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Thu Aug 1, 2013 8:08 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Aug 1, 2013, at 7:16 PM, Louise Stewart wrote:
> Someone told me that Mackeeper isn't good at all and creates problems. I heard that CleanMyMac2 is good so downloaded the trial version, not knowing it would only do so much until I purchase it. Is this one good and should I go ahead and buy it? The price I was given was $39.99 or something like that. $40ish.
You don't have to purchase anything. I created an entire Web site to show you how to do routine maintenance for your Mac:
Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance
http://www.macattor
I haven't updated the site in a while. But the only important update for Lion and Mt. Lion is that you should never, ever, defragment a solid state hard drive (SSD) or a hybrid drive.
> I have a Mac Mini that I bought new in the spring of 2012. It was fast as lightening for a while but now I all too often see that spinning wheel when I try to access websites and I can't stand sitting and waiting. Would this program stop that from happening?
Do all of the routine maintenance on the above Web site and see if things get better.
Then make sure that you have the latest copy of Flash (which is free) installed by doing this:
Uninstall the copy of Flash that you have installed with this uninstaller (Adobe recommends doing this first):
<http://fpdownload.
or
http://is.gd/
Then download the latest version of Flash directly from Adobe, and install it:
http://get.adobe.
Then delete all of your Flash cookies by:
- In the Finder
Option-click the Go menu
Your ~/Library will appear in the menu; choose it
Trash all of the files in the folder at:
/Preferences/
- In the Finder
Option-click the Go menu
Your ~/Library will appear in the menu; choose it
Trash all of the files in the folder at:
/Preferences/
If that doesn't do it, have a look at:
Macintosh OS X Beachballs!
http://www.macattor
to troubleshoot the cause of your beachball problem. If you have commercial anti-virus software installed, I would suspect it to be the cause of your problem right off.
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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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Thu Aug 1, 2013 9:20 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"N.A. Nada"
MacKeeper is not just not good it is bad. And avoid the other Mac cleaner apps.
If you want to do maintenance, then follow the instructions on Randy's site.
Brent
On Aug 1, 2013, at 7:16 PM, Louise Stewart wrote:
Someone told me that Mackeeper isn't good at all and creates problems. I heard that CleanMyMac2 is good so downloaded the trial version, not knowing it would only do so much until I purchase it. Is this one good and should I go ahead and buy it? The price I was given was $39.99 or something like that. $40ish.
I have a Mac Mini that I bought new in the spring of 2012. It was fast as lightening for a while but now I all too often see that spinning wheel when I try to access websites and I can't stand sitting and waiting. Would this program stop that from happening?
Louise
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If you want to do maintenance, then follow the instructions on Randy's site.
Brent
On Aug 1, 2013, at 7:16 PM, Louise Stewart wrote:
Someone told me that Mackeeper isn't good at all and creates problems. I heard that CleanMyMac2 is good so downloaded the trial version, not knowing it would only do so much until I purchase it. Is this one good and should I go ahead and buy it? The price I was given was $39.99 or something like that. $40ish.
I have a Mac Mini that I bought new in the spring of 2012. It was fast as lightening for a while but now I all too often see that spinning wheel when I try to access websites and I can't stand sitting and waiting. Would this program stop that from happening?
Louise
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Thu Aug 1, 2013 10:42 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"chas" schuetzen
On 8/1/13 9:58 PM, Randy B. Singer wrote:
> Nisus might, as you say, make a nice second word processor. But I don't
> think that many folks want to pay for, and then learn to use two word
> processors, or have to deal with the peccadilloes associated with going
> back and forth.
>
> Actually, I think that (easily) the number two word processor for the
> Macintosh is Pages. And from what I've heard, users really like it.
> However, Pages isn't really a substitute for Word for power users either.
>
> ___________________________________________ 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
Interestingly, most people I talk with say that NEO OFFICE does 90% of
everything that Word does with almost complete compatibility...
fwiw
chas Hamilton Houston k5dam
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> Nisus might, as you say, make a nice second word processor. But I don't
> think that many folks want to pay for, and then learn to use two word
> processors, or have to deal with the peccadilloes associated with going
> back and forth.
>
> Actually, I think that (easily) the number two word processor for the
> Macintosh is Pages. And from what I've heard, users really like it.
> However, Pages isn't really a substitute for Word for power users either.
>
> ____________
> The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
>
> Macintosh OS X Routine Maintenance http://www.macattor
Interestingly, most people I talk with say that NEO OFFICE does 90% of
everything that Word does with almost complete compatibility.
fwiw
chas Hamilton Houston k5dam
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Fri Aug 2, 2013 1:31 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Aug 1, 2013, at 10:42 PM, chas wrote:
> Interestingly, most people I talk with say that NEO OFFICE does 90% of
> everything that Word does with almost complete compatibility.
Yes, that's my experience also. I've been hoping that at some point one of the OpenOffice-based siblings (NeoOffice, LibreOffice, Apache OpenOffice) would become good enough to replace Microsoft Word. I've been keeping track of all three, and of the three, NeoOffice appeared to be best in my testing. LibreOffice is too unstable to be relied on (it crashes at the oddest times), and Apache OpenOffice is a bit behind the others.
NeoOffice is pretty impressive. Especially for only $10. I haven't switched to it because there are still some esoteric features in Word that I don't want to do without. And NeoOffice can't be counted on to render received Word files with complex formatting perfectly yet. (For instance, my pleading paper template opens in NeoOffice, but all of the line numbers and other stuff in the far left gutter of the page are simply gone.) But I think that most Word users can be happy with NeoOffice as a replacement at this point.
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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 Aug 2, 2013 1:57 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Aug 1, 2013, at 6:26 AM, ennisart wrote:
> I agree, a migration path is needed.
Check out:
TapForms ($25)
Seems to do about much of what Bento did, iCloud sync, imports Bento data.
http://www.bentouse
http://www.tapforms
Screenshot:
<http://www.tapforms
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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
____________
Fri Aug 2, 2013 4:10 am (PDT) . Posted by:
"Otto Nikolaus" nikyzf
On 2 August 2013 09:57, Randy B. Singer <randy@macattorney.com > wrote:
>
> Check out:
>
> TapForms ($25)
>
> Seems to do about much of what Bento did, iCloud sync, imports Bento data.
>
>
> http://www.bentousers.com/20130510-meet-tap-forms-a-worthy-bento-competitor/
>
> http://www.tapforms.com/
>
> Screenshot:
> <
> http://www.tapforms.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Screen-Shot-2013-02-25-at-11.09.19-PM-1024x640.png
> >
>
Has anyone mentioned that the various Open Office suites include a database
app? Can that import from Bento, either directly or via an intermediate
format?
Otto
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>
> Check out:
>
> TapForms ($25)
>
> Seems to do about much of what Bento did, iCloud sync, imports Bento data.
>
>
> http://www.bentouse
>
> http://www.tapforms
>
> Screenshot:
> <
> http://www.tapforms
> >
>
Has anyone mentioned that the various Open Office suites include a database
app? Can that import from Bento, either directly or via an intermediate
format?
Otto
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