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Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:43 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Feb 20, 2013, at 5:47 PM, georgewatson.
> Is there a "free" virus protection that I can download for my Mac OS X
> version 10.7.5?
There are several. Some are quite good, and some are absolutely worthless. In any case, unless you are engaged in particularly hazardous activity, or are required to have anti-virus software for work, I recommend against installing any AV software, as such software tends to cause more problems than it is worth on the Macintosh.
Thomas Reed maintains an excellent Web site on the topic of Macintosh malware (with an associated Macintosh Malware catalog):
http://www.reedcorn
http://www.reedcorn
Thomas has published online the results of a huge comparison test between a large number of Macintosh anti-virus programs:
http://www.reedcorn
You can download the compiled data in a table here:
http://www.reedcorn
Interesting tidbits from the results:
- None of the AV programs were 100% effective at detecting all malware
- ClamXav (a traditional favorite because it is free) is surprisingly ineffective
- Sophos AV, Dr. Web Light, and Virus Barrier Express, all free, are quite good
- MacKeeper, MacScan, and Kaperski are all just about worthless
An update on this...
As a result of that comparison test Thomas Reed reports that ClamXav has since been updated to identify just about all of the malware that it couldn't detect.
A quote:
"As of today, all Mac malware is either extinct or cannot infect a properly-updated machine. Although there are situations that can lead to infection, they require dangerous behavior on the user's part, such as not updating their systems or downloading software from bad sources, such as through most torrent applications. Right now, anti-virus software is still not necessary for most users."
http://www.reedcorn
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Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:03 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Feb 20, 2013, at 7:43 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
> Thomas has published online the results of a huge comparison test between a large number of Macintosh anti-virus programs:
> http://www.reedcorn
Thomas Reed has once again tested most of the anti-virus programs for the Macintosh. Some of the programs have improved significantly since his last test.
Mac anti-virus testing, part 2
http://www.thesafem
The results are compiled in this PDF:
http://www.reedcorn
Interesting tidbits from the results:
- Virus Barrier (both the free Express version and the commercial version), Dr. Web, and Avast!, all free programs, were able to detect 100% of active malware. Other did less well.
- ClamXav (a popular free anti-virus program) only detected 83% of active malware.
A quote:
"However, it is important to keep in mind that Mac OS X already does an admirable job of protecting against malware. At this time, there is no known malware capable of infecting a Mac running a properly-updated version of Mac OS X 10.6 or later, with all security settings left at the default (at a minimum)."
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Randy B. Singer
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Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattor
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Wed Feb 20, 2013 7:45 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Tom Rossen" rossentj
Thanks, Dan - that was it!
In the Mountain Lion Calendar, the notifications are accessible thru the
View menu. I found a notification for a meeting I had a month ago. I had
received an email invitation - didn't know it had been intercepted via
iCal. When I deleted the notification, the icon decorator disappeared.
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In the Mountain Lion Calendar, the notifications are accessible thru the
View menu. I found a notification for a meeting I had a month ago. I had
received an email invitation - didn't know it had been intercepted via
iCal. When I deleted the notification, the icon decorator disappeared.
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Wed Feb 20, 2013 10:57 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Doris" untoldexpressions
I have 10.8.2 but when I go to View, Notifications is greyed out. I would
like to have those alerts show.
Doris
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Tom Rossen rossentj@acm.org > wrote:
> Thanks, Dan - that was it!
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> In the Mountain Lion Calendar, the notifications are accessible thru the
> View menu. I found a notification for a meeting I had a month ago. I had
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> iCal. When I deleted the notification, the icon decorator disappeared.
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like to have those alerts show.
Doris
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Tom Rossen rossentj@acm.
> Thanks, Dan - that was it!
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> In the Mountain Lion Calendar, the notifications are accessible thru the
> View menu. I found a notification for a meeting I had a month ago. I had
> received an email invitation - didn't know it had been intercepted via
> iCal. When I deleted the notification, the icon decorator disappeared.
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Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:53 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"Christopher Collins" cjc1959au
Just replace the 500GB disk with a 2TB disk.
Plenty of tutorials on the web about how to do it.
Just pickup a 2TB green drive (WD is preferred on the tutorials I saw) and go for it.
cjc
On 21/02/2013, at 12:18 PM, Jim Showalter jshowalt@mindspring.com > wrote:
> I've googled this and searched at Apple support, but have not found an answer.
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> My old 500GB Time Capsule has now gone into fits while trying to maintain backups for two MacBooks. The disk is full, and so has to go into deleting old backups, which is really time consuming and delays backups of current data. What I want to do is to add a new 2TB TC to backup the more active MacBook and let the older 500GB TC continue to handle the less active MacBook, after moving the more active MacBook' s backups to the newer larger TC.
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> What I haven't been able to find is how to migrate the TC backups for one MacBook to the new TC, then clean off the backups from the old TC. Links to documents on how to do that are gratefully appreciated.
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> Thanks.
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Plenty of tutorials on the web about how to do it.
Just pickup a 2TB green drive (WD is preferred on the tutorials I saw) and go for it.
cjc
On 21/02/2013, at 12:18 PM, Jim Showalter jshowalt@mindspring
> I've googled this and searched at Apple support, but have not found an answer.
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> My old 500GB Time Capsule has now gone into fits while trying to maintain backups for two MacBooks. The disk is full, and so has to go into deleting old backups, which is really time consuming and delays backups of current data. What I want to do is to add a new 2TB TC to backup the more active MacBook and let the older 500GB TC continue to handle the less active MacBook, after moving the more active MacBook' s backups to the newer larger TC.
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> What I haven't been able to find is how to migrate the TC backups for one MacBook to the new TC, then clean off the backups from the old TC. Links to documents on how to do that are gratefully appreciated.
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> Thanks.
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:11 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
Yes, but what to do with the backups on the 500? Perhaps just leave them
there?
Otto
On 21 February 2013 04:53, Christopher Collins maclist@analogdigital.com.au
> wrote:
> Just replace the 500GB disk with a 2TB disk.
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> Plenty of tutorials on the web about how to do it.
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> Just pickup a 2TB green drive (WD is preferred on the tutorials I saw) and
> go for it.
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there?
Otto
On 21 February 2013 04:53, Christopher Collins maclist@analogdigit
> wrote:
> Just replace the 500GB disk with a 2TB disk.
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> Plenty of tutorials on the web about how to do it.
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> Just pickup a 2TB green drive (WD is preferred on the tutorials I saw) and
> go for it.
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Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:37 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"N.A. Nada"
Who is the SPAM you are sending it to? BTW it generally does nothing to forward it off to someone else.
Learn how to write Rules in Mail to catch them and put in your Junk folder where you can ignore it.
Brent
On Feb 20, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Carol wrote:
I have a new iMac and love it. I still haven't transitioned over completely, so my PC laptop sits next to it.
One problem is reading mail -- I don't seem to have a choice to send mail to SPAM from the iMac, but I can from my PC. So when I get fed up with spam, I have to turn on my PC to deal with it. I find that if I just delete it, I keep getting more, but if I send it to SPAM, I don't.
So what am I missing? I'm sure it's there; I just haven't found it yet.
Carol
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Learn how to write Rules in Mail to catch them and put in your Junk folder where you can ignore it.
Brent
On Feb 20, 2013, at 10:32 AM, Carol wrote:
I have a new iMac and love it. I still haven't transitioned over completely, so my PC laptop sits next to it.
One problem is reading mail -- I don't seem to have a choice to send mail to SPAM from the iMac, but I can from my PC. So when I get fed up with spam, I have to turn on my PC to deal with it. I find that if I just delete it, I keep getting more, but if I send it to SPAM, I don't.
So what am I missing? I'm sure it's there; I just haven't found it yet.
Carol
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Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:40 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"N.A. Nada"
Look at Pages, QuickOffice & DocsToGo.
On Feb 20, 2013, at 12:46 PM, Joan B. Sax, Ph.D. wrote:
Can anyone suggest a reliable word processing app for the iPad (G4)? I need to be able to open MS Word documents and edit them (don't need any fancy stuff, just text editing). There is a plethora of apps in the app store and for every review that gives an app a 5 star there is a review giving 1 star. Very confusing.
Joan
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On Feb 20, 2013, at 12:46 PM, Joan B. Sax, Ph.D. wrote:
Can anyone suggest a reliable word processing app for the iPad (G4)? I need to be able to open MS Word documents and edit them (don't need any fancy stuff, just text editing). There is a plethora of apps in the app store and for every review that gives an app a 5 star there is a review giving 1 star. Very confusing.
Joan
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 12:03 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Feb 20, 2013, at 12:46 PM, Joan B. Sax, Ph.D. wrote:
> Can anyone suggest a reliable word processing app for the iPad (G4)? I need to be able to open MS Word documents and edit them (don't need any fancy stuff, just text editing). There is a plethora of apps in the app store and for every review that gives an app a 5 star there is a review giving 1 star. Very confusing.
Though there isn't an iPad version of MS Word (yet), there are several programs for the iPad that are essentially the equivalent. Each of these programs can read, edit, and create Office documents on your iPad:
OfficeSquared/
http://www.bytesqua
http://www.bytesqua
https://itunes.
Docs to Go/Premium $17
http://www.dataviz.
https://itunes.
QuickOffice Pro $15
(now owned by Google)
http://www.quickoff
https://itunes.
And, if you don't mind doing your Word processing in the Cloud from your iPad, there is now a cloud-based version of Microsoft Office:
Office365
http://office.
http://office.
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Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattor
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 4:43 am (PST) . Posted by:
"T Hopkins" todhop
On Feb 21, 2013, at 3:03 AM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
> And, if you don't mind doing your Word processing in the Cloud from your iPad, there is now a cloud-based version of Microsoft Office:
And a cloud based version of Open Office for iPad
https://www.rollapp.com/OpenOffice
Cheers,
tod
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> And, if you don't mind doing your Word processing in the Cloud from your iPad, there is now a cloud-based version of Microsoft Office:
And a cloud based version of Open Office for iPad
https://www.
Cheers,
tod
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 7:54 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Joan B. Sax, Ph.D." joan05061
I just need to be able to edit the document and perhaps send it to my computer where hopefully I can open it. I don't need track changes and all that stuff.
Joan
Joan
Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:55 pm (PST) . Posted by:
"N.A. Nada"
It has nothing to do with permissions or your disk. It has to do with your Network Prefs & the base station firmware & softwarel
If you were using a Apple Airport, I would say go to Airport Utility and click on your ABS. Since you are using something else, you will have to look to their software. Possibly a firmware update. Call Frontier.
On Feb 20, 2013, at 2:43 PM, us2forever wrote:
On my MacBook Air running 10.8.2, I have to wait for it to slowly find the network. When it does, I have to go to the network drop down list and click the network "frontier8888" for it to be connected. I never had to do this before, it just automatically got the network going for me. (My MacBook Pro works fine.)
For network preferences, I have frontier8888 as location. I have tried it with automatic and it makes no difference.
I have "Wi_Fi is connected to frontier8888 and has the IP address âˆ'âˆ'."
Network Name: I have frontier8888
I have run disc utilities, doing both the permissions and disc check and repair.
Is there something I am missing that I can do to get it to work normally?
Also, when I click Safari and I finally get the network working, I have to force reload the first page I want, then it works fine. This, I do not understand at all. Any help would be appreciated.
Kay
MacBook Air
Mac OS X 10.8
1.8 GHz Intel Core i7
4GB 1333 Mhz DDR3
MacBook Pro 1.1
Mac OS X 10.6.8
1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo
1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
MacBook
Mac OS X 10.6.7
2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
3 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
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If you were using a Apple Airport, I would say go to Airport Utility and click on your ABS. Since you are using something else, you will have to look to their software. Possibly a firmware update. Call Frontier.
On Feb 20, 2013, at 2:43 PM, us2forever wrote:
On my MacBook Air running 10.8.2, I have to wait for it to slowly find the network. When it does, I have to go to the network drop down list and click the network "frontier8888&
For network preferences, I have frontier8888 as location. I have tried it with automatic and it makes no difference.
I have "Wi_Fi is connected to frontier8888 and has the IP address âˆ'âˆ'."
Network Name: I have frontier8888
I have run disc utilities, doing both the permissions and disc check and repair.
Is there something I am missing that I can do to get it to work normally?
Also, when I click Safari and I finally get the network working, I have to force reload the first page I want, then it works fine. This, I do not understand at all. Any help would be appreciated.
Kay
MacBook Air
Mac OS X 10.8
1.8 GHz Intel Core i7
4GB 1333 Mhz DDR3
MacBook Pro 1.1
Mac OS X 10.6.8
1.83 GHz Intel Core Duo
1 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
MacBook
Mac OS X 10.6.7
2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
3 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:14 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
Many Wi-Fi routers need a simple reset every now and then. You can either
press the reset button if there is one, or disconnect and reconnect the
power lead. No settings are lost with this sort of reset.
Otto
On 21 February 2013 05:55, N.A. Nada whodo678@comcast.net > wrote:
> It has nothing to do with permissions or your disk. It has to do with your
> Network Prefs & the base station firmware & softwarel
>
> If you were using a Apple Airport, I would say go to Airport Utility and
> click on your ABS. Since you are using something else, you will have to
> look to their software. Possibly a firmware update. Call Frontier.
>
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press the reset button if there is one, or disconnect and reconnect the
power lead. No settings are lost with this sort of reset.
Otto
On 21 February 2013 05:55, N.A. Nada whodo678@comcast.
> It has nothing to do with permissions or your disk. It has to do with your
> Network Prefs & the base station firmware & softwarel
>
> If you were using a Apple Airport, I would say go to Airport Utility and
> click on your ABS. Since you are using something else, you will have to
> look to their software. Possibly a firmware update. Call Frontier.
>
>
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:07 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
It shouldn't matter what happens with the MacBook: the Power Mac should
remain in TDM until you shut *it* down. A Mac in TDM is simply a (very
expensive) external drive and should appear as such on another Mac
connected via FireWire. It should be ejected from that other Mac like any
other drive before physically disconnecting it and can then be reconnected
at any time.
I would simply start again.
Otto
On 21 February 2013 00:30, V. Meyer n2hotmusic@earthlink.net > wrote:
> Since I still had the G4 in TD mode, I was going to try again to install
> the
> OS using the MacBook. But someone else in the house shut the cover on my
> MacBook, which broke the TD mode connection. I've tried repeatedly to
> reestablish it, but nothing happens. I've even tried to just start the G4,
> and nothing happens. When I press in the power button, the light comes on
> as
> long as I hold the button in.
>
> Any suggestions?
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remain in TDM until you shut *it* down. A Mac in TDM is simply a (very
expensive) external drive and should appear as such on another Mac
connected via FireWire. It should be ejected from that other Mac like any
other drive before physically disconnecting it and can then be reconnected
at any time.
I would simply start again.
Otto
On 21 February 2013 00:30, V. Meyer n2hotmusic@earthlin
> Since I still had the G4 in TD mode, I was going to try again to install
> the
> OS using the MacBook. But someone else in the house shut the cover on my
> MacBook, which broke the TD mode connection. I've tried repeatedly to
> reestablish it, but nothing happens. I've even tried to just start the G4,
> and nothing happens. When I press in the power button, the light comes on
> as
> long as I hold the button in.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
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Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:00 am (PST) . Posted by:
"Joan B. Sax, Ph.D." joan05061
I am looking for a thin bluetooth keyboard for the iPad. The thinner the better. I saw the "Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover to iPad 2 and iPad (3rd/4th generation)" on Amazon, but I don't know if that means it would fit the new iPad (is that 4G?). Anyone have any experience with this or a better suggestion?
Joan in Vermont where winter just returned for a spell
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