3/15/2012

[macsupport] Digest Number 8788

Messages In This Digest (22 Messages)

1a.
Re: DL DVD From: Terry Pogue
2a.
Re: file coupling ??? From: Oneal Neumann
2b.
Re: file coupling ??? From: N.A. Nada
3a.
Re: go phish From: Oneal Neumann
4a.
Re: Is Apple Store thru iTunes down? From: HAL9000
5a.
Re: what is best duplicate-file-detector program? From: Oneal Neumann
5b.
Re: what is best duplicate-file-detector program? From: vixpix
5c.
Re: what is best duplicate-file-detector program? From: OBrien
6a.
Re: How to SMS? From: Denver Dan
6b.
Re: How to SMS? From: DaveC
6c.
Re: How to SMS? From: Denver dan
6d.
Re: How to SMS? From: Denver Dan
6e.
Re: How to SMS? From: Denver Dan
6f.
Re: How to SMS? From: Harry Flaxman
7a.
Run Rosetta apps under Lion From: DaveC
7b.
Re: Run Rosetta apps under Lion From: Jim Harry
7c.
Re: Run Rosetta apps under Lion From: Harry Flaxman
7d.
Re: Run Rosetta apps under Lion From: Jon Kreisler
7e.
Re: Run Rosetta apps under Lion From: Jon Kreisler
8a.
Computer locks up From: chemist_ken
8b.
Re: Computer locks up From: Bill Boulware
9.
Safari, Mail and Facebook From: Island Center for the Arts

Messages

1a.

Re: DL DVD

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

Wed Mar 14, 2012 5:19 pm (PDT)



I've been very happy with Verbatim brand.8.5 GB Dual Layers. I used Verbatim for several years and I'm a happy customer.

On Mar 14, 2012, at 12:13 PM, Denver Dan wrote:

> Howdy.
>
> I have tried at least ten brands of DVD-R DL, DVD-RE DL discs and have
> had by far the best success with Verbatim brand discs.
>
> Other people that I correspond with also report good success with the
> Verbatim brand.
>
> The Sony brand DVD-R SL and DVD-R SL printable available in cake boxes
> (spools) of 100 discs at the Costco membership warehouse chain is also
> very reliable and the cost is about .29 US cents per disc. If you know
> of someone who has a Costco membership it would help. However,
> double-layer DVDs are not as easy to find in retail stores.
>
> The prices at MeritLine, online retailer, are often very good for blank
> media.
>
> <http://www.meritline.com/>
>
> You could have an order shipped overnight to your US location from
> MeritLine.
>
> Denver Dan
>
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 18:02:54 +0300, Tauqir Rana wrote:
>> I am visiting USA next week. I intend to buy spools of DLDVD for use
>> in IMac. Is there a preferred brand to prevent me making useless
>> coasters.
>>
>> T Rana MD
>
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2a.

Re: file coupling ???

Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com   newalander

Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:36 pm (PDT)




I have a Brit birth certificate issued May 1950. It is over 13-inches long. I had to scan both ends of it separately because it was too long for my Epson V100.

Is there any free software that I can use to create a composite JPEG file? Since this is a one-of project I don't really want to pay for anything.

Thanx. Oneal

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2b.

Re: file coupling ???

Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net

Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:24 am (PDT)



Some automatic document feed scanners will handle that. Otherwise what I used to do was to convert it to a jpg, modify it, and then convert it back to a pdf. Or take it into a copy shop, one that might convert blue prints to pdf.

Brent

On Mar 13, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Oneal Neumann wrote:

>
> I have a Brit birth certificate issued May 1950. It is over 13-inches long. I had to scan both ends of it separately because it was too long for my Epson V100.
>
> Is there any free software that I can use to create a composite JPEG file? Since this is a one-of project I don‚t really want to pay for anything.

3a.

Re: go phish

Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com   newalander

Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:36 pm (PDT)




> On 2012 March 12 (at 16:58) Tod Hopkins wrote:
>
> I'm guessing the info in the email was bogus. That's the way these generally work. The info has the appearance of personal info, but is not actually unique or private. The OP points out they had not contacted Apple for about a year. I suspect the call number, rep name, etc... are all made up.
>
> Bank phishing works this way. All the spammer needs to do is know what your banks email would look like if it were being sent to you. Strip out or fake anything unique to a specific person and change the links. It only works on those who might actually be expecting such an email. To everyone else, it's obviously garbage. But it only needs to look real to a very small subset of people to be worth sending.
>
> Cheers, tod

Occasionally I get obvious phishing emails that have been flagged as such by my ISP. The true nature of the emails NWS, I often like to hop over to the phishy webpage links.

Nowadays the links have been busts mostly, seemingly connected to places like Brazil. Sometimes the linked pages are ideed as unopenable; sometimes the linked pages open to something benign, perhaps travel destinations or retailers of some sort.

In the olde days I used to like to type gibberish in the various fields and send the emails off, however those types of emails (often masquerading as bank sends) are rare.

My presumption has always been that phishers can't do anything as long as I don't provide any real info, that merely visiting for a looksee does no real harm.

True? Thanx. Oneal

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4a.

Re: Is Apple Store thru iTunes down?

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

Wed Mar 14, 2012 6:38 pm (PDT)



Yes, it was down, and thanks for all the responses. jr

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "HAL9000" <jrswebhome@...> wrote:
>
> I can't get to update any apps on my iPhone? jr
>

5a.

Re: what is best duplicate-file-detector program?

Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com   newalander

Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:07 pm (PDT)




On 2012 March 14 (at 16:30) Tod Hopkins wrote:

It's kinda donationware with a nag screen. At this point the developer has apparently paid for DupeGuru (the primary goal of the model). You can unlock the nag for a minimal donation.

http://www.hardcoded.net/dupeguru/

Cheers, tod

Those nags are a drag, Tod.

I've got a utility app (Yasu I believe) to which I threw some coin when I got it. NWS that, I get a little message at each startup about making a 'donation'.

I always ignore it and go about my business. I think that I will message the developer the next time the 'donation' window appears.

Oneal

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5b.

Re: what is best duplicate-file-detector program?

Posted by: "vixpix" vixpix@frontiernet.net   nyskater

Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:59 pm (PDT)



Wow, that Web site looks so Eighties!

Vickie

Sent from a spoiled little iPad

On Mar 14, 2012, at 7:36 PM, OBrien <bco@hiwaay.net> wrote:

> I've used Mr. Clean...seems to work well.
>
> <http://www.arcobaleno2001.it/>
>
>
> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
>
> O'Brien â€"â€"â€" â€"... .-. .. . -.
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5c.

Re: what is best duplicate-file-detector program?

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

Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:09 pm (PDT)



On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:59:48 -0400, vixpix wrote:
> Wow, that Web site looks so Eighties!

The website looks clunky, but the app seems to work just fine.


. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

O'Brien ¡V¡V¡V ¡V... .-. .. . -.
6a.

Re: How to SMS?

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

Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:31 pm (PDT)



Howdy.

I'm sure the issue is with your Thunderbird or PC end.

I use GyazMail which does not have the ability to compose outgoing
messages in html or with any choice of fonts. Encoding is set to
Western (Mac Mail).

Denver Dan

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:28:59 -0400, Harry Flaxman wrote:
> On 3/14/2012 5:24 PM, Denver Dan wrote:
>> Howdy.
>>
>> Select a "buddy" in your Buddy list in iChat. The buddy needs an
>> Address Book entry with a cell phone number.
>
> Hmmm.
>
> I don't know why, but I am getting a non-standard font with your message
> Dan. It is as if I don't get plain text as if I should. I know the group
> isn't supposed to pass these along, but this message does for some reason.
>
> I can't identify it at this point, because I'm on a Win pc using
> Thunderbird.
>
> Harry

6b.

Re: How to SMS?

Posted by: "DaveC" davec2468@yahoo.com   davec2468

Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:35 pm (PDT)



>...
>The buddy needs an Address Book entry with a cell phone number.
>
>Denver Dan

-=-=-=-

Ah, that little bit of information helps... ;-)

Cheers,
Dave

6c.

Re: How to SMS?

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

Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:42 pm (PDT)



It is also possible to type "code" letters and cell number into iChat text box then message but I'd have to look up how to do that.

!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i
iFrom Denver Dan's iPhone

â€" my magical animal is a butterfly

On Mar 14, 2012, at 11:09 PM, DaveC <davec2468@yahoo.com> wrote:

>> ...
>> The buddy needs an Address Book entry with a cell phone number.
>>
>> Denver Dan
>
> -=-=-=-
>
> Ah, that little bit of information helps... ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
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6d.

Re: How to SMS?

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

Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:45 pm (PDT)



Howdy.

In iChat you can also open an SMS window using the command found under
iChat's File menu.

Denver Dan

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:09:30 -0700, DaveC wrote:
>> ...
>> The buddy needs an Address Book entry with a cell phone number.
>>
>> Denver Dan
>
> -=-=-=-
>
> Ah, that little bit of information helps... ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Dave

6e.

Re: How to SMS?

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

Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:48 pm (PDT)



Howdy.

Here's an Apple KB article on sending SMS messages with iChat.

iChat: How to send SMS messages

<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3462>

The "code" I was trying to remember in a previous reply was the plus
sign in front of a cell number. See the article.

Denver Dan

On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:09:30 -0700, DaveC wrote:
>> ...
>> The buddy needs an Address Book entry with a cell phone number.
>>
>> Denver Dan
>
> -=-=-=-
>
> Ah, that little bit of information helps... ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Dave

6f.

Re: How to SMS?

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@me.com   hflaxman001

Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:36 am (PDT)



On 3/14/2012 11:31 PM, Denver Dan wrote:
> Howdy.
>
> I'm sure the issue is with your Thunderbird or PC end.
>
> I use GyazMail which does not have the ability to compose outgoing
> messages in html or with any choice of fonts. Encoding is set to
> Western (Mac Mail).
>
> Denver Dan
>
>
> On Wed, 14 Mar 2012 17:28:59 -0400, Harry Flaxman wrote:
>> > On 3/14/2012 5:24 PM, Denver Dan wrote:
>>> >> Howdy.
>>> >>
>>> >> Select a "buddy" in your Buddy list in iChat. The buddy needs an
>>> >> Address Book entry with a cell phone number.
>> >
>> > Hmmm.
>> >
>> > I don't know why, but I am getting a non-standard font with your message
>> > Dan. It is as if I don't get plain text as if I should. I know the group
>> > isn't supposed to pass these along, but this message does for some reason.
>> >
>> > I can't identify it at this point, because I'm on a Win pc using
>> > Thunderbird.

Hmm. Encoding is set to Western here as well. I don't know what the
difference between the two would be, but I will test it out once I get
my iMac back from the Apple store.

It's interesting at any rate. I know that incoming messages in Apple
Mail are all displayed in my fixed width font on the Mac. Doesn't seem
to be so here on the pc.

We shall see.

Harry

7a.

Run Rosetta apps under Lion

Posted by: "DaveC" davec2468@yahoo.com   davec2468

Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:38 pm (PDT)

7b.

Re: Run Rosetta apps under Lion

Posted by: "Jim Harry" jim.harry@harryfamily.com   jnharry

Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:14 am (PDT)



On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:38 PM, DaveC <davec2468@yahoo.com> wrote:
> This guy claims that he's cracked the "nut":
>
> <http://www.ebay.com/itm/Snow-Leopard-Rosetta-in-OS-X-Lion-/200727919116?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ebc50fa0c>

According to the auction description all he's done is figured out how
to install Snow Leopard in a virtual machine to run within Parallels.
I don't believe that Apple's licensing terms permit running Snow
Leopard in a VM, unless it's a server edition.

7c.

Re: Run Rosetta apps under Lion

Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@me.com   hflaxman001

Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:39 am (PDT)



On 3/14/2012 11:38 PM, DaveC wrote:
> This guy claims that he's cracked the "nut":
>
> <http://www.ebay.com/itm/Snow-Leopard-Rosetta-in-OS-X-Lion-/200727919116?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ebc50fa0c>

He is still running 10.6 in a virtual machine under Parallels. It would
then be able to utilize Rosetta as the system is still running under
10.6 on the pc side.

10.6 can be run under Fusion as well as Parallels, to the best of my
knowledge. I can't remember for sure, but I did put OS X of an earlier
version than 10.7 up under Fusion.

A lot to spend for a little work.

Harry

7d.

Re: Run Rosetta apps under Lion

Posted by: "Jon Kreisler" jonkreisler@gmail.com   jonkreisler

Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:47 am (PDT)



As of version 4.1.1, the option to run Mac OS X10.6.x workstation was
removed from VMWare Fusion. If you can find a copy of version 4.1.0, it did
work. Apparently there is a licensing issue prior to OS X 10.7 workstation
running within a VM.
Jon

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:39 AM, Harry Flaxman <harry.flaxman@me.com> wrote:

> **
>
>
> On 3/14/2012 11:38 PM, DaveC wrote:
> > This guy claims that he's cracked the "nut":
> >
> > <
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Snow-Leopard-Rosetta-in-OS-X-Lion-/200727919116?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ebc50fa0c
> >
>
> He is still running 10.6 in a virtual machine under Parallels. It would
> then be able to utilize Rosetta as the system is still running under
> 10.6 on the pc side.
>
> 10.6 can be run under Fusion as well as Parallels, to the best of my
> knowledge. I can't remember for sure, but I did put OS X of an earlier
> version than 10.7 up under Fusion.
>
> A lot to spend for a little work.
>
> Harry
>
>
>

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7e.

Re: Run Rosetta apps under Lion

Posted by: "Jon Kreisler" jonkreisler@gmail.com   jonkreisler

Thu Mar 15, 2012 5:53 am (PDT)



If I read Apple's license agreement correctly, OS X 10.6.x workstation
should be ok running in a VM, IF AND ONLY IF, the only copy of OS X 10.6.x
is a single VM. If you have any other bootable disk with 10.6.x, you cannot
run in a VM unless you purchase additional copies of 10.6.x. Does this
sound right?
Jon

On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Jon Kreisler <jonkreisler@gmail.com> wrote:

> As of version 4.1.1, the option to run Mac OS X10.6.x workstation was
> removed from VMWare Fusion. If you can find a copy of version 4.1.0, it did
> work. Apparently there is a licensing issue prior to OS X 10.7 workstation
> running within a VM.
> Jon
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 6:39 AM, Harry Flaxman <harry.flaxman@me.com>wrote:
>
>> **
>>
>>
>> On 3/14/2012 11:38 PM, DaveC wrote:
>> > This guy claims that he's cracked the "nut":
>> >
>> > <
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Snow-Leopard-Rosetta-in-OS-X-Lion-/200727919116?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ebc50fa0c
>> >
>>
>> He is still running 10.6 in a virtual machine under Parallels. It would
>> then be able to utilize Rosetta as the system is still running under
>> 10.6 on the pc side.
>>
>> 10.6 can be run under Fusion as well as Parallels, to the best of my
>> knowledge. I can't remember for sure, but I did put OS X of an earlier
>> version than 10.7 up under Fusion.
>>
>> A lot to spend for a little work.
>>
>> Harry
>>
>>
>>

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8a.

Computer locks up

Posted by: "chemist_ken" chemist_ken@yahoo.com   chemist_ken

Wed Mar 14, 2012 8:58 pm (PDT)



My MAC BookPro, running Lion, occasionally locks up after it has "gone to sleep". The only way to get it back is to power off and power on.

Why does this happen?

I have it set to sleep after 20 minutes of nonuse.

Ken Klein

8b.

Re: Computer locks up

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

Wed Mar 14, 2012 9:37 pm (PDT)



It is an issue with the sleep file image. Google it there is a terminal
command to fix it bad same problem with mb air.

Sent from my iPad

On Mar 14, 2012, at 23:58, chemist_ken <chemist_ken@yahoo.com> wrote:

My MAC BookPro, running Lion, occasionally locks up after it has "gone to
sleep". The only way to get it back is to power off and power on.

Why does this happen?

I have it set to sleep after 20 minutes of nonuse.

Ken Klein

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9.

Safari, Mail and Facebook

Posted by: "Island Center for the Arts" finearts@otenet.gr   monkeymannmcghee

Thu Mar 15, 2012 12:09 am (PDT)



This is a continuing problem for people using this computer who use Facebook.

When they receive an email notification of Facebook activity and try to connect to Facebook via the link in Mail, Safari says "Can't open the page because Safari can't connect to the server "www.facebook.com".

If they open a new Safari page and enter the Facebook URL they get the same message.
If they try this with Opera or Firefox they connect immediately.

Some questions:
1. Why does this happen? Do others experience this?
2. Is there a way to fix Mail 4.5 preferences to select another browser as the primary browser for Mail?

We have Safari 5.4.1 on Snow Leopard (10.6.8)

Tom

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