3/03/2012

[macsupport] Digest Number 8771

Mac Support Central

Messages In This Digest (25 Messages)

Messages

1.1.

Re: Google/Privacy Should we be worried?

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

Sat Mar 3, 2012 6:27 am (PST)



For you personally, it my not matter one damn bit. As a society, this is the most important a political issue out there. Way more important than "net neutrality." It should be at the top of Congresses agenda.

This is not an issue of individual privacy. For most of us, most of the time, what's Google is doing, in specific, will not matter to you. Unless, of course, you are afraid of the almost imperceptible, psychological manipulation of your life by faceless, soulless entities with nearly unlimited resources.

And let's say you don't fear soulless corporations, but you do fear the government (trying to cross partisan lines here) than consider that everything Google knows is easily accessible to the Feds via the Patriot Act.

We have ONLY two options. Concede or protest. If we concede it is over. We will never regain this ground. If enough of us protest, maybe we can at gain some modicum of protection from this unfettered power.

So how do you protest:

1) Stop using Google search. This is the big one. DuckDuckGo is an excellent symbolic choice because of their specific, high profile privacy policy.

2) Don't use Google+, at all. Just don't. This is actually the key to the entire policy. You don't need Google+. I don't care what all the tech writing fan-boys are telling you.

3) Stop using GMail. If you can't cancel your Gmail account, at least use another client to read your mail and don't use the GMail web page. If you can at least reduce your usage that would help.

It is the combination of Google search, Google+, and GMail that makes what Google is doing so different, and so dangerous. Yes, Apple wants to do the same thing with iCould, and so does MS, and so does Facebook, but they can't yet. And the only thing that will stop them from doing this in the future (as in a year from now) is stopping Google.

So what do I think will happen. Nothing. Unlike the Netflix debacle, we consumers have no money at stake. We will do pretty much anything to get "free" services. In this case, we will give up considerable autonomy... but we will never know it, and that's okay with us.

Cheers,
tod

P.S. Sorry to be so dark. I actually love Google, more than Apple. Also scare me. Kinda like tigers. I would love to play with a tame tiger, but I would never overlook the fact that even a tame Tiger could rip me to shreds before I even knew what was happening.

On Mar 2, 2012, at 11:49 AM, fussyoldfart wrote:

> I hope this is not considered too far off topic here because I value the opinions of the people in this group. There is controversy currently about the changes Google has made to their privacy policy. Some say it threatens privacy, others say it makes no difference. Having been brought to our attention, has privacy been compromised already? Personally, my attempts to gently disentangle myself are proving difficult but I have a lot invested in my gmail address. What do members think one should do?
>
> Darrell McDonald
>
>

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

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1.2.

Re: Google/Privacy Should we be worried?

Posted by: "hester" dhreik@gmail.com   drhester_06107

Sat Mar 3, 2012 6:31 am (PST)





--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "fussyoldfart" <fussyoldfart@...> wrote:
>
> I hope this is not considered too far off topic here because I value the opinions of the people in this group. There is controversy currently about the changes Google has made to their privacy policy. Some say it threatens privacy, others say it makes no difference. Having been brought to our attention, has privacy been compromised already? Personally, my attempts to gently disentangle myself are proving difficult but I have a lot invested in my gmail address. What do members think one should do?
>
> Darrell McDonald
>

Hi Darrell,

Everyone is different. In my case, no one would be interested in tracking my searches or reading my emails. There are many more people out there whose lives and information is more fascinating than mine. That's how I view it.

hester

1.3.

Re: Google/Privacy Should we be worried?

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

Sat Mar 3, 2012 6:36 am (PST)



BTW, this is totally ON topic because of iCloud. This will be iCould's policy by 2013 if Google does not back down. iCloud will be at least as powerful as the Google empire quite soon thanks to the iPhone (at least in the US).

Ironically, there is the slight possibility here that the two giants will choose to make this issue, respecting user privacy, a point of competition, if we care enough and show it. Facebook does not have a prayer in that fight.

Cheers,
tod

On Mar 2, 2012, at 11:49 AM, fussyoldfart wrote:

> I hope this is not considered too far off topic here because I value the opinions of the people in this group. There is controversy currently about the changes Google has made to their privacy policy. Some say it threatens privacy, others say it makes no difference. Having been brought to our attention, has privacy been compromised already? Personally, my attempts to gently disentangle myself are proving difficult but I have a lot invested in my gmail address. What do members think one should do?
>
> Darrell McDonald
>
>

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

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1.4.

Re: Google/Privacy Should we be worried?

Posted by: "Forrest Leedy" f.leedy@comcast.net   forrkazu

Sat Mar 3, 2012 8:10 am (PST)



Quit a few people pretty upset with Google and its privacy policy which I have to admit is very scary. I with a lot of you in that in that respect and believe that Google needs to be investigated concerning its bizarre idea of privacy. Now with that said, why has no one mentioned there other product … Android! This to me needs a little scrutiny also.

Forrest

On Mar 3, 2012, at 9:27 AM, Tod Hopkins wrote:

> For you personally, it my not matter one damn bit. As a society, this is the most important a political issue out there. Way more important than "net neutrality." It should be at the top of Congresses agenda.
>
> This is not an issue of individual privacy. For most of us, most of the time, what's Google is doing, in specific, will not matter to you. Unless, of course, you are afraid of the almost imperceptible, psychological manipulation of your life by faceless, soulless entities with nearly unlimited resources.
>
> And let's say you don't fear soulless corporations, but you do fear the government (trying to cross partisan lines here) than consider that everything Google knows is easily accessible to the Feds via the Patriot Act.
>
> We have ONLY two options. Concede or protest. If we concede it is over. We will never regain this ground. If enough of us protest, maybe we can at gain some modicum of protection from this unfettered power.
>
> So how do you protest:
>
> 1) Stop using Google search. This is the big one. DuckDuckGo is an excellent symbolic choice because of their specific, high profile privacy policy.
>
> 2) Don't use Google+, at all. Just don't. This is actually the key to the entire policy. You don't need Google+. I don't care what all the tech writing fan-boys are telling you.
>
> 3) Stop using GMail. If you can't cancel your Gmail account, at least use another client to read your mail and don't use the GMail web page. If you can at least reduce your usage that would help.
>
> It is the combination of Google search, Google+, and GMail that makes what Google is doing so different, and so dangerous. Yes, Apple wants to do the same thing with iCould, and so does MS, and so does Facebook, but they can't yet. And the only thing that will stop them from doing this in the future (as in a year from now) is stopping Google.
>
> So what do I think will happen. Nothing. Unlike the Netflix debacle, we consumers have no money at stake. We will do pretty much anything to get "free" services. In this case, we will give up considerable autonomy... but we will never know it, and that's okay with us.
>
> Cheers,
> tod
>
> P.S. Sorry to be so dark. I actually love Google, more than Apple. Also scare me. Kinda like tigers. I would love to play with a tame tiger, but I would never overlook the fact that even a tame Tiger could rip me to shreds before I even knew what was happening.
>
>
>
> On Mar 2, 2012, at 11:49 AM, fussyoldfart wrote:
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>> I hope this is not considered too far off topic here because I value the opinions of the people in this group. There is controversy currently about the changes Google has made to their privacy policy. Some say it threatens privacy, others say it makes no difference. Having been brought to our attention, has privacy been compromised already? Personally, my attempts to gently disentangle myself are proving difficult but I have a lot invested in my gmail address. What do members think one should do?
>>
>> Darrell McDonald
>>
>>
>
> Tod Hopkins
> Hillmann & Carr Inc.
> todhopkins@hillmanncarr.com
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1.5.

Re: Google/Privacy Should we be worried?

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

Sat Mar 3, 2012 8:56 am (PST)



On Mar 3, 2012, at 9:31 AM, hester wrote:
> Everyone is different. In my case, no one would be interested in tracking my searches or reading my emails. There are many more people out there whose lives and information is more fascinating than mine. That's how I view it.
>
Do you spend money? Then they care. And it's not just about money. Consider "issue" advertising; government public interest campaigns; military recruitment; health care lobbyists (on all sides), other web sites, con artists (yes, they advertise)... There is no end to people who will pay good money to target you and control what you see and hear.

Do not delude yourself that you and your petty information stream do not matter. This is about collecting and selling the means to manipulate you... directly... Someone out there will pay for that.

Cheers,
tod

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

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1.6.

Re: Google/Privacy Should we be worried?

Posted by: "Rob Frankel" rob@robfrankel.com   robfrankeldotcom

Sat Mar 3, 2012 9:00 am (PST)



The point that everyone -- including Apple & Google -- seems to be
missing is that all of the discussion could be rendered moot if both
simply inserted an anonymizer between the user and its services.
Apple and Googlel could still get their data without associating it
with anyone's identity. This is one model being used in medicine,
where HIPAA constrains the revelation of user identity from being
linked with his data for the purposes of aggregation and analysis.

At the moment, users can deploy a web anonymizer site such as
http://www.anonymizer.com , but it is an extra step. The fact that
neither Apple nor Google would pre-emptively include such technology,
to me at least, shows their true colors.

BTW, this is not the "double-edged sword" some people claim it to be.
The sword has one edge and it's at your throat. The fact that you
personally haven't been cut yet is purely random. As long as the
potential for abuse exists -- including costly, life-damaging errors
-- users are shouldering the risk, not Apple, not Google.

Just ask anyone who's had his credit compromised or has been falsely
prosecuted by a government agency. And remember: even if you prove
yourself right, you have to spend your own money to do so.

--
Rob Frankel, Branding Expert
Twitter: @brandingexpert http://www.RobFrankel.com
http://www.PeerMailing.com http://www.i-legions.com
http://www.FrankelAnderson.com
Yes, there's an RSS feed blog, if you can handle it:
http://www.robfrankelblog.com

1.7.

Re: Google/Privacy Should we be worried?

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

Sat Mar 3, 2012 9:11 am (PST)



> And how is this different than what Apple or MS does?

"Apple" is not a search engine that one might go to as much as 30-50 times daily, seeking information on personal, private, or medical topics.

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com

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1.8.

Re: Google/Privacy Should we be worried?

Posted by: "Rob Frankel" rob@robfrankel.com   robfrankeldotcom

Sat Mar 3, 2012 9:30 am (PST)



At 12:11 PM -0500 3/3/12, Jim Saklad wrote thusly:
> > And how is this different than what Apple or MS does?
>
>"Apple" is not a search engine that one might go to as much as 30-50
>times daily, seeking information on personal, private, or medical
>topics.
>

...unless one stores and retrieves his personal, private, or medical
data in iCloud....

--
Rob Frankel, Branding Expert
Twitter: @brandingexpert http://www.RobFrankel.com
http://www.PeerMailing.com http://www.i-legions.com
http://www.FrankelAnderson.com
Yes, there's an RSS feed blog, if you can handle it:
http://www.robfrankelblog.com

1.9.

Re: Google/Privacy Should we be worried?

Posted by: "neelie" neeliec2000@yahoo.com   neeliec2000

Sat Mar 3, 2012 9:37 am (PST)



I would like to second fussy's request for further information.

I do not use gmail, but have used Google for searching since I first heard of it back in the early '90s.

I don't feel fussy's questions were answered as the conversation took off in the direction of search engines.

I've been reading stuff about the privacy issues, but still have a lot of confusion about whether there really is anything to be overly concerned about above and beyond the usual concerns of putting yourself out there on the net.

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "fussyoldfart" <fussyoldfart@...> wrote:
>
> I hope this is not considered too far off topic here because I value the opinions of the people in this group. There is controversy currently about the changes Google has made to their privacy policy. Some say it threatens privacy, others say it makes no difference. Having been brought to our attention, has privacy been compromised already? Personally, my attempts to gently disentangle myself are proving difficult but I have a lot invested in my gmail address. What do members think one should do?
>
> Darrell McDonald
>

1.10.

Re: Google/Privacy Should we be worried?

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

Sat Mar 3, 2012 9:41 am (PST)



Apple will control it's own search engine by the end of the year. If Google goes through with this, it would be irresponsible for Apple not to replace Google search with it's own default search engine in Safari. It will likely happen in any case. Apple can (unlike anyone else) make Apple the exclusive search engine on iPhones and iPads. It likely won't (monopolistic) but it will discourage the use of alternatives.

Cheers,
tod

On Mar 3, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:

> > And how is this different than what Apple or MS does?
>
> "Apple" is not a search engine that one might go to as much as 30-50 times daily, seeking information on personal, private, or medical topics.
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

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

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1.11.

Re: Google/Privacy Should we be worried?

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

Sat Mar 3, 2012 9:55 am (PST)



On Mar 3, 2012, at 12:37 PM, neelie wrote:
> I've been reading stuff about the privacy issues, but still have a lot of confusion about whether there really is anything to be overly concerned about above and beyond the usual concerns of putting yourself out there on the net.

The problem is that "privacy" is an abstract, difficult issue. What Google is doing represents a dramatic increase in it's ability to accumulate information about you, associate it with your "online presence," and sell this collected and analyzed information to others.

In fact, no one really knows precisely what the impact will be, but it does represent a basic shift in power. This is less a "practical" issue than a philosophical one. It's about the checks and balances on a large information based companies (like Google) and their "right" to collect and use the information that you provide both directly and indirectly. This is less important today than it will be next year, and a decade from now, when almost every action you take will pass through the hands of such corporations.

Cheers,
tod

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

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2a.

iPhoto library question

Posted by: "Andrew Buc" andrewbuc@staxman.net   andrewbuc

Sat Mar 3, 2012 8:45 am (PST)



I just got a new 14-megapixel digicam, replacing a 3-MP digicam. I
really chose this camera for features other than its resolution. It's
nice to have all this resolution in reserve, but for most of my
photos it's overkill.

My first few shots with the new camera are coming in at ~4.5MB per.
My concern is that this will eat up a lot of hard drive space, and my
weekly SuperDuper clones to an external drive (via FW400 interface)
will take longer.

So, is there an easy way in iPhoto to selectively reduce the
resolution of individual photos? If I drill down to the files in
Finder and reduce the resolution with a 3rd-party image editor, will
that confuse iPhoto? Thanks.

2b.

Re: iPhoto library question

Posted by: "Jay Abraham" jaygroups@abrahamgroup.net   kerala01212001

Sat Mar 3, 2012 9:11 am (PST)



Andrew,

I think the easiest way to do what you want to is to change your camera settings so you don't get the high resolution photo's unless you select for them in the situations that you want. However if this doesn't work because you don't know when you might need the high resolution photos until after taking the shots, then I would do the following.

I think you will confuse iPhoto if you go into the original file folder in iPhoto and change it there. Editing in iPhoto won't resolve the space issue as the original version is also kept. I would suggest exporting the pictures, doing a batch modify with a 3rd party imager and then reimporting to iphoto (after deleting the originals).

Jay

On Mar 3, 2012, at 10:45 AM, Andrew Buc wrote:

> I just got a new 14-megapixel digicam, replacing a 3-MP digicam. I
> really chose this camera for features other than its resolution. It's
> nice to have all this resolution in reserve, but for most of my
> photos it's overkill.
>
> My first few shots with the new camera are coming in at ~4.5MB per.
> My concern is that this will eat up a lot of hard drive space, and my
> weekly SuperDuper clones to an external drive (via FW400 interface)
> will take longer.
>
> So, is there an easy way in iPhoto to selectively reduce the
> resolution of individual photos? If I drill down to the files in
> Finder and reduce the resolution with a 3rd-party image editor, will
> that confuse iPhoto? Thanks.
>
>
>

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2c.

Re: iPhoto library question

Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com   nikyzf

Sat Mar 3, 2012 10:41 am (PST)



On 3 March 2012 17:11, Jay Abraham <jaygroups@abrahamgroup.net> wrote:

> Andrew,
>
> I think the easiest way to do what you want to is to change your camera
> settings so you don't get the high resolution photo's unless you select for
> them in the situations that you want. However if this doesn't work because
> you don't know when you might need the high resolution photos until after
> taking the shots, then I would do the following.
>
> I think you will confuse iPhoto if you go into the original file folder
> in iPhoto and change it there. Editing in iPhoto won't resolve the space
> issue as the original version is also kept. I would suggest exporting the
> pictures, doing a batch modify with a 3rd party imager and then reimporting
> to iphoto (after deleting the originals).

Actually, you can export from iPhoto and choose your new, lower resolution
at the same time. Them delete and re-import as you suggest.

Otto

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2d.

Re: iPhoto library question

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

Sat Mar 3, 2012 11:11 am (PST)



Howdy.

I set my Nikon digital 35mm camera to take pictures at 300 dpi. It
does them as a JPEG file.

JPEG is a lossy file format.

However, my Nikon, and many other digital cameras, will do a higher
resolution type of file in what is called RAW file format. This is a
big file. The RAW term is not standardized and each camera maker has a
different name for it.

If I think I'll want to print a picture I set the camera to the RAW
file format.

For most other pictures, I keep it at 300 dpi.

The pictures are then transferred to the Macintosh. If I want to email
a picture or display on a web site for viewing only, I use Photoshop to
change the image to 72 dpi. You can also use iPhoto to do this but I
think Photoshop does a more refined job of it.

This leaves me with the original 300 dpi JPEG images which I keep in
original format. However, a 300 dpi image, if reduced to a smaller
physical dimension, like 4x6 can be printed quite nicely but not as
nicely as a RAW file.

On Sat, 03 Mar 2012 08:45:15 -0800, Andrew Buc wrote:
> I just got a new 14-megapixel digicam, replacing a 3-MP digicam. I
> really chose this camera for features other than its resolution. It's
> nice to have all this resolution in reserve, but for most of my
> photos it's overkill.
>
> My first few shots with the new camera are coming in at ~4.5MB per.
> My concern is that this will eat up a lot of hard drive space, and my
> weekly SuperDuper clones to an external drive (via FW400 interface)
> will take longer.
>
> So, is there an easy way in iPhoto to selectively reduce the
> resolution of individual photos? If I drill down to the files in
> Finder and reduce the resolution with a 3rd-party image editor, will
> that confuse iPhoto? Thanks.

3a.

How to close gmail account

Posted by: "BLAINE F GORDON" pepsi440@me.com   blainegordon@ymail.com

Sat Mar 3, 2012 9:10 am (PST)



I signed out of my gmail account and got rid of my gmail host programs on my Mac, iPad and iPhone. All I got were ads anyway. I changed to DuckDuckGo as my search engine on all 3 devices. My question is; Is there a way to completely close a gmail account? If there is please email the steps or have I done enough?
Blaine Gordon

Sent from my iPad

3b.

Re: How to close gmail account

Posted by: "Jay Abraham" jaygroups@abrahamgroup.net   kerala01212001

Sat Mar 3, 2012 9:13 am (PST)



Google has provided instructions on how to backup your data and delete your accounts at below link

http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=32046

jay

On Mar 3, 2012, at 11:10 AM, BLAINE F GORDON wrote:

> I signed out of my gmail account and got rid of my gmail host programs on my Mac, iPad and iPhone. All I got were ads anyway. I changed to DuckDuckGo as my search engine on all 3 devices. My question is; Is there a way to completely close a gmail account? If there is please email the steps or have I done enough?
> Blaine Gordon
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
>

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3c.

Re: How to close gmail account

Posted by: "us2forever" us2forever@frontiernet.net   rksangelkayann

Sat Mar 3, 2012 10:21 am (PST)



I followed all the suggestions on removing google apps, my account is closed, I never used gmail and I removed google search from the list of search sites. Could someone tell me why I still get a google cookie and how I can block it?

Kay
MacBook Air
Mac OS X 10.7
1.8 GHz Intel Core i7
4GB 1333 Mhz DDR3
MacBook Pro 1.1
Mac OS X 10.6.8
1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo
1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
MacBook
Mac OS X 10.6.7
2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
3 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

On Mar 3, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Jay Abraham wrote:

Google has provided instructions on how to backup your data and delete your accounts at below link

http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=32046

jay

On Mar 3, 2012, at 11:10 AM, BLAINE F GORDON wrote:

> I signed out of my gmail account and got rid of my gmail host programs on my Mac, iPad and iPhone. All I got were ads anyway. I changed to DuckDuckGo as my search engine on all 3 devices. My question is; Is there a way to completely close a gmail account? If there is please email the steps or have I done enough?
> Blaine Gordon
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>
>

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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

3d.

Re: How to close gmail account

Posted by: "paul smith" kullervo@nycap.rr.com   waldonny

Sat Mar 3, 2012 10:57 am (PST)



Google is a many-tentacled monster. For instance, YouTube is a Google "product."
There are a number of browser extensions/add-ons that can block Google tracking. I am currently using Ghostery:
<https://www.ghostery.com/>
--
PSmith
MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM, OS 10.7.3 iPhone 4S 64 GB, iOS 5.0.1

On Mar 3, 2012, at 1:21 PM, us2forever wrote:

I followed all the suggestions on removing google apps, my account is closed, I never used gmail and I removed google search from the list of search sites. Could someone tell me why I still get a google cookie and how I can block it?

4a.

iTunes podcast>MacBook>USB>TV

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

Sat Mar 3, 2012 9:19 am (PST)



Does anyone here know of a way to stream my iTunes video podcasts directly from my MacBook Air to my LED TV? Currently, I have to copy to a thumb drive and physically carry that drive to the TV and plug it in there to the TV's USB port. Thanks.Ken S.

4b.

Re: iTunes podcast>MacBook>USB>TV

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

Sat Mar 3, 2012 9:39 am (PST)



Buy an apple tv and use AirPlay.

Sent from a mobile device, please ignore any auto corrected or
typographical errors.

On Mar 3, 2012, at 12:19, Ken <avlisk@cox.net> wrote:

Does anyone here know of a way to stream my iTunes video podcasts directly
from my MacBook Air to my LED TV? Currently, I have to copy to a thumb
drive and physically carry that drive to the TV and plug it in there to the
TV's USB port. Thanks.Ken S.

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4c.

Re: iTunes podcast>MacBook>USB>TV

Posted by: "Bob Cook" cookrd1@discoveryowners.com   cookrd1

Sat Mar 3, 2012 9:45 am (PST)



On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Bill Boulware <bill.boulware@gmail.com> wrote:
> Buy an apple tv and use AirPlay.
>
Aha, proof that Apple is monitoring and subverting everything! All
kidding aside, your new TV likely is DLNA compliant. All you need is
a DLNA server on your MBA. Google IS you friend.

And, no, I don't own an Apple TV. Too limiting, which helps Apple
(obviously). Get a Roku instead, or use an XBOX or PS if you have
one.

Bob

4d.

Re: iTunes podcast>MacBook>USB>TV

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

Sat Mar 3, 2012 9:51 am (PST)




Gee, I have a Roku Box from about 4 years ago, but since the TV has Netflix built-in, I haven't been using it. Are you saying I can stream to the Roku box so I don't have to buy and Apple TV?
Ken S

> And, no, I don't own an Apple TV. Too limiting, which helps Apple
> (obviously). Get a Roku instead, or use an XBOX or PS if you have
> one.
>
> Bob
>

4e.

Re: iTunes podcast>MacBook>USB>TV

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

Sat Mar 3, 2012 9:54 am (PST)



Several ways. I have a Sony PlayStation 3 which has a BD player and connection to Internet and my network. I found a free app for my MacPro called Playback that lets you designate drives and folders that can then have content viewed on TV via the Sony PS3 including iTunes content.

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On Mar 3, 2012, at 12:39 PM, Bill Boulware <bill.boulware@gmail.com> wrote:

> Buy an apple tv and use AirPlay.
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> Does anyone here know of a way to stream my iTunes video podcasts directly
> from my MacBook Air to my LED TV? Currently, I have to copy to a thumb
> drive and physically carry that drive to the TV and plug it in there to the
> TV's USB port. Thanks.Ken S.
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Re: Preview problems

Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com   nikyzf

Sat Mar 3, 2012 10:32 am (PST)



On 3 March 2012 06:17, jayant m <jmurthy@yahoo.com> wrote:

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> The big advantage is that all files related to an application can be put
> in a single file. No need to worry about having to track down files in
> different locations. There are actually times when flexibility is not a bad
> option.
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Do you mean in a single *folder*? If so, there is nothing to stop you
creating subfolders under, say, Documents, for each app, if that is what
you want.

Otto

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