Messages In This Digest (25 Messages)
- 1.1.
- Re: How do I recover deleted files? From: LouisD
- 1.2.
- Re: How do I recover deleted files? From: Otto Nikolaus
- 2a.
- Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons? From: Daly Jessup
- 2b.
- Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons? From: Rob Frankel
- 2c.
- Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons? From: Randy B. Singer
- 2d.
- Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons? From: Randy B. Singer
- 2e.
- Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons? From: Jim Saklad
- 2f.
- Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons? From: Andrew Buc
- 2g.
- Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons? From: Daly Jessup
- 2h.
- Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons? From: Daly Jessup
- 2i.
- Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons? From: Bill B.
- 2j.
- Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons? From: Bill B.
- 2k.
- Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons? From: Randy B. Singer
- 3a.
- iPad Pricing Confusion From: Tod Hopkins
- 3b.
- Re: iPad Pricing Confusion From: Otto Nikolaus
- 3c.
- Re: iPad Pricing Confusion From: Tod Hopkins
- 4a.
- Re: Clean install on iMac From: Jurgen Richter
- 4b.
- Re: Clean install on iMac From: Jim Saklad
- 4c.
- Re: Clean install on iMac From: Jim Saklad
- 4d.
- Re: Clean install on iMac From: neelie
- 5a.
- Phantom Mail messages in Trash From: Les Streater
- 5b.
- Re: Phantom Mail messages in Trash From: Daly Jessup
- 6.
- Open DNS From: barryhottle
- 7.
- European 220 V plugs for Apple's autosensing power bricks From: James Robertson
- 8.
- Save_As workflow - HELP! From: Bob Cook
Messages
- 1.1.
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Re: How do I recover deleted files?
Posted by: "LouisD" lou@loudina.com ldina
Sun Jun 3, 2012 8:30 am (PDT)
Otto,
Just a little feedback to close the loop. I had already recovered my files, but wanted to try PhotoRec and see if I could get it to recognize my internal HDDs. When if first boots up, the program seems to see only my removable media (card reader, etc).
If I choose the 'sudo' option, it asks for your PW and then shows all the drives hooked up to my computer, both internal and external. So it does work, but I have to do it in that fashion. Not sure why yours does that automatically and mine does not, but it works.
Thanks again for your help. I have installed Techtools Pro 6 since our discussion, and it has a Trash Recovery option. (hey, just in case.)
Regards,
Lou
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups. , Otto Nikolaus <otto.nikolaus@com ...> wrote:
>
> I've only ever run PhotoRec when logged in as my normal (admin) user. The
> process when recovering from an external was the same as when recovering
> from a memory card, although I quit it early because it would've taken
> dozens of hours.
>
> Otto
- 1.2.
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Re: How do I recover deleted files?
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Sun Jun 3, 2012 10:01 am (PDT)
Lou,
Thanks. It appears that PhotoRec works differently with internal drives
than it does with external ones. I assumed that *any* not-boot drive would
appear automatically, but it appears not, unless you use sudo.
Perhaps you could try TechTools Pro on the Trash before you really need it?
Otto
On 3 June 2012 16:30, LouisD <lou@loudina.com > wrote:
> Otto,
>
> Just a little feedback to close the loop. I had already recovered my
> files, but wanted to try PhotoRec and see if I could get it to recognize my
> internal HDDs. When if first boots up, the program seems to see only my
> removable media (card reader, etc).
>
> If I choose the 'sudo' option, it asks for your PW and then shows all the
> drives hooked up to my computer, both internal and external. So it does
> work, but I have to do it in that fashion. Not sure why yours does that
> automatically and mine does not, but it works.
>
> Thanks again for your help. I have installed Techtools Pro 6 since our
> discussion, and it has a Trash Recovery option. (hey, just in case.)
>
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Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons?
Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com dalyjessup
Sun Jun 3, 2012 9:15 am (PDT)
On Jun 2, 2012, at 7:38 AM, Jim Saklad wrote:
> Secondly, *I* want to know why Daly's computer is apparently doing unpleasant things that mine is not.
I'm sure yours has the gray icons in the Finder and Mail, and the light gray dates in Calendar. That's one. For the rest, they come and go and I haven't figured out the code for WHEN, for instance, I won't be allowed to delete a document whose app is open, and the document itself isn't. But it happens here and there. I'm annoyed by no Save As in TextEdit and Preview, but of course still have it in most applications.
It's just the inconsistency and the unwanted "help" that gets me. I won't talk about it any more.
I'm also irritated by increasing dependence on the App Store. Quite often a piece of shareware listed at the CNET or MacUpdate sites is no longer available for "try and buy". You have to buy it from the App Store without even knowing how it works for you.
I fear a future in which all apps will have to be acquired from Apple.
I don't usually just spread gloom over the list, and I'll stop now.
Daly
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Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons?
Posted by: "Rob Frankel" rob@robfrankel.com robfrankeldotcom
Sun Jun 3, 2012 9:27 am (PDT)
Must have been almost a year ago that I opined about Apple's loss of
brand vision, most ably demonstrated by Lion, but extended throughout
their practices as a business, as well.
The days of Apple being "for the rest of us" had long passed even
before Jobs died. What we're experiencing now is his legacy, which
is a further tightening grip on our operating choices.
Poor Tim Cook: He has to deal with a company direction every bit as
brutal as his predecessor's, but without the charisma and image
machine to disguise it.
Glad I stayed with 10.6.8 and refused to buy into the hype. At least
there are vestiges of Apple's true, original brand left there. No
expensive upgrades and no loss of the features we've come to know and
love.
For those of you interested on the evolution of Apple's brand
culture, search for "Apple" on my blog. It's interesting to see the
process unfold over the years.
--
Rob Frankel
Branding Expert http://www.RobFrankel.com
Twitter: @brandingexpert
AIM/Skype: ROBFRANKEL ICQ: 249862730
1-888-ROBFRANKEL * 818-990-8623 * E-Fax 413-778-0909
Yes, there's an RSS feed blog, if you can handle it:
http://www.robfrankelblog.com
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Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons?
Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com randybrucesinger
Sun Jun 3, 2012 9:52 am (PDT)
On Jun 3, 2012, at 9:15 AM, Daly Jessup wrote:
> I'm sure yours has the gray icons in the Finder and Mail, and the
> light gray dates in Calendar. That's one.
If you want to bring back the colored icons in the Finder, you can use:
Lion Tweaks (free)
http://ifredrik.com/applications /
Lion Tweaks reverts other new Lion features to their previous
functionality also, if you prefer.
> I'm annoyed by no Save As in TextEdit and Preview, but of course
> still have it in most applications.
To restore the Save As feature (accessed as a Service), download:
Save_As.workflow.zip (free)
https://public.me.com/pldelise
unzip it and then place it in the Services folder in your home
Library. If the folder doesn't already exist you can create it.
_____________________ _________ _________ ____
Randy B. Singer
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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Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons?
Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com randybrucesinger
Sun Jun 3, 2012 10:28 am (PDT)
On Jun 3, 2012, at 9:26 AM, Rob Frankel wrote:
> The days of Apple being "for the rest of us" had long passed even
> before Jobs died. What we're experiencing now is his legacy, which
> is a further tightening grip on our operating choices.
I don't see it that way. And I certainly don't see the evolution of
the Mac OS as an indication that Apple feels that they need to
control us, or as a distopian thing.
Apple is currently making the vast majority of its money from the
iPhone and the iPad. The Macintosh is almost a sideline for them.
Apple sells a small number of Macs compared to the number of iOS
devices it sells. And the majority of Mac sales are coming from the
halo effect of Apple's iOS products.
Most new Mac users from the past decade purchased their Mac hoping
that it would have all of the advantages of their iOS device(s).
Virus-free, dead stable, easy-to-locate software, elegant. But the
Mac doesn't offer all of those same advantages; at least not to the
same degree.
Most Mac users (and by "most" I mean ordinary users who don't hang
out on Mac discussion lists, and who haven't been using Macs for
decades) don't know or care about any distinction between "open" and
"closed" architecture. All they care about is that their devices
(both their iOS ones and their Macs) simply work, with the minimum of
fuss and bother, and the maximum amount of enjoyment. These users
are now "the rest of us." You and I are now considered "geeks" and
out of touch with ordinary users.
The "open" versus "closed" discussion is considered by most ordinary
Mac users as being as geeky and anachronistic as Windows users who
complain that Microsoft should never have abandoned the command line
because it was more powerful than a GUI.
I really doubt that the Mac App Store will become the only source for
Mac software anytime soon. And Apple's stated plan doesn't include
locking out software from third parties who sell directly to users.
However, my guess is that the majority of users will quickly grasp
the concept that software purchased from the Mac App Store is vetted
and thus perfectly safe, and that software purchased elsewhere isn't
guaranteed safe, and I suspect that, in time, few users will be
purchasing their software anywhere else. Apple won't have to impose
any restrictions.
And that's all a good thing. One to the Mac's biggest selling
features, at least until very recently, was that Windows has
literally millions of pieces of malware, and the Mac has none. Even
now the score is something like "millions vs. less than a half
dozen". Soon it will be back to none. That's what the huge majority
of Mac users want, and that's what Apple is going to give them.
Anyone who has been infected one too many times while using Windows
is a potential convert to the Mac.
Meanwhile, because of the Mac App Store's advantages (much lower
advertising and distribution costs, and built-in copy protection that
limits pirating) software sold via the Mac App Store will tend to be
much cheaper, not to mention easier to find. Customers will more
than likely prefer the Mac App Store in any case.
If you want an "open" platform you are free to use Windows (and at
this point, Apple won't even notice that you are gone, because so few
users will be moved to switch that it won't effect Apple's bottom
line). If you want an OS that is dead stable, malware-free, fuss-
free, then that will be the Mac OS. Apple knows what their customers
want.
_____________________ _________ _________ ____
Randy B. Singer
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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Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons?
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Sun Jun 3, 2012 12:04 pm (PDT)
>> Secondly, *I* want to know why Daly's computer is apparently doing unpleasant things that mine is not.
>
> I'm sure yours has the gray icons in the Finder and Mail, and the light gray dates in Calendar.
I have finally figured out what icons you were talking about but not describing very well. Yes, I have them. They just don't bother me very much.
> I'm annoyed by no Save As in TextEdit and Preview, but of course still have it in most applications.
I liked "Save As", but have no particular problem with "Duplicate" and "Save".
> I fear a future in which all apps will have to be acquired from Apple.
Won't happen.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
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Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons?
Posted by: "Andrew Buc" andrewbuc@staxman.net andrewbuc
Sun Jun 3, 2012 12:21 pm (PDT)
On Jun 3, 2012, at 10:28 AM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
> I really doubt that the Mac App Store will become the only source for
> Mac software anytime soon. And Apple's stated plan doesn't include
> locking out software from third parties who sell directly to users.
>
What about Daly's comment that "Quite often a piece of shareware
listed at the CNET or MacUpdate sites is no longer available for `try
and buy'. You have to buy it from the App Store without even knowing
how it works for you."? Is that true of software from the App Store
in general, or just certain apps?
> If you want an "open" platform you are free to use Windows
>
Or, theoretically, Linux!
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Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons?
Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com dalyjessup
Sun Jun 3, 2012 12:51 pm (PDT)
>> I'm sure yours has the gray icons in the Finder and Mail, and the
>> light gray dates in Calendar. That's one.
>
> If you want to bring back the colored icons in the Finder, you can use:
>
> Lion Tweaks (free)
> http://ifredrik.com/applications /
>
> Lion Tweaks reverts other new Lion features to their previous
> functionality also, if you prefer.
Kind of. It doesn't make the finder top icons colored, which are the ones that bother me, and to keep the sidebar icons colored, you have to re-enable that feature in Lion Tweaks each time you boot.
>> I'm annoyed by no Save As in TextEdit and Preview, but of course
>> still have it in most applications.
>
> To restore the Save As feature (accessed as a Service), download:
>
> Save_As.workflow.zip (free)
> https://public.me.com/pldelise
> unzip it and then place it in the Services folder in your home
> Library. If the folder doesn't already exist you can create it.
Thanks, Randy. That's kind of okay, though it's very slow.
Basically, I think some functionality has been sacrificed for someone's concept of "cool" or "aesthetics." I first noticed it way back when they provided the translucent, shiny Dock with the "glow" to show which apps were active. It replaced the old simple Dock. I had to train my eyes to see what was active, sometimes having to distinguish the "glow" from the fancy icons some apps put there with "glow" effects of their own.
I have used Lion Tweaks to show the 2D Dock with at least nice sharp white dots under the active items, which is an improvement. But Apple's preference was for glossy-but-less-functional. That's what I'm talking about.
Daly
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Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons?
Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com dalyjessup
Sun Jun 3, 2012 12:54 pm (PDT)
On Jun 3, 2012, at 12:21 PM, Andrew Buc wrote:
> On Jun 3, 2012, at 10:28 AM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
>
>> I really doubt that the Mac App Store will become the only source for
>> Mac software anytime soon. And Apple's stated plan doesn't include
>> locking out software from third parties who sell directly to users.
>>
>
> What about Daly's comment that "Quite often a piece of shareware
> listed at the CNET or MacUpdate sites is no longer available for `try
> and buy'. You have to buy it from the App Store without even knowing
> how it works for you."? Is that true of software from the App Store
> in general, or just certain apps?
As far as I can tell, it's true of all apps from the App Store. Of course, the free ones are no problem. But the ones that cost money, you have to pay to try.
Daly
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Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons?
Posted by: "Bill B." bill501@mindspring.com kernos501
Sun Jun 3, 2012 1:56 pm (PDT)
At 12:21 PM -0700 6/3/12, Andrew Buc wrote:
>What about Daly's comment that "Quite often a piece of shareware
>listed at the CNET or MacUpdate sites is no longer available for `try
>and buy'. You have to buy it from the App Store without even knowing
>how it works for you."? Is that true of software from the App Store
>in general, or just certain apps?
For all from the app stores I have encountered. But a lot of developers will offer a trial version on their web site. I always check before buying on an app store. I use MacUpdate to look for apps, since they have both links.
Bill B
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Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons?
Posted by: "Bill B." bill501@mindspring.com kernos501
Sun Jun 3, 2012 1:57 pm (PDT)
At 10:28 AM -0700 6/3/12, Randy B. Singer wrote:
>If you want an "open" platform you are free to use Windows (and at
>this point, Apple won't even notice that you are gone, because so few
>users will be moved to switch that it won't effect Apple's bottom
>line). If you want an OS that is dead stable, malware-free, fuss-
>free, then that will be the Mac OS. Apple knows what their customers
>want.
I think you are certainly correct about this, Randy, in regards to most users. But, recent things I've been reading from pundits about Windows concerns it too becoming more closed, though certainly not to the degree OS X is. To really be open I think one needs go to Linux or Unix. I'm geeky, but not that geeky anymore.
I don't like iOS. I use it on an iPad mainly because 4G is the fastest internet connection I can get. Still I would much rather use An OS X browser than iOS Safari. I still use Eudora for email in 10.6 and though have tried switching to other more "modern" email clients can find nothing that serves. And, even at home there are other PPC programs I cannot afford to upgrade at home or work. To be frank I also have habits I have no inclination to change that maximizes my work-flow efficiency. Then, I'm an old dog on my way out. The kids will adapt to what ever is offered.
Still I wish Apple would support pro and consumer users like they used to. Of course one can hack a Mac or a bunch of them to do whatever they need. But, that's a another discussion.
Bill B
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Re: Apple's operating systems: Fortresses or prisons?
Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com randybrucesinger
Sun Jun 3, 2012 5:21 pm (PDT)
On Jun 3, 2012, at 12:21 PM, Andrew Buc wrote:
> What about Daly's comment that "Quite often a piece of shareware
> listed at the CNET or MacUpdate sites is no longer available for `try
> and buy'. You have to buy it from the App Store without even knowing
> how it works for you."? Is that true of software from the App Store
> in general, or just certain apps?
I've yet to encounter any software that I've been interested in for
which there isn't a free demo. You can't get the free demo from the
Mac App Store (free demos aren't allowed there) but the Mac App Store
listing always has a link for the developers home page where you can
download the free demo.
I think that you guys are just paranoid. I hear junk like this every
time Apple changes something. At first a bunch of people hate the
changes, and then later they love them. I think that is a sign of
getting old.
_____________________ _________ _________ ____
Randy B. Singer
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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iPad Pricing Confusion
Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com todhop
Sun Jun 3, 2012 9:56 am (PDT)
Can someone explain? I was telling my Mom that choosing an iPad was simple.
Target is advertising the iPad 16GB with Wi-fi at $499 as if this is a deal. To confuse the issue, their ad suggests that this model has 4G, but it does not. If you drill to the specs, you can see that it is not the 4G model.
http://weeklyad.target.com/ columbia- md-21045/ pages#13
Apple sells the same unit for $499.
But on Amazon, it's $555?!
What the heck is going on here?
Cheers,
tod
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins-at-hillmanncarr. com
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Re: iPad Pricing Confusion
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Sun Jun 3, 2012 10:18 am (PDT)
Yes, Apple is cheaper, but is rationing them at max 2 per order. I can only
guess that demand is greatly exceeding supply so Amazon is able to get away
with charging more.
Otto
On 3 June 2012 17:56, Tod Hopkins <hoplist@hillmanncarr.com > wrote:
> Can someone explain? I was telling my Mom that choosing an iPad was
> simple.
>
> Target is advertising the iPad 16GB with Wi-fi at $499 as if this is a
> deal. To confuse the issue, their ad suggests that this model has 4G, but
> it does not. If you drill to the specs, you can see that it is not the 4G
> model.
>
> http://weeklyad.target.com/ columbia- md-21045/ pages#13
>
> Apple sells the same unit for $499.
>
> But on Amazon, it's $555?!
>
> What the heck is going on here?
>
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Re: iPad Pricing Confusion
Posted by: "Tod Hopkins" hoplist@hillmanncarr.com todhop
Sun Jun 3, 2012 10:39 am (PDT)
Ah. Of course. These are actually new, not just "New". ;) Target is also limiting to two, so I'm guessing other institutions are charging a premium at the brick and mortar level. Interesting.
Target ad is still, at best, misleading.
Cheers,
tod
On Jun 3, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> Yes, Apple is cheaper, but is rationing them at max 2 per order. I can only
> guess that demand is greatly exceeding supply so Amazon is able to get away
> with charging more.
>
> Otto
>
> On 3 June 2012 17:56, Tod Hopkins <hoplist@hillmanncarr.com > wrote:
>
> > Can someone explain? I was telling my Mom that choosing an iPad was
> > simple.
> >
> > Target is advertising the iPad 16GB with Wi-fi at $499 as if this is a
> > deal. To confuse the issue, their ad suggests that this model has 4G, but
> > it does not. If you drill to the specs, you can see that it is not the 4G
> > model.
> >
> > http://weeklyad.target.com/ columbia- md-21045/ pages#13
> >
> > Apple sells the same unit for $499.
> >
> > But on Amazon, it's $555?!
> >
> > What the heck is going on here?
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins-at-hillmanncarr. com
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Re: Clean install on iMac
Posted by: "Jurgen Richter" yahoo-1@sympatico.ca epsongroups
Sun Jun 3, 2012 10:52 am (PDT)
To answer your question directly, Parallels runs a "virtual machine"
stored in a folder, not a separate partition. So erasing Lion will also
erase Parallels and the Windows virtual machine folder.
You can however backup your Windows folder onto an external drive or DVD.
You should also retain the serial number of Parallels installed so you
can reinstall it and re-validate it after you install SnowLeopard. Or
else purchase a new licence for it. You can still use the Windows
virtual machine you backed up with your new OS installation.
It is "Bootcamp" that has a separate partition (IIRC), and that would
not be affected by installing SnowLeopard, unless you are reformatting
the entire hard drive and all its partitions. The fact that your
[Windows] apps have two red lines through them means you are running
Parallels under OSX, not rebooting into the Windows Bootcamp side of
things. If booted into Windows through Bootcamp on startup, your OSX
apps are not currently available for your use; through Parallels they
would be, since Parallels is an OSX app.
hth
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Re: Clean install on iMac
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Sun Jun 3, 2012 11:55 am (PDT)
>>> If I wanted to install Lion, where would be the best place to buy the full installation disks?
>>
>> Mac App Store.
>> After buying and downloading it (around 3.7 GB), and BEFORE installing it, move or copy it from ./Applications to another location, otherwise your only copy will be deleted after the Lion install.
>
> She wants to install 10.6.8, not 10.7. 10.6 came out on optical disc.
Do you want to reconsider that comment in view of the question (above) that I was answering?
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
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Re: Clean install on iMac
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Sun Jun 3, 2012 11:57 am (PDT)
> To answer your question directly, Parallels runs a "virtual machine" stored in a folder, not a separate partition.
Unless, of course, you have a Boot Camp partition with Windows on it and are pointing Parallels to that partition instead of to a virtual drive.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
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Re: Clean install on iMac
Posted by: "neelie" neeliec2000@yahoo.com neeliec2000
Sun Jun 3, 2012 12:11 pm (PDT)
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups. , "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@..com .> wrote:
>
> She wants to install 10.6.8, not 10.7. 10.6 came out on optical disc.
Yes - that was my plan. I wasn't sure if this machine would "accept" 10.6.8 since it came with 10.7.x.
>
> Normally, a Clean Install (erase the main HD partition, then install from scratch there) will be what you want. If there are two (or more) partitions, the other one(s) should remain untouched.
It seems to have only one partition.
> An alternative approach would be to use Disk Utility (from the Snow Leopard Install Disk) to re-partition the drive. This would most likely erase everything in all partitions.
> Will doing a clean install wipe out the passwords and computer name (entered by the previous owner)?
>
> Yes.
Thanks.
>
> > The computer did not come with install disks. If I wanted to install Lion, where would be the best place to buy the full installation disks?
>
> Mac App Store.
> After buying and downloading it (around 3.7 GB), and BEFORE installing it, move or copy it from ./Applications to another location, otherwise your only copy will be deleted after the Lion install.
Thank you again!
neelie
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Phantom Mail messages in Trash
Posted by: "Les Streater" lesstreater@marpubs.demon.co.uk linernutuk
Sun Jun 3, 2012 2:01 pm (PDT)
I have a group of messages in my Trash in Apple Mail. Headers and dates are there but no message in the lower panel. Sometimes it shows as five or six, sometimes eleven. All are identical.
I can't delete them, cut them, move them or lose them. I have tried deleting one, closing Mail, reopening and it's back!
I have tried changing preferences for Mail; to delete when quitting, but they are still there.
I have tried various combinations of cntrl, alt etc.
How do I get rid of these phantoms????
TIA
Les Streater
www.lesstreater.com
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Re: Phantom Mail messages in Trash
Posted by: "Daly Jessup" jessup@san.rr.com dalyjessup
Sun Jun 3, 2012 7:12 pm (PDT)
On Jun 3, 2012, at 2:01 PM, Les Streater wrote:
> I have a group of messages in my Trash in Apple Mail. Headers and dates are there but no message in the lower panel. Sometimes it shows as five or six, sometimes eleven. All are identical.
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> I can't delete them, cut them, move them or lose them. I have tried deleting one, closing Mail, reopening and it's back!
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> I have tried changing preferences for Mail; to delete when quitting, but they are still there.
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> I have tried various combinations of cntrl, alt etc.
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> How do I get rid of these phantoms????
This is just a wild guess, but I wonder if it is possibly related to the issue people have with threaded emails in iOS5 on their iPhones. The solution there is to turn off threading.
For example: <https://discussions.apple.com/ >thread/2504948? start=0&tstart= 0
If you have your Mail set to view as Conversations (in the View menu), I wonder if turning that off might let you delete these phantoms?
Daly
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Open DNS
Posted by: "barryhottle" barryhottle@me.com barryhottle
Sun Jun 3, 2012 3:16 pm (PDT)
Denver Dan -
Thank you for the help with Open DNS. I also added Namebench, and from what can tell, my laptop seems to have picked up speed. My wife retires in 8 more teaching days, and I will then add both to her Macbook. The technology keeps growing, and I need to keep up with it!
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European 220 V plugs for Apple's autosensing power bricks
Posted by: "James Robertson" jamesrob@sonic.net jamesrob328i
Sun Jun 3, 2012 3:36 pm (PDT)
My wife and I are traveling to Europe this summer, and we'll have an iPad, 2 iPhones, possibly a MacBook Pro, and one or two digital cameras along. All no doubt will need recharging.
Apple's power supplies for their Mac and iOS devices are auto-sensing auto-switching, and all one needs when one changes from US to European standards is the electrical plug that fits into the power supplies. HOWEVER, Apple doesn't sell the plug adapters on its US store (well, it does sell a worldwide travel kit for $40, but we're going to only 2 countries but have several things that we'll want to plug in to recharge at the same time.
I know we can buy separate plug adapters that map the pins of a US (non-grounded) plug into the two pins of a Western European outlet, but it puzzles me why Apple doesn't just sell the individual adapters for their own devices. I'd gladly pay some premium over the $3/plug price my local luggage shop charges for the adapters just so I wouldn't have to carry a bunch of generic plug adapters in my backpack.
Is there a way to get the Apple Western European plugs in the US?
Thanks,
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Jim Robertson
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Save_As workflow - HELP!
Posted by: "Bob Cook" cookrd1@discoveryowners.com cookrd1
Sun Jun 3, 2012 6:45 pm (PDT)
I downloaded and unzipped the file that Randy mentioned and put in my
Services folder. Unsure as to which Library, I put it in both.
However, I don't see anything new show up when I go to TextEdit, open
a file, and then look under TextEdit->Services. What did I do wrong?
-Bob
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