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> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "HAL9000" <jrswebhome@...> wrote:
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>> My post hasn't shown for 3.5 hours.
>> This has become a crazy service.
>> One can no longer depend upon it working.
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>> John R
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9f.

Re: What is Yahoo Groups function if posts no longer show?

Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com   jimdoc01

Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:41 pm (PST)



> My post hasn't shown for 3.5 hours.
> This has become a crazy service.
> One can no longer depend upon it working.
> John R

When was it, exactly, that one COULD depend upon it working?

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9g.

Ethernet migration

Posted by: "Ken" avlisk@cox.net   avliska

Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:50 pm (PST)



Migrating from old MacBook to new MB Air, 10.5.8 to Lion. Apple support says to use an Ethernet cable or go wireless. Do you folks think wireless is reliable for this task, or should I do Ethernet? And if I do, should it be a straight-through or crossover cable, and thank you.
Ken Silva

9h.

Re: Ethernet migration

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net   hflaxman001

Tue Nov 22, 2011 3:02 pm (PST)



Ethernet is much, much faster than wireless by far, and much faster even than Firewire 800, provided the MacBook is capable of gigabit ethernet.

Harry

On Nov 22, 2011, at 5:50 PM, Ken wrote:

> Migrating from old MacBook to new MB Air, 10.5.8 to Lion. Apple support says to use an Ethernet cable or go wireless. Do you folks think wireless is reliable for this task, or should I do Ethernet? And if I do, should it be a straight-through or crossover cable, and thank you.
> Ken Silva
>

Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net

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