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Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:48 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"luvtoso" luvtoso@verizon.net
Is it necessary to delete all the files in the Mail folder that is found in the Library folder or just ignore them? Just thinking that folder will get bigger and bigger as time goes on.
Gayle
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Gayle
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Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:58 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> Is it necessary to delete all the files in the Mail folder that is found in the Library folder or just ignore them? Just thinking that folder will get bigger and bigger as time goes on.
> Gayle
For most people, the best thing to do with those folder is ignore them.
If you think you have too much accumulated mail, delete the mail from within Mail.
If you "delete all the files in the Mail folder that is found in the Library folder", you will, more or less, KILL Mail.
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> Gayle
For most people, the best thing to do with those folder is ignore them.
If you think you have too much accumulated mail, delete the mail from within Mail.
If you "delete all the files in the Mail folder that is found in the Library folder", you will, more or less, KILL Mail.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
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Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:52 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Carol" were_koala
Thank you to all who replied.
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Denver Dan <denver.dan@...> wrote:
>
> Apple's Mail program has a folder in the user Library folder. This is
> where your mail, mailboxes, attachments, etc., all are.
>
> In Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, this Library folder is invisible (not a good
> idea IMO).
IMO2.
> You can make it visible temporarily by clicking Finder's Go menu
> WHILE pressing the Option key.
> You can then open this Library folder.
Thank you, this works. I was able to back up Mail, Mail Downloads, etc.
> If you then drag the little blue folder icon to the left of
> Library on the window's Title bar to your Sidebar it will stay in
> the Sidebar as a visible item and be available for future use.
I tried about 8 times but couldn't get this to work. It either did nothing, tried to copy the Library folder to the desktop, or opened some other application from the sidebar. At least I know the Option-Go trick now.
> In Users/.../Library/ see the Mail sub folder.
>
> One of the great features that Eudora did was to deal with attachments
> in a very good way. For example, Eudora could separate out inline
> smiling dogs and cats gif files and then put JPEG or other attached
> files in a different place. You've lost that wonderful ability when
> using nearly all other email programs.
>
> However, Apple's Mail program has a number of very good features
> including body text being indexed and searchable by Spotlight. An
> ability to export mailboxes. An ability to be scripted and automated
> using Automator.
Someone mentioned Time Machine. I tried that once but it wasn't clear what it was backing up, so I have been doing backups "by hand."
--- In macsupportcentral@
>
> Apple's Mail program has a folder in the user Library folder. This is
> where your mail, mailboxes, attachments, etc., all are.
>
> In Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, this Library folder is invisible (not a good
> idea IMO).
IMO2.
> You can make it visible temporarily by clicking Finder's Go menu
> WHILE pressing the Option key.
> You can then open this Library folder.
Thank you, this works. I was able to back up Mail, Mail Downloads, etc.
> If you then drag the little blue folder icon to the left of
> Library on the window's Title bar to your Sidebar it will stay in
> the Sidebar as a visible item and be available for future use.
I tried about 8 times but couldn't get this to work. It either did nothing, tried to copy the Library folder to the desktop, or opened some other application from the sidebar. At least I know the Option-Go trick now.
> In Users/.../Library/ see the Mail sub folder.
>
> One of the great features that Eudora did was to deal with attachments
> in a very good way. For example, Eudora could separate out inline
> smiling dogs and cats gif files and then put JPEG or other attached
> files in a different place. You've lost that wonderful ability when
> using nearly all other email programs.
>
> However, Apple's Mail program has a number of very good features
> including body text being indexed and searchable by Spotlight. An
> ability to export mailboxes. An ability to be scripted and automated
> using Automator.
Someone mentioned Time Machine. I tried that once but it wasn't clear what it was backing up, so I have been doing backups "by hand."
Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:13 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> Someone mentioned Time Machine. I tried that once but it wasn't clear what it was backing up, so I have been doing backups "by hand."
It backs up *everything*, essentially.
All your hard drive, initially, excepting what you have specifically excluded.
Then, every hour, only what has changed during that hour.
I run Time Machine backups continually, and keep 2 bootable clone backups as well.
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It backs up *everything*
All your hard drive, initially, excepting what you have specifically excluded.
Then, every hour, only what has changed during that hour.
I run Time Machine backups continually, and keep 2 bootable clone backups as well.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
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Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:34 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"T Hopkins" todhop
I am looking for ways of auto-entering contact information into Address Book... or maybe I just need an alternative.
Add-on for Firefox or Safari? Something that can recognize contact info, the way Mail does, and add it to Address Book.
Something that can parse raw text into a vcf maybe.
Just looking to shortcut the process. Cutting and pasting each tiny piece of data is so tedious.
Cheers,
tod
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins-at-hillmanncarr.com
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Add-on for Firefox or Safari? Something that can recognize contact info, the way Mail does, and add it to Address Book.
Something that can parse raw text into a vcf maybe.
Just looking to shortcut the process. Cutting and pasting each tiny piece of data is so tedious.
Cheers,
tod
Tod Hopkins
Hillmann & Carr Inc.
todhopkins-at-
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Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:38 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"HAL9000" jrswebhome
I am a Little Snitch Believer. Lil Snitch tells me if anything I install on my iMac tries to communicate with the web and STOPS it. I then am asked, do I want this software to communicate? If they try in the future do I want them to?
Folk's, you've got to love a little friend like Lil Snitch.
It's amazing what one CAN run on my computer using Lil Snitch if you understand my meaning.
jr
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , "cjwenzel60156" <carylwenzel@...> wrote:
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> A colleague who is considering a Mac to replace her aging PC is doing lots of research. She forwarded me the following article (http://www.zdnet.com/cross-platform-trojan-attacks-windows-intel-macs-linux-7000000872/ ). Is this anything to be concerned about in the grand scheme of things?
>
> Caryl
> --------------------------------
> iMac 20-inch
> OS 10.6.8
> 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
> 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
> -------------------------------
>
Folk's, you've got to love a little friend like Lil Snitch.
It's amazing what one CAN run on my computer using Lil Snitch if you understand my meaning.
jr
--- In macsupportcentral@
>
> A colleague who is considering a Mac to replace her aging PC is doing lots of research. She forwarded me the following article (http://www.zdnet.
>
> Caryl
> ------------
> iMac 20-inch
> OS 10.6.8
> 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
> 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
> ------------
>
Fri Jul 13, 2012 11:40 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"cjwenzel60156" cjwenzel60156
Thanks, Tod and Jim. This is what I suspected, but I wanted other opinions just to make sure I don't steer her wrong. We are both book indexers using a program called CINDEX, which has a native Mac version (unlike other PC indexing programs that would require Bootcamp or Parallels to run on a Mac).
Caryl
Caryl
Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:51 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"cjwenzel60156" cjwenzel60156
Thanks, JR. I'm going to check out Little Snitch.
Caryl
Caryl
Fri Jul 13, 2012 3:49 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Daly Jessup" dalyjessup
On Jul 13, 2012, at 11:38 AM, HAL9000 wrote:
> I am a Little Snitch Believer. Lil Snitch tells me if anything I install on my iMac tries to communicate with the web and STOPS it. I then am asked, do I want this software to communicate? If they try in the future do I want them to?
>
> Folk's, you've got to love a little friend like Lil Snitch.
>
> It's amazing what one CAN run on my computer using Lil Snitch if you understand my meaning.
No, I don't understand. Was there a secret meaning to what you said?
Daly
Fri Jul 13, 2012 5:51 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Jul 13, 2012, at 9:33 AM, cjwenzel60156 wrote:
> A colleague who is considering a Mac to replace her aging PC is
> doing lots of research. She forwarded me the following article
> (http://www.zdnet.
> macs-linux-70000008
> the grand scheme of things?
There is a comprehensive and meticulously updated list of all of the
malware for Mac OS X here:
http://www.reedcorn
On the far left of this list each piece of malware if rated for its
"threat level."
Note that there currently are no actual viruses in the wild for the
Mac. Most of the malware are Trojan Horses. Also note that of the
handful of malware that exists, just about all of it is of
little or no concern.
Compare that to the *over a million* pieces of malware for Windows!!!:
http://news.
and the over 95,000 new threats for Windows *every day*!!!
http://www.sophos.
____________
Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattor
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Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:02 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Jul 13, 2012, at 11:38 AM, HAL9000 wrote:
> I am a Little Snitch Believer.
Personally, I recommend *against* Little Snitch.
The biggest problem with Little Snitch is that it is very intrusive,
giving you frequent reports of things that are trying to access the
Internet. The thing is that these reports are very self-serving;
they almost always are reports about completely innocuous things.
These reports do little more than cause the user to be needlessly
paranoid.
There is just about no spyware for the Mac, and there have been very
few (actually probably none) legitimate threats for which Little
Snitch was ultimately the best defense.
I think that LIttle Snitch is a waste of money and a nuisance.
If, for some reason, you are concerned about malware and feel that
you need protection (the overwhelming number of ordinary Mac users do
completely without any sort of anti-virus software), I would instead
recommend a really good commercial anti-virus program, like Intego's
Virus Barrier.
http://www.intego.
Or, if you only feel that you need minimal protection, then this free
anti-virus program does an excellent job of detecting legitimate
threats (though it can't clean files of viruses, it can only delete
infected files):
ClamXav (free)
http://www.clamxav.
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Randy B. Singer
Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattor
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Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:52 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"cnltnn" cnltnn
I screwed up my iTunes on my 'new' Mini Mac.
In a misguided attempt to move applications from my old G4 to my new Mac Mini, I just dragged folders from one to the other.
My mistake (I think) was not updating the iTunes on the 'new' Mac Mini before doing this. I assumed it was newer. They both say iTunes9.
When I tried to sync to my iPod it said it could sync because iTunes was an older version. I tried to update the Mac Mini and starts to upload but give an error message saying it was unable to complete download.
I tried going to Apple and just downloading the latest version of iTunes. It says it downloaded but it is still iTunes9.
I really don't want to do a clean install of the OS because it is now at (Snow Leopard?) OS10.6.3 and the install disks that came with the used Mac Mini say they are older: Leopard. I assume the seller updated before selling it?
I am making this so much more difficult than it needs to be. Does anyone know how I can fix my iTunes to it will accept and update?
Thank you for you patience!
-Carrie
In a misguided attempt to move applications from my old G4 to my new Mac Mini, I just dragged folders from one to the other.
My mistake (I think) was not updating the iTunes on the 'new' Mac Mini before doing this. I assumed it was newer. They both say iTunes9.
When I tried to sync to my iPod it said it could sync because iTunes was an older version. I tried to update the Mac Mini and starts to upload but give an error message saying it was unable to complete download.
I tried going to Apple and just downloading the latest version of iTunes. It says it downloaded but it is still iTunes9.
I really don't want to do a clean install of the OS because it is now at (Snow Leopard?) OS10.6.3 and the install disks that came with the used Mac Mini say they are older: Leopard. I assume the seller updated before selling it?
I am making this so much more difficult than it needs to be. Does anyone know how I can fix my iTunes to it will accept and update?
Thank you for you patience!
-Carrie
Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:22 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> I screwed up my iTunes on my 'new' Mini Mac.
>
> In a misguided attempt to move applications from my old G4 to my new Mac Mini, I just dragged folders from one to the other.
>
> My mistake (I think) was not updating the iTunes on the 'new' Mac Mini before doing this. I assumed it was newer. They both say iTunes9.
The current version of iTunes (on my machine, running 10.7.4) is 10.6.3
> I tried going to Apple and just downloading the latest version of iTunes. It says it downloaded but it is still iTunes9.
Downloading a .dmg file archive does not install the file.
> I really don't want to do a clean install of the OS because it is now at (Snow Leopard?) OS10.6.3 and the install disks that came with the used Mac Mini say they are older: Leopard.
Which Mac Mini, exactly? (Apple menu -- "About This Mac" -- "More Info")
Probably one of the early things to do is use Software Update to bring the Mini to 10.6.8 (or download the Combo Installer from
<http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399 >
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
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>
> In a misguided attempt to move applications from my old G4 to my new Mac Mini, I just dragged folders from one to the other.
>
> My mistake (I think) was not updating the iTunes on the 'new' Mac Mini before doing this. I assumed it was newer. They both say iTunes9.
The current version of iTunes (on my machine, running 10.7.4) is 10.6.3
> I tried going to Apple and just downloading the latest version of iTunes. It says it downloaded but it is still iTunes9.
Downloading a .dmg file archive does not install the file.
> I really don't want to do a clean install of the OS because it is now at (Snow Leopard?) OS10.6.3 and the install disks that came with the used Mac Mini say they are older: Leopard.
Which Mac Mini, exactly? (Apple menu -- "About This Mac" -- "More Info")
Probably one of the early things to do is use Software Update to bring the Mini to 10.6.8 (or download the Combo Installer from
<http://support.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
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Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:27 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"cnltnn" cnltnn
This is probably a stupid question but where would the .dmg file go once I downloaded it. There is nothing on my desktop.
I will update my OS (I have to wait until after midnight on big downloads because I have @#!% Hughes Net)
Thanks,
Carrie
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Jim Saklad <jimdoc@...> wrote:
>
> > I screwed up my iTunes on my 'new' Mini Mac.
> >
> > In a misguided attempt to move applications from my old G4 to my new Mac Mini, I just dragged folders from one to the other.
> >
> > My mistake (I think) was not updating the iTunes on the 'new' Mac Mini before doing this. I assumed it was newer. They both say iTunes9.
>
> The current version of iTunes (on my machine, running 10.7.4) is 10.6.3
>
> > I tried going to Apple and just downloading the latest version of iTunes. It says it downloaded but it is still iTunes9.
>
> Downloading a .dmg file archive does not install the file.
>
> > I really don't want to do a clean install of the OS because it is now at (Snow Leopard?) OS10.6.3 and the install disks that came with the used Mac Mini say they are older: Leopard.
>
> Which Mac Mini, exactly? (Apple menu -- "About This Mac" -- "More Info")
> Probably one of the early things to do is use Software Update to bring the Mini to 10.6.8 (or download the Combo Installer from
> <http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399 >
>
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> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@...
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>
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I will update my OS (I have to wait until after midnight on big downloads because I have @#!% Hughes Net)
Thanks,
Carrie
--- In macsupportcentral@
>
> > I screwed up my iTunes on my 'new' Mini Mac.
> >
> > In a misguided attempt to move applications from my old G4 to my new Mac Mini, I just dragged folders from one to the other.
> >
> > My mistake (I think) was not updating the iTunes on the 'new' Mac Mini before doing this. I assumed it was newer. They both say iTunes9.
>
> The current version of iTunes (on my machine, running 10.7.4) is 10.6.3
>
> > I tried going to Apple and just downloading the latest version of iTunes. It says it downloaded but it is still iTunes9.
>
> Downloading a .dmg file archive does not install the file.
>
> > I really don't want to do a clean install of the OS because it is now at (Snow Leopard?) OS10.6.3 and the install disks that came with the used Mac Mini say they are older: Leopard.
>
> Which Mac Mini, exactly? (Apple menu -- "About This Mac" -- "More Info")
> Probably one of the early things to do is use Software Update to bring the Mini to 10.6.8 (or download the Combo Installer from
> <http://support.
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@
>
>
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Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:31 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"cnltnn" cnltnn
My system info
OSX version 10.6.3
Model Name: Mac mini
Model Identifier: Macmini2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 1.83 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Thanks,
Carrie
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Jim Saklad <jimdoc@...> wrote:
>
> > I screwed up my iTunes on my 'new' Mini Mac.
> >
> > In a misguided attempt to move applications from my old G4 to my new Mac Mini, I just dragged folders from one to the other.
> >
> > My mistake (I think) was not updating the iTunes on the 'new' Mac Mini before doing this. I assumed it was newer. They both say iTunes9.
>
> The current version of iTunes (on my machine, running 10.7.4) is 10.6.3
>
> > I tried going to Apple and just downloading the latest version of iTunes. It says it downloaded but it is still iTunes9.
>
> Downloading a .dmg file archive does not install the file.
>
> > I really don't want to do a clean install of the OS because it is now at (Snow Leopard?) OS10.6.3 and the install disks that came with the used Mac Mini say they are older: Leopard.
>
> Which Mac Mini, exactly? (Apple menu -- "About This Mac" -- "More Info")
> Probably one of the early things to do is use Software Update to bring the Mini to 10.6.8 (or download the Combo Installer from
> <http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399 >
>
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> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@...
>
>
>
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>
OSX version 10.6.3
Model Name: Mac mini
Model Identifier: Macmini2,1
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 1.83 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 1 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Thanks,
Carrie
--- In macsupportcentral@
>
> > I screwed up my iTunes on my 'new' Mini Mac.
> >
> > In a misguided attempt to move applications from my old G4 to my new Mac Mini, I just dragged folders from one to the other.
> >
> > My mistake (I think) was not updating the iTunes on the 'new' Mac Mini before doing this. I assumed it was newer. They both say iTunes9.
>
> The current version of iTunes (on my machine, running 10.7.4) is 10.6.3
>
> > I tried going to Apple and just downloading the latest version of iTunes. It says it downloaded but it is still iTunes9.
>
> Downloading a .dmg file archive does not install the file.
>
> > I really don't want to do a clean install of the OS because it is now at (Snow Leopard?) OS10.6.3 and the install disks that came with the used Mac Mini say they are older: Leopard.
>
> Which Mac Mini, exactly? (Apple menu -- "About This Mac" -- "More Info")
> Probably one of the early things to do is use Software Update to bring the Mini to 10.6.8 (or download the Combo Installer from
> <http://support.
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@
>
>
>
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