Safari now refuses to search for anything. Type anything in and hit return and nothing happens. Type in a web address and that works fine. I have an iMac with OS X 10.7.5 and Safari 6.0.5. Can anybody give me any advice please? Chrome works fine, incidentally.

David

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mouse cursor moving up when mouse is stationary

Sat Aug 3, 2013 8:05 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Charles Carroll" charlesmarkcarroll

Sometimes if I put my mouse on the screen the mouse just creeps up.

It can be really frustrating. Windows and Dock items I don't want get
selected and opened. Tabs get pulled out of Firefox and into the main
screen.

This MS Mouse has been on my machine since a week after I bought it
new with no troubles.

Bluetooth Mouse: Microsoft Mobile Wireless Mouse 3500

BTW if I disconnect it and go track pad only the behavior persists
drifting mouse cursor and selecting and dragging windows and dock
items even with no mouse attached. It is intermittent, it is not doing
it all the time or I would not be able to type this email. But it goes
on thes random motion tirades for a few minutes and is very
frustating.

Anybody encounter this?

Model: MacBook Pro Retina
Model Identifier: MacBookPro10,1
Processor Name: Intel Core i7
Processor Speed: 2.3 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 4
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache: 6 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Software OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)

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Re: mouse cursor moving up when mouse is stationary

Sat Aug 3, 2013 9:05 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Pat Taylor" pat412255

When my cursor froze, Apple support had me reset the SMC which might help your situation. Here is the support article from Apple:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

On Aug 3, 2013, at 9:04 AM, Charles Carroll <911@learnasp.com> wrote:

> Sometimes if I put my mouse on the screen the mouse just creeps up.
>
> It can be really frustrating. Windows and Dock items I don't want get
> selected and opened. Tabs get pulled out of Firefox and into the main
> screen.
>
> This MS Mouse has been on my machine since a week after I bought it
> new with no troubles.
>
> Bluetooth Mouse: Microsoft Mobile Wireless Mouse 3500
>
> BTW if I disconnect it and go track pad only the behavior persists
> drifting mouse cursor and selecting and dragging windows and dock
> items even with no mouse attached. It is intermittent, it is not doing
> it all the time or I would not be able to type this email. But it goes
> on thes random motion tirades for a few minutes and is very
> frustating.
>
> Anybody encounter this?
>
> Model: MacBook Pro Retina
> Model Identifier: MacBookPro10,1
> Processor Name: Intel Core i7
> Processor Speed: 2.3 GHz
> Number of Processors: 1
> Total Number of Cores: 4
> L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
> L3 Cache: 6 MB
> Memory: 8 GB
> Software OS X 10.8.4 (12E55)
>

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Re: Which Mac cleanup program?

Sat Aug 3, 2013 10:09 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Earle Jones" earlejones501

On Aug 3, 13, at 4:22 AM, Randy B. Singer <randy@macattorney.com> wrote:

>
> On Aug 2, 2013, at 9:29 PM, Earle Jones wrote:
>
> > What is the basic difference in defragmenting a hard drive (disk) and a solid-state drive (SSD)? Why the no-no with SSD?
>
> The big difference is that a rotating disk hard drive is a sequential access device (similar to a vinyl record player), while a solid state hard drive is a random access device (similar to a stick of RAM). Fragmentation makes no difference in a random access device, as things are all accessed more or less instantaneously no matter where the data is located.
>
> Also, since an SSD has a limited number of read/write cycles, theoretically you are limiting it's life span by defragmenting the data on it. In practice, though, modern SSD's offer so many read/write cycles, that this isn't really a concern.
>
> ___________________________________________
> Randy B. Singer
> Co-author of The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th, and 6th editions)
>
>

*
Randy: Thanks! I understand.

earle
*
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501 Portola Road #8008
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Home: 650-424-4362
Cell: 650-269-0035
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SSD Drive Maintenance

Sat Aug 3, 2013 10:44 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"barryhottle" barryhottle

I just purchased a new Macbook Air: 11 inch, 512g drive, 8 g ram. I have been unable to find a careful explanation of the workings of an SSD drive and the type of periodic maintenance it may need. Also, what recommendations does anyone have for a utility program, if any? The Apple Store reps say that no maintenance is necessary. Is that correct?

Thank you.

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Re: SSD Drive Maintenance

Sat Aug 3, 2013 10:50 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"John Masters" joemastersk

About the only maintenance you need to do is to back the drive up regularly. As has been pointed out just recently there are no moving parts in an SSD drive.

John Masters
johnmasters@me.com

On 3 Aug 2013, at 18:44, barryhottle <barryhottle@me.com> wrote:

> I just purchased a new Macbook Air: 11 inch, 512g drive, 8 g ram. I have been unable to find a careful explanation of the workings of an SSD drive and the type of periodic maintenance it may need. Also, what recommendations does anyone have for a utility program, if any? The Apple Store reps say that no maintenance is necessary. Is that correct?
>
> Thank you.
>
>

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Re: SSD Drive Maintenance

Sat Aug 3, 2013 1:18 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"N.A. Nada"

I don't use any 3rd party maintenance software on my early 2008 MBP, running 10.7.5, and I don't have problems. And I have not used one since 10.0.

Do not defrag a SSD because the SSD has a finite number of rewrites, and defragging just uses those up. Since there are no moving parts, and it is all random access, you don't need to defrag like you would with a HD.

Brent

On Aug 3, 2013, at 10:44 AM, barryhottle wrote:

I just purchased a new Macbook Air: 11 inch, 512g drive, 8 g ram. I have been unable to find a careful explanation of the workings of an SSD drive and the type of periodic maintenance it may need. Also, what recommendations does anyone have for a utility program, if any? The Apple Store reps say that no maintenance is necessary. Is that correct?

Thank you.

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Samsung clp-365w printer

Sat Aug 3, 2013 11:56 am (PDT) . Posted by:

"Joan Mihay" jmihay2@att.net

Hello-

My Samsung black only ML-2510 finally quit. Was a great printer. Am thinking

of replacing it with a Samsung color laser one (clp-365w) for $140.

Has anyone had experience with this one, and if so, would recommend
it or not??

Any other suggestions for a better printer at this price would be appreciated.

TIA
Joan Mihay
Moro Bay, CA

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Re: Samsung clp-365w printer

Sat Aug 3, 2013 1:53 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01

> My Samsung black only ML-2510 finally quit. Was a great printer. Am thinking
> of replacing it with a Samsung color laser one (clp-365w) for $140.

If you are thinking of using it to reproduce color photos, I would reconsider.

Inkjets still make much better photo printers than do color lasers.

Also, a new toner supply for the color laser would probably cost a LARGE fraction of the price of the laser itself.

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iPhone 4S with iOS 6.1.3

Sat Aug 3, 2013 1:12 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"snookmjt" snookmjt

On our daughter's iPhone 4S with iOS 6.1.3 the "WiFi" option under settings is grayed out. The "Personal Hotspot" option is not appearing. She has reset the phone to no avail. We are at a loss, any suggestions?

Tim

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Re: iPhone 4S with iOS 6.1.3

Sat Aug 3, 2013 1:55 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01

> On our daughter's iPhone 4S with iOS 6.1.3 the "WiFi" option under settings is grayed out. The "Personal Hotspot" option is not appearing. She has reset the phone to no avail. We are at a loss, any suggestions?
> Tim

1. Was it working previously?
2. Is it out of warranty/extended warranty?

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Re: iPhone 4S with iOS 6.1.3

Sat Aug 3, 2013 2:59 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"snookmjt" snookmjt

1. Yes it was working previously.
2. Telephone/technical support has expired.

Tim

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@...> wrote:
>
> > On our daughter's iPhone 4S with iOS 6.1.3 the "WiFi" option under settings is grayed out. The "Personal Hotspot" option is not appearing. She has reset the phone to no avail. We are at a loss, any suggestions?
> > Tim
>
> 1. Was it working previously?
> 2. Is it out of warranty/extended warranty?
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@...
>

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7 Bento demise

Sat Aug 3, 2013 1:34 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"John Masters" joemastersk

For those in the UK who are not happy with Filemaker discontinuing Bento please vent your frustrations to their PR company filemaker@chameleonpr.com

Filemaker in the USA and other countries will have their own Media Relations company to whom you should address complaints.

Even with the discount for registered Bento users, which does not seem to be available in the UK, we are expected to pay at least three times what we have already paid to get a product that does not sync between Mac, iPad and iPhone.

I have already emailed the above PR firm expressing my anger, although I doubt it will do any good.

John Masters
johnmasters@me.com

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hacked mail

Sat Aug 3, 2013 1:52 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"bob" rbmorin2002

I turn off my computer every evening around 7 and boot up in the morning around 6. This morning after booting up I could not connect into my gmail account which I use routinely except for family. I tried my family email account (local ISP) and it worked fine. Figured google was having problems so I waited. After a while I tried to get into my google account and got message that I had been signed out. Tried to sign in and it would not let me. Got message that google had determined that fraudulent mails were being sent from my account and it had been blocked. Suggested I change my password if I was the true owner of the account. With considerable difficulty I managed to that. I then could get into my google account and my gmail. I downloaded then the messages - some 40-50 of them.

There were about 20 that said i had a delivery failure. They were messages from "me" to people (around 30) in my address book, many of whom I had not sent a message to in some years. The message said only: good morning and then gave a very long url which made no sense (I was not about to go to that site). The formal subject on the mails was "fw
bob morin". I notice in the details that the mails were received at google server at 18:46 which is about the time I turned off my computer. I always check mail just before shutting computer down and there were no problems with g mail then. There is no note in my sent box in my mail program (i use the latest apple mail program) of messages that failed.

I am on early 08 iMac. broadband connection to cable modem which is connect to airport express (wifi operational). the ethernet connection to my computer is by DHCP. I have no other device connected to computer except for apple TV.

My problems seemed to solved but I do wonder how my mail got hacked. I am careful in forwarding generic mails and careful in visiting sites I am unsure of.

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Re: hacked mail

Sat Aug 3, 2013 3:48 pm (PDT) . Posted by:

"ed-reiff" ed-reiff

All they had to do is hack your password, they did not need to get into your computer. All of your mail and contacts are in the cloud with gmail,
Ed

--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com, "bob" <rbmorin11@...> wrote:
>
> I turn off my computer every evening around 7 and boot up in the morning around 6. This morning after booting up I could not connect into my gmail account which I use routinely except for family. I tried my family email account (local ISP) and it worked fine. Figured google was having problems so I waited. After a while I tried to get into my google account and got message that I had been signed out. Tried to sign in and it would not let me. Got message that google had determined that fraudulent mails were being sent from my account and it had been blocked. Suggested I change my password if I was the true owner of the account. With considerable difficulty I managed to that. I then could get into my google account and my gmail. I downloaded then the messages - some 40-50 of them.
>
> There were about 20 that said i had a delivery failure. They were messages from "me" to people (around 30) in my address book, many of whom I had not sent a message to in some years. The message said only: good morning and then gave a very long url which made no sense (I was not about to go to that site). The formal subject on the mails was "fw
> bob morin". I notice in the details that the mails were received at google server at 18:46 which is about the time I turned off my computer. I always check mail just before shutting computer down and there were no problems with g mail then. There is no note in my sent box in my mail program (i use the latest apple mail program) of messages that failed.
>
> I am on early 08 iMac. broadband connection to cable modem which is connect to airport express (wifi operational). the ethernet connection to my computer is by DHCP. I have no other device connected to computer except for apple TV.
>
> My problems seemed to solved but I do wonder how my mail got hacked. I am careful in forwarding generic mails and careful in visiting sites I am unsure of.
>