4/01/2012

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1a.

New Really Advanced Google Searching!

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 2:52 pm (PDT)



Google's Really Advanced New Search Features!

http://www.google.com/js/reallyadvanced.html

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Re: New Really Advanced Google Searching!

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 5:34 pm (PDT)



On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 14:52:24 -0700, Randy B. Singer wrote:
> Google's Really Advanced New Search Features!

I use IxQuick.


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Re: New Really Advanced Google Searching!

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 6:08 pm (PDT)




On Apr 1, 2012, at 5:33 PM, OBrien wrote:

> On Sun, 1 Apr 2012 14:52:24 -0700, Randy B. Singer wrote:
> > Google's Really Advanced New Search Features!
>
> I use IxQuick.

Google's Really Advanced interface is by far the best!

Try it! ;-)

http://www.google.com/js/reallyadvanced.html

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Re: How to bypass the trash bin

Posted by: "Jurgen Richter" yahoo-1@sympatico.ca   epsongroups

Sun Apr 1, 2012 3:32 pm (PDT)



Jim wrote:

>I thought that I recalled a keystroke that would do that. Guess it was
something else.<

There is a keystroke you can use when browsing files under "Finder",
meaning you are not in another program or application.

If you click on a filename once, then on your keyboard click "Command"
and the "Delete" button together, that highlighted file will move to the
Trash.
This just moves the file there, it does not delete it until you actually
"empty" the trash.

This action can also be done with the right button on your mouse
(assuming you have one).
You highlight the file, "right click" and choose "Move to Trash" as the
action.

Furthermore, if you click on the Trash icon once, then "right click",
you are presented with 2 options - "Open" and "Empty Trash"

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Re: How to bypass the trash bin

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 4:19 pm (PDT)



>> When you boot in Safe Disk mode in Mac OS X 10.7 Lion you'll see a
>> progress bar that you don't normally see.
>
> I gather that, but once I was seeing the desktop I did not know that I was in safe mode. It looked the same [I guess] as normal mode.

Under Lion, when Safe Boot completes and your log-in screen appears, there is a red "Safe Boot" in the menu bar.

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Re: How to bypass the trash bin

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 5:11 pm (PDT)



On 1 April 2012 21:57, Barry Austern <barryaus@fuse.net> wrote:

>
> Are you talking Mac or Windoze here? "Recycle
> Bin" is Micro$oft jargon, whereas the Mac talks
> about the trash.
>

Weird. Is Tod trying to confuse Jim?

>
> Give me an example of one. I can't think of any,
> other than, maybe, your drive is so dangerously
> full that you need the space NOW.
>

Agreed. You would need a *very* good reason. The Trash/Recycle Bin is there
for a *very* good reason (sorry).

>
> What about the rm command in the Terminal? Type
> "man rm" (without the quotes) to learn more about
> it. Just type the "rm" command, with the proper
> modifiers, and drag the file into the terminal
> window there and hit the carriage return key.
> Voil� you have just deleted your file, with no
> safeguards at all. Frankly, I'd prefer the safety
> of NOT bypassing the trash.
>

Yes. If you know enough to know know why you're doing this, you should be
conversant with CLI.

>
> Again, are you talking Windows or Mac, given your terminology?
>

Don't know that one either but why is this even an issue? Why would it
arise unless the OS was so broken that it couldn't even action deletion?

Otto

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Re: How to bypass the trash bin

Posted by: "OldTechie" oldtechie@wi.rr.com   jimpurcell2001

Sun Apr 1, 2012 5:14 pm (PDT)



Jim,

If I did the startup correctly, hold down SHFT until the rotating gear shows up and see the oblong progress bar, with rounded ends, with a rather long time to get to the login screen, then I am in safe mode. There was no red note on either he login screen or the main OS screen

Jim

> Under Lion, when Safe Boot completes and your log-in screen appears, there is a red "Safe Boot" in the menu bar.
>
>

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Re: How to bypass the trash bin

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 6:05 pm (PDT)




On Apr 1, 2012, at 5:13 PM, OldTechie wrote:

> If I did the startup correctly, hold down SHFT until the rotating
> gear shows up and see the oblong progress bar, with rounded ends,
> with a rather long time to get to the login screen, then I am in
> safe mode. There was no red note on either he login screen or the
> main OS screen

Yes, several users have told me that the red notice that you are in
Safe Mode no longer appears in Lion.

However, the process is otherwise the same as before. See:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1455?viewlocale=en_US
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564?viewlocale=en_US

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Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html
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Re: How to bypass the trash bin

Posted by: "OldTechie" oldtechie@wi.rr.com   jimpurcell2001

Sun Apr 1, 2012 6:24 pm (PDT)



Thanks Randy, I saved the rtwoo links

Jim

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3a.

Re: Siri or Sydney? Breakthrough Research

Posted by: "Earle Jones" earle.jones@comcast.net   earlejones501

Sun Apr 1, 2012 3:56 pm (PDT)




On Apr 1, 12, at 12:59 PM, Denver Dan wrote:

> Yes. April Fools Day is celebrated in many countries although not
> always with the same name.
>
> But of course when one responds and mentions April First it sort of
> destroys the concept and spoils the joke.

*
In Japan, it's "shigatsu baka".

Shi = four
Gatsu = month
Baka = crazy.

My birthday is shigatsu touka (April 10).

"Ten times baka!" they told me!

earle
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3b.

Re: Siri or Sydney? Breakthrough Research

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 4:55 pm (PDT)



Is that an attempted April Fool?

BTW in the UK there's a cutoff at midday: if you try an April Fool *after*
midday, *you* are the Fool!

Otto

On 1 April 2012 20:44, Robert Buscaglia <rbuscag@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Are April Fool's jokes understood by non Americans, of which this list has
> several?
>
> Bob
>

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4a.

Re: export from Address Book to Excel or LibreOffice

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 4:04 pm (PDT)



Howdy.

The Apple Address Book and Excel don't like to swap data directly from
Address Book to Excel.

You can add a 3rd party program to make this happen.

You can use the address book found in a full featured web browser like
SeaMonkey. SeaMonkey has full email and reads the Apple Address Book
automatically so it can be used in SeaMonkey's email section.
SeaMonkey is free and part of the Mozilla system. It's my preferred
web browser for several reasons.

In SeaMonkey's Mail & Newsgroups feature/window, just under Mail 7
Newsgroups on same menu, is the Address Book (Window menu).

Pick Address Book (SeaMonkey's address book), Select the Mac Address
Book in left column, then pick the Export command from the Tools menu.

A navigation window opens. Pick the file format for the exported
data. I suggest Comma Separated. Excel calls this CSV, or, Comma
Separated Values, in Excel's Import feature. Then name this file and
save to a logical place (Desktop?).

Then launch Excel and use the Export command and pick the CSV format.

Excel opens a data match dialog that lets you match the data fields of
records with the labels/titles of those fields. Then import the data.

I've never seen data that, after being exported/imported didn't require
massaging.

To finish, as you are probably aware, a "record" in a spreadsheet or
database can be thought of as a row of cells. Each row is a "record."

In a CSV (Comma Separated Values) file, the "cells" of each row are
separated by a comma and the row is ended by a paragraph
symbol/return. So it's these commas and returns that Excel reads when
it imports the data and distributes it into rows and cells.

Denver Dan

On Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:16:13 +0000, ennisart wrote:
>
> I am working with OS 10.5.8 and want to export email address from
> Address Book to a file format that can be used in an Excel
> spreadsheet (or LibreOffice). Is there a program or utility that can
> do this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>

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Re: export from Address Book to Excel or LibreOffice

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 4:26 pm (PDT)



> The Apple Address Book and Excel don't like to swap data directly from Address Book to Excel.
>
> You can add a 3rd party program to make this happen.

Apple's flat-file database Bento includes the contents of the AddressBook program by default, and will export to Numbers format, Excel, and text.

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5a.

word trojan?

Posted by: "Brimac" brmc@olypen.com   cuatro.calla

Sun Apr 1, 2012 4:17 pm (PDT)



I recently received two caveats from my local MUG. The full text can be seen here:

http://db.tt/unbMY4cn

They are in reference to MacControl and Flashback Trojans. Does anyone have info on these?

Regards,
Brian

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5b.

Re: word trojan?

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 4:58 pm (PDT)




On Apr 1, 2012, at 4:17 PM, Brimac wrote:

> They are in reference to MacControl and Flashback Trojans. Does
> anyone have info on these?

You can easily make yourself immune to the MacControl Trojan by
updating your copy off MS Office with Microsoft's security updates:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads
In fact, the security update that will protect you was released by
Microsoft 3 years ago!
http://www.reedcorner.net/news.php/?p=386

You can easily make yourself immune to the Flashback Trojan by
updating to the latest version of Java (which has been updated to
deal with the Trojan) and, just to make sure, turning off Java (*not*
JavaScript, which despite the name is something else entirely) in
your Web browser (you probably don't need it anyway).
http://www.reedcorner.net/news.php/?p=368

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Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
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6a.

Re: Question about airport capability

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 4:25 pm (PDT)



Howdy.

Terminology.

A recent MacPro tower has both an AirPort WiFi card and a Bluetooth
wireless card.

AirPort is just Apple's trademark for the standard global WiFi standard
(802.11 b, g, and n speeds).

A Mac with an AirPort card can connect to any standard brand WiFi
router.

My MacPro has AirPort card and connects to a Verizon provided
cable/fiber WiFi router.

Mac OS X 10.7 Lion has renamed the WiFi service in System Preferences >
Network panel, from AirPort to WiFi. Older versions of Mac OS X called
it AirPort.

To be sure you move data at the highest possible speed be sure that
your Netgear WiFi router is new enough to have the fastest available
WiFi speed which is called 802.11n. If your Netgear router is older,
it may only be able to perform at 802.11g WiFi speed which means the
802.11n speed AirPort/WiFi card in your MacPro won't be moving data as
fast as it is capable of.

BTW. You can network two Macs directly via WiFi (AirPort) or even via
Bluetooth without using a router, switch, or hub.

Denver Dan

On Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:34:28 +0000, Jim wrote:
> Myi Mac Pro seems to have Airport built in. Do I need an external
> airport device to be wireless. I have WiFi via a Netgear router, but
> am I locked into an Apple device to use my built in airport
> capability?
>
> Jim

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7a.

Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 4:29 pm (PDT)



Sender[PID]: Safari {1749}
CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.

I am constantly receiving this type of report in Console. The only change is within the 1749, which changes as time advances. I looked it up on the web and can seeit it apearing in posts for the last three years, but no common thread.

Does anyone have a clue as to why Safari is constantly reporting. Is it an error message?

I use Safari Version 5.1.5 (6534.55.3)
27" iMac, 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 12gig RAM, OSX10.6.8, 1 TBHD

jr

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Re: Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 4:32 pm (PDT)



Sender[PID]: Dock[120] also reports the same message.

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "HAL9000" <jrswebhome@...> wrote:
>
> Sender[PID]: Safari {1749}
> CFPropertyListCreateFromXMLData(): Old-style plist parser: missing semicolon in dictionary.
>
> I am constantly receiving this type of report in Console. The only change is within the 1749, which changes as time advances. I looked it up on the web and can seeit it apearing in posts for the last three years, but no common thread.
>
> Does anyone have a clue as to why Safari is constantly reporting. Is it an error message?
>
> I use Safari Version 5.1.5 (6534.55.3)
> 27" iMac, 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 12gig RAM, OSX10.6.8, 1 TBHD
>
> jr
>

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Re: Is Mac HD gone in Lion

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 4:41 pm (PDT)



On 1 April 2012 22:37, Randy B. Singer <randy@macattorney.com> wrote:

>
> I don't agree. Apple has to set up their computers as best as
> possible to suit the vast majority of ordinary users. I think that
> by and large they do a good job with that.
>
> If Apple wanted to force you to do things their way, they could
> provide no way to change things. But most things on a Mac can be set
> up the way that you like.
>
> That's why I offered to show folks how to change things if they
> aren't to their liking. If you don't like something, just ask, and
> we will help you change it. Going around saying that "Apple wants
> to force everyone to do things their way" only makes you sound like a
> Windows bigot, and that isn't going to get you a lot of sympathy in a
> Mac discussion forum.
>

I think the same might be true of others "migrating" in other directions
(don't forget Linux), but IMO it's mostly down to "I've always done it this
way, why should I change"?

I have noticed, though, that some are not even aware of all of the
functions of the OS they are used to. Windows and OS X have many, many
similarities, and they are there with good reason.

Otto

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Re: Is Mac HD gone in Lion

Posted by: "OldTechie" oldtechie@wi.rr.com   jimpurcell2001

Sun Apr 1, 2012 5:07 pm (PDT)



Otto,

What matter to someone using a new product is not the similarities, but how the DIS-similarites affect them.
Example, a person who has never used car with manual shifting only would have a terrible time trying th shift the car and of course handling, or rather footing the clutch.

Jim
>
> I have noticed, though, that some are not even aware of all of the
> functions of the OS they are used to. Windows and OS X have many, many
> similarities, and they are there with good reason.
>

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Re: Is Mac HD gone in Lion

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 5:30 pm (PDT)



Don't each of those cars have:-

A steering wheel;
An ignition key;
A throttle/accelerator pedal;
A brake pedal;
Headlights;
Taillights;
Interior lights;
A boot/trunk;

plus all the other stuff?

BTW in the UK if you have manual (gearbox) driving licence, you can legally
drive an auto unsupervised, but not vice versa. Good thing if you ask me. ;)

Otto

On 2 April 2012 01:07, OldTechie <oldtechie@wi.rr.com> wrote:

> Otto,
>
> What matter to someone using a new product is not the similarities, but
> how the DIS-similarites affect them.
> Example, a person who has never used car with manual shifting only would
> have a terrible time trying th shift the car and of course handling, or
> rather footing the clutch.
>

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Re: Is Mac HD gone in Lion

Posted by: "OldTechie" oldtechie@wi.rr.com   jimpurcell2001

Sun Apr 1, 2012 5:53 pm (PDT)




Otto,

But none of those things does you anti good if you don't know how to shift w/oiut grinding the gears.
And that was my point, it's the dissimillar things that bite. For lack of a nail, a horse was lost, etc.
It's Sweat the little things, not 'DON'T SWEAT THEM' :--)

JIM

> things Don't each of those cars have:-
>

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Re: Streaming video with VLC?

Posted by: "Brimac" brmc@olypen.com   cuatro.calla

Sun Apr 1, 2012 5:37 pm (PDT)





--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, DaveC <davec2468@...> wrote:
>
> I want to stream a DVD video out to my LAN and watch it on a new 2011
> mini (OS X 10.6).
>
> I followed the steps to set up streaming on a Core Duo mini (OS X
> 10.5) but I'm getting "Permission denied" errors in the VLC log. (VLC
> doesn't pay attention to copyright or region issues so it's not
> that...)
>
> Has anyone on the list succeeded in getting VLC to stream a DVD? Or a
> different solution (without buying extra hardware or such...)
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>

Use the Dropbox "Public" folder

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10a.

Re: Export from Mail to Excel

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 6:08 pm (PDT)




On Mar 31, 2012, at 9:09 AM, Paul Cartwright wrote:

> John,
>
> Try exporting from Apple's Address Book the addresses you want as CSV values, i

Paul, how do you do that? In my Apple Address Book/Export /

I get only the options of vCard or AddressBook archive.

How are you exporting as CSV values?

Daly

> f the email addresses are only in Apple Mail, you can add them to the Address Book by going to the Window drop down menu, choose Previous Recipients, select the address(es) and click the button to Add to Address book.

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10b.

Re: Export from Mail to Excel

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

Sun Apr 1, 2012 6:24 pm (PDT)



Howdy.

(Odd, I responded to this message almost 3 hours ago and the message
never arrived in the group.) Here it is again.

The Apple Address Book and Excel don't like to swap data directly from
Address Book to Excel.

You can add a 3rd party program to make this happen.

You can use the address book found in a full featured web browser like
SeaMonkey. SeaMonkey has full email and reads the Apple Address Book
automatically so it can be used in SeaMonkey's email section.
SeaMonkey is free and part of the Mozilla system. It's my preferred
web browser for several reasons.

In SeaMonkey's Mail & Newsgroups feature/window, just under Mail 7
Newsgroups on same menu, is the Address Book (Window menu).

Pick Address Book (SeaMonkey's address book), Select the Mac Address
Book in left column, then pick the Export command from the Tools menu.

A navigation window opens. Pick the file format for the exported
data. I suggest Comma Separated. Excel calls this CSV, or, Comma
Separated Values, in Excel's Import feature. Then name this file and
save to a logical place (Desktop?).

Then launch Excel and use the Export command and pick the CSV format.

Excel opens a data match dialog that lets you match the data fields of
records with the labels/titles of those fields. Then import the data.

I've never seen data that, after being exported/imported didn't require
massaging.

To finish, as you are probably aware, a "record" in a spreadsheet or
database can be thought of as a row of cells. Each row is a "record."

In a CSV (Comma Separated Values) file, the "cells" of each row are
separated by a comma and the row is ended by a paragraph
symbol/return. So it's these commas and returns that Excel reads when
it imports the data and distributes it into rows and cells.

Denver Dan

On Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:19:29 +0000, ennisart wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to export data from Mail into an Excel spreadsheet? I
> want to upload address to MailChimp.
>
> Thanks
>
> John

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