Messages In This Digest (25 Messages)
- 1a.
- Re: Your Privacy and the Cloud #2 From: N.A. Nada
- 1b.
- Re: Your Privacy and the Cloud #2 From: Earle Jones
- 1c.
- Re: Your Privacy and the Cloud #2 From: N.A. Nada
- 1d.
- Re: Your Privacy and the Cloud #2 From: Daly Jessup
- 2a.
- Re: Quick question From: Jon Kreisler
- 2b.
- Re: Quick question From: Paul Cartwright
- 2c.
- Re: Quick question From: N.A. Nada
- 2d.
- Re: Quick question From: Barry Austern
- 2e.
- Re: Quick question From: Jim Saklad
- 2f.
- Re: Quick question From: Barry Austern
- 2g.
- Re: Quick question From: Michael P. Stupinski
- 3a.
- Re: Old shows in iTunes format From: Denver Dan
- 3b.
- Re: Old shows in iTunes format From: Terry Pogue
- 4a.
- Re: Is the list up? From: Vixpix
- 4b.
- Re: Is the list up? From: Otto Nikolaus
- 5a.
- Re: Your privacy and the Cloud. From: Otto Nikolaus
- 5b.
- Re: Your privacy and the Cloud. From: Otto Nikolaus
- 5c.
- Re: Your privacy and the Cloud. From: paul smith
- 6a.
- Re: Opera browser From: Andrew Buc
- 7a.
- Re: cookies From: Don
- 8a.
- Re: Seagate GoFlex Desk Thunderbolt Adapter & external HD case From: Andrew Buc
- 8b.
- Re: Seagate GoFlex Desk Thunderbolt Adapter & external HD case From: Denver Dan
- 8c.
- Re: Seagate GoFlex Desk Thunderbolt Adapter & external HD case From: Jim Saklad
- 9a.
- Re: Last Will program? From: Don
- 10a.
- Re: PDF and OCR From: Randy B. Singer
Messages
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Re: Your Privacy and the Cloud #2
Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net
Sun Apr 29, 2012 1:50 pm (PDT)
On Apr 29, 2012, at 1:21 PM, Ardell Faul wrote:
> Those of you who are paranoid about a tiny URL should certainly be
> paranoid about the cloud. Here is the full link.
I am, more so than of tiny URLs, too.
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Re: Your Privacy and the Cloud #2
Posted by: "Earle Jones" earle.jones@comcast.net earlejones501
Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:30 pm (PDT)
On Apr 29, 12, at 1:50 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
>
> On Apr 29, 2012, at 1:21 PM, Ardell Faul wrote:
>
> > Those of you who are paranoid about a tiny URL should certainly be
> > paranoid about the cloud. Here is the full link.
>
> I am, more so than of tiny URLs, too.
*
Why would anyone be worried about TinyURL?
Isn't it just a URL translator? What else can it do?
earle
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Re: Your Privacy and the Cloud #2
Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net
Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:11 pm (PDT)
Since they are not human readable, and too many people use them, sometimes to directing people to bad sites. I want to be able to read the URL and then if I decide I want to type it or a portion of it into the address bar or search field, I can.
Misdirection is what social engineering is all about. Stock and trade going back to con artists and snake oil salesmen.
Can I interest you in a bridge? Or maybe some sure-fired Ponzi scheme investment with Bernie M.?
On Apr 29, 2012, at 3:30 PM, Earle Jones wrote:
>
> On Apr 29, 12, at 1:50 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
>
> >
> > On Apr 29, 2012, at 1:21 PM, Ardell Faul wrote:
> >
> > > Those of you who are paranoid about a tiny URL should certainly be
> > > paranoid about the cloud. Here is the full link.
> >
> > I am, more so than of tiny URLs, too.
>
> *
> Why would anyone be worried about TinyURL?
>
> Isn't it just a URL translator? What else can it do?
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Re: Your Privacy and the Cloud #2
Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com dalyjessup
Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:31 pm (PDT)
On Apr 29, 2012, at 4:11 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
> Since they are not human readable, and too many people use them, sometimes to directing people to bad sites. I want to be able to read the URL and then if I decide I want to type it or a portion of it into the address bar or search field, I can.
If you get a three-line URL, can you really figure out if it's safer than a short URL? There MIGHT be hints, but at least in my experience (I'm NOT a geek) some of the long ones are absolutely incomprehensible, and no better at all than a short one. I depend on the source of t the link for the most part.
And I depend on my backups.
Daly
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Re: Quick question
Posted by: "Jon Kreisler" jonkreisler@gmail.com jonkreisler
Sun Apr 29, 2012 2:36 pm (PDT)
The two cards probably have very similar circuitry and probably the same
chipset. But, the laptop module is a circuit board and probably won't fit
nicely into the AirPort slot in the G4 tower. It may be possible to
custom-create a connector, but that is for a hardware engineering
enthusiast - too nitty-gritty for me.
Jon
On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 4:03 PM, N.A. Nada <whodo678@comcast.net > wrote:
> **
>
>
> I haven't tried it, Jon, but isn't the difference going to be whether or
> not it has a case or just a raw circuit board? And whether or not the is
> room if it fits the connector?
>
> They are both about the same age, so they would have the same level of
> WiFi performance. Where the laptop probably had a raw board and unlikely,
> but maybe a carrier board, the Desktop probably had one in a case for user
> installation.
>
> If you are using it for yourself and you don't mind taking a minor risk,
> i'd try it. If you are planning on selling it or charging for the repair, I
> wouldn't.
>
> I have taken apart a couple of Airport Base Stations and pulled a few
> cards from older Apple Desktops and have found all kinds of configurations,
> including a Lucient branded WaveLAN card.
>
> Brent
>
>
> On Apr 29, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Jon Kreisler wrote:
>
> > The search terms you need to use are "Mac service parts"
> > The iBook G4 uses an intermal airport card, part # 661-3692, while the
> > mirror-door G4 has an AirPort card slot, for the Apple accessory AirPort
> > Card, M7600LL/C. These are two different cards, sorry.
> >
> > Jon
> >
> > On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Cherie Beauton <
> apple_mac_icat@yahoo.com >wrote:
> >
> > > **
>
> > >
> > >
> > > In the interest of saving time, can an old iBook airport card be
> > > configured to use in an old G4 mirrored doors tower?
> > >
> > > Sort of rebuilding old Macs here. Google the ?, but didn't find an
> answer.
>
> __._,_.__
>
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Re: Quick question
Posted by: "Paul Cartwright" paul@mactechservices.com mactechservices
Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:44 pm (PDT)
There are third party USB wifi connectors for less than $40 which will accomplish that task
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 29, 2012, at 13:44, Cherie Beauton <apple_mac_icat@yahoo.com > wrote:
> Thanks. I think I'll just connect it and give it a try. Not for resale. Just want to make the old G4 wireless if possible. Attempting to break ties with expensive DSL provider.
>
> On Apr 29, 2012, at 4:03 PM, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@comcast.net > wrote:
>
> > I haven't tried it, Jon, but isn't the difference going to be whether or not it has a case or just a raw circuit board? And whether or not the is room if it fits the connector?
> >
> > They are both about the same age, so they would have the same level of WiFi performance. Where the laptop probably had a raw board and unlikely, but maybe a carrier board, the Desktop probably had one in a case for user installation.
> >
> > If you are using it for yourself and you don't mind taking a minor risk, i'd try it. If you are planning on selling it or charging for the repair, I wouldn't.
> >
> > I have taken apart a couple of Airport Base Stations and pulled a few cards from older Apple Desktops and have found all kinds of configurations, including a Lucient branded WaveLAN card.
> >
> > Brent
> >
> >
> > On Apr 29, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Jon Kreisler wrote:
> >
> >> The search terms you need to use are "Mac service parts"
> >> The iBook G4 uses an intermal airport card, part # 661-3692, while the
> >> mirror-door G4 has an AirPort card slot, for the Apple accessory AirPort
> >> Card, M7600LL/C. These are two different cards, sorry.
> >>
> >> Jon
> >>
> >> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Cherie Beauton <apple_mac_icat@yahoo.com >wrote:
> >>
> >>> **
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> In the interest of saving time, can an old iBook airport card be
> >>> configured to use in an old G4 mirrored doors tower?
> >>>
> >>> Sort of rebuilding old Macs here. Google the ?, but didn't find an answer.
> >
> >
> > --------------------- --------- ------
> >
> > Group FAQ:
> > <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
>
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Re: Quick question
Posted by: "N.A. Nada" whodo678@comcast.net
Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:04 pm (PDT)
Well, WiFi won't cut the string to DSL, but it can cut the cable to a modem. You still need a modem capable of reaching the internet from some other provider.
On Apr 29, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Cherie Beauton wrote:
> Thanks. I think I'll just connect it and give it a try. Not for resale. Just want to make the old G4 wireless if possible. Attempting to break ties with expensive DSL provider.
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Re: Quick question
Posted by: "Barry Austern" barryaus@fuse.net barryaus
Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:16 pm (PDT)
At 2:25 PM -0400 4/29/12, Cherie Beauton wrote:
>
>In the interest of saving time, can an old iBook airport card be
>configured to use in an old G4 mirrored doors tower?
An Airport card can replace an Airport Card, and an Airport Extreme
can replace an Airport Extreme card. As I recall, the G3 iBooks used
the older card and the G3 iBooks the newer Extreme card. I believe
(but by no means am sure) that the mirror doors could have used
either, depending on vintage.
You can probably find the answer in MacTracker.
--
Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.net
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Re: Quick question
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:22 pm (PDT)
> As I recall, the G3 iBooks used the older card and the G3 iBooks the newer Extreme card.
Would you like to try that again?
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Re: Quick question
Posted by: "Barry Austern" barryaus@fuse.net barryaus
Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:46 pm (PDT)
At 9:22 PM -0400 4/29/12, Jim Saklad wrote:
>
>
> > As I recall, the G3 iBooks used the older card and the G3 iBooks
>the newer Extreme card.
>
>Would you like to try that again?
Oops. 30 lashes for me. The G4 ones have the newer card. Problem with
computers is that they do what you tell them, not what you want them
to do. I'm not the touch typist I had hoped I am :-)
--
Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.net
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Re: Quick question
Posted by: "Michael P. Stupinski" mpstupinski@snet.net mstupinski
Sun Apr 29, 2012 7:17 pm (PDT)
Why not go to eBay and try to get the right card for the MDD G4? I
did that for my daughter's MDD G4 several years ago and it worked out
fine.
.......Mike
On Apr 29, 2012, at 4:44 PM, Cherie Beauton wrote:
> Thanks. I think I'll just connect it and give it a try. Not for
> resale. Just want to make the old G4 wireless if possible.
> Attempting to break ties with expensive DSL provider.
>
> On Apr 29, 2012, at 4:03 PM, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@comcast.net > wrote:
>
>> I haven't tried it, Jon, but isn't the difference going to be
>> whether or not it has a case or just a raw circuit board? And
>> whether or not the is room if it fits the connector?
>>
>> They are both about the same age, so they would have the same level
>> of WiFi performance. Where the laptop probably had a raw board and
>> unlikely, but maybe a carrier board, the Desktop probably had one
>> in a case for user installation.
>>
>> If you are using it for yourself and you don't mind taking a minor
>> risk, i'd try it. If you are planning on selling it or charging for
>> the repair, I wouldn't.
>>
>> I have taken apart a couple of Airport Base Stations and pulled a
>> few cards from older Apple Desktops and have found all kinds of
>> configurations, including a Lucient branded WaveLAN card.
>>
>> Brent
>>
>>
>> On Apr 29, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Jon Kreisler wrote:
>>
>>> The search terms you need to use are "Mac service parts"
>>> The iBook G4 uses an intermal airport card, part # 661-3692, while
>>> the
>>> mirror-door G4 has an AirPort card slot, for the Apple accessory
>>> AirPort
>>> Card, M7600LL/C. These are two different cards, sorry.
>>>
>>> Jon
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Cherie Beauton <apple_mac_icat@yahoo.com
>>> >wrote:
>>>
>>>> **
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In the interest of saving time, can an old iBook airport card be
>>>> configured to use in an old G4 mirrored doors tower?
>>>>
>>>> Sort of rebuilding old Macs here. Google the ?, but didn't find
>>>> an answer.
>>
>>
>> --------------------- --------- ------
>>
>> Group FAQ:
>> <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
>>
>> Yahoo! Groups Links
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --------------------- --------- ------
>
> Group FAQ:
> <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
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Re: Old shows in iTunes format
Posted by: "Denver Dan" denver.dan@verizon.net denverdan22180
Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:30 pm (PDT)
Howdy.
Terry, I don't understand your question.
Are you afraid that the DVD player in your computers is/are failing?
Are you afraid that the DVD video disc VIDEO_TS video format will
become obsolete?
Do you just want to convert DVD videos from VIDEO_TS format to some
other single file convenient format?
Denver Dan
On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:31:02 -0400, Terry Pogue wrote:
> I fear that my computers will no longer be able to play DVDs soon so
> I'd like to get them to play thru iTunes. There are many that I have
> that I'd like to make sure I don't lose. I searched the iTunes store
> for Shogun. They don't have it. That seems to be true of a lot of the
> old shows which I have on DVD. Is there a place where I can purchase
> these old shows in the proper format? Or does Apple have a "old show
> store". <g> That's what I need.
> terry
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Re: Old shows in iTunes format
Posted by: "Terry Pogue" tpogue@comcast.net terrypogue_2000
Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:09 pm (PDT)
I think we are fast approaching the time when there are no more optical drives in computers. They will all be like the Air or tablets. I want to have my movies and TV shows in the format that iTunes will play. Id love to see the mini-series Shogun again but the iTunes store doesn't have it.
If I buy a downloaded video from Amazon will it load and play in iTunes?
Terry
Sent from my iPadHD
On Apr 29, 2012, at 6:30 PM, Denver Dan <denver.dan@verizon.net > wrote:
> Howdy.
>
> Terry, I don't understand your question.
>
> Are you afraid that the DVD player in your computers is/are failing?
>
> Are you afraid that the DVD video disc VIDEO_TS video format will
> become obsolete?
>
> Do you just want to convert DVD videos from VIDEO_TS format to some
> other single file convenient format?
>
> Denver Dan
>
>
> On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:31:02 -0400, Terry Pogue wrote:
>> I fear that my computers will no longer be able to play DVDs soon so
>> I'd like to get them to play thru iTunes. There are many that I have
>> that I'd like to make sure I don't lose. I searched the iTunes store
>> for Shogun. They don't have it. That seems to be true of a lot of the
>> old shows which I have on DVD. Is there a place where I can purchase
>> these old shows in the proper format? Or does Apple have a "old show
>> store". <g> That's what I need.
>> terry
>
>
> --------------------- --------- ------
>
> Group FAQ:
> <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
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Re: Is the list up?
Posted by: "Vixpix" vixpix26@hvc.rr.com nyskater
Sun Apr 29, 2012 3:36 pm (PDT)
I think YahooGroups had a hiccup. I had no messages coming into my various busy groups.
Vickie
Sent from a spoiled little iPad
On Apr 29, 2012, at 1:15 PM, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@comcast.net > wrote:
> Thans, but I was referring to the status of the internet within the US, not the status of my ISP. Is there a site that monitors and displays this information, that we can access?
>
> Brent
>
>
> On Apr 29, 2012, at 8:51 AM, Denver Dan wrote:
>>
>
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Re: Is the list up?
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:21 pm (PDT)
For anyone failing to find ARPNET in a search, it's actually ARPANET.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ >Arpanet
Oh, and keep a lookout for the black helicopters. ;)
Otto
On 29 April 2012 20:39, N.A. Nada <whodo678@comcast.net > wrote:
> Actually, ARPNET preceded the internet and it was originally, as I
> understand it, for the US military and higher education for military funded
> research, and communications between certain military installations. I had
> an occasion to briefly, use it back then. Which surprised me that the
> college I was at had access. But then again, I was not far from Stanford or
> UC Berkeley, both of which I believe were a couple of the original ARPNET
> "signatories" for lack of a better term. At the time I lived literally
> around the corner from SRI. I think that was when I first heard the acronym
> DARPA.
>
> I have just found a couple of sites that do partial monitoring of the US
> portion of the internet, none seem to be really directed at public users.
> Internet functioning is not my area of specialty, but what I would like to
> get an overview of is the nodes (like routers or switches in a LAN, but for
> the WAN), not the servers or servers (as in DOS attacks), but a current
> status of DOS attacks would be of minor interest to me.
>
> Yeap, we have got the foundation laid for Skynet.
>
> Now we are working on the AI: Wolfram, Siri, Google and Facebook. Isn't
> that right Master Sargent? And then there is the autonomous movement and
> weapons, flying drones, military research for robotics, and rail guns.
>
> If I were paranoid, I would be worried.
>
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Re: Your privacy and the Cloud.
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:10 pm (PDT)
On 29 April 2012 19:54, OBrien <bco@hiwaay.net> wrote:
>
> There's always the possibility that a spammer, or some evil person invades
> the group, or that a bad link could, in some other way, be posted to the
> group inadvertently, or by someone's infected computer. Anyway, I just like
> to see where I'm being sent.
>
Why do you think a "bad link" would *not* be well disguised as a "good"
one? Seeing the full URL is no more a guarantee than a shortened one.
Otto
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Re: Your privacy and the Cloud.
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:13 pm (PDT)
On 29 April 2012 20:41, N.A. Nada <whodo678@comcast.net > wrote:
>
> But the proponents of tiny URLs seem to have problems with that and fixing
> the line breaks.
>
What? The "proponents" are those who have found that *others* have problems
doing that.
Otto
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Re: Your privacy and the Cloud.
Posted by: "paul smith" kullervo@nycap.rr.com waldonny
Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:13 pm (PDT)
Not my take on the group. We are here to provide support to those with questions and/or problems.
--
PSmith
MacBook Pro, 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM, OS 10.7.3 iPhone 4S 64 GB, iOS 5.1
On Apr 29, 2012, at 3:51 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
Hopefully, we are here to raise everyone's skill level.
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Re: Opera browser
Posted by: "Andrew Buc" andrewbuc@staxman.net andrewbuc
Sun Apr 29, 2012 4:48 pm (PDT)
One trait of Opera that I like (which it shares with OmniWeb),
concerning autofill data:
To illustrate my point, I'll mention that I often send online
newspaper articles to friends, so I'm prompted to fill in my email
address so the recipient knows who's sending the article. In Opera,
if I've ever filled in AndrewBuc@staxman.net in a situation like
this, then if I start filling in a form on any website and it looks
to Opera as if I might be starting to fill in my email address, it
offers that as a choice. It works the same with the addresses of
people I send articles to.
Firefox works a bit differently. If I fill in my email address to
send an article from, say, the Seattle Times, Firefox remembers my
address--for that particular field on that particular form on that
particular site. If I want to send an article from the Washington
Post, Firefox needs to learn that separately. By the same token, if I
send an article to myself, Firefox considers AndrewBuc@staxman.net in
the "from" field to be a separate entity from AndrewBuc@staxman.net
in the "to" field. I don't use Safari very much, but I think it works
the same way.
In Opera and OmniWeb, when I start typing my address into a form, the
browser also suggests "Andrew" and "Andrew Buc," which I've used in
the past. If I'd ever filled in a form with "Andrea," "androgynous,"
and "andirons," the browsers would suggest those too. For that
matter, if I'd ever used "Antananarivo" (the capital of Madagascar),
it would suggest that too, until I'd gotten past A-N.
For me, the pluses of the Opera-OmniWeb approach outweigh the
minuses. For you, that may or may not be true.
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Re: cookies
Posted by: "Don" y-groups.96705@hawaiiantel.net don.96705
Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:10 pm (PDT)
Louise
Cookies are under Safari Preferences / Privacy, not Security.
DD
Thanks for a very good description of cookies.
Don at 21.9N 159.6W
2x2.93 GHz Mac Pro
OS X 10.7.3 6GB Ram
On Apr 27, 2012, at 07:04, Louise Stewart wrote:
> I really don't know much about cookies (I'm sort of a tech retard, actually.) but I just tried to log on to a site I go to somewhat frequently and got a message that I had to enable cookies. So, I looked online to see how to do that, saw I should go to Safari Preferences under Security and I'd see there to change cookies.
>
> Went there and saw nothing about cookies. Maybe they have another name?
>
> I'm using Safari 5.1.1 on a new Mac Mini.
>
> So, what do I do?
>
> Louise
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Re: Seagate GoFlex Desk Thunderbolt Adapter & external HD case
Posted by: "Andrew Buc" andrewbuc@staxman.net andrewbuc
Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:12 pm (PDT)
On Apr 25, 2012, at 6:22 PM, Denver Dan wrote:
> I found a video from CNET TV that does a much better job showing what
> this device does and how you use it.
So, if I understand correctly, it's a drive dock? I won't kick myself
for having just ordered a Wiebetech drive dock, as my computer
doesn't have a Thunderbolt port anyway.
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Re: Seagate GoFlex Desk Thunderbolt Adapter & external HD case
Posted by: "Denver Dan" denver.dan@verizon.net denverdan22180
Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:21 pm (PDT)
Howdy.
It looks like some type of drive dock and can accept a bare 3.5 inch or
bare 2.5 inch form HD.
I've recently been using a San Digital Multistor quad HD box. It's
pretty nifty but at the moment I've using it on USB which after using
eSATA connections is pretty slow stuff.
The San Digital has eSATA ports but with 4 HDs inside it requires an
eSATA PCI card with Port Multiplier and my eSATA card doesn't have
that. And - - - I'm waiting out the hopeful release of a new MacPro
tower and seeing what form expansion slots will take and whether they
will accept the current eSATA PCIe card I have.
Denver Dan
On Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:12:05 -0700, Andrew Buc wrote:
> On Apr 25, 2012, at 6:22 PM, Denver Dan wrote:
>
>> I found a video from CNET TV that does a much better job showing what
>> this device does and how you use it.
>
> So, if I understand correctly, it's a drive dock? I won't kick myself
> for having just ordered a Wiebetech drive dock, as my computer
> doesn't have a Thunderbolt port anyway.
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Re: Seagate GoFlex Desk Thunderbolt Adapter & external HD case
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Sun Apr 29, 2012 6:03 pm (PDT)
> It looks like some type of drive dock and can accept a bare 3.5 inch or bare 2.5 inch form HD.
For drive docks, consider this:
<http://eshop.macsales. >com/shop/ NewerTech/ Voyager/Hard_ Drive_Dock
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Re: Last Will program?
Posted by: "Don" y-groups.96705@hawaiiantel.net don.96705
Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:25 pm (PDT)
Bekah:
Get a good book on do-it-yourself wills and trusts. I used the one by Nolo Press.
Study it until you think you know enough to write up a will or trust without referring to the book. Then you will know just enough to have a reasonable discussion with a lawyer. Now go to a lawyer!
The Nolo Press books are good but they can't cover all the state specific stuff or the recent changes in the law.
Don at 21.9N 159.6W
2x2.93 GHz Mac Pro
OS X 10.7.3 6GB Ram
On Apr 27, 2012, at 02:14, Bekah wrote:
> Does anyone know a good, simple "last will and testament" program?
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> Bekah
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Re: PDF and OCR
Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com randybrucesinger
Sun Apr 29, 2012 5:41 pm (PDT)
On Apr 29, 2012, at 12:39 AM, Josephine Bacon wrote:
> There are two types of pdf, those that were simply created by
> converting a Word file into a pdf, which are easily turned back again
> into Word by using "save as" in Acrobat Pro. The others, which were
> created as an image, have to be OCR'd. You can do this with a program
> such as Omnipage, a good program with several language settings.
Correct, except that while OmniPage/Mac is still being sold,
http://is.gd/21Hwx
what they don't tell you is that it hasn't been compatible with the
last several versions of OS X. Once you learn that the hard way,
good luck trying to get a refund.
There are a bunch of cheap OCR programs, and programs that happen to
have OCR as an additional feature, and they will all do a half-assed
job. i.e. you will likely lose any complex formatting. I can give
you a list, if you like.
The best OCR program for the Mac currently is:
ABBYY FineReader Pro $100
http://www.abbyy.com/FineReader_ for_Mac
(The version of ABBYY FineReader that comes with some scanners is not
nearly as good.)
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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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