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Tue Sep 3, 2013 2:48 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"HAL9000" jrswebhome
To save the cost of customer service, Xerox moves the cost to Apple and Linux customers for the privilege of using their products. Corporate think, ya gotta love them.
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Les Streater <les.streater@...> wrote:
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> Apologies, I am so wound up over this I forgot to give the basics!
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> I am on a 27in iMac, OSX 10.6.8, 12GB memory, printing to a Xerox 7800. I have working drivers etc., it's port forwarding that's baffling me.
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> Since buying the printer Xerox have brought in a new requirement that all large printers on PagePack contracts have to automatically and regularly connect to the Xerox servers to send meter readings and toner readings, so that they can automatically send out fresh toner as needed. If you don't automatically connect they charge you an extra fee every quarter for the privilege of using your own phone to order toner!
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> Unfortunately their software is PC only, not Mac or Linux, so it has to be hand adjusted. And every router, hub and modem [is there a difference????] needs different settings.
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> A senior Xerox technician assured me today it could be done direct from the printer without needing to go through the router - but as it is ethernet connected to the router and then to the internet that didn't seem right. And his instructions also failed to connect so he's had to refer it back to even more senior people in Dublin.
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> Hope this clarifies the situation a bit - it's still very cloudy to me.....
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> Les
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> On 3 Sep 2013, at 16:34, N.A. Nada wrote:
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> You have not told us what you are trying to accomplish with your printer. I bet you have a full set of Xerox drivers already provided by Apple, if you are running a version of OS X from 10.4 or newer. (I kind of have an impression or memory that you were running an older version.)
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> Give us a little more info.
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> Brent
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--- In macsupportcentral@
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> Apologies, I am so wound up over this I forgot to give the basics!
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> I am on a 27in iMac, OSX 10.6.8, 12GB memory, printing to a Xerox 7800. I have working drivers etc., it's port forwarding that's baffling me.
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> Since buying the printer Xerox have brought in a new requirement that all large printers on PagePack contracts have to automatically and regularly connect to the Xerox servers to send meter readings and toner readings, so that they can automatically send out fresh toner as needed. If you don't automatically connect they charge you an extra fee every quarter for the privilege of using your own phone to order toner!
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> Unfortunately their software is PC only, not Mac or Linux, so it has to be hand adjusted. And every router, hub and modem [is there a difference??
>
> A senior Xerox technician assured me today it could be done direct from the printer without needing to go through the router - but as it is ethernet connected to the router and then to the internet that didn't seem right. And his instructions also failed to connect so he's had to refer it back to even more senior people in Dublin.
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> Hope this clarifies the situation a bit - it's still very cloudy to me.....
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> Les
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> On 3 Sep 2013, at 16:34, N.A. Nada wrote:
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> You have not told us what you are trying to accomplish with your printer. I bet you have a full set of Xerox drivers already provided by Apple, if you are running a version of OS X from 10.4 or newer. (I kind of have an impression or memory that you were running an older version.)
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> Give us a little more info.
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> Brent
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Tue Sep 3, 2013 6:42 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Julian Thomas"
On 3Sep 2013, at 11:59 AM, Les Streater <les.streater@
> Unfortunately their software is PC only, not Mac or Linux, so it has to be hand adjusted. And every router, hub and modem [is there a difference??
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> A senior Xerox technician assured me today it could be done direct from the printer without needing to go through the router - but as it is ethernet connected to the router and then to the internet that didn't seem right. And his instructions also failed to connect so he's had to refer it back to even more senior people in Dublin.
My take on this [which is worth what you paid for it:-[ is that xerox owes you a solution, and that they need to resolve any BT issues.
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Tue Sep 3, 2013 2:50 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Dave C" davec2468
Does no one know the answer to this?
Dave
On Sep 1, 2013, at 7:29 PM, Dave C wrote:
> Must both Macs involved in sharing a scanner have the driver for the scanner installed?
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> Thanks,
> Dave
Dave
On Sep 1, 2013, at 7:29 PM, Dave C wrote:
> Must both Macs involved in sharing a scanner have the driver for the scanner installed?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
Tue Sep 3, 2013 3:19 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Michael Stupinski" mstupinski
Dave, I can't give you a sure answer because I've never tried that. I can tell you that it is my strong suspicion that each computer driving the scanner must have the driver installed on it. The same would apply to a printer that both share. I think ,though, that if they are networked to a server and the server has the right driver then that would be sufficient.
Note that this is all free, off-the-cuff advice worth only what you paid for it and I give it only because someone who actually KNOWS the answer will hopefully jump in with it. Then I'll know the sure answer, too.
:-)
............Mike
On Sep 3, 2013, at 5:49 PM, Dave C <davec2468@yahoo.com > wrote:
> Does no one know the answer to this?
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> Dave
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> On Sep 1, 2013, at 7:29 PM, Dave C wrote:
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>> Must both Macs involved in sharing a scanner have the driver for the scanner installed?
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>> Thanks,
>> Dave
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Note that this is all free, off-the-cuff advice worth only what you paid for it and I give it only because someone who actually KNOWS the answer will hopefully jump in with it. Then I'll know the sure answer, too.
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On Sep 3, 2013, at 5:49 PM, Dave C <davec2468@yahoo.
> Does no one know the answer to this?
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> Dave
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> On Sep 1, 2013, at 7:29 PM, Dave C wrote:
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>> Must both Macs involved in sharing a scanner have the driver for the scanner installed?
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>> Thanks,
>> Dave
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Tue Sep 3, 2013 3:45 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"N.A. Nada"
Try installing it on both, and see if it takes care of it.
On Sep 3, 2013, at 2:49 PM, Dave C wrote:
Does no one know the answer to this?
Dave
On Sep 1, 2013, at 7:29 PM, Dave C wrote:
> Must both Macs involved in sharing a scanner have the driver for the scanner installed?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
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On Sep 3, 2013, at 2:49 PM, Dave C wrote:
Does no one know the answer to this?
Dave
On Sep 1, 2013, at 7:29 PM, Dave C wrote:
> Must both Macs involved in sharing a scanner have the driver for the scanner installed?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
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Tue Sep 3, 2013 5:56 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"DaveC" davec2468
Can't do that. The reason for the question is that the remote Mac has Mt Lion and no drivers are available for the scanner. The local Mac (connected to the scanner) is Snow Leopard and has drivers and works fine.
Thanks,
Dave
Sent from my phone.
Please forgive auto-fill errors and tupos. (c;
On Sep 3, 2013, at 3:45 PM, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@comcast.net > wrote:
> Try installing it on both, and see if it takes care of it.
Thanks,
Dave
Sent from my phone.
Please forgive auto-fill errors and tupos. (c;
On Sep 3, 2013, at 3:45 PM, "N.A. Nada" <whodo678@comcast.
> Try installing it on both, and see if it takes care of it.
Tue Sep 3, 2013 6:35 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"HAL9000" jrswebhome
Is Scanning Sharing enabled on the "2 other Macs"?
I don't think this is a driver issue, as the 10.6.8 system
carries the needed Canon drivers at installation.
I've never dealt w sharing a scanner.
How does one scan remotely? Position the art
to scan, then run to the remote and scan?
Several years back I would scan at a scanner station,
then store the scan on another Mac via shared network.
--- In macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com , Dave C <davec2468@...> wrote:
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> A Canon scanner is connected to an iMac running 10.6.8. It scans nicely when using Image Capture application on this Mac.
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> In System Preferences I've opened up Sharing preferences and checked "Scanner Sharing", and checked the box next to this particular scanner.
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> When I open Image Capture on 2 other Macs (one 10.6.8, the other 10.8.4 -- I think) the shared scanner doesn't show.
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> There are no other scanners connected to these 3 Macs. It is an Ethernet LAN -- no wireless used.
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> I am sharing laser printers via Printer Sharing just fine -- no issues.
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> What am I doing wrong? Why isn't this scanner sharing with other Macs on the LAN?
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> Thanks,
> Dave
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I don't think this is a driver issue, as the 10.6.8 system
carries the needed Canon drivers at installation.
I've never dealt w sharing a scanner.
How does one scan remotely? Position the art
to scan, then run to the remote and scan?
Several years back I would scan at a scanner station,
then store the scan on another Mac via shared network.
--- In macsupportcentral@
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> A Canon scanner is connected to an iMac running 10.6.8. It scans nicely when using Image Capture application on this Mac.
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> In System Preferences I've opened up Sharing preferences and checked "Scanner Sharing"
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> When I open Image Capture on 2 other Macs (one 10.6.8, the other 10.8.4 -- I think) the shared scanner doesn't show.
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> There are no other scanners connected to these 3 Macs. It is an Ethernet LAN -- no wireless used.
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> I am sharing laser printers via Printer Sharing just fine -- no issues.
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> What am I doing wrong? Why isn't this scanner sharing with other Macs on the LAN?
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> Thanks,
> Dave
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Tue Sep 3, 2013 6:51 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Forrest Leedy" forrkazu
If you mean that each computer using a central scanner needs its own software to run it, you are correct.
Forrest
On Sep 3, 2013, at 5:49 PM, Dave C <davec2468@yahoo.com > wrote:
> Does no one know the answer to this?
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> Dave
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> On Sep 1, 2013, at 7:29 PM, Dave C wrote:
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>> Must both Macs involved in sharing a scanner have the driver for the scanner installed?
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>> Thanks,
>> Dave
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Forrest
On Sep 3, 2013, at 5:49 PM, Dave C <davec2468@yahoo.
> Does no one know the answer to this?
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> Dave
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> On Sep 1, 2013, at 7:29 PM, Dave C wrote:
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>> Must both Macs involved in sharing a scanner have the driver for the scanner installed?
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>> Thanks,
>> Dave
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Tue Sep 3, 2013 7:23 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"N.A. Nada"
Then I would say DaveC has a problem.
I love trying to read minds. What's this, oh he's working with 2 different OS X versions and the driver is no longer offered in 10.8. How about telling us the brand and model of the scanner?
Have you tried using Pacifist to take the driver from the 10.6 install disk and install it on the 10.8 HD, since it is no longer offered in 10.8? Does the driver need Rosetta to work? If so, then Dave has to either try a 3rd party scanning software like Vuescan, or wait for the manufacturer to update the driver.
Wait, my crystal ball seems to be saying HP, or is that Canon?
Brent
On Sep 3, 2013, at 6:51 PM, Forrest Leedy wrote:
If you mean that each computer using a central scanner needs its own software to run it, you are correct.
Forrest
On Sep 3, 2013, at 5:49 PM, Dave C <davec2468@yahoo.com > wrote:
> Does no one know the answer to this?
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> Dave
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> On Sep 1, 2013, at 7:29 PM, Dave C wrote:
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>> Must both Macs involved in sharing a scanner have the driver for the scanner installed?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dave
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I love trying to read minds. What's this, oh he's working with 2 different OS X versions and the driver is no longer offered in 10.8. How about telling us the brand and model of the scanner?
Have you tried using Pacifist to take the driver from the 10.6 install disk and install it on the 10.8 HD, since it is no longer offered in 10.8? Does the driver need Rosetta to work? If so, then Dave has to either try a 3rd party scanning software like Vuescan, or wait for the manufacturer to update the driver.
Wait, my crystal ball seems to be saying HP, or is that Canon?
Brent
On Sep 3, 2013, at 6:51 PM, Forrest Leedy wrote:
If you mean that each computer using a central scanner needs its own software to run it, you are correct.
Forrest
On Sep 3, 2013, at 5:49 PM, Dave C <davec2468@yahoo.
> Does no one know the answer to this?
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> Dave
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> On Sep 1, 2013, at 7:29 PM, Dave C wrote:
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>> Must both Macs involved in sharing a scanner have the driver for the scanner installed?
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>> Thanks,
>> Dave
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Tue Sep 3, 2013 4:32 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Rob Frankel" robfrankeldotcom
Okay, so here's a new one:
I'm running 10.6.8 on a MacBook Pro, which has an external Seagate
500 MB drive that's FW/USB.
The drive mounts on to the desktop and when opened, shows all the
files, but clearly there's a failure. I've run Disk Warrior Disk
Utilies and even Tech Tools to no avail. All of them stall out.
The question is this:
If I can see the files, I'm thinking there must be something going on
with the volumes or headers or something else like that. The data
seems intact.
Is there any other remedy I've overlooked?
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I'm running 10.6.8 on a MacBook Pro, which has an external Seagate
500 MB drive that's FW/USB.
The drive mounts on to the desktop and when opened, shows all the
files, but clearly there's a failure. I've run Disk Warrior Disk
Utilies and even Tech Tools to no avail. All of them stall out.
The question is this:
If I can see the files, I'm thinking there must be something going on
with the volumes or headers or something else like that. The data
seems intact.
Is there any other remedy I've overlooked?
--
Rob Frankel
Branding Expert http://www.RobFrank
Twitter: @brandingexpert
AIM/Skype: ROBFRANKEL ICQ: 249862730
1-888-ROBFRANKEL * 818-990-8623 * E-Fax 413-778-0909
Yes, there's an RSS feed blog, if you can handle it:
http://www.robfrank
Tue Sep 3, 2013 4:39 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Tony" tdale@xtra.co.nz
Can you copy the files off it?
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From: Rob Frankel <rob@robfrankel.com >
To: List - MacOSX Group <macsupportcentral@yahoogroups.com >
Cc: iomug@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 11:32 AM
Subject: [macsupport] Failing External Drive
Okay, so here's a new one:
I'm running 10..6.8 on a MacBook Pro, which has an external Seagate
500 MB drive that's FW/USB.
The drive mounts on to the desktop and when opened, shows all the
files, but clearly there's a failure. I've run Disk Warrior Disk
Utilies and even Tech Tools to no avail. All of them stall out.
The question is this:
If I can see the files, I'm thinking there must be something going on
with the volumes or headers or something else like that. The data
seems intact.
Is there any other remedy I've overlooked?
--
Rob Frankel
Branding Expert http://www.RobFrankel.com
Twitter: @brandingexpert
AIM/Skype: ROBFRANKEL ICQ: 249862730
1-888-ROBFRANKEL * 818-990-8623 * E-Fax 413-778-0909
Yes, there's an RSS feed blog, if you can handle it:
http://www.robfrankelblog.com
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From: Rob Frankel <rob@robfrankel.
To: List - MacOSX Group <macsupportcentral@
Cc: iomug@yahoogroups.
Sent: Wednesday, 4 September 2013 11:32 AM
Subject: [macsupport] Failing External Drive
Okay, so here's a new one:
I'm running 10..6.8 on a MacBook Pro, which has an external Seagate
500 MB drive that's FW/USB.
The drive mounts on to the desktop and when opened, shows all the
files, but clearly there's a failure. I've run Disk Warrior Disk
Utilies and even Tech Tools to no avail. All of them stall out.
The question is this:
If I can see the files, I'm thinking there must be something going on
with the volumes or headers or something else like that. The data
seems intact.
Is there any other remedy I've overlooked?
--
Rob Frankel
Branding Expert http://www.RobFrank
Twitter: @brandingexpert
AIM/Skype: ROBFRANKEL ICQ: 249862730
1-888-ROBFRANKEL * 818-990-8623 * E-Fax 413-778-0909
Yes, there's an RSS feed blog, if you can handle it:
http://www.robfrank
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Tue Sep 3, 2013 5:59 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Jim Saklad" jimdoc01
> I'm running 10.6.8 on a MacBook Pro, which has an external Seagate 500 MB drive that's FW/USB.
>
> The drive mounts on to the desktop and when opened, shows all the files, but clearly there's a failure. I've run Disk Warrior Disk Utilies and even Tech Tools to no avail. All of them stall out.
>
> The question is this:
>
> If I can see the files, I'm thinking there must be something going on with the volumes or headers or something else like that. The data seems intact.
>
> Is there any other remedy I've overlooked?
If you have another drive available, copy everything that can be read from the "bad" drive to another, then completely re-partition the "bad" drive, and copy back.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.com
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> The drive mounts on to the desktop and when opened, shows all the files, but clearly there's a failure. I've run Disk Warrior Disk Utilies and even Tech Tools to no avail. All of them stall out.
>
> The question is this:
>
> If I can see the files, I'm thinking there must be something going on with the volumes or headers or something else like that. The data seems intact.
>
> Is there any other remedy I've overlooked?
If you have another drive available, copy everything that can be read from the "bad" drive to another, then completely re-partition the "bad" drive, and copy back.
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Jim Saklad mailto:jimdoc@icloud.
Tue Sep 3, 2013 6:28 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Randy B. Singer" randybrucesinger
On Sep 3, 2013, at 7:16 AM, halfhoff wrote:
> Thanks Randy. It's a great site. Appreciate the update too!
My pleasure!
It's not done. It will get better in the next few days.
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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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Tue Sep 3, 2013 9:05 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"James Robertson" jamesrob328i
All my paranoia about email spam has me thinking about what else is risky when I'm out and about with my laptop. Much of this is work related (making patient rounds in dialysis centers, for example). In each of those instances, my access it via SSL with not just the session but also PW and username encrypted (because I'm accessing secure networks, typically WPA2 or WPA2 Enterprise).
However, I travel a fair amount for business and pleasure, and it's been my habit to do quite a bit of work on my laptop during downtime in hotels, in airport terminals, etc. It never really occurred to me before that my web browsing and email were hopping from my MacBook Pro to the WiFi hotspot "in the clear." I think I should do something about this, and I guess that something is a VPN. My understanding is that I could use my Mac Pro at home as a VPN server if I were willing to spend quite a bit of time configuring that, but that doing so likely would dramatically slow down the Mac Pro's performance for other computing purposes.
I guess the alternatives are variously priced subscription-based services such as "Private WiFi" or "StrongVPN." My understanding is that these services encrypt everything travelling from my computer to their servers, so that someone sitting next to me at Starbucks cannot steal my activity. However, that doesn't keep my "stuff" encrypted all the way to its destination. What keeps my "stuff" safe from prying eyes at the hopes between the VPN provider and the final target IP address? Is that something I can or should worry about?
And, of course, does anyone have recommendations regarding subscription-basee VPN services>
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However, I travel a fair amount for business and pleasure, and it's been my habit to do quite a bit of work on my laptop during downtime in hotels, in airport terminals, etc. It never really occurred to me before that my web browsing and email were hopping from my MacBook Pro to the WiFi hotspot "in the clear." I think I should do something about this, and I guess that something is a VPN. My understanding is that I could use my Mac Pro at home as a VPN server if I were willing to spend quite a bit of time configuring that, but that doing so likely would dramatically slow down the Mac Pro's performance for other computing purposes.
I guess the alternatives are variously priced subscription-
And, of course, does anyone have recommendations regarding subscription-
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Tue Sep 3, 2013 9:21 pm (PDT) . Posted by:
"Earle Jones" earlejones501
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Hi!
I realize that files with the extension .exe are Windows executable files and can't be opened with Mac programs.
I tried using "File Juicer" to see whether I could extract some useful text and possibly some jpegs.
I got a few pictures, but no useful text at all – just a bunch of gibberish.
Are there any ways to get useful data from .exe files with a Mac?
Thanks!
earle
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Hi!
I realize that files with the extension .exe are Windows executable files and can't be opened with Mac programs.
I tried using "File Juicer" to see whether I could extract some useful text and possibly some jpegs.
I got a few pictures, but no useful text at all – just a bunch of gibberish.
Are there any ways to get useful data from .exe files with a Mac?
Thanks!
earle
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501 Portola Road #8008
Portola Valley CA 94028
Home: 650-424-4362
Cell: 650-269-0035
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