9/12/2012

[macsupport] Digest Number 9111

15 New Messages

Digest #9111
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Re: Network by "Jurgen Richter" epsongroups
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Re: Network by "Frank T" frankt192
2a
Re: startup disk full by "Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
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Re: startup disk full by "Patti A Robertson" parpiano
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Re: startup disk full by "Jim Hamm" jimhamm90
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Re: startup disk full by "Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
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Re: startup disk full by "Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
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Re: startup disk full by "Patti A Robertson" parpiano
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Re: startup disk full by "Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
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Re: Address Spoofing? by "Michael P. Stupinski" mstupinski
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Re: Apple Mail Application by "pat412255" pat412255
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Re: Apple Mail Application by "Paul Cartwright" mactechservices
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Re: Safari video streaming by "Oneal Neumann" newalander
6a
Re: software deterioration ??? by "Oneal Neumann" newalander
6b
Re: software deterioration ??? by "Barry Austern" barryaus

Messages

Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:57 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Jurgen Richter" epsongroups

John E. wrote:
Hello, Frank. I don't know what your mail setup is, but I receive three
identical copies of every message you send to the group.

I was wondering if anyone else in the group is experiencing this phenomenon.

I think the issue is at Frank's end.
I see them 3x too, and I receive these in digest mode, one after another.

Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:15 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Frank T" frankt192

The answer is simple. Another app was running at the same time without my knowlege.

No more to say.

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Jurgen Richter <yahoo-1@...> wrote:
>
> John E. wrote:
> Hello, Frank. I don't know what your mail setup is, but I receive three
> identical copies of every message you send to the group.
>
> I was wondering if anyone else in the group is experiencing this phenomenon.
>
> I think the issue is at Frank's end.
> I see them 3x too, and I receive these in digest mode, one after another.
>

Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:24 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf

Well, you could spend ages obtaining folder sizes and "drilling down" to
find the culprits, or you could try an app like
Grand Perspective
<http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/>
or
Disk Inventory X
<http://www.derlien.com/screenshots/index.html>

Be patient while these obtain file/folder sizes.

Otto

On 11 September 2012 16:53, Patti A Robertson <pattiandken@charter.net>wrote:

> After spending hours and hours cleaning my hard drive, running iDefrag,
> etc to get my computer running nicely again, today I'm getting the message
> that "Your Mac OS X startup disk has n o more space available for
> application memory."
>
> Yesterday I had 100 GB of a 500 GB hard drive. Today there is only 33.61
> BG of free space.
>
> I did two things yesterday: downloaded Open Office and synced my
> husband's iPhone.
>
> How can I figure out what is suddenly bloating my hard drive?
>

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Tue Sep 11, 2012 12:23 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Patti A Robertson" parpiano

OK, something is totally wacko here. I had the computer with me at a meeting today. When I got home and plugged it back in, it was frozen - cursor wouldn't move. So I held down the power button until it shut down and then restarted it.

Just out of curiosity I did a "commmand i" on the hard drive, and now it has 98 GB of free memory.

???

Patti

On Sep 11, 2012, at 10:24 AM, Otto Nikolaus wrote:

> Well, you could spend ages obtaining folder sizes and "drilling down" to
> find the culprits, or you could try an app like
> Grand Perspective
> <http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/>
> or
> Disk Inventory X
> <http://www.derlien.com/screenshots/index.html>
>
> Be patient while these obtain file/folder sizes.
>
> Otto
>
> On 11 September 2012 16:53, Patti A Robertson <pattiandken@charter.net>wrote:
>
> > After spending hours and hours cleaning my hard drive, running iDefrag,
> > etc to get my computer running nicely again, today I'm getting the message
> > that "Your Mac OS X startup disk has n o more space available for
> > application memory."
> >
> > Yesterday I had 100 GB of a 500 GB hard drive. Today there is only 33.61
> > BG of free space.
> >
> > I did two things yesterday: downloaded Open Office and synced my
> > husband's iPhone.
> >
> > How can I figure out what is suddenly bloating my hard drive?
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>

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Tue Sep 11, 2012 3:33 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Jim Hamm" jimhamm90

Download and try GrandPerspective.....Jim

http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/

On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Patti A Robertson
<pattiandken@charter.net>wrote:

> **
>
>
> After spending hours and hours cleaning my hard drive, running iDefrag,
> etc to get my computer running nicely again, today I'm getting the message
> that "Your Mac OS X startup disk has n o more space available for
> application memory."
>
> Yesterday I had 100 GB of a 500 GB hard drive. Today there is only 33.61
> BG of free space.
>
> I did two things yesterday: downloaded Open Office and synced my husband's
> iPhone.
>
> How can I figure out what is suddenly bloating my hard drive?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Patti
>
>
>

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Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:13 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01

>> After spending hours and hours cleaning my hard drive, running iDefrag,etc to get my computer running nicely again, today I'm getting the message that "Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory."
>>
>> Yesterday I had 100 GB of a 500 GB hard drive. Today there is only 33.61 GB of free space.
>>
>> I did two things yesterday: downloaded Open Office and synced my husband's iPhone.
>>
>> How can I figure out what is suddenly bloating my hard drive?
>
> Well, you could spend ages obtaining folder sizes and "drilling down" to find the culprits, or you could try an app like Grand Perspective
> <http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/>
> or
> Disk Inventory X
> <http://www.derlien.com/screenshots/index.html>

I usually use OmniDiskSweeper:
<http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnidisksweeper/>

Also, you can use Spotlight to search for files created in the last day, for example.

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com

Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:19 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01

> OK, something is totally wacko here. I had the computer with me at a meeting today. When I got home and plugged it back in, it was frozen - cursor wouldn't move. So I held down the power button until it shut down and then restarted it.
>
> Just out of curiosity I did a "commmand i" on the hard drive, and now it has 98 GB of free memory.

I think there is a default setting that has a portable automatically run Mobile Backups is you use Time Machine.

That is, when the computer is running, but not connected to its external Time Machine drive, it will try to make TM "snapshots" and save them to the hard drive, then when you re-connect the TM drive, it moves them there.

This feature can be turned off:
<http://osxdaily.com/2011/09/28/disable-time-machine-local-backups-in-mac-os-x-lion/>

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com

Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:23 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Patti A Robertson" parpiano

It seems to be intermittent. Right now my HD says 95.59 GB available. This morning it said 37 GB available. My computer froze and I shut it down by holding the power key down. Then restarted the same way, and I had the 95 GB again, but a little while later, back to the 37 GB. Restarted again - no freezing this time - and am back to close to 100 GB.

Something, like a runaway app or something, is messing with my computer. All I've used is Mail, Chrome and Excel during this time.

Help???

Patti

On Sep 11, 2012, at 10:13 PM, Jim Saklad wrote:

> >> After spending hours and hours cleaning my hard drive, running iDefrag,etc to get my computer running nicely again, today I'm getting the message that "Your Mac OS X startup disk has no more space available for application memory."
> >>
> >> Yesterday I had 100 GB of a 500 GB hard drive. Today there is only 33.61 GB of free space.
> >>
> >> I did two things yesterday: downloaded Open Office and synced my husband's iPhone.
> >>
> >> How can I figure out what is suddenly bloating my hard drive?
> >
> > Well, you could spend ages obtaining folder sizes and "drilling down" to find the culprits, or you could try an app like Grand Perspective
> > <http://grandperspectiv.sourceforge.net/>
> > or
> > Disk Inventory X
> > <http://www.derlien.com/screenshots/index.html>
>
> I usually use OmniDiskSweeper:
> <http://www.omnigroup.com/products/omnidisksweeper/>
>
> Also, you can use Spotlight to search for files created in the last day, for example.
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@me.com
>
>

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Wed Sep 12, 2012 12:40 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger


On Sep 11, 2012, at 8:53 AM, Patti A Robertson wrote:

> After spending hours and hours cleaning my hard drive, running iDefrag, etc to get my computer running nicely again, today I'm getting the message that "Your Mac OS X startup disk has n o more space available for application memory."

Have a look at:

Out-Of-Control Cache or Log File
http://www.office.mvps.org/faq_topic/performance2.1.html

___________________________________________
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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Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:34 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Michael P. Stupinski" mstupinski

Thanks Bob.

.....Mike

On Sep 11, 2012, at 12:44 PM, Robert Buscaglia <rbuscag@yahoo.com> wrote:

> That's odd.
>
> Let's try it again.
>
> spam@uce.gov
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Sep 11, 2012, at 8:48 AM, mpstupinski@snet.net wrote:
>
>> Bob,
>>
>> What was that complete address? Your post was cut off at the ampersand.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> ................Mike
>>
>> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Bob Buscaglia <rbuscag@...> wrote:
>>>
>>> I usually forward them to spam@... Â From their website: Â What Can I Do With the Spam in my In-Box?
>>> Report it to the Federal Trade Commission. Send a copy of unwanted or deceptive messages to spam@...  The FTC uses the unsolicited emails stored in this database to pursue law enforcement actions against people who send deceptive spam email.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>> From: luvtoso <luvtoso@...>
>>> To: macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com
>>> Sent: Sunday, September 9, 2012 11:47 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [macsupport] Address Spoofing?
>>>
>>>
>>> Â
>>> I've been having this same thing happen. I'm getting email from my SIL and then from my grandson. The post shows their name but when I look closely it's not their email address. I receive two posts like this from a friend.
>>> The posts usually just have a link in them. When I received the first one which was supposedly from my SIL I did click on the link to see what he sent. When I went to the site it was an advertisement for a job on the internet and how you could make a lot of money doing it. I didn't think he would send a link like that and when I took a closer look I saw it was his name but not his email address.
>>> I would also like to know what if anything can be done with this happens.
>>> Gayle
>>>
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Tue Sep 11, 2012 11:12 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"pat412255" pat412255

I use iCloud with my Apple computers & iOS devices. Any change to my contact list on one device is automatically reflected on the others. The exact instructions should be in your iPad manual.

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "julienmark2002" <shellsiv@...> wrote:
>
> I working with my Apple Mail 6.0 on my macbook pro and my ipad trying to remove email addresses for contacts that have a typo in their email address and also email addresses no longer they use. How can I remove on both the laptop and ipad. Your help is greatly appreciated. I've been looking online and can't find anything.
>

Tue Sep 11, 2012 10:08 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Paul Cartwright" mactechservices

Of course on the Mac, in Mail you should goto the Window drop down menu and choose Previous Recipients and clear any erroneous emails from there

Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 11, 2012, at 11:11, "pat412255" <pat412@mac.com> wrote:

> I use iCloud with my Apple computers & iOS devices. Any change to my contact list on one device is automatically reflected on the others. The exact instructions should be in your iPad manual.
>
> --- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "julienmark2002" <shellsiv@...> wrote:
> >
> > I working with my Apple Mail 6.0 on my macbook pro and my ipad trying to remove email addresses for contacts that have a typo in their email address and also email addresses no longer they use. How can I remove on both the laptop and ipad. Your help is greatly appreciated. I've been looking online and can't find anything.
> >
>
>

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Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:58 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Oneal Neumann" newalander


I used to be able to download streaming video from YouTube, but (for some reason) Safari has crapped out on me. My extension no longer works.

I didn't upgrade anything, didn't do anything. I run 10.6.8 OS with version 5.1.7 Safari.

I downloaded another extension, this one for both Safari and Firefox. Neither works.

I am now considering purchasing software with which I can download any source of streaming video, not just from YouTube.

I had a looksee at Wondershare, however it does far more than I want. Its website does not mention video-streaming downloading. It also says that it is compatible with 10.7 and with Lion, which leads me to believe that it might not work with Snow Leopard.

http://wondershare.net/ad/video-converter-ultimate/index_mac.html?gclid=CKvh8-7TrrICFYHwzAodsWUASA

Any recommendations on video-download pay software that can handle any source?

Thanx. Oneal

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Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:23 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Oneal Neumann" newalander


This is ancillary to my 'Safari video streaming' post.

My 10.6.8 OS has become buggy. More than of late, it started a couple of years ago. Most recently it is with Safari, however Mail has been wonky for quite a while.

In the main my apps function okay, however little things are no longer doable. As an example, I can no longer shift words around within the text of an email. I've documented this defect to the group and I had a respondent confirm similar problems with his Mail app.

Another example is the complete nonfunctioning of Activity Monitor, which will not open.

All these niggling (albeit minor . . . so far) issues have led me to believe/feel that there might be such a thing as 'software crepitude', that is: Over a period of time software (for whatever reason) starts to function less-and-less effectively.

I'm willing to bet that some respondents will say that I'm hallucinating all this, however some might actually concur.

I'm leaning toward an upgrade to Lion to tame my mess.

Thanx. Oneal

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Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:58 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Barry Austern" barryaus

At 3:23 AM +0200 9/12/12, Oneal Neumann wrote:

>This is ancillary to my 'Safari video streaming' post.
>
>My 10.6.8 OS has become buggy. More than of
>late, it started a couple of years ago. Most
>recently it is with Safari, however Mail has
>been wonky for quite a while.
>
>In the main my apps function okay, however
>little things are no longer doable. As an
>example, I can no longer shift words around
>within the text of an email. I've documented
>this defect to the group and I had a respondent
>confirm similar problems with his Mail app.
>
>Another example is the complete nonfunctioning
>of Activity Monitor, which will not open.
>
>All these niggling (albeit minor . . . so far)
>issues have led me to believe/feel that there
>might be such a thing as 'software crepitude',
>that is: Over a period of time software (for
>whatever reason) starts to function
>less-and-less effectively.
>
>I'm willing to bet that some respondents will
>say that I'm hallucinating all this, however
>some might actually concur.
>
>I'm leaning toward an upgrade to Lion to tame my mess.

Do you have a clone? See how it runs from that?
A fairly old one, before things went bad. Before
going to Lion, you might try reinstalling the
10.6.8 combo updater. That might fix what is
probably several minor glitches that all have
added up.
--
Barry Austern
barryaus@fuse.net

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